Version 9.32 October 2005
Menu Favourites
The options on the 'Auto-Generate Purchase Orders' and 'Purchase Invoice' submenus can now be added to your 'Favourites' menu.
Hot Keys
It is now possible to change the default programs called on the 'Ctrl+F1' to 'Ctrl+F11' hot keys. These can now be customised to call ANY option from all of the main menu tabs any sub-menus where favourites have been enabled. Click on the 'Preferences' link on any of these menus to define your preferences.
'Ctrl+F12' now brings up a complete alphabetical list of the available choices (i.e. those which can be added as favourites) to allow you to call any option from anywhere in the system.
Hot keying to 'Sales Order Maintenance' from the parts list on a quote will now range the sales order screen on the selected part.
Report Selection Screen
The selection screen of several standard reports have been changed to a new standard. This is to present the user with a consistent interface and to enable (in a future release) a user to 'save' his / her preferred options for the report. Reports affected are the 'Print Customer Details', 'Customer's Own Part Numbers', 'Sales Invoice Day Book' and the 'Part Usage' reports.
Sales Price List
A new control flag 'SALES_PRICE_UPDATE_ORDER' has been added which, if set to 'Yes', will prompt the user to update relevant pending sales orders if a sales list price is changed.
Part Prices By Customer Report
An option has been added to exclude zero-priced items from the report.
Customer Message On Sales Order
It is now possible to enter a message against a customer. When this customer is used as an 'Ordered By' customer on a sales order a hyperlink will become available to view the associated message.
View Route From Sales Order
A new button has been added to the sales order call-off screen to allow the user to view any routes associated with the ordered part. This option is NOT available for 'simple' sales orders.
Sales Invoices
A problem which prevented the user from altering a delivery charge which was directly linked to a sales order has been corrected.
Style 17 will now show the most recent delivery note number on the FINAL stage payment invoice.
Invoice Day Book
If the report includes invoices in more than one currency a summary will be printed showing the grand totals for each currency.
Purchase Orders
The selection screen for stocked parts in purchase orders now includes a tab showing the supplier's own part numbers. If this tab is selected the criteria in the QuickBar will be applied to the suppliers own part/description rather than to the FactoryMaster part/description.
Purchase Order Vs. Standard Cost Report
This report has been significantly updated and redesigned to show more information about the purchase orders which are being compared to the standard cost. It also now has options to compare the standard cost to either the invoiced cost, the cost on receipts or the cost on the original purchase order.
Purchase Order Release Notes
The 'Purchase Order Release Notes' screen has been improved and updated including the addition of a QuickBar.
It is now possible to add stocked parts (MA/BI) to the 'Materials' section rather than just raw materials.
Monthly Purchase Receipts By Item Report
This report can now be ranged and grouped by 'Analysis Code'.
Monthly Purchase Invoices By Item Report
This report can now be ranged and grouped by 'Analysis Code'.
Stocktake
When using the detailed stocktake and REDUCING the quantity the date issued on the batches is no longer altered.
Stock Valuation Report
This report has been updated to allow 'Age Break Percentages' to be applied to standard cost. These are unrelated to the valuation group of the part's issue and simply take the age of the BATCH of stock (based on the received/last issued date) and apply the specified percentage to the standard cost.
The report has also been updated to allow a product range to be entered.
Additionally the report can now optionally show decimal places on the quantity (if they have been entered against the part). If this option has been chosen the user can choose how many decimal places the grand total will be shown to.
Stock Summary Report
This report now shows stock decimal places. The user can choose at the time of printing how many decimal places the totals should be shown to.
Standard Costs
A new control flag 'STANDARD_COST_BREAKDOWN' has been added which, if set to 'Yes', enables the 'Labour' element of the standard cost of a manufactured part to be calculated and edited separately. Zoom from the 'Standard Cost' field in the 'Stocked Parts' screen to view / edit this breakdown.
An additional option has been added to the 'Calculate Standard Costs' screen to enable all parts which currently have stock to be selected for recalculation.
Raw Material Stock Report
An export has been added to this report.
Resource Groups
Resource Groups can now be one of two types - Machine or Labour. These groups will be colour coded when the group is shown on the resource maintenance screen. This field is currently for reference only.
Resource Maintenance
It is now possible to associate three user defined fields with resources, whose titles can be set using a control flag. The fields are optionally shown in the last column as an alternative to resource group, and can be ranged on using the QuickBar.
Assembly Maintenance
The 'Component Description' column can now be toggled to allow a new 'Component Notes' field to be displayed / edited. This allows the user to add a more detailed description of what the component is, or what it is used for.
A new control flag 'ASS_ALLOW_DUPLICATES' has been added which, if set to 'Yes', will allow the same part or raw material to be added to an assembly more than once. The 'LOP' or '#' code of each component must be different to allow this.
A new control flag 'ASSEMBLY_USE_STOCKED_PARTS' allows the main stocked part screen to be used as a stock selection screen from assembly maintenance, rather than the simpler stock selection used elsewhere in the system. This option has the restriction that it will not show phantom parts.
Status/On Hold Setting Of Works Orders
In previous versions a works order status of WM was hard coded to be excluded from the schedule. This is no longer the case - instead each status has an associated setting of 'Exclude from Schedule' and any status that is set to YES will be excluded from the schedule.
Additionally, if modifying multiple works orders at once the system will now (after warning the user) automatically update child/parent works orders if the status is changed between an excluded one and a non-excluded one, or if the works order is placed on hold or released from hold.
If a works order is locked in the schedule it is no longer possible to change it between an excluded status and an included one, or to put it on hold.
Locking A Works Order
In addition to the above modification relating to locked works orders and its status, the system will put an entire family of works orders on hold if any of them are put on hold. This is because they must all be scheduled together and therefore locked in the schedule together.
Kitting A Works Order
The control flag 'KIT_CHECK_FREE_ISSUE' has been added. If set to 'Yes' then only 'Free Issue' stock will be used to satisfy a 'Free Issue' and component (and vice versa).
Works Order Component Report
This report now includes a CSV export option.
Operation Status
On previous versions the optional 'Current Operation' column in 'Works Order Enquiry' would show 'All Operations Complete' when this was not the case. This has now been corrected.
Scheduling
When a works order is completed/deleted it is now fully removed from the schedule - allowing the space to be re-used.
The last two stages of all scheduling methods are no longer required due to SQL optimization and have been removed.
Tooling & Gauging
The tool register has had a QuickBar added to allow fast searching for the required tool.
Additionally the 'Users', 'Inspectors', 'Tool Colours', 'Calibration Instructions', 'Tool Suppliers' (when NOT using the main suppliers screen), 'Calibration Labs' and 'Calibration Results' screens have been updated.
Route Cards
Route Card 3 now shows 'Setter Stamp' as the 4th column title rather than 'Operatory Clock Number'.
Route Card Style 40 has been added as a new bespoke style.
Customer Returns
A corrective action field has now been added to customer returns.
WIP Costs Report
This report now has options to define how the number of hours is calculated when using planned hours.
Lunch Break Booking
Entering a valid 'part-shift absence code' into the new control flag 'LUNCH_ABSENCE_CODE' will automatically book any absences generated by an employee pressing the 'lunch' button to that code.
Non-Charge Codes
Non-Charge codes can now be 3 characters long and the description can also be longer.
It is no longer possible to completely delete a non-charge code if it has been used on time bookings. It IS now possible to replace a code with another throughout all bookings and to mark a code as deleted so that it does not show in the non-charge list or in Data Capture/Manual Time sheet.