CRM is a major focus for dealers and that makes it a major focus for us! Look forward to more updates to this system in the coming weeks.
You can now access your SMS conversations from the mobile view of Flyntlok.
You can view a list of your conversations and search for any existing conversations or contacts.
Interacting with a conversation by sending a message will automatically subscribe you to the conversation. You can unsubscribe by clicking the star icon.
Responses will show up live so you can continue to interact with your customer. All of this interaction is logged under the customer profile in Flyntlok.
You can now create a linked rental contract from the actions dropdown on a lead.
We have updated the settings around the "Text Us" website widget. Now if a potential customer is trying to input a non-US phone number they will receive a prompt from Flyntlok to instead submit an email address.
We have added back order column to the sales order PDF. Backorder is any quantities not yet picked or received via a special order.
For better visibility, we have updated the item transfer icon to be highlighted green if there are any linked transfers! This will help prevent accidentally executing duplicate transfers to fill a sale.
When a substitution is made on an item purchase order, you now have the option to retain the substituted part if you have not received any. If you have received quantities against the substituted part, we will only substitute the remaining quantity, and the PO will retain the original line for the amount already received.
Voiding a line, or deleting an entire purchase orders, will now go out and mark the associated machines as "Deleted". Previously, this had to be cleaned up manually.
You can now transfer a single labor punch to a new work order and job by clicking the transfer icon found on the labor tab.
You can now add/edit customer contacts while creating a work order.
Flyntlok will automatically clock you out of work orders when logging out. This applies only when you choose to log out. If you close your tab, exit your browser, etc. you will remain clocked in. This applies to both ERP and DMS Work Orders.
Flyntlok will show you a warning when you try to invoice a work order that has quoted parts. Quoted parts will not be added to the work order invoice.
We have added this field as an option in all places you can create a customer in Flyntlok. Previously, you could only record the reason for a new customer from New -> Customer.
You can now set a default work category by customer. This new field is found in the "Other" section while editing a customer. Customer Dashboard-> Actions-> Edit
We have added rental as a source option in the win/loss report with a link to the rental contract in the source link.
You can now configure a vendor to record purchases or sales by machine. When the option is set to yes, you will get a single journal entry for each machine involved in the transaction when posting to QuickBooks Online.
Users will now see a warning message when they are about to delete a machine model, if that model is tied to active machines. The user will then be prompted to choose the new model those machines should be moved to.
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We have added a new feature to easily view and organize Flyntlok notifications. You will now see a bell icon on the top right of your home screen next to your username. When this icon is clicked you will be able to view all notifications, organized by most recent. You will no longer see notifications on your dashboard or popup in the lower right of Flyntlok. You can access the last year of historical notifications by clicking the View All.
Sales Orders and Work Orders can now be created from a Lead in the CRM Hub. To do this, go from the Actions tab of the Lead view -> Create Sales Order or Create Work Order.
Leads will now be viewable under four new categories: My Leads, New & Open, Unassigned, All Leads. These categories allow for easy organization and quick referencing of new potential customers.
We have added a color coding scheme to status badges of the CRM Leads. This allows users to easily identify the status of their lead. The color coding is outlined below.
New-Navy
Open-Blue
Attempted Contact- Orange
Contacted- Orange
Quoted- White
Won- Green
Lost- Grey
Closed-Grey
We update the searcher to look across most fields in the lead list. Any fields we are not searching by can be filtered use the selections above the list.
We have added a new CRM Leads panel on the customers dashboard, this will track and display all leads created for this customer. This allows users to easily view basic information about each lead.
If you are using the VOIP integration with Flyntlok, when any unknown number calls, the user will be redirected to the Add New Lead form of the CRM hub while auto-populating the caller's phone number. This will let you easily create a lead and ultimately a customer!
Clearing up typos, and redundant tags can now be done by clicking the Actions -> Manage Tags from the CRM Hub.
If a scan fails to find an associated Item Number, UPC, or EAN, a note line will be created in its place to help prevent unnoticed missed scans. The note line will include the barcode number which was originally scanned. We also show a warning pop-up, but if you have hotkey functionality enabled on your scanner, the popup can be missed if you continue to scan.
