These are the changes in the most recent version of the software:
Release 8.1.20??.?
Recalculate - Fixed issue in PSP calculation when Net Available is less than or equal to zero. PSP now reports as zero rather than 1199.87
Hot List - Items with negative net availability now show in report. Items with a DSA greater than 0.1 without sufficient availability are included.
Item Info - Items with a period supply too large to be calculated (items with availability but no forecast) will show as 9999 rather than 1199.87 as previously
Release 8.1.2010.4
Mass Convert - Increased speed and fixed issues with network errors on large conversion sets
Hot List - fixed to always use net quantity available
Database - Fixed Install user for 2021
Release 8.1.2008.5
Order Modal - Fix for dialog to clear the changed qty list before each session - was causing main screen quantities to be overwritten with old values
Recalculate - Fixed XItemRecalc bad boolean test from SysParameters
Recalculate - Fixed over-inclusive where clause that was forcing too many items to be recalculated when restrictions applied
Requisitions - Added accessibility check and error message for stage and process directories on Mars server
Release 8.1.2008.4
Recalculate - Modified email_log table to contain log file names, Recalc uses the table to send the files.
Recalculate - Use processed value in key and validation, fixed validation when validation field is blank in infile
Release 8.1.2007.3
Cloud - Cloud changes to support REQBASEPATH
Hot List Report - only include items that have a forecast greater than 0
System Status - Added system status to shoe server side load and calculate update information
Release 8.1.2007.2
Item Maintenance - Added ability to lock ABC class permanently to stop host update
Item Info - Fixed issue with trends not correctly highlighting in some cases
Config - Refresh screen after config saved
User License - fixed expiration date issue (expired one day early)
Item Info - Added the ability to manually edit the forecast for non-Venus Mars users (with config flag)
Item Maintenance - When clicking into a cell to edit the history, the value should be selected for replacement
Item Info - For Weekly Iusers, allow the user to edit the forecast column. Save/cancel as normal.
Item Maintenance - When Edit History is active, change "Edit History" button text to "Cancel Edit" - leave button active. If cancelled, revert to saved values.
User Interface - Modified some colors to be less eye-straining
Release 8.1.2006.2
D10 Check - D10Check fixed for cloud users. Select from list of acceptable files.
Version 8.0.7451.19743 Release 8.1.2005.2
Vendor Maintenance - Fixed issue with Use Percent being checked by default.
Vendor Maintenance - Fixed issue with blanks in goals and percent displaying as NaN (not a number).
Vendor Maintenance - Fixed issue with error checking on save.
Recalculate - Fixed issue with volume autocalc not saving on new items
Multi-Req - Fixed issue with locked items becoming unlocked after partial shipments
Order Info - Order quantity now bold on Item Info screen from order
Version 8.0.7411.28478 Release 8.0.2004.4
Item Info - History overrides will now show as the screen values. The original value can be viewed by hovering your mouse over the highlighted value.
Item Info - Alternate history values can now be entered directly on the item info screen and saved permanently. Recalculation of the item will happen automatically
Version 8.0.7382.39258 Release 8.0.2003.6
Recalculate - Handle zero layer/pallet sizes that have valid sensitivity settings
Scale Order – Recalculate an order to reflect reduced (or increased) demand for the current buying cycle
Mars Directed email – Direct a review request to a specific Venus user
Version 8.0.7346.33303 Release 8.0.2002.3
Recalculate - Added logic to handle slower network connections
Config - Migrated to SysParameter table for configuration. Admins can use the online screen editor to update and reload config properties
Transfer Queue - Add Unit of Measure, Volume, and Weight to grid
Transfer Queue - Fixed issue with filters not working
Select Transfers - Required field dialog closing issue fixed
Completed Requisitions - Fixed Order button issue
Grid - Grid menu auto close the menu when done
Grid - Save Sort: users can now save the sort order for any grid control. Remove sort and save sort again to clear saved sort.
Version 8.0.7344.16162 Release 8.0.2002.2
Buy Desk Edit/New - Start date displays year
Buy Desk - Fixed issue with date alignment on some locations
Vendor Maintenance - Vendor search filters by user's locations
Transfer Queue - Added item description to the display
Transfer Item by Location - Shows item description
Version 8.0.7328.30960 Release 8.0.2001.3
Select Transfers - Updated screen now uses the same query as Transfer Opportunities Report
Vendor - Review frequency can now be set to zero for items that should only be reviewed on demand
Buy Desk - Schedule frequency can now be set to zero to accommodate on-demand-only items in auto schedule.
