The Payments module imports production data internally from the Collection and Testing modules, accepts import from an external file and allows manual input in a controlled manner. As with all modules, total control and audit is available to the systems administrator.
Companies apply their own payment algorithms to create virtually limitless formulas.
These formulas are applied selectively to defined processes involving grading and penalty regimes, applied levies and haulage charges, milk pooling, etc. The system implements this final phase. The module allows farm payment by defined groups, e.g. geographic, to facilitate differentiation in grading rules and payment rates within one payments system on one database. The system actually has capacity to apply individual payment rates to any or all farms should that requirement arise. Pooling Process Pooling is a process that splits the farm milk supply, and thus allows pay rate variation, according to end use.