Is there a way to remove contractor labor from the planner and forecasting tools?
Hello, I run a transportation company and we deal in freight brokering. So in simple terms, we scout for clients and charge the shipper/client a rate for to move a shipment. Then we match that load with the nearest trucking company and subcontract that shipment to them for 10-25% less than we won the bid for, keeping the difference as our net profit. Sometimes the client pays us in full, meaning we have to collect the full shipping rate and then pay the subcontractor their cut. Then sometimes we collect our cut separately and let the client pay the subcontractor their cut directly. This is just the nature of the business but I end up with very drastic fluctuations in revenue month to month depending on how many payment collections we facilitate on behalf of the subs. I find it difficult to get a true and accurate forecast. Is there a way of excluding the contractor’s labor from planner/budgeting/forecasting tools? Or is there an easier way for me to record these transactions in a way that doesn’t saturate my revenue reports with subcontractor’s money?