Version 9.54 August 2007

The routine for importing new stocked parts now allows the part's 'commodity code' to be imported.

The setting and display of 'redundant' customer codes has been improved. The 'customer group' field has also been moved onto the main table for clarity.

The selection of 'deliver to' and 'invoice to' customer codes on the sales order has been enhanced. By default, the user will only be presented with a list of codes which are in the same customer group as the 'ordered by' customer. To disable this feature please set the control flag 'SALES_ORDER_CUST_GROUP' to 'No'.

An 'export' facility has been added to the 'Delivery Report' screen.

The 'issue number' which is printed on several delivery note styles is now actually stored on the delivery note record. A new control flag 'DEL_ISSUE' has replaced the old control flag REL_USE_DRAWINGISSUE to determine how this is populated. This new flag has the following options:

1. Batch - This is the default for new installations of FactoryMaster and means that the issue is taken form the actual batch of stock which is being delivered.
2. Sales Order - This will write the issue number specified on the sales order to the delivery note.
3. Drawing - This will write the issue from the drawing register to the delivery note.
4. Batch Then SO - This will be the default for existing customers who had REL_USE_DRAWINGISSUE set to 'No'. It will use the the issue on the batch of stock unless this is blank, in which case it will use the one from the sales order.
5. Batch Then Drawing - This will be the default for existing customers who had REL_USE_DRAWINGISSUE set to 'Yes'. It will use the issue on the batch of stock unless this is blank, in which case it will use the one from the drawing register.

New options have been added to this export to output the additional 'foreign currency' details allowed by versions 12 and 13 of Sage Line 50. To activate these please check the box in the accounts package options screen.

The setting and display of 'redundant' supplier codes has been improved.

It is now possible to specify the item number to use when manually adding a line to an existing purchase order. This was previously always generated by the system.

It is now possible to set a material specification as 'redundant'.  This will prevent any material using it from being ordered, booked in, added to quotes and assemblies, or added as a works order component. Additionally, it is also now possible to set an individual material as redundant (even if its specification is not).

Additional items have been added to the QuickBar of this screen, allowing the details entered to be retained when escaping back from the main table.

Items for stocked part & raw material stock labels can now be found by searching on the batch number rather than the attributes of the item.

Route cards which show components will no longer show those components if zero quantity is required, unless stock has been issued to the component.

For several months a new version of the MRP has been trialed at some FactoryMaster sites. This version is able to give the same MRP information in a faster time and has now replaced the previous version. The resultant MRP including the printed report, trace view and Auto-Raise screen will be identical to those in previous versions. The only difference users may notice is the faster calculation time and the progress screen while running. This progress screen no longer shows every part which is being processed - this is because the work is being done more efficiently on the server rather than on the client PC.

New 'Product Improvement Report' and 'Five Whys' reports have been added to the Quality module of FactoryMaster. These apply to 'Customer Returns', 'Supplier Rejects' and 'Internal Rejects'. In all three of these places a new button can be pressed to create a 'Product Improvement Report' which will then be stored in the 'Product Improvement Maintenance' screen. Additionally, a 'Five Whys' report can be created linked to any of the 'Product Improvement Reports'.

The 'Corrective Action' field from Customer Returns has now been incorporated into the 'Product Improvement Report' and as such any customer return which had text in this field before the update will now have a 'Product Improvement Report' already created for it.

It is now possible to cancel internal rejects.

It is now possible to raise an ECN when replacing one stocked part with another. The ECN Maintenance screen has been redesigned to reflect this, and a QuickBar added to aid the location of the required record.

It is now possible for users with 'delete' access to 'Works Order Enquiry' to delete works orders from here, rather than this being limited to users with full access.