Opportunity
Managers from Canadian stores requested their Tax Registration Numbers to be displayed on Invoice PDFs.
Solution
The Tax Registration Numbers have been added to invoice PDFs. To enable this feature, contact your Flyntlok consultant with the relevant Tax Registration Numbers for your stores.
Opportunity
Service Managers requested the ability to see information about the Service Request that a Work Order was generated from when looking at the Work Order.
Solution
We added a widget on the Work Order Dashboard under the Machine information widget that displays information about the Service Request:
Opportunity
Service Managers requested the ability to re-send Work Order Estimates to Customers, as these sometimes get deleted or go to spam accidentally. Previously, Service Managers had to create a new Estimate every time they wanted to re-send one.
Solution
We added the ability to re-send the WO Estimate.
Opportunity
Users needed more advanced filtering options to efficiently manage Work Orders on the Service Scheduler. Previously, they could filter scheduled work orders but lacked the ability to:
Solution
We’ve enhanced the scheduler with new and improved filters:
Opportunity
Users had difficulty locating specific Work Orders in the calendar view when many were displayed. They needed a clearer way to identify a selected Work Order from the filtered list.
Solution
Now, when users hover over a Work Order card in the filtered list on the left sidebar, the corresponding event on the calendar will be highlighted.
Opportunity
Service Managers reported that when adding Work Orders to the scheduler in Week view, the default start time was incorrectly set to 12:00 AM.
Solution
The default start time has been updated to 6:00 AM or the start of the business's configured hours.
Opportunity
Canadian users requested the ability for Flyntlok to automatically populate cities and provinces based on Canadian postal codes when filling in Customer information. We previously only supported US Postal Codes.
Solution
We now support postal codes for our neighbors up north/east!
Opportunity
Users were unable to edit the address of a CRM lead after it had been created. While addresses could be added during lead creation, they became uneditable afterward.
Solution
We have enabled the ability to edit addresses on existing CRM leads.
Opportunity
Accountants requested that bills generated in QuickBooks Online for Machine Purchase Order Vouchers have the Machine’s serial number set as the bill number, so that bills can be more easily tied to the machine they are for.
Solution
We introduced a setting to make this happen. Contact your friendly Flyntlok Consultant to have it enabled.
Opportunity
Purchasing staff needs the flexibility to break the core line link between Purchase Orders and Vouchers. This capability is essential in scenarios where vendors invoice the core separately from the part, requiring them to be received on separate vouchers.
Solution
A new option has been added to allow users to break the core line link directly within a PO or Voucher. This change does not impact Sales Order linking but enables treating the part and core as separate items on a case-by-case basis.
Opportunity
Purchasers mentioned that when using the Vendor Draft Purchase Order page, they found it cumbersome to have to switch to a saved layout that they preferred using every time the page loaded.
Solution
Your last used layout will now be loaded when using the Vendor Draft PO page.
Complaint: Sometimes when Substituting an item on a Receiving Voucher the new and substituted items would have order quantity set to 0.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Parts Receivers reported that they would sometimes receive an error when trying to delete an attachment on a Receiving Voucher, but there would be no explanation of what the error was.
Correction: We now show specific error messages, such as when a User does not have permission to delete a file.
Complaint: When transferring parts to a different store location from the Sales Order page, users were able to leave the quantity field empty, resulting in transfers with no specified quantity after form submission.
Correction: Added validation to the form to ensure the quantity field is required.
Complaint: When replacing a machine on the Rental Dashboard, the search results were sometimes empty if all machines of the searched model had conflicts.
Correction: The searched Model now returns results even if all machines have conflicts.
Complaint: Users encountered an issue where the "Exclude All Zero-Qty" checkbox on Inventory Sprints would not persist after refreshing the page, requiring them to re-check it each time.
Correction: The "Exclude All Zero-Qty" checkbox now persists after being checked.
Complaint: When registering Stihl machines, sometimes Stihl would not include the selected Salesperson in the new registration.
Correction: Fixed. Flyntlok is now sending a different identifier for the Salesperson that should more reliably match in Stihl’s system.
Complaint: Sales Managers noted that Flyntlok’s CRM "Text Us" button on their marketing websites was not appearing on all pages.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: When receiving a part on a Receiving Voucher, the allocated quantities on the item dashboard would sometimes not update correctly.
Correction: Fixed. If you had a PO with items linked to a work order and merged that PO with another PO the item allocation went away.
Complaint: Service Managers noted that when applying filters in the Service Scheduler, the matching Work Orders were hidden behind the filters User Interface, leading to confusion.
Correction: Fixed. The filters UI no longer obstructs the list of results, ensuring all filtered Work Orders remain visible.
Complaint: When connecting a Flyntlok Item, Model, or Machine to a Shopify Product or Product Variant that was already linked to Flyntlok, nothing would happen to that new item.
Correction: Fixed. Flyntlok will now show any existing Flyntlok link below the Shopify Product or Variant and warn you that re-linking this Shopify Product will break that link.
Complaint: Users were able to enter a Clock-Out time earlier than the Clock-In time when manually inputting labor on a Work Order Job, leading to incorrect billable hour calculations.
Correction: Fixed the problems that would mess up the space-time continuum. Added validation to ensure Clock-Out time cannot be earlier than Clock-In time.
Complaint: Sometimes when adding a new Work Order Job Status users were getting an error on save.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Salespeople noticed that the machine’s list price on a Quote generated from a Lead would not use the sale price if the machine had an active sale.
Correction: Fixed. Creating a Quote from a Lead with machines on it will now use the active sale price for any machine on sale.