Transfer Routes - The transfer route maintenance function is now open to all users. Users are restricted to locations in their locations list. Maintenance has been simplified. If a route is setup FROM->TO with no vendor (check the "All Vendors" box), the routes will automatically be maintained for all vendors. There is no periodic maintenance required. All other routes with vendors specified will be ignored. If it is desired to restrict the routes to specific vendors, a vendor musty be supplied for all routes.
Version 8.0.7321.24244 Release 8.0.2001.2
Vendor - Users can now specify a percentage of goal achievement to trigger a buy (Auto Schedule)
Buy Desk - Auto scheduled buys will appear on the schedule whenever an automatic buy is triggered by the specified goal achievement
Admin Tools- Menu option replaces Activator Keys. This menu option contains the Activator Keys function as well as other Administrative functions
Error Logs - Administrators can now view and clear the error logs for a single user or for all users
Activator Keys - Updated license keys can be loaded from this tab
Updates - Administrators can download the latest Mars/Venus updates to the server for installation (installation needs to be performed on the server itself)
D10 Check - Future improvement (will identify and clean up orphaned item records)
Configuration - Administrators can reload the system configuration with the need to restart the server
Auto Truck - Fixed issue where items not properly deleted from main order after truck build
Auto Truck - Fixed alignment on build options
Change Password - Fixed browser error when changing password
Item Lookup - Fixed scrollbar issue when results run off the bottom of the page
Main Menu - Corrected menu layout for smaller screen sizes. Compact menu doesn't replace main menu until screen less than 640 pixels wide
Item Maintenance - Changing the seasonal index now uses the same dialog as Venus. Automatically recalculates when saved
Item Maintenance - Changing vendor dialog has search filters open automatically, saves the vendor change immediately and recalculates the item for the new vendor
Item Maintenance - Added Item not found message when item lookup fails
Modal Dialogs - Most of the modal dialog boxes will now close instantly and skip the animation
Transfer Routes - Can be maintained by normal users.
Release Number - Starting with this release, in addition to the version number (which refers to a specific build) each release will have a Release Number of the following format: Major Version.Minor Version.Release mmonth (YYMM).Incremental Release. The release number will help customers to better track the date of their last update.
Version 8.0.7289.29644
Item Info - Removed/reduced flashing when scrolling through items in your order
Reports - Added ability to specify sort order for some reports (Transfer Opportunity Report currently)
Recalculate - fixed rare issue where seasonal index not updating after change
Recalculate - fixed divide by zero error that occurred when lot size set to zero
Version 8.0.7281.29324
Create Requisition - fixed issue where items were purged from order even if Mars failed to create requisition file
% Variation - fixed issue where window would show before data populated
Version 8.0.7281.29324
Recalculate - fixed issue where volume was not always being recalculated if volume flag was on
Menus - Menus will always be available even during log load screens in order to allow users to open additional tabs with other functions
Item Info - Fixed an issue where the lock checkbox was not updating when navigating through items
Ship Date/ETA Date: Fixed a problem in which orders generated after midnight UTC (EST +5, CST +6, PST +8) would roll a manually entered date forward.
PSP - added pre-calculated field to speed up reports that do not use on order qty in the PSP calculation
Recalculate - fixed a divide by zero issue when pallet size was zero
Request Review - Fixed issue where Request Review would pop up when using the arrow icons on the order terminal
Item Info - fixed "grayed out" issue with the secondary popups
Reports - improved performance when On Hand quantities are not included in periods supply
Version 8.0.7235.33521
Safety Stock - We have updated the safety stock calculation with an updated and more fine grained table of the inverse of the cumulative standardized normal distribution (Z-score) and a hard cap on safety stock based on the lesser of the MAD or Standard Deviation. The net effect of this change will be lower levels of recommended safety stock on some fill rate levels (91-96%) especially on items with a very high MAD/DSA ratio. It is now also possible to set fill rate percentages (service levels) as low as 51%. Anything below 51% will have zero safety stock. Prior to this update, the lowest usable fill rate was 80%.
Volatile Flag - Added a flag to indicate when the MAD/DSA ratio is greater than 50% indicating that the system forecast for an item is likely to need review. The "V" volatile flag will appear in the Alerts column (A) on the main order grid and will be indicated on the item details page by showing the MAD number in red.
Order Page - Cleanup has been done on the action buttons. The Line Comment option has been moved to the More menu. Fixed grid height to more closely match screen height.
