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| System Highlights ! |
We often get asked by owners and presidents who are not everyday users of the system, where they
can find the key, high level information they need for making better business decisions. As part of each newsletter in 2011, we’ll share tips for getting the information you need.
The New Cost report, menu path VUSN, gives you quick and easy access to key information on item costing and recent
activity that has affected the cost of a given item. The report gives you the flexibility to show all transactions or filter for
specific transactions that have affected the cost such as inventory receipts, production runs, editing of various transactions,
etc, You can also choose to run for one item, a range of items or a specific item category.
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| Judith would like to extend an invitation to all our customers to join her at the breakfast in support of her favourite Canadian charity, Sleeping Children around the World. If you attended our 2010 User conference, you may remember Minotaur Customer, Duncan Macgregor’s inspirational presentation on Sleeping Children Around the World. During his presentation, Duncan mentioned the once a year Breakfast event which raises money for this wonderful charity. The event will be held on Wednesday May 4th at 7:30am. Join us and enjoy a wonderful breakfast, inspirational speakers and great conversation. The bed kits this 100% charity provides to needy children around the world are full of useful and valued necessities. Tickets are $150/person and tax receipts are issued. Judith would like to put together a table of Minotaur customers for this year’s breakfast. If you are able to join her on May 4th, let her know, as she would love to see you. You can reach her at judith@minotaursoftware.com or for more info on this event
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| Flexible Report Writer Training—Level 2 |
Whether you are creating an email list, wanting quick access to specific information or are writing your own report, the
flexible report writer can be a very powerful tool. As the flexible report writer does require the user be familiar with tables
and using common fields to link one table of data to a related table, we offer 3 levels of flexible report writer training.
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 Tuesday April 19, 2011 from 9am to 12pm and is open to all Minotaur users. The cost of the
course is $100 per person. To register, please call our office at 905-458-7575 or email shannan@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 2 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. Remote connections are limited so if you are interested in taking this course remotely
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Barcodes, Traceability and EDI
Tying It All Together
Thursday March 24th 6:30pm - 9:30pm
North York Civic Centre, Memorial Hall 5120 Yonge St., North York, Ontario |
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Wendy Pineo of Minotaur has been invited back this year by the Toronto Chapter of the Certified General
Accountants Association to give a presentation on Understanding Barcodes, Traceability and EDI. This event is open to CGA’s as well as the general public.
Traceability and recall preparedness are no longer a luxury regardless of company size. Customers, suppliers, consumers
and government dictate the importance of this issue. This session will explore what is feasible and achievable along with
tips for managing all that information within various industries and environments. Learn about types of barcodes, where they
are used and how GS1 fits in. Large retailers often require EDI or Electronic Data Interchange. We will also discuss what is
EDI, where can it be used and what can one expect should customers or suppliers require it.
This event will be held on Wednesday March 24 from 6:30 pm to 9:30pm and is open to all who are interested at a cost of
$30 per person. For more information on the content of the presentation, you can email Wendy at
wendy@minotaursoftware.com or to register for this event follow the link. Use the filter date of March 24, 2011 and key
word, traceability, to help you locate the event on the site.
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STRUGGLING TO MEET CONSTANTLY CHANGING LABEL REGULATIONS?
LET MINOTAUR HELP |
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With the recent Health Canada announcement regarding new regulations to strengthen Canada’s labeling of food allergens
and gluten sources, as well as the US food industry’s voluntary Front-of-Package
labeling, it is clear to see why pre-printed labels are no longer a viable option. With
constantly changing label requirements, companies need the flexibility to be able to
add information at any time.
With Minotaur you can generate labels in any format right from your ERP system. We
can set up your labels to your specifications. With the ability to do customer specific
labels including anything from bar coded tags, simple inventory labels, multi bar code
labels with nutritional panels, allergen and gluten sources, Minotaur can help you with
your on-going needs.
