NorthScope 2021.11.24

Owned by Emma Greenwood
Last updated: Nov 29, 2021
3 min read

(Software Version: 2021.11.24 Database Version: 2021.11.24)

Release Date: November 24th, 2021



New Feature

Purchasing

Feature Spotlight! NS-7290 Added Purchasing to NorthScope Phase 1 - BETA

If you are thinking to yourself that Purchasing already existed in NorthScope, you technically would be right. But then again if you thought that Purchasing didn’t exist in NorthScope, you would be right. How do we mean? One of the main focus points of this year was to create full featured purchasing capabilities within NorthScope. This means that we not only revamped Purchasing, we recreated it.

Purchase Order

You have seen the Purchase Order List View and Purchase Order Line List View be converted into the NorthScope 3.0 framework. We have now completely redesigned and restructured purchase order in its entirety. We have added several properties to aid in the purchasing process such as Receive By, Payment Terms, Ship Via, Buyer, Site, and more. We also added inventory items to purchase orders and have added special properties to inventory items to support purchasing.

Invoices and Credit Memos

Invoices and credit memos received a similar treatment. The coolest new feature is the new PO Lookup. If you want to lookup a purchase order, simply type in the purchase order number into the PO field and tab or click away. If a single purchase order is found then all details of that purchase order will be pulled in, if multiple purchase orders are found then the PO Lookup page will open and you will be able to select the purchase order you want and after clicking Save & Close all purchase order data will be pulled into the invoice. Line items now support inventory items in this transaction as well and you can now link purchase order lines to the line for accuracy in invoiced / ordered calculations.

Inventory Receipts

We know, we know, Inventory and Purchasing are two separate functional areas in NorthScope, however all changes to the receipt transaction in inventory have been done to support purchasing. We have added the same PO Lookup as invoices and credit memos and the behavior is the same.

PO Linked Transactions and Linked Lines

Now that we have purchase orders all nice and pretty, invoices and credit memos all nice and pretty, and receipts all nice and pretty there must be a way to analyze all linked transactions based on purchase order, right? And there is! We have two new inquiries that will show you all transactions linked by purchase order. What’s more is that you can launch these inquiries from the Inquiries List View, from the Purchase Order Record View and List Views, from the Invoice/Credit Memo Record View and List Views, from the Receipt Record View and all the purchasing inquiries relating to purchase orders and invoices/credit memos.

Honorable mentions

As part of this work we converted several pages into the NorthScope 3.0 framework and revamped them and others for performance and so their functionality would align with Purchasing. Among these are the Vendor List View and Record View, Production Batch List View and Record View, and Mass Update in inventory transactions. We also added a new Address Type for Company, updated the Purchasing Transaction Class screen as well as the Change Address screen, and more.


Technical Changes

  • Please view cumulative schema changes here.
  • No config file changes.