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Clarus WMS calculates tiered rental charges automatically using flat-tier or cumulative logic, replacing end-of-month billing spreadsheets. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":35225,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"feature-type":[],"class_list":["post-34928","features","type-features","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"feature_badge":"New Feature","feature_name_new":"Step Pricing for Rentals","feature_title_new":"Rental charges that tier automatically<\/span> by volume","feature_description_new":"Configure flat-tier or cumulative step pricing on rental charge cards. 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Configure the charge card.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn the rental charge card, the user sets up non-overlapping, sequential quantity bands, for example 1 to 10, 11 to 50, 51 to 100, each with its own per-unit rate. The upper bound on the highest tier can be left blank so that any quantity above the lower bound bills at that rate. Tiers do not have to start at 1.\r\n\r\n2. Select the calculation method.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe user explicitly chooses either Flat-tier or Cumulative on the charge card. This selection governs how charge lines are built during the charge window.\r\n\r\n3. Flat-tier calculation.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAt charge generation, the system identifies the applicable rental quantity for the charge window, finds the single matching tier, and applies that tier's per-unit rate to the entire quantity. Example: tiers of 1 to 10 at \u00a30.50, 11 to 50 at \u00a30.45, 51 to 100 at \u00a30.35, with 54 storage units in the window. 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How do I set up step pricing tiers on a rental charge card?<\/h4>\r\nOpen the rental charge card in Clarus and configure non-overlapping, sequential quantity bands, each with its own per-unit rate. You then select either Flat-tier or Cumulative as the calculation method for that card. The upper bound on any tier can be left blank to apply that rate to all quantities above the lower bound.\r\n

Do tiers have to start at 1?<\/h4>\r\nNo. You can set the lowest tier to start at any quantity. If a customer's rental quantity at the end of the charge window falls below the lowest configured tier, no charge is created for that step pricing rule.\r\n

What is the difference between Flat-tier and Cumulative?<\/h4>\r\nFlat-tier finds the single tier that matches the total rental quantity for the charge window and applies that tier's rate to the entire quantity. Cumulative builds charges progressively using the standard rental charge logic, applying the rate for the tier reached at the point each individual charge is generated.\r\n

What happens if we change the tier configuration mid-window?<\/h4>\r\nCharges already generated are not recalculated. The system uses whichever charge card configuration was active at the point each charge was generated, so earlier charges in the window remain as calculated and the audit trail is preserved.\r\n

How do billing teams validate charges before invoicing?<\/h4>\r\nEvery generated charge line displays the tier description, billed quantity, unit of measure, price and pricing method. Billing teams can review all charge lines within Clarus before raising the invoice.\r\n

Does step pricing for rentals work alongside step pricing for picking charges?<\/h4>\r\nYes. The initial Clarus step pricing release covers both rental and picking charge types, so both can be configured independently using the same tier-based approach on their respective charge cards.","test":"","feature_result_widget_test_":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t