COMMANDseries: CSO8 Version 2.12

CS08 2.12 is now available and ready for installation. This version of the software should serve to support your spring/summer upgrade cycle and provides full support for you to take the next step in expanding your systems and increasing your efficiency. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest COMMANDseries has to offer by contacting your Technical Account Manager at cmdservice@commandalkon.com. CS08 2.12 includes the following enhancements. For more details on any item please review the Release Notes on the User Gateway at users.commandalkon.com.

COMMANDseries now provides greater control over the Plant/ Zone and Plant/Zone/Cartage category cartage charges. A new field, Plant/Zone Cartage Charge Rate Pricing, has been added.

Standard file import functions have been updated to generate more detailed messages during table import.

• The Inventory Cost Adjustment routine can now up date G/L records. A new inventory transaction type,Cost Adjustment, has been created. This type will only be valid if Standard Cost is used. Reports and posting routines have been updated accordingly.
• The Optimizer has been updated so as to not schedule orders for drivers with Call-In times until that driver’s actual Call-In time arrives, even if they have already punched in.
• The Optimizer has been updated to identify trucks that are In Service but that do not have a Driver Call- In Status record (DRCI).
• Constituent-level trim adjustment functionality has been added which will enable companies to manage admix designs at a central level (COMMANDseries), as opposed to a plant level (via the existing COMMANDbatch functionality).
• A new field, Allow Pre-Ticketing Truck Multiple Times, has been added to the Configuration-Dispatch tab. The new dropdown field (Enable/Disable) gives you the ability to allow dispatchers to pre-ticket a given truck multiple times.
• Users can now add Zones to an order for a Map Page that has no assigned zones.
• COMMANDseries now supports a direct interface to transmit Driver Call-in data to ScheduleCom.
• When a user edits an existing order, Credit Checking will only be invoked if specific fields are changed.

COMMANDseries: CS08 Version 3.9 CS08 3.9 is now available for customers running the Version 3 product. This version of the software should serve to support your spring/summer upgrade cycle and provides full support for you to take the next step in expanding your systems and increasing your efficiency. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest CS08 v3 has to offer by contacting Jason Brabham at jbrabham@commandalkon.com.

CS08 3.8 includes the following enhancements. For more details on any items, please review the Release Notes on the User Gateway at users.commandalkon.com.

Validate Reused Concrete - When a truck returns with concrete on board, that concrete can be reused on the truck’s next load. COMMANDseries now validates the reused concrete against several parameters to ensure that it can be safely used with the newly batched mix. Surcharge to Accommodate Pumped Concrete Discount – Allows you to offer your customers a discount on certain pumping surcharges if they purchase a certain amount of material pumping. For example, if your customer needs 100m3 pumped, you can opt to include 20m3 of the pumping fee in the pump placement charge, so the customer will only be charged for 80m3 of the total amount.

Record Sampled Tickets- Plant operators often prepare production samples of concrete mixes for quality control when a batch is completed or when they receive results from off-site testing. COMMANDseries has been enhanced to mark delivery tickets from which samples were taken, and to send this information electronically to COMMANDqc.

Quote/Contract Integration – Lets you associate Quotes and Jobs with new and existing “Deliver To” records. You can now create “Deliver To” records directly from a Quote or a Job. Jobs and Quotes can have multiple “Deliver To” records and single Deliver To records can have multiple Jobs and Quotes. “Deliver To” records can be created alongside Job and Quote creation, or imported from a third-party system.

Price Discount Authority Applied To Trade Discounts - Logic similar to the User Level Price Discounts has been applied to Trade Discounts to help control the amount or percent of Trade Discounts a user can apply to a Customer or Project.

Hauler/Driver Contract and License Expirations – Allows you to enter beginning and ending expiration dates for Hauler/ Driver Contracts (HDCs) and hauler licenses so your company can set up various HDCs and licenses with differing rules and rates. With these dates entered, you can easily tell which contracts are valid, which ones are expired, and which ones are about to expire.

Assigning Mixes To Technical Classes - Allows certain concrete classes and specifications to be associated with concrete technical products. When QC staff subsequently attempt to link specific mix designs with a technical product at a location, the system will validate the mix design against the classes and specifications.