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Documentation Index

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What it is

A Material is whatever the truck hauls — sand, stone, asphalt, dirt, mulch. Each Material is a record with a name, code, UoM, and rate. Most customers pull the master list from their accounting system so codes match invoices.

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Why it matters

Materials drive the line items on every invoice and the cost codes on every export. Wrong code, wrong invoice. They also carry the Prevailing Wage (PW) flag — the field that decides whether a load gets paid at PW rates on a public-works job.

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How Tread models it

  • Material — name, code, UoM (tons, cubic yards, loads), default rate.
  • Source — typically imported from QuickBooks, Sage, Vista, Foundation, or Spectrum so codes match the books.
  • Prevailing Wage flag — per Material. Independent of any project setting.
  • Material Rates — can be set per Customer, per Site, or globally. See Rates, Add-Ons & Fuel.
FieldRequiredNotes
NameYesWhat dispatchers and drivers see
CodeYesMust match accounting export
UoMYesDrives how loads are counted
Prevailing Wage flagNoSet per material, not per project

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Common pitfalls

Prevailing Wage is per Material, not per Project. A project flagged PW does not auto-flag its materials. If asphalt is not flagged PW, drivers hauling asphalt on a PW job get standard rates. Walk the materials list before a PW go-live and flag every material that qualifies.
Pull your Materials list from accounting on day one. Re-importing later means matching old codes to new ones across thousands of historical tickets.