Some great ideas. I'll collect and pass them along if you wish, or you are free to send them directly.
Some already exist:
1) on the order screen, you should be able to choose length, chop or join.
Chop and Length pricing can be selected on the fly. You can even have a combination of each in a single order. Box and Join are not currently supported, but shops that use Join are able to do so by changing the markup formula.
How it works: On the ticket screen, you'll see places for up to 5 mouldings/fillets. By clicking on the moulding # ie "1:", you'll see it toggle between Chop and Length price. The "1:" will change to "C:" (chop) or "L:"(length), depending on your choice.
2) If you are framing more than one piece the same, you should be able to put in a multiplier such as 2, 3, 4 etc instead of entering the piece 2, 3 or 4 times
It's in there. At the bottom right corner of the ticket screen, you'll see a field that says "QTY: 1" You can change that to any number up to 999, and it will behave accordingly.
4) on a quick sale, the shop copy does not list what was sold and it should. I shouldn't have to stop and write down the item.
Be sure that "quicksale copies" field is set to "2" in the configure screen, so it will print one for your records. There was a small issue regarding the second copy printing, which is fixed in the next version, but that only affected folks that use high speed receipt (3 1/8" wide) printers.
5) It would be nice if all receipts were the same size.
receipt = full sheet
final pickup receipt = 1/2 sheet
quick sale = 3/4 sheet
workorder = 3/4 sheet
Some of these can be defined in the CONFIGURE screen. Better yet, I highly recommend the high speed receipt printers. They'll print customer and store copies, accept payment slips, and quicksales in a uniform size. They cost less to run and there's no warmup time. Many come with an auto-cutter. The Star 600 and 700 series are great models. We're using a Star TSP743 with the autocutter (USB interface), and love it. If you opt for the integrated credit processing service unveiled in Vegas,(as we did) you'll definately want one of these. The full page workorder and daily closing reports still print on the laser.
6) is there any way to put our logo on. I was told yes in Atlanta, when I called to see how I was told no.
The legacy version has logo with address and phone #, the TV version has company name with address and phone #. This is something you may want to ask the folks at LS directly, to see if they may change in the future.
8) I would like to print out a work schedule (everything that needs to be done) not just one day.
This is also available in the ticket screen. Around the scheduling calendar, you'll see some buttons: "Print weekly to do" (lets you pick the week), "Print monthly to do" (for the month displayed), and "Production Log".
The remaining questions I will pass on to LifeSaver, because I don't know the answers. I have been collecting suggestions from folks, and creating ideas, that have been passed along and well received. You can be assured that they will see everyone's suggestions, and give them serious consideration. You may want to contact them privately/directly as well.
Best regards,
Mike
[ 02-03-2006, 07:47 PM: Message edited by: Mike Labbe @ GTP ]