Fred Office Plus Release 5.5

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Fred Office now offers an Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) system called MedView Smart Shelf. This integration supports real-time synchronization of product data to digital shelf labels, which automates pricing updates and supports pharmacy operations.

For information on installing MedView Smart Shelf, complete an enquiry form.

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If a vendor integration requires access to store data (Fred Dispense Plus and/or Point of Sale events) a Sensitive Data Access form is displayed when you select Add. Complete the form to authorise access.

If a vendor integration requires third-party access to store data, an SDA (Store Data Access) form is displayed when you select Add. Complete the form to authorise access.

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For other integrations, a contact form is displayed. After you submit your contact details, the vendor will receive your information and respond directly.

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Account statements and invoices now use a global number sequence. Each statement and invoice is assigned a unique number, which supports payment reconciliation with third-party payers. Previously, statement numbers were only unique within each account.

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Voucher configuration is now available within Fred Office Plus. This feature can be enabled from Tools > Item Options.

The Serial section within the item card has been renamed to Vouchers.

When creating a voucher item in Fred Office, the linked POS tender will default to whichever tender is set to voucher within Fred POS Plus.

There are also two new voucher reports:

• Vouchers (Active) - Provides a list of vouchers with a balance that have not expired.

• Vouchers (Summary) - Summarises voucher activity within a date range.

For more information on vouchers in Fred Office Plus, see the following:

• Set up vouchers in Fred Office Plus

• Voucher reports

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If Automatic Sending is enabled for a draft template and the supplier has multiple ordering accounts, a Gateway Account field is now available. Use this field to select which account to send the order from.

• Accounts - Payment Type in Account activity will now show the payment type used and handle split payments.

• Accounts - Item code has been added to the account activity detail pane.

• Items - Pricing guide tooltip overlay in item card will now disappear when the cursor is moved outside of the area.

• Transactions - Transactions with long item comments can now be reprinted from Fred Office Plus.

• Gateway - Improved MVX account creation.

• Suppliers - Shift to the item supplier form on save when no primary supplier set.

• Inventory - ROU value now returns correctly based on set ROU scale in inventory search.

• Suppliers - Duplicate AppCAT supplier linking will no longer occur when using ‘Automatic’ matching on suppliers with the same name.

• Items - Fixed an error when opening items from within an Item group.

• Reports - Redeemed and accrued loyalty points will now populate in the loyalty customer report.

• Reports - Cash Drops and Payouts are now available in the Batch Tender/Transaction Details report.

• Accounts - Updated the ‘account update’ sample file to reflect required field names.

• Orders - Draft names will persist when sending an order.

• Items - Aliases can now be copied from within the item card.

• Accounts - Improved auto charge handling.

• Reports - POS surcharge will now be included in the over / short calculation within the Sales and Banking Summary Report, in line with other areas of Fred Office.

• Orders - Selecting ‘Do Not Send’ during the draft ordering process will create a ‘Not Sent’ order for the selected supplier lines.