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Version 2.83, released 30-Aug-2011
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07 Sep 2011 10:42 AM  

Version 2.83a, released 30-Aug-2011

1. General: 'IFCO-link' module added to enable exporting data to IFCO in their file format. Thanks to Ady Harris @ Vitacress and Andy Beeching @ IFCO UK for their assistance.

2. General: The Movements and some other forms can now be opened without data (i.e. in 'data entry' mode), which allows them to open faster. Opening with or without data is controlled with a setting in the Main Customise form, but opening an empty form then clicking 'Load All Records' is still faster than opening the form with data.

3. General: An 'Optimise' button is added to the bottom of the Main form that verifies all data in the data file and fixes any problem records. The Optimise button compacts the current data file as well. Data verification was previously performed when opening the relevant forms, so forms now open faster as a result of moving these processes. Reminders to optimise are managed in the Main Customise form.

4. General: The option to send emails by directly connecting to your mail server using 'SMTP' is provided. Using 'MAPI' to send email via the locally installed mail client, Outlook or other, continues to be supported. Selection of the email method and associated settings are provided in the Main Customise form.

5. General: Printing reports to a PDF file has been improved. When printing and emailing PDF files, they are now saved to a designated 'reports' folder, which is specified in the Main Customise form.

6. General: The folder used for backing up the current data file can now be set by the user in the Main customise form. Data files are backed up when archiving, optimising and updating to a later version.

7. Export Data form: Sending export files via 'FTP' is now possible directly from 2ic Pallets. The Export data Customise form now allows choosing between Email and FTP as the 'send method' for the various supplier exports.

8. Movements, Imported Movements & Trading Partners forms: The 2ic Suffix and the TN/TF CHEP Asia prefix is removed from docket numbers. The TN/TF prefix is still added to printed dockets and added when exporting to CHEP. The 2ic Suffix is replaced by the 'Code' field in movement records. Movement codes are based on the transaction, movement type (Normal, Rejection, etc.), 'complete' status and 'cancelled' status. They displayed in the Movements Customise form and can be edited. Removing the suffix and prefix makes searching for duplicate docket numbers faster (when keying movements) and makes importing and matching movements faster.

9. Movements form: Exchange balances in the trading partner drop-down list have been moved into the status bar. These lists also now have 3rd Party trading partners repeated, listing each supplier and account number for which they have an account. Previously the lists would be requeried when changing records or adding a new movement record – this was necessary to display the exchange balance of the selected equipment and account number with the corresponding supplier. The performance is better despite there being more records in the list(repeated trading partners) because it avoids having to requery the list.

10. Trading Partners form: There is a new field 'Last Movement' which is locked and automatically updated with the date of the last movement record involving the trading partner. Cascade deleting of TP Accounts, Senders/Receivers and trading names has also been enabled. This makes it easy to delete unused trading partners, i.e. ones without a Last Movement. Thanks to Kathy Crooks @ NQX for this suggestion.

11. Trading Partners form: For supplier trading partners, the checkboxes for CHEP, Loscam, etc. have been replaced with a drop-down list of recognised suppliers. This removes confusion and is generally more efficient.

12. Import Data form: Various improvements made to the "CHEP Global Transaction Listing file, Version 1.0-current" template. Trading partner names are now included in the template in columns 14 and 19. This allows for managed recovery sites to be distinguished from "CHEP" and the corresponding transaction changed to a transfer (instead of Issue or Dehire). The Effective Date is also handled better because it is set to the notify date for late declarations.

13. Import Data form: Support added for a new import template: "2ic Web Pallets stocktakes file, Version 1.20-current".

14. Import Data form: The "BlueTrack trading partners file, Version 2.0-current" template is modified to import account numbers (in the old CHEP format) as trading names. This way the account number may still be used when keying movements after switching to 2ic Pallets, but may be phased out easily after a transition period by deleting the trading names. 2ic Pallets uses the new 10-digit CHEP account numbers.

