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Readysell 8.53 Perry now rolling out

We’re pleased to announce that Readysell 8.53 (codename Perry) is rolling out to all of our Readysell 8 customers. This release introduces a refreshed user interface and implements a number of long-standing customer requests from the Readysell forum.

Perry Lakes

Get up and running faster with our simplified user interface

We’ve freshened up our user interface and menus to make Readysell cleaner, easier to get around in and less confusing. Our menu is now flatter, so you can easily find what you’re looking for. We’ve also improved the mechanism for hiding the menu (so you can’t accidentally lose it). We’ve also made improvements to ensure Readysell works better on high DPI displays (such as those found on modern laptops and tablets).

Screenshot of new Readysell UI

Maintain margins with automated contract price management

You can now enable price management on any product-based contract. Readysell will automatically generate a new contract based on the rules that you’ve defined that will ensure prices are kept up to date. You can set up Readysell to notify sales people before the new contract becomes active so that they can review the pricing and make any necessary changes before it goes live.

Better manage open items with editable due dates and dispute flagging

We’ve added two new fields to open items that will help you better manage your open items.

  • You can now edit the due date on a customer or supplier open item for cases where you may want to manually override the terms for an individual open item
  • You can now mark an open item as “In Dispute”, stopping it from being automatically extracted onto payment runs and allowing you to track open disputes from customers

Ensure professional communications with email spell checking

We’ve enabled a spell checker for the Readysell mailer screen. Whenever you send outbound emails from Readysell you can now be confident that you haven’t made any embarrassing typos.

Screenshot of spell checking function

Secure your data with two factor authentication

You can now set up Readysell to use two factor authentication (via email or SMS) for any user. Just set the appropriate “Two Factor Method” on the user and they will be prompted upon logon to enter a unique code to access the system.

But wait, there’s 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 the Readysell Helpdesk.

  • 11222 Column displaying date purchase orders are emailed
  • 12661 When you enter a webid onto a contact for a webx order that did not match to a customer. The web order customer should automatically fill in
  • 12758 Adding sale order due date to sale orders as an optional field
  • 13003 Supplier ETA Dates on open items
  • 13134 Allow “appending” bank transaction imports
  • 13330 Add “In Dispute” checkbox to open items
  • 14639 Provide a way to enter special instructions for IFS on consigment details screen
  • 14704 Improve email validation at POS
  • 14742 Allow sale order source field to be enforced
  • 14743 Provide a way to cancel preordered products
  • 14744 Improve automatic attachment import to read file metadata
  • 14784 Upgrade to XAF 18.2
  • 14785 Provide an option to hold web orders without adding explanitory notes
  • 14789 Implement CEF for web rendering
  • 14790 Upgrade dependencies
  • 14793 Enable two factor authentication on Readysell Go
  • 14794 Add API and webhooks for machines
  • 14795 Allow for automated contract price management
  • 14809 Allow multiple box sizes per sales shipment for IFS and StartShipIT integration
  • 14816 Allow two factor codes to be sent via email
  • 14818 Remove the schedule from technician assign screen by default
  • 14819 Implement new EDI file format for Dynamic Supplies
  • 14820 Enable spell checking on “Send Email” screen
  • 14834 Update standard task schedule

Transitioning products from Cumberland Stationery to ACCO Brands

As you are likely aware, ACCO Brands Australia has announced the acquisition of all brands and distribution rights from the Cumberland Stationery Co Pty Ltd, effective 1 February.

Cumberland Stationery

Starting next week, Office Brands will have updated the supplier data on affected products. Please use the instructions below to ensure these changes flow through to your system correctly.

Readysell 8

Effective next week:

  • If you have automatic price updates turned on (click here to find out), and have not changed the default behaviour of the “Override Primary Supplier”, then nothing further is required. Readysell will automatically move the Cumberland Stationery products to ACCO Brands.
  • If you have automatic price updates on and have tweaked your product import rules to uncheck the “Override Primary Supplier” flag, you will need to perform a price book run or bulk update run to change the supplier on affected products from CUMSTA to ACCAUS.
  • If you currently load catalogues manually, you will need to load the latest comprehensive catalogue update.

Once all outstanding open items are paid:

  • Use the “Merge” button on cards to merge the CUMSTA supplier into the ACCAUS supplier.

Readysell 7

Readysell 7 does not automatically change supplier codes on your existing products when Office Brands changes the supplier code. To change the supplier you must use the “change one field” button from browse catalogues in the price change module. Please see the document “Updating one field from a catalogue” for more details.

Warning: If you do not want to change all suppliers, you have to create a query wizard when you process the “change one field” button. The query wizard can limit the changes to just the suppliers you want to get rid of. If you do not do this properly, all your supplier codes will change to line up with Office Brands. We suggest you try this procedure on test before you do it on live.

Need more assistance?

We’re here to help should you have any questions or concerns. We can even help you perform this update on your data (at regular support rates). Please open a ticket and we’ll answer any questions you may have.