Speak to your Minotaur Customer Account manager today to find out how we can help
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| Lot attributes allow you to assign information such as country of origin or quality control test results to specific lots of
product. Lot attributes give you the ability to define that Lot
0123456 for Item R1000 came from Mexico and that it is in drums
not totes. In addition, quality control or product specifications on
both supplier raw materials and finished goods can be tracked in
the system using the lot attribute functionality. In the past, QC was
often something that was kept off to the side; perhaps recording
their information in Excel. As companies work towards improving
their traceability and food safety processes, storing quality control
test results within your core business system, where this
information is easily accessible to anyone who needs it, is the
direction many companies are going. At Minotaur Software,
enabling businesses to incorporate all of their business
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| Lot attributes offers the same attribute types as item and customer attributes. There is an Update Lot Attribute screen where
the user can create a lot attribute. There is also a screen to update lot attribute data. The user is able to specify an attribute,
an item code and a range of lot numbers. A screen is displayed where the user can assign and or edit the attribute value for
the lot numbers for that item in that range. The edit lot screen, VUPLL, has an attribute tab where the user can add, edit or
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When entering lot attributes for received items, there are two options the user can choose from. The first is a separate menu
option, VVBA, Bill Lot Attributes. The second option is to access the lot attributes screen directly from the Inventory Bills
screen. With the first option the user is required to identify the supplier and inventory bill. The program will ask the user to
identify the attribute being entered. The user can choose to enter
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If an attribute has been entered, once the attribute has been identified the following screen will be displayed showing the item code, lot number and a field to enter/edit the value of the attribute. Every lot received on the inventory bill will be included in this screen. The user will enter values as necessary and leave the field blank if they do not wish to enter a value for a particular item/lot. When this screen is saved, any changes will be saved. The user will be asked to enter the next attribute and the process will continue until the user enters a blank to the attribute question.
If the user leaves the attribute field blank, the program will
prepare a screen for all the lots on the interim bill. This screen
will have a record of each item/lot and any attributes currently
defined (if this was an edit).
Entering lot attribute information at the same time as entering the inventory bill is typically preferred when the receiver has a
workstation in the receiving area. Once they save the Inventory Bill screen, the system asks for the attribute code. If the
user selects an attribute code, the above screen will appear allowing them to update attribute information for that specific
bill.
Finished goods or WIP product test results can be entered directly against the lot of product via a separate menu in the lot
control section of the program. Having the ability to post production and then add product test results directly against the lot
number of the product at a later time, has proved very useful for companies wanting to incorporate their QC information into
their Minotaur system.
For more information on adding lot attribute functionality to your Minotaur system, please contact your project manager. |
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Solve the St. Patrick’s Day word search
for a chance to win a $50 gift card to
Laura Secord Chocolates.
Enjoy a tasty treat compliments of
Minotaur. |
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| In an effort to share winner’s photos with
other Minotaur customers, please enter
the contest only if you are comfortable
submitting a photo. |
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Fax your entries to 905-458-5585 by
March 17, 2011.
Name: _______________________ Company: _____________________ |
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| MINOTAUR WELCOMES BACK MICHELLE |
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Minotaur is happy to welcome back our Director of Administration, Michelle Stamper.
Michelle was off on Maternity leave after having her third child in December of 2009.
Michelle was back full time as of February 11.
She can be reached by email at
michelle@minotaursoftware.com or by phone at extension 110.
Welcome back Michelle. |
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| CONGRATULATIONS TO JANUARY’S CONTEST WINNER |
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Congratulations to Frank Cerquiera from Unicer Foods Ltd., for winning the January Winter Wonderland
crossword contest. Frank has won a $50 gift card to Starbucks Coffee.
Frank is a manager at Unicer Foods Ltd. and has been with the company for 11 years. In his spare time
Frank enjoys watching the Maple Leafs, going to the movies and spending time with his family.
We hope you enjoy your gift card! |
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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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