The following explains the changes to Epicor Eagle™ Telecommunications for Windows on level 24.2506 (Eagle for Windows level 11.5038). For additional information about a particular enhancement listed below, click on the blue underlined text associated with it. To return to this page, click the Back button.
Do it Best EFM will now update the "To Be Discontinued" field in the Do it Best Catalog. Prior to this change, this field was not being updated.
ERP will now add new items automatically to the Inventory file for TruServ and Do it Best Corp. (Ace already has this capability). When you download the electronic invoice, items on the invoice that don’t exist in the Inventory file but do exist in the Eagle catalog will be added to Inventory. The items will also be added to the target purchase order if the "Append To Target PO?" field in ERP is set to Yes. To use this feature, you must answer Yes to the option "Add Items To Inventory" on the ERP screen. The added items will print in the "Extra Item Added" section of the ERP Exception Report. A new Exception Report option, Option I is available to suppress the printing of the added items.
If you use ACENET to place Drop Ship orders, you can now download Reverse purchase orders (Drop Ship orders) from Ace via Electronic File Maintenance (EFM) and the system will automatically create a PO in the Purchasing and Receiving window. This means you don't have to spend time manually creating Reverse purchase orders. Before downloading Reverse purchase orders for the first time, you must do the following setup:
Call ACE Electronic Services at 1-800-777-6797 and tell them to turn on the "Drop Ship PO Hotsheet Flag" for your store(s).
Modify the ACEEFM control stream for each store by adding "RPOACE" to the first blank line at the end of the control stream. Adding RPOACE will cause EFM to display the "Electronic Reverse PO Transmission Screen." Each time EFM is processed, the system will process any purchase order files that are available.
There is a new option in ERP, "Use A-Copy To" option "P," that downloads the electronic invoice to the Eagle system without posting to the purchase order. Instead, option "P" prints out a copy of the entire invoice, not just exceptions, in a format that matches the True Value Member Retail Invoice (MRI) that arrives with the merchandise delivery. Like the MRI, option "P" prints an invoice that contains True Value category breakdowns and fill code information that provides you with detailed order and billing information. Having this information before a shipment arrives gives you time to react to the various order fill conditions. Note: after reviewing the MRI report, you will need to run ERP with "Use A-Copy" Option "R", to post the electronic invoice file to the purchase order.
REPM Enhancement
A new selection under the True Value Telecommunication Menu, "Delete Promotions," lets you delete a True Value promotion file. Prior to this enhancement, you had to use REPM on the "classic" Eagle system to remove True Value promotion files. Also, the Direct Mail/Sequence# dropdown list has been enlarged to show the complete promotion description.
EFM Cost Change Validation
If a cost change is downloaded via EFM without a corresponding retail change, the system will perform an additional check before adding the new cost to the price change file. If the new cost is greater than the item’s Retail Price in Inventory, the new cost will be divided by the Order Multiple of the item. This value will then be added to the price change file.