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Activity Tab

The Activity tab, which opens when the hotkey A is pressed on the Point Of Sale, gives users access to Notes, SMS, and Audit Logs.

Activity Tab

Creating Notes

Once in the Activity tab, use the text box provided to write notes and then click Add Note to create. Notes appear in the space below with the most recent first. Notes are editable by clicking the pencil right of each note. 

Create Notes

How to create SMS

To create an SMS, click the SMS tab at the top of the Activity tab, and use the tab down menu to select the desired contact. To create a new contact, click Add New Contact and enter the name, as well as their phone number, along with any message before clicking Send SMS.

SMS from Activity Tab

How to access Audit Logs

To access, click the Audit Logs button at the top of the Activity tab. The logs page for the invoice will populate in a new page and will include the users, messages and timestamps of all actions made in the sale order. Users include the Flyntlok System as well as each person altering the sales order. Messages will include created, changes, processes, calculations, invoice information, quantities, and more. These log entries are ordered most recent timestamp to latest.    

Audit Logs

Adding Items to a Sales Order

The Item Search Bar, which appears on the top left side of the Point Of Sale, can be used to quickly search, view basic item information, and add items to Sales Orders. New items can be quickly created from the POS, also, Files containing Part Lookup numbers and their coinciding quantities can be imported to add items in mass to a Sale Order. Another Search Bar feature allows users to add part items by scanning their UPC codes.

How to add items to a Sale Order

Adding items to a Sales Order is a necessary step to complete an SO for a customer. Users can add items by:

  1. Looking up the item in the Item Searcher
    •  Items can be looked up by their Item Number, Item Number 2, MFR Item Number, Description, Comments  
    • Items that have been superseded will show up red with an option to view the Alternates
  2. Once you have highlighted the Item that you wish to sell, Tab or Enter (based on your user settings) will move you to the Quantity Field

How to quickly create a new item from the Point-of-Sale

If the item does not exist but needs to be added to a Sales Order, the user can create a new item by:

  1. Clicking the Add a new item button, displayed by a + icon  
  2. Fill out the required fields with the correct item information on the Quick Create Item pop-up menu

 

How to import a sales order from a file

Creating a Sales Order from a file can be handy when you have any Excel or CSV file with Part Numbers and their quantities. Follow the next steps to import items from a file.

  1. Click the Import items from file button located right of the Parts Searcher
  2. Choose the correct file in a table format to upload
    • This table should consist of a column with the desired part numbers as well as a column with correlating quantities
    • User may have to check the prompted box if the imported file contains a first-row header
  3. After clicking next, correctly assign columns from the imported file and click next again
  4. View the selected items that were pulled from the imported file
    • This step may require unselecting unwanted items, or resolving items with duplicate Item Numbers that match across different vendors
  5. Click next to go to this final stage and verify item quantities and quantities on hand
  6. Click Add and listed items will propagate into the item lines of the POS

 

 

 

How to add part items to a Sale Order by scanning the item

Adding items efficiently may require adding items by scanning items’ UPC. Users can scan items into SOs by:

  1.  Clicking the Scan items button located left of the Item Search Bar
    1. This is also a hotkey (Alt+B)
    2. Some scanners can be programmed to run the hotkey as you scan
  2. Scan each item’s UPC
    • Note that scanning an item twice will increase the quantity within its already preexisting item line and not create a new line
  3. Confirm correct items and item quantities were added into the SO after scanning

 

Point Of Sale Overview

The Point Of Sale (POS) allows a user-friendly way to create Sales Orders (SO), quotes, and other internal documents. It offers a large range of customizable features that expedite and improve customer experience. These features include texting customers when parts arrive, sending out customer experience surveys, emailing customer invoices, and more.

Getting to the POS

Users can access the POS from the Quick Searcher by searching for a Sale Order. You can also click the Sales Order number wherever found in Flyntlok.

 

Getting to the POS

Creating a Sales Order

The most common way a user can create a Sales Order is by clicking the Shopping Cart icon located in the Top Menu Bar.

Creating a Sales Order

The other ways users can create a Sales Order:

New Sales Order

New Sales Order from Customer Dashboard

New Sales Order from Item Dashboard

    New Sales Order from Machine Dashboard

POS Layout

Once arrived, a dashboard appears which includes blue tabs labeled:

Customer

The blue Customer tab is the initial tab opened when creating a new Sales Order. This tab prompts users to fill in Customer, Contact, Machine, and other general information. Head to the Customer article for further information.