15. Movements form & Run Sheet report: When setting the carrier of a movement, it checks for other movements with the same con note that do not have a carrier and offers to update them. Assigning the carrier ensures movements for other equipment on the con note are not left off the run sheet, and subsequently left off the delivery truck. This check is only conducted when using run sheets based on the carrier, and a setting to activate it is provided on the Run Sheet tab of the Movements Customise form. This check is not necessary if the carrier is specified as new movements are keyed and Control+m is used to create the additional lines, but it is helpful when existing movements are allocated to carriers (i.e. trucks) at a later stage. Thanks to Carolyn McPherson @ Rand Transport for this suggestion.

16. Run Sheet report: A setting has been added for using the Date Received instead of only the movement Date (sending date) for movements on the report. Other options are provided to display or hide the current balance and to display the Con Note instead of the Reference. Thanks to Carolyn McPherson @ Rand for this suggestion.

17. Docket reports: The "Loscam continuous docket" has been renamed to "Asia continuous docket" as CHEP also supply pre-printed dockets with the same page size. Thanks to Krittiya Sirimat @ CHEP Thailand for assistance.

18. Docket reports: An option has been added for removing the linear barcodes on dockets. This improves scanning paper dockets into Translogix. Thanks to John Smyth @ Lindsay Transport for this suggestion.

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07 Sep 2011 10:43 AM  

Version 2.83b, released 1-Sep-2011

19. Movements Customise form: There is now a default for Quantity. This allows setting the quantity to 1 and hiding the column when tracking individual equipment items. Thanks to Mario Ianella @ Recochem Canada for this suggestion.

20. Import Data form: An option has been provided to automatically use zero transit days for location-to-location movements without a Date Received. Thanks to Kara Forrest & Katrina Hutchinson @ Booth Transport for this suggestion.

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07 Sep 2011 10:45 AM  

Version 2.83c, released 2-Sep-2011

Minor modifications.

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07 Sep 2011 10:45 AM  

Version 2.83d, released 6-Sep-2011

21. Export Data form: Movements are now excluded from CHEP AU/NZ exports if the Date Received is later than the batch date and the trading partner account profile is "Set number of days from the date received".

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12 Sep 2011 02:09 PM  

Version 2.83e, released 12-Sep-2011

22. Export Data form: When there are reconciled movements on a supplier export it offers to unassign them from the batch. Previously it left Export ticked for these records but now it is unticked to prevent them from being assigned to the next export batch. The same applies to cancelled movements being unassigned from a batch. Thanks to Jo Hazel @ Culina Logistics for this suggestion.

23. Export Data form: CHEP UK and elsewhere do not process delayed transfers where the effective date is later than today. So for all regions other than Asia-Pacific, movements are now assigned to CHEP batches based on effective date rather than movement date. Thanks to Jo Hazel @ Culina Logistics for this suggestion.

24. Movement Codes: The Movement Codes tab in the Customise form has a new button 'Clear All Movements', which clears the code field for all movement and imported movement records. Previously this function was performed by the 'Update All Movements' button when the 'Use codes' box was unticked, but a separate button is clearer. The Movement Codes tab is also now available when the Customise form is opened from Imported Movements form (as well as the Movements form). Thanks to John Wills @ Woolworths for assistance.

25. Rejections/Corrections: Con Note field is now included in the rejection/correction email notifications.

26. Movements, Imported Movements & Export Data forms: The allowable length of Loscam docket numbers is changed from 13 characters to 15 characters. While Loscam only display 13 characters on PDF invoices, 13-character normal movements are often used (including by IGA Distribution) so a 15-character limit is required to allow the "C1", "C2", etc. suffix Loscam add for rejections and corrections. This change avoids unnecessary warnings when entering, exporting, accepting and rejecting movements. Thanks to Kerin Stinear @ Toll NQX for this suggestion.

