Tromis What's New

July 13, 2010
Order→Rooms→Detail	Day tag selection now optional.
Jun 4, 2010
Barcode Fill	New page to be invoked in cases where article quantity to pack is greater than 1.
Apr 9, 2010
Order Documents	Added [Order Price Detail],[Order Price Summary], [Rejects] for section to export stuff to spreadsheets.
Jan 4, 2010
Image List	Added [Add Order Image] button when an order filter is selected.
User List	Added image link to set password, and filter for name contains.
User Detail	Added link to set password.
Nov 27, 2009
Order List	Moved Status column left one, made Tag Type column a DynaColumn because more users are using Bar Code tags exclusively.
Administration - Download Data	Added mail attachments archive download. Reworked data snapshots for better usability.
Sep 18, 2009
Rejects by Reason / Article	Much detail added to documents, including article images, packages, size, location, room.
Sep 15, 2009
Order Detail	Order settings saved before [Recalculate Total] request is processed.
Sep 1, 2009
Assigned Tasks	Added ability for sender and any Admin user to close assigned tasks.
Order Documents	Added ability to include order notes on Packout, Detailed Estimate, Inventory, and Summary documents.
Aug 13, 2009
Order Package Items & Order Item Packages	Disallowed changes to contents of packages marked complete - they must be "re-opened" to allow content changes.
Aug 12, 2009
Administration->Company	Added "Protect Packed and Shipped" setting to control whether non-admin users can manually update packed and shipped dates on the order detail status tab.
Order Detail->Status Tab	Packed and Shipped dates not edittable at all until Intake is marked complete, and after that, controlled by "Protect Packed and Shipped" setting on Company page.
July 21, 2009
Administration->Company	Added time zone offset.
June 23, 2009
Barcode Fill	Reject Rule added to control application of package-by-room rules for rejects.
Feedback	All pages now have feedback link at top right; feedback includes contextual information and allows cc'ing of submission.
June 15, 2009
Order Images	Upload now accepts zip archives containing multiple picture files.
May 30, 2009
Reports->Top Items	Sales by category summary table added.
Reports->Collaboration	Last column changed from "Taxable" to "Net" - "Taxable" only makes sense in jurisdictions where everything is taxable.
Reports->New/Lost Contacts	Inactive customers/contacts excluded from "Lost" list.
Reports->Lead Time	Lead time Guesstimator table added at top of report. Days-to-Ship and Days-to-Pack calculations will use Pickup Date instead of order creation date where possible.
Orders->Documents->[Order Price]	Article code column added for transcription/submission to systems like Xactimate.
May 25, 2009
Administration->Download Data	Archive of order pictures now available for download.
Order Article Detail	for rejected items, will now include rejector's name and date of rejection. Since this feature required new database columns, all existing rejectors are set to the tagger, and the rejected date is set to the creation date of the record for outsourced items "farmouts", outsource-to vendor can now be overridden up until the time the item is placed on a purchase order or marked "returned" or "cleaned"
May 22, 2009
Maintenance->Articles	Available only to Admin users, a [Replace With] button for when you want to reorganize the articles on a price list and delete articles that have been used on orders.
May 21, 2009
Photo Album	New report/document added as [Album] button on image list for report of currently selected images special layout if images from only one order are included produced as RTF document, edittable with word processors can be printed using [Album] button from Order->Documents page can be emailed using Album attachment check box from Order->Mail page
May 20, 2009
Images	images can be added and viewed from Order, Room or Article detail new link on home menu to work with all Images new images button for orders order images can be attached to order emails
Maintenance->Customers	Added Group column and group filter.
Maintenance->Customers->Detail	Added Group entry box with picker.
Reports->Sales Ranking	Added Groups as rows with special prefix Grp:
Reports->Sales Region	Added tables for sales by insured state/province and insured city.
May 15, 2009 - Makeover Day!
Order Rooms	Image link buttons added for articles, packages, and tasks of the room.
Maintenance->Articles	List of unpriced articles with links added to page footer.
Maintenance->Articles->Detail	Added "Usage on Orders" note.
Reports->Sales Detail	Miscellaneous charge details now optional.
Reports->Collaboration	Hopefully made report more useful by merging rows where collaborator played multiple roles.
Reports->New/Lost Contacts	Hopefully made report more useful by merging rows where collaborator played multiple roles.
Reports->Top Items	Total row added.
Reports->Sales Monthly	Average sale column added.
Reports->Lead Time	Several columns added.
Home->Orders	Allow choosing of buttons on list, added link to task list filtered for order.
