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