Over 60 new LabStar Features & Enhancements in Summer 2014

Written by Jeff Noles, posted September 18, 2014 • Blog, Release Updates

 

Throughout the summer of 2014 we’ve been hard at work improving LabStar.  Below please find highlights of the 60+ upgrades we released to the software.  If you have any questions please reach out to us us through one of our 4 contact channels (Help Center, support@labstar.com, 323-522-3120, chat box at the bottom right corner of this page):

Invoices:

• New basic invoice layout with new header and logo placement
• New basic invoice footer with barcode and 3” x 2” tear-off mailing label
• Assign which billing items are non-discountable items (alloys, parts, etc.)
• Assign up to 2 different taxes to individual billing items and materials
• 2 customizable fields on invoice include case due date, invoice due date, invoice terms, manufacturer, pan #, received date, and shipped date
• Consolidated invoices revert back to original invoice dates when unconsolidated
• FDA-compliant materials tracking
• Regenerate PDF for individual invoices
• Add billable materials prior to invoicing
• QB sync tool updated with new tax settings
• Technicians can add materials

Invoice popup:

• New overall design—easier to read case summary information and add additional billing items
• Discounted prices have cross-out showing exact discount amount
• New “item-based” discount column for precise price adjustments
• Add billable materials to invoices with instant search dropdown
• View and enter case notes
• Set and update case flags
• Option to set/change invoice date on popup
• Include materials information on invoice
• Clearer presentation of discounts, taxes, shipping & handling
• Precise tax amounts for each item displayed
• Prevents users from creating invoice with alloy quantity of $0

Materials Management

• Add billable items prior to invoicing (implant parts, denture teeth, etc.)
• Apply tax to individual materials
• Make individual materials non-discountable
• Enable markup % on billable materials
• Link billable materials to items, additional features  and additional products (automatically shows on invoice)

Manufacturing Capacity Manager

• Enable capacity management based on the following filters:
  • Cases per day
  • Units per day
  • Specific item units (ie, eMax, etc.)
  • Design group units (PFM, Full Cast, etc.)
  • Specific production task units per day (Model, Porcelain, etc.)
  • Specific production task cases per day

Production

• Show case notes, attachments & case summary to technicians on scan popup
• Add materials directly from technician scan popup
• Search case names in technician scan screen
• Production dashboard displays total units only
• Added new chart line:  “total units” to the Task Status by Units chart

Settings:

• New design and searchbox for finding exactly the right setting
• Batch update LabStar system settings
• Batch convert items, additional features & additional products into “Materials”

Shipping

• Inbound transit times added to due date when client creates a case
• New “Shipping Today” report
• Printing inbound work tickets marks case as “received” on day printed
• Add default courier and transit time for manufacturers
• Driver delivery report includes client phone number

Supply Chain/Miscellaneous

• Dymo LabelWriter case labels
• Search by pan number in production searches
• Hide ship button button on create shipment to manufacturer