News

We’ve been getting some great feedback about our recent launch of Readysell Web Beta, and in Readysell 8.34 we’ve worked to not only move the web client forward, but to bring new improvements to our Windows client as well. Here’s some of the things we’ll be rolling out over the next week.

Stay organised and look professional with document management

Staff can’t find the document they need? Can’t control who gets access to sensitive documents? Because many of our customers spend so much of their day in their Readysell ERP system already, we’re introducing document management features to help. Any record in Readysell can now have a document or file attached to it – just hit the “Attach” button. We’ve also added a centralised view of all attachments within the system so you can find your files easily. Get rid of some of your filing cabinets and allow your staff to quickly and securely find the document they need using Readysell.

Save time and reduce errors with import from GNS Wholesale

While we are continuing to strive to provide electronic integration with a wide variety of suppliers in the office supplies industry, we recognise that some suppliers provide capabilities that we can make use of to help before we get there. You don’t have to type GNS purchase orders into your system any more. GNS Wholesale allows you to export purchase orders generated on their site and you can now click the “Import” button in Readysell to import this right into your system. Some setup may be required, so please get in touch with us if you don’t see the button on your purchase screen.

Streamline your warehouse operations with shipment merging

We’ve had great feedback out the efficiency gains that Readysell automated warehousing can bring to our customers, but one side-effect of automating warehousing is that sometimes you end up with more shipments than you need. Some of our customers have asked for an easy way to combine these multiple shipments, and that’s exactly what the new “Merge” button does. All dealers can now save time by using the new merge shipments button. This is a feature you should be using!

Get what you need faster with Readysell Web Beta performance improvements

We’ve leveraged some of the new technologies supplied by our technology partners and providers to help improve the performance of Readysell Web Beta. We’ve also squished a number of bugs reported by our customers. Thank you! Keep the feedback coming.

Control your inventory and warehouse with label improvements

We’ve improved label printing from within Readysell so that when you extract labels, you can now choose how many labels we will generate for each extracted product. We’ve also added the capability to generate product label runs right from the Readysell Mobile app. Just scan the products you want to print labels for, submit to Readysell, then review and print as usual. If your business includes some retail, you can will benefit from those new label features and B2B dealers can save some time too with the new mobile label features.

Questions or comments?

Our documentation is in the process of being updated to reflect the latest changes, but we know that it can be tough to wrap your head around what’s new and how it affects you. Please open a ticket through our Support Centre and we’ll be happy to help you out.

Tell me more, tell me more…

We’ve also made a number of other improvements and under-the-hood changes. Here’s a full list. If you’d like more details about any of the below items, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us through our Support Centre .

• 11350 Show balance even on cancelled lay-bys
• 11367 Add Delivery Date column to purchase orders on POS
• 11401 Automatically update the status on gift registries
• 11433 Add a print new label module to the mobile app
• 11859 Add ability to archive purchase run sets.
• 11960 Improving Auto Warehouse Task Log
• 11961 Tighten up periods to disable editing start and end date
• 11974 Add new filter for GST item list view
• 12014 ETA Date changes for PO’s in ‘Closed Period’
• 12027 New “Sales by Period by Site by Product” cube
• 12070 Make “Buy and sell tax code percentage do not match” validation an optional validation
• 12072 Meter count collection on standard HTTP(S) ports
• 12111 Add “Show Card” to product movement related dropdown
• 12126 Improving Product label extract.
• 12127 Improving generation of shipments
• 12132 Add support for secure document management
• 12133 Support importing of GNS purchase orders
• 12139 Upgrade to XAF 16.1
• 12152 Upgrade dependencies
• 12182 Add customer order to Tax Invoice/Adjustment Note (by Shipment) Portrait layout
• 12183 Improve built-in tax invoice layouts to better handle service charging
• 12203 Improve handling of operators

With Readysell 8.33, we’re pleased to announce broader availability of Readysell Web, the web-based version of your Readysell system that you can access from anywhere.

Whether you’re a sales rep who needs to draw up a quote on the road, or a manager who wants to check on the latest sales figures, Readysell Web has you covered.

We’ve compiled some frequently asked questions below, but if you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us through our Support Centre.

Why would I use Readysell Web Beta?

We’d love for you to start using Readysell Web Beta to help us gather some early feedback. Getting on early will give any an opportunity to influence the release version of the software. You can use Readysell Web Beta to:

• Access your Readysell 8 system from anywhere, such as on tablets and home computers
• Provide sales people on the road, managers, service technicians, bookkeepers and other staff members access a fuller Readysell feature set when they are out of the office
• Give your accountant or or a remotely-based sales person access to your system without having to set and train them on using RDP or other remote access technologies
• Quickly check warehouse performance, shipments, account balances or customer movements

What are the downsides?

Readysell Web Beta is not yet a final release (this is what “Beta” means). We don’t expect any major issues when it is used. But there will be some hiccups. We would appreciate your feedback, but if you don’t want to try the Readysell Web Beta experience until the product is fully released, you might want to wait.

How is this different to the Readysell Mobile app?

While the Readysell Mobile app is designed to provide you with convenient access to a core set of common mobile workflows, the Readysell Web Beta more closely resembles the Readysell 8 Windows experience you are used to.

