SalesNotes

NEW OEX Feature - Price Validation for Product Credits

We've just launched a new feature to the ever-popular product credit app on Online Express. You can now specify the order from which the credited item came from. This insures that the customer will receive the correct credit.

Using this will override the 'lowest net price paid' logic which is the default ONLY when a valid invoice/order number is entered. There is an info rollover question mark [?] next to the heading that provides details.

Dave Tavel x6644

Attention all Netbook wielding Sales Reps!

A video screencast demo of how to use the new Quickscan shopping cart is posted on the web at:

http://www.macphersonart.com/maclive/download/netbook/netbook_training.htm

Check it out and get a heads up on the training scheduled at the Sales Meeting. It's designed as an introductory tutorial to the basic operations.

The screencast may take a few minutes initially to download. If you have trouble seeing the whole screen, hit <F11> in your browser to go into the full screen mode (<F11> again will take you back to normal view). If you have any technical difficulties, call the IT Dept.

Dave T x6644

New Shopping Cart!

In order to roll out our new Quick Scan Cart in Online Express at NAMTA, we've made some changes to the existing standard cart. Including:

Show all items all the time - once you have enough items in a cart, you'll notice a scroll bar on the cart, but the column heads and footer is fixed.
Sortable Cart - Click on a heading to sort by that column; click on it again to toggle the sort order.

…featuring:
Sort by line number - sorts on entry order; click again to toggle
Sort by out of stock - click on the Qty heading and the stock outs will rise to the top

Dave T x6644

Assortment Report Update

The Assortment Report available via OnLine Express has recently been updated and now includes the content info on over 650 assortments.   All elements needed to update customer's data bases are now available by downloading the Assortment Report from OnLine Express

NEW! Assortments Report in Online Express

Ever wondered "…what colors are included in that Winsor & Newton watercolor assortment?" Well, wonder no more––every item, from every assortment (in stock and drop ship) is now available right from MacPhersonArt.com. Login, go to Online Express and select the Assortments Report. Just enter your email address and you'll receive the tab-delimited text file right in your mail box.

The report lists each item and its cooresponding assortment, vendor and included quantity, along with all of the same data that's in the Macitem report like net prices. Cool!

If you find anything missing from this report, please contact Jim Semitekol <jims@macphersonart.com> or ext. 1078

Excel Help

As a follow up to our tech discussion from yesterday I wanted to remind everyone that excel help is a click away. Below is the email address for the excel help. YOu can ask a question, look for tutoring or just yell help. Either way we want you to feel comfortable asking for help with anything. 

excel_help@macphersonart.com

Macitem Report New Feature

Beginning May 1st, the Macitem report will be displaying catalog code descriptions showing each item's category in plain English. For example:

...AA1001    224294    ARIA FIGURE DRAWING SET    SE     29.99...     Drawing Sets

New Feature on MacPherson's Invoices!

We have made an improvement to our invoices with some new features. We are now displaying the total MSRP value and the total discount given for all shipped items on the invoice. These new additions will appear directly above the total net cost of all items. Customer's will see:

TOTAL SHIPPED AT LIST PRICE                    $2,000.00
YOUR TOTAL DISCOUNT ON THIS ORDER                 50%
SUB TOTAL                                               $1,000.00