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Description of enhancements, fixes etc. (Available to the public as of the stated release date.) |
| 2008-07-29 | Invoice Builder Dialog - Invoice items may now contain negative values in the Price field. |
| 2008-05-21 | Fixed issue where proposal and invoice data on some existing jobs was not loading properly. |
| 2008-05-13 | Fixed problem loading proposal data from old format jobs. |
| 2008-05-11 | Fixed Bug - when jobs are copied, cost data is now deleted from the new job. Items Manager - Eliminated multi-user vulnerability where new item data could be overwritten inadvertantly. |
| 2008-04-28 | Fixed bug where Item Codes were not showing on some reports and the PO |
| 2008-04-24 | *** indicates customer requests and key new features. Customer list: - prevents entry of ;(semi-colon) in email addresses. Supplier list: - prevents entry of ;(semi-colon) in email addresses. - Allowed removal of multiple selected suppliers at once from the list of suppliers selected for a job. *** MySettings Dialog: - Reconfigured dialog layouts for clarity in general. - Replaced button bar with more compact and flexible drop menus. - Moved many button functions from tab panes to menus. - Added Re-assign job functions for Customers and Projects. *** - Modified process for editing user's email address. - Modified process for editing password and added email password button. - Added ability to create enterprise versions of default messages. *** - Added ability to install Enterprise default messages.*** - Added additional items to message editor: Proposal T&C, Invoice T&C, Prepress note, Shipping note.*** - Added User release version tracking to enterprise user management. MySettings/Report logo file configuration: - Reconfigured dialog layout and instructions for clarity in general. - Fixed issues with logos not appearing on reports. - Added ability to store an Enterprise set of logos.*** - Added ability for users to install logos from Enterprise set.*** - Added "save as" function to enable logo export. MySettings/File transfer dialog overhauled: - Allows transfer to/from local, shared or netplus folders. - Enhanced feedback on progress and any errors encountered. Joblist - Remembers column width settings from one session to the next. *** - Synchronized "show active jobs only" check boxes between summary screen and top of list. - Fixed record count display on summary panel. JobMaster/Jobspecs fixed minor issues: - Proofs in all caps changed to be consistent with other labels. - Added missing space to padding spec. - Fixed sporadic bug in Order instructions where HTML encoding was displayed. JobMaster/Job cost panel - new invoice asks for date to apply to all new invoice lines. *** - Allows entry of negative numbers. *** JobMaster/Proposal Builder Dialog - Replaced button bar with more compact and flexible drop menus. - Added ability to select margin or markup on proposals.*** - Added margin markup manager to menus.*** - Made dialog larger. - Added get job number button for proposal number. *** - Added get specs button to get specs when a quote is used to generate the proposal. *** - Reminder to switch to reviewing prices after closing. General - Version compatability check added to jobs. - Fixed bug in Fetch prices where locked jobs were causing problems. - MAC safari report viewing fixed. QuickBooks: - Enabled direct addition/synchronization of P3Expeditor invoices to Quickbooks. *** - Made QBIntegration compatable with QBCanada 2007. QuickBooks configuration dialog - Redesigned for clarity. - Set combobox defaults to most common selections. - Replaced button bar with more compact and flexible drop menus. - Widened filepath field. - Added selector for QB version. |
| 2008-04-20 | Email Scripts on the P3Server were updated to identify bad email address information. More detailed error information is now returnd to P3Expeditor. Email confirmation messages are also marked with "error" in the subject line and some indication of the cause. |
| 2007-12-10 | This release includes a major overhaul of the email and other communications systems. So, at the top level most of the major changes are related to email communications. Here's the highlights of what you'll see:
SEND EMAIL DIALOG
JOB MASTER DIALOG - Added alert for duplicate job numbers - Got rid of old RFQ, WorkOrder, BidReport printing menu item and dialog - Modified Print Menus & Reports
JOB ORDER DIALOG
RESELLING PROPOSALS & INVOICES
OTHER ENHANCEMENTS
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| 2007-09-25 | The 09-25-2007 Release of P3Expeditor contains many significant upgrades and important "fixes". Some of the most visible changes will be in the following areas:
The new job savings estimator on the job master dialog gives you an up to the minute estimate of the savings you have generated on a particular job based on the competitive bids you solicit. The new customer category and search system allows users to assign multiple categories or keywords to a particular supplier. The search function can then search for a given search term anywhere in the list of keywords attached to a supplier. The QuickBooks customer, client and order synchronization mechanisms have been updated significantly for performance and usability. In particular the Purchase Order has been greatly enhanced; allowing users to modify the PO number from P3Expeditor, set the text of the PO line item to contain the specs of the job and adjust the QB Customer:job and QB Item selections from P3Expeditor. The listings below show details of modifications made to the various dialogs throughout the system: MAIN APPLICATION WINDOW
MAIN APPLICATION WINDOW - JOB LIST PANEL
MAIN APPLICATION WINDOW - COPY JOB DIALOG
