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Release notes 3.2.2

1. PROLAG World Basic

Expiry date proposals using action classes

Relevant module: 205-07 Expiry date management

Benefits:
New action classes for calculating and proposing expiry dates. The classes are stored in the article master and used to propose an expiry date at the I-point and in production.

Description:
The "expiry date calculation" in the article master defines how the expiry date proposal is determined.
This is done using action classes which map different types of expiry date calculation and allow additional configuration options.

Depending on the parameter settings, the expiry date proposal in the article master can be added to the FIFO date. It is also possible to round the date to the last day of the month.
Depending on the settings, the resulting date can be entered automatically or by pressing the "propose expiry date" button in the I-point screen during putaway. The "I-point process on mobile device" also takes the expiry date proposal into account.

The earliest expiry date of the raw materials can be determined in the context of production.

Example:
For certain foods produced in-house, the expiry date must be taken from the raw material item that expires first.
To avoid the user having to search manually for the earliest expiry date and to prevent incorrect entries, the system analyses the raw materials used and then proposes the next chronological expiry date in the user interface. This can be confirmed by the user quickly and securely.

 

2. New PROLAG World User Interface

Description and shortcut available as tooltip in main menu

Relevant module: PROLAG World Basic package 100-01

Benefits:
It is now possible to display the shortcut for a main menu entry instead of having to remember it.

Description:
You can hover over a main menu item with the mouse pointer to display the associated shortcut that can be entered in the search bar (if defined).

Example:
The mouse pointer is hovering over the entry "labeling program” and the tooltip shows the shortcut "lp".

 

Filter operation ‘listing’


Relevant module: PROLAG World Basic package 100-01

Benefits:
It is now quicker and easier to search for multiple values within a column.

Description:
For searches in a “text” column, the new filter operation "listing" can be used. This enables a search for multiple values each separated by a semicolon. The operator behaves as if the user was performing a "corresponds to" search for each value and link it with "or".

Example:
An employee in quality assurance wants to check stock for articles ABC, 789 and XYZ5. Instead of multiple “corresponds to” instructions, they can simply select “is listed in” in the article number field and enter “ABC; 789; XYZ5” as the search value. The relevant stock is then displayed.

 

3. Goods Issue

Additional sorting for lists: customer priority

Relevant module: 101 Basic package

Benefits:
New action class for list sorting which can be stored in the print area. The new class is used to determine additional sorting for lists based on a numeric attribute of the customer master.
This function can be used to give precedence to high priority customers.

 

4. Quality Management

Implement interface LC in test protocol configuration

Relevant module: 206-05 QA test protocol

Benefits:
Different test protocol configurations can now be created for different logistics centres, but it is also still possible to create one test protocol configuration for multiple logistics centres. The test protocol configuration is now logistics centre-dependent.

Description:
As of STD3.2.2, the test protocol configuration and test protocol configuration item are dependent on the logistics centre.

 

Test protocol at I-point

Relevant module: Quality management - test protocol 206-05

Benefits:
When posting stock at the I-point, it is now possible to query the test protocol stored in the article master. This function was previously part of QA handling.

Description:
The test protocol is saved once the stock has been successfully posted in the system and can be viewed at any time. If the Quality Assurance module (206-01) is active, the stock is automatically locked and placed in the QA storage group.

Example:
In the case of frozen products, the temperature needs to be measured and recorded at goods receipt. If the thresholds are not observed, the stock is automatically placed in the quality assurance storage area for further checks.

 

5. PROLAG Go - Mobile Processes

Close mixed load unit retroactively

Relevant module: 302-04 Mixed load unit storage

Benefits:
There is now a quicker way for employees to close a mixed load unit retroactively on their mobile device. They previously had to switch to the I-point.

Description:
New menu item: close mixed load unit This menu item has the same function as the F key at the (scheduled) I-point.

 

6. Shipping

DHL Freight: hazardous goods table

Relevant module: 403-04_82 DHL Freight - extension module for hazardous goods

Benefits:
Hazardous goods can be shipped with DHL Freight.

Description:
There was previously no (DHL) internal hazardous goods ID in the EDI data transmitted to DHL Freight. This can now be determined from the hazardous goods ID in the hazardous goods master using the new ‘DHL Freight: hazardous goods’ table. The data for the table is provided by DHL Freight as an Excel table; the basis is a customer table listing the hazardous goods shipped by the customer via DHL Freight. This table is read like a routing file and must first be exported in CSV format. The table import is configured in the ‘DhlFrachtGefahrgut.ini’ file (separators, sequence of fields, fields to be ignored).

 
Shipping of load units/separation of hazardous goods

Relevant module: Shipping

Benefits:
Collecting load units can be shipped like packing units and are listed on the printouts. Further processing with forwarders or parcel service providers has also been extended. It is now possible to ship collecting load units containing hazardous goods.


Description:
Due to a new requirement, a number of changes have been made on the technical side. There is a new intermediate class, shipping unit, that comes between load unit and packing unit/collecting load unit. This means that the collecting load unit can now be treated like a packing unit, and you can enter shipment-relevant data such as the haulier parcel ID. The collecting load unit is also printed on the documents as opposed to the packing units which are stored on it. These adjustments enable the collecting load units to be loaded and also have an impact on the printouts.

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