We have added a new setting to allow managers to configure a default invoice source by user. Previously, this was done at the company level.
To set or edit the default invoice source for a user, navigate to Wrench->Users->Users. Locate the user you wish to set, click edit, and in the "Other" tab, assign a default invoice source.
To check your current company settings, navigate to Wrench-> Point of Sale-> Invoice Sources.
We have added a link to the mobile dashboard that will allow users to quickly create new Work Orders.
We have added a new icon to the Service Scheduler. When selected, you will be able to copy and paste the events of the group you have selected to a new date.
We will now be automatically applying work order deposits to the final invoice of a work order. Previously, you had to add these manually and the deposit was only accessible if the payment was posted to QuickBooks Online.
Updated user permissions now allows admins to limit users ability to make changes on the Service scheduler such as changing events, and modifying groups.
Flyntlok settings allow admins to adjust cutoff dates for transactions. This helps prevent unwanted reversals of invoices that have been posted during accounting periods already closed, as well as, backdating transactions into closed period. This should align with your QuickBooks Online Books Closed Date.
You can now restrict who is allowed to open a posted item voucher. This will add an internal control that stops users from requesting a reversal of a bill.
You will now see a red warning message if there is a duplicate bill number under the particular vendor. This message will be displayed in red, next to the QB Bill Number in the Voucher Details section.
We have added a new setting to the Machine Purchase Order. Users will now be able to print labels in bulk from the receiving voucher by selecting voucher lines, selecting printing action, then clicking Generate Labels.
We gave the Omnisearch results a freshlook. It now allows for quick referencing of item number, vendor/make, description and bin. Also displayed, includes QOH, QOO, and List Price, which are appropriately categorized by color.
A Recent Rentals section has been added to the Item Dashboard, which displays the fifteen most recent rental contracts of the item.
We have added machine hours and miles to the Sparks Request Service Form.
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December 14th, 2022 Release Notes
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We have added a new feature to the vendor dashboard, which will allow users to create new purchase and return orders by importing a parts list. To import a part list go to the vendor's dashboard and select Actions->Import PO/RO From Spreadsheet.
We have added a warning to the Vendor Stock orders page, for users to see stale parts at other company locations. On the New Purchase Order page, for creating stock vendor orders, users can open an item row to show detailed information about the item, including location-based stocking information. When an item is stale at a particular location, this table will now show a red “Stale” label on the “To Target” column.
We have also added a stale column so you can sort and filter for stale parts at other locations.
You will now be able to report item exceptions from the receiving voucher. To report an exception you will click the bug icon to the right of the item number. 
We have added icon to indicate if the last SMS message is incoming or outgoing.
You will now be able to associate a machine to a CRM LEAD.
We have added a new notification to be sent out to users when a machine has been deleted from Flyntlok. If you would like to receive these notifications, you will need to set your notification preferences and choose how you would like to be notified. Notification options include internal, SMS, email, and rapid. To edit these settings click on your user name on the top right of your home page. Username->Preferences-> Notifications->Machines.
We have added a field for the Machine description on both the desktop and mobile view of the work orders dashboard. This will be helpful for technicians and new employees that are not familiar with model numbers, to easily identify the machine they are looking for.
We have added the tag number to the mobile view of the work order.
We have implemented a new feature on the work order dashboard. When typing out a cause or correction on the jobs tab of a work order if you moved to a different page before you saved you would lose the text you were currently typing. Now when a text box has not been saved and you try to leave the page, Flyntlok will display a warning message, alerting you that if you leave the page your work will not be saved.
We have updated the machine field on the Create Work Order form, to auto populate all customer owned machines into the dropdown menu of the machine searcher. You will still be able to search for non customer owned machines.
We have added the dollar value margin to the header on the sales order invoice. Previously you would only see the margin percentage.
You will now see a new subtotal line to the sales order PDF.
When billing for pick up or delivery we will now include the address as a line item on the invoice.
When a customer is selected we will display their information on the rental rate sheet.
You can now distinguish which classes are primary or secondary. This will help searching for a machine by class.
