When invoicing a Workshop job that had technician time allocated to specific job lines the system was not displaying the technician clocking times correctly on the invoice. This has now been resolved.

The Kits view on the point of sale screen had shrunk so you were unable to see the list of kits when search was selected. This has now been resolved.

When creating a Workshop Appointment against a Business - the Business name was not displaying on the Appointment screen. This has now been resolved.

Sales Work jobs were appearing in the Appointments list on the reception screen before being booked into the diary. This has now been resolved.

When adding a manual warranty onto a Sales Order it was moving the digits across by two. For example, 140.00 would appear as 14000.00. This has now been resolved.

On the Order Book there is now a new option to view a Stock Records profit analysis. To do this, simply go into the order book and you will see that there is a button at the top of the screen for "Profit Analysis". Please Click here for further information.

On the Sales Enquiry there was an issue whereby when creating an order against a vehicle from the price list it would create the stock record but not attach the order. This has now been resolved.

The VAT on supplementary invoices for a Warranty items was calculating the VAT incorrectly. This has now been resolved.

This release contains a major set of improvements to make Navigator work smoother, faster and with less crashes on a Windows 7 64 bit platform.  As customers have migrated across to Windows 7 from XP, we have had a slow but steadily increasing reports of system slow-downs and crashes on this platform.  Investigations have found that a number of changes we made to ensure compatibility with Windows 8 had a detrimental effect on the performance in Windows 7 64 bit (32 bit versions were fine).    We have now made over 600 changes to the Navigator client software which has seprate memory management optimisation for 32 bit, 64 bit Windows 7 and Windows 8 platforms.

Click-2-Mail has been completely re-written in this release - this is in line with a major software update made by our partner who delivers the Click-2-Mail service.   As a reminder, Click-2-Mail is a Navigator service -integrated with the Marketing Campaign and ACM systems which allows mass sending of letters via a bureau service.  The letters are printed and posted by the Click-2-Mail service and requires no interaction by the Dealer except for clicking the send button!  The cost per letter is typically the same or less than the Royal Mail price of the stamp to send it!

Navigator is now integrated with the Fiat Lead Management System. Please click here for further information.

Navigator are happy to announce that we are now fully integrated with AutoVHC. Please contact your Account Manager for further information.

See your customer feedback! Navigator now has the ability to send a CSI survey to your customers after their vehicle has been in for a service. This is then reported back into Navigator so you can see your customer satisfaction scoring and comments! For further information please contact your Account Manager.

There is now an option to use the Service Online Booking application without having to integrate it with the Navigator system. This facility can be setup so that it simply sends an email when a customer has enquired about a Workshop booking through Online Service Booking application on your website.

New and improved document archiving. Store all your purchase invoices within Navigator!  For further information please contact your Account Manager.

There was an issue with the MOT date field on the "Complete MOT" option not saving. This has now been fixed.

There was an issue where by if a host deal was undelivered the PX status would change to PX Pending on the PX stock record and still appear as in stock on the Host deal - PX Details tab. This has now been fixed so that the part exchange stays with a status of In stock.

You can now remove all private details by selecting the "Clear Personnel" button on the "Business" tab on the customer record.

There was an issue with Purchase Ledger remittance advices not emailing. This issue has now been resolved.

There was an issue whereby when returning a loan car, the loan car was re-allocating itself to the previous workshop that it was booked to. This has now been fixed.

There profit report now displays the last invoice date (if a vehicle is invoiced).

Bug fix which shows discount on new vehicles quoted on price list when "Detailed" option is being used.

Vehicles can now be searched using upper or lower case and with or without spaces. Vehicle Registration numbers are now converted to upper case and have spaces removed when entered from within vehicle administration.

Ability added to reprint auction forms on individual vehicles.

Error corrected where appraisals were not saving.

The vehicle derivative has had a prefix of the body style so that used vehicles can be more easily categorised by body style as well as model.

View Service History - an issue which caused the service history on new vehicles to not always be displayed has been resolved.

The mileage is now correctly saved when completing an MOT.

Recurring Journals > Updated so they can be run more than once a month (they cannot be run more than once on the same day).

The cost of the Sub Contract charge was not being transferred from work in progress to cost of sale. This is now fixed

Used Defined Fields - it is now possible to set User Defined fields against a model code in the pricelist such that when a new vehicle stock record is created the User Defined fields are predefined.