January 29th, 2025 Release Notes
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Our fearless and inestimable CEO and founder Sean McLaughlin gave a talk at the annual Association of Equipment Dealers' (AED) conference in Orlando, FL two weeks ago. Sean gave the talk under the dual position as owner of a 5 location equipment dealer (Craig Taylor Equipment aka CTE) as well as the CEO of a quickly growing software company (Flyntlok!). He focused his speech on the value of technology and the critical role it can play within a dealership.
The main premise is that modern technology is not just a recruiting tool, but it is also pivotal for employee retention. Anyone reading these Release Notes knows the pain and difficulty of finding and retaining employees. Highly motivated staff members want to work with and use modern tools. Old technology is rarely fun or cool. Imagine trying to recruit an employee and showing them a green-screen DMS that was first built 15 years before they were even born vs using a system that allows speech to text for recording complaints/causes/corrections. Further, when you onboard new staff members, you can get them up and running much faster if your dealership adopts modern platforms. Does it suck swapping out old systems? Absolutely! But if you embrace the suck, you'll get to the other side and you'll see a step function in the growth potential of your dealership.
Sean illustrated the direct effects of technology by using his own dealership as a prime example. When he first purchased CTE it was doing $19mln a year, but ten years later it grew to $104mln. Yes, the Flyntlok DMS allowed for a much more efficient dealership with better management of inventory, service, and sales, but he also adopted numerous other best-of-breed technologies that could scale with his business from QuickBooks Online (and later Sage Intacct) to Shopify to SurveyMonkey and Twilio. There was a direct correlation to the adoption of technology to the massive growth of the dealership.
Sean talked about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (yeah, remember, he's still a Harvard nerd) and how people are always trying to sell you stuff at the top of the pyramid ("self-fulfillment needs") instead of selling you the core things you need to keep your business running ("basic needs"). Modern cloud based software systems, alongside Artificial Intelligence, are an entirely new evolution of the species. Those who adopt technology will thrive; those who don't will struggle to survive.
Opportunity
Salespeople viewing their list of machines on the mobile view requested the ability to filter out machines that are On Order, like how you can filter Sold machines.
Solution
There is a new checkbox on the Mobile Machine Searcher that allows you to filter out machines that are On Order.
Opportunity
Salespeople have asked to see a Machine’s “Minimum List Price” in the detailed financial view on the Invoice page, as this will make it easier to calculate discounts when quoting or selling a Machine.
Solution
You can now find any Machine’s “Minimum List Price” in the detailed financial view on Machine Dashboard.
Opportunity
Managers requested the ability to streamline their management of similar Models.
Solution
Users can now duplicate a Model from the Model editor page. To do this while creating or editing a Model, click on the "Save & Create Duplicate" button:
This will save your current edits and then create a new Model with all fields duplicated. Note: The newly created Model's name will have the word "COPY" appended to it to prevent duplicate naming.
Opportunity
Service Managers using the Work Order Scheduler would like to be able to view a Work Order’s age on the “card” in the Work Order list.
Solution
The age (in days) is now presented on the Work Order “card” in the list of Work Orders, and the created date can be viewed by hovering over the age.
Opportunity
Service Managers requested that $0 customer Invoices be automatically processed when invoicing a Work Order to a regular Customer and separately to a Warranty Customer.
Solution
$0 Customer Invoices will now automatically be processed (moved to Delivered status) when Invoicing a Work Order to a Customer and Warranty Customer Separately.
Opportunity
Service Managers mentioned that it was inefficient (and potentially paper-wasting) to print multiple Pick Lists for a single Work Order that contained multiple Internal Parts Order invoices.
Solution
We have added a printable Work Order Pick List in full-page and thermal paper formats. You can access these from the Actions drop-down on Work Order Dashboard:
Parts are grouped by Job:
Opportunity
When a Purchaser is submitting a Purchase Order to an external vendor, they generally only care about the total quantity of an Item to order, regardless of the store's own specific allocations. They requested a way to view Part Purchase Orders by total quantity per Item to streamline their ordering and reduce errors.
Solution
We have added a new toggle to view consolidated quantities on our Part Purchase Order page:
Opportunity
Purchasers requested an enhancement to streamline their Model creation workflows while creating a Machine Purchase Order.
Solution
When creating a new Model from the Machine Purchase Order page, clicking on the "Advanced" section will reveal additional fields to apply to the new Model.
Opportunity
Managers requested additional controls around their Users' ability to Reverse a Sales Order.
Solution
Administrators can access a new permission called “Reverse Sales Order” via the Wrench icon -> Users -> Access Control, under the Point of Sale category. This will keep any user without the permission from reversing of non-Internal Sales Orders.
Note: As with all Permissions on this page, when changing it, the Users must log out and back in for it to take effect.
Opportunity
Managers requested a quicker way to identify Cost of Sale Work Orders associated with a Machine Sale. Previously, the only way to know was to manually review associated Work Orders on the Machine Dashboard and look for Work Orders that had the appropriate Customer assigned to it.
Solution
When creating a Work Order from the original Machine sale, it will now be visible in the "Related Transactions" pop up at the bottom of the Point of Sale screen.
Opportunity
Salespeople requested a way to know if they or anyone in their company had previously sent a Review Request to a customer. They did not want to unintentionally send multiple requests to a long-term Customer.