You will now be able to create and add a new model from the machine purchase order.
We will block a vendor merge if an item number is shared by the vendor you are merging. You will get a pop up of the list of duplicate items. You will then have to merge the items before you can merge the vendors.
Now when trying to create a new item if that item already exists in Flyntlok, you will be given a link to the duplicate items dashboard on the error message.
November 30th, 2022 Release Notes
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We have added a timeline view of your rental machine reservations. This will provide a visual aid in finding availability for a machine or class of machines.
You can now add items to a PO that is in NEW status.
You will now also be able to change the location of an existing Purchase Order. Head to Actions -> Edit on the purchase order. From there, you will see a location selector under the status of the purchase order.
We have added a liabilities section to the machine balance sheet on the machine dashboard. Flooring, interest, and curtailments entered into the Flyntlok journal entries system will display here.
You can now search for machines using the engine serial number.
When adding a new fee/credit line to a machine receiving voucher, Flyntlok will default the line’s allocation to the cost-relative strategy across all the voucher’s machines. You will not need to click the allocate button unless you wish to edit the allocations.
We have updated the Trade-In Payoffs feature with new fields for a user to enter a payoff amount. We have 4 new fields:
We have updated the “Location and Quantity on Hand” table in item dashboard. Now you will see a new “Metric” column to the right of “To Target”. You will still be able to hover over the value to see the type and expiration date.
We have added added a new column to the voucher for Closed Date. Flyntlok currently tracks “invoiced date” and “received date” on vouchers.
October 26th, 2022 Release Notes
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We have selected multiple click reduction winners. We received a record number of entries, many of which will be implemented! Here are the click reduction winners. Each suggestion was submitted by multiple people. Everyone involved will receive a gift card.
We are introducing a new tax rule editor on the point of sale. This screen will make working with a large number of tax jurisdictions much easier.
The first step is to remove unwanted taxes from the sales order. Then, add the correct taxes by selecting the check mark and clicking Enable Rules
When a work order is created, Flyntlok can send a SMS welcome message to your customer. The SMS can include a custom greeting and the work order number. You can chose to send this SMS on a work order by work order basis.
Example:
Welcome to Flyntlok, Your work order number is 404230. You'll get updates as they happen. Feel Free to respond to this message at anytime with questions.
If you would like to configure a custom message, please submit a support ticket and we will work with you on the configuration.
When creating a work order, you can choose whether the customer receives SMS messages by default. When this box is checked, Flyntlok will send a message at work order creation, check-in, status change, and check-out.
New field options were added to the work order creation page. If you would like any of the new fields added to your page, please submit a support ticket!
Additional Fields:
After a customer is selected on a work order the machine searcher will only search machines owned by that customer. Searching by make is now supported as well.
Jobs can be marked as complete using Flyntlok Mobile!
Completed jobs will have a green check!
The work order category is displayed on the work order dashboard.
The job category and job type is displayed on the job screen.
If you are counting a bin and find an additional item, click add item!
Bin locations can be created from inventory sprints. If you find a loose part, create a new bin and set it on the shelf!
Service truck functionality will start being released. The first release allows inventory tracking and truck inventory use on work orders. In the future we will be adding additional service truck functionality. If you are interested in being part of the beta release, please submit a support ticket.
New service trucks can be added by clicking Actions -> Create New Truck.
Add the truck's information and click create.
Inventory can be transferred onto and off of a service truck using the Quick Transfer button. First, add a transfer quantity to the item that you need to transfer.
Then, click Quick Transfer and select to transfer in or out.
Review the transfer. Once you are ready to move the parts, click Transfer.
September 28th, 2022 Release Notes
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We have received a record number of click reduction entries this sprint. Thank you for all of your feedback. We are still working through all of the ideas and will be announcing the winners two weeks from today.
Jobs can be added from Flyntlok Mobile. To add a job, go to a work order and click Add Job. Fill out the form.
If a work order has a pick up or a delivery specified, the work order will show that information in the header.
When clocking out of a work order, you will have the option to update the status.
Engine Model information has been added to the machine section of the Info Tab.
