Answers 8.0 Key Features Coming Soon

  The next release of Answers is almost here!  Customers will be able to download Answers 8.0 starting September 7th.  The newest version of Answers contains over 40 new features of which many were a direct result of enhancement suggestions submitted and voted upon by our users last fall.  Just a few of the high-lighted new capabilities are listed below.  Make sure your system administrator has signed up for your company's preferred installation date using our web sign-up form.  They should have received invitations to schedule your upgrade in August.

• Easier way to include additional Contacts, other Answers Users, or other recipients from email history as CC recipients on emails sent by Answers.
• Ability to setup "Logon" and "Logoff" messages for users in Answers for keeping users updated on any company wide items of importance.
• Ability to block Answers logins for all users but with an option to have exceptions for key administrator users such as for closing the month or other maintenance tasks.
• Additional operator and tracking information will now be logged for Inventory Adjustments and Stock Number Conversion Requests.
• Easier viewing of Sales Orders and Purchase Orders that are linked using clickable hyperlink style cells in relevant grid lists.
• Ability to set a Revision Number on Purchase Orders and Quotes.
• Ability to print a "CHANGE ORDER" message on Order Acknowledgements.
• Ability to print a Line Number for actual line items on Pick Tickets, Packing Lists, and Order Acknowledgements.
• A new "Future Order" option that can delay committing inventory until a specified date or until manually removed.
• Standard Comments that will add themselves to orders and quotes as well as being able to preview what Standard Comments will print without having to go look in Maintenance.
• A new "Status" column will be available in most customer related searches such as by Invoice #, Order #, Quote #. Customer P/O #, Reference #, and several others.
• Ability to select certain invoices for both emailing/faxing/printing and to add notes to without having to re-select the same invoices for both tasks.
• New Vendor Part Number and Cross Reference Number searches have been added to Purchase Order tabs and search windows.
• Ability to preview a copy of the Purchase Orders(s) that are related to the A/P Invoice being entered in A/P Invoice Entry and Receipts History Search windows.
• And as always with more to be listed out in the Release Notice.

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