Release 7.6, 6/2020

New Features and Enhancements - Release 7.6

Release 7.5 is also available at this time: click What's New in Release 7.5.
Release 7.6 also includes Update 7.6.1 and Hotfix 7.6.1.1. These contain fixes that are not user facing, but internal.

Known Problem:

Our development team is in the process of making Premier ERP browser-independent. We hope to release this feature later in the year. The development work is being done across multiple releases, with the goal of minimizing disruption to our users' organizations. This work has been tested extensively across all areas in the system.  However, we recently discovered that three (3) Quick Click panels do not function with the changes as expected.  For example, one of the problem panels is the Quick Click for Purchase Orders for Matching.

As a result, these panels will not currently return search results.  This issue will be corrected in the next available update.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

ERP Materials Management and Financials

Sourcing and Contract Management (SCM)

Reports

ERP/SCM Problem Resolutions

ERP Materials Management and Financials Enhancements

See Reports.

Sourcing and Contract Management

 Improvements in the way contract data is synchronized between SCM and SCA have been made.

These improvements will eliminate several inconsistencies, and bring data in managed contracts in the Integrated SCM-SCA environment into better alignment. Among the improvements: duplicate prices will no longer occur on specialized reports (Prodigo) and the Entity Code for the SCM contract will match the Contracted Entity Code for the SCA contract.

Reports

A new report object "Delivery Confirmations" is available in this release.

This report object provides users with a simple way to evaluate delivery confirmations.

Here are the report fields:

Field Label Field Name Data Type Length
Create User ID CreateUser varchar 20
Create User Name UserName varchar 20
Del To Loc DelToLoc varchar 3
Dept#/Name DeptName varchar 50
Issue To Dept IssueToDept varchar 20
Issue To Dept Desc IssueToDeptDesc varchar 50
Issue To Org IssueToOrg varchar 15
Organization Organization varchar 15
Package ID PackageID varchar 250
Pick No PickNo numeric 15
Piece Count PieceCount varchar 20
PO No PONo varchar 15
Receipt No ReceiptNo varchar 15
Signature Date SignatureDate datetime 23

ERP/SCM Problem Resolutions - This Release 7.6

ERP Problem: A system note was written to non-file requisition lines indicating that the requisition lines already existed on the associated POs. In fact, the non-file lines did not exist. This problem was traced to the timing the system uses to process through the existence/non-existence of a PO line, and has been resolved. This incorrect system note should no longer occur.

ERP Problem: Scenario: a user created a PO invoice with a missing line where a quantity exception existed. The user entered the line with a quantity exception on the Missing Lines tab, and then cleared the missing line exception with the action "Select existing PO Line and match Invoice Line." The user then cleared the quantity exception with "Invoice Correct." The problem was that if the PO line had an existing receipt for part of the quantity, the original receipt did not get matched.
This problem was traced to how the system processes the quantity exception, in this case, and has been resolved. The receipt will now match, and the invoice can be completed.

SCM Problem: Removing a local entity from a contract did not remove the local entity's manufacturer information, leaving the contract unmatched. When users unregistered a local entity from the manufacturer Entity on a contract header, sometimes the contract detail rows retained the removed entity name, and sometimes displayed no manufacturer entity value. This problem has been resolved. When a contract has a reassigned local entity, the correct manufacturer displays as designed.

To remove a local entity association:

    1. Open the contract.
    2. If the contract is activated, de-activate it. (You can then re-activate it later.)
    3. On the "Work with Contract" panel, click the link Contract Entity Associations. The Contract Business Partner Association panel appears.
    4. Remove the association by clicking the Remove link.

      If you just removed an entity association, you will need to wait a few minutes for the process to complete before assigning a new entity. Otherwise, when you try to assign a new entity, an error message appears" "Entities cannot be Identified, background processes may still be running." 

    To create a new entity association:

    1. Open the contract.
    2. On the "Work with Contract" panel, click the link Identify Entity.
    3. Select a new local entity. (See the online documentation topic "Identifying Manufacturer Entities with Invalid IDs" for details.)
      A message tells you that all entities have been identified, and that the background processing is in progress.

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