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