The next release of Answers is almost here!  Customers will be able to download Answers 9.2 starting September 10th.  The newest version of Answers contains 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 recently.

• The Nonstock Item Inquiry has been expanded to search for other types of transactions as well as optionally stock items which could be helpful on those that have been discontinued, purged, or deleted.
• Ability to view Kit Components, quantities, and costs that make up a kit in Inventory Item Search.
• Ability to remain on the same tab in Inventory Inquiry when moving from item to item.
• Ability to view the Stock Receipts Journal related to a receipt of a P/O and Stock # in the Purchase Orders tab of Inventory Inquiry and Vendor Inquiry.
• Ability to view Vendor Return Journals that create a vendor return/RMA from the Returns History tab of Vendor Inquiry.
• Ability to search Open P/O's, Received P/O's, and P/O History for items ordered for a specific customer.
• Ability to preview a copy of a Pick Ticket or Order Acknowledgement as a PDF from the Open Orders tab in Customer Inquiry and similar windows.
• Ability to have a stock number added to a P/O (even though it is already on the P/O) as a new line instead of adding to the quantity on the existing P/O line.
• A new check box is available to instruct Order Entry to set the Ship-To address to be the same as the Sold-To address.
• Customers can now be setup to be invoiced via an Online Portal instead of having their invoices emailed or faxed which will affect the invoicing process in Order Entry for these customers.
• Phone numbers can now also be stored on Customer Alternate Ship-To locations.
• Vendors can now be setup to be paid by Credit Card or an Online Portal in addition to the previous options of paper check, ACH, or Bank Check which will affect how these vendor payments are handled in the check writing programs.
• Older vendor A/P checks that have been purged into history can now be voided just like more recent checks.
• Check and Payment related Notes can now be entered when making payments thru A/P Invoice Entry/Maintenance on an individual invoice.
• The Check Inquiry window in Vendor Analysis and Analysis History will now allow sorting the list of invoices paid by the check in invoice number (as before) or invoice date sequence.
• Improveded handling of voided checks in A/P, G/L, and Bank Reconciliation.
• Potential improved performance when logging into and out of Answers on busy Remote Desktop Servers (for companies with many remote users).
• And more that will be listed in summary and detail both on the 2025 Release Notice.