New prerequisite in upcoming Readysell update

Starting with Readysell 8.53 (which will begin rolling out next week) the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015 components will need to be installed on each PC running the Readysell client. If this component has not already been installed, Readysell 8.53 will prompt to you to install this when it first runs.

To avoid disruption when you receive the update, you may wish to pre-install these components now. Visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=48145 to download the installer (either 32-bit or 64-bit depending on your PC).

The reason for this change is the inclusion of the CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework) browser component. This component replaces the aging Internet Explorer component Readysell previously used to integrate its help pages, Readysell Payroll and hybrid EDI. CEF will ensure these page work more consistently and will improve performance

If you have any questions or concerns about this change, please submit a ticket at the Readysell Helpdesk and someone from our team will assist you.

Change of contract upload mechanism

Starting tomorrow (Friday, 25th of January) we will start uploading contracts to the Office Brands WebX site using the new component services API. Advantages to using this API include reliability improvements and immediate feedback on the success of contract uploads.

The change over does not require any intervention from customers. We have been piloting the new approach with a number of stores over the last few weeks without incident, however please reach out to us if you notice anything unexpected so we can address issues immediately.

Accessing the new Readysell Helpdesk

The Readysell Helpdesk has now moved to the Freshdesk platform.

Any newly created tickets and existing outstanding tickets will be handled in the new system. To access the new ticketing system, go to http://support.readysell.com.au/ and click “Forgot your password”. Type in your email address, then click “Reset my password”. This will email you with instructions on how you can set up your account in Freshdesk. We have also updated the documentation on our Wiki to reflect the new system.

If you want to access details of some old tickets, you can log into the previous system at https://readysell.visionhelpdesk.com/ using your old username/password. Please do not reply to tickets here though – if you require further assistance on a previous ticket, please create a new ticket in the Freshdesk system.

We appreciate your understanding during this transition. We look forward to servicing you even better in the future thanks to the new capabilities available to us on the Freshdesk platform.

Upcoming changes to the Readysell Helpdesk

This Saturday (12th of January) Readysell will be moving to the Freshdesk platform for our helpdesk ticketing system. Freshdesk will enable us to better serve customers by ensuring we have high visibility into priority issues, automatically receive relevant telemetry (such as screenshots and log files) when you lodge a ticket through Readysell, as well as provide a host of usability improvements for both our customers and support team.

Any emails you send to support@readysell.com.au and tickets you submit via online portal after Saturday will be handled in the new system. Over the next couple of days, we will also be moving any outstanding tickets into the new system.

You will need to set up a password for the Freshdesk system after the change over is complete. We will send full instructions on how to do this on Monday. The previous system (Vision Helpdesk) will remain accessible at a new URL (so that you can view your old tickets). Details on how to access this will also be provided in Monday’s update.

Please reach out to the Readysell support team if you have any questions or concerns about this change over.

Readysell 8.52 Orielton now rolling out

Happy New Year! We’re pleased to announce that Readysell 8.52 (codename Orielton) is rolling out to all of our Readysell 8 customers. This release focuses primarily on behind the scenes changes to improve Office Brands integration, but also includes a few minor usability tweaks.

Orielton Lagoon

Office Brands integration improvements

Over the next few weeks we will be progressively activating improvements to the Office Brands integration, specifically:

  • More reliable contract updates
  • Faster and more reliable product image uploads
  • Improved business intelligence feeds

Once these performance and reliability changes are in place, we will shift our focus to adding new functionality to our integration to help reduce manual work when integrating between Readysell and your OneX web site.

Other improvements

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 the Readysell Helpdesk.

  • 12327 Add “show correction” to purchase receipt show related button
  • 12437 Add day of week Monday, Tuesday etc. to sales invoice
  • 12804 Make copy of image and blub optional for the copy button on products
  • 14166 Migrate Office Brands contracts to new APIs
  • 14674 Upload Office Brands product images to S3 bucket
  • 14687 Improve perceived speed of dashboards
  • 14699 Implement new Office Brands BI design
  • 14739 Increase granularity of “Ship On” time
  • 14762 Salesforce contacts may not be updated in some scenarios

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 at the Readysell Helpdesk and we’ll be happy to help you out.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Readysell

Christmas and the New Year is nearly upon us and we’d like to take some time to reflect on the year that has passed, express our thanks and gratitude to our valuable customers and inform you of our arrangements for the holiday season.

The Readysell office will be closed this year from Thursday 20th of December, 2018. Regular business will resume on Monday 7th of January, 2019. Members of our support team will be available during this period for critical or emergency support issues only.

Merry Christmas from Readysell

We’d like to take this opportunity to reflect on some of the steps we have taken during 2018, to strengthen our customer offering;

  1. Joining forces with Striven, which aims to accelerate our growth and investment across the industries we serve
  2. Introducing our free training webinar program, designed to help our customers generate increased value from their Readysell solution
  3. Expanding the Readysell partner ecosystem to include new supplier integrations for Australian Paper and General Stationery

During the past 12 months we have continued to enhance the core Readysell ERP, along with increasing the functionality of our Service module with 35 new features and process improvements. As we move into 2019, we will continue to invest in the development of our core ERP, along with our service module through the direct feedback of our customers.

