LabStar Software’s Year in Review: 2016

Written by Jeff Noles, posted December 21, 2016 • News, Release Updates

FIRST HALF 2016:

In the first half of the year we released dozens of smaller updates/upgrades, including:

• LabStar Attach iPhone/iPad app
• Materials management upgrade
• Security upgrades to mandatory HTTPS
• Staff time clock
• 10+ additional sales reports
• Customizable work ticket
• Improved payments workflow
• Improved client credit workflow

LABSTAR 2.0

In November, we released “LabStar 2.0”, our biggest upgrade ever, which  included hundreds of new features, upgrades, and design adjustments.  Below find a summary of the most significant changes:

GENERAL NAVIGATION:

• Login page
• Upload custom image / custom text to login page
• Redesigned dashboards & overall design
• Navigation bar drop-downs 
• Your profile and homepage customization
• Searchbox location moved to top nav bar
• Urgent item alert at top of page 
• Fewer links on homepage
• Page design standardization
• Removed QC workflows–now integrated in schedules
• Circular loading icon / throbber

CALENDAR:

• Scrolling calendar always shows coming 3 weeks
• “Today” view reset button
• Technician scheduling 
• Clicking on task or technician brings user to production search results
• Sort by task or technician

SEARCH:

• Search results standard design
• Search results actions dropdown
• Searchbox location in nav bar
• Advanced search options
• Search suggestions include all completed cases
• Manufacturing manager search results
• Downloadable search results include case value ($)
• Batch downloads from case search now appear in Digital Transfer

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT:

• Task status chart with more clickable links
• Case progress chart
  
• Batch scan slider
• Production case search results printouts with barcodes
• Technician login screen

BILLING:

• Formerly “Accounting”
• Clickable charts to view case search results or invoices
• Sales totals breakdown doesn’t include tax or finance charges

CLIENT PORTAL:

• Scrollable delivery calendar
  
• Arriving cases table
• Case Manager
• User profile & language customization
• Four new client-focused “help” videos
• Add lab’s own custom links & attachments
• Client profile management
• Batch download management
• Request case pickup 
• Credit card payment
• Message Center

OUTSOURCE MANUFACTURER’S PORTAL:

• Scrollable delivery calendar
• Case search results
  
• Batch download management
• Shipping center

MISCELLANEOUS:

•  Created / Received date management