Windowmaker 2021

Year 2020 has been tough and challenging due to the pandemic. To erase the bad memories of 2020 and to ring in a better, healthier, and prosperous New Year, we have named this version Windowmaker 2021.

Customer Special Terms

It is now possible to disallow Systems, Option Answers, Glazing and Parts for specified Order Type and customer(s). This is useful e.g. to limit choices available to Dealers.

Dashboards

The new dashboards display key statistics for each department.

This will:

• Assist management decision-making with real time, easy to understand data
• Motivate staff making key metrics readily available

History

History information of sales quote/order is now more accessible and easily visible in list views.

This will:

• Empower staff with all the latest information regarding every quote and order
• Improve accountability for all actions taken by the fabricator and their customer
• Reduce staff workload and increase productivity
• Go paperless by attaching hand-written documents

Part Images on Reports

Reports can now show profile cross-section/fittings images. This helps in easily identifying correct parts e.g. by operators at the shop floor to pick profiles from racks.

WINDOWMAKER DEALER CLIENT

A state-of-the-art solution for dealers to estimate and send professional quotations to customers. Make dealers more efficient and productive, and dramatically expand your sales.

NEW REPORTS

New reports that make your day-to-day business operations smoother.

STOCK CONTROL

The new Stock Check facility makes stock reconciliation task simpler.

This release involved some issues fixed.

Options defaults per user

You can now set Options/Answers as default/auto/hidden for different users like Sales, Dealer etc. to make order entry simpler and faster.

Quote Pricing

When overriding quote price with a negotiated price, it is now optional to apply resulting discount to Pricing Extras. (e.g. Installation and other service charges)

Entrance Doors

Windowmaker now handles Entrance Doors with numerous cut-outs with various sizes & shapes.

Windows Server 2019

Windowmaker is now supported to run on Windows Server 2019 operating system.

Pricing Extras

It is now possible to recalculate Price and Disc. % of Pricing Extras independently. This helps e.g. to recalculate the Price but retain a previously negotiated Discount.

Customer Special Terms

For a Customer you can specify Options' defaults. These take precedence when creating a Sales Quote for that Customer. This could be very useful for Trade customers, dealers and builders. Specifying defaults means quicker quote entry and less chances of inadvertent errors.

Windload Calculations

It is now possible to set-up more than one Wind Pressure type Option. This might be required, to use different options say for managing uPVC and aluminium systems.

Quote/Order Reports

The program now allows to automatically email designated report(s) when the status of a Quote/Order is progressed.

Link to QuickBooks

Windowmaker can now synchronize with QuickBooks installed on a different computer connected through a LAN.

Survey and Installation Scheduling

The program allows to set-up 999 teams for Survey & Installation.

Reports

The program now allows to automatically print relevant reports when an order is progressed to a specified status.

System - Features

The program now helps you further filtering out designs that are not possible with a system and changes with an appropriate design available instead

Export/Import Updates

Export/Import Updates are now available for systems, sub-systems and Part matrices

Stock Control

Track the status of your purchases with a new ‘Purchase Order Status’ report.

Special Terms

Edit Discount % or Total Nett value of Base price (excluding extras) directly from Special Terms dialog.

Cost Matrices

Updating the Cost Matrices using CSV files is now made more flexible.

Performance

Improvements while creating sales quotes/orders; accessing customers list; generating reports and scheduling orders

Barcodes

Support to Code39 barcode format added

Crystal Reports

Windowmaker products to withdraw support for several deprecated User Defined Functions in near future

Revisions

Recalculating the prices with each revision much easier now!

Reports

Aesthetic changes made to the standard Windowmaker reports to make them more user-friendly

Setting Favorites - Entrance Doors

Set frequently used Door Styles, Door Slabs and Glass inserts as Favorites, making it quick to spot and select for order entry

Costheads

Costheads set-up now shows many more columns. Columns can be removed or added from the Column Chooser.

Products: Active/Inactive

Windowmaker now allows to set products as Inactive. This makes data maintenance easier and order entry faster

Link to Saw

Windowmaker now links to Kaban HB2010 double mitre saw

This release involved major issues fixed.

Glazing

Maintenance of Glazing records and options made a lot easier

Design Summary

The report now includes Plan graphics for bays, system & glazing descriptions, and specified option answers

Delivery Scheduling & Tracking

Deliveries now show Sales Lines categorized into “In Despatch” and “Not In Despatch”, making it easier to move them to separate Deliveries

Windows Server 2016 for Windowmaker

Windowmaker now supported to run on Windows Server 2016 operating system

Glazing: Set-up

The program now allows to set-up Process (Spacer) for sealed units

Elevations

Windowmaker now shows property location, reference, room, quantity, size, system and description as a tooltip on mouse-over on Elevations tab

Link to Working Centre

Windowmaker can now link to Murat SC 220-40 Working Centre

Commercial Contracts II

It is now possible to progress Phased Orders in Stages. Each stage can be independently manufactured, delivered and/or installed

Excel-based Rules

Calculate BOM through rules written in Microsoft Excel.

Bar Optimisation III

Windowmaker now allows variable bar length optimisation even if scheduling options are not available.

Crystal Reports

The software now allows to include/exclude Multiline Text in Customer Documents (Quotation, Order Acknowledgement and Invoice) and Production Document

NFRC Labels

A standard NFRC Labels report is now available. It generates a label for each frame, in a production batch, that is NFRC certified

Pricing - Extras

Pricing Extras categories have been increased from 3 to 10.

Surveying

A report is now available to export details of a Sales Order that needs to be surveyed, to a CSV file.

Link to Welder

The program can now link to URBAN AKS1805 welder.