Surcharge per Condition Calculator

With the Condition calculator of CARAT you can not only calculate factors for several surcharges at the same time, but also enter the desired gross profit in percent directly instead of a factor. The Conditions Calculator then automatically determines the necessary factor, based on the gross profit and the set conditions.

If you would like to use the conditions calculator to calculate your surcharge on the basis of a gross profit percentage, it is important that you first correctly setup your condition scheme. Since in most catalogue data a gross-PP The PP (purchase price) in CARAT, refers to the price less conditions but before designated cash discounts and bonus. is entered, the factor, calculated from the desired gross profit in percent, will usually refer to the base PP. In such cases, it is useful to set the calculation base in the condition scheme on PP. If you want to compare the by the conditions calculator computed values with your own values, it makes also sense to activate/deactivate the display of the value added Addition (in Latin: addere) is one of four basic operations in arithmetic. In primary school and in common language it is the expression used for the adding of two or more numbers. tax.

In the following example we have deactivated the VAT and set the base already on PP, so we can read off the net surcharge directly. Subsequently we mark the calculation group In a calculation group are arranged any quantity of items that have an item specific similarity. So typically all items, e.g. furniture parts, but also worktops, sinks, or electrical appliances, are consolidated into appropriate named calculation groups. to be edited, with one´click the left mouse button In dialogue windows you always find one or more buttons that can be activated by clicking on them. Typical functions for buttons are e.g. OK, Cancel, Apply. Buttons are always activated by a single click with the left mouse button. and then open the Condition calculator via the correspondent button.

The selected calculation group will be displayed in the upper part of the Condition calculator dialogue Dialogue, dialogue windows or dialogue fields are special windows in software applications. Dialogue windows are displayed by application programs in different situations to request input or confirmation from the user.. The field list price The list price in CARAT designates the price that was deposited by the manufacturer in the CARAT catalogue data. is situated right underneath. It contains a list price from 100 as value. However, you can also enter a regular list price of an article if desired. The base price to which the surcharges refer to is shown in the area in front of the surcharges. Underneath the surcharges is displayed if the VAT is considered for the factors.
Since neither a condition nor a factor nor gross profit was entered, most of the fields still contain the value zero.

We now want to calculate for this example a factor on the basis of a condition and a desired gross profit. For this we first enter a condition (20%) in the field Condition, and for the first three surcharges we enter three gross profits (40%, 38%, 36%) in the column Gross profit. The remaining fields are calculated automatically each time you press the tabulator key The Tabulator key ("Tab key") takes on, among other things, a "Preview Function" in CARAT. When you enter a new measurement value in the information area in the left hand window, use the Tab key to go to the next entry field and to see a preview in the main window showing your entered modification. The tab key is found above the caps lock key, and is normally marked with two arrow symbols. or click Typically the LEFT mouse button is pressed once quickly, if not specified differently. Clicking will either mark an object, or when clicking on a button, the execution of the desired activity (e.g. OK, Cancel, Close). with the mouse in another field.

Please remember that the field gross profit percentage takes into account an existing cash discount and bonus (net-net). If you want to calculate a surcharge using the Gross profit percentage column, that refers only to the base purchase price, no values should be entered in the fields for cash discount or bonus.

After you have calculated the necessary surcharge factors, you can click on the button Apply to transfer the settings to the condition scheme. In the process all values are transferred, including the values for condition, cash discount and bonus.