Remove Loan car button now functions correctly.

Job Card Print wasn't always printing out. This has now been resolved.

Volkswagen Group > Export facility added for Volkswagen Parts 500.

Aged Stock List > Aging was incorrect when current month had 31 days, but a month referenced in the aging had less than this (e.g. 31/3 less 18 months was calculating the 31/9 which is an invalid date). This has been resolved.

The Quantity processed when reopening a deal is now -1 instead of 1.

If the branch number for follow up is blank on the customer record, then the branch the record is created in is displayed instead of being blank.

Forward dated payments were being treated on the creditors report as if they were made on the day the payment was processed, not the actual payment date - causing them to be incorrectly ignored when calculating back-dated creditors lists. This is has now been resolved.

There was an is where a parts total price shown on the payment screen would vary by pennies to the value on the main sales screen. This is now resolved.

If using the EPOS with parts which have no VAT inclusive Retail Price they were discounting incorrectly to internal accounts and stock records. This has now been resolved

Email sending - this would fail with an error message due to a missing directory on the PC. This has been resolved.

The remove button now works to remove a receipt subsidy from a stock record.

Internal and "Other account" invoices had stopped printing summaries of the total by job request. This has been restored

Commercial Non-vat Qualifying Part Exchanges are now handled correctly from a VAT perspective in all cases.

When posting invoices to the GANI, the branch no on the account enquiry screen was not being filled in. This has been resolved.

Parts Orders - the Parts On order list was not displaying parts orders generated from other branches.

Updates for Speeder

Updates have been made to the formats as per updated specification from Manheim.

This is a new interface that has been added - it will automatically start running for all Renault/Dacia dealerships.

Error fixed with customers who have multiple vehicles - the incorrect vehicle was often displayed when reviewing the ACM list.

Updated with the option to show discount on workshop invoices.

Updated to add new fields as requested by Nissan.

Issue causing the amount to be reconciled to be miscalculated have been resolved.

Issue when re-booking a job line which resulted in the new job card to be booked against the wrong vehicle where a customer has a fleet of vehicles has been resolved.

When a booking is confirmed, a note is put into the notes tab on the job card indicating when this was done and who confirmed it.

Loan Car Report no longer displays deleted loan cars.

Now displays the word proforma and is now dated.

Marketing Profile - If the branch no for follow up is blank on the record, then the branch created is displayed instead of a blank.

Further bug fixes to version 423

A series of changes together culminate in the ability to be better able to quote, raise sales orders and process invoices for Fleet customers.   This involves :-

•Addition of a new "Detailed Analysis" tick box on the Sales Order.  This changes the view on screen to show Retail pricing for Vehicle, Delivery and Factory options, and then shows the discount before adding net priced Dealer options and RFL. Click here for further information.

•Added ability when discounting a factory option (right click the option on the factory option tab in sales order and choose Discount) to enter a new Retail Price. Click here for further information.

•Added ability to enter Retail price on Delivery Charge button. Click here for further information

•Added new "Vehicle Price" button, which allows specific discount of the vehicle (before delivery charge and factory options) and also update of Vehicle Retail. Click here for further information

•There is now the ability to print the Retail Price on each line of an invoice.  The Navigator Standard form now shows the Retail Price and removes the VAT column (this won't be reflected on customer forms if they have logos/other changes). If the detailed analysis is chosen, a sub-total is printed after the vehicle, delivery and factory options along with the discount. If this option is to be used, then the invoice form will need to be edited to add the Retail column (otherwise the actual discount won't be printed).  

The RFL table now allows the entry of RFL Bands and their CO2 ranges, the lines in the actual table are then associated with the band, and the price is broken down into Basic and FRF/Showroom tax. Click here for further information.

Choosing a Road fund licence now shows the Band, CO2 range, Basic price, FRF and total.    The CO2 level of the vehicle is pre-filled (or can be manually entered) and the table is filtered to only show appropriate lines. There is also a tick box to define whether to add FRF or not (this is automatically ticked for new vehicles).  To make this work, go into the RFL parameter, delete everything that is there, create the CO2  bands and then create the RFL tables as per DVLA guides. Click here for further information.

