New in this Release: [04/10/08] v4.5 build 024 - INVOICING - Quotes that have out of stock serials will now back order serials. - WORK ORDER - Modified Warranty Providers so deleted providers don't loose WO info. - CROSS REFERENCE - Changed the way inventory looks up crossed parts if marked Invalid. - CROSS REFERENCE - Worked around a MS Windows permissions issue to display Xrefs selected from Inventory. - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - Changed the way a deleted payment made in multi-invoice payment works. - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - Pay Multiple Invoice - Corrected a problem looking up a customer. - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - Pay Multiple Invoice - When adding an overpayment, a Cancel button is now provided. [12/17/07] v4.5 build 023 - STANPAK - Added to export, the DELIVERY date. - RENTAL - Improved the Rental Query function. [10/18/07] v4.5 build 022 - GENERAL REPORTS - INVOICE SUMMARY - Modified Trade Ins to handle variations in taxes. - GENERAL REPORTS - TAX REPORT - Modified to handle override taxes differently [09/14/07] v4.5 build 021 - GENERAL REPORTS - Call Log Report - Changed the way the date search works. Added more flexability. [06/28/07] v4.5 build 020c - Misc updates - STANPAK Serial Import - The serial import will now update any unsold serials with Customer sale information and pricing. - RENTAL - Corrected a tax issue on Sells With. [04/25/07] v4.5 build 019 - INVOICING & WORK ORDER - BOM tax over ride corrected. - INVOICING & WORK ORDER - Quotes can now be added from the main Invoice or Work Order menu. - INVOICING - TradeIn default tax now a Setup option. - RENTAL - Printed invoice header now shows 'RENTAL INVOICE' and Damage & Invoice messages print. Deposit also prints. - RENTAL - Deposits can be refunded. - RENTAL - Minimum charge can be properly used. - RENTAL - INVENTORY - Metered value is now correctly updated on Check Out [02/02/07] v4.5 build 018 - INVENTORY - PURCHASING - Added button to print list of Invoice/WO customer parts that need to be ordered. - WORK ORDER - Internal - When adding part to invoice from Price File, corrected amount charged. [01/02/07] v4.5 build 017 - INVENTORY - PURCHASING - Made changes in the way serial items are received on the Purchase Order. - INVOICING & WORK ORDER - Serial Items can now be back ordered. - INVOICING & WORK ORDER - Serial Item bar code labels can now be scanned and entered on an invoice. - INVOICING-WORK ORDER-RENTAL - Minor adjustments to the way taxes are calculated based on state requirements. - SETUP - General Setup - WO and Invoice Disclaimer. Increased size of notes from 180 to 254 characters. - GENERAL REPORTS - TOTAL SALES - by Manufacturer. Add filter for selecting Parts or Serials for the report. [ 08/14/06] v4.5 build 016 - GENERAL REPORTS - INVOICE SUMMARY - Modified to include Warranty charges. Removed NET sales and modified Gross Sales amount. - GENERAL REPORTS - SALES TAX - Complete new format. Each tax code now includes a break down of sales by category. i.e. Part Sales, Serial Sales, Labor, etc. Taks one full month of sales to become effective. - GENERAL REPORTS - COMMISSIONS - Expanded reporting - INVENTORY - PURCHASE ORDERS - When receiving parts that have back orders, the PO Backorder list is ALWAYS printed now. - INVENTORY - Added new Inventory Auto Add feature. [05/15/06] v4.5 build 015 - OVERALL - Improved Quick Books interfacing and modified various reports to better reflect those changes. i.e. Account Summary, Cost of Goods/Labor. - OVERALL - Additional changes reflecting changes to the State Single Article tax. - OVERALL - For International use, a -- (dash dash) can now be used in place of a state/province code. - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - Corrected an issue where upper and lower text in an invoice number prevented an entry from being changed. - WORK ORDER - LABOR CODES - Modified Extended Description so that it now will allow entry of 1000 characters. - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - When using invoice numbers with characters, only upper case can be used. Caused unreported duplicate problems. [02/13/06] v4.5 build 014 - INVENTORY - Purchasing - Added flag for eConnect shipping codes. - INVENTORY - Purchasing - Tisco can now have PO's sent to their Web Site. - XREF - If an inventory part has a Cross part, then the 'Cross Reference' button will be colored green. - ProQuest Interface - Added functionality to allow multiple copies of the interface to run on the Network. [01/17/06] v4.5 build 013 - WORK ORDER - Modified the way the "Additional Serial Information" works in the serial header section. - CROSS REFERENCE - When adding a cross using the PriceFile lookup, the Manufacturer would not change. Corrected. - SETUP - INVOICING - When printing an Inventory BOM, you now have the ability to print the BOM expanded or not. - OVERALL - Additonal changes for State Single Article tax. [11/18/05] v4.5 build 012 - WORK ORDER - When completing an Internal Work Order, you are now alerted that your costs have increased but not the list price for the serial item serviced. You can correct the price at time of alert or later. - WORK ORDER - REPORTS - A new report for Serviced Internal Serials. It will show current resale and costs. By date range. - INVENTORY - Browsing by Location - After modifying stock, the Inventory quantity didn't show a change but the location did. Corrected - GENERAL REPORTS - COST OF GOODS/LABOR - Summary Report - Reworked - SETUP - GENERAL - Added additonal tax coverage for State Single Article tax. - TOOL BAR - Tools - Mass Change Tax - When looking up a Tax code, an MDI error displayed. Corrected [10/03/05] v4.5 build 011 - PartSmart - Ability to have two different PartSmart version access (for the new PS8). [08/29/05] v4.5 build 010 - REQCHECK - The hardware minimum requirements check is now a part of the software. See our News Letter if your not familiar with it. - INVOICING - When exiting a blank invoice, you can now set a system option to keep the invoice or delete the invoice on exit as it is currently set. - TAX CODES - A new tax code structure has been setup to more readily accomodate the multiple and frequently tax rate changes that states are imposing on us. - INVENTORY - REPORTS - Sold Serial Items - Corrected an issue of improper reporting when selecting a single customer. - INVENTORY - Stock Adjustment - Corrected an issue when trying to remove 1 stock from an item that has an onhand qty of 1 it will not remove it. - WORK ORDER - Internal WO's with Warranty, will now have the Warranty portion show up in Receivables. [05/09/05] v4.5 build 009 - INVOICING - MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES - You now have the ability to apply an Invoice discount up to 99%. Customer Invoicing only. - INVOICING - Empty invoices are deleted on exit unless they are Held. - INVOICING/WORK ORDER - Quotes now display out of stock items in red. Also an item quantity can be zero indicating the customer declined the item/service. - INVOICING/WORK ORDER - All items added to an invoice are having the account numbers validated. - INVOICING/WORK ORDER - A delivery receipt is now available. - INVOICING/WORK ORDER - Corrected a problem when using Bar Code scanner of the entry using the tax of the last entered item. - INVOICING/WORK ORDER - Only "Active" and "Special" parts can be Back Ordered. - WORK ORDER - LABOR CODES - Corrected a problem changing a BOM Labor code. - WORK ORDER - QUICK WORK ORDER - A customer is no longer needed for a Quick Work Order. - WORK ORDER - QUOTES - If there is an existing quote for a customer/unit and another one is created, you are alerted that there is already an existing quote. - WORK ORDER - A Serial number is no longer required to create a Work Order but is STILL REQUIRED to Complete the Work Order. - WORK ORDER - INTERNAL - Amount due is no longer displayed on Work Order screen or Work Order. - INVENTORY - Barcoding - Any barcode that can be scanned can now be used. UPC code are no longer the only code required. - INVENTORY - SERIAL SERVICE HISTORY REPORT - Added the part description to the report. - INVENTORY - The MODIFY STOCK option now writes ALL changes to the Cost of Goods detail report and are listed on the last page of the report. - INVENTORY - Lost Sales can now be added from Price Book or Inventory. - CROSS REFERENCE - Improved lookup performance - CROSS REFERENCE - Added primary inventory location to the cross reference screen. - GENERAL REPORTS - TAX REPORT - Internal Work