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Notes through Update 2000-92C.2
The
latest download will update The
Uniform Solution to the version
2000-92C.2. The program download
does NOT contain an update to the
Vendor Catalog, but the full program
download does. You must be running
Version 1996 - 24A or higher to
install this update. Windows (3.x
or 95/98) is required to perform
the update, and the update is password
protected.
2000 Feature Enhancements
Listed below are links to the feature
enhancements to The Uniform Solution
through version 92C.2. Descriptions
of the features and how to utilize
them in the program are organized
per version release. Click on a
program version number below to
go directly to the feature enhancements
for that version.
Version
92C.2
Version
91C.2
Version
90C.2
Version
89C.2
Version 88C.2
Version
87C.2
Version 83C.2
Version
81C.2
Version
80C.2
Version
79C.2
Version
78C.2
Version
77C.2
Version
76C.2
Version
74C.2
Version
72C.2
Version
71C.2
Version
68C.2
Version
67C.2
1999 Feature Enhancements
Listed below are links to the feature
enhancements added during the 1999
calendar year. Descriptions of the
enhancements and how to utilize
them in The Uniform Solution are
organized per version number.
1999
Feature Enhancements
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Version
92C.2
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Description
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Receiving Report
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This
version enables the Receiving
Report to be run for one
or all stores. The receiving
report prints a listing of
all items received between
a date range, and totals the
report when done.
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Version
91C.2
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Description
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Added
Portable Data Terminal feature
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If
you enter portable=qty
in the Uniform. ini
file, it allows you to scan
an item and enter a quantity
amount when using the portable
data terminal. Call us for
more details on this feature.
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Version
90C.2
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Description
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Vendor
Sales Report
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Changed
the Vendor Sales Report
to break on a different style.
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| Added
Multiple Vendor Account Numbers
by Store |
Added
vendor code, store number (i.e.,
Lan2=34red). The equal sign,
account number and this number
will print on a PO when a PO
is created for the store. The
option is given when printing
a Vendor PO to select the store
to use as the ship to. |
| User
Access Levels |
Changed
the default user access levels
for better safety from employee
theft. Access level 1
can print tags, Access level
3 required for changing
inventory levels. |
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Version
89C.2
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Description
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Added
Sales By State Report
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A
Sales by State Report has
been added under Reports
> Standard Reports >
Sales Reports > 13. Sales
by State Report. The report
lists a summary of all sales
created during a selected
range of dates sorted by the
state of the customer.
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| Added
Printing
Customer Ship Label from within
Customer Form
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You
can now print a customer shipping
label from within the customer
form. Press Ctrl+P and a label
prints if you have the ship
port defined. |
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Version
88C.2
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Description
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Program
Fix
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Corrected
the Sales PO to properly handle
multi-location ordering.
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| Program
Fix
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Fixed
a problem with Sales PO creation
and multiple stores. Corrected
to use AutoCreate in the uniform.ini
and all stores properly. |
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Version
87C.2
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Description
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Program
Fix
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Changed
scan received items option
from using the F6 hot key
to use the F8 hot key. The
F6 hot key is already the
hot key for attaching notes
to an item on the receiving
list.
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Pole
Baud Rate Default
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The
Pole Baud Rate is no longer
required as a setting in the
Uniform.ini. By default the
program will use a Pole Baud
Rate of 9600 which is the
requirement for most Poles
manufactured in recent years.
Some older Poles require a
rate of 4800 which will need
to be set in the Uniform.ini
to override the program default
(polebaud=4800). If you have
a Pole currently installed
and it is functioning you
do not need to make any changes.
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Remote
Store Log In Safety Feature
- Applies only to Multi-Store
Users
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There
is a new Uniform.ini
setting to prevent Remote
Store locations from accidentally
logging into the program as
an incorrect location. In
the Uniform.ini two
setting are used in conjunction
to auto-select the store that
should be logged into. Enter
into the Uniform.ini: store=2
and location=2 to automatically
log all users into store 2
at this location.
