Before the Driver’s Log can be posted, the work orders must be posted. Completing the Driver log will ‘toggle’ work orders to a Post Pending status, this means the work orders are ready to post. This is done from the Accounting Menu and is usually done by a ‘billing/accounting’ person therefore, this may need to be coordinated with Operations so they know when to Post the Driver log. Click here for additional information on Posting Work Orders.
Failure to post the Work Orders prior to posting Driver Logs will result in errors, and will prevent the Driver Log from being posted. The posted WO information provides the calculated Revenues that appear on various Productivity reports, including the ‘Route Profit Detail by Customer’ which a very beneficial report.
A sample of the error message and Driver Log Posting Edit List is below.