JobPro Version 5.0 New Features
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NEW FEATURES IN JOB PRO CENTRAL 5.0v1
There are a number of new features including the following:
- VOICE CALLS: JobPro can now make voice calls using VOIP systems like Skype and Asterisk. Users can click a phone number anywhere in the system to make a call. JobPro can be customized to integrate with your existing VOIP system if needed. Besides obvious advantages like productivity and call logging, this feature can be a big cost saver compared to standard land line call charges. The feature includes the ability to create call logs where users can have the log appear on screen while making the call so notes can be entered while on the phone.
- SMS MESSAGES: JobPro can now send SMS messages directly using systems like Skype and ClickATell. Users can click a phone number anywhere in the system to create an SMS message. A log of the message will also be stored.
- EMAIL PDF's: Users can now directly email transactions as PDF documents without having to save the PDF to their computer and then manually create the email attaching the PDF to it. Transactions include quotations, estimate requests, sales orders, purchase orders, dispatch/shipping notes and sales invoices.
- MULTIPLE ADDRESSES: Companies can now have multiple addresses assigned. Each contact for a company can be linked to a specific address other than the main address. Also, users can change the address on an invoice for example at the click of a button.
- NOTES & ACTIVITIES: Each module now has a 'Notes & Activities' section to allow users create structured notes (with automatic name and time stamps) as well as display logs for voice calls and SMS messages.
- TIME TRACKING: New feature to track time based on type of employees. Users can input budget times on jobs based on the type of employee or work they do and then compare budget with actual time. Onscreen warnings and reports will remind users about going over budget.
- SUPPLIER INVOICES: Supplier invoices received can now be logged and checked against their relevant purchase orders. A report had been added to show purchase order totals versus supplier invoices received to highlight differences.
- DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT: The Document Management feature has been added to the Prospects/Leads module. This option allows you to link external documents to JobPro in the various modules. It also allows you to launch those external documents.
- FILEMAKER PRO 9 FEATURES: Various new features utilizing new functionality in FileMaker Pro 9. FileMaker Pro 9 is also compatible with Windows Vista.
- CONTACTS: Users can now search, list and view data at the individuals level in the Contacts module, not just at the company level.
- MARKETING: There is a new feature for creating mailshots (also known as mailers or mailings) for specific individuals, not just for the main contact for each company. Users can now do a search for a set of companies and do a mailshot (by email, letter or fax) for all individuals for those companies or they can search at the individuals level (not by company) and do a mailshot for those individuals, regardless of the company they belong to.
Other new features include:
- Added ability in Sales Invoices to print the payments received for an invoice.
- Added ability in Sales Invoices to search payments received against invoices and create reports.
- Improved functionality on the Calendar screens including displaying certain data in fields using the mouse-over tooltip feature.
- New time reports.
- New warnings for time logs not completed.
- New 'Report by Country' in the Contacts module.
- New 'Budget Time' report in the Jobs module displaying the budget, actual and difference for times across multiple jobs.
- New 'Quotes' and 'Dispatch' tabs added in the Jobs module to display related quotations and dispatches/shipments allowing the user to drill down to view the related data.
- Various user interface improvements including entering of dates and larger screens for selecting contacts, products, etc.
- Feature added to print expenses entered for an employee.
- New reports in the Tasks module.
- Users now have the ability to specify the heading of a sales invoice. For example 'Tax Invoice' instead of 'Invoice'.
- Various improvements to the Messages functionality.
- Various small bug fixes including window screen flicker on opening JobPro under Microsoft Windows.
Other JobPro Versions:
JobPro 6.0 Released February 23rd, 2009 for FileMaker Pro 10
JobPro 5.0 Released October 1st, 2007 for FileMaker Pro 9
JobPro 4.4 Released July 17th, 2006 for FileMaker Pro 8.5
JobPro 4.3 Released September 5th, 2005 for FileMaker Pro 8
JobPro 4.2 Released May 10th, 2005 for FileMaker Pro 7
JobPro 4.1 Released February 1st, 2005 for FileMaker Pro 7
JobPro 4.0 Released July 20th, 2004 for FileMaker Pro 7
JobPro 3.0 Released July 20th, 2004 for FileMaker Pro 6 (Co-release with 4.0)
JobPro 2.6 Released May 26th, 2003 for FileMaker Pro 5
JobPro 2.5 Released July 9th, 2002 for FileMaker Pro 4
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