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Customer
Balance
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You
can now check a Customer's
account balance from the Total
Sales Invoice screen when
creating a sale. Press F10
to check balance.
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Hospital
Sales Report Modified
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The
Hospital Sales Report now
provides you with the option
to sort the report by Name
or Invoice Number.
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Payroll
Deduction Periods
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The
number of pay period deductions
is now saved for payroll deductions
in the invoice record. The
number of periods to deduct
is entered on the Payroll
Deduct Options screen during
the totaling of the Sales
Invoice.
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Payroll
Deduction Export
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There
is now an export function
to export payroll deduction
information for a selected
customer. The payroll export
is accessed by highlighting
the desired customer and selecting
Customer Reports while on
the Customer List. Enter a
desired date range and the
program will collect information
about every payroll deduction
invoice created for the master
account over the date range.
The information is written
in ASCII format and saved
to Text file in the UNIFORM
folder. It can be imported
into any spread sheet program
(i.e. Microsoft Excel). The
information exported is date,
customer name, invoice total
and dollar value of each payroll
payment (invoice total divided
by # of pay periods).
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Version
83C.2
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Description
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Can
Now Print After Printing to
Screen
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The
option to print after you
have printed to screen is
now working. Previously, this
option did not work. If you
send any program output to
the screen rather than a printer,
you can now press the Print
button (or Alt+P) to send
the output to the printer.
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| Fixed
Printing of " on New Eltron
Tag |
The
quote character (") as
part of the style's information
previously caused the new
Eltron tag to skip some of
the fields on the tag. This
problem has been corrected.
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| Limit
the Top 40 Sales Report to a
Department |
An
option is now provided on
the Top 40 Sales Report to
limit the report to a single
department. If this option
is selected, a department
is selected and the Top 40
report is tabulated for the
selected department only.
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| Limit
the Open Items on PO's Report
to a Date Range |
The
Open Items on PO reports can
now be run for a range of dates.
Only orders placed during the
entered range of dates are evaluated
for the report. |
| Limit
the Receiving Report to a Date
Range |
The
Receiving Report can now be
run for a range of dates. Only
receiving lists posted during
the range of dates are evaluated
for the report. |
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Version
81C.2
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Description
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Sales
PO Added
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A
new type of PO has been added
to the system. You can now
create a Sales PO from the
Purchase Orders (New/Not Posted)
section of the program.
A
Sales PO is used to create
a purchase order for each
item sold, over a selected
range of dates. You may create
a Sales PO for all or one
vendor and may include all
or one inventory codes.
To
create a Sales PO, press F6
from the Purchase Orders (New/Not
Posted) screen.
If you have multiple locations,
You can limit which store
the program creates Sales
PO's for by using the Autocreate=store
# feature (added Version
58C.2).
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| Scan
Received Items |
You
can now scan received items
onto a receiving list in addition
to the standard method for
adding items to a receiving
list. Once you have entered
the information to create
the receiving list, you can
press F6 to scan received
items.
To
scan an item onto the receiving
list, the item must still
be on a posted PO. Once you
have selected F6-Sales PO,
you must specify the posted
PO from which to scan items.
Once the PO is selected, item
barcodes can be scanned and
then copied to a receiving
list.
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| New
Quick Add of Non-Standard Items
to an Invoice |
You
can now quickly add a non-standard
item to an invoice. When you
are on the Sales Entry Screen,
you can now enter a number
with a decimal point (.) to
indicate the cost of a non-standard
item. The number entered is
interpreted as the cost and
a non-standard item with a
description of MISC
is added to the invoice. For
returns, the program will
recognize a negative sign
(-) as a return item. the
quick entry feature only works
while in Quick Scanning Mode.
The
F7-Non Standard option still
functions with the only benefit
being that you can specify
the line item information
of the item (i.e. vendor,
style, color, size, and description).