A bug which was causing the miscalculation of purchase VAT on Commercial Part Exchanges in certain circumstances when there was a multiple PX's on the deal has now been fixed.

Part Exchange Purchase invoices are no longer produced for Qualifying Part Exchanges (the customer would be required to provide a VAT invoice).

Now have the ability to send images of a vehicle through the enquiry screen. This is on the Vehicle Required tab within the Sales Enquiry - Select the button for Images. Click here for further information.

A button has been added to allow the profit analysis to be viewed - this requires either the privilege to access Vehicle Administration or the new privilege on the staff record to be able to View Profit Report.

There is now the ability to add additional documents. I.e word documents etc. Click here for further information.

Receipts are now dated in the nominal as follows :- If Cash/Chq or Credit Card - the date is always current date, otherwise, the nominal is dated as entered. Where a cash receipt is backdated, the note on the nominal transaction shows the actual date entered.  This is to assist with Banking reconciliations (the nominal date is always the same as the date the entry appears on the Till Reconciliation).

There was a bug whereby the Part Exchange VAT Status would not maintain it's VAT status. This has now been fixed.

If a part exchange didn't have a settlement entered when raising a sales order, adding the Settlement details in the stock record was not working properly. This has been fixed.

The Loan Car System has been completely re-written for the new release! Click here for further information.

A Blacklist facility has now been added to the ACM. This allows you to blacklist mobile numbers and email address that you do not want to send messages or emails to. Click here for further information.

This has been updated to export a file which can then be imported into the Part 500 system.

On the forms designer you now have the ability added to :

a) Change branch

b) Delete a customised form (returning to the Navigator Standard)

c) copy a form to another branch

Click here for further details.

On the forms designer you now have the ability to make certain fields appear on display view and emails only. All controls (images/text boxes/panels etc) have a "Printable" property. Set this to false and it only displays/emails but won't print it. This can be used to add logo's etc to emails.

To do this you do the following:

When you add an image/textbox/anything to a form, there is a property in the property list for that control called "Printable".  Set to "no" and it only shows when you view. Click here for further information.

This is most useful for dealer who have pre-printed headed paper so have no need to print logos/dealer details on printed invoices but do need them when emailing.

There is now an additional column for "Reason" next to the "Next Contact" date field. This will display the reason for the next contact date (20 character display).

The close button now displays correctly

The comma has now been removed from the beginning of a payment reference against an invoice. It now only shows a comma on the payment reference if there is more than one payment against an invoice. This will now display something similar to "145, 150".

There is now a new facility available which allows you to Rename a bin location. Click here for further information.

Export to Composite - Exports for monthly accounting now have an extra column with the Year to Date figure - this is required by ASE Metis to compile the balance sheet when uploading monthly accounts.

There is now an additional field that can be added to the workshop invoice to display the "Mileage" at point of invoicing

The stock no has had "New" or "Used" prefixed.  Also the vehicle location (from the stock record) is shown.  The auto-refresh option has been switched off.

When releasing a job it is now possible to add a "Next VHC Date" - this works in the same way as the next service/mot date and is the date that the customer is expected to return his vehicle for a free VHC check (based on Amber items on the VHC).  This is displayed on the customers vehicle record, and on the workshop screen when making an appointment. Click here for further information.

This is used for follow up by the Aftersales Contact Management system and there are new sms, email and document templates for follow up on the VHC. Please contact your Account Manager if you require this setup.

The initial confirmation screen (after choosing the customer/vehicle) has been re-organised to be easy to review.  The VHC date has been added to the Service Dates section. The whole of this section is highlighted in yellow if a service/mot/vhc recheck is due either in the previous or next 60 days. Click here for further information.

Reorganisation of menus - ACM report added to CRM reports section, now renamed "Marketing Reports"

Online Bookings Report - new report to analysis online bookings between dates. Click here for further information.

Bugs with the Citroen Job Card have now been resolved.

There was an issue with Clocking by Job Line whereby technicians would be allocated to the wrong job line - this has now been resolved.

If two workshops share technicians, the workshop diary in both branches is an amalgamation of both branches diary.

The Service Invoice can now display the next MOT and Service Date. Variable will need setting up on the forms designer.

The Next Service and MOT dates can be amended at the point of invoicing.