Repetitive/Process Manufacturing Enhancements 

Just in Time Planning in MRP
Flow Order (Schedule) System
Production Scheduling Workbench
Line Support for Schedules and Capacity
Enhanced Inventory Movement Support
Backflushing of Material
Simplified Production/Labor Reporting
Transit Time Enhancement
Production Management Reports 

Multi-Plant Enhancements 

Inter-Plant/Division Inventory Transfer
Corporate Consolidated Financials
Divisional Cost Variance
Centralized Distribution
Centralized MPS/Rough Cut 

DISTRIBUTION HIGHLIGHTS 

Full Order Pricing
Promotional Pricing
User Defined Order Type/Post Billing Processing
Open Order Reporting Enhancements
Order Entry and Maintenance
Customer Quotations
Bookings Reporting
Auto PO Creation From MRP 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 

General Ledger 

Menu Master Implementation
Enhanced Allocations Capability
Enhanced Report Writer Capability
On-line Financial Analysis Workbench
Foreign Currency Conversion 

Accounts Payable 

Additional Check Overflow Options
Additional Check Print Sequence Options
Additional Payment Selection Criteria
Memo Text for Vendors and Invoices
Discount Analysis Report
New Trial Balance Report
Easy Payment Cancellation
Landed Cost - See Purchasing Enhancement
Increased Price Field Size 

Accounts Receivable 

Memo Text for Customers
New Trial Balance Report
Corporate Statements
Increased Price Field Size 

Payroll 

Menu Master Implementation
Alternate Withholding Feature
Enhanced 401(k) Calculation Capabilities
Enhanced Shift Premium Capabilities
User Control of Vacation/Sick Accruals
Union/Class Rate File
On Demand Check Processing
Full Time/Part Time Tracking
Mass Timecard Entry
Mass Deduction Entry
Payroll Edit Report
Enhanced Check History Inquiry
Direct Deposit
Deduction Backlog 

Human Resources

Menu Master Implementation

Version 8.1 Product Upgrade, July 12, 1989 

FORECASTING INTEGRATION WITH VS 8 

Provides internal transfer capabilities from the Forecasting application to the Distribution Requirements Planning and the Master Production Scheduling applications.  Users can enter and maintain forecasts and following approval, transfer the results to the DRP and MRP applications in either a single or multi-plant environment. 

DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS PLANNING LINK TO PURCHASING 

Users can review planned replenishment orders for purchased items directly from the Purchasing application.  Requisitions can be created from planned orders either in total as a single command or by selectively combining and deleting orders prior to conversion to requisitions. 

CAPACITY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS REPORTING 

Provides capabilities to summarize loads by subsections of the work center field as defined through system control.  Provides new inquiry and report formats to facilitate analyses of load by day over various groupings and through time. 

VALUE-ADDED-TAXATION 

New features to provide additional capability to calculate, record and report VAT for the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Benelux countries. 

GENERAL LEDGER REBUILD 

A significant performance enhancement that will allow users to control, by accounting period, the posting of general ledger transactions to the general ledger summary file.

Version 8.2 Product Upgrade, May 18,1990 

MANUFACTURING PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS 

Repetitive/Process Manufacturing

Production Scheduling Workbench (PS) Enhancements 

Accept MPS Orders as Input
Create MPS Order From PSW Add
Support Flow Order Schedule Offsets
Perform Shift-Level Scheduling
Perform Alternate Line Scheduling for Released Flow Orders (RFO) and Finned Flow Orders (FFO)
Provide an Enhanced Line Impacts Display
Provide Upper Date Limit for Released and Firmed Flow Orders
Add Ease of Use - Users can add (insert) products to the production line schedule at any point on the PSW screen. 
Potency (Active Ingredient) Processing 
The addition of Potency Processing to the Purchasing, Inventory control Shop Floor and Product
Structure 
Soft Bill Maintenance for Flow Orders 
Flow Order Pegging for Consolidated Pick 

Other Manufacturing Enhancements 

Lot Testing

Batch Production Transaction Processing Enhancements

Support Crew Labor Reporting
Allow By-Product Reporting
Disconnect Labor Reporting from Production Reporting 
MPS Order Purge 
Multiple Units of Measure and Quantity Rounding in inventory control and Shop Floor 
Product Structure Enhancements
Duplicate Components allowed
Zero Quantity Per allowed 

Cycle Counting/Physical Inventory Enhancements

Manual ABC Classification
Improved ABC Analysis
Automated Accounting Warehouse Write-off 

Cross Applications (System-Wide) Product Enhancements 

Journal Management Function
System Control Strategic Maintenance
Menu Master Enhancements
Added Online Help to the AS/400 Version.
Added New Error Message Processing.
Added a System Control Inquiry and Enhanced the Existing Audit Report. 

Menu Master Enhancements 

Hot Key (Attention Key Processing)
Option Level Security
Menu Maintenance - Maintenance time is reduced through the use of tine insert and delete capability.
Flexible Group Job Sets
User Profile Copy Capability
Call Programs From Menu Master Driver Program 

FINANCIAL PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS

Accounts Payable 

Accrued Accounts Payable Reporting
Standard Account Distribution Sets
Non-Check Payment Processing
System generated Voucher Numbers
Invoice Registration (Received but not approved) and Pending Approval Report
Enhanced Inquiry
Value Added Tax (VAT) Purchase Differentiation
Reporting - VAT enhancement
VAT Adjustment
GL Purchases Reporting 

General Ledger

Multi-Currency Consolidation
ail transactions 

Fixed Assets 

Redesigned Menus
GL Option to post journal entries to interface file
Online Validation of General Ledger Account Numbers
Reporting - Post to an accumulated depreciation account at any organization level in the General Ledger. 

Accounts Receivable 

Ability to Issue Negotiable Bank Draft Identification or Check Reversals and Adjustments
Corrections and Minor Enhancements to multi-currency processing capabilities. 

DISTRIBUTION PRODUCT ENHANCEMENTS

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Batch Order Entry
High Volume Order Processing
Kit Processing
Supplemental Orders - Additional Default Orders
Enhanced Allocation Support
Automatic Pick Slip Release
Enhanced Order Inquiries
Enhanced Alphanumeric Search Capabilities
Supersede and Substitution Logic
Gross Margin Report
Distribution Available to Promise Inquiry
Enhanced Order Inquiries
Enhanced Alphanumeric Search Capabilities