- The Cart 2.0 Inventory relationship item dropdown listing and the Cart Check out page were enhanced to support stock check feature.
- The Cart 2.0 Add button in the Item List Page and Add to Cart button in Item Detail Page were enhanced to recognize the Inventory Allow Back Order override flag. This allows a specific item to be added to a cart based on set criteria despite being out of or low in stock.
- The Cart 2.0 for the Customer was enhanced to have an ability to upgrade to Rep directly from the shopping cart.
- The Cart 2.0 was updated to only associate a new online # id when necessary. This will improve the tracking of closed orders.
- The Cart 2.0 was enhanced to include child items to the “what’s available to be displayed in the cart” list so that they will no longer be flagged as unavailable in country.
- The Duplicate Customer email setting was updated to support logging into the Cart 2.0 with accounts using duplicate email addresses.
- In Promotions, the Fixed Price Extended and Order Line Discount Promotion actions were enhanced by adding the Compare Multiplier, Handling Fee Multiplier or Apply Retained Earnings fields to allow users to configure Promotions for party rewards.
- The Rep Purge Process was enhanced to allow the user to pre-generate a list of Rep’s to be purged by capitalizing on the Rep Collection feature of Freedom.
- The login functionality was enhanced to allow clients to log out of the BackOffice from any page and still acquire the pages when they log in.
- Real time volume calculations were enhanced for speed.
- A new optional field in Inventory was introduced to allow configuring a Return Taxable Amount value, which offers greater control for return orders processing.
- The inventory listing displayed in the Back Office’s New and Edit AutoShip Profile pages were sped up by showing a more relevant list of inventory items.
- Revolution’s logging audits were improved to include AutoShip Profiles edits.
- Revolution group synchronization was optimized to ensure all reps will have the ability to log in to revolution.
- The Bonus Genealogy Upline report and the Downgrade To Customer process were optimized to improve server performance.
- Compensation Plan Dynamic Engine was upgraded to improve processing by considering additional calculation dependencies when multiple period types (such as weekly, monthly, etc.) are used.
- The performance of the Dynamic Engine was optimized to provide more efficient run times and scalability.
- The AutoShip Build Report was updated to handle on-screen display of Multiple BCs better.
- The “Sales by Date Posted” report was enhanced to include the Order date.
- For clarity purposes, our terminology referencing “Online Order #” is being replaced w/ the term “Cart #”. The first of reports have started being converted.
Meet David Thompson
Senior Commissions Analyst
David grew up in Tampa, FL, actually not too far from ByDesign headquarters. He also spent some time in Sydney Australia where his interest for technology took off. He completed a degree in Computer Science and next thing you know he started working with ByDesign.
For the last 7+ years, his area of focus has been commissions and everything related to bonuses. Often providing valuable feedback and looking for ways to maximize the opportunities for your business when designing your compensation plan. From modifying your existing plan to helping you implement a new compensation plan, his insight into this area has made him a subject matter expert.
You would have never guessed that he is also one mean drummer. Not afraid to take the stage, he has played at international televised events viewed by over 1 million people! That’s only second nature to David since he has been drumming for more than twenty years and regularly plays for his local church on Sunday mornings. You may also catch him at a local park where he does drone racing or just chills out, enjoying precious family time with his wife and two daughters, Jasmin (pic) and Violet.
Next time you talk to David, beware, he may drumroll some notes into your compensation plan.
Back Office Improvements
As we reimagine Back Office 2.0 on the new SOA architecture, we are challenging the status quo of every screen. Our team wants to hear from you regarding the feature-rich, and perhaps too complicated “Create Return Order” process. This page is highly configurable and robust. Are you interested in guiding us in making the page simpler, powerful, and more user-friendly, all while keeping the extreme flexibility? Are there enough security rights for advanced features? Does anyone use the pricing flexibility? Is that too much flexibility? If you’d be interested in joining a focus group on this page (or any other future page), please email Miguel at miguel.andino@bydesign.com.
We would love to learn how you are taking advantage of this page or if you wish it could do just one more thing for you. Please email Miguel with your input.
Mastercard BIN 2 Series
Mastercard announced awhile back that effective October 2016, they would be issuing credit cards starting with a “2”. Since then, they’ve sent out numerous emails and warnings for merchant, processor and software partners to get on board or be fined. You may have also received such a notice.
Rest assured, Freedom is prepared and ready for the 2 series BIN numbers. Programming was completed in August 2016 readying us for this change. So if you get a notice, be confident that ByDesign’s portion is 100% done, tested and ready for action.