27. Email Notifications: Cancelled movements are now ticked for emailing the same as other movements – previously cancelled movements were excluded from emailing. Thanks to Belinda Field @ Star Track Express for this suggestion.

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27 Sep 2011 06:42 PM  

Version 2.83f, released 27-Sep-2011

28. Match Options form: When generating corrections using 'Correct' or 'Accept & Correct', the fields that are corrected may now be chosen. This allows updating the effective date and correcting the quantity at the same time, for example, when both are different to the imported movement. Selecting fields is enabled by a new checkbox column called 'Correct' in the Match Options form. Thanks to Natasha Robertson, John Wills & Anne Benton @ Woolworths, and Lisa Eliot @ CHEP for this suggestion.

29. TP Stock Levels report: This report can now be used to display balances for Location trading partners instead of only 3rd Party trading partners. This is especially helpful when there are many locations, for example retail stores. Grouping and filtering with 'custom' fields in the trading partners works for locations as well as 3rd parties. Thanks to Vince Fletcher @ TNT for this suggestion.

30. Reconciliation report: there is now an option to display the variance history for 6 weeks instead of 6 months. Thanks to Rebecca Thomas @ Inline Pallets for this suggestion.

31. Rejections & Corrections: The Loscam docket number suffix ("C1", "C2", etc.) is now added for all rejections and corrections. This is in line with how Loscam process rejections and corrections. Previously it was only added when the docket number was 11 characters or less, which avoided long docket numbers being truncated on the Loscam PDF invoice. Thanks to Melanie Wines @ Loscam and Vicky Thomas @ Toll Refrigerated for assistance.

32. Import Data form: "Transfer" is now allowed as a 'transaction type' when importing files. It appears in the transaction map tabs in the Import Data Customise form. "Transfer" is used in conjunction with trading partner fields in the import file to determine the exact transaction (Transfer On or Transfer Off). As with the other transaction types, aliases may be specified.

33. Movements form: Carrier is now one of the fields that triggers the automatic completion an incomplete movement. This allows setting the complete status when assigning movements to a carrier, which is often done separately to creating the movements when using run sheets. Other scenarios that make use of incomplete movements include updating the docket number of PTAs (pallet transfer authorities) and updating docket book movements. The full list of fields that automatically complete movements are Docket Number, Date, Sending TP, Receiving TP, Sent, Received, Quantity, Transaction and Carrier. Thanks to Ashley Lockett @ DHL for this suggestion.

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04 Oct 2011 09:11 AM  

Version 2.83g, released 4-Oct-2011

34. Match Options form: When generating a correction and the existing or imported movement has 'unknown' trading partners, offer to update them before creating the new records. Various other improvements have been made to the 'Correct', 'Accept & Correct' and 'Retain & Notify' functions of this form. Thanks to John Wills @ Woolworths for assistance with this feature.

35. Imported Movements form: When sending copy request emails in bulk, confirm if the email was sent and update the date/time stamp after sending each email. Previously it only asked for confirmation after sending all emails and time stamps were potentially updated for all emails rather than only the ones that were successfully sent. Thanks to John Wills @ Woolworths for this suggestion.

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10 Oct 2011 07:03 AM  

Version 2.83h, released 10-Oct-2011

36. Export Data & Import Data forms: All export files other than supplier exports have been made Unicode text files rather than ASCII text files. This provides better support for non-English languages. Importing has been updated to read Unicode text files.

37. Export Data form: The '2ic slave movements' export has been enabled for exporting to suppliers. Selecting the supplier as the batch trading partner limits movements in the file to that supplier's equipment. This feature has been added for Thailand and other South East Asian countries. It allows exporting all movements to CHEP or Loscam during the month without impacting the regular supplier export that is typically sent only at the end of each month. Thanks to Wandee Chaimut @ DHL Thailand and Phattharada Kraikhum @ Loscam Thailand for this suggestion.

