• Special Order/Drop Ship PO Status Report - When Special Orders is selected from the Sales Order Task Bar and the user chooses to view existing Purchase Orders, the user can select Print to review current statistics related to the Purchase Orders created for the Sales Order.

• Special Factored Cost - Typically, Items that are marked up from cost are based upon the Default Costing Method defined in setup. Meaning, if Weighted Average is the default costing method, the markup will be based upon the Weighted Average Cost.  The Special Factored Cost option can calculate markups based upon the Factored Cost to determine selling prices, but still use the default costing method for transactions. This allows an item to have additional costs reflected as a percentage added to the received cost to establish the factored cost. Selling prices will then be based upon the factored cost.

• Inventory Adjustment Comments - When manual inventory adjustments are made, the user is prompted to include an explanation why they were made.  This information is also displayed on inventory adjustment reports.

• Batch Invoice Printing - When a use prints the standard invoice form, they now have the option to print a Single Invoice or Batch Print multiple invoices. Batch Printing options include the ability to select a Starting and Ending Date Range or Sequential Invoice Numbers.

• Pricing Updates - Pricing Updates received from Manufacturers will now attempt to find a cross reference match based upon a Vendor Part# defined for the inventory item of the item number provided in the update file does not match to an ORDERS Plus Item#.

• New Product Categories On The Fly - A user can now add Inventory Categories without the need to enter Setup mode.

• Direct Links to Online Tutorials - Users have the option to directly view online tutorials from within ORDERS Plus via the Help and Support menu.

ORDERS Plus Gold 2008 Enhancements

• Windows Vista Compatibility - Enhancements were made to fully support Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to assure compliance with the latest Windows operating systems.

• Microsoft Outlook Compatibility - Enhancements were made to fully support the latest service packs released for Microsoft Outlook including Microsoft Outlook 2007.  These enhancements support all the security policy changes made to send a valid email using Microsoft Outlook.

• BusinessWorks Gold Version 8.0 Compatibility - Enhancements were made to support BusinessWorks Gold Version 8.0.

• Administrator Notifications - Enhancements were made to send daily electronic notices to the ORDERS Plus Administrator that indicate current DB Verification Status.

• Domain Security Permissions - Enhancements were made to verify the latest Microsoft Domain Security Permission standards and communicate to the user if any Domain Security Policies conflict with the Permissions needed for correct ORDERS Plus operation.

• Special Contract Pricing Option - Enhancements were made to the Contract Pricing module that allow a user to apply a Contract Pricing Quote to Customers Assigned a Specific Price Level.

• Contract Price Reports - Enhancements were made to Contract Pricing Reports that allow a user to choose if the report is for the current customer or all customers.

• Customer Production Order - Enhancements were made to the sort order displayed on screen and the corresponding reports specific to Customer Production Status and History.

• Start Production Without Required Stock - Enhancements were made to allow a user to start production whether or not the required stock is available.  Warning Messages are also displayed.  This only benefits users who do not use Work in Progress method of manufacturing.

• Production Order Duplication - Enhancements were made to allow a user to enter a different Build Amount when duplicating a production order.

• Special/Drop Ship Purchase Orders - Enhancements were made to pick up the Vendor Default Ship Via instead of the Shipping method selected on the original sales order.

• Posting Enhancements - Enhancements were made when posting to display details about any configuration problems prior to actual posting of the transaction.

• Expert Mode - Enhancements were made to allow to Enable Expert Mode which will not display certain system messages when saving data in the system.  Enabling Expert Mode will save time during order entry since these messages are not displayed.

• Auditing - Enhancements were made to add the Conversion of a Quote to Order and Order to Invoice to the audit logs.

• Contact Management - Enhancements were made to display the State Abbreviation in the outstanding tasks screen.  This will allow a user to easily determine tasks that may be in a different time zone.

• Credit Card Processing - Enhancements were made to allow the Security Code (CVV2) to be saved to the Customer record for future use.

• Document Management - Enhancements were made to allow a user to attach a ZIP file which may then contain multiple documents.

• Inventory Valuation Report - Enhancements were made to allow the user to print variations of this report which can include line item totals to be displayed.

• Sales Summary Report - Enhancements were made to allow the user to include Freight and Tax in the report and sort the report by other criteria.

• Pending Receipts Report - Enhancements were made to allow this report to print ALL items purchased.

• Customer PO# on Quote - Enhancements were made to allow the user to enter a Customer PO# directly on a Quotation.

• Pending Receipts Report - Enhancements were made to allow this report to print ALL items purchased.

• Quote Worksheet - Enhancements were made to require the user to have Quote Cost Access Rights to print the Quote Worksheet.

• Pending Receipts Report - Enhancements were made to allow this report to print ALL items purchased.

• Other Contact/Shipping Locations - Enhancements were made to allow a user to search by Phone Number or Email Address from another contact or shipping location.

• Customer On Credit Hold - Enhancements were made to allow a user to Email or Fax information to a Customer on Credit Hold.

• Data Review Preparation Wizard - Enhancements were made to the Maintenance Wizard to simply creating company data information to be submitted for data review.

• Sales Order Form - Enhancements were made to display text indicating this is an Order Confirmation and to check the line items for accuracy.

• Form Comments - Enhancements were made to allow a user to enter up to 1500 characters for the default form comments.

• Pending Receipts Report - Enhancements were made to allow this report to print ALL items purchased.

• Pending Receipts Job Costing/Equipment Tracking - Enhancements were made to allow this user to print this report for a specific job or piece of equipment.