MAIN APPLICATION WINDOW - REPORTING SYSTEM DIALOG
JOB MASTER DIALOG
JOB MASTER DIALOG - Job Cost Panel
JOB MASTER DIALOG - PROPOSALS & INVOICES
JOB MASTER DIALOG - JOB SPECS and REPORTS
JOB MASTER DIALOG - JOB ORDER DIALOG
JOB MASTER DIALOG - JOB ORDER DIALOG - QuickBooks Panel
SUPPLIER LIST
SUPPLIER LIST - SUPPLIER DETAILS EDITOR
CUSTOMER LIST
CUSTOMER LIST - CUSTOMER DETAILS EDITOR
QUICKBOOKS - Customer & Supplier Synchronization
QUICKBOOKS COMMUNICATIONS
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| 2007-05-15 | This release includes 5 major change areas and many smaller modifications. These areas are: 1) An overhaul of the user interface system to include "Drop Menus" on major system dialogs. 2) The addition of an item management system. 3) The addition of a job cost tracking system. 4) Restructuring of the Job list. 5) Reporting system modifications. 1) User Interface Overhaul - Eliminating Button Bars adding Drop Menus. The overhaul of the user interface was necessitated due to the growing number of functions built into the P3Expeditor system. Menus provide a compact organized way to access various functions. Menu systems have been added to the ”Title Screen” window and the "Job Master" window. Since these two windows are at the core of the system some users may find the changes confusing at first. Rest assured that all the same functions (and more) are still in the P3Expeditor system. ”Title Screen” Window (including job list and calendar) Modifications - Converted Button tool bars to a common menu system for job list, calendar and title screen. - Global Menu - This menu provides access to the My Settings dialog, many of the online update functions and the exit/quit function. - Job Menu - This menu has selections to open the job list and calendar panels. When the job list panel is active the job manipulation (open, copy, delete) also become active. - Suppliers Menu - This menu provides access to the supplier manager as well as a web link to the new P3Supplier Network. - Clients Menu - This menu provides access to the customer manager. - Item Menu - This menu provides access to the new "Item" manager, a key part of the new Item system. - Reports Menu - The reports menu provides access to the Reports System as well as several job list reports that become active when the job list is open. - Help Menu - The help menu has web links to appropriate subjects in the P3Expeditor online help pages. - A more compact button bar is included in the ”Title Screen” giving immediate access to 4 commonly used functions: Job List, Calendar, Update Prices and New Job. - The Job List and calendar panels have also been modified (see below). "Job Master" Window Modifications - The old button tool bar has been converted to a set of sequential workflow buttons: Select Suppliers, Send RFQ, Compare Prices, Award Job, Order Job and Complete Job. - A menu system has been added to include all the functions formerly controlled through the button bar and several new functions. - The "Job Master" panel containing all the job data has been converted to a tab pane which will allow for the addition of new job information on additional tab panes. - A job cost tab pane has been added to the job master screen. This tab pane is only visible when the job cost system is turned on. - A new "Item" selector control has been added to the Job Master tab pane just below the project selector. - Once a job's status changes to ordered the quantity panel shows the final price and quantity from the purchase order rather than the quote request quantities. 2) Addition of "Item" category for job classification Item System Overview - Many organizations maintain codes or item numbers that are associated with printed items that they produce. These codes often used in inventory systems and other related business processes. The purpose of the P3Expeditor item system is to allow users to assign an "item" code to the jobs they are working on. The "Item" code can be configured to be called by whatever name the user enterprise wants to use (e.g. SKU, publication number, lit number, Med Reg, etc.). Similar to the Project field, the "item" code field is searchable/sortable through the job list and appears on the job master screen just below the project field. The reporting system has also been modified to allow filtering and grouping by "item" code. Item Properties - The "item manager" dialog can be accessed from the "job master" window or the "title screen" window. This dialog lists all the items that have been created and their various properties. Each item has a description property, and active/inactive property, up to 4 code segment properties and a "visible name". - The visible name is a composite of the other properties which will be used as the display name of the item elsewhere in the program. - The 4 code segment properties can be used (or not) to group families of items together. For example one segment/column could be used to indicate the business unit an item belongs to or an accounting cost center associated with the item. These might not be used every day to identify the item, but could be used in reports or searches. - The Active/inactive property determines if an item will appear on the item selector drop list on the job master screen. By default the Item Manager only shows active items when it is opened, but can be easily switched to show all items, by unchecking the "show active items only" checkbox. - The description property simply holds a description of the item. It can be made part of the "Visible Name" or not. Item System Configuration - The Item system configuration dialog can be accessed from the item manager drop menus ( List / Configure List ). The configuration dialog has 3 main