Ostendo Update Notes from 24 July 2007 – What’s New

Ostendo Update Notes from 24 July 2007 – What’s New

Project & Asset Split in Job Orders

We have added the ability to split out the Project and either the Customer Asset or Company Asset (dependant on Job Style). Previously if you had created a Job Style for ‘Customer Asset’, ‘Company Asset’ or ‘Rental’, you were unable to link the Job to a Project. This change means that no matter what style of Job it can be linked to a Project.

Recurring Invoices

We have added the ability to define both the Recurring Customer and the Billing Customer for the Recurring Invoice. This is important if the contract is for a Customer Asset, but the billing customer is a separate entity (common where there is a head office billing arrangement).

Override Default Warehouse & Location in Picking & Issuing Screens

We have added the ability to override the default Warehouse & Location pre-filled when issuing for Sales, Jobs & Assemblies. Previously this could have been done line by line, whereas with this update you can set the default warehouse & location for that session. Commonly used when picking from either different Branches in a distribution environment, or from different Vans in a contracting environment.

Changing Customer in Sales Order

We have added the ability to change the primary customer for a Sales Order up to the point that the first issue is made, or a Sales Delivery is created. On changing the Customer you will be prompted to either re-price the order/quote based on the new customers pricing rules, or leave it as is.

Weights, Volumes & Surface Areas for Jobs & Assemblies

We have added the ability to display the weights, volumes and surface areas against Assembly Orders and Job Orders. If this feature is turned on in either the Assembly Rules or Job Rules screen, the default unit weights, volumes & areas will be pre-filled automatically based on the Item, Descriptor or Catalogue values. You will then have the ability to edit the unit dimensions, from which totals for each dimension will be calculated. The header for both the Job and Assembly Order will also display the order totals for each dimension.

Actual weights, volumes & areas are also calculated automatically when any issuing occurs.

Various Small Fixes & Improvements

Various issues and enhancements that have been reported to us over the last few weeks have been fixed in this update.