? Release Notes For Version 10.23

? Quote Import of Manufacturing Instruction Routes

The 'associated labour' code and percentage will now be copied from the route rather than using the default from the resource.

? Sales Order Entry

To reduce the number of key presses required, the 'address details' screen will no longer pop-up when creating a new sales order. The 'ordered by', 'deliver to' and 'invoice to' address codes will still default as defined on the customer account record. The old behaviour can be restored by setting the control flag 'ADDR_SCREEN_ON_NEW_SO' to 'Yes'. This is recommended for customers who regularly deliver (or invoice) to alternative addresses.

? Sales Order Labels

The ability to print sales order labels has been added to sales order maintenance.

This facility is also compatible with the new 'Reporting Services' facility to allow users to create their own label style.

? CRM Modifications

Most of the information previously only available in the 'CRM Maintenance' screen is now available directly from the customer, supplier and prospect maintenance screens. This includes the ability to add, edit and delete contacts, create documents and emails, and view the contents of the customer/supplier/prospect's document folder.

It is now also possible to filter the records show on each of the tabs by 'contact' and by the user who created the record.

New quotes and sales orders can now be raised directly from within the relevant tabs in customer/prospect maintenance.

Please note that the majority of these modifications are only available to customers who have purchased the CRM module of FactoryMaster.

? Supplier Maintenance

The 'supplier maintenance' screen has been redesigned to the same format as 'customer maintenance'. Customers using the CRM module can also view and access any purchase orders for each supplier directly from this screen.

? Sales Analysis Report & Export

The 'Sales Analysis Report' now has an option to range by 'Invoice To Address'. The export now includes this same code in the exported data.

? Purchase Expedite

When entering details of a Purchase Expedite it is now possible to set both the expedite date and the new expected date to be today.

When printing the Expedite FAX Report it is now possible to choose which date should be shown (promised, expected etc).

? Replace Stock UOM

A facility has been added to the system to allow users to completely replace one stock unit of measure (UOM) with another unit of measure on ALL parts that it has been used on.

? Bulk Loads

A new control flag ('BULK_LOAD_MULTI_PART') has been added to determine if a bulk load can contain different parts. If NOT set, the user will be prompted to specify the part number when creating the load, and only stock of that item can then be added to it. If a 'pallet quantity' is set on the part then the user will be given the option of 'auto-allocating' stock to the load on a 'first in, first out' basis up to the pallet quantity.

It is now also possible to assemble 'movement notes' of bulk loads, enabling multiple loads to be moved at the same time.

? Works Orders for 'In Development' parts.

The control flag 'WO_ALLOW_DEVELOPMENT' can be set to 'Yes' to allow works orders to be created for 'In Development' parts.

? Works Order Earliest Start Date

It is now possible to enter an 'Earliest Start Date' on works orders by pressing F5 on the required date. This will be used by scheduling (forwards and ASAP) to ensure that works orders are not scheduled before that date.

? Preactor Interface

All (non-redundant) resources and their groups are now output to Preactor, rather than just the ones used on pending works orders.

The new 'earliest start date' is also now synchronised with Preactor when the import/export options are run.

? Mamut Integration

The system can now export sales and purchase invoices to a file format suitable for import into the 'Mamut' accounts package.

? Cost of Sales Report

This report now responds to the new control flag 'JOBCST_MANUF_BREAKOUT'. If this flag is set to 'Yes' then this report will break out the cost of MA components and include the constituent costs in the appropriate column (for example labour or sub-con). If the flag is set to 'No' (the default) then the entire cost of the MA components will be included in the 'material' column as in past versions.

? Time Recording: Issue Stock

It is now possible to allow 'time recording' operatives to issue component stock directly to works orders.

? Released 27th February 2009

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