38. Export Data form: The Exported field is no longer locked. Other open batches with the same trading partner are also offered to be ticked as exported when saving a record. Thanks to Duncan Taylor @ Uniq Foods for this suggestion.

39. Import Data form: DKT check added for identifying missing docket numbers when importing slave movement imports. Previously DKT was only available for supplier and 3rd party movement imports. The duplicate checks E.DUP and I.DUP have been removed for slave movement imports as they are covered by the partial match check, E.PM and I.PM respectively. Thanks to Wendy Jacobsen @ Culina Logistics for this suggestion.

40. Equipment form & Setup Wizard: For IFCO equipment, provide a warning if the 2-digit 'Pool Number' is not specified in the Code field and the 'Item Number' is not specified in the Internal Code field. Provide similar warnings for equipment from other recognised suppliers. Thanks to Duncan Taylor @ Uniq Foods for this suggestion.

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14 Oct 2011 02:04 PM  

Version 2.83j, released 14-Oct-2011

41. Export Data form: All export files reverted to ASCII text files for Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. Some files were changed to Unicode text files in the previous update. South East Asian countries continue with Unicode text files except for exports to CHEP and Loscam. However in these export files, non-English characters in the various text fields, e.g. the Reference field, are replaced with "!".

42. Emailing: The SMTP email form has been improved for handling bulk emails. A 'Send All' button has been provided along with the ability to review and edit multiple emails in the same form. Unlimited attachments are also now allowed – previously the limit was two attachments per email. Thanks to Greg Bean @ BevChain for this suggestion.

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18 Oct 2011 03:16 AM  

Version 2.83k, released 18-Oct-2011

Minor modifications.

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19 Oct 2011 11:30 PM  

Version 2.83m, released 19-Oct-2011

43. Fee Codes: A structure is now set up for the naming of 'combined' fee codes so they are automatically calculated and updated from 'component' fee codes. Naming a fee code "A+B" will update automatically from component fee codes "A" and "B". This feature is especially helpful for CHEP UK/IE equipment because of the layered fee structure. A description field has also been added for fee codes to allow abbreviated names in the Fee Code field - the full description is displayed in all fee code drop-down lists. For a complete explanation of the fee system and how to reconcile transfer fees, see the support forum post here. Thanks to David Cassidy @ Young's Seafood for assistance with these features.

44. Import Data form: When importing CHEP NZ files and there are missing docket numbers to be updated, the matching process for identifying existing movements to update has been tightened. Previously when there were two movements to the same trading partner on the same day for the same quantity, and their reference and con note fields did not match the corresponding file records, the same docket number could be set for both existing movements. Now the Reference and/or Con Note fields must match for the docket number to be set. This potentially increases the number of non-matching dockets sent to the imported movements, but reduces the risk of updating docket numbers incorrectly. Thanks to Candice Lovegrove @ Cadbury NZ for this suggestion.

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31 Oct 2011 04:21 PM  

Version 2.83n, released 31-Oct-2011

45. General: Various speed improvements for the cloud version of 2ic Pallets.

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12 Nov 2011 01:32 AM  

Version 2.83p, released 11-Nov-2011

46. Emailing: The Email Message form that displays when using SMTP emailing has received a number of improvements. Handling attachments is easier with separate buttons to Add, View and Remove attachments. Viewing an attached file is also activated by double-clicking on it. This form is capable of containing multiple email messages which may be sent simultaneously or one at a time. To make it more obvious to the user when there are multiple messages, the Send All button displays the total number to be sent. Sending one at a time using the Send button now also increments the form to automatically display the next email message for sending.

47. Reports: Various improvements to the printing and emailing of reports as PDF files.

48. Optimise function: Status bar counters for monitoring progress have been added for several large operations performed when verifying data file records.

49. Import Data form: When reading any file, a temporary local copy is made for data to be read from the copy. Previously the original file was opened for reading lines of data. The new method provides significant speed improvements when the import file is located on a slow network drive, and substantial improvements for the cloud version of 2ic Pallets when reading a file that is saved on the user's computer.

