17 Prime New Features in DDMS 8.24.21

November 2, 2010 — To help you take advantage of new technology, work more efficiently, and grow your business, ECi announces the DDMS 8.24.21 major release of over 17 new features and dozens of other software changes.

Based on customer feedback, we're experimenting with a new format for our software announcements. The result is shorter messages, but more information is online. Below, you'll find just the major features and their benefits. For implementation tips, click the "More" link for each feature. Like it? Tell us!

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For All Dealers

1. Auto-Send Email Order Confirmation, Expand Format IDs

Set up customers to automatically receive email or fax order confirmations! Unparalleled flexibility in communicating with your customers. More »

2. Electronic Invoicing Ties Customer Contact to Attention

New Fax/Email fields set default Contact, allow a greater variety of invoice formats, and let you use Hold Invoice options as originally intended. More »

3. Monitor Open A/P Vendor Deposits

Look up and print Open or Pending A/P Vendor Deposits in the new Monitor tab. No more searching through all deposits or having to print a report first. More »

4. New Warning Against Vendor MisMatch When Applying Deposits

Applying a deposit warns if you pick a purchase order for a different vendor, preventing a critical accounting mistake. More »

5. Easier Lookup of ShipTo Addresses in the Customer Window

The new Shipto dialog box in the Customer database lets you sort by various columns, as it works in Order Entry. More »

6. Control Priority of Print Jobs - No waiting!

New option lets you process several print jobs concurrently. More »

7. New Warning Against Incorrectly Specifying a P/O Range

The (SR) [B] Transmit P/O to Vendor function will warn you, in case you mistype a range of purchase order numbers. More »

8. EDI Orders Now Split Lines to Automate Fulfillment of Backorders

The EDI process handles backordered split line items like regular Web or commercial orders for better purchasing automation and efficiency. More »

For Supplies Dealers

9. Additional Customer Limits in ASB Free Up Route Codes

The new Order Code makes it easier to transmit an order for same-day delivery, or grant custom pricing to individual customer accounts. Plus, now you can use Route Codes as they were originally intended — for delivery. More »

10. Export and Import Customer Price Plans

Now you can export Customer Price Plans so that your staff can review potential changes offline in Excel prior to recalculation in DDMS! More »

11. Report GSA FSSI Credit Card Authorization Code to is.group

is.group members must load DDMS 8.24 or higher to comply with GSA/FSSI requirements to report credit card authorization code per line item. More »

For Furniture Dealers

12. Scheduler Shows Shipped, Non-Invoiced Orders for Delivery/Install

Delivery/Install Scheduling no longer displays status B (invoiced) items, but lets you limit by Order Status to make it easier to schedule your jobs. More »

13. Exclude Items from Being Repriced in Third Party Billing

The Exclude Items From Repricing check box gives you the flexibility to select items you wish to protect from changing in price when billing third parties. More »

For Machine Dealers

14. Read Meters Remotely Via PrintFleet or FM Audit

You can have better control over your copier and printer accounts and individual machine profitability. With less effort. More »

15. Automatically Track Meter History in Contract & Machine Detail

A new dialog box displays Meter History: time, date, reading, third party information, and the individual who entered the reading. More »

16. Update Machine G/L Location on Sale, Loan, Lease, or Demo

Automatically adjust on-hand quantities and allocates revenues to the right locations on equipment return, without the need to do a transfer. More »

17. Browse Machines From Contract and Machine Detail

Narrow your search by popular limits: Location, System #, Serial #, Item #, Co, Customer, Contract Type, or Equipment Type. More »