Shipping

The Shipping tab includes the ability to create, edit, and view customer Shipping Addresses, and designate inbound and outbound Shipping Methods. Head to the Shipping tab article for further information.

Details

The Details tab includes Customer Purchase Order, public and private message fields, and other actions and settings. Head to the Details article for further information.  

Payment or Actions

The Payment tab give you options to take Payment, Quote, Copy and more. Head to the Payment or Actions article for further information.

Activity

The Activity tab includes a Note Section, SMS options, and a link to the Sales Order Audit Logs. Head to the Activity article for further information

Item Search Bar

Clicking below the prompted Customer tab into the center of the POS or clicking above the Shipping, Detail, or Payment tabs, will reveal the Item Search Bar, Item Line Details, and other Sales Order Features. Go to the Item Search Bar article for further information on the following Look-up functions.

For further information on looking-up and entering Items in the Point of Sale, go to the Item Search Bar article.

 

Search Bar

 

Actions

In the homepage of your POS, users can access all necessary Sales Order Actions. Many of these features are displayed by relatable icons in the top right corner of the POS and include: 

For further information on Point-of-Sale Actions, go to the Actions Articles.

Line Items

By searching or scanning, items are added to the Sales Order. In each item line, users can:

Above the Shipping tab, users may view the status, the Sales Order number, view Downstream Operations, as well as choose to Delete or Order. Also, above the Activity tab, badges describe additional context of the Sale Order and Customer. For further information on Line Items, go to the Line Items article.

Line Items

Hotkeys

For further information on POS Hotkeys, go to the Hotkeys article.

Point of Sale Administration

Settings for the Point of Sale can be found underneath Editors (Wrench) -> Point of Sale. These settings allow users to adjust:

For further information on Point-of-Sale Administration, go to the Point-of-Sale Administration article.

Point of Sale Administration

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Rental

In the past, the rental system has relied on the user to keep the billing and calendar dates in line. We are working to make the system smarter. Any of the durations that we calculate will be auto-filled. You will always be able to edit them if you find yourself in a special situation. In order to auto-fill recommendations, additional setup is required.

Setup

To add the additional information needed by the rental system. Go to the Flyntlok Settings page and click Go to new Rental Settings.

From here, click on the Durations Tab. You should see something that looks like this!

Calendar Days Per Week

The number of days that are in a week. This will usually be set to 5 or 7

Calendar Days Per Month

The number of calendar days are in a 1 month billing cycle. This is usually set to 28.

Minimum Calendar Days For Week

The number of days that can be billed before you stop billing days and instead bill for a week. This is usually set to 4.

Minimum Calendar Days For Month

The number of days / weeks that can be billed before you stop billing days and weeks and instead bill for a month. This is usually set to 22.

Minimum Hours For Day

The number of hours that can be billed before you stop billing hours and instead bill for a day. This is usually set to 4.

Respect Check-in / Check-out Times

This will allow customers to return machines prior to the early check-in time without getting billed. Customers will also be able to check-out machines after the late check-out time without being billed.

Respect Grace Period

Setting this to yes will not bill for days your business was closed immediately prior to the check-in date.

The Check-in times, Check-out times, and the Grace Periods can all be set on the Store Hours Tab.

Enhancements

Date Selector

The new Date Selector makes the Billable Duration and Calendar Dates more clear. As always, you can change the Billable Duration without changing the Calendar Dates.

The date select will also accept free text.

Interim Billing Cycle

The EST. Billable Durations field has been replaced with an Interim Billing Cycle field. Use this field to define the length of your billing cycles. Submit a support ticket to edit the default value(28 calendar days).

Location Select

The location of the rental contract can be changed on the new rental page.

 

Mobile

New Features

Part Dashboard

We have added a part dashboard to the mobile view! You can view the following information:

Enhancements

Machine Dashboard

To help mobile salespeople, we have added a price calculator to the mobile machine dashboard.

Item Management

Enhancements

EAN and UPC Fields

We have added EAN and UPC fields to the item edit screen.

Point of Sale

Enhancements

Scan Mode

We have added a Scan Mode to the point of sale. This will work like a check-out system at a grocery store. Scan items and they will be added to the sales order. If two of the same item are scanned, the quantity will be increased on the original line. We are looking for exact matches between the barcode and the item number, EAN, or UPC fields.

To enter scan mode, click the scanner or with hot key: ALT + B.

Then Scan your items:

QuickBooks Integration

Enhancements

Customer Add

You can create a QuickBooks Customer in Flyntlok from the customer edit screen!

Vendor Add

You can create a QuickBooks Vendor in Flyntlok from the vendor edit screen!

Last Release Notes

July 20th, 2021 Release Notes

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Point of Sale

New Feature

Apply Payment & Process(Click Reduction Contest Implementation)

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!

Machine Purchase Orders

New Feature

Model Switching

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!

Fee-Only Receiving Vouchers

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.

QuickBooks Error

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

Enhancements

Rent Schedule Template Creation

Rental Schedule templates can be added while you input pricing on a rental contract.

Address Selector

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.

Inventory Management

Enhancements

Vendor Markup Edits Item Pricing

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!

Item Auto-Calc Markup

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.

Mobile

Enhancements

Work Order Field Editing

Click on the job fields to edit!

Work Order Check-in

Check-in work orders using your phone!

Work Order Statues Changing

Change the status of a work order!

Work Order Time Remaining

See the time remaining on each job!

Image Uploading

Upload images to work orders using the upload button!

Last Release Notes

June 22nd, 2021 Release Notes

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Purchasing

New Features

Machine Purchase Order Searching

We have added model information to the machine selection page.

Machine Options

Machine Purchase Order Vouchers now include machine options data. The cost and the list price of the model option will be added into the cost and list price of the machine.

Bill Creation

Machine Purchase Order Vouchers support posting each machine on a separate bill in QuickBooks.

 

Rental

Enhancements

Line Level Pricing Information

We have added more information to each line on a rental contract. Billable Duration is still the amount of time the machine will be rented. Est. Billable is the amount of income the line item is expected to earn. Billed, is the amount of income the line has generated so far.

Contract Location

We have added a way to switch the location of a rental contract during creation. After you have selected the machines that are going out on rent. The next page, will have a location selector at the bottom of the form.

 

Work Order

Enhancements

Pickup and Delivery Address's

We have added a "Same As" feature to the pickup and delivery inputs on the work order creation page. If you add a pickup address, then check the delivery box, we will use the same address that you put into the pickup field unless you change it.

Labor Type Auto-fill

When you add labor to a job, we will autofill the labor type that is on the job.

 

Login

New Features

SMS Verification

Along with receiving MFA Codes in your email, you can receive them on your phone. To set this up, go to Login & Security section on your Preferences page.

Then add/change your phone number.

 

CRM Hub

Enhancements

Conversations Filtering

We have added a way to search and filter your conversations!

 

Point of Sale

New Features

Customer Terms

If you have an account customer with terms, please set their terms on their customer profile in QuickBooks! Once you reload your customers in Flyntlok, customers' terms and due date will appear on their invoices.

 

Last Release Notes

May 24th, 2021 Release Notes

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Purchasing

New Features

Machine Purchase Order Vouchers(Beta)

We are introducing Machine PO Vouchers! This update will make it faster to receive large quantities of machines and give you more control over machine data.

First, create a Machine Purchase Order. This process has not changed. Once a PO has been created and the machines have arrived, you are ready to begin the receiving process. Click the dropdown, then Create Receiving Voucher.

The first screen is where you will decide which machines need to be received. Select the lines that need to be received, then click Add to Voucher.

You will be brought to the Machine Voucher Page.

The main sections of this page is the grid. You are able to edit information in the grid cells. In this case, lets add serial numbers to the machines.

Date fields will accept dates that follow any standard format. You can also click and drag the small box to auto-fill additional columns.

The accounting department will love this page because fees are much easier to handle.  Add a fee with the correct amount. Then choose to either capitalize the fee to the machines or book the fee to an account. In this case, we will select Capitalize to Machines. Then click Allocate to choose the allocation method.

In the example below, we would like to evenly distribute the $750 freight charge. To accomplish this, select Equal Distribution from the drop-down, and pick all three machines. Each machine will receive a $250 capitalized expense.

 

The other fee strategies that are available are Cost-Relative and Manual.

To save the voucher so that you can edit it later, click the Green Save Button. To que the voucher up to go to QuickBooks, click the Complete Voucher button.

If you find a mistake, you can always reverse the voucher by clicking Actions then Reverse.

If you would like to participate in the beta release of this new feature please submit a support ticket. We are putting together a migration schedule for companies using the old system. Once out of beta, we will reach out to schedule your migration.

Login

New Features

Multi Factor Authentication(MFA)

You may have noticed our new login page. This change was for more than just a new look. We now support Multi Factor Authentication(MFA) to help meet cyber insurance requirements. If you would like to enable MFA, please submit a support ticket.

If MFA is turned on, you will need to receive a login code. You can receive this code over email. SMS will be available in the coming weeks.

We will send you the code to input on the next page.

Work Orders

Enhancements

Accepted vs Rejected Jobs

You can see if a job was rejected or accepted on the work order PDF.

CRM Hub

Enhancements

Conversations Section

If you click on a phone number, the conversations tab will show you the ongoing conversation with the customer.

Lead Navigation

When you click on a lead it will open in a new tab. We found this makes it much easier to navigate the page.

Point of Sale

Item Price Updating

If the pricing changes for an item that is already on a sales order, we will display the gold icon below. Click the icon if you wish to update the pricing information to what is currently set on the item. This will update both list and cost.

If you have multiple lines that need to be updated, click the icon in the button bar at the top.

Last Release Notes

May 11th, 2021 Release Notes

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Customer Management

New Features

Primary Customer Contact

We want to help you set the customer contact on sales orders, rentals, and work orders. The primary customer contact will solve this problem! Notice that the contacts editor has changed. If a contact is marked as primary, it will have a green check beside it.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

To set a contact as primary, edit the contact and check the Primary Contact box.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Remember, there can only be one primary contact assigned to the customer. Once a primary contact has been selected, we will auto-fill that contact on all sales orders, rentals, and work orders. This is only a default and can be changed if needed.

Point Of Sale

New Features

Adding Models to Sales Orders

Models can be added to a sales order, quoted, then easily swapped for a machine.

To add a model to a sales order, click the Rocket and select the Quote Model tab.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Next, type in the model that you would like to add. We will autofill as much information as possible, but you can always edit any information as needed. Then click Quote.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

At this point, lets say that a quote has been given to the customer and they have accepted. Its time to associate a machine to the model. Instead of the Fulfill button you will see a Rocket. 

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Click the Rocket,  and search for the machine that you would like to link to the sale.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Once you click Associate Machine, the machine will be added to the sales order and the model will be removed automatically. At this point, you can sell that machine following your normal workflow!

Sales Order Terms & Conditions Editing

You can customize the Terms & Conditions on individual sales orders.

From a sales order, Click the details tab:

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Then, Click Settings:

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Make any changes needed to the Terms & Conditions

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Click close

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Work Orders

Enhancements

Work Order Creation

When you select Multiple on the work order creation page we will hide unnecessary information like machine hours and miles.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Machine Information Auto-Populate

If a machine has miles and/or hours, we will auto populate that information on the work order.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Bulk Labor Update

When you update a labor type on a job, you will have the option to update all previous labor on the job to the new type.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Estimate Email

We have updated the estimate email to contain the view/sign option and a PDF copy of the estimate. Previously, these came in separate emails.

Google Maps Integration

Over the past couple of weeks have been adding links to Google Maps within Flyntlok, specifically in the work order and rental systems.

If you click this icon    you can go directly to google maps where you will be given directions to your destination.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Mobile

Enhancements

Work Order Filtering

If you have a large amount of open work orders, you can use the new filter button to consolidate the list.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

CRM

New Features

Lead List Importer

We are making it easy to import lead lists that you have purchased or built. When you are ready to import a list, head over to the CRM Hub!

Click actions then Import Leads.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

From the modal, you can download the template needed to import the lead list. Once you have converted your list to our format, you can add the file and click Import.

Flyntlok Dealer Management System

Application Management

Enhancements

Performance Tab & Cost Adjustment Permissions

We have added two additional permissions to the Access Control page.

Model Creation Defaults

When a new model is created, Allow Rent and Allow Sale can be defaulted to the value you choose. The default value is no for Allow Rent and yes for Allow Sale for both fields. The default values can be changed on the Flyntlok details page.

Last Release Notes

March 16th, 2021 Release Notes

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Youtube

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Check out the latest updates to the Flyntlok Equipment Dealer Management System.

Point Of Sale

Invoice Customer Panel

We have restructured the customer panel to make it more space-conscious and moved the contact selector next to the customer selector.  Previously, the contact was selected in the details panel at the bottom of the page.

You can now designate the type of invoice and use that for reporting.

The type and location can also be encoded into the ID.  If you wish to enable this feature, please submit a support ticket.

Activity/SMS Panel

We have made it easier to add/edit notes and send SMS's from the point of sale by adding an activity panel on the lower right of the page.

 

When a customer responds, you will get a notification in the lower right of Flyntlok, and on your dashboard.

You can reply from the notification, customer dashboard, or right in the activity panel on the invoice.

Returning Dirty Cores

Previously when creating a return for a sale that includes cores, we were not populating the return sales order with the dirty core.  We updated that so you no longer have to add that manually when the customer returns with the dirty core.

Machine Owner / Bill To

We have updated the sales order PDF to reflect the machine owner if it is different than the bill-to.

Work Order

SMS Templates

You can now customize your own templates for SMS's sent from the work order system!  To configure your templates, please submit a ticket and a consultant will work with you to get them setup.

Activity/SMS Panel - Unread Activity

We have added an unread activity indicator on the activity panel. Once you open the panel, the notes will be flagged as reviewed and the indicator will be removed.

Estimates - Icons

We have added icons to the estimate section to indicate when an estimate has been emailed to your customer, and when they respond.  Look for more updates to this feature in the coming releases!

Rental

Activity/SMS Panel - Unread Activity

We have added an unread activity indicator on the activity panel.  Once you open the panel, the notes will be flagged as reviewed and the indicator will be removed.

Auto-Generated Work Orders for Rental Actions

Based on your company's settings, we will automatically create a work order at the first rental, and every subsequent check-in of a rental.  We updated this functionality to create these work orders as segmented.  In the coming release, you should be able to designate one or more job templates to be added to this style of work order.

Purchasing

Bulk Printing Labels

We moved the bulk printing of labels from the PO to the voucher.  This lets you print off a barcode label for each item you are receiving.

Accounting

Customer Accounting Settings

Previously we were updating the Accounting Email and Auto-Send setting on the customer when you re-loaded them. That caused confusion when QuickBooks Online had different data than what was set in Flyntlok. We will no longer automatically update those fields.

 


 

Last Release Notes

November 17th, 2021 Release Notes

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Youtube

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Inventory Sprint Update

Just in time for inventory counting season, we have made enhancements to Flyntlok's inventory sprint system! Our new sprint dashboard provides a better user experience, the ability to create new sprints, and view all old sprints all in one location. Links for sprint reporting can be found here as well.

The functionality of the sprint system is still the same. You create a sprint, then create plans per location with the bins to be counted, then you assign that plan to an employee for counting. One of the highlighted new features is allowing for the sprint to be a blind count. The blind count will not show the employee the quantity of the item that Flyntlok says you have. Click the following link to check out our updated sprint documentation that will walk you through using our sprint system. (Sprint Documentation)

Barcode Scanning

To make adding items to a sales order easier, when on a Flyntlok sales order, you can scan an item's barcode, and have that item populate the search with the item number. This will allow you to set the quantity and add them item without having to type in the item number!

Transfer Notifications

When a transfer was requested from your location, Flyntlok would not tell you that someone had sent this request. Now, if your profile is set to receive the transfer notifications, you will be notified when a part transfer is requested from your location, when a transfer to your location has been accepted, and when a transfer to your location has been moved to Transit status.

Linked to Pricefile

Our original wording for indicating whether or not an item was linked to the vendor's price file was confusing. We now express this in simpler terms.

Work Order Updates

Finance Sections

Previously, the finance sections of work orders were adding pricing of items on quote internal parts orders. Quotes will not be considered when calculating the finance sections.

Rejected Quotes

When an internal parts order quote has been rejected, we will indicate this in the Parts Invoices section and on the part within the job.

Sales Order PDF Updates

Vendor Short Code

An item's vendor shortcode will now be in parenthesis before the item's description on sales order PDFs.

Linked Work Order

On the final bill out of a work order, we will show the associated work order on the sales order PDF.

Customer Contact

If there has been a contact assigned to a rental or work order, we default set that contact on any sales order created for billing and show the contact information on the PDF.

Special Order Asterisk

We have brought back the asterisk that appears next to an item's description on the sales order PDF to indicate if a part was special ordered.

Sales Order Machine Description

When selling a machine, we default populate the description on the sales order with the description of the machine. We can now set you up to have the long description of the machine default to what shows on the sales order. This will show any options or default configurations that you have associated with the machine to the customer.

Last Release Notes

September 22nd, 2021 Release Notes

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