Solution
When sending a Review Request, users can now see if a Request had been previously sent to a specific email or phone number. When viewing or adding an email address or phone number, an indicator will appear, and hovering over it will reveal the date that a Request was last sent:
Opportunity
Managers requested a way to identify inactive customers when using the Quick Searcher. They were having a difficult time finding customers when there were inactive customers that matched their search, as there was no way to tell the active customers from the inactive ones.
Solution
Inactive customers now have a red indication clearly showing their inactive status, just like parts.
Complaint: Rental Clerks complained to Wayne that from Machine Dashboard, when renting a Machine that had Suggested Items configured, they were not being prompted to select those Items.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Salespeople reported that when swapping out a Machine on a Sales Order, the swapped-out Machine sometimes remained in Sold status.
Correction: This happened on an invoice that was past “Draft” status. Fixed.
Complaint: Salespeople reported that Will Call Labels on Item Receiving Vouchers sometimes didn’t display the full Customer name and Sales Order reference.
Correction: This was occurring on labels with longer names. Fixed.
Complaint: Rental Clerks complained that on the New Rental page, when switching between List and Timeline views, sometimes the availability information on Models or Machines would appear inconsistent between the two views.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Managers mentioned that they were able to unintentionally create Models with the same name and Vendor, causing confusion around reporting and searching.
Correction: Updated the Model editor page to prevent creating or editing Model names that match an existing name on the same Vendor.
Complaint: Salespeople reported that they would receive an error due to phone number formatting when navigating to a new Lead that was created from the Customer dashboard.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Salespeople mentioned that the searcher on the All Leads page would sometimes display an error.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Purchasers noted that on Part Purchase Orders, the warning for Vendor minimum order amount was always visible, even if the order was over the minimum amount.
Correction: Fixed. This warning should now only show when the Purchase Order's total falls below the Vendor minimum.
Complaint: Service Managers reported that sorting by priority on the Work Orders Service Scheduler did not sort the list of Work Orders properly.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Sales Managers reported that orders coming from Shopify into Flyntlok were being discounted if the order was for an existing Flyntlok customer that had discounts.
Correction: Fixed. Customer discounts will be ignored to ensure the invoice total lines up with what came from Shopify.
Complaint: Parts Managers reported that Part Purchase Orders were not always being closed when all parts were received.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Parts Managers reported that Quantity On Hand was not being adjusted on Parts substituted on Part Purchase Orders.
Correction: QOH was being updated, but we needed to do a forced-refresh of the page to show the updated value.
Complaint: Managers noted that when adjusting the MSRP of an Item, the Vendor default markup was not being applied to List Price.
Correction: Fixed. This only affected locations that were not using Price Matrix calculations.
Complaint: Rental Clerks complained that on the New Rental page Timeline view, Machines with an "On Contract" Conflict were being displayed as Available.
Correction: Fixed. "On Contract" Conflicts should now correctly show the orange-colored indicator as shown here:
Complaint: Fleet Managers with the Samsara integration mentioned that their Machines were not being updated with hours or mileage data from Samsara.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Part Receivers reported that the Part Receiving Voucher would appear to have no parts data initially, then the table’s lines would load.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Parts Receivers reported that, when adding fees to Vouchers, they had to click into the Action field before being able to type when they didn’t need to before.
Correction: The cursor now automatically appears in the field when you add a new fee.
Complaint: Parts Managers reported that superseding Parts on Part Purchase Orders would sometimes fail without indicating why.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Service Managers reported that parts from Invoices that had been unlinked from Work Orders would still appear on Estimates generated later.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Shopify Managers reported that they were unable to see information about Shopify-linked parts in Flyntlok.
Correction: Fixed. Shopify made unannounced changes to their integration that Flyntlok was not made aware of until it was too late. Sometimes we just gotta roll with the punches.
Complaint: Inventory Managers noted that when removing an Item from a Sales Order that was linked to a Purchase Order, the Purchase Order’s page would not show that the Item had been unlinked.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Salespeople mentioned that when searching for a Machine, searching by using words in the Machine's description would return inconsistent results.
Correction: Fixed. Now when you search for a Machine, Flyntlok will once again partially match your search term against words in the Machine's description.
Complaint: Service Managers reported they were unable to link a Sales Order back to a Work Order after it was unlinked.
Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Part Receivers reported they were receiving an unintelligible error if they received an item at zero quantity.
Correction: Fixed. The error now explains that you cannot receive zero quantity of an item.
January 15th, 2025 Release Notes
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You faithful readers of the Flyntlok Release Notes know that we operate in two-week release cycles. Given the upcoming holidays for American Thanksgiving and Christmas, we will be operating on three-week cycles. Our next release will be on Dec 12, 2024 followed by Jan 2, 2025. After that we’ll return to our regularly scheduled program of two-week cycles.
Also, since we have you! Flyntlok offices will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29. We’ll send a reminder next week as well. Happy Thanksgiving!
Opportunity
Whenever a dealership sells a Stihl Machine, they need to register that sale with Stihl to begin the customer’s Warranty and for the dealership to obtain rewards. While Flyntlok already has an integrated Stihl Machine Registration workflow, if a dealership sells a large number of Machines at once, that workflow becomes very slow and time consuming.
Solution
Flyntlok’s Stihl "Machine Registration" view now supports registering Machines in bulk. Just select the Machines you want to register and click “Bulk Register” in the top right of the page.
You have the option to set the registration information for each Machine you’re sending to Stihl individually or by using the bulk operation tool on the lower left. The bulk operation tool currently supports updating the “Purchase Date”, “Primary Use”, and “STIHL Salesperson”.
When you’re ready, click “Submit to Stihl” to start registering your chosen Machines in the background. You can track the registration’s progress at the top of the page.
