LEVEL I VERSION 6.0 UPGRADE

Level one will have the following features with an AVI outlining instructions on using the Hidden Options along with a demo on the advanced additional features

 

POINT OF SALE

 

Dollar Volume Pricing by Customer; extends PTM’s Discount fields to include a discount, per volume purchased, to be applied for a specified quantity on each individual customer file—dollar volume pricing can even be copied into several customer files to reduce setup time—this feature will assist you in promoting your customers to purchase a set amount of products.  Dollar Volume setup will require minimal education

 

Inventory Extended Price fields; PTM’s four price levels can be extended out to nine price levels to fulfill your advanced inventory pricing needs  User Friendly Feature

 

Grouping Feature; this feature is only available to form K users—ability to group parts and labor together, illustrating to your customer exactly what parts were used for each labor operation. Grouping requires some setup and education on use

 

($350.00)  Limited Edition Module; allows you to categorized your General Ledger accounts, extends sales tax reporting by tax area on Customer accounts and Ship To accounts to include sales tax spread sheets for complex tax reporting, advanced commission setup for parts and or labor and can be based on net or gross—excluding or including any combination of customers, each sales person can have different percentages, along with profit reporting by type of customer.  The LE Module requires some setup and education specific to your needs

 

Extended Re-Builders Features; extremely valuable feature add-on which enhances the ability of In-house Workorders by now allowing the user to build and add to inventory several different part numbers all from one In-house Workorder.  The Extended Rebuild feature is very useful for electrical re-builders, engine parts re-builders, or users in the salvage industry…  To properly use this module you must first be able to correctly use and understand the Production side of PTM

 

Retrieve Reference on Returns; when returning a part with a negative quantity the system will display the history on that part and then prompt for the original purchasing invoice number, this feature is a wonderful fail safe for the counter sales people to ensure the proper amount is credited.  User Friendly Feature

 

Specified Sales Order Numbering Feature; with this added feature you will have a separate numbering system for your Sales Orders, enabling more specified tracking. If you handle multiple backorders to the same customer or are generating a high number of sales orders and backorders on a daily basis this feature is a must.  This feature requires some education to understand and use to it’s full potential with Purchasing and Invoicing

 

Alternate Suppliers; (this advanced feature is available already but your Version 6.0 AVI will outline the use of this feature more clearly) Expands your Inventory records to allow for multiple Alternate Vendors and even multiple Alternate Part Numbers.  Alternate Part Numbers used with the Alternate Supplier option are not required to be setup in Inventory—more flexibility then forced interchanges.  This feature is very user friendly but the user may benefit from some education on the setup and options in Purchase Orders

 

 

HIDDEN Point-of-Sale OPTIONS

Instructions on how to use these Hidden Options will be included with your Version 6.0 AVI

 

*Parts and Labor Move Function; to move parts around and switch the order in a Workorder or Invoice of Labor items.

*Replicate Workorder Function; wouldn’t it save your service writer a large amount of data entry if you could only copy one existing Workorder’s parts and labor over to a new Workorder on those repetitive jobs?  The Copy function gives you the ability to take one Workorder and copy it exactly to another Work order.

*Re-Pricing Function; on invoices or Workorders any parts applied can be re-priced based off the customer Account Type or Terms.  For example, if a default Wholesale account needs to be changed to Retail on one Invoice you can now change the selling price of an entire list of parts already applied with two key strokes instead of deleting or amending all of the parts.

*Using the Control L Function to Search and Quote; Customer, Inventory and Vendor search and quote Function; instructions on how to use the Control L feature to search all three major databases by first or last name, perform a quick quote for a customer from your inventory and mark an item as a lost sale.

*Kit Builder; learn how to use your existing Workorders to build a Parts and Labor Kit with one keystroke.

*Search Kits; while in a Work order or an Invoice, use this feature to check if a part you wish to use that is low or zero quantity is also available in a kit and can be used from that kit.

*Search Pending Purchase Orders; have you ever lost a sale because a part you wish to sell is out of stock, but it has already been ordered on a Purchase Order, or have you ever Backordered a part that is already on order for Stock?  Learn how to use PTM’s Purchase Order search function to save money and time.

*Building Interchanges on-the-fly; learn how to build and sell Interchanged part numbers on the fly without having the Interchanges setup in Inventory ahead of time.

*Unit Warning; attach a specific warning or note to a unit for a specific customer as a permanent record for reporting and services at the Point-of-Sale.

*History Search on Parts; learn how to use the history search function to show purchasing history on a specific part along with whether or not that item is still covered under warranty.

 

 

BOOKKEEPING

 

Additional Checking Accounts Feature; regularly PTM is limited to 3 checking accounts, with this advanced feature a PTM user can now extend your Bookkeeping functionality to allow for up to six checking accounts.  Some setup time is involved along with reporting education

 

Aged Receivable Credit Limit Feature; by default if you have a Credit Limit setup on your customer files and a Credit Limit Password all receivable customer accounts that reach 60 days will prompt for the Credit Limit Password before a charge Invoice or Workorder can be opened for that account—this additional feature will change your Over Limit change of terms to 30 days instead of 60 days—you must have a Credit Limit Password setup in E. System Setup for this feature to work properly.  User Friendly Feature

 

Partial Receivable Payments Feature; this feature allows the user to divide a payment on a Receivable Account within that account by applying specified amounts to individual receivable Invoices or Workorders.  This is a very complex option, some education on this specific feature will greatly decrease mistakes and clean up time  

 

 

HIDDEN BOOKKEEPING OPTIONS

Instructions on how to use these Hidden Options will be included with your Version 6.0 AVI

 

*Quick Payables Due Report; a daily payment/agenda schedule can be viewed or printed from the main menu listing all Payable invoices due within the next 5 days—valuable for budgeting cash flow.  This option will also prompt the user for any loan payments that are due and if they should be included with that day’s payment schedule.