Example:
If you enter the value 12.00
in the barcode field
of the sales entry screen
and press <ENTER>, an
item with the description
MISC will be listed
with a retail cost of $12.00.
For a return, if you enter
the value -12.00, the system
will add an item with value
(12.00), a return, to the
invoice.
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Version
80C.2
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Description
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Added
Contract Sales Report
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The
Contract Sales Report summarizes
the quantity, cost and retail
price for each item sold on
a contract. Summaries are
provided for each contract
and grand totals are provided
at the end of the report.
When
running the report, you are
prompted for a report date.
Contract summaries are calculated
for the beginning of the current
year through the date entered,
and for the previous year
(determined by the date entered).
In a multi-store environment,
the report can only be run
for one store at a time.
**This
report is only useful for
those users that have the
Contract Pricing and Quotes
Module.
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Version
79C.2
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Description
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| New
Tag Form Created for Tags Printed
with the Eltron TLP 2642/2742 |
The
default tag printed using
the TLP 2642/2742 thermal
tag printer has been modified
with the following changes.
Store
Name has been changed to
print in black rather
than in white with a black
border.
Garment
description is now printed
on the tag. The description
shown is the description
listed for the item in inventory.
The
new tag form is used by default.
To print using the older tag
format, the line tagform=garment
must be added to the file
UNIFORM.INI. Also,
the tag form templates garment.ejf
and/or compare.ejf
must be loaded to the printer.
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Version
78C.2
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Description
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| Daily
Report Repair |
The
daily report was repaired
after changes were made in
version 76C.2.
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| sccopies
Functionality Added for Closing
Special Orders |
The
settings below were modified
to also work when closing special
orders.
scopies=# Sales Invoice
Copies
sccopies=# Store Charge
Invoice Copies
socopies=# Special Order
Invoice Copies
lcopies=# Layaway Invoice
Copies
gcopies=# Gift Certificate
Invoice Copies
Where # represents the number
of desired copies.
*** The above settings are
entered in the files UNIFORM.INI.
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Version
77C.2
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Description
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| Hospital
Sales Report Adjustment |
The
Hospital Sales Report has
been changed to provide invoice
detail sorted first by payment
(as it already is) and then
alphabetically by customer
name.
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| Control
# of Copies Printed for Sale,
Special Order, Store Charge,
Layaway, and Gift Certificate
Invoices |
Rather
than using the icopies=#
INI setting (which prints the
specified number of invoices
regardless of invoice type),
the following settings can be
placed in the file UNIFORM.INI
to set the number of copies
to print for each specific type
of invoice. These setting will
override the icopies
setting for the specified invoice
type.
scopies=# Sales Invoice
Copies
sccopies=# Store Charge
Invoice Copies
socopies=# Special Order
Invoice Copies
lcopies=# Layaway Invoice
Copies
gcopies=# Gift Certificate
Invoice Copies
Where # represents the number
of desired copies. |
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Version
76C.2
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Description
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| Program
Adjustment |
Made
adjustments to the program
regarding XTRACE error message
when placing notes on a purchase
order, report printing, and
working in inventory.
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Version
74C.2
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Description
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| Program
Fix |
Fixed
a problem with printing remaining
open items on a Special Order,
when partially closing a Special
Order.
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Version
72C.2
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Description
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| Added
point-of-sale override to Never
Discount Item option |
The
never discount item
option can now be overridden
at the point-of-sale. After
the item has been added to
an invoice, highlight the
desired item and select Change.
Once on the Add/Update
Item Form, you may press
F10 to sell the item
at a fixed price.
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Version
71C.2
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Description
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Added the ability to block inventory
items from being discounted
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A
checkbox option has been added
to the Inventory Style Form
to provide the ability to stop
inventory styles from being
discounted. Enabling the option
Never Discount Item will
block any attempts at discounting
the item at the point-of-sale.
