Tweaks and fixes

• Select GL code screen. Displayed balance was wrong, it was sort of shifted vertically. Now fixed
• Warranty report. Numerous issues here, some caused by transition to v5 but some even older. Now sorted
• KTM magician : now working with Dealernet platform

Tweaks and fixes

• Point of sale margin alert would falsly pop for ordered parts when cost base discount scheme was in play. System would incorrectly compute margin for ordered parts. (Specifically, would use supply from stock price instead order price, which can actually vary when using cost base discounting so the cost price may differ from a stocked items vs a daily ordered item).
• Drop shipping : the use drop ship option is supposed to default to true if correct customer + supplier settings lined up but instead was defaulting to disable drop shipping. Now fixed.
• WPS integration: this version includes new experimental WPS integration endpoints for importing price files (heaps faster price files!), exporting orders and magician queries. Not yet enabled just yet... waiting for WPS to give us the go-a-head to make it happen.
• KTM SAP inspired changes
  • KTM Export : align export format with new SAP format.
  • full stock and full stock summary reports modified to include a new column to show stock buy variation.
  • new option in orderbook to allow bulk moving of parts based on criteria such as all power parts.

Invoice PDF importing

Updated 18-Jan

Seen first sample of a tax invoice. C9 should be able to read them in but the invoice design is very complex so I am expecting it will take a few goes to get it right. As always flick invoices that do not work to us to get working.

Price file and price change impacts on inventory holding

Updated 16-Jan & 17-Jan.

Update 28-Jan : Pricefiles in repo baked with attributes needed to support new stock ordering rules. Also includes supersession refresh

New price files are in c9 repo. The supplied price files at this this time contain some significant omissions and issues. Hoping to receive revised files from factory in a few days. Specifics:

• No supercession data was provided. Pre-existing supers as previously supplied last (in September) have been reapplied for now
• Part categorization, which is critical for stock ordering and stock buy pricing analysis is absent.
• Lack of part categorization means discounting regime for stock orders cannot be determined. In meantime stock disc % is set to daily disc %

Part pricing is expected to drop significantly with switch to SAP. For dealers with large stock holdings this can be quite impactful on costs and parts margins on already purchased goods.

Next version of c9 will modify two key reports : full stock and full summary. A new column is being introduced called 'stock buy variation'. It will show variation on costings from last in cost vs stock buy price. Ideally it should be zero. But +ve values will indicate loss of stock valuation when stock buy is lower than your last in. These reports will provide an estimate on impacts of any pricing changes on current holdings.

Uploading orders

Updated 5-Feb. Note the change to format below.

Order file format is changed. C9 will release a new version of c9 that will update the generated file  for KTM / Husky. (Done)

Alternatively you can switch to using generic file export method. Click on change export method and select Generic (CSV or XLSX)

In Generic settings

1. goto advanced tab
2. set mask to FQR   (this is a format string. It means formatted part number, then quantity then order reference).
3. Make sure header is empty
4. Make sure separator is a semi colon (;)
5. Make sure never escape option is selected

Warning the screengrab above says PQR, but it must now be FQR. Couldn't be stuffed redoing the image. Make sure it is FQR, otherwise parts with spaces in them, like piston kits will not export correctly.

 

Stock order handling

SAP system will require that stock orders are uploaded on particular weeks in a calendar month and only certain parts can be included in that upload.

To support this some changes have been made to c9. The basic process will be as follows:

1. Generate a active stock order
2. NEW Bulk Move eligible parts on stock order to a new sent order during week stock order is open for those part types
3. export the newly created sent order as per normal
4. cleanup / ignore stock order with non eligible parts as needed

Bulk move function is accessed via a new function in orderbook under modify. There is a new button called bulk move parts.

To bulk move parts. Highlight the order in order book. Click on modify and click on bulk move.

Next screen Select move to stock order with new sent order. Drop the list down to pick new sent order. Make sure you move cust stock order parts too.

Once finished, c9 will drop relevant parts on a new sent order, leaving anything not relevant behind. Export the newly created order. It will show status of 'sent(?') because its send status is unknown. Goto send -> Export to export as a order file and load into dealer.net

Bulk move triggers off a new price file attribute : stkordcat. Values being power or apparel or parts. At this time the attribute is not set in c9 repo.  Waiting for a new price file from KTM that captures the underlying required raw data.

Magician availability checks

Updated 18-Jan : Magician working with dealernet

Miscellaneous minor details

Another important change for pricefiles, for c9 : to date c9 has tried to retain formatting spaces etc in price files under circumstances where suppliers inadvertently strip this information as part of some sort of internal IT system migration. c9 will no longer do this and this new price file will substantially remove spaces and dashes. I get that this is an annoyance as raw part numbers are not nearly as ergonomic to work with, but strictly this is a problem that suppliers need to contend with not DMS systems like c9.  One of the reasons why I feel compelled to abandon this is because I have no idea how relaxed KTM's SAP system is with regards to part number formatting and there is no time to try and figure that out. So c9 will publish price files exactly as we get them, instead of trying to reconstruct how part nos looked during gentler times. Possibly down the track c9 may includes some facilities to overlay your own part number formatting scheme to make part numbers easier to look at, but such a change will need to wait for v5 to be fully completed first.