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21 Nov 2011 03:51 PM  

Version 2.83q, released 21-Nov-2011

50. Emailing: Various improvements to the Email Messages form that displays when using SMTP emailing, including adding a Customise button to enable changing settings and better navigation when there is more than one email to send.

51. Movements & Imported Movements forms: When clicking on a trading partner control the account profile displayed in the status bar. Now this status bar text includes "(rule)" when a delay rule applies. Thanks to Vicky Thomas @ Toll Refrigerated for this suggestion.

52. General: Various improvements for the cloud version of 2ic Pallets.

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09 Dec 2011 05:30 AM  

Version 2.83r, released 8-Dec-2011

53. General: A new button for submitting files to 2ic Software has been added to the bottom of the Main form – it is the 8th button from the bottom left corner with the blue up arrow icon. Clicking this button offers to upload the current data file, or any other file, to a 2ic server via FTP. It also generates a notification email to 2ic Support. It can be used when assistance is required with file that is too large for emailing.

54. Import Data form: Significant speed improvements have been made to the 'indexing docket numbers' function that runs when importing supplier, slave and 3rd party movement files.

55. Import Data form: Custom supplier imports can now be imported as bills. This allows, for example, Australian produce suppliers to import and reconcile crate bills from the Coles/SAVI system. Thanks to Luana Ioane @ Primo and Andrea Althaus @ Barden Produce for this suggestion.

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19 Dec 2011 06:46 PM  

Version 2.83s, released 16-Dec-2011

56. Import Data form: When importing supplier, 3rd party and slave movement files, matching against existing movements may now be restricted to a reduced date range. By default it is set to 3 months beyond the date range in the import file. The settings are in a new tab 'Movement Files - Dates', in the Import Data Customise form. Reducing the matching date range can significantly increase the speed of importing for large data files. The range is confirmed before saving records and may be overridden for the current import - it can even be reduced to less than the range of dates in the file if there is one or two old movements in the file (these will be sent to the imported movements anyway if there is no match).

57. General: A 'Backup' button has been added to the bottom of the Main form. This saves a zipped copy of the current data file to the default backup folder, or optionally into some other folder. This feature is especially useful on the 2ic Cloud as it enables a backup copy of the data file to be downloaded at any time.

58. Emailing: The 'Create Test Email' button in the Main Customise form now tests MAPI (Outlook) emailing as well as SMTP emailing. It also requests email addresses for the Business Details form and for the current user when they are not specified and are being used for SMTP emailing, making the process of switching to SMTP emailing easier.

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21 Dec 2011 10:52 AM  

Version 2.83t, released 21-Dec-2011

59. Import Data form: For slave movement imports, a new import code "DATE" has been added. Exceptions are identified with this code when dated outside the range existing movements used for matching. If one or two movements in the file are old, a small matching date range that excludes these records may be specified (to improve speed), and the old movements will always be sent to the Imported Movements for manual processing. When reading any type of movements file, displayed records are sorted by date so the oldest movements are easily identified at the top of the list.

60. Import Data form: The updating of docket numbers during a supplier movements import, which is common for CHEP New Zealand files, has been improved. Various combinations of Reference, Con Note and Date are used to identify the exact movement to update, including cross-referencing the Reference and Con Note fields. This has been further refined to match on the 'numeric' portion of the Con Note and/or Reference when applicable, i.e. any non-numeric prefix and suffix is removed, including spaces, and if the remaining value is a number of at least 4 digits, it is used to match against similarly modified existing movements. These refinements substantially increase the percentage of movements that are matched and reconciled automatically. Thanks to Diane McEwen @ Route & Retail for this suggestion.