2018 saw Readysell deliver six new releases:

As usual, there’s plenty more planned for 2019, so stay tuned for announcements over the coming months.

Lastly, before we sign off, we’d also like to remind our all of our customers that now is a good time to review your security practices to ensure you’re protecting your business in the new year. To get started, please check out the Readysell Security Guide at https://readysell.com.au/security/

Thanks to all of our customers for your ongoing business, thoughtful feedback and support. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!

Readysell 8.51 Nabberu now rolling out

We’re pleased to announce that Readysell 8.51 (codename Nabberu) is rolling out to all of our Readysell 8 customers. In this release we’ve put a big focus on improving the Readysell’s third party integration offerings and fulfilling customer requests from the Readysell Forum. We encourage you to take some time to review these release notes to understand how you can make use of them.

Lake Nabberu

Simplify and streamline your shipping with StarShipIT, Australia’s most trusted integrated shipping software

StarShipIT allows you to simplify and automate the process of fulfilling orders. Readysell’s new StarShipIT integration will allow you to fill in consignment details (including number of packages, weight) and have this automatically sent to StarShipIT, who will handle the automated printing of labels and communication with your carrier.

Integrate your customer, supplier or product data with hundreds of third parties

Leveraging Readysell’s new webhooks functionality allows you to push data from Readysell into third party systems. Using a service like Automate.io or Zapier will provide you with integration to hundreds of different systems. For example, you could:

  • Update your MailChimp or GetResponse mailing lists every time a contact person is created or updated in Readysell
  • Update product data on your Shopify or WooCommerce web sites
  • Keep customer card information up to date on your Zendesk helpdesk or Jira project
  • Create a new item in your Todoist task list when a new customer is created

Increase spend from your most loyal customers with loyalty system improvements

Readysell’s loyalty points implementation has been improved to play better with the Office Brands U-Rewards program. We will automatically expire unused points after a period of time (12 months by default), we’ve implemented some great looking new loyalty statements, and we’ve created a new type of email batch that will allow you to easily send these statements to customers periodically.

Attach files using drag and drop

Readysell already allows you to attach files to many records. You can even set up Readysell to automatically import attachments based on the file name. To make things easier still, we’ve enabled drag and drop functionality for attaching files. Just grab the file you want to attach, and drag it onto the record you wish to attach it to. Done!

But wait, there’s 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 the Readysell Helpdesk.

  • 13238 Allow for “Unsubscribed” flag to be viewed and edited at POS
  • 13301 Sync Readysell with MailChimp
  • 14634 Integrate with StarShipIT
  • 14648 Provide meter count capture via API
  • 14649 Implement updated U Rewards template in Loyalty Statements
  • 14651 Add support for 2 factor authentication using SMS
  • 14659 Allow a workstation to automatically open a new sales order when one is completed or saved
  • 14660 Add percent web orders to dashboard metrics
  • 14661 Automatically populate cheque details on customer payments
  • 14662 Allow payment reference to be added on the tender screen for non-cheque tenders
  • 14663 Allow for stocktaking to be ended prematurely
  • 14664 Allow files to be attached by dragging and dropping
  • 14665 No easy way to see products with no supplier product ID in product list view

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 at the Readysell Helpdesk and we’ll be happy to help you out.

Electronic ordering for General Stationery now available from Readysell

Readysell and General Stationery are pleased to announce the availability of electronic ordering integration.

Readysell and General Stationery logos

Electronic ordering (known in the industry as EDI – electronic data interchange) is available free of charge for all Readysell customers. Ordering electronically can streamline your ordering process by:

  • Avoiding re-keying of data into your system
  • Eliminating manual printing, faxing, or emailing of orders
  • Providing you with early notice of what stock you will receive
  • Ensuring your order gets processed in a more timely manner

Readysell’s “hybrid EDI” approach means you’ll have full visibility into what you’re ordering before submitting, eliminating data alignment issues that can crop up with other EDI approaches.

Readysell is continuing to grow its list of industry integration partners for both electronic ordering and supplier stock integration. General Stationery joins the following list of integrated supplier partners:

  • ACCO Australia (Electronic ordering)
  • Alloys (Electronic ordering and stock level)
  • Anyware (Stock level)
  • Australian Paper (Electronic ordering)
  • Avery Dennison (Electronic ordering)
  • Dynamic Supplies (Electronic ordering and stock level)
  • Ed Office Products (Electronic ordering)
  • GNS Wholesale (Electronic ordering and stock level)
  • Ingram Micro (Stock level)
  • Leader Systems (Stock level)
  • Rubbermaid (Electronic ordering)
  • Satex Distributors (Electronic ordering and stock level)
  • Stationers Supply (Electronic ordering and stock level)
  • Synnex (Stock level)

If you are a Readysell 8 customer, you should have already been configured with this new integration. If you require additional training, please submit a ticket to the Readysell Helpdesk and will will advise you of how to use this feature. Readysell 7 customers can look forward to taking advantage of this and other great integrations upon upgrading to the Readysell 8 platform.