| Create a pricing model from scratch |
- Select New Pricing Model and then:
- In the Pricing model box, enter a name for your pricing model.
- In the Description box, enter the details for your pricing model: purpose, usage, time frame, project template to associate with, and so on.
- In the Location box, the current vendor folder is automatically populated.
- Specify the currency of the pricing model.
- Under Languages, specify one or more source languages, and one or more target languages. Place your cursor in the SOURCE LANGUAGE row and select a source language from the list. Place your cursor in the TARGET LANGUAGE row and select the target languages for the source language you just selected. To add more source languages, repeat this step.
- Under Language Prices, select Full screen to check the detailed costs in a separate window. Select Exit full screen to return to the normal view. Do the following:
- Select the language row, place the cursor in the available columns and edit the price. You can copy the price values from one language row to the other. Go to the end of the language row whose values you want to copy, expand the
menu, and select Copy translation costs. Then, identify the language row where you want to copy the values, go to the end of the row, expand the menu, and select Paste, Paste to all Languages from this source, or Paste to all Languages.
- To add other regular costs per language, go to the end of a language row, expand the
menu, select Add Language Cost, enter the cost name and select a cost option under Select Type. If you select Volume under Select Unit, choose whether the cost refers to words or characters, and then specify a price under Set Unit Cost. If you select Hourly, under Select Unit, select the number of hours, and then specify a price under Set Unit Cost. If you select Percentage, specify a price under Set Value. If you select Per Page, under Select Unit, select the number of pages, and then specify a price under Set Unit Cost. Note that you can use both integers and decimals when expressing units. Check Example 1 and 2 in this topic for more information.
- To add conditional costs per language, go to the end of a language row, select Add Language Cost, enter the cost name and:
- Under Set Type, select Conditional.
- Under Service Type, select the services (tasks) which this pricing model applies to. You must specify a service type, so that you can use one pricing model for several tasks assigned to vendor users. By selecting more service types within the pricing model, you can associate the same pricing model with more than one vendor order template. When the vendor quote is generated, the system can now automatically filter out the costs that are not relevant for a specific vendor assigned task.
- Under Set Variable Cost, select the criteria to which the conditional cost applies:
- Word Count (the total number of words in the file/files as calculated by the system)
- Running Total (the total cost calculated by the system for a target language or for a project)
- Under Set Operator, select how the condition limit is calculated.
- Specify a value (for the criteria you selected under Set Variable Cost) which represents the limit based on which the conditional cost is calculated.
- Under Set Condition Type, select how the unit cost (at step vi below) is applied:
- Absolute = the exact value at point vi is applied overwriting the value calculated automatically by the system. We advise that you not set negative values under Set Unit Cost (at point vi) for this use case, unless you want to work for free.
- Percentage = the percentage value at point vi is calculated (added if the value is positive, deducted if the value is negative)
- Relative = the percentage value at point vi is added (if the value is positive) or deducted (if the value is negative)
- Under Set Unit Cost, specify the actual cost value.
- Check Example 1 of this topic to understand how conditional cost works depending on the variable cost and condition type you choose.
- Select Add for all languages if you want to add this cost to all your target languages or Add Cost if you want to add it only to the selected target language. Note that you can use both integers and decimals when expressing units.
You can copy the additional costs from one language row to the other. Go to the end of the language row whose values you want to copy, expand the menu, and select Copy all additional language costs. Then, identify the language row where you want to copy the values, go to the end of the row, expand the menu, and select Paste, Paste to all Languages from this source, or Paste to all Languages.
- Under Additional Cost, select Add Project Cost.
- In the Add Project Cost dialog, enter the cost name and select a cost option under Select Type. If you select Volume under Select Unit, select whether the cost refers to words or characters, and then specify a price under Set Unit Cost. If you select Hourly, under Select Unit, select the number of hours, and then specify a price under Set Unit Cost. If you select Percentage, specify a price under Set Value. If you select Per Page, under Select Unit, select the number of pages, and then specify a price under Set Unit Cost. Note that you can use both integers and decimals when expressing units. Check Example 1 and 2 in this topic for more information.
- To add conditional costs per project, select the language row, enter the cost name and:
- Under Set Type, select Conditional.
- Under Set Variable Cost, select the criteria to which the conditional cost applies:
- Word Count (the total number of words in the file/files as calculated by the system)
- Running Total (the total cost calculated by the system for a target language or for a project)
- Under Set Operator, select how the condition limit is calculated.
- Specify a value (for the criteria you selected under Set Variable Cost) which represents the limit based on which the conditional cost is calculated.
- Under Set Condition Type, select how the unit cost (at step vi below) is applied:
- Absolute = the exact value at point vi is applied overwriting the value calculated automatically by the system. We advise that you not set negative values under Set Unit Cost (at point vi) for this use case, unless you want to work for free.
- Percentage = the percentage value at point vi is calculated (added if the value is positive, deducted if the value is negative)
- Relative = the percentage value at point vi is added (if the value is positive) or deducted (if the value is negative)
- Under Set Unit Cost, specify the actual cost value.
- Check Example 1 of this topic to understand how conditional cost works depending on the variable cost and condition type you choose.
- Select Add Cost. Note that you can use both integers and decimals when expressing units.
- Select Save.
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