Refreshing or leaving the page will not stop any registrations in progress. Submitting another batch of Machines to register will add those machines to the queue to be registered without stopping any other registrations in progress.
Opportunity
Managers requested that Flyntlok log more end-user changes to Models and provide a way of viewing edits made.
Solution
Added “Action Logs” to Models. When a change is made, a new entry will be created, tracking the user who made the change and the timestamp. Updates to important fields will be logged as well, including Make, Model name, List Price, and Allow Rent/Sale. Don’t go making changes you shouldn’t, Big Brother is watching you.
Opportunity
Managers requested the ability to see a Machine’s “Finance Name” and “Due Date” on the Machine Dashboard.
Solution
Added both fields under the Finance Information section.
Opportunity
Managers reported that when creating a new Lead with a Customer, it would be helpful to see any existing open Leads for that Customer, as to avoid creating duplicate Leads.
Solution
Added a check for existing Leads upon new Lead creation.
Opportunity
Salespeople requested that when creating a new Lead from the Leads grid, the location would be set to their current location, and the creator would be set as the default Assignee, instead of starting blank.
Solution
Creating a new Lead will now set the default Location and Assigned User.
Opportunity
Service Writers mentioned that when sending a text from Work Order Dashboard, they were unintentionally sending messages to phone numbers with "Allow SMS" set to false.
Solution
Features on Work Order Dashboard that involve sending SMS to Contacts (Change Status & Notify, Activity Panel, etc.) have been updated to indicate if a number has "Allow SMS" disabled. If the Work Order's Preferred Contact does not allow SMS, they will no longer be the default selection when choosing a Contact phone number.
Icons have been added to reflect if a specific Contact number does or does not allow SMS:
Opportunity
Users needed a way to manage longer notes in the CRM “All Leads” grid view without overwhelming the screen layout. Long text entries made it difficult to navigate and reduced the overall usability of the view.
Solution
“Internal Note” and “Latest Note” fields with longer text are now trimmed to save screen space. Users can view the full content by hovering over or clicking on the [...] icon:
Opportunity
Salespeople requested the ability to print labels for individual Items on Receiving Vouchers. Right now it can only be done for all of the items only
Solution
Added a Label column to the Receiving voucher grid with a nice little button in it. Clicking this button will print an individual label for that Item.
Opportunity
Salespeople (and Sean) requested a quicker way to view a Customer's “Item Sales History” on the Customer Dashboard.
Solution
We have simplified the "All Items Purchased" pop up. It now defaults to a one year date range so you don’t have to first type in some values.
Opportunity
Purchasers needed the ability to streamline the creation of Machine Purchase Orders when dealing with multi-vendor Purchase Requests. Previously, the system did not allow selecting models from multiple vendors in a single request, creating inefficiencies in the purchasing process when purchasing from a Distributor that handles multiple manufacturers.
Solution
On the Machine Purchase Requests page, users can now select models configured to different Vendors.
When creating a Machine Purchase Order, it will now generate a new PO without a Vendor. Users can then select the appropriate Vendor or Distributor in the next step.
Opportunity
Managers requested the ability to add Notes on Moves via the “My Trips” mobile view.
Solution
Added the option to add a new Note to Moves on the mobile page.
Opportunity
Managers requested the ability to print Thermal Pack Slips on an Invoice.
Solution
Added a “Generate Pack Slip” option under the “Actions” menu on the “Details” tab on an Invoice.
Opportunity
Salespeople requested a way to display any discounts applied when creating a Quote Package for their Customers.
Solution
We now show a summary area under the quoted details that breaks down the subtotals, and if any discounts exist, they will highlight the total discounts applied. Additionally, each line will show the original rate and discount. (Discount Totals will not be displayed if there are no discounts, or if lines have been marked up.)
Opportunity
Salespeople and Managers requested a visual indicator to quickly identify when Tax Rules had not been configured on a Sales Order. This would help prevent errors and streamline the order review process.
Solution
If this feature is enabled, a dot will appear on the Tax Rules button to indicate that no Tax Rules have been configured for the Sales Order. This provides a simple yet effective visual cue for users to take necessary action.
Admins can enable this feature by checking this option in Flyntlok Settings:
Opportunity
Service Managers requested the ability to restrict their Technicians from clocking into Work Order Jobs, depending on the status of the Work Order.
Solution
Added the ability to configure Work Order statuses that don’t allow technicians to clock in. This configuration can be accessed through the wrench icon > Work Orders > Work Actions. Select “Edit” on an Action and select the “Prevent Techs Clocking In” box. (And ignore the ugly modal window you are presented with.)
Complaint: Managers reported that Work Order Labor Revenue was being doubled for certain labor types.
Cause/Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Managers reported that marking Moves as “In Transit” would cause the Trip to no longer appear on the My Trips view.
Cause/Correction: Fixed. Moves can now be processed correctly and will continue to show up.
Complaint: Salespeople reported that when a Special Order is canceled, the Part label on the Receiving Voucher would still be printed under the “Will Call” labels section.
Cause/Correction: Fixed. When a Special Order Invoice line is removed from the SO, or the entire SO is deleted, the Part label will now print under the “Stocking” labels instead of “Will Call” on the Receiving Voucher.
Complaint: Accountants reported that some Machine Vouchers were failing to post to Sage.
Cause/Correction: Fixed.
Complaint: Service Managers reported that the Mobile Work Order Dashboard was allowing users to edit the Cause, Complaint, and Correction fields when they didn’t have the permissions to do so.
