BlueBox ERP now includes a feature which allows you to updated the customer order number on debtor's invoices.
As expected from a formal ERP system, you cannot edit invoices - and as was recently raised by a customer, often the order number arrives after the invoice has been generated.
To update this info on the invoice simply edit the linked sales order and set the customer order number. Then view the debtor's invoice and click 'update values'. Where this function normally only updated the financial values on the document with relation to it's up line and down line documents, it now looks through the despatch note to the linked sales order, and if a customer order number exists will now stamp this on the invoice.
Friday, August 9, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
BlueBox Web Stores with Responsive Design
Bluebox includes a nifty backoffice web-store publishing engine which allows you to split your inventory catalogue between different key customers and then give them access to their own private web ordering micro-site.
These micro-sites work out-the-box with BlueBox and are hosted on the same system/server as the backoffice system.
These sites are mobile-responsive, meaning that they re-shape themselves to fit mobile devices. They can also very easily be wrapped into mobile apps for all platforms, something we do via PhoneGap.
Each micro-site can have it's own web-address, or can be accessed via a unique key for security reasons. Alternatively you can place all your micro-sites on a front page menu and have your customers choose which site to access.
Link each site to a backoffice customer and you'll find that the system automatically creates the Sales Orders for you, handles the stock allocation and procurement and finishes off the process by despatching and invoicing the customer.
This accommodates 2 models - where the 'house account' pays for all the orders via our backoffice accounts system, or where the shopper pays via card at time of purchase. Using these 2 models we are able to provide the infrastructure for centralised headoffice ordering schemes where branches order their items individually but the bill is sent to headoffice, or where the bill is sent to the branch, or where the branch pays with a card at the time of purchase.
These micro-sites work out-the-box with BlueBox and are hosted on the same system/server as the backoffice system.
These sites are mobile-responsive, meaning that they re-shape themselves to fit mobile devices. They can also very easily be wrapped into mobile apps for all platforms, something we do via PhoneGap.
Each micro-site can have it's own web-address, or can be accessed via a unique key for security reasons. Alternatively you can place all your micro-sites on a front page menu and have your customers choose which site to access.
Link each site to a backoffice customer and you'll find that the system automatically creates the Sales Orders for you, handles the stock allocation and procurement and finishes off the process by despatching and invoicing the customer.
This accommodates 2 models - where the 'house account' pays for all the orders via our backoffice accounts system, or where the shopper pays via card at time of purchase. Using these 2 models we are able to provide the infrastructure for centralised headoffice ordering schemes where branches order their items individually but the bill is sent to headoffice, or where the bill is sent to the branch, or where the branch pays with a card at the time of purchase.
Friendly Naming for PDFs
BlueBox PDF's have always been named with the date/time stamp at the time of creation.
Today, happily, this has changed to incorporate the short-name of the document type, the customer company name and the document number. Much easier to read and recognise.
Today, happily, this has changed to incorporate the short-name of the document type, the customer company name and the document number. Much easier to read and recognise.
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