• Readysell Web Beta has a similar “look and feel” to the Windows client you are used to. The same menus and screens and some of same search and customisation features
• Customisations made on your Readysell Windows client automatically carry over to the web version
• The role-based security system on Readysell Web Beta is identical to the security on your Readysell Windows client

How do I start using Readysell Web Beta?

Getting started is simple:

1. Log into your account at the Readysell Support Centre at support.readysell.com.au
2. Click the “Readysell Web” button
3. Visit and bookmark the URL displayed on the screen
4. Log in using the same username and password you use to log into your Readysell system on your PC

After taking a couple of months off major releases to focus on various smaller tweaks and bug fixes, Readysell is on the road again with Readysell 8.32. Rolling out to all of our Readysell 8 customers over the next few days, we’ve focused delivering some core usability improvements to help you get the most out of the data already in your system.

Get behind the driver’s seat with dashboards

Readysell may be on the road, but we want you along for the ride. Our new dashboards have been designed to put the most relevant information in front of you as soon as you start Readysell. We’ve designed dashboards for each of the key organizational roles that use Readysell – from managers and sales people, to service technicians and warehouse staff. Please keep in mind though, our dashboards currently are on their L plates. If you have any suggestions on how we might improve them, we’d love to hear from you.

Better serve your customers with price calculator improvements

We’ve improved the flexibility of the price calculator by making it accessible from any screen and allowing you to easily switch between products. The price calculator can now be accessed on any screen from the “Tools” ribbon tab. From here, you can choose any customer/product combination, helping you to look good in front of your customers.

Reduce back orders and save time with substitution recommendations

No one likes a back order, especially when it can be avoided with a simple substitution. The “Substitute” button has a new “Recommend” feature which will quickly bring up a list of stocked products in the same category with a similar sell price to the original. This makes it painless to substitute, especially when dealing with diverse products (such as the endless aisle range).

Seamlessly handle back orders at POS with the “Order” button

When using Readysell at point of sale it is common to work from the shipments screen. This works great when the scanning in products, but what happens if the customer tells you they want something ordered in as well? Now, we have a convenient “Order” button on the shipment screen which will convert the sale shipment into a sale order with a single click. If you have retail sales, using this feature will speed up your sales process. It simplifies POS sales as all transactions can start as a sale shipment, then convert to a sale order with one click if required.

Increase your average order size with cross-sell suggestions

Readysell can inform your customer service staff when there is an opportunity to cross-sell a related product when entering an order. If Readysell finds a relevant product, a small “Cross-Sell Available” notification will display. If the user clicks the notification, that product will be added to the order. Never miss out on an opportunity to cross-sell again! We’ve worked hard to make sure cross-selling doesn’t get in your way, but if you’d like to turn it off regardless, please contact Readysell.

Questions or comments?

Our documentation is in the process of being updated to reflect the latest changes, but we know that it can be tough to wrap your head around what’s new and how it affects you. Please open a ticket through our Support Centre and we’ll be happy to help you out.

You didn’t think that was all, did you?

We’ve also made a number of smaller improvements and under-the-hood changes. Here’s a full list. If you’d like more details about any of the below items, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us through our Support Centre .

• 11225 Add an action to sale shipments allowing an in progress sale shipment’s status to be set to open when the sale shipment is in progress
• 11241 Tighten up destructive tasks
• 11267 Option to show a discount % column on sale invoices only if the individual sale invoice does have a discount
• 11272 Create an alert for when a service back order line is fulfilled
• 11314 capture e-mail address for contacts on orders for web orders
• 11338 Allow you to edit / enter LINE NOTES on a INPROGRESS Shipment
• 11354 Enable LINE NOTES to be entered on an IN PROGRESS SALSHP
• 11376 Add ability to add decimal numbers to auto increase meter charge.
• 11382 Enable surcharging at Point of Sale
• 11389 Back order module: enable show related purchase order
• 11414 Line notes in shipments
• 11426 Add ability to edit email field on a sale orders
• 11490 Correctly handle “Card” barcodes Readysell
• 11844 Recommend substitutions based on pre-defined rules
• 11852 Allow price change run to skip updating “Was Price” on product
• 11868 Mobile App : Add customer name to the “Deliveries” feature on the mobile app
• 11890 Add a “Resort Lines” button to the product label transaction so product labels can be printed by primary product location
• 11891 Exclude quarantined stock from net stock on hand so stock reorders in purchase runs
• 11894 Add discount from list based on actual value vs value at list to sale invoice lines
• 11897 Add an option to force product name to upper case
• 11901 View Variant for Customer Open Items – Pay action button not visible
• 11902 Add a “customer history” button to sale shipments
• 11903 Add a ‘Order’ button to sale shipments to simplify creation of orders from shipments at POS
• 11904 Creating a New View Variant within Supplier Payment Run – Action buttons no longer visible
• 11905 Add phone and email to sale order and sale shipment
• 11906 Add a “price check” button to sale shipments
• 11909 Add the ability for Automatic warehousing to integrate to service orders
• 11910 Replace the calendar that pops up with a service order is scheduled with a simple popup window
• 11915 Update dependencies
• 11916 Replace custom dashboard implementation with stock XAF dashboards
• 11924 Stock Overall List Report to show Each Cost
• 11925 Calculate each cost on product file
• 11938 Add bar code scanning to stock replenishment