Home->Task List	Special layout when tasks for only one order are selected, link buttons to task calendar and delivery schedule reports for authorized users added to table footer.
May 14, 2009
Sales Claim Type Report	Reworked to be more useful.
Maintenance->Articles	New Page provided to copy sets of articles between price lists, categories and groups.
May 13, 2009
Reject Savings Report	Renamed Rejects and Redos, added lots of info. [Run Now] option removed to avoid affecting performance for other users.
Storage Report	Added packages-per-location for orders occupying multiple.
Sales Pieces / Top Items	[Run Now] option removed to avoid affecting performance for other users.
May 9, 2009
Maintenance->Articles	Big revamp includes filtering, factor multiplication, order price locking.
Order Article Bulk Redo	New Page, allows application en masse of a redo reason to a selection of order items, as well as optionally adding to the article notes.
Order Article Bulk Reject	Added default reject note value.
Order Article List	Added links to Bulk Redo and Bulk Reject for the current selection of order items.
Order List	Start at Order filter added for when you know the order number and want to jump to it.
May 7, 2009
Order Mail	Request Read Receipt control added.
System Help	Changed "help is available" indicator from to , and added help for order article tag printing page.
Lookup Tag	Price list selector added to filter article selectors.
May 6, 2009
Reject-and-Pack	When using barcode fill for a reject package, if item scanned is not rejected, operator can provide reject values to reject-and-pack in one step. In support of this feature, Order Package Add now allows creation of reject packages even if no articles on the order have been rejected.
Redo Tags	"Redo Reason" select box added to intake touch and item detail page. Assigning redo reason will force item price to 0. "Is Reject" and "Is Redo" values added to Maintenance->Reject Reasons to control whether reason shows in picklist for reject reason and/or redo reason. System usage report reorganized with redo statistics added.
Price Lists	Price Lists added to Maintenance menu. Article categories now belong to price lists. Maintenance->Customers now has default price list selection. Order detail finance tab now has price list selection, value will default from Customer. Price List report now has price list selection. Intake touch page will only show categories-groups-articles from current order price list. Article detail now has "Code" value for articles that may be equivalent to those from other systems like Xactimate. Non-blank item codes cannot be repeated on a price list. Article code shows on price list in non-grouped format.
Order Info	Order inquiry suitable for most mobile devices added to Home page.
Room Name Picklist	Order Room detail now has picklist for room names, populated from Removal Types. "Is a Room" value added to Maintenance->Removal Types to control whether removal type shows up in picklist for room names.
Apr 30, 2009
All Pages	Most mobile devices auto-detected, Tromis will suppress logo, banner and most quicklinks to make more pages usable on mobile devices.
Apr 23, 2009
Storage Procedures	Link to storage procedures guide added to help for order packages, barcode move, and bulk move pages.
Administration->Download Data	Added programmable interface capability.
Apr 22, 2009
Mobile Device Interface	Special login and functionality for cell phones and stuff.
Matrix Report	Optional pro-rating of sales in current month to full month.
Apr 8, 2009
Order Article Detail	Reformatted for compactness and usability.
Apr 6, 2009
Throughout Tromis	Explanatory text added to clarify and/or explain the use of some input controls.
Mar 21, 2009
Reports->Price List	Added ability to print list grouped or ungrouped, as well as specifying a price multiplier and report title, so one could print a "Custom" price list with all prices modified by 15% and a report title "Restoration Prices for Insurer AA"
Barcode->Delivery	Changed remote terminal program to relax terminal time sanity checks, because the terminal was getting messed up at every daylight savings time transition.
Feb 20, 2009
Home->Farm-Outs	Added tag count and returned count (if not complete) to list.
Feb 19, 2009
Intake->Touch and Intake->Touch->Labels	Changed default starting tag number to 1000 because it's easier to click on 4 digit tag number.
Feb 16, 2009
Reports->Delivery Schedule	Added separate table for Order and Room delivery tasks. Added option to organize by customer region or not.
Feb 14, 2009
Reports->Open Farmouts	Added new report.
Feb 11, 2009
Order Item Detail and Lookup Tag	Added article list filtering capabilities.
Feb 10, 2009
Maintenance->Package Types	Added icon to allow setting of location rules for package type.
Feb 8, 2009
Maintenance->Articles	Added Units column and Name Contains filter.
Feb 5, 2009
Sales Pipeline Report	Added Average per Bag Last 365 Days as information.
Feb 2, 2009
Empty Packages	Now cannot be marked complete, or loaded or shipped or moved.
