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| Friday November 12th |
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| This one day event will feature a variety of presentations by Minotaur staff, hands on training as well 3rd party Vendor information sessions. Complimentary continental breakfast, lunch, as well as snacks throughout the day will be available and as always, is open to all members of your organization and is one of the benefits of your annual support. Join us for the day to ensure you get the most from your Minotaur system. Whether it is new features, report writing or networking with other Minotaur customers, we will do our best to ensure your day is rewarding and enjoyable. |
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| An outline of the day’s schedule will be forwarded in September. We would love to hear from you. Let us know if there are any topics you would like us to cover at this year’s conference. Email your suggestions to wendy@minotaursoftware.com. |
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Watch for your personal invitation to arrive and mark your calendars.
We look forward to seeing you at this year’s conference! |
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| We have reserved a block of rooms at the conference rate of $129/night which is available until October 12, 2010 with possible lower rates for Friday/Saturday nights. Please call the hotel to get the best available rate at the time of your reservation. You may also wish to review rates online. Overnight guests can access the nearby Good Life Fitness facilities at no additional charge. If you need a ride to/from the airport, train station or other transit, just let our office know and we’ll pick you up. In addition, the hotel offers a shuttle from the airport for $12 and should be prearranged to avoid any delays. |
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| Fixed and Proportional Bill of Materials |
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Flexible Reports - Level 2 |
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Any data within your Minotaur system can be extracted using flexible reports. This course will include a brief review of Level 1 which involves creating list reports using one table. It will then go on to discuss creating multiple table flexible reports through the linking of key fields for detail reports with subtotals.
The course will be held on Thursday August 12th from 9am to 12pm and is open to all Minotaur users. The cost of the course is $100 per person before tax. To register, please contact our summer student, Romana, at 905-458-7575 or send her an email at romana@minotaursoftware.com.
Unable to attend in person? We are pleased to offer our out of the GTA customers the option to take any of our training courses remotely. In order to be able to take the course remotely you will need access to two computers, both with internet access. The first will be used to see the instructor’s screen and the second for the hands on portion which will allow you to do the activities in our demo system. |
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Thank you to our clients, staff and partners for helping Minotaur
grow and succeed in our first 25 years in business. |
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Richard Kirkness, President of Minotaur, started the company in June of 1985 with two partners operating out of an apartment. Their first customer was a print shop that wanted to automate their receivables. What started as a small custom software house has grown into a well recognized provider of a complete business management program including plant floor and hand held solutions to meet the unique needs of the food, meat and chemical customers that we serve. Minotaur is now led by partners Richard and Terry with a dedicated staff of 12 including six that have been with us for over 15 years (Richard, Judith, Terry, Al, Michelle and Kathy). We are known for providing software to improve operational efficiencies such as order taking and fulfillment as well as providing valuable, timely costing, production yield, profitability and end to end lot traceability, giving you one program with the information you need to make better business decisions. |
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We pride ourselves on:
- Being customer focused and believe in establishing long term relationships for mutual success.
- Investing heavily in R&D so that our software remains relevant and up to date with new technology releases and in the emerging requirements for the industries we serve.
- Offering one program that allows our customers to organize and access their business information quickly.
- Understanding that the unique needs of our customers matter and believing that the software should adapt through customization to match your processes for increased adoption by your staff.
- Maintaining ongoing communication to ensure our program and services adapt to meet your needs as they change.
We welcome your feedback at any time on improvements we can make to serve you better.
We appreciate your past loyalty and support and look forward to serving you for many years to come. |
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| Storing HACCP and QC Information In Your Minotaur System |
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Did you know that you can create non inventory item codes for things such as truck, product or cooler temperatures, truck
condition, etc. and include these on your Minotaur inventory receipts? That information can then be
accessed later by drilling down from various inventory and lot recall reports providing you with quick
historical information to support your HACCP or quality control program.
Non inventory codes are also used on bills of materials/production runs to record both qualitative and
quantitative quality control test results. That way, QC results are tied not only to the lot number for lot
controlled items but also to the production run number. These results can then be used to produce
Certificates of Analysis directly from your Minotaur system.
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| If you are interested in utilizing non inventory codes in this manner, please give your project manager a call for the details. |
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| More Enhancements to User Defined Buttons |
| Buttons, Buttons and More Buttons |
You recently mentioned how much you benefited from the ability to create user defined short cut buttons in your Minotaur
system; you only wished you could create more……
As always we appreciate your feedback and do our best to ensure you get the most from your Minotaur system.
We have added the ability to create an additional 20 user defined buttons in addition to adjusting the font and button size. |
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| These updates will be ready soon and once
completed, will automatically be contained in
all MBS7 updates. Once users create their
buttons, they can organize them on the
desktop and then lock them into place. The larger the number in the button size field, the larger the button. Similarly, the
larger the font size, the larger the button name. |
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| User Defined Hand Held Buttons |
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| Do you have staff that frequently utilize both workstations and hand held devices? If so, we now have the ability for these
employees to set up user defined buttons that are specific to either a workstation/laptop or a hand held device. Therefore,
their workstation can contain the many buttons they need for running reports, entering purchase orders, etc. while when
signed on to a hand held device, only those specific buttons required will be displayed. For more information on adding the
ability to create separate hand held buttons to your Minotaur system, please contact your project manager. |
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| Flexible Dates on User Defined Sales Reports |
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Did you know you can create sales reports to highlight sales data
based on the periods you want ie. monthly, quarterly or seasonally
for instance.
Simply create the label under menu DSGF. On the column selection
screen in the Generate Sales Report screens, select the label
and then assign the applicable date range. Whenever the report is
run, the system will prompt the user to confirm whether to keep the
existing date range or enter a new one.
Add calculations for variance $ or % to further analyze your data.
Our level 2 training sessions cover adding these calculations. |
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Seaside Crossword |
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Are you enjoying your summer!
Solve our Seaside Crossword for a chance to win!
If you solve our Seaside Crossword you
will be eligible for your chance to win a
$25 gift card to Staples. |
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In celebration of our 25 years of excellence, we will have two winners each newsletter contest in 2010.
All entries must be received by
August 12, 2010. |
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Fax your entries to 905-458-5585 or email to romana@minotaursoftware.com by
August 12, 2010.
Name: _______________________ Company: _____________________ |
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| New GST/HST Reporting Requirements |
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GST/HST returns for a company or an associated group of companies with annual revenues greater than
$1,500,000 are required to be efiled for reporting periods ending on or after July 1, 2010. Please visit the CRA’s
website for additional information.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/gst-tps/bspsbch/rtrns/rqrmnts/menu-eng.html |
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Congratulations to June’s
Contest Winners |
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Congratulations to Lisa Wilson of Polar Magnetics and
Andrew Cerqueira of Unicer Foods for winning June’s contest.
Lisa has worked with Polar Magnetics for 15 years in accounting.
When she isn't busy at work she enjoys reading and quilting in
her spare time.
Andrew, the warehouse manager at Unicer Foods, has worked in
the family business for many years. He enjoys playing basketball
and soccer in his spare time. |
| We hope you enjoy your gift! |
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| HST Forms and Remittances |
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By now most of you will be in the process of
completing your July invoicing. If you still
haven’t had your invoice or purchase order
updated to reflect HST, please give your project
manager a call.
When it comes to remitting your taxes, if you
did not pursue the date sensitive HST update,
we recommend that you run your remittance
reports in two statements; period start
date up to June 30, 2010 and July 1, 2010 to
period end date.
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| The information in this newsletter is provided to customers to use at their own risk. It is not intended as a substitute for professional advice. |
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