Cause/Correction: Fixed. These fields correctly respect user permissions now. And we are all about respect.
Complaint: Users noticed that data grid views were not respecting preset column widths.
Cause/Correction: Fixed. Data grids will now automatically resize columns on default views, and use the preset values on custom saved templates.
Complaint
Receiving Personnel reported that some Receiving Vouchers were presenting duplicate lines.
Receiving Personnel reported that some Receiving Vouchers were presenting duplicate lines.
Cause/Correction
Fixed. This was a rare visual bug and did not have any effect on the Receiving Voucher or Purchase Order data.
Complaint
Rental Clerks noted that when closing a Rental Contract that had a Pickup or Delivery address set at no charge, the system would still generate a Final Invoice instead of just closing the Contract.
Cause/Correction
Fixed. A final Invoice is no longer being generated when closing a Rental Contract with no charges due.
Complaint
Managers mentioned that some users were able to delete a file from a Purchase Order even though their permissions were set to not allow it.
Cause/Correction
Fixed. The system now respects the appropriate delete permissions and only authorized users will be able to delete a file. Again, it’s all about respect.
Complaint
Salespeople reported that when using the "Copy Invoice" button on Point of Sale, the original Invoice's selected “Source” was not carrying over to the newly created one.
Cause/Correction
Fixed.
Complaint
Service Managers stated that they were sometimes not receiving notifications for “Parts Requests” from their Technicians.
Cause/Correction
Fixed a bug that was causing notifications to not be sent from Technicians that were configured as part of a Technician Group but not as a Technician User Type.
November 6th, 2024 Release Notes
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Opportunity:
Flyntlok customers integrated with "Record360" have requested the ability to generate a “one-time user authorization code” within Flyntlok, which can then be sent to their customers and will grant the recipient temporary access to the Record 360 mobile application to complete necessary Machine inspections on the company's behalf.
Solution:
The Flyntlok development team has added a "Generate One Time User" option to the Rental Contract’s “Actions” button’s drop-down menu, which will allow companies integrated with "Record360" to create and send a "One Time User" authorization code to their customers via email or SMS message.
The “Generate O.T.U.” form requires users to add their customer’s contact information and the branch location of the Rental Contract. Flyntlok will automatically display the associated Machine’s Serial Number in the field. When the CREATE button is selected, Flyntlok will immediately generate and send the O.T.U. authorization link to the specified customer. Note: Flyntlok will default to SMS messaging if a phone number is added.
Recipients will receive an SMS message/email containing a link to the Record360 mobile application. If they do not have the application previously downloaded to their device, they will be prompted to download it. From here, they will be able to complete the machine inspections.
Opportunity:
Purchasing Managers have requested the option to allocate an Item Purchase Order’s “received quantity” to outstanding Special Ordered or Back-Ordered Invoices. They would like the ability to auto-allocate the stock upon receipt to outstanding Invoices awaiting Special Ordered or Back-Ordered Items and for Flyntlok to allocate based on the date ordered (fulfilling oldest Invoices first).
Solution:
We have added an "Allocate" option to the Item Receiving Voucher. When selected, Flyntlok will search for all Part Requests and allocate the Items received and their quantity to outstanding invoices. This will greatly improve receiving efficiency and allow inventory to be disbursed quickly to the appropriate Invoices with the click of a button.
Opportunity:
Salespeople of Agco parts have requested the ability to export Orders from Agco’s Epsilon platform’s “Shopping Cart” as a flat file that can then be imported into the Flyntlok Point of Sale system.
Solution:
We have updated the Sales Order importer to handle Agco files, and users can now import Agco CSV files into a Flyntlok Sales Order by hitting the import button at the top of the POS page.
Selecting the icon will allow you to upload saved files on your device. Once the CSV file is loaded, Flyntlok will run a search to match the uploaded items' ID numbers with your Flyntlok Inventory. Only items matching Item Numbers within Flyntlok will be added to the Sales Order. Flyntlok will then display a list of all the Items from the file, the Item’s order quantity, and an indicator of whether the item was matched with an Item in Flyntlok.
Opportunity:
Rental Managers have requested that we allow their rental schedule to account for rentals based on an hourly schedule versus the current functionality based on a daily schedule. This will allow for Machines to be rented multiple times in a 24 hour period.
Solution:
The Flyntlok development team has updated the Rental Contract settings, and Administrators can now request to have their rental schedules and billing structures calculated based on hourly use. When this setting is activated, Flyntlok will allow hours to be logged from the "Dates Reserved" field on the creation page & contract details section of the contract.
Once saved, the "Billable Duration" field will display on the Rental Contract in the "Details" section. On each machine line, Flyntlok will respect and display exact hours.
To incorporate hours in the billing calculations, we have updated the Rental Schedule and added two new fields: "Hourly Utilization Allowed" and "Overage Charge (Per Machine HR)." This will allow users to set a custom rate to charge for Machines checked in late.
Opportunity:
Rental Managers have requested a quick way to determine whether a Rental Contract’s associated customer is an “Account Customer”.
Solution:
We have added Account Customer icons to the “Customer” field of the Rental Contract’s “Details” section to indicate to users whether the contract’s associated Customer is set as an Account Customer.
icon, hovering over this icon will display a “Has Account” message.
icon, and hovering over this icon will display a “No Customer Account” message.
Opportunity:
Salespeople have requested we require users to add a note when attempting to change the status of a CRM Lead, and would like for the note to be displayed on the associated Lead's dashboard in the timeline records.
