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What's New
Find out about the new features & enhancements that are part of the latest Software Update for Version: 8.00.11
New Features for Purchase Ordering
We’ve mades some changes to the purchase ordering functions to boost your store’s productivity and save time! Find out more about them and how to set up…
New Features & Enhancements
Purchase Order Alteration History
Changes to specific purchase order fields are now captured and stored in a history table! The fields details trapped when changed are:
- Product Code
- Price
- Ordered Quantity
- Delivered Quantity
- Delivered Quantity
- Date Required
- Timber Tally details
The trapped change details above are available to be viewed in a range of areas:
Price Change Reason
A new option to prompt the user for the reason a price has been changed is now available (refer further below for how to set up). This function simply prompts the user to enter a reason describing why the cost was changed.
This reason is then available in the ‘history’ view as shown below
Purchase Ordering
A new clickable link for history is available in the “Line Information” section
This will show you an audit trail of the changes to the highlighted purchase order, such as when it was changed and by who.
The history details can also be turned on to show this in the grid as a column, this will either display a value of “Show” or “Altered” when the price has been changed from the original base price.
Supplier Invoice Input
The same visibility is available from the purchase order reconciliation tab
Set Up
The settings below only effect the visibility of the purchase order history details – not the automatic storing of the audit. The settings are an ‘opt-in feature’ and can be setup in the Purchase Ordering settings as shown below.
Purchase Order Line History & History Price Change Reason
Purchase Order UOM Field
The purchase unit of measure field is now available as a visible field within the purchase order/inwards goods grid. This will show the unit of measure field from the alternate supplier table.
This column is also an ‘opt-in feature’ and can be setup in the Purchase Ordering settings as shown below:
Purchase Order Window
The purchase order search window has been expanded to show a secondary grid with the extended details of the purchase order directly in the search window.
The update allows the visibility of the product details of the order directly:
Or the purchase order history of the selected order:
What you need to do
All the new features above are part of a July 2023 Software Release Update.
Once the update is downloaded and installed on your PC, you will need to restart your computer to ensure that all changes take effect. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however rest assured that the restart will only take a few minutes. Follow the link below to read all the updates and enhancements that are part of the July Software Release Update.
If you need any assistance or have any questions please call the Sympac Help Desk on 1300 361 732
Related Information
Recent News
Scheduled Software Update Information for May 2024
May 5, 2024
Key updates in this release include updates and improvements to POS, Debtors, Inventory as well as Payroll and Creditor updates.
Purchase Order Purge at End of Month
April 30, 2024
As part of a recent software release, a system setting to purge completed Purchase Orders at the End of Month
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