commandseries dispatch tips and tricks cindy bishop [email protected] 205-879-3282
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COMMANDseries Dispatch Tips and Tricks2
As a COMMANDseries dispatch user or dispatch manager, are you using all of the rich features that are available to you in COMMANDconcrete? Work hands-on with one of our application experts to make sure you understand some of the time-saving and user friendly dispatch features that are available in our most recent versions of COMMANDconcrete.
Session Objective
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• Date Entry• Lookup Functionality• Print Options• Toolbar• Simplified Order Entry• Order Audit Log• Standing Orders• Volume Calculator• Order Tree
Covering….
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• Function of Tab in the Order date field• Current Date
• Alpha entries• M, Tu, W, Th, F, Sa, Su• T Today• Y Yesterday• TOM Tomorrow
• Numeric entries • 1 = Monday• 2 = Tuesday• 3 = Wednesday
• Calendar select• Plus/Minus
Entering Dates
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• Select Criteria– Dropdown list of available select criteria– Begin As (Items)– Contains– Range Of (Order Entry)– Equal To– Not Equal To– Numeric Range
• Columns– Drag and drop to change positions or take off the screen– Rename
• Sort Criteria – Click on Header to sort ascending or descending
• Show Query• Fine Tune
FNDCODE
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• Print from Lookup Screens - WYSWYG– Notepad– Excel
• Print to Screen– Redo– Redirect– Exit– PDF– Excel– Print
Print Options
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• Misc>Preferences>Toolbar– Hot Keys– Toolbar Shortcuts
Toolbar
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• Basic functionality of the Orders screen but eliminates the need to enter secondary screens through buttons
Simplified Order Entry
Order Audit Log
• Set flag in Configuration– Add fields– Require fields
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• Handles repeat orders• Contains all relevant order information except for the
order date and the delivery schedule• Can be scheduled for a consecutive date range
Standing Order
Schedule Standing Order
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Order Info
Item Info
Schedule Info
Date Range
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• Calculate the needed quantity of ready-mix for the following common construction components– Slabs– Footings– Integral Footings– Walls– Columns– Steps– Stairs
Volume Calculator
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• Powerful and flexible means of navigating through your order history
• Windows Explorer-like view of orders in the system• Dispatch > Order Tree• Locate orders by date, customer, project, and more• Retrieve, Edit, Ticket Orders• Configuring the order tree
• Sort• Select• Column
• Saving and naming configurations
Order Tree
Order Tree
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Order Tree
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Order Tree
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Questions?
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