Solution:
We have added a new setting to the "Flyntlok Settings" page (Admin Editor Wrench-> Flyntlok-> Flyntlok Settings) that will allow administrators the option to require notes when changing the status of a CRM Lead.
Opportunity:
Salespeople have requested the option to create custom SMS templates that will autofill their customer's names and the associated Machine's information when sending messages via the "Conversations" tab of the Lead dashboard page.
Solution:
We have added two Variables to the CRM Lead dashboard's “SMS Templates Manager”, which will allow salespeople to create custom SMS templates that will be automatically filled with the customer contact’s name and the associated Machine’s make/model.
icon.Opportunity:
Flyntlok users have requested we log customer contact emails sent from the CRM Lead Dashboard in the Lead’s “History Timeline”.
Solution:
Flyntlok will now log Customer email actions taken on the CRM Lead Dashboard page. When the email option is selected from the Lead Dashboard, Flyntlok will now create a new timeline event with the name of the user who performed the action and a time stamp. The user’s standard email application (e.g. Outlook) is used to send the actual email and Flyntlok does not log the actual contents of the email.
Opportunity:
Managers overseeing Service Departments that only service their own equipment have requested the option to set a their "Internal Work Order Customer" as the default for all Work Orders.
Solution:
We have added a new setting to the Flyntlok settings page which will allow administrators to choose a Customer to set as the default for new Work Orders. Creating a new Work Order via the 
icon or from the Left Navigation Menu’s "New" tab will auto populate the “Default Customer” into the customer field. Users can access the Flyntlok Settings page by selecting the option from drop-down menu of the admin wrench.
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->Flyntlok->Flyntlok Settings.)
Opportunity:
Service Managers have requested the option to assign a Service Technician and Labor Type to all jobs of a particular Work Order. This will save time by removing the need to manually adjust each job.
Solution:
We have added a "Bulk Edit Jobs" option to the "Actions" button's drop-down menu, allowing Service managers to choose a particular Technician and Labor Type to assign to all jobs associated with the Work Order. Flyntlok will automatically apply the changes when selecting the "Save" button.
Complaint:
Service Managers, who were reusing Work Order Tag numbers, had reported instances where the "Tag" field of the Work order creation page was giving a warning that the "Tag Number is in use." However, there was no open Work Order associated with the Tag Number.
Cause/Correction:
We have updated the "Tag" field on the Work Order creation page to remove the warning if the previous Work Order with the same Tag Number has been Invoiced and the sale is in a Delivered status.
File Attachment Not Sent To QuickBooks-(Ticket #47849)
Complaint:
Purchasing Managers were experiencing issues attempting to upload files to send to QuickBooks Online from the Machine Receiving Voucher. The file was able to be attached to the Voucher but it was not sent to QBO.
Cause/Correction:
Fixed.
January 17th, 2024 Release Notes
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The Flyntlok development team is starting to roll out the new CRM Hub. The updated CRM will retain all of the functionality of the existing CRM hub with added enhancements we believe: will help to increase leads, accelerate sales, organize contacts, and better serve your customers!
Note- We will be releasing a tutorial video on the new CRM Hub in the coming days, please reach out to the Flyntlok support team if you have any questions.
Flyntlok allows users to track shipments but currently does not offer a way to search for tracking numbers associated with a particular sale. Users can track a shipment by clicking on the "Track" button at the top of the Shipping Tab. A separate page will appear asking for the Tracking Number along with the Carrier. Tracking information will be generated in the shipping tab of the Sale Order and will include the tracking number, as well as its shipping status, last update, currently in, destination, created, and ETA. You can not search for tracking numbers unless the number had been copied/pasted into the internal/public message fields of the Sale.
You will now be able to search for tracking numbers associated with a Sales Order using the S? prefix from the Flyntlok searcher.
We have had several requests to allow salespersons to manually pick the order functionality of a Sales Order. This would give you the option to take all items associated with a specific sale out of your inventory regardless of on-hand quantity. This could be helpful in the case that an item has been physically received but the parts department has not yet had the chance to record the receive in Flyntlok. Currently, Flyntlok users have no option to manually pick the order functionality of a Sales Order.
Note- This feature if enabled may disrupt your inventory totals. This feature is setting controlled, please reach out to the Flyntlok support team if you would like this setup, or if you need any additional information.
We added a new 
icon to the quantity column of the Sales Orders item line. When the force pick option is selected, Flyntlok will pull the entire order quantity from your inventory. This will allow for sales to push inventory into negative quantities.
We have also had requests to allow a salesperson to manually set a Sales Order to order all items associated with a specific sale regardless of on-hand quantity. This will give Flyntlok users the option to special order entire order quantities.
We have added a new icon to the quantity column of the Sales Orders item line. When the force order option is selected, Flyntlok will special order the entire order quantity, leaving your inventory intact.
You can add a fee or a credit to a machine voucher in the Fees/Credits section by clicking 
. You can then choose to book the fee, to an account of your choosing or to capitalize to the machine. If you are going to capitalize the fee click 
then choose an allocation method and save your choices. The problem is once the voucher is closed, the fees and credits section is also closed. You would then have to go to each machine separately to see how it was allocated.
We have updated the fees and credits section of the machine receiving voucher. The section will now be viewable but not editable after the voucher is complete.
On a Sales Order for a customer with a PO number: If the items associated with this sale are needing to be special ordered, the customer's PO number is not displayed on any PDF generated from the Purchase Order. This can be especially problematic when dealing with dropship orders.
We have added the customer PO number to the item line of the PDFs generated from the Purchase Order.
