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Phoenix for Windows
Version 3 is scheduled to be released on Friday March 22,
2002. This release contains many new features that are
sure to add value to your operation.
Here
are some of the highlights of this release:
New
– Employee short/Over history report. This report gives you
the ability to look at an employee’s cash drawer short and
over amounts over a time period. This is an excellent report
to spot trends and to put a stop to theft of cash.
Improved
– A new “Quick Employee Login” function was created so
that your employees can login to the system faster by simply
typing their password. This is helpful when you have employees
login before each transaction.
Improved
– Cascade Searching at Transactions – When typing in an ID
number, the system will look a more fields to make a match and
will even perform a partial match on some fields. This is
helpful if you want to type in the customers phone number
without area code. The order the system searches is:
-
Customer
ID (exact match)
-
Driver’s
License (exact match)
-
SSN
(exact match)
-
Home
Phone (Close match)
-
Authorized
Renter ID (exact match)
-
Customer
Name (exact and close matches)
-
Authorized
name (exact and close matches)
When
the system finds multiple accounts that match the information
entered, a window is displayed to allow the clerk to pick the
correct account. This cascade search scans both the customer
database and the authorized renter database.
New
– A rental product case label report. This report
creates the common case labels for VHS product and uses Avery
5261 labels to print on. The layout is user
configurable.
New
– The system will now generate an Audit Entry whenever the
system time has been adjusted from the Windows desktop. This
will help catch employees setting the time back before logging
into the system to avoid you noticing that they were
late.
Improved
– Now when renting to a customer that has inventory out from
a previous transaction, a window will pop up alerting the
clerk of the outstanding rental products. The title and date
rented appear on the screen so that the clerk can remind the
customer about those items.
New
– Late Fee (ADR) adjustment percentage – A new field has
been created to set limits on how far a late fee can be
adjusted. This percentage allows the clerk to adjust the late
fee upward or downward by the percentage. The system allows
you to set a percentage for each employee, that way your
managers can have a different (higher) adjustment rate than
your front line employees.
Improved
– A larger change due window can be turn on to pop-up in the
bottom right hand corner of the screen to draw attention to
the amount the clerk is to give the customer.
New
– A new prompt has been created to help your clerks sell
more of your rental product. For rental product that is marked
rent and sell, a small bubble (window) is displayed next to
the line item that will show how much more the customer would
have to pay to purchase the rental product (verses renting) as
well as the total purchase price of the item. This will
encourage your clerks to ask the customer if they would like
to purchase the movie for just a few dollars more and have the
exact amount right in front of them. |