functions, discussed below. The Item system configuration is an enterprise wide property and will affect all users within an enterprise. Only enterprise administrators can modify the item system configurations. - The Item label Editor - This control allows you to rename the "item" system to another label that is more familiar to your organization (e.g. "SKU", "Publication Number", "Literature Number", "ISBN", "UPC", "EAN", "Product Code", etc). Remember we call it the "Item System" but you can call it whatever you prefer. - The Column Name Manager - This control allows you to rename the code segment columns to categories that make sense for your organization. If you do not wish to use the columns you may want to label them as "Not in use". - The Visible Name Configuration - This control consists of a check box for each column property that can be included in the visible name of the item. The visible name will show up on the job list and job master dialog where a job is associated with the item. By checking the various column properties on or off you can determine which properties will be used to comprise the item's visible name. Creating new items - There are two ways to create new items. Items can be created in the Item Manager dialog by using the "New item" or "Copy Item" commands. Or, more conveniently, a new item can be created directly from the job master screen by simply typing in a new code in the item selector field. Upon exiting the field a new item dialog will be triggered. The New Item dialog will be populated with the new code that was typed in and the job description will be placed in the item description field. This New Item process provides a quick way to add items with minimal additional steps. 3) Addition of Job Cost Tracking System Job Cost Overview - The purpose of the Job Cost Tracking system is to allow users to track actual invoice costs against their purchase orders. This can be an important feature for tracking costs, managing costs and avoiding payment errors. The system is turned off by default, but can be activated through the My Settings panel. Go to My Settings then select the User Settings tab. The system consists of a general configuration panel, a tab panel on the job master screen and a Job Cost Report added to the reporting system. The Job cost Panel - When activated the Job Cost panel added to the job master screen allows users to record supplier invoice data and payments made against those invoices. Invoice costs can be broken down into several, user configurable, cost categories. Configuring the Job Cost System - The Various cost categories used in the cost tracking panel can be relabeled, added to and modified in several ways. The Job Cost Configuration panel handles these functions and can be accessed from the Enterprise Settings tab pane under the My Settings dialog. The configuration dialog lists the various categories and their properties. These properties include: - Name - The name that will be used in labeling costs in the category. - Has Quantity - This property determines weather the category has a quantity associated with it or not. - Auto-Include - The property determines if the cost category will be included in the list of categories that are automatically added when a new invoice is entered. - Active/Inactive - This property determines if the job cost category appears on the list of options to select from. - Report Column - This property determines weather the category will have its own column on reports or will be consolidated under the "All Other Costs" column. The order in which items appear by default on new invoices is also controlled by their position in the category configuration list. Items can be moved up and down the list positions using the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons. New cost categories may be added using the "Insert Line" button. Job Cost Reporting - When the Job Cost system is turned on, two additional report types become available through the reporting system. These are the "Job Cost" and the "Job Cost (Spreadsheet)" reports. Both reports show and summarize cost and payment data associated with the selected jobs. The plain "Job Cost" report shows the data via an HTML page. The "Spreadsheet" report creates a "Tab Delimited Text" file with the cost data in it and calls the operating system's default application for opening tab-delimited text files (this is usually the default spreadsheet application). The "Spreadsheet" report also lists additional data about the jobs included in the report. In addition to the job number and name it shows the: customer, project, item, item code segments, job owner, status, winning supplier company, winning supplier email, PO (purchase order) number, PO value and PO Quantity. This allows for quick processing and analysis of the data after the report is run. 4) Job List Panel Data Tables – Several changes have been made to the job list and schedules list to make them more useful. The changes make the job list the right tool for managing the bidding process and the Schedules list the ideal tool for managing production deadlines. - The job list and schedule list tables have been made horizontally resizable allowing the user to take maximum advantage of their display. - The customer, project, item and status fields have been added to the schedule list to make it easier to sort and select jobs with their production schedule data. - The "Bids Due" date column has been moved to the Job List table next to the column that shows the number of suppliers selected to bid on the job and number of responses that have been received. - The font color on the date columns now varies depending on the status of the deadline: overdue dates in red, future dates