Version 1.5

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Introducing StartProto version 1.5, which includes a launch of Outside Processing and other enhancements, such as new tables, changes to the Operator Home interface, and Job structure improvements!

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Watch the 4 minute video to learn how you can start using these new features:

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Version 1.4

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• Now you can see more detailed context around comment tagging, helping you quickly decide how to tag it.
• When editing a Make Item, all Operations will now default to closed to make the list more skimmable.
• Improved experience when entering Unit Price on Buy Options.
• Upgraded more tables for better performance.
• Other various performance and bug fixes.

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Version 1.4

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• Renamed the Start Session button to include the number of parts you're making for easy double-confirmation.

• Sales Orders and Quotes will now sort with the newest showing at the top by default, to make it easier to find recent ones you're been working with or just created.
• More consistent experience deleting an image from Operation Notes.
• Fixed issue when starting an Operation from the Job page.
• Upgraded more tables for better performance.
• Other various performance and bug fixes.

Version 1.4

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• Make QTY will now be minimized by default on the Operator Home in the Grouped View to save space.

• Fixed urgent issue where you couldn't click Operator Home cards in responsive state.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't search Purchase Orders by Vendor Name.
• Improved stability with toggling QTY Breaks and Sellable field on Make Items.
• Other various performance and bug fixes.

Version 1.4

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• You can now view more detailed Sales Order Line Item information with a new side panel drawer. To see this, go to a Sales Order, and on a Line Item, click the eye icon. This will open the new screen.

• On the Job Suggestions page, all Buy Items will now be hidden by default. We added toggle to Show Buy Items. We added a toggle so you can show them again if you ever want to see them.

• Make Item headers are now pinned to the top while you're editing the item, making it easier to quickly see context.

• Added expand and collapse all button on Purchase Order Line Items.

• You can now can change the text color of headers on a Make Item > Operation Notes.

• More consistent experience when clearing Run Rate on a Make Item.
• Fixed an error where you couldn't upload an image at the same time as creating a new Make Item Operation.
• Increased Operation QR code size on Job Travelers for easier scanning.
• Improved Operator Home cycle validation (now validates on the number possible, not the number ready).
• The sidebar now defaults to closed on mobile, helping the navigation consistency for mobile users.
• Improved stability of Make Item table export.
• Charges now allow negative values again.
• Upgraded more tables for better performance.
• Other various performance and bug fixes.

Version 1.4

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• View a new Purchased Material table on the Labor Report tab on a Job.
• Expand and minimize all Routing Operations on Make Items for easier viewing and editing.

• You can now set whether you want to use discounts, taxes, and multi-currency across your entire StartProto instance. Find this in Settings > Shop Configuration.

• Comments on an Operator Home card will now auto-scroll to the bottom so you can more quickly read the most recent messages.

• On Operator Home, the Cycle button is now disabled when there are no parts available to avoid confusion.
  

• Added a Global Files tab on the Management Dashboard. You can also search the files. Find this by going to Dashboard > Files.

• You can now include a Job number on the packing slip. The new functionality allows users to add the source Job number to line items in order confirmations, shipment documents, and packing slips. This feature enhances traceability and provides more detailed information on printed documents.
• When a Buy Option has multiple options of the same vendor, the correct one gets added to the Purchase Order (instead of always being the default)
• When marking Sales Order Line Items as shipped, the new Shipment uses the correct Billing Address instead of the Shipping Address‍
• Improvements to the Purchasing table performance
• Other bug fixes and performance enhancements

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Version 1.4

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• The sidebar now remembers whether you have it expanded or minimized when you log out and back in
• Enhanced cloning of Make Item Operations
• Improvement to shipping Sales Order Line Items from Jobs
• More consistent experience when clicking Purchase Order links from Receipts

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Version 1.4

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• You can now edit make items directly in a drawer from any BOM page - great way to make fast edits across an item
• Faster way to respond to comments right from your notification drawer!
• Tab names for new purchase orders now show what vendor the PO is for - helpful when making multiple POs at once
• Smoother editing of addresses on shipment create and edit states

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Version 1.4

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• ‍New security feature: Users can now see all active device sessions that their user is logged in
• ‍Improvements to comments tagging: Made the global comments feed show in descending order (most recent first) and added a toggle to hide and show resolved messages

• ‍Enhanced Job Suggestions: More consistent experience on job suggestions page

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Version 1.4

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• Cost information will now pull in sooner when adding inputs to Make Items
• Enhanced stability with Purchase Order Line Item vendor data
• Improved network load

