October-December 2006 Issue 38

Real-time Performance Monitor 1.3 additions and enhancements

Continued from What's new at Karmak?

 

New data modules: New Service module components:
  • Parts
    • Inventory
    • Sales Orders
    • Purchase Orders
    • Backorders
  • Accounting
    • AR Aging
    • AP Aging
    • General Ledger
    • DOC
    • Absorption
  • Customer Sales Watch
    • Customer
    • Monthly Sales
    • Unit Detail
  • Lease/Rental
    • Units
    • Contracts
    • Preventive Maintenance Schedule
    • Billing
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Repair Order (history of invoiced R/Os)

New Open Repair Order data fields added at the request of users:

  • Customer Status
  • Customer Comment
  • Customer PO Number
  • Customer DUNS
  • Days Open to Completion
  • Days Completed to Closed
  • Days Completed to Invoiced
  • Days Open to Closed
  • Days Closed to Invoiced
  • Days Since Last Worked on Repair Order
  • Hours Since Last Worked on Repair Order
  • Repair Order Technicians
New features:
  • Place multiple RPM views on screen at one time and drill down to more detailed data from any one of the views on screen
  • Export data to XML, CSV and tab delimited formats
  • The Repair Order Backorder Parts component retains backorder parts records including fill date and status after parts backorders are filled
  • Threshold triggers can be set within a range and based on a percentage of a value or field
  • Option to include column totals for any or all numeric fields for all views
  • Create predefined comments to be selected for use when adding comments to a view
  • Automatic records count displayed at the bottom of all views
Some of the many benefits across departments

Sales Manager

  • Monitor deals from the sales worksheet to invoicing.
  • Analyze daily, monthly, and annual sales activity and trends.
  • Track current salesman performance in unit sales and gross profit.

Parts Manager

  • Minimize obsolete inventory by monitoring special orders.
  • Identify parts likely to fall below safe inventory levels.
  • Protect gross margin by identifying price overrides and reviewing details.

Service Manager

  • Manage the service schedule using thresholds to identify problem areas.
  • Track service performance by monitoring time to close repair orders and comparing hours worked to hours billed.
  • Review repair order history to identify recurring problems.

Lease/Rental Manager

  • Minimize turnaround time by identifying contracts about to expire.
  • Avoid downtime by tracking units due for preventive maintenance.
  • Track monthly utilization and review annual trends.

Controller

  • Track daily controllable expenses and absorption ratio.
  • Instantly review General Ledger account balances and exceptions.
  • Review customer status with one click.

Executive

  • Track key elements from all areas of the business simultaneously.
  • Focus in on problem areas by drilling down to details.
  • Export key data to Excel®, Word, XML, CSV, tab delimited, or e-mail.

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