Small Business Inventory Control Pro
($259.00 USD)

Whats New in SBIC 8.0

System
Support Windows Vista operating system
All new semi-inductive user interface
New fresh looking dialog boxes with helpful descriptive text
New large and updated icons for running commands
Entirely new database interface
User login/logout interface
New smart-barcode interface on PO creation, Invoices, and other areas of the software
New database structure
New tax features allow for many more options for how tax calculations are performed

Customers
Added an Account # field as alternative to Customer ID
Added default Terms field
Added default Price Level field
Added a preffered shipping method field
Added a default taxgroup field
Added toggle for flagging account as inactive
Added toggle for flagging account as On Hold


Inventory
Added drop list for item locations
Added Manufacturer field
Added Model field
Added separate UPC number field
Added toggle to discontinue from ordering
Added toggle to discontinue from selling
Added separate Vendor SKU field
Added stock units vs. order units
Changed Reorder Quantity to Target Quantity
Added four additional pricing levels
Item images are now stored in the database rather than just linked
New command to easily reconcile inventory after physical count
Create a new item from copy of existing item
Item images are now stored in the database, eliminating the need to share folders.


Vendors
Added website field
Added a preferred shipping method field
Added email fields for vendor contacts
Added Terms field
Added Tax Group field
Added toggle to mark vendor as inactive

Sales
Streamlined invoicing interface to save time
Customer payment screen has been enhanced to allow multiple payment types per invoice


Purchasing
Modified PO screen and made it more straightforward
Added Shipping Method to PO
Added Terms to PO
Added Reference field to PO
Added separate Ship To information to PO
Added Tax Group field to PO
Streamlined AutoOrder for PO, making it a one-click utility (no step through)
Ability to modify the Item description on a PO lineitem
Added Vendor SKU as a separate field on the PO lineitem
Added shipping charges field to PO
Create a new PO from a copy of an existing PO
Delete PO command added

Receiving
Streamlined Auto-Receive (no more step-through)
Quickly enter receive qauntities via grid interface
Qucikly adjust receiving costs via grid interface
Added ability to disperse freight charges among all received items
Streamlined the Undo Received Order

What's New in SBIC 7.0

• Small Business Inventory Control now supports being run from a server. Previously, SBIC had to be installed on each separate workstation. In multi-user environments, running from a server can ease upgrade deployment as well as report maintenance.
• Added the ability to print Code 39 barcode labels (Professional Version Only)
• Added the ability to print vendor mailing labels (Professional Version Only)
• Added the ability to print item pricing labels (Professional Version Only)
• Added the ability to print customer mailing and shipping labels (Professional Version Only)
• Menus have been streamlined for more direct navigation. It is now much easier to locate commands based on the new menu names and locations.Added a new mechanism for all search screens. It has a consistent look and offers searching based on multiple criteria as well as wildcard searching. This capability has been added when searching for Customers, Items, Vendors, Purchase Orders, and Invoices.
• You can now act on any type of information regardless of which listing screen is active. For example, if you are currently viewing customers, you can choose the Modify Item command and search for the item to modify.
• A new License Information screen has been added and is located under the Setup menu. This indicates how many licenses your organization is authorized to run. The software will look to this information when it is launched to aid you in conforming to your license agreements.
• Added searching capability for invoices when running the Customer Payments command from the menu. The command now allows you to search for an invoice by several fields, including invoice number, customer ID, date, sales person, company, zip, phone number and more.
• You are now able to locate Purchase Orders to manage by date, Vendor, PO number, etc.
• Cleaner User Interface
• A separate shipping address for customers has been added. All report templates have been updated to reflect the addition.
• Customer addresses now contain a field for Country. All report templates have been updated to reflect the addition.
• Customer phone number has been added to the Manage Invoice screen and also to the default Invoice report template
• With this version of Small Business Inventory Control, we have switched over to a new help system that will enable us to keep documentation up to date with the software changes in a more timely fashion
• Sometimes an erroneous error stating "You must enter an integer" would appear on the Assemble Final Products Screen. This problem has been fixed.
• Several minor defects that existed in the previous version have been corrected for this version

What's New in SBIC 6.0

• Ability to sell "out of stock" items. Doing so will mark the specified items as "committed" and will be resolved when the next order is received.
• Many of the project settings have been moved into the database itself, making it easier to consistently manage multi-user setups. This also allows you to track inventories for multiple companies.
• Column orders in all list views can now be changed via the Customize Columns command.
• When building assemblies, the required components and required quantities are now displayed. Limiting components are visibly marked.
• Drastic performance increases when refreshing the screen and changing between folders and filters
• Item numbers are now checked for duplicates before adding
• When creating a bundle or assembly, you are now prompted immediately with the option to define the components
• Several issues with non-US currencies have been resolved.

What's New in SBIC 5.5

• Ability to track serial numbers for items (Professional Version Only)
• Create customized reports via a desktop publishing style interface from our preset data sources (Professional Version Only)
• Modify any of the standard report layouts shipped with SBIC (Professional Version Only)
• Ability to export inventory database to Microsoft Access 97database format (Professional Version Only)
• Quick email to a customer (Professional Version Only)
• Ability to change modes to a more bar-code friendly input format - Order and Invoice entry are entered via item numbers rather than existing drop lists (Professional Version Only)
• Ability to specify floating point (fractional) quantities
• Weight tracking now added for items
• Image association now added for items
• Inventory methods (FIFO/LIFO) can be assigned per-item rather than per-project
• Support for physical assemblies as well as bundled items (kits)
• Local option sales tax tracking
• New item entry interface
• Ability to track non-depleting items
• Discounts on invoice line items can now be calculated
• Special filter option on Invoice Manager to only list invoices for a specified customer
• Special filter option on Customer Payment Manager to only list invoices for a specified customer
• Special filter option on PO Manager to only list PO's for a specified vendor
• Ability to add vendors on the fly while creating new items
• Ability to add items on the fly while recording sales or orders
• Automatically defaults salesperson on invoices to current user name (can be changed on the fly)
• Ability to change colors of "explorer" windows in software for a nicer look and feel
• User interface changes made to accommodate longer item names and numbers
• Use of new reporting engine for nicer looking reports
• Standard reports are now launched in external report viewer so it doesn't interfere with current inventory views
• Ability to zoom in and out of standard reports viewed on-screen
• Sales tax report added

What's New in SBIC 4.5

• The following is a list of new features and enhancements that have been added to SBIC 4.0.
• Addition of Global Item Adjust command to adjust cost, selling price, and markup % to multiple items
• Addition of new Item Sales Analysis quick report
• Ability to filter by user defined fields
• Ability to include user defined fields in custom reports
• Minor changes in format of Purchase Order report
• Minor changes in format of Invoice
• Addition of date range criteria for Customer Sales Analysis report
• Addition of dispatch address to Packing Slip
• The following is a list of known issues corrected in this release:
• Invoice Tax Rate rounding errors fixed
• All numeric lists are now ordered numerically
• MFC toolbar registry corruption issues have been resolved
• Only printing 1st page when Auto-Preview setting is on