One exception, items on a contract
will be discount according to
the contract whether or not
the option is enabled for the
style. |
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Version
68C.2
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Description
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Fixed Quotes to Allow an Expiration
Date in the Year 2000 |
The
quotes portion of the Contract
Pricing and Quotes Module is
now Y2K Ready. The Expires date
field on the Quote Entry Form
now uses a four-digit year,
allowing quotes to be created
that can expire in the year
2000 or later. |
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Version
67C.2
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Description
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Add a Bill To Address on a PO
that is Different than the Address
of Store that Created the PO |
Added
the ability to put a bill to
address on a purchase order
that is different that the store
address that created the purchase
order. This applies only to
the vendor copy of the
PO. To use this feature, add
the setting pobillto=company
and address information
to the file UNIFORM.INI.
Put the entire company name
and address after the equals
sign all on one line. Designate
line breaks using a semicolon
(;).
Example: pobillto=PDS;1778
N. Plano Rd.; Richardson, TX
75081 |
| Program
Fix - Finance Charge Date |
Fixed
finance charge date in line
item notes to show the current
date rather than the days
since Dec. 28, 1800 (which
is what it was showing).
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1999
Feature Enhancements
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Feature
Enhancement
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Version |
Description
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Inventory Over Max Levels
Report |
65C.2 |
Added
a new report Reports >
Standard Reports > Inventory
Reports > 13. Inventory
Over Max Levels that provides
a listing of all inventory
items that are in stock at
a level greater than the set
maximum desired stock level.
This report is used to locate
over stocked items that are
on reorder points. |
| Purchase
Order Viewing and Tag Printing
for Remote Locations in a
Centralized Multi-Store Batch |
65C.2 |
For
locations running a Centralized
Batch, the program has
been modified to allow Remote
locations to view the current
list of outstanding purchase
orders sent by the Central
location. The purpose
of this new feature is to
allow remote locations to
print out their own tags
for current outstanding
PO's that are for their
location. An option is also
provided to print a hard
copy of a PO.
Note:
If you do not have multiple
locations or are running
a de-centralized batch
process, this feature does
not apply to you.
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| Modified
the Add UPC Numbers Function
of the Vendor Catalog |
65C.2 |
The
Add UPC Numbers function (located
in Maint > F2-VendorCatalog
> Update Master Inventory
> Add UPC Numbers)
has been modified to continue
the add UPC process even if
a UPC bar-code is found to
already be in use for another
item (i.e. duplicate UPC code).
The duplicate UPC barcode
is skipped and and the process
continues with the next item.
In all previous versions,
the process terminates after
encountering a duplicate UPC. |
| New
Feature Bug Fix |
63C.2 |
Corrected
an error to prevent inventory
items assigned an inventory
code that is set to 'do
not allow ordering'
from being automatically ordered
when placed on a special order. |
| New
Feature Bug Fix |
63C.2 |
Fixed
an error adding tags to the
tag queue when adding them
from a PO. If an item was
removed from a PO, the quantity
ordered is zero. A zero quantity
in the tag queue would cause
the tag printing procedure
to break. |
| New
Feature Bug Fix |
63C.2 |
An
error in the Open Specials
Report was recognized
and corrected. |
| Support
for Larger Shipping Labels
Added |
60C.2 |
The
program
will now support printing
on larger
shipping labels. Standard
US Postal Service mailing
labels of size 4 1/2"(height)
x 5"(width) may now be
used to print shipping labels
on a dot matrix printer. To
enable the feature, add the
line shiplabel=big to
the Uniform.ini file
located in the Uniform Folder
on your computer. |
| New
Feature Bug Fix |
60C.2 |
An
error with using Drop Ship
ID for creating PO's was recognized
and corrected. PO's created
using this method were only
bringing in the first item
with the selected Drop Ship
Id. All items with a selected
Drop Ship Id are now brought
into the PO. |
| Store
Transfers |
59C.2 |
The
ability to create transfers
has been added as part of
the physical inventory module.