Order Selection - Added Unit of Measure and Unit Cost to X-Items lookup tab
Vendor Maintenance - Update item lead times, fill rates, and order frequency automatically
Version 8.0.7226.1111
Completed Requisitions - fixed issue where some requisitions were not being saved in Completed Requisitions after req file creation
Reassign User - fixed issue where reassign may fail on partially setup Venus user / fixed dialog size issue
Delete User - fixed issue where profile and muser records were not deleted
Add User - fixed issue where profile and muser records were not always created
Version 8.0.7211.15897
Vendor Save - correctly update items for vendor with lead time, order frequency, fill rate
Transfers - Added comment field in Transfer selection
Edit Profile - Opens in dialog box rather than new page
Version 8.0.7201.38671
Venus Audit Window - default sort descending order by date entered
Lot Sensitivity - Users can now override and lock lot sensitivity settings in Item Maintenance
User Maintenance - uses standard grid control for ease of bulk maintenance. Admins can now edit user profiles directly
Remote Support - The remote support app can now be downloaded through the Help menu for those customers with remote support
NBDS Website - The NBDS website can now be accessed through the help menu
Version 8.0.7187.26848
Buy Desk Calendar Search - Added ability to search through the selected user's entire schedule
User Maintenance - Automatically clean up User Profiles when reassigning licenses
Item Lookup - Fixed forecast history view which was showing zeros on active forecast for some items
Request Review - Fixed issue where item info was not changing when navigating through item list
Updated Tools Menu - Removed extraneous tool options
Version 8.0.7176.33900
Special Orders - Displays error if added item is already in order
Request Review - From item detail page, user can request a Venus Review for the current Item, Brand, or Supplier and restrict to location or size if desired. *This feature is intended to work with Venus*
Attention Queue - User can view all Venus Review Requests generated (Maintenance menu, Attention Queue)
Item Info - The Venus Rep code has been added to the display in the upper right portion of the screen.
Version 8.0.7139.25737
Item Info - fixed trend flag not resetting on recalc
Special Orders screen now accepts any item. It is no longer restricted to X-Items.
Vendor Minimum - Fixed calculation
Version 8.0.7131.33507
Item Info - fixed delay in highlighting on the item info page
Auto-Truck - Added the ability to move partial quantities between trucks
Buy Desk Schedule - Users can now click on the day graph to switch days
Version 8.0.7114.17294
Password Reset - it is now easier to come back to the reset screen after receiving your reset code
Vendor Maintenance - Added a progress screen to indicate when the vendor is update is completed
Added Multi-tennant support
Error Logs - Fixes to error log displays
Log Out - Added progress screen to Log Out
Order Page - Added additional filter options
Order Page - Item Detail Info shows an error if out of sync rather than showing stale data
Transfer Order - Only shows location that match the user profile
Version 8.0.7082.22525
Auto Truck – Fixed load issue when using Auto Truck with multiple vendors
Saved Orders - Users may now save and later restore a currently working order. This feature can be used to save work when the need to create an emergency order arises. The save/restore functions are available in the More menu on the Order page.
Reports - Fixed date filed input on data selection screen
Version 8.0.7073.31504
Auto Truck – Fixed refresh issue with Move Truck
Item Maintenance - Items are recalculated when saved
Vendor Maintenance - All items for a vendor are recalculated when saved
Consolidate - Issue fixed for some items not consolidating
Mass Convert - Added Item as filter for accumulation
Version 8.07060.31551
Auto Truck – Added automatic abort for runaway truck builds
Auto Truck – Changing quantity in trucks will update totals correctly
Auto Truck – Fixed sorting issue in Weight and Volume truck builds
Point of Origin – Added copy function
Mass Convert – New version now working correctly (Admin)
Order Page – Current place is maintained in Order page when navigating through Item Detail pop up
Buy Desk Edit/New – Frequency is now a required field
Item Detail – Print function error fixed
Item Maintenance – Fill in any two key fields (Item ID, Location, Vendor ID) and press the enter key to navigate through all matching items.
Version 8.0.7039.29165
Auto Truck – Needed By date now correctly uses Venus forecast if present
Auto Truck – Fixed issue with Item Distribution in Trucks not filtering locations
Auto Truck – Fixed issue where after partial order twice the ordered number were cleared from the remaining order
Auto Truck – Non-date (weight/volume) truck builds will now report the correct needed date
Auto Truck – Print Truck Grid and Print Item Grid buttons were removed because this functionality is provided in the each grid menu (read more)
Auto Truck – The help entry has been updated for Mars 8 (read more)
Buy Desk – Fixed issue where sometimes items would be left off orders when multiple lines were included in order. An error message is generated if a network error occurs.