Orders are NO longer included in the calculations. - GENERAL REPORTS - INVOICE SUMMARY - Internal Work Orders are now listed on the last page of the report. Calculations are no longer listed under the regular Work Order section. - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - On the Post Print Register report, added ability to print the Vendors on a different page. [02/11/2005] v4.5 build 008 - INVENORY - CROSS REFERENCE button - When adding a new cross, then selecting the part for return to inventory, and error was displayed. Corrected - INVENORY - Adding Kits/Assemblies - Now allows same part number different MFG to be added. - WORK ORDER - HEADER - Not all extended serial information was displaying. Corrected - WORK ORDER - Tax Calculations. Corrected problem with proper taxes beings assigned to Warranty Provider. - QuickBooks - Updated drivers required for Interface. [01/17/05] v4.5 build 007 - GENERAL - Made changes for Client/Server access, OTHERWISE see previous build notes. [12/30/04] v4.5 build 006 - RENTAL INVENTORY - When adding a new rental item and a serial, checking the serial flag did not allow the Maintain Serial button to display. Corrected - RENTAL INVENTORY REPORT - Corrected a problem where removed items were still showing on the report. - RENTAL/WORK ORDER - Corrected a problem when a rental item is sent to WO for repair and the WO is deleted. The rental item was not released available for rental. - RENTAL - Serial Inventory - Changed color to be only Black or Red - INVENTORY - SERIAL SERVICE HISTORY - You now have the option of printing ALL work orders for a particular customer and by date range. - INVENTORY - USAGE HISTORY REPORT - Corrected a problems with wholegood quantities being totaled twice. - INVENTORY - MODIFY STOCK - Allows for quantities greater than 999.99. - INVOICING - Corrected a tax problem when returning MISC charges. - Changed location of the QUICK BOOKS EXPORT button. [11/29/04] v4.5 build 005 - PURCHASING - Corrected an issue allowing customer backorders to be added to Purchase order multiple times. - RENTAL INVENTORY - Corrected the rental inventory report, which was including deleted serial items. - GENERAL - Re-enabled the pcs Odyssey multiple copy protection, to prevent multiple instances of pcs Odyssey on one machine. [11/12/04] v4.5 build 004 - CROSS REF - Made Changes to allow the changing of Manufactures and the Cross Codes. - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - Corrected an issue which was allowing orphaned records to display under a customer's transactions and statements. [11/01/04] v4.5 build 003 - PURCHASING - Corrected bug which allowed Purchase Orders to be entered without vendors. - WORK ORDER - Changed wording on the "Work Order" sheet. - CALL LOGS - Changed the reports to enhance accuracy and efficiency. - LOST SALES - Now enabled and includes Browse, Update, and Reporting. [10/22/04] v4.5 build 001 - NOTE: This update will take a few extra minutes the first time Odyssey is started. - CUSTOMERS - Past items and quantities purchased, now viewable from the customer lookup windows. - PURCHASING - Now shows the date a Purchase Order was completed from the Browse Purchase Orders screen. - RENTAL - Simplified Rental Inventory report, added sort options and ability to suppress details. - RENTAL - Added extended information to Rental Serial items. Now Transmission and Engine information can be recorded. - RENTAL - Added functionality to allow Rental Serial Items to be sent to Work Order without having planned Maintenance configured. - INTERFACING - ProQuest Parts Manager Pro - Ability to look up parts from the ProQuest system and ability to send PickLists to Odyssey for Invoicing. - INTERFACING - QUickBooks Enabled. - CUSTOMER - Ability to log phone calls made to/from customers. - INVENTORY - Price Files - When you install a price file you can automatically update inventory at the same time and keep your update selections for each manufacturer. - GENERAL REPORTS - Can now sort by High Sales, as well as filter out a certain number of high sales. (i.e. Top 100 Parts Sold, Top 10 Customers) [08/02/04] v4.01 Build .015 - PURCHASING - Installed an improved check and balance system to insure Purchase orders maintain correct header information. - GENERAL REPORTS - Modifications done to the Invoice Summary report to increase efficiency. - Internal - Put into place the groundworkings and skeleton for up coming features. To be released for FREE as version 4.5. [06/02/04] v4.01 Build .014 ALERT! ALERT! - Added a Shortcut check to test for incorrectly setup shortcuts. pcs Odyssey WILL NOT RUN if the shortcut is incorrect. - INVENTORY - Core charges can now be added to an inventory item and automatically to an invoice when the part is sold. - INVENTORY - Added ability to click on Alternate Part Numbers from the Browse Inventory window and have it look up that part, if on-file. - WINDOW MENU - Added a 'Tools' section to the tool bar at the top of the screen, which contains all of the "Mass Update" functions. - ORDERS - Look up window enhanced to allow search on transactions in different filtered states. For example, you are now able to search by Customer ID, in the "On Hold" Invoices. - ORDERS - Added color coding for the different statuses. - ORDERS - Added single click button to launch your GPL (i.e. Part Smart). You need to go to Setup section for Setup for it to work. - WORK ORDER - For simple jobs, added the ability to create a 'Quick Work Order' without requiring any of the Header information. - WORK ORDER - Added extended serial information to the final Work Order invoice. - RENTAL - Added Checked-In and Checked-Out times and dates to final Invoice. - StanPak Customers - Relocated ALL options to the Setup, General Setup, and Stanpak Tab. - TAXCODES - Vendor support added; this will be required by QuickBooks users. - QuickBooks - QuickBooks Beta interface linked into Odyssey, ready for additional Beta testing to begin. - PURCHASING - Corrected a rounding issue, which occurred while posting directly from the receiving window. - PARTS RETURN - Resolved issues with Scroll-Bars on the screen not properly responding. - Multi-Store - Now allows you to have multiple copies of Odyssey open at the same time, to allow multiple business management. [03/01/04] v4.01 Build .012 - INVENTORY - AUTOBUILD PO - AUTOBUILD BY HISTORY - Part that have Alternate part numbers are automatically omitted from the build. Using the origional option of 'Including Alternate Parts' caused inventory to be skipped. - INVENTORY - Kits/Assemblies - Modified so that each now have unique identies. You will need to read the HELP files to see how each work. - INVENTORY - Cross Reference - When creating a new cross reference an error message was displayed. Corrected - INVENTORY - Ability to delete Parts from inventory without losing trackability. - INVENTORY - PURCHASING - Corrected an issue which allowed bogus Purchase Orders to be created, which resulted in lost Purchase Orders. - INVENTORY - PARTS RETURN - Made adjustments to Parts Return Screens to increase usablility. - INVENTORY - Improved the searching capabilities lookup and browsing by Stock Locations. - INVOICING - Invoice Display screen - Added date Invoice was completed. - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - Made changes to one of the Transaction windows which allows the figures to refresh instantly. - CUSTOMERS - Made changes to allow Primary Phone number changes to be made on the Update Screen. [12/22/03] v4.01 Build .010 - Corrected issue allowing the usage of preceding zeros in CVV numbers. - GENERAL REPORTS - GROSS PROFIT - Modified report to be more descriptive and present more information. - GENERAL REPORTS - ACCOUNT SUMMARY - Report modified to include more information and validated for correctness. - MAINTAIN INVENTORY - Corrected issue allowing multiple Serial Items to be added in succession, when Auto-Add is enabled. - CHART OF ACCOUNTS - Odyssey now allows more than one account to be entered using different account types. - BROWSE RENTAL SERIAL - Screen refreshing was changed to display currently selected Rental item and display its respective information. - UPDATE RENTAL SERIAL - Changed the way Serial Items are entered into the system, thus allowing more information to be tracked. - Correct the Entry Field issue, which padded all of the Entry Fields in Odyssey with zeros. - EDN Connect is enabled and ready to be used. - RENTAL - The ability to rent on a 24 - hour period versus using the system default times for pick up and drop off.