Bookstore Manager Software
Technical Support: Beta Notes Version 6

I.      Objectives

II.     Terminology

III.   Conceptual Changes

            Menu - Version 6

IV.   New Features/Enhancements

A.   Accounts Receivable

1.    Customer Statements (ARS)

2.    Accounts Receivable Labels (ARL)

3.    Accounts Receivable Utilities (ARUL)

B.   Inventory

1.    Inventory Maintenance (IVM)

2.    Inventory Item Inquiry (IVI)

3.    Data Base Inquiry (IVDI)

4.    Inventory Totals (IVT)

5.    Inventory Master File Print (IVP)

6.   Inventory Print Publisher (IVPP) has been changed to Inventory Vendor Print (IVVP).

7.    Inventory Masterfile by Sales (IVST) will now sort sales by month or months of choice.

8.    Inventory Special Order Print (IVSP)

9.    Kit Maintenance (IVKM) The F3 key will call up the IVI program, allowing for the item number of a title to be looked up and transferred back to the IVKM screen.

10.   Make Special Order (IVSO)

11.   Price Update (IVUP)

12.   Work Order Report (IVWO)

13.   Inventory Orders (IVO)

14.   Inventory Order Print (IVOP)
        New Program

15.   Delete Old P.O.s (IVD)

16.   History Roll (IVHR) "Monthly with Stock Changes" now sets the "Model" inventory by department, based on sales dollars every month, ranking according to the percentage input into SYS, Config File, Change Misc. Configurations, numbers 2043 and 2044. This provides the ability to evaluate and closely control primary inventory items. (See percentage example under IVM, item number 4.)  Also, this program ranks the inventory "best to worst."

17.   Electronic Invoices and Confirmations (IVIC)
        New Program

18.    Inventory Archives (IVRC)
This is a new program that works similarly to "Wastebasket" in other software systems.  It is set up in SYS, Config File, Change Misc. Configurations, number 2004, "Archive deleted spl orders & inv items? Y/N."  Manually deleted items, and items deleted by history roll, will be retained for possible future re-entry.   By accessing IVM through IVRC, the IVM <F5> options screen will provide an "Undelete" option.  If an item is deleted a second time, the latest deletion will replace the previous deletion

19.   Inventory Returns (IVR)

• Item numbers or barcode numbers can now be used when keying in "Item #."
• Returns can now be scanned.

20.   Inventory Utilities (IVUL)

21.   Purchase Orders (IVN)

22.   Receive/Cancel Orders (IVPR)

23.   Missed Sales (IVMS)

24.   Multi-Store

25.   Third Party Add-On

C.   Accounts Payable

1.   Accounts Payable Labels (APL)
      New Program

2.   Vendor Edit Delete (APVE) There are two changes in APVE:

A.    The time frame for dropping paid invoices can now be set for up to 60 months in SYS, Config File, Change Misc. Configurations, number 3000.

B.    "Temporary Vendors" feature is now considered obsolete due to current larger capacity hard drives.

3.   Invoice Entry (APE)

4.   Check Print (APCP)

5.   Accounts Payable Check Register (APCR) This program now has "From Date" / "To Date" fields, so there is no longer a restriction in printing the report after the last "End of Month" was run.

D.   Sales

1.   Point Of Sale (POS)

2.   Sales Entry (SLE)

3.   Order Entry (OE)

4.   Order Entry Print (OEP)   Picking slip now prints the category and location of the product.

5.   Sales Journal Analysis (SLA)

6.   Quick Reference for POS Version 6.0

E.   Mail/Video

1.   Mailing List Maintenance (MLM)

2.   Mail Utilities (MLUL)

3.   Mailing List Print (MLP)

F.   General Ledger

1.   General Ledger Utilities (GLUL)
      New Program

2.   General Ledger Balance/History Inquiry (GLI)

G.   Miscellaneous

1.   Graph Utility (For Windows users only)

2.   Time Clock

3.   EMP - Employee to POS

4.   TRAIN   New Program

 

V.   Installation/Conversion of Version 6.0