Mass Rejects	Order item rejects page now has [Reject All] button that goes to page where a reject reason and reject note can be applied to all items shown on reject page.
Order/Room Cleaned	Order and room detail now have a new date value for when the items for the order or the room were cleaned. These dates are used with clean tasks.
Jan 26, 2009
Order Number Change	Added [Change] button beside order number on order detail, to allow changing of order number. This is most useful in early stages of Tromis usage, as well as at the start of a year.
Dec 3, 2008
Lot Tags	Added ability to turn auto-save of notes on and off.
Instruction Maintenance	Provided to work with instructions auto-saved from lot tag page.
Dec 1, 2008
Package Labels	If a printer name is specified, versions of Acrobat Reader > 6.0 will select the specified printer and open the print dialog. Print format can now be chosen, either Avery 5163 or Label Printer which prints one page per label.
Lot Tags	From order articles page, new button [Lot Tags] goes to a page where lot tags with instructions and suggested storage locations can be produced. Printer can be specified. Formats are Letter, for a regular 8.5 x 11 page, or Receipt, which is tag per page.
Navigation Bar on Reports	Navigation bar from Tromis now shows in report previews, should not print.
Nov 21, 2008
Order New	Packout lead added.
Intake Touch	Fixed bug where room buttons failed to show if room was mandatory and only one room existed.
Order Detail	Fixed javascript error from [Add Note Line] on notes tab. Packout lead added to packout tab.
Pipeline report	Added column for packout lead.
Net Invoice	Reorganized totals box to make taxable charges more understandable.
Oct 19, 2008
Delivery Schedule	Information added to Delivery Call List report to allow it to also serve as a delivery schedule.
Tromis Activity Email	Now shows rejected orders as long as last record change on order header is today.
Sept 30, 2008
Sale Detail Report	Now shows extra charges.
Tromis Activity Email	Now shows rejected orders as long as last record change on order header is today.
Sept 22, 2008
Order Rejects Page	Now allows updating of reject information "in-place".
Overnight Job	Each night at 11:15 Eastern, a job will run to mark orders done where all articles are packed, intake is complete, and more than one article exists. The job will also mark orders shipped meeting the same criteria and having all articles shipped. Last, the job will send an email summarizing what was done to the company email address.
June 14, 2008
Barcode Tag Printing	Posted beta 2 of Tromis Tag Printing program to Home->Barcoding menu.
April 15, 2008
System Usage Report	Changed to only allow submission to background, to decrease contention with interactive performance.
Intake	Moved Scan and Enter buttons renamed to Entry Mode and Scan Mode, and moved to main button bar to eliminate confusion.
April 5, 2008
Intake Random	Changed intake touch page to use an approach for scanning article tags that does not cause a problem on Internet Explorer 6+.
February 27, 2008
Tromis Ad-Hoc Data	On the Administration->Download, we've added a link for TromisLib, which provides methods for you to work with your downloaded data archives using Microsoft Access.
February 5, 2008
Article Brands	The article brand name is no longer a windows-style combo box on the article detail, but has reverted to a standard select box. The best technique to use the standard select box is to enter the first letter of the desired value, then use alt-down to open the select box, positioned at the right letter, then the arrow keys to select the entry you want, and TAB key to close the select and continue on to the next control. In support of this feature, we've added the [Add New Brand] button so you could add new brands as you need them, and restrict access from your worst spellers. If you go to Maintenance-Brands and click on a brand name with a funny spelling, you can replace all instances of it with the one that is spelled correctly by using the [Replace] button.
Order Rejects	For performance reasons, the table portion of the page will no longer be edittable, rather, you will need to click on the tag number to set reject information for an article. The page now better serves the purpose of being able to review all rejection-related information quickly, even if the actual updating is a little slower.
Session Timeouts	On Administration->Company, is a new entry box, "Session Timeout in Minutes", wherein you can specify how long the server waits on an idle session before ending it. This entry will have an impact on the Hours Online column of the System Usage report, in that if a user closes the browser or finishes working without clicking on Logout, the system will show them as being online for the time up to their last activity plus the session timeout setting. Bear in mind that too low of a session timeout setting can be annoying to users, because they will need to log in again each time they are timed out.
Intake Quantity	On Administration->Company, is a new entry box, "Warn if Intake Qty >", which controls at what quantity the intake page will ask the user to confirm their input. This feature is provided as a poka-yoke to avoid ridiculously high quantities caused by input errors.
Price Changes	Added a new select control - "Lock Article Prices" to Administration->Change Prices, wherein you can mark up all prices by a percentage. The new control addresses how you want the prices on open orders to be treated.