On the machine dashboard page, Flyntlok users can navigate to the owned machines section to view a list of all machines owned by a particular customer. The issue here is Flyntlok currently does not offer a way to export the list.
We have added a "View All" link to the owned machines section of the customer dashboard. When selected, this link will take you to a data view that shows all of the customer’s machines. From this page, you can then click the export icon in the upper right corner of the page.
New Flyntlok setting to hide the sub-items list price on PDF documents for kits has been enabled, but the list price is showing on invoices that have been split.
If you have activated the Flyntlok setting to hide kit sub-items, this will now also apply to all split invoices with kit items associated.
When editing a model, by changing the "allow sale" field to NO and selecting the save and update machines option: The model is still available to add to sales Orders from the Rocketship icon model searcher.
After editing a model to not allow the sale, the model will be excluded from the Rocketship model searcher.
When adding a machine to a Sales Order, and then fulfilling the order quantity, the machine was not able to be marked as unfulfilled.
After adding a machine to a Sales Order, and marking the machine as fulfilled, you will still be able to adjust the fulfilled quantity and set as unfulfilled.
When scheduling a start/end date for a job on a work order, the date will revert to the previous day whenever a time isn't selected.
Fixed.
On a new Sales Order: When trying to apply a discount to the entire order, if the option to discount "above cost" is selected, the discount is not applied to the sale.
Fixed.
When communicating with a customer or lead through SMS messaging, and trying to send a PDF document. The text message is not delivered.
Our wireless carrier does not support PDF file types sent via text messaging. We have added a new error message to the SMS settings that will display when trying to send a PDF document.
When creating a new rental contract and searching for a reserved machine: Machines that have been reserved, with a hold-for-rent reservation type, are not populating onto the contract.
Machines reserved for rent will still populate the machine list of a new rental contract, but will be displayed as "has conflict".
When trying to close and invoice a rental contract that contains an inactive item, the contract does not close and an error message pops up stating "The action could not be completed, no item data"
We have updated the information on the error message, and will now indicate if there is a inactive item associated with the rental contact.
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We are currently updating the CRM Hub. To better manage the history of interactions with prospective customers, we have added an enhanced timeline, the ability to assign leads to multiple users and associate multiple machines to leads.
-We will continue to update you on the progress of the new CRM Hub, if you have any questions please reach out to the Flyntlok support team.
We recently released a new feature allowing you to remove kit sub-items from the Sales Order invoice. If this setting is activated, the kit sub items will also be removed from the sales packing slip, showing only the parent item.
We have added additional information when searching for items that have alternates. You will now see a supersedes section with the QOH displayed.
When taking a credit card payment from the new Gravity payment system, the previously selected terminal will now default into the field.
When creating a new customer, from the Point of Sale, Flyntlok will now accept email addresses in an all-caps format.
We have added the equipment hours logged on check-in/check-outs to the rental invoice. Previously, you would have to print out the rental lease agreement in addition to the invoice, to show this information to customers.
From the Point of Sale, when associating a machine with a quoted model, Flyntlok will now display the model number in the description of the item line.
We have made an adjustment to the tax rate settings. Tax rates can now be extended out up to 8 decimal places. Flyntlok will only display the tax rate’s significant digits in tax line descriptions.
Administrators will now have the option to hide the Invoice ID number on the Purchase Orders PDF. Wrench->Flyntlok->Flyntlok Settings.
-Please reach out to the Flyntlok support team to opt-in to this new setting.
We have removed stock items from the list displayed when selecting will-call labels, from the receiving voucher. From the item Purchase Order with stock and will-call items, you will now only see the will-call labels.
-Please reach out to the Flyntlok support team to opt-in to this new setting.
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You will now be able to accept a single payment to cover the cost of several different Sales Orders for a customer. This will help streamline the experience for collecting payments as well as saving your business transaction fees. To pay off outstanding Sales Orders you will want to navigate to the customer's dashboard. In the customer information section, you will see a new field titled, outstanding Sales Orders. This new field will display the number of orders still requiring full payment. You can then select the (pay icon) to review and select from a list of outstanding orders to pay off.
A list of outstanding Sales Orders will then display on your screen. From this list, you can review the date, status, and outstanding balance. You can then choose which order(s) to pay off. Once selected you will be able to customize the amount applied to each individual order and generate the new pay-off Sales Order by selecting the Create Invoice button.
From the pay-off Sales Order, you can now add a payment type and select the order button.
When adding a machine to a new Sales Order and selecting the (Add and New) option, the previously selected salesperson will now default into the field when adding additional machines.
We have added a new item type, titled (KIT). This new item type will give you the ability to sell a group of parts at a set list price.
To set up a kit, you will first need to create a new item. This new item will be the placeholder for the kit items. When creating the kit item you will also be able to associate different items from your inventory to the kit and set a list price on the kit item. When you add the new kit item to a transaction all associated parts will also populate on the transaction but Flyntlok will only set the list price on the kit.
We have added a new section to the machine receiving vouchers for associating a machine with a quoted model. If there is a quoted model on an open sale, you will see an Associate button in the Associate Invoice field. Once clicked a list of open sales orders, ordered from oldest to most recent, will display on your screen. Once an invoice is selected, the machine will be allocated to the sale.
You will now be able to export Machine Purchase Orders to an Excel spreadsheet so that they can be imported into OEM ordering systems.
We have made an update to the rental creation page. When searching for available machines to add to a rental, if the expand all option is selected, all new search results will be default expanded. Previously when you search for a machine all the info was defaulted to the collapse all view.