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Version 1.4

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• Added some new columns to the Make Item table
  • Added Default Production QTY
  • Renamed “Stock Min” renamed to “Min Stock”, with Restock QTY as a subline
• Some improvements to comments, including adding commenter profile pictures
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• Added suggested due date on jobs
• Added inventory precision field
• Added required indicators to custom fields and name cards
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• Make Item structured name fields get added to CSVs in the same way that custom fields do
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• Various commenting updates, including:
  • Added bell notification to sidebar
  • Added user tagging
  • Added resolve button
  • Added comments to a user's page
• To better match QuickBooks' format, discounts can be stored as either a fixed amount or a percentage
• Added tooltips to operation table
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• Enhancements to the Buy Items table, including:
  • Styling updates
  • Ensure that custom fields for buy items are column options
  • Updates to CSV export
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• When making a PO from the main / jobs purchasing list, attach demand links based on the amount made
• Add Purchasing views for adding / editing demand links
• Add multi-currency support for quotes, sales orders, and invoices
• Implement discount and tax model on Sales Orders, Quotes, and Purchase Orders
• Better activity log
• Optimize load times for make item details page
• Update settings to set email templates
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• Added additional columns to Make Item and Buy Item CSV exports
• Add view state and components for viewing demand links
• Add multi-currency support for Quotes, Sales Orders, Invoices, and Purchase Orders
• Improve speed of "My Work" page

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Version 1.4

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• Add "Select All" to tables
• Job Suggestion page styling improvements
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4

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• Small Op details page styling changes and pill update
• Bug fixes

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Version 1.4.7

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• Inventory table now allows for viewing & sorting by custom fields.
• The ‘jobs’ side of the scheduling page now includes statuses of the job or sales order line item on it.

• A “Related Parts” drawer is added for make and buy items. Use this to see a graph of how your parts are related:

• Structured Names are now in beta. Structured names allow you to define specific parts of the name that you can then define on your Make & Buy items (and soon, Services). Contact support to get early access to this feature.

• More styling updates across the app.

• Patched an issue with jobs suggestions button opening multiple modals.

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Version 1.4.4

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• A costing quantity can be set now for make items, making it easy to better model costs. Additionally, a estimated production time field has been added.

• PO, SO, Quote, and Invoice PDF totals and subtotals can now be edited (to change rounding, for example) by double-clicking on the subtotal.

• The work sessions table now captures historical data at the time that a session was ran. This will be used for future costing calculations.
• Various styling updates have been rolled out.
• Fixed a bug where PLOs navigated to from the Operation Pills would show as unplanned.
• The “Enter Cycle Times” modal now triggers when either setup or run time are equal to 0.

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Version 1.4.3

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• Line items now feature a Bill of Materials that functions similar to the job Bill of Materials for line item originated demand. Access it by going to the order page and pressing “Bill of Materials”

• A labor report was added for jobs and for sales orders. This shows the attributed time (based on part allocations) for demand sources, allowing you to see the amount of time spent per operation for a job or order. Access via the Labor Report tab on jobs and sales orders.

• The Assembly tag was added to item displays. This tag shows for any item that has two or more input parts.
• A setting to choose which default release mode for jobs (detach inventory or not) was added.
• The quick stats page has been updated to include more data.

• Item prices have been locked down across the app for users who don’t have financial permissions.
• Pop-up to ask for operation times has been improved to pre-fill with existing times.
• Various other UX improvements added for the Op Home page.
• Fixed a bug where some run times under 1 minute wouldn’t save when entered was fixed.

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Version 1.4.2

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• You can now ask users to enter times after finishing an operation. Simply turn on the setting on the settings page here.

• Added the ability to force close an open order. This immediately removes the order from generating demand and marks it as Closed.

• The Cycle Session submit button now shows the number of parts that are being created & started.

• Added the ability to make negative charges on quotes and sales orders. This allows for discounts to be added to orders & quotes.
• Added a button to revert a shipment back to draft state. It then adds the parts on the shipment  back to inventory.

• Various other UI improvements implemented for the operator interface and jobs pages.
• Fixed an issue where sorting or filtering on the make item table would clear out searches.
• Added the in stock number back to the operator details page.
• Recent work is added back to the My Work page.
• Fixed an issue where the Adjust WIP modal would not close as expected.

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Version 1.4.1

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• You can now create make and buy items from the jobs screen.
• The make & buy items table has been updated to be faster.
• Jobs now have a bill-of-materials tab.
• Jobs now has a suggestions table that can be used to create new jobs.
• Various other UI patches.
• Patched an issue where minimum stock demand would still generate for a deleted item.

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Version 1.4.0

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Overview Video:

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• The updated scheduling module is now generally available!
  • Overview here.
  • Docs here.
  • Schedule work directly by work center and by user.
  • The TV dashboard is updated to show new information.
• Jobs is now available.
  • Overview here.
  • Docs here.
• The cost breakdown for make items now takes into account the unit specified on the purchase item. If the unit specified is ea, it will assume need to purchase your item in whole numbers. If the unit is not specified in ea, it will assume that you can purchase your item in partial quantities.
• The cost breakdown feature also now includes information about the buy option used to do the costing, including the number of that option used to do the costing analysis.
• You can now directly edit work session times from the sessions details page.

• Work centers can now be marked down, which means they can’t be used to record work sessions.
• When starting an operation tools will show as marked down, available, or currently in use.

• Various UI updates have been pushed.
• For currencies not set to USD, the $ will not show up on request-for-quotes.
• Receiving now lets you receive in the PO units / ratios, not the internally tracked units / ratios.

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For version 3 releases and earlier, please view our Notion Changelog.

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