Item Lookup – Compressed display to allow more locations on view
Version 8.0.7032.30858
Reports – Search buttons added to report criteria
Buy Desk Edit/New – Search buttons added to New function
Item Lookup – Fixed issue with Item Info not refreshing
Menus – Added "open in new tab" to some common menu options. This will open the selected item in a new tab without requiring the user to log in a second time. Tabs can be individually opened as separate windows (browser specific)
Order Page – Totals not always updating correctly has been fixed
Order Selection – Fixed issue where vendors would disappear from screen after recalculate
Auto-complete has been turned off on forms that have a search option in order to avoid confusion
Item Roll – Utility now available on Tools menu (Admin)
Activator Keys – Moved to Tools menu (Admin)
Version 8.0.7023.27826
Order Selection Page – Can now search for selection criteria fields (read more)
Fixed problem displaying error logs
Version 8.0.7019.35505
Order Page – Can now edit item costs if the switch is on in user profile
Version 8.0.7019.35505
Error Logs – Each user has an individual error log
Menus – Submenus will not popup until mouse cursor is over the menu when collapsed. This allows users to select items on the main page that are close to the border without activating the menu.
Vendor Percentage Goals – Percentage goals are now properly updated and the tick box reflects their status
Item Maintenance – Users can now lock the Seasonality Index to prevent automatic rules from changing it.
Order Page – Totals now correctly update for alternate quantities
Reports – Missing report file included in release
Reports – Menu refresh after timeout
Order page – Most popups can now be dragged around the current screen.
New Order – Added confirmation to clear existing order.
Version 8.0.7011.30533
Order Page – Items that have item comments will show the item description in italicized brown
Process Files – Added an option to download the requisition files to your local PC
Special Orders – Will retain the location after adding an item. The user can tab to the item number field without re-entering the location
Vendor Maintenance – Fixed an issue with saving a vendor on first load.
Version 8.0.7007.34183
Order Page – Added Vendor comments button [...] to Vendor column
Added ability to modify text size small/medium/large. Choice is retained between sessions
Process Files – New Feature to allow the controlled release of requisition files through a two stage release process
Version 8.0.6998.763
Order Selection – Fixed Recalculate error when cost is zero
Vendor Summary Report – fixed issue with older database drivers
Vendor Maintenance – Automatically update Vendor Schedule records when order frequency is changed
Version 8.0.6995.26230
Order Selection – Vendor lead times correctly refreshed after Recalculate
Item Detail (Item Maintenance) – Show correct lead time and order frequency
Skip Committed flag being honored in calculation
Vendor substitute added to Multi-Req form (like previous version)
Item Detail – Fixed yellow highlight not clearing on History 1
Version 8.0.6990.33435
Special Order – Data entry field order fixed (Loc/Item instead of Item/Loc)
Order Refresh – Correctly clears all "Locked" flags
Order page – Fixed order refresh when order filter used after Item Detail exit
Item Detail Popup – Added section dividers to better organize data display
Item Detail Popup – Hitting Enter key with zero quantity locks item
Item Detail Popup – Committed quantity fixed
Item Detail Popup – ESC key closes % Variation, Venus, and Open PO popup windows
Completed Requisitions – Recreate and order using order button correctly handles PO number duplicates
Vendor Maintenance – Required fields fixed
Vendor Maintenance – Copy Vendor function added
Version 8.0.6983.42207
Auto-Truck – Error with some truck requisitions truncating after one line item.
Multi-Req – Error resolved: quantities can be raised back to the original after changing.
All grids can be printed directly from the grid menu
All grids can be exported to CSV
Version 8.0.6967.39554
Buy Desk Search – button now works consistently for repeated searches.
Vendor Maintenance – “New” button added to Vendor Maintenance. Will now correctly save all field for new vendors.
Item comments/Line Comments - Line Comment allows you to include a comment for an order line that will appear on the order. Item Comment […] will update the ITEM comment field on the Item Info screen.
Item Info – Fixed minor display issues.
Completed Requisitions – Fixed problem where some requisitions could not be reloaded through “Order” button.
Version 8.0.6967.45607
Vendor Maintenance – “New” button was not showing. Update fields have been corrected.
Goal Seek – Locked items now properly handled.
Goals – Totals update in real time
Vendor Goals – You can goal seek Each vendor individually on order with multiple vendors.
Auto Truck – Delete from truck issue resolved
Dashboard – New dashboard options. Can now provide additional dashboard types. Custom dashboards can be produced
Version 8.0.6922.83569
Item Lookup – Print now shows item number and location in title
Order page – Totals can now be pinned/unpinned to the screen to allow better visibility
Reduced loading size – faster page loading
UI improvements – screen sizes, button placements, etc. refactored for optimum presentation
Buy Desk calendar will remember the date you were working on when returning from an order (if you were working ahead)
Order select page tabs renamed/re-ordered to align with use
Mars 8 calculator released (speed improvements)
Truck Build using new Mars 8 calculator
Goal Seek using Mars 8 calculator
Adjust Lead Time/Frequency using Mars 8 calculator