We have added an editor for updating the work order status change automated text message templates. This editor can be found on the Flyntlok Settings page under the Service SMS Templates section.
When creating a new machine to associate with a Work Order, you will now see the model's description populate in the drop-down menu of the model searcher.
When creating a new journal entry, Flyntlok will now notify you if there are mismatched account types and line types. CAP lines can only have asset accounts associated with them; COS lines can only have expense accounts. When types and accounts do not match on a given line, you will see an error icon to the right of the account name. Hovering over this icon will show a pop-up explaining why it is displayed/ what is mismatched.
You will also see a new message populate your screen if you are trying to submit a journal entry with mismatched lines.
Last Release Notes
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When receiving a stock item with an outstanding special order, you have the option to fulfill the open invoices. If you choose not to fulfill, Flyntlok will ask you to confirm.
Service technicians will have the option to receive notifications when a service event has been edited from the service scheduler. This notification will provide a link to the service scheduler with the edited event displayed.
To set this new notification you will navigate to your username in the top right corner of your page. Username->Preferences->Notifications
You can now scroll past the set date range of the rental contract into future dates.
Flyntlok has always displayed the current machines of the model, from the model's dashboard. You will now see a new field containing the machine's serial number.
We have added two new fields to the financial section of the model dashboard page, for tracking price MSRP and a maximum quantity of models to stock.
When quoting a machine model, you will now see the model's description populate in the line item of the quoted model.
We have added a new category to the Machine Receiving Voucher to record the Machine's engine serial number.
If a Sales Order has received full payment you will see a red (PAID) stamp populate under the Sales Order number.
Administrators can now restrict users from editing the QOH from an items dashboard.
When creating a new vendor, you will receive a warning if the vendor already exists in Flyntlok. This warning will prevent you from creating the vendor and provide a link to the existing vendor's dashboard.
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We have added a new setting to the purchase order receiving voucher, allowing users to mark an item voucher as paid via credit card. You will now see an"Already Paid" Checkbox in the in Voucher Details section of the receiving voucher. When the box is checked, you can use the dropdown populated with a list of accounts to select the checking or credit card account this was paid with.
When this box is checked and an account is selected, Flyntlok will create a JE, instead of a Bill, to record the transaction.
We have added a new icon to the machine's dashboard. Displayed in the corner of images which are publicly available.
We have added an option to print a thermal ticket from the work order system. This option is under the main actions dropdown
When changing the status of a Work order Flyntlok requires you to log a reason for the change, this log is now visible from the mobile view. Similar to the desktop view these logs will be available under the activity section.
We have added the list price, cost, and minimum list to the machine's mobile view.
We have added a minimum order field to a vendor. This will allow you to set a minimum dollar amount for creating stock orders.
When set, the minimum dollar amount will be shown on the vendor dashboard. You will also see a warning message displayed on the vendor's stock ordering page, alerting you if you are below the minimum amount.
To set the minimum amount, you will navigate to the vendor's dashboard and select the Actions button. Actions->Edit
We now allow you to update a customer tax rules from the POS, as well as store them as the default set for all locations. Previously, this action could only be taken if a customer did not have rules applied to them.
You can now select between 4 different ways to apply damage waiver charges to rental contracts by default. These values can always be overridden on a per contract basis.
Never charge a damage waiver by default
Always charge a damage waiver by default
Charge a damage waiver if they are a cash customer
Charge a damage waiver if they do not have valid insurance on file
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We have added notifications to more actions on the Service Scheduler. The assignee of the appointment will now receive a notification when a new appointment is created, an appointment is edited , or if the assignee has changed.
You can now unlink a sales order from a work order if the sales order is in draft status.
We have added a new field for Engine Model to the machine section found in the Info Tab of the Work Order.
We also added this information to the work order PDF.
You can now select multiple jobs to be transferred to different work order. Previously you could only transfer a single job at a time.
Serialized part numbers will now display the serial number when the work order PDF is printed.
We added status filtering on the mobile view of the work order list.
We have added additional information to the list of estimates. You will now see the a timestamp and the total of the estimate.
Service history is now visible from the mobile view of a machine.
On the sales order PDF, we updated the summary table to better represent what customers need from a receipt. We now show your lines subtotal, discounts, shipping and roll that all up into a taxable subtotal.
You will now be able to add new vendors and models directly from the point of sale while accepting a trade in.
We have added a new "Created By" field to the Purchase Order PDF. This new field will be located, left of created date and display the creators name, email and phone number. This should help provide your vendors a good point of contact when the purchase order is emailed.
You will now be able to reverse a Purchase Order that is in Ordered status. This will set the Purchase Order back to New status and remove the date ordered.
Note: This does not affect any 3rd party systems for integrated ordering.
Flyntlok will now update the minimum order quantity when reporting a minimum quantity override exception. Previously this had to be done manually.
You will now be able to flag a machine to require an equipment condition report (ECR) form on rental check-out and check-in.
We added validation on the hours field when checking in a machine from a rental. We will require you to input the hours if the line is a machine, previously this was auto-filled with the check-out hours. We will also warn you when the check-in hours are less than the check-out hours.
On the QuickBooks Journal Entry page we have add an option to post the journal entry as a vendor credit.
Flyntlok has always asked for the source of the new customer when created from the New-> Customer form. You will now be able to document the source of the new customer from all customer creation locations.
We have updated the SMS section of the customer dashboard to show all SMS communications with the phone numbers registered under the customer profile. Previously, Flyntlok automated SMS messages would not populate into this field.
Last Release Notes
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