Old Sprints can be copied and used as a template. To copy a sprint click Actions -> Copy Sprint.
Item Number 2 and Item Number Manufacturer have been added to the stock order page to help make ordering easier.
You can always choose to hide or view columns using the column chooser:
Rental lines can be called off in bulk just like the bulk check in option by clicking Actions -> Call Off.
If a consumable is included on the final bill of a rental, we will include the the amount that was checked out and the amount that was checked in.
You probably noticed a that we asked for your role when you logged in this morning. This information will be used to customize your Flyntlok experience and provide context when submitting a support ticket.
Information has been added to the work order machine results. You can view the machine id, customer unit number, make, model, serial, status, and owner.
If you are searching for a sold machine using the M, search, we will include the date sold in the search results.
September 14st, 2022 Release Notes
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We are holding a click reduction contest. If you have ideas that could reduce clicks and speed up your workflow in Flyntlok, please submit them using the rabbit button! We will pick the two most impactful ideas, and the winners will receive a $25 Visa gift card. Winners will be announced in the September 28th release notes.
Stihl equipment can be registered with Stihl through Flyntlok. When you view a machine that has been registered, you will get product information that is provided by Stihl.
To register a machine, go to that machine's dashboard and click the New Registration button. Then fill out the product registration form.
The work order creation form can be customized to show only the information needed. The default form is on the left, and a customized version is on the right.
If you would like to edit your work order form. Please submit a support ticket and the Flyntlok consulting team will help you out!
We have added the efficiency metric to the header of the performance tab. Efficiency is calculated by taking the work order Actual Hours / Billable Hours.
This metric is also calculated per job and displayed in the Job Finance section.
Each job on a multi machine work order can be assigned its own tag.
Tags are displayed on each job tab.
Machine creation on the new work order form has a description field.
We have added a margin column while selling machines from the point of sale.
You can update a customers licensing information while creating a rental contract. If you would like to save this information back the customer make sure to check the Save License to Customer box. License information can also be updated from the Info Tab.
This feature will help keep customer licensing information up to date.
August 31st, 2022 Release Notes
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A Show Descriptions button has been added to the top left-hand corner of the new rental screen. After clicking the button, each machine will display its long description. If you are renting equipment with specific model options this will be a big help.
An Estimated Totals section has been added to the Lease Agreement PDF. The lower left-hand corner of the rental dashboard also has a totals section.
We have added an additional Pending Stock column to the Item Order screen that will show stock order items on the To Be Ordered Board.
When the Submit for Review button is clicked on a machine purchase order voucher, the user that is set as the reviewer on the Flyntlok Details page will be notified.
We have added the PDI Field to Machine Purchase Order Vouchers. This field will capitalize cost to the machine.
A link to the customer dashboard has been added to the top of the SMS section.
The machines estimated arrival date has been added to the Machine Dashboard.
A link to the vendor has been added to the Machine Dashboard.
The following fields have been added to machine records in Flyntlok:
The first time a customer is contacted they will receive the following message:
Welcome to (Your Company). Feel Free to respond to this message at any time with questions. To stop receiving automated messages, reply STOP.
When a customer has terms, a badge with those terms will be added to the lower right-hand corner of their sales orders.
You can view margin on the item level by clicking the Incognito Man.
For easy identification, a deleted icon has been added to the top of canceled work orders.
We have updated the machine searching dropdown to include more machine information.
August 17th, 2022 Release Notes
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We've made it easier to sort and filter the list of machines when adding machines to a voucher.
While adding new machines to the voucher, you can now designate a quantity of machines to create.
We have added label printing functionality to the bulk actions! Don't forget - Flyntlok consultants can customize these labels to your business needs. Just submit a support ticket!
We added permission that must be turned on if the user would like to complete vouchers. You can also designate a user to receive a notification and pending action when a voucher is submitted for completion.
We have removed the recalculate button and will recalculate the fees live.
If you add a date and leave the year blank, we will assume that you would like to use the current year.
If a machine received on a voucher has files attached to it, you will see a voucher files section on the machine's dashboard. Remember, files attached to a machine using the detail view will be attached directly to the machine.
If you track your payables through bill.com, we have added the ability to set up a bill.com machine clearing account. If this is set, we will offset the asset amount on the journal entry to this account.
If you log in from a phone, you will now be taken directly to the mobile view. If you want to return to the desktop version, click Return to Desktop at the bottom of the page!
The work order you are clocked into will display at the top of the page. The My Work button will show you all of the work orders you have assigned to you.
We've updated messages coming back from our card processor to make it more clear when a card has been declined or if there was an error during the payment process.
We will be beta-ing a new feature with pilot dealers that should make it much easier for us to properly calculate your billing durations given a date range on a calendar. This should allow you to set up contract data in a much easier format and reduce the number of dates you need to manage for a rental contract.
We will be beta-ing a new feature with pilot dealers that allows you to set a default interim billing cycle for a contract. This should greatly reduce existing date adjusting when trying to create an interim invoice. This will also let us notify you when you have a contract due for billing, and in the future, offer us the chance to generate these bills automatically for you!
You can now select a location during the rental contract creation. Previously, we only allowed you to change it once the contract was created.
While entering an address on a rental contract, you can now click the Save to Customer box to save the address to the customer address book.
Consumables can be configured in two different ways: Standard and Capacity-Based. Capacity-Based is better for fuel because fuel is measured in percentages, not quantities. Standard is better for renting out consumables that are measured in units. Tire wear, cutting edge wear, and other specifically measure consumables should be setup with the Standard style.
When auto-generating work orders at rental check-in, we were using the machine's last known hours, not the hours at check-in. That has been fixed, so work orders populate with the machine's hours at check-in.
We fixed a handful of bugs causing the work order error when you tried to save. Some of the most notable are:
Notification groups should now be more clear in which aspect of Flyntlok they tie to.
Along with adding more categories of notifications, we added a new notification you can receive if a CRM Lead gets assigned to you. You can configure how you would like to receive this notification by clicking your name in the upper right of Flyntlok and heading to preferences -> notifications.
We've added an option on the customer profile to decide if you keep the customer's accounting contact in sync with Quickbooks Online data or if the data you enter in Flyntlok should be the source of truth. This is the email we use to auto-send invoices and receipts. When this is on, we will always override what is in those fields with what is set in QuickBooks Online. When it is off, the contact and email will remain whatever you enter under the customer profile in those fields.
We were presenting you with some errors almost anytime you ran the end-of-day process to post customer payments. Those errors were erroneous in that the posting had gone through successfully. We prevented those unnecessary errors from displaying going forward. Actual errors still display!
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You can add payment and click the order button at the same time. The Apply Payment button has a small triangle next to it. If you click the triangle, you will have the option to Apply Payment & Process. We will remember your selection for next time, so you will not need to click the triangle!
Models can be swapped out using the new machine purchase order vouchers. If a machine is incorrect, create a receiving voucher for the machine. From the detail view, click the Change Model button.
Using the search box, find the model that you would like to receive instead.
Then receive the machine as normal!
Vouchers can be used to book fees to a machine. If you would like to book fees, but not receive the machine, create a Fee Only Voucher. Fee only vouchers are just like receiving vouchers, but will limited functionality. You will not be able to receive machines or edit machine costing information from a Fee Only voucher.
If there is a QuickBooks error while trying to post a machine PO voucher, we will add the voucher to the failed list so that it can be fixed. If you click the link for the failed vouchers, it will include a column with resolution steps. We plan to do this with more postings in the future!
Rental Schedule templates can be added while you input pricing on a rental contract.
We have added a new address selector that should reduce entering addresses multiple times. You can choose from the customer's profile address, any of their shipping addresses, or search through your company address book.
If a vendor's markup is edited, all parts under that vendor will be updated to respect the new markup. Be Careful - this updates all of your item prices!
Adjusting the cost or MSRP on an item will automatically adjust the list price. This was previously working based on the vendor's default markup and now will factor in your pricing matrix.
Click on the job fields to edit!
Check-in work orders using your phone!
Change the status of a work order!
See the time remaining on each job!
Upload images to work orders using the upload button!
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