in green and today’s deadlines are in black. Job search panel - the job search panel has also been significantly modified to enhance the users ability to find jobs. - The job search panel has been upgraded to include searching by the new "Item" field. - The search now also has options for "contains" and "starts with" for searches. - A "deep search" function has also been added to allow searches for certain data fields not found on the job list (e.g. purchase order number) or searching the entire text of the job specification. This deep searching does require scanning each individual job record, so a warning has been added advising the user when they have selected a very time consuming search. - The date filtering system has been adjusted for simplicity and ease of use. - Two additional categories have been added to the status filter. They are "Awarded Ordered and Complete" and "Un-Awarded Jobs". These two categories combine several job statuses so that a user can look at all jobs in the bidding phase or all jobs in production. Job List Reports - The job list reports have been enhanced to include the new data column configurations as well as options for showing winning supplier and job notes data. Special convenient bidding report and deliveries report have also been created to quickly give users access to information on these two key areas. 5) The Reports System This system has had some significant enhancements implemented: - The Job Cost reports mentioned under the Job Cost System have been added to the reports system. - A filter has been added for filtering using the new item field. - For reports where data can be grouped, additional grouping options have been added for the item code and the 4 code sub-segment columns used in the item system. - A bug in the status filter was fixed and selections for "Awarded, Ordered and Complete" and "Un-Awarded" jobs have been added to the status filter options. - The date filtering system has been adjusted for simplicity and ease of use. - The filters for Customers, Projects and Items now allow entry of partial names for filtering the data, rather than limiting searches to exact matches. 6) Other Significant changes - On the Job Master Dialog the process of adding new customer records has been simplified. - Job Bidding Report – The statistics cluster on bid report has been made optional. - Job Reports in general – A “Use Larger Font Size” check box has been added to the “Configure Reports Dialog”. This option causes a larger font to be used when rendering specifications and other data on the various job reports: RFQ, PO, Work Order, Bidding Report, Job Notes report. |
| 2006-12-07 | The P3Expeditor Buyer Web Page now includes Tools for searching the P3Supplier Network and creating recommendations for favorite suppliers. The Search function allows buyers to look for new print suppliers based on the equipment, product offerings or location of the supplier. The recommendation tool allows buyers to create short recommendations for favorite suppliers. These recommendations will be visible on the supplier's profile on the P3Supplier Network. |
| 2006-12-07 | The P3Expeditor Supplier Manager has been modified in several ways: - The Layout of the Supplier Manager screen has been modified for ease of use. - A "Search P3Supplier" button has been added. This initiates a web browser session and automatically logs the user on to the user's account on the P3Software web site. From there the user can search the P3Supplier Database for new suppliera. - A second button has been added to automatically import supplier information from the P3Supplier Network. This function retrieves information for all suppliers that have been "selected" on the search page, and loads it into the P3Expeditor "import suppliers" dialog. After reviewing the listings the usre simply needs to click the import button to insert the suppliers into their supplier list. |
| 2006-11-01 | Email Communications - We have enhanced the email header information to prevent P3Expeditor emails from being caught in spam filters. Message headers will now show "mail_server@p3expeditor.com" as the sender "on behalf of" the buyer. The "From" and "reply to" addresses will list the buyers email address and work properly. |
| 2006-10-25 | Job Bidding and Job Notes Reports Revised: Reports conerted to HTML to simplify printing and include more content in less space. - Bidding data now includes a statistics and a projected savings calculation. - Supplier comments are now included in bidding data in printed report when bidding data option is on. - Data can be copied from HTML reports to spreadsheet programs for further analysis. |
| 2006-10-25 | User Settings - The "Copy jobs to network" has been changed to "Copy Data to Enterprise File Folder". The function now transfers jobs and templates to the Enterprise folder. The function also now gives much clearer feedback on the results of the transfer. |
| 2006-10-25 | Job Master Dialog - Job Spec System: Specs (Detailed or Flexi) now Rendered as HTML in general. New HTML specs used in: - Email RFQs, Work Orders, Reminders. - Printable RFQ, work order and Purchase order forms. - View Specs buttons now display HTML spec version. - Job Notes and Bidding Report - and Aggregate reporting System. Detailed Specs - Major Sections with nothing specified say "None Required" if there are no specifications for that section. - Now displayed on screen in 11 pixel Dialog font instead of 12 pixel Courier. |
| 2006-10-25 | My Settings - When changing email addresses, the server update is triggered when exiting the email text field. After a successful server update the user's enterprise settings are updated and the user is given the option of updating the ownership of their jobs to the new email address. |
| 2006-10-25 | Bidding Reports: There was a problem in the "Job Bidding Full Detail" report where a Supplier's comment was not printing the last line if there was no NEWLINE on the last line. This was also happening to the Job Notes as well. Both problems have been fixed. |
| 2006-10-25 | User Settings - Enterprise Settings - A mass job ownership change function has been added. All a user's jobs can now be switched to a new owner using one command. |
| 2006-10-25 | Job List - Job list Report and Job Schedules report both converted to HTML. - Provides for more reliable printing. - Data is displayed more compactly. - Reports look better too!! IMHO |
| 2006-10-25 | Job List - The "Show Active Jobs Only" switch is accessible any time instead of just on the search panel. |
| 2006-10-25 | User Settings Overhaul: Folders&Networking Panel (Now "Enterprise Settings") - The term "Network" has generally been replaced by "Enterprise" - "Enterprise Settings" reorganized, relabeled - "Enterprise Name" now centrally displayed in 16pt bold font with Name change button positioned to the right. - "Select New Folder" no longer loops when "cancel" function is selected. - Grouped user management buttons into a panel adjacent to user list. - Grouped lock management buttons into a panel adjacent to lock list. - Copy, Transfer and Reindex buttons positioned at bottom of panel. - Copy Data function now includes templates also and has better confirmation feedback. - Transfer Jobs button added - Allows transfer of jobs from one user to another User Info Panel - Email field triggers Synchronization routine on LostFocus event if email address has changed. - Email address change Synchronization changes network user email also. - Email address change for enterprise users, triggers offer to transfer job ownership to new email address. - Proxy server stuff moved to User Settings panel. - Local Password on/off moved to User Settings panel. - P3Software Online Account Auto-login web link button added from User Settings panel, more visibility. - "Customize Report Printouts" - moved to UserInfo panel, more visibility. User Settings Panel - Renamed from "Settings Papers & Utilities". - My Papers - Moved to new tab panel. - Added group panels for Overs/unders and International Settings. - Moved Auto Numbering. - Moved check boxes for Broker functions, XML data. - Added Proxy Panel, moved Reindex button, Customize Reports, Export Suppliers List. - Got rid of Data Export controls (function being deprecated) Stored Message Editor Panel. - Changed interface to single text editor area (bigger font) and added a message selector combo box. Papers List Panel - New, incorporates current my papers functions with room to grow... |
| 2006-10-25 | Job Master - Department-Client field now connected/integrated with the Client record data and client list dialog. - If a department-client is specified that is not on the clients list the user will be asked if they want to create a new client record. - Department-client selections not on the clients list are still allowed. - A button next to the department-client field gives convenient access to the Clients list dialog. |
| 2006-10-25 | Aggergate Reporting System: Processing speed optimized. - Jobs scanned only when included in a report run. - Once scanned jobs are held in memory for subsequent reports. - Scanning/summarization process streamlined. Report Modifications: 1) Sortation by Job Number in General 2) Job Bidding Full Detail Report - option to include job specs 3) Group Summary Report Added - with group by selector 4) Supplier Comparison report Added - Compares summary statistics for all suppliers for the range of selected jobs. 5) Flitering criteria displayed as filter changes. Number of jobs in filtering criteria dynamically updates as report filters change. 6) Filter added for active/inactive jobs. |
| 2006-07-27 | Labeling of "Restricted Mode" error messages has been greatly improved. |
| 2006-07-27 | An address list of Client names and email addresses can now be accessed when sending reports by email. The Clients list is now also available from the main P3Expeditor window. The Clients list manager has been overhauled to allow much better searching and editing access to client data. |
| 2006-07-27 | The aggregate reporting module has been completely revised: - Reports are now compiled in HTML text, which looks better and allows more data to be displayed on each page. - Tabular report data can be copied from the browser and pasted into spreadsheet applications for further formatting and analysis. - Printing and formatting are handled through the users prefered browser allowing for much more flexability(various paper sizes and orientations) and reliability in printing reports. - Record filtering options have been enhanced to show exactly what job selection criteria was used. - A "job order savings" calculation has been added to some reports to show total savings achieved on each job that gets ordered. - Multi-supplier reports are now sorted by supplier email address. - All reports have been revised to take advantage of HTML text formatting options. |
| 2006-07-27 | Added "Softproof" as a proofing option in detailed spec prepress area. |
| 2006-04-26 | Supplier performance tracking features have been added to P3Expeditor. Bid response time, planned versus actual schedules, planned versus actual budgets, an overall quality rating and performance comments can now be tracked. Bid response times are measured between the time an RFQ is sent out and when a response is recorded on the website or manually entered. When the job status changes from "Awarded" to "Ordered" the current job schedule gets recorded as the "Planned" schedule. Since this status change is triggered when the work order is emailed to a supplier, the "planned" schedule will reflect what is sent to the supplier. Both the "Planned" and "Actual" date fields are shown on the job master screen once the job status is changed to "Ordered". These dates can be modified as events change. When the job status is changed to "Complete", a quality evaluation dialog is triggered, prompting the user to make a quality evaluation at that time. This evaluation can also be made manually through the Job Notes dialog, Job Performance Tab. Reporting for individual jobs is handled as options for the Job notes report. Aggregate reporting on supplier performance is handled through the reports module, where several new reports are now listed. These supplier performance features are not available for "Basic" license users. Further information on these features is available through the online help system. |
| 2006-03-22 | The Job List and Schedules functions are now part of the main application window, instead of separate dialog windows. This allows the user to minimize the application, while those functions are in use. |
| 2006-01-18 | Fixed problem with dates not printing correctly for the Job List Schedule. |
| 2006-01-11 | The order of the Project and Client/Department columns in the Job List have been switched to make the order more logical. |
| 2006-01-11 | Fixed situations where under certain circumstances, some of the aggregate reports were being truncated on the left margin. |
| 2006-01-11 | Added millimeters as a unit of measure for paper size. Also, added metric units to the presentation folder drop lists. |
| 2006-01-11 | Added the Supplier's FAX number to the printed PO if available. |
| 2006-01-11 | Added New Zealand Dollar to the currency drop list in My Settings. |
| 2006-01-10 | Fixed the bid comparison charts that did not graph properly when there was only one or two quantities and the implied price calculator was employed. |
| 2006-01-10 | There was a problem in the "Job Bidding Full Detail" report where a Supplier's comment was not printing the last line if there was no NEWLINE on the last line. This was also happening to the Job Notes as well. Both problems have been fixed. |
| 2005-12-22 | Email customization banner system adjusted, it now accepts ".jpg" files uploaded from Macintosh computers, which previously had caused errors. |
| 2005-12-09 | Fixed problem on "Order Job" screen where the implied price was not always being transfered to the Order Amount field when double clicked. This problem only occured if the amount was over $999. |
| 2005-12-09 | Improved and expanded proxy server authentication. |
| 2005-12-09 | P3Expeditor now requests confirmation when a Proposal or Invoice item is about to be deleted. |
| 2005-12-09 | Macintosh Command Q now closes P3Expeditor properly, preventing data loss and enterprise user lock-outs. Other Mac Application menu options now carry P3Expeditor specific content and functions rather than the generic Java information and functions. |
| 2005-12-09 | Button on the main screen shows "Exit" on Windows and "Quit" on Macintosh |
| 2005-12-09 | Fixed issue where application update on Macintosh was causing the desktop alias to no longer work. |
| 2005-12-09 | - Labels throughout P3Expeditor adjusted to no longer truncate due to wider fonts on Mac OSX systems. - "Job to Printer" date label changed to "Art Ready". - Main Application Screen now resizeable. |
| 2005-09-12 | Job List - A list filtering system has been added to the job list so that users can search for jobs in their database. Each search field is set for progressive filtering as each character is typed into the search field. This feature will only be available to professional and Enterprise users. |
| 2005-09-12 | Job List - Job grouping by owner is no longer case sensitive to the owners email address. The owner's email address is matched to jobs on a case insensitive basis. In rare cases where the owners email address was modified in terms of font case the jobs under the old email address would not appear with jobs assigned to the same email address with different case characters. |
| 2005-09-12 | Job List - In "multi-user" mode the Job Owner appears on the summary panel at the bottom of the screen. This helps users see who owns which job when in "Show All Owners" is selected. |
| 2005-09-12 | Job Master Screen - The Ownership panel displays the current owner of the job as well as allowing the ownership to be modified. This makes it easier to determine who owns a job when you are reviewing several jobs. |
| 2005-08-09 | New User Dialog - password field uses masked text for security. |
| 2005-08-09 | Proxy Settings - password field uses masked text for security. |
| 2005-06-28 | Shared Automatic Job Numbering - Enterprise users can now share a common job numbering index value. The Network user settings now has a job numbering parameter that specifies the numbering preference for each user: local, shared admin and shared users. Users can still have the option to add an individual prefix on the job number while sharing the common number series. |
| 2005-06-28 | P3Software Supplier Response Page - Users can now customize the response page with a banner. To access the setup screen for this function users should log on to the P3Software website. This can be done automatically from the "MySettings" screen within P3Expeditor. |
| 2005-06-28 | Auto-Numbering override - Users can now override the automatically assigned job number from the Job Master screen. An "Edit" button has been added to allow editing of the job number field. |
| 2005-06-21 | Network User Administration - Comparison between network user email address and user settings email address no longer case-sensitive. Mis-matches were causing unnecessary support problems. |
| 2005-06-21 | New Price Fetching system will prompt user before overwriting prices already downloaded from server. Previously, manually entered information would get overwritten by online updates. Now data is only overwritten with user permission. |
| 2005-06-21 | Reporting System - Aggregate Job reports can now be filtered by user/owner. |
| 2005-06-21 | P3Expeditor can now import data from a variety of sources for both suppliers and clients. |
| 2005-06-21 | Price Updates - Network administrators can now trigger price updates for all users on a network. Previously price updates were done by individual users. |
| 2005-06-21 | The "Online Update" screen, "Get Application Update" function now runs download function that directly retrieves new software updates from the P3Software server installs them and restarts P3Expeditor. This replaces the old system which launched the user's browser and went to an update page on the P3Software website, from which the new application could be downloaded and installed. |
| 2005-06-21 | Secondary supplier contact email field added to supplier record. All messages to supplier will also go to the secondary contact. |
| 2005-06-21 | Licensing - P3Expeditor now check for licensing updates when the system starts up. This eliminates the need for manually running license updates when new licenses are issued. |
| 2005-04-27 | Compare Bids - Suppliers that "decline" to bid are marked accordingly to separate them from those that simply did not enter a response. |
| 2005-04-27 | My Settings - Phone number field now updates properly. Bug from January release. |
| 2005-03-27 | General - System set so that only one instance of P3Expeditor can be run on a computer. Customers that clicked start icon multiple times could in some cases launch several copies/instances of P3Expeditor, causing user confusion. |
| 2005-02-14 | Mac OSX - Dialog stacking order issues fixed. |
| 2005-02-10 | Job Master - A file save is run whenever the "Send RFQ" button is clicked. This ensures what gets sent out is saved, even if the system crashes while the job is still open. This vulnerability had resulted in "Disappearing" jobs at one client site. |
| 2005-01-07 | Bid Report - Now has an option to include job specs with bidding report. Supplier data on the bid report can also be limited to just the name of the supplier, full information or anonomous info (e.g. "supplier 1, Supplier 2"). Sorting on the bid report reflects the current sorting of suppliers on the compare bids screen. |
| 2005-01-07 | Emailable Bidding-Report now available to any network users viewing the job. Previously it was restricted to job owners. |
| 2005-01-07 | Empty or non-existant supplier files no longer cause the supplier list screen to display improperly. |
| 2005-01-07 | Supplier email field allows up to 200 characters. Was previously limited to 50 characters. |
| 2005-01-07 | Job Schedule date fields and job list display can now be set to display in either european date format or the american format. |
| 2005-01-07 | Flexi-spec text editor adjusted to filter out "non-standard" characters when pasted into the flexi-spec. These non-HTML compatible characters caused readability and other problems with specs transmitted to vendors. |
| 2005-01-07 | "Non-HTML" characters pasted into stock message fields are corrected or stripped out. Previously these characters caused presentation problems within the emails. |
| 2005-01-07 | Commas added to quantitiy numbers in RFQ email messages. This helps eliminate place value errors in reading the specs. |
| 2005-01-03 | Supplier response emails no longer have empty files attached when no attachment is sent with the response. |
| 2004-12-10 | Limit on number of suppliers allowed on jobs adjusted. If attachment is lessthan 150Kb users can send to up to 15 suppliers. for larger attachments the limit is 6 suppliers and if no attachment is sent, there is no limit on the number of suppliers. |
| 2004-12-01 | Vulnerability fixed - a single period in the per-press notes field caused RFQ emails to truncate the spec after the pre-press notes field. |
| 2004-12-01 | Response page co-branding - Ability to place a buyers logo banner across the top of the supplier response screen. Administration is handled through the P3Software web site. |
| 2004-11-30 | Bidding Report - Option to include specs added to bidding report dialog. |
| 2004-11-03 | New Features - Added Adobe PDF to File Type in Prepress Dialog - Raised limit for sending attachment with RFQ from 6 to 20 suppliers - Enhanced network user edit interface in My Settings - Network users can be restricted from deleting jobs - Network users can be restricted from entering quote prices manually - Network user with client list in shared folder can be edit restricted - Supplier list can now be local or in a shared network folder - Network user with supplier list in a shared folder can be edit restricted - Client list can be local or in a shared network folder - Flexi Spec templates can now be local or in a shared network folder - Network user with Flexi Spec templates in a shared folder can be edit restricted - When Bid Report is requested from the "Bid Compare" dialog, the suppliers are listed in the order they appear in the table. If the Bid Report is requested from either the "Job Master" or the "Print RFQ/Job Order/Bid Report" dialog, the report prints in the order the suppliers were added to the job. - The emailable Bid Report can also include the job specification text appended to the end of the Bid Report if the Bid Report is requested from either the Job Master screen or the Compare Bids screen. - When a