Includes DB changes you need to log all terminals out during upgrade

Tweaks and fixes

• Print unit details. Listed parts would have wrong franchise printed next to them now fixed.
• Print job card. Would erroneously print a random unit type in bottom right of footer for jobs without a unit. Now fixed.
• Subtle bug with initial v5.1 migration.  v5.1 does alot of General Ledger manipulation, such as recoding floor units from code 1-5100 to 1-5110.  v5.1 carefully verifies GL from v4 to v5 is the same besides designed in changes but there is one thing it wasn't doing. C9's general ledger contains a performance optimisation in that it caches balance tallies on demand on monthly barriers. So when getting current balance it doesn't have to tally every single txn in history of system, it only needs to tally txns since last cache barrier. V5 migrator erroneously did not invalidate/reset the cache. Updating to this version of c9 will trigger a cache reset. This problem can be especially obvious for code 1-5110, but also impacts GST holding codes as these are rationalized in v4 to v5 into a simpler set of GL codes. Impact of this bug is that 5-1100 would be inflated to a much higher valuation on realigning inventory to GL which in turn can impact balance sheet and trading statement. It would in time correct itself if you did any operations that automatically reset the cache (such as posting a historical txn or manipulating an old txn). This update forces a clean update which combined with a refresh sync inventory to GL would align everything correctly.

This version includes some initial, unfinished and non-functional work on migrating to next major v5 version v5.2.  Expectation is this will wrap up in a few weeks.

This version of c9 enables STP Phase 2 payroll reporting

For dealers who use c9 payroll, please read this document to cover transition to STP Phase 2

C9 Payroll STP Phase 2 (PDF)

 

• Tweaks and fixes
  • Magician
    • Link Int : now working again
    • MCS: now working with new website
  • Payoll STP Phase 2 : incorporated feedback from ATO, vol super needs to be reported in two places. as both a deduction and a RESC. Previously was only reported as a deduction
  • Spares Orders: new config switch to force selection of a customer for parts that require ordering (option is on spares 2 tab of main setup screen)
  • Repair Authority fine print. Increase size of what c9 can store
  • Factory Unit rollback. Would pop a enigmatic, but safe to ignore, debugging message on screen.  Now tidied up.

Tweaks and fixes

• Deal / Substitute unit, a couple of quality of life changes
  • Add an icon to indicate which units are already on a deal
  • Add a make / model search filter
• Orderbook, added an advanced move function where you can move a part to a specific order #. (only if suppliers match)
• Payroll : STP export tweak. Was not sending the name of operator who authorised the export. Now fixed
• Calibrate barcode labels: add button wasn't work (prob hasn't work since 2019! I guess not many people ever used it). Now fixed.
• Move parts: added a couple of filter options to try and match on part description too

• Tweaks and fixes
  • KTM Factory power wear/power parts importing working again (!)
  • Added magician query for new Fox Racing dealer portal
  • Polaris magician : would not work for some dealers ( depending on how carts on dealer portal are laid out. Previously assumed last cart in the list was a PGA cart ). Now fixed, also generally should be a bit quicker / more reliable too.
  • Bank Rec -> Other  misc txns . Add new option to separate interest earned from interest paid
  • Bulk magician : was not working for A1 accessories. Now fixed.
  • Unit -> Sale -> rollback : renamed to "rollback sale" to make it clearer what it does
  • View jobs via view unit. Resized window was not positioning view job button correctly. Now fixed.

Includes database changes. You'll need to log all terminals out during upgrade

• Tweaks and fixes
  • Payroll money report. Was no longer tallying allowances such as tool allowance. Now fixed. (regression bug caused by recent STP Phase 2 changes)
  • Workshop jobs filter by location : show all jobs for a given mechanic if that mechanics location matches the current filtered location (irrespective of where the jobs are tagged)
  • Browse fitment : add a horizontal scrollbar to supers parts for fitments where the super-cession chain is massive.
  • Profit summary report changes:
    • Was not including generic income (or refunds). Now included
  • Sell parts to workshop internal department : system would incorrectly merge parts previously sold meaning the additional part would show up in profit summary for date of original part, not current date. Now fixed.
  • Import parts + images from Monza B2B:  working again.
  • New config setting for new workshop jobs. Forces location to be blank and forces operator to explicitly pick a location on creating a new job
  • V4 migrated payroll data bugfix, was possible to unlock and redo a v4 created payrun and it would double things up on general ledger. Now fixed
  • disallow converting a deal into a quote

includes DB changes, you'll need to log all terminals out during upgrade

• Workshop main screen tweaks
  • Scheduled tech list is sorted alphabetically. Previously list was not explicitly sorted and actual result was entirely at the whims of the database
  • Scheduled techs
    • Now have a location.  When set main workshop will filter based on this
    • Now have a color.  Tech tabs will colour based on this.
  • Locations: System now has a global default location settable via locations. On creating new job location will default to this if terminal lacks its own default
• Other tweaks and fixes
  • Bulk Txn list: provide a running tally as txns are selected/deselected
  • Print units to order : include customer / deal particulars just like full list print does
  • Auto sync GLs : fixup issue where overcommitted deposit on spares invoices was not reflecting on the GL. (Work is part of prepping for v5.2 migration)
  • till adjust txns : show a total in activity screen (not retroactive, only applies to tills done from here on)