61. Imported Movements form: Filtering by Con Note and Reference has been made more flexible. The "CN --> Ref" filter option becomes "CN --> CN/Ref", so it matches the imported movement con note to either the con note or the reference of existing movements. An additional check box "#" allows filtering on only the numeric portion of the con note – removing the non-numeric prefix and/or suffix increases the chances of finding the corresponding existing movement as discrepencies in these reference fields are commonly due to spaces, dashes, etc. in the prefix or suffix. Numeric matching is also available for the "Ref --> Ref/CN" and "Docket No" filters.

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13 Feb 2012 06:32 PM  

Version 2.83u, released 13-Feb-2012

62. Summary report: The 'Location Summary' report has been generalised to allow listing summary data for 3rd parties, and has been renamed to 'Summary' report. This makes it more suitable for reporting on closed equipment pools, with it now able to list lost pallets and transfer fees (for compensated pallets) for the 3rd parties. Thanks to Mark Weston @ News International for this suggestion.

63. Emailing: SMTP emailing is now the preferred method of emailing (compared to MAPI) and this option is automatically selected in new data files. While it is preferable for users to send email via their own mail servers, new data files are set up with a generic account for the 2ic Software mail server so mail can be sent immediately.

64. Import Data form: Importing has been improved for CHEP Australia 'Standard Invoice ZE9D' files and other files that do not contain account numbers or TP codes. The CHEP Standard Invoice ZE9D file contains trading partner names only, which are unlikely to match exactly to trading partner names set up in 2ic Pallets. So now if there is a single matching existing movement with the same transaction and docket number, its trading partners are used for the imported record. Thanks to Toni Harris @ Fresh Freight for this suggestion.

65. Export Data form: The speed of exporting has been improved specifically for 2ic Cloud users. It now creates and exports to a temporary file on the local hard drive, then moves the file after writing is complete. These improvements apply to all situations where a file is exported, including email notifications and exporting reports as CSV text files. Thanks to Melissa Bailey @ Culina Logistics for this suggestion.

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05 Mar 2012 01:41 PM  

Version 2.83v, released 5-Mar-2012

66. Fee Codes & Import Data forms: Importing and matching of movement fees has been improved for both CHEP New Zealand 'PIN22' files and CHEP 'GTL' files used in Europe and North America. PIN22 files match on a +/- 2% range in fees (compared to +/- 1% range for other file types) because goods & services tax needs to be removed from fee values in these files, which creates greater variance. Various other improvements for handling fees have also been implemented. Thanks to Julia Banfield @ FreshMax for this suggestion.

67. General: New data files can now be set up automatically for Loscam New Zealand with the addition of various email addresses and other information. Thanks to Chris Sharples @ Loscam for assistance.

68. Rejections/Corrections: Four new reason codes for rejections & corrections have been added for CHEP New Zealand. Thanks to Julia Banfield @ FreshMax and Pania Roberts @ CHEP for this suggestion.

69. SMTP Emailing: In the Main Customise form, Email tab, the Reset button now sets up SMTP emailing via mail.2icsoftware.com rather than clearing the settings. Although it is preferable that users send email via their own mail server, this provides a fast way of making it work.

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14 Mar 2012 01:13 PM  

Version 2.83w, released 14-Mar-2012

70. Import Data form: Improved the importing of CHEP ZE9D 'standard invoice' files. These are used in Australia and New Zealand for reconciling effective dates when 'EDO' rules apply (Australia only), and for reconciling fees (primarily in New Zealand). The recommended process is to import the 'CHEPMate invoice' first, then immediately import the 'standard invoice' to update effective dates and set fees for imported movements. Thanks to Julia Banfield @ FreshMax, Toni Harris @ Fresh Freight and various people at CHEP New Zealand and Australia for assistance.

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26 Mar 2012 09:31 AM  

Version 2.83x, released 26-Mar-2012

71. Reports: Reports are no longer opened in a maximised window to avoid the Microsoft bug that sometimes causes the Min/Max buttons to not appear for reports. This allows opening more than one report at the same time, regardless of Min/Max buttons appearing.

