COMMANDseries Dispatch Tips and Tricks Cindy Bishop cbishop@commandalkon.com 205-879-3282

COMMANDseries Dispatch Tips and

Tricks

Cindy Bishopcbishop@commandalkon.com205-879-3282

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As a COMMANDseries dispatch user or dispatch manager, are you using all of the rich features that are available to you in COMMANDconcrete? Work hands-on with one of our application experts to make sure you understand some of the time-saving and user friendly dispatch features that are available in our most recent versions of COMMANDconcrete.

Session Objective

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• Date Entry• Lookup Functionality• Print Options• Toolbar• Simplified Order Entry• Order Audit Log• Standing Orders• Volume Calculator• Order Tree

Covering….

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• Function of Tab in the Order date field• Current Date

• Alpha entries• M, Tu, W, Th, F, Sa, Su• T Today• Y Yesterday• TOM Tomorrow

• Numeric entries • 1 = Monday• 2 = Tuesday• 3 = Wednesday

• Calendar select• Plus/Minus

Entering Dates

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• Select Criteria– Dropdown list of available select criteria– Begin As (Items)– Contains– Range Of (Order Entry)– Equal To– Not Equal To– Numeric Range

• Columns– Drag and drop to change positions or take off the screen– Rename

• Sort Criteria – Click on Header to sort ascending or descending

• Show Query• Fine Tune

FNDCODE

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• Print from Lookup Screens - WYSWYG– Notepad– Excel

• Print to Screen– Redo– Redirect– Exit– PDF– Excel– Print

Print Options

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• Misc>Preferences>Toolbar– Hot Keys– Toolbar Shortcuts

Toolbar

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• Basic functionality of the Orders screen but eliminates the need to enter secondary screens through buttons

Simplified Order Entry

Order Audit Log

• Set flag in Configuration– Add fields– Require fields

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• Handles repeat orders• