BBL software version 8 to 9 updates

BBL WinPOS© version 8.xx to version 9 Feature List

Highlights

  • Debit card support with Verifone Pinpads and PCCharge
  • New reports, i.e. Inventory Sales Thru, Event Rental Performance
  • New optional closing routines & reports focusing on cash control
  • Improved Rental member registration for WinTPOS© module
  • PO numbers may be manually assigned to POs
  • Events may be individually deleted
  • Receipts may be automatically faxed via Microsoft Fax software (included in Windows)
  • Many new rental features for WinTPOS© module

Bridal only Features

  • Clicking on the Qty to Order in Retail Inventory will show the stock order items on orders, and show the details
  • Customer interests are now supported. Any prospect interests are carried to the customer, and the user can enter new interests directly on the customer.
  • Descriptions can be added to size charts.
  • Enhanced support for rental using the WinBPS module. If a style code is called RENTAL, it won’t go into pickup inventory when it’s returned from the customer.
  • New Purchase Order print option that prints all items for an event on a single PO for each vendor
  • Purchase Order numbers can be manually assigned when PO’s are printed
  • Purchase Order report can now filter by any confirm date, no confirm date, or a confirm date range
  • The Self-Service web site can now be automatically published via FTP to any web server
  • Sales Thru -Report. A new powerful report with a lot of sales information on a per inventory style/size. Provides sales volume trends and provides an insight of what inventory quantities are required for selling out of stock inventory within a season

 

Bridal & Tuxedo features

  • Bride and groom emails now shown on the Prospect Listing Report
  • Complete overhaul of the register/store closing system. Closings can be done for the entire store, or register by register. Cash count screen, e-check and credit card count. Supports retained cash in drawer, petty cash increase or decrease. Prints a register closing worksheet. Prints a manager closing summary report. Prints a deposit summary report
  • Employee schedule form now shows the total number of hours scheduled as the schedule is created
  • Employees can now review their time cards on-screen during clock in or clock out
  • Events can now be deleted, with audit trail
  • Markdowns can now have start and end dates, as well as fixed markdown amounts. System can optionally require use the markdown codes to add markdowns to tickets, enforcing consistency
  • New Event Store Credits tender type which totals all the store credits on the event and lets the sales associate use them for any other members
  • Fax button on ticket form lets you fax a receipt utilizing the Microsoft windows Fax server software and a fax modem
  • New closing report shows changes to Retained cash amounts during closing
  • Now prints/exports emails via the Prospect Worksheet Report
  • Physical inventory now supports a freeze, where the QOH is frozen at the start of the physical, so if items are sold during the physical they can be automatically subtracted from the count so your ending totals are correct
  • Shows quantity on issued stock orders in inventory for each SCW
  • Support for a new tender type of E-checks. Which are checks that are electronically deposited in your bank account via a check reader. (Check readers are standalone terminals and that equipment is not directly supported by WinPOS©)
  • WinPOS© supports DEBIT card transactions with Verifone pinpad via PCCharge
  • New prospect closing report

 

Tuxedo only features

  • Added a Pickup Order button to Rental Order form
  • Added Account Revenue report that shows, for each store: # of orders, total $ collected for those orders, with columns for # of damage waivers, % of orders. w/ damage. # of exchanges, % of orders /w exchange and forfeit security deposit
  • Control whether orders can be assembled on Sat or Sun, and automatically force assembly to Friday if necessary
  • Enhanced rental order confirmation form, allows entry of costs, vendors, can be filtered by store
  • Late fees report now optionally shows cancelled late fees, with % cancelled and % collected
  • Measurements button on Rental Order form show the measurements entered on the customer
  • Minimum payment or security deposit can be configured for rental orders so rentals without the minimum deposit will be held from production. Reports can optionally display those orders with a deposit
  • New Account Forecast Report, groups by retail/wholesale + pickup location, Wedding, Non-Wedding, Members w/ No Deposit, Members w/ Deposit, Total, Average per event, single, expected revenue, expected revenue from orders w/ deposit, expected revenue from orders w/o deposit
  • New Bulk Laundry Tag printing, clerk can scan a serial #, enter tag details and print a laundry tag easily
  • New Detailed Invoice format, includes order #, styles, sizes and serial #s
  • New Rental Orders Pricing/Margin Report that shows the actual margins on rental orders
  • New system setting for the # of copies for packing slips and invoice
  • Assembles directly to Received status, if order is assembled at Pickup store
  • WinPOS© can recap the rental order detail on the packing slip
  • Supports Return by Order at the plant, in addition to existing return by serial #
  • Overbooking’s now shows the total quantity of items on stock replenishment POs
  • Rental Order now prompts for an exchange reason when orders are exchanged, and a new Exchange Report shows a breakdown of exchange reasons by store and by sales associate
  • Rental sizes of rental inventory can be added on the fly to the SCW form while in the Rental Inventory sizes form
  • Rental Security deposits or partial payments applied to a order’s ticket show on rental order form
  • Styles changed after the picking ticket has been printed are now highlighted on the reprinted picking ticket and blink on the assembly form
  • The Rental Order form now shows whether each item is overbooked or not
  • The Rental Order form now shows whether the minimum deposit is paid, and the balance due
  • The user can override the security deposit/partial payment requirement on rental orders, with auditing
  • User now warned if they change the date on an order where the new dates might require an extra charge
  • You can control what WinTPS© automatically does when you save an order: take a payment, security deposit, go to the ticket, or nothing
  • You can now go from the rental order to the ticket and back to the rental order
  • Added an Assemble Order button to Rental Order form to quick assemble orders
  • New enhanced overbooking calculations that gives priority to orders created first
  • New Event Order button on the event that allows the quick creation of a new rental order for the event which is significantly faster than using the event members wizard for random event members, i.e. prom rentals or corporate functions
  • New Rental Performance Report, printed directly from the Event form. Shows the breakdown of units rented by style code (% and total), for any selected item types. Also shows a comparison with the performance from the last year
  • Also breaks down the markdowns given for the event. Perfect for analyzing prom performance
  • Now display the security deposits needed for the next four days on the closing form
  • Now shows balance due for each order on the Rental tab of the Event form
  • Supports Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana for drivers license swipe to auto-fill customer and new event order record
  • The Detail Rental Event Report can be grouped by event type and now has a summary mode.

Appointment

  • Appointment and scheduling reports now can be limited to a specific store in our multi-store optional module
  • The groom’s name is no longer required on the appointment entry

Multi-store

  • Now shows store details when editing GL transactions directly
  • Now supports Global system settings that span all stores. Store settings are now accessible from the stores/accounts form. This is huge for large multi-store chains
  • Remote payments: Payments can be taken at one store for a ticket owned by another store
  • Store lookup can filter on wholesale vs. retail, on store class, and on region
  • Stores can now be grouped into regions
  • Rental styles can now be transferred between stores with multi-store option