proposal is sent and the job status is not "Reviewing Prices" the user is asked if the job status should be changed to "Reviewing Prices" - Removed the "Cancel" button from the Job Master screen and the upper right "X" that closes the screen saves the job data before closing. - Suppliers screen has a supplier details preview panel that shows the details of the suipplier currently selected on the supplier list. - Sorting on compare bids screen adjusted to sort buttons to sort lowest to highest followed by blank bids, so the most relevant numbers appear at the top. Fixes - Fixed the problem in Compare Bids so it will show all suppliers bids in the charts after job is Awarded - Reversed Project with Department/Client labels in Copy Job screen - Updated Supplier Export to remove non-printable characters from supplier data - When awarding a job with only one supplier, it no longer asks if unsuccessful suppliers should be notified - Fixed Supplier Comments line break problem in emailable Bid Report - Fixed spelling error in server communication, "recieve" to "receive" |
| 2004-11-03 | Closing the bid report dialog using the X button no longer causes the bid report charts to be displayed. |
| 2004-11-03 | Sorting of bid comparison table adjusted to sort "null" bids to list after the highest bids. So the lowest bids appear at the top of the list. |
| 2004-10-26 | Supplier list - supplier info preview pane added to supplier list. Allows instant access to all supplier information and easy copying of supplier information. |
| 2004-09-30 | 1) Job List - New prices received from "Online Updates" are reflected on job list bid status. 2) Job List - Jobs with "New' information are flagged on the job list until the owner has opened the job. 3) Job list - An optional job summary panel has been added to the job list screen. This panel allows the user to change a job's active/inactive selection, job status and job notes. 4) Job Master Screen - Winning suppliers are flagged in supplier list on the job master screen. 5) Job Record - Bid status now counts vendors that submit prices or no-bid responses, previously no-bid responses were not counted. 6) Detailed Spec, Bindery Screen - "Saddlewire" changed to "Saddlestitch". 7) Responce received email reminds users that prices can be downloaded using the Online Update Capability. 8) Job Number can now be extended to 16 characters. 9) Job Name can now hold a maximum of 35 characters. 10) Re-index - utility adjusted to use extended job numbers and names. The reindex procedure must be run to enable the longer field sizes. |
| 2004-09-01 | 1) Detailed Spec - Bleed check box is turned to "off" if all edge options are set to "off". 2) Job Notes - Printable job notes report available from "Job Master Screen" 3) Job Notes - Accessible from job master screen 4) job notes - Accessable from job list screen 4) job notes - Accessable from Compare Bids screen 5) Job Master - When opening screen, Date Fields are now deactivated if active/inactive controls is set to "off" 6) Job Master - Date default values set to null for "Art to Printer", "Proofs" and "Delivery" dates. 7) Supplier response Page - Comment length error tells current length of comment and limit. 8) Send RFQ - Supplier names with apostrophes no longer cause errors. 9) Send Reminder - No longer resets bid status on server. |
| 2004-08-01 | 1) Bid Received notice - Job Name & Number listed in subject of email. 2) Supplier Response Page - Checks for blank numbers before submitting bid. 3) RFQ email - Response page link language on RFQ emails simplified and shortened. |
| 2004-07-25 | 1) Supplier Updates - Supplier updating from server adjusted to eliminate suppliers no longer on server list. 2) Detailed Spec - Paper brands default list shows "offset" and "opaque" as separate items. 3) Job Master - Printable Purchase Order Report with Terms and conditions now available. 4) New Version Button - Button closes application before opening download web page. Avoids installation while application is ryunning. 5) Job List - Remembers sort order between application sessions. 6) Job List - Schedules panel "Date Sorting" now sorts by date rather than alphabetical. |
| 2004-07-17 | 1) Reports - Full Detail Bidding Summary report added 2) Reports - System optimized for reporting speed 3) Reports - Data export function added; My Settings includes setting for export target directory. 4) Job Order - File attachment bug fixed 5) Suppliers - "P3SpecReview" no longer defaults to being added to every job. 6) Detailed Spec - Accordion fold spelling fixed 7) Job Master - Job number and name no longer default to "New Job". 8) Suppliers - Supplier Cellphone field added 9) My Settings - Auto-Numbering controls added to utilities page 10) Job Master - Auto-numbering option sets job number automatically 11) Proposals - Proposals from old proposal system now transfer data properly. 12) My Settings - Unused Change Order & Shipping Order Message fields eliminated. 13) Reports - Reporting system size limits & cancel dialog 14) Job Master - Overs/Unders allowed to be set to null 15) Supplier selection - Double clicking supplier assigns supplier to job. |
| 2004-05-28 | 1) Job Master - RFQ Print out has option for bigger font for Specs 2) Job Master - Work Order has option for purchase Terms & Conditions |
| 2004-05-28 | Purchase Order Report - Terms and conditions text can now be added to the purchase order report. Text is added through the My Settings section of P3Expeditor. |
| 2004-04-04 | Job Bidding Report now able to be sent by email. |
| 2003-12-03 | Job Order file attachments problem fixed. |
| 2003-03-12 | "Match Prints" removed from contract proofing description. |
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