ORDERS Plus Gold 2007 Enhancements

• ORDERS Plus Gold & UPS Worldship - Now, when creating a new shipment in UPS Worldship you can enter the invoice number and the respective shipping information is read directly from ORDERS Plus into Worldship eliminating any manual entry.  Then, once the UPS Worldship End of Day is performed, you have the option to automatically import all the respective Tracking Numbers and optionally, recalculate the freight amounts with the exact freight cost calculated by UPS Worldship.

• Custom Reporting Tools Provided By Crystal Reports - ORDERS Plus Gold and Crystal Reports will tightly integrate giving you the flexibility to benefit from all of the powerful reporting, output formats and export features available with Crystal Reports.  A Complete, Secure, Corporate Data Set will allow for permission based users to access the corporate data set for enterprise wide reporting..

• Data Accessibility via Microsoft SQL Server - ORDERS Plus Gold and Microsoft SQL Server will tightly integrate giving you the flexibility to access data maintained in ORDERS Plus via SQL Server 2000 or higher.  A Complete, Secure, Corporate Data Set will allow for permission based users to access the corporate data set via SQL Server.  In conjunction with Microsoft SQL Server, a new dynamic platform is available for other 3rd Party Applications that are SQL Compatible. SQL Server is not required for ORDERS Plus.  However, if you have Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or higher, these new features will be available.

• BusinessWorks Gold Version 8 - Several Key Enhancements to BusinessWorks Gold include the reduction of time spent during end of month and end of quarter payroll functions as they relate to State and Federal Tax Reporting.

• Partial Production Runs - Flexibility has been added to allow for Partial Builds of a Production Order and the ability to cancel the outstanding balance or build more than the original amount.

• Enhanced Batch Posting - A User now has the option to determine which Posting Options will occur during Batch Posting.  The User Can Select from Invoices, Purchase Order Receipts, Inventory Adjustments and Aging.  This gives the user more flexibility based upon their accounting needs.

• Auto Fill Based Upon Qty in Stock & Date Required - This feature will allow the user to automatically create pick tickets, ship the product and generate invoice transactions based upon current stock availability and the date required.  Simply put, if you just received 100 stock widgets and there are 30 outstanding orders, this feature will automatically print pick tickets, ship the items and generate the invoice transaction for the stock items that are shipped.

• Customizable System Personality - This feature will allow you to determine if you want to refer to those who place an order with your company as a Customer, Client, Department, or whatever is best for your needs.  This will change all the existing references to "Customers" and "Customer" to your own requirements.

• Improved Posting Speed - Enhancements have been made to decrease the amount of time it takes to post a transaction either manually or during batch posting.

• Whole Order Commission Change - Enhancements allow a whole order on-the-fly commission to be applied automatically to all line items.  This allows the user to change the commission percentage and apply that change to the whole order.

• Customer & Vendor Account#'s - Customer and Vendor Account numbers are now displayed on screen eliminating the need to select the lookup button to view them.

• Unit of Measure (UOM) Displayed when Entering Qty - During Line Item Entry, the Unit of Measure will be displayed when entering the Quantity.

• Generic Item Reports - A new set of reports specifically designed for GENERIC Type Items will be available from the Inventory Reports Menu that will display the description entered for the Item and the Vendor Purchased from.

• Quoted/On Order By Customer or By Sales Rep Reports - New Sales Reports will be added that display information sorted by Customer or by Sales Representative.

• Sales Order Duplication - Enhancements have been made to allow for a complete pricing change based upon existing price levels.

• PDF File Size Reduction - Enhancements have been made to the PDF Engine that will reduce the PDF file size by up to 90%.  A benefit when emailing documents.

• Future Outstanding Tasks Report - Allows an individual Sales Rep or Manager to review all future tasks scheduled in the future.

• Purchase Order Forms to Only Display Open Items - Similar to the Pick Ticket, an optional Purchase Order will only display the items that are outstanding on the purchase order.  This allows the Purchase Order to be reprinted after a partial receipt and placed back into the receiving department's open purchase order bin.

• Dynamic Pick Ticket to Display only Shipped Items - A special Pick Ticket will be available that allows the user to first, select the items to ship and then print a Pick Ticket showing just those items.  This allows the user to decide which items they want to ship and print the pick ticket based upon that selection.

• Display Pop-up Notes During Conversion - A new feature will allow the user to choose if Customer Pop-Up Notes are displayed when converting from Quote to Order and Order to Invoice.

• Search By Primary Contact - When searching for a Customer using the Primary Contact, the sort will stay fixed allowing the user to PgUp/PgDn to the previous and next record in the sequence

• Purge Discontinued Inventory Items - A new feature will allow the user to delete a Discontinued Inventory Item.

• Delete Inactive Customer Account - A new feature will allow the user to delete an Inactive Customer Account.

• Purge Old Purchase Order Transactions - A new feature will allow the user to purge old Purchase Order Transactions.

• Purge Old Invoice Transactions - New features will allow the user to purge old Invoice Transactions.

• Search By Primary Contact - When searching for a Customer using the Primary Contact, the sort will stay fixed allowing the user to PgUp/PgDn to the previous and next record in the sequence.

• Visual Taxable Indicator on all Standard Forms – Now, all of the standard forms will indicate that an item is taxable using an asterisk.

• Specialty Reports - New Report Options are available when the Print menu is displayed for a specific customer. They are available when the Specialty button is selected. A new Sales History by Shipping Location and Delivery Performance Report have been added.

ORDERS Plus Gold Product Enhancements (Initial Release)