Start by scanning the inventory
items to transfer into Scan
"Stock" Inventory.
Once all items are scanned,
close the physical item form
and return to the physical
inventory table. From the
table, select the F2 -Transfer
button located at the bottom
of the screen. After pressing
the button the transfer screen
appears (show
me). To complete the store
transfer, select transfer,
enter the number of the store
the merchandise is coming
from and enter the store number
of the store to transfer to.
After you have entered the
required information, print
and post the transfer list
and clear the physical count*.
*Scanned item will remain
in physical inventory until
the count is cleared. You
will need to clear the count
to perform a new transfer
or take a physical count.
Once the count has been cleared,
you can NO LONGER view the
items transferred. Make
sure and print a hard copy
before you clear the count.
**Transfers are for mulit-store
systems only. If you are running
a CENTRALIZED batch, ALL transfers
MUST be performed at the CENTRAL
location. If you are running
a DECENTRALIZED batch, transfers
only affect the inventory
levels of the store performing
the transfer (I.E. inventory
can be transferred out of
your store, but the store
you are transferring to store
must perform their own transfer
in). |
| Scan
Merchandise into Inventory |
59C.2 |
The
transfer feature may also
be used to scan merchandise
into stock for a store, rather
than creating a receiving
list. After scanning
the desired merchandise press
the F2-Transfer button. The
transfer screen will appear
(show
me). Rather than selecting
the transfer action, select
the 'Add to Inventory' action.
You will be required to enter
the number of the store to
which you are adding inventory.
After you have entered the
required information, print
and post the items to add
to inventory*.
*Scanned item will remain
in physical inventory until
the count is cleared. You
will need to clear the count
to perform a new transfer
or take a physical count.
Once the count has been cleared,
you can NO LONGER view the
items scanned into inventory.
Make
sure and print a hard copy
before you clear the count. |
| Scan
Merchandise out of Inventory |
59C.2 |
The
transfer feature may also
be used to scan merchandise
out of stock for a selected
store After scanning the desired
merchandise press the F2-Transfer
button. The transfer screen
will appear (show
me). Rather than selecting
the transfer action, select
the 'Subtract from Inventory'
action. You will be required
to enter the number of the
store to which you are subtracting
inventory. After you have
entered the required information,
print and post the items to
subtract to inventory*.
*Scanned item will remain
in physical inventory until
the count is cleared. You
will need to clear the count
to perform a new transfer
or take a physical count.
Once the count has been cleared,
you can NO LONGER view the
items scanned out of inventory.
Make
sure and print a hard copy
before you clear the count. |
| Multiple
Tag Copies |
58C.2 |
It
is possible to print multiple
copies of tags in the TagQueue
by adding the line TagCopies=Number
of Tags to the Uniform INI
file. |
| Alternate
Vendor Store Account Numbers |
58C.2 |
If
your running decentralized
multi-store operations, you
may need the ability to enter
a store account number for
each vendor at each location.
You can now accomplish this
by adding the VendorCode=AccountNumber
to the Uniform INI file. |
| Limit
Stores When Automatically
Creating PO's |
58C.2 |
You
can now add the INI file setting
(AutoCreate=1, 3, 4)
where 1, 3, and 4 are the
stores that you want to limit
creating purchase orders for
during the AutoCreate process
for all stores. Add the line
AutoCreate to the UNIFORM.INI
file and list the store numbers
to include separated by commas.
This feature will most likely
be used only by multiple stores
operating in a decentralized
manner. |
| Removed
Prices when using Print Order
Detail |
58C.2 |
Stopped
the program from printing
the retail and extended price
when printing the items remaining
from the original order below
the actual items on the sales
invoice. Some store customers
were confused with the total
on the invoice. |
| Ability
to Print Invoice Detail on
Hospital Sales Report Added |
58C.2 |
Added
the ability to print the detail
for the hospital sales report.
The report sorts by payment
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