8 Feb 2006

ShopTrakker 2006 v2.75 is now released. We will be mailing out upgrade CD's to all customers whose support contracts are current over the next week or so.

24 Jan 2006

The next upgrade to ShopTrakker 2000 (v2.75) is now in final testing and should be ready for release somewhere between month-end and the first part of February, depending on how the testing goes.

Many of the suggestions that we received from our customers have been implemented. Unfortunately, time constraints meant that several could not make it into this release, but rest assured that if we indicated to you that a feature you requested will make it into the package, that it is still on the "to do" list for the next release.

16 Jun 2004

ShopTrakker 2000 v2.50 has been released, and the CD's are being prepared. We will begin sending out upgrade CD's to all customers with up-to-date support contracts in place on Tuesday, June 22.

7 Jun 2004

The release of ShopTrakker 2000 v2.50 has been delayed for a short interval, as a couple of last minute issues came up. We have frozen the feature set for v2.50, which is now in final beta testing and should be released within the next week to two weeks.

We will be sending out upgrade CD's to all customers with current support contracts in place once v2.50 is officially released.

Here is a listing of some of the new features/changes (in no particular order):

  • Added An Feature To The Punch Clock That, When The Same Machine Is Scheduled Multiple Times On The Same Job, To Optionally Show A List Of Those Operations From Which An Operator Can Select When An Operator Punches In On A Job. This Now Makes It Possible To Have More Than One Person On The Same Machine On A Job - For Example, If You Anticipate The Maximum Number Of Operators At An Assembly Location To Be 5 Operators, Simply Schedule The "Assembly" Machine 5 Times In Your Scheduled Routing For The Job.
  • Added "Receive Returned Goods" to and a corresponding audit trail to the Receiving Functions to facilitate documented receipt of defective goods from customers and the automated updating of orders, jobs, inventory, logs and customer credits as necessary with one easy operation.
  • Added "Volume By Part Name/Number Report" Which Can Help Analyze The Work In Your Plant And Possibly Determine Whether Or Not Creating "Work Cells" Could Be Beneficial In Places.
  • Added The "ShopTrakker 2000 Launch Utility", Which Allows You To Easily Launch The Various ShopTrakker Programs And Select Which Company Data To Use In Situations Where Multiple Companies Are Maintained With The Software.
  • Added The ShopTrakker 2000 Backup Utility" To Automate The Backing Up Of ShopTrakker Data To Industry Standard Zip Files Without The Need To Close Down The ShopTrakker Operations - SEE, WE REALLY DO WANT YOU TO BACKUP YOUR DATA!!!
  • Employee hours reports now show hours from paid absences (eg. vacation).
  • Added Centerless Grinding operations to Quotation Time Calculators.
  • Added "Scrap By Work Area" Report.
  • Added "Supplier Delivery Performance" Report.
  • Added "Value Used" To Material Section Of Job Records For Better Costing.
  • Enhanced Sales Tax Support To Handle Up To Six Different Taxes, Depending On The Situation (eg. GST, PST, QST, HST).
  • Added Alarm Feature (Fire, Chemical Spill, etc.)
  • Punchclock cycle time change notification can now be controlled by a threshold
  • "Who's Using ShopTrakker" screen now shows what the users are doing.
  • Added "O/S Placeholder" to the machine list allowing those "machines" to be used as placeholders in the scheduling without having their hours pro-rated when jobs are created from procedures.
  • Added "Quantity Description" (eg. Pcs, Ft, Lbs) to quotes.
  • Made Delivery Information In Quote Header Editable.
  • Comments in Release Orders Will Now Print On The Packing Slips
  • Added "Date Sent Out" To Gauge Calibration Log.
  • Added "Gauges Currently Being Repaired/Calibrated" Report.
  • Added Hours Available, Purchase Price, Replacement Value To Printed Machine List.
  • The Punch Clock Screen Is Now Totally Resizable.
  • Q/C Gauge Sign In/Out List Automatically Goes To The Last Item In The List When Activated.
  • Added "Gauge Lost" Check Box To Gauge List.
  • A Confirmation Is Now Required When Punching In An Operation Flagged As Complete.
  • Added "Usage" and "Weeks Supply" (based on the on hand/usage info) To Inventory "In Stock" Reports.
  • Added Ability To Turn Off The "Invoices Must Be Rendered In Duplicate" Line In Purchase Orders.
  • Added Customer Label Printing Feature (uses 1-1/3 x 4, 2-up, 14 labels per sheet).
  • Dollar Values Can Now Be Hidden In The Consolidated Delivery Lists.
  • Unit Pricing On Invoices Has Been Expanded To Three Digits.
  • Machine Down Time Report Now Supports Work Area Selection And Shows # Incidents.
  • Inventory Detail Lines Showing Zero Quantity On Hand May Be Suppressed In The "In Stock" Report.

27 September 2003

G. Supply Solutions is no longer associated with The Software Connection and is no longer authorized to represent, sell, support our software products or accept payments in regard to those products.

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to many of our customers who have responded with their continued support, loyalty, patience and encouragement through this transitional period of time.

We are aware of the potentially damaging letters that G. Supply Solutions have sent to each ShopTrakker 2000 customer, one of which detailed emails that should have remained confidential.

We want to assure everyone that development is still ongoing for ShopTrakker 2000, and that support is still in place and available via email at support@swconnection.com.

The present circumstances at The Software Connection are that we will be wearing the hats of both companies, providing all of the services previously provided by G. Supply Solutions as well as those that we normally provided using our own resources. As a result, the level of support and the rate of new developments will be somewhat diminished temporarily until such time as a suitable replacement for G. Supply Solutions can be found and brought online.

With ShopTrakker 2000 being a very large and involved software system that encompasses many areas of the operations of a manufacturer, a certain level of competence must be reached before we can deploy new resources or sales/support representatives. This would be akin to teaching someone how to fully run a manufacturing business, which, as you would well know, being in the business yourself, is no trivial task and could take some time.

While "passing the baton", G. Supply solutions published an incorrect list of phone numbers in their email and we would like that to be corrected.

The phone numbers for The Software Connection, as is clearly documented on our web site at http://www.swconnection.com are as follows:

Voice: (519) 570-9958
FAX: (519) 745-9789

The other numbers given are either my own personal phone numbers, those of other manufacturers who serve as our main test sites for the program, or numbers that are actually obsolete. These numbers should not be used. Support is only available at the locations and numbers given above.

Effective immediately, all support payments, or fees for additional workstations must be made directly to:

The Software Connection
10 Lombardy Court
Kitchener, ON N2M 1W7
Canada

Your patience while we clear the hurdles placed in front of us is very much appreciated.

We still believe that ShopTrakker 2000 is the best solution for the manufacturing industry today. We are very sorry that our valuable customers have been somewhat caught in the middle of the present situation, but once we get things back on track, we are sure that it will be for the better.

Sincerely, and with best regards,

Rick Hillier
President, The Software Connection


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