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Facto Software are pleased to announce the
release of version 4.8 of de Facto S5 Accounting and ERP software.
The latest release of de Facto S5 features a number of enhancements
which provide the user with increased functionality. Further
enhancements focus on ease of use, leading to greater efficiency
of operation
and consequent gains in productivity.
Some
of the key developments in v4.8 are:
Sales Ledger - Financials Enhancements
Aged
Debtor Report Enhancement
A new facility has been added to the Aged Debtors report. This allows production
of the report by Delivery Point or Invoice Point, instead of by the whole account.
Logistics Enhancements
Quarantine
Batch
A new facility has been added to allow batches of products to be flagged
as 'Quarantined'. This can be done by using the new buttons found on either
of the following windows:
GRN - Detail entry
Expediting - Physical list
The
Quarantined Stock is displayed with a 'Q' on
the physical list and is ignored for both stock availability checking and
picking purposes.
Other
types of stock movement e.g. stock transfer, stock adjustment,
are still possible as there will not be a general 'lock'
placed on the product. Where the stock is transferred the picking
quarantine
lock will be retained.
Sales Order Processing - Logistics Enhancements
VAT
Inclusive Prices
A new option exists with Sales Order processing for the handling of 'Gross'
or 'Vat Inclusive' prices.
In
the Price List window, there is a new flag to indicate if the
prices include VAT. (This will only affect SOP)
In
the SOP detail a new flag to indicate that the prices include
VAT is defaulted
from the price list when finding the price. This flag can
be set on and off from the SOP detail.
Also
in the SOP detail, 2 new fields will contain the gross prices.
If the prices are excluding VAT, the gross prices will contain
the prices with VAT. The discounts are applied to the NET
price. If the prices are including VAT, the net prices will
contain the prices without VAT Including discounts. The discounts
are applied to the GROSS prices.
The
Stock Transaction detail has a new flag that indicates if the
prices include VAT or not. If the prices are excluding VAT,
The prices in the stock transaction will exclude VAT. If the
prices are including
VAT, The prices in the stock
transaction will include VAT.
The
gross values of the deliveries will include Settlement discounts
only for excluding VAT lines.
Stock - Logistics Enhancements
Auto
Split Physicals
A new parameter has been added to the product window 'Auto Split Physical'.
This will have the effect of always returning the remainder of a physical
batch of product into smaller units instead of it becoming a decimal fraction.
This will be done during picking or stock adjustments.
The
process is only noticeable by looking at the physical stock
and transaction history.
Before
selecting this option it is advisable to remove existing stock
and re-enter as whole units. Product
Metrics Data
A new facility has been added to the Stock Control module to allow multiple pieces
of data to be held to describe key features or parameters associated with a
products specification 'Metrics'.
A new menu
group has been added to the main Stock Control menu, 'Metrics'.
This has two main options:
Group Setup -
This is used to define the Metrics Groups and the individual pieces
of data to be recorded for each product within this group. Each
piece of data 'Element' has
a name and data type associated to it. Commands are provided for manual data
entry or the importing of either headings or product metric data for the
current group.
Group Details -
This is used to allocate a product to a metric group and maintain elements
for that product; this can also be done from the main
product window via the 'Metrics' option on the More
Info menu.
The intention
of this feature is to make a structure that allows for flexible storage
of product properties. History
and Valuation Rollback
Exhausted physical records are no longer deleted. There is now a live/exhausted
flag on the physical record. This has been done for reporting and enquiry purposes.
A
new stock history table has been created which records the history of any
quantity changes on a given transaction via such options as delivery
or GRN modifications.
The
history is available from the new audit option found on the product window, reports
menu. The same window can be opened from either the product transaction
history or trace windows by double clicking on a selected transaction.
Previously
posted transactions are no longer deleted if cancelled and are now zeroed
and the transaction status changed to 'Cancelled'.
A rollback
option has now been added to the stock valuation report.
General
Enhancements
Period
Date Range Validation
A new option has been added to the period control parameter window for 'Date Range
Validation'. This will enable Start and Finish dates to be set for
each period for each module. The validation is normally a warning unless the
compulsory parameter for that module has been set on the window.
PDF
- Page Setup
PDF Layout Setup is done from the Admin Parameters, 'PDF Layout Setup'.
A global default can be set, which can be overridden by the document settings,
and during the printing stage on the destination dialogue window.
You
can also set a default PDF layout for a report from the Commands
menu, Set PDF Layout. If the user selects PDF as the report
location, the system will use this value, or they can override
as per documents.
PDF
- Page Setup now includes facilities for the following:
- Orientation - Portrait/Landscape, Paper Size, Margins
- JPEG
Compression Level, Font Embedding, Watermark
- Encryption
- Linearise
for Web, Default Directory/Document Name.
Admin Enhancements
Multi
User Sessions
From version 4.8, S5 will now allow multiple concurrent sessions to be run
on the same device whilst only counting as a single user licence. Please note
this only applies to traditional client installs (known as thick client), terminal
service based installs (known as thin client) will take one user licence per
session. The number of sessions can now be viewed from the Log On and Users
Logged On
windows.
Document
Designer
A
new library has been added which will allow easier access to
the document modifier as a separate application.
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