72. TP Stock Levels report: The trading partner custom fields have been added into the CSV export version of this report. Thanks to Mark Gartside @ Statewide Independent Wholesalers for this suggestion.

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10 Apr 2012 10:53 PM  

Version 2.83y, released 10-Apr-2012

73. General: An option has been added to the Main Customise form, General tab, that switches on or off the automatic updating of stock levels. Previously trading partner and equipment balances were always updated automatically when adding/editing/deleting movements and stocktakes. Preventing automatic updates provides speed increases for keying, matching, and importing records. In the Movements and Imported Movements forms, trading partner balances in the status bar are marked with "*" to indicate a potential inaccuracy. Pressing F7 will recalculate balances for the current record, and remove the "*". In the Equipment form, a button is provided to recalculate all balances. All balances are also recalculated when optimising the data file. Thanks to Vicky Thomas @ Toll Refrigerated, Jo Hazel @ Culina Logistics, Toni Harris @ Fresh Freight and Selena Macadam @ Toll NQX for this suggestion.

74. Import Data form: When importing slave movement files, the direction of each movement can now be determined by the relative values of Sent and Received, rather than always being based on the trading partners and the transaction. To use Sent/Received to determine on/off transactions, specify one column for the 'other' trading partner rather than separate columns for the sending and receiving trading partners. Thanks to Mark Gartside @ SIW for this suggestion.

75. Trading Partner History report: Exporting to a CSV file is now possible when 'All 3rd parties' is selected. Previously CSV files could only be generated for one 3rd party at a time. Thanks to Mark Gartside @ SIW for this suggestion.

76. Match Options form: When performing an 'Accept & Correct' and the existing movement is reconciled to the same bill as the imported movement, clear the existing movement bill. The resulting correction movement is then unreconciled, as it should be. This is a common situation for CHEP Australia reconciliations now that importing both the CHEPMate invoice and ZE9D invoice is recommended. It occurs when an existing movement is matched automatically to a line in the CHEPMate file but the corresponding line in the (more accurate) ZE9D file does not match on effective date.

77. Fee Codes form: A button has been provided on the Fee Codes tab of the Customise form to automatically create common fee codes, primarily for CHEP UK accounts. The default fee codes for CHEP UK include movement fees, base transfer fees, surcharges for participating distributors, low-volume distributors and non-cooperating distributors, and various combinations of these fees.

78. Equipment, Import Data & Bills forms: CHEP UK bills may include a base movement fee that is a fixed amount on each bill. There is an annual reconciliation of the total fixed fee against the actual volume of 'off' movements that incur the fee. The Equipment form now has quantity, unit price and amount fields for defining these base movement fees. When the bill is imported, actual movement fees are applied to each transaction as normal, but an adjustment is now automatically added as an 'other charge' to maintain the constant fee on each bill. This allows bill amounts in 2ic Pallets to exactly match corresponding amounts on the formatted PDF bills, providing assurance that nothing is missed in the reconciliation. These adjustment charges are identified in the Bill Charges form with a tick in the Movement Fee field, enabling the end-of-year reconciliation.

79. Imported Movements form: When a new fee code is keyed into an imported movement record, it offers to add it to the list of standard fee codes. This is especially helpful for CHEP UK accounts which often have a complicated fee structure. The fee amount imported from the CHEP GTL bill file may correspond to a previously unused combination of fees or include non-standard late declaration charges. Whenever the fee code is not detected automatically adding them directly from the Imported Movements form is the most efficient.

80. Imported Movements form: A warning is now provided before matching, accepting or rejecting an imported movement when it has fees but no fee code. Specifying a fee code for all fees is good practice for general maintenance and helpful if investigating issues at a later stage.

81. Setup Wizard: A new tab listing all of the various export folders is provided. Bringing them together in the one place helps when the data file is moved, including when migrating to 2ic Cloud.

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