2005 EPICS User Conference Friday Morning Session

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2005 EPICS User ConferenceFriday Morning Session

• April 22, 2005
• Gaylord Texan Resort Conference Center
• Grapevine, Texas

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Application Hosting of EPICS

• Mark Hairfield
• 65G

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Entering EPICS Data using Spreadsheets

• Scott Wilson

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A CSV (comma separated values) File Containing
New Die Records

• Row 1 must have valid Field Names

• Required data, such as DieNum and CustNum, must
  be included

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Using the Import CSV Files Screen
1 Select a table
3 Click Import data in table

• 2 Browse to the CSV file
• Verify accuracy
• Make changes as needed
• Click Save grid data to file to create a
  new CSV file

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The Newly Added Die
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Entering Data Into EPICS Using Spreadsheets
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New Warehousing Features

• John Stenger

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New Warehousing Features in EPICS V8

• Rack tracking automatically routes stock jobs to
  inventory from packing screen, eliminating user
  prompts
• Pull from stock screen allows stock to be pulled
  into a rack for further processing
• Items terminating in the STOCK department are
  automatically called complete (Status H)
  unless assigned a specific order type

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Pack from Rack to Stock
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Pull from Stock into a Rack
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Packing Ticket Improvements

• John Stenger

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Packing Ticket Improvements

• New Tab on ticket screen to either Scan for
  Available Items or Scan for Available Racks
• List of available Racks/Items is
  user-configurable
• Easily view list of pending racks in the order
  they should be arriving at the packing line

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Scan for Available Racks
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Packing Ticket Improvements

• Rack tracking eliminates user prompts asking for
  destination of packed bundles
• Racks bound for a TO_XXXX department or PACK_TO
  are automatically packed to go to the appropriate
  outside processor
• Racks bound for PACK go to the customer
• Racks bound for STOCK are sent to inventory
• But, user can always click the Stock or
  Overage buttons to override the rules above
• Pieces for a single bundle may come from multiple
  racks

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Packing from a Rack
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More Packing Ticket Improvements

• Design your own packing tickets using either
  Crystal Reports or Bartender
• Each customer can have their own label formats
  for bundles and sub-bundles
• Many add-on products are available to enable
  barcode support for Crystal Reports or use the
  free 3of9 font

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More Packing Ticket Improvements

• New EPICS Configuration setting allows bundle
  weights to be calculated automatically from
  actual weight or print weight
• Downtime can be posted directly from the Print
  New Tickets screen

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Posting Downtime
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Coffee Break

• 15 Minutes

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Master Packing Tickets

• John Stenger

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Master Packing Tickets

• Easily combine small bundles into larger packages
• Available types Bundle, Box, Crate, Pallet,
  Skid, and Rack
• Box number (or Crate number, etc.) can be
  automatically assigned or keyed in by the user
• Each package may include any number of items from
  a single sales order

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Master Packing Tickets

• Easily create a combined ticket using Crystal
  Reports to display detailed contents of the
  Pallet/Crate/etc.
• Shipping any ticket that is part of a Pallet (or
  Box, etc.) will cause all tickets in that Pallet
  to be shipped

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Creating a Master Ticket
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Using a Pocket PC as a Scanner

• Chris Delzell

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EPICS PocketShip Application.
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PocketShip Topics

• Introduction
• What is PocketShip?
• Requirements
• Hardware
• Software
• How to use
• Open source

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What is Pocketship?

• Scanning software for a hand-held device.
• Allows you to scan bar-coded packing tickets at
  shipping time.  

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Hardware Requirements

• A Pocket PC 2002 or 2003 device
• Screen Resolution of 240x320 or 480x640
• Available SDIO slot or CF slot
• In-Hand Scan Card by Socket Communications Inc.
• Wireless network adapter

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Software Requirements

• Socket Scan software
• Included on CD software bundle
• Microsofts Active Sync 3.5 or higher
• Included on CD software bundle
• EPICS PocketShip

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Using PocketShip

• Shipping Picklists are created in EPICS
• Tickets are assigned to the Picklists

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Pick-lists in PocketShip
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Pick-list with Tickets
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Added Ticket
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Show Ticket Data
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Show Ticket Data Results
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Other Features

• Warning when out of range.
• Saves last scanned item.
• Checks status of previous scan.

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Open Source Code

• Code is available for personal customization.
• Submit customized code for others to benefit
  from.

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Improved Tax Handling

• Chris Delzell

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Tax Table

• Provides tax information for Invoicing.
• One record for each tax to charge your customers.
• Individual taxes are combined into Tax Schedules.

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Tax Codes
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Tax Schedules

• Define lists of tax codes assessed for each type
  of customer you invoice.
• Include some or all tax codes defined in tax
  table.
• Set Accounting/gUseTaxSchedules

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Configuration Setting
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Customer Maintenance
Tax Info.
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Overriding the TaxSchedule
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