We’ve introduced new Crating Configuration Settings in Movegistics AI to help standardize crating calculations and ensure consistent pricing across estimates and work requests.

With this enhancement, administrators can define a Default Crating Multiplier for automatic volume calculations and a Minimum Crating Amount to prevent crating charges from falling below a specified minimum.

✨ What’s New?

Movegistics AI now includes two new settings under Settings → Sales → Estimates → General:

• 📦 Default Crating Multiplier
• 💲 Minimum Crating Amount

These settings are automatically applied whenever crating items are added during pricing.

🎯 Why This Matters

Crating charges often require additional space and handling beyond the item’s physical dimensions.

This enhancement helps eliminate manual calculations by automatically applying your configured multiplier while ensuring every crating job meets your minimum billing requirement.

⚙️ How to Configure

1. Navigate to Settings → Sales → Estimates → General.
2. Enter your preferred:
3. • Minimum Crating Amount
   • Default Crating Multiplier (0–10)
4. Click Update to save your settings.

🚀 Start Using It

After configuration, simply add a Crating line item while pricing a Work Request, Work Order, or Survey.

Movegistics AI will automatically:

• Apply the configured Default Crating Multiplier when calculating the crating volume.
• Compare the calculated crating charge against the configured Minimum Crating Amount.
• Use the minimum amount if the calculated charge is lower.
• Use the calculated amount when it exceeds the configured minimum.

For example, if a crating line item totals $40 but the minimum crating amount is set to $50, the system will automatically charge $50.

💡 Key Benefits

• 📦 Automatically calculates crating volume using a configurable multiplier
• 💲 Enforces minimum crating charges without manual adjustments
• ⚡ Reduces pricing errors and ensures consistent billing
• 🧮 Simplifies crating calculations for pricing teams
• 📋 Standardizes crating costs across all estimates and work requests

📝 Important Notes

• The configured multiplier is used only for internal volume calculations. The adjusted dimensions are not displayed in the customer interface.
• The Multiplier column is available in:
• • ✅ Work Request Pricing
  • ✅ Work Order Pricing
  • ✅ Estimate Pricing
• The Multiplier column is not displayed in:
• • ❌ Income
  • ❌ Summary
  • ❌ Estimate PDF

🎉 Available Now

The new Default Crating Multiplier and Minimum Crating Amount settings are now available in Movegistics AI under Settings → Sales → Estimates → General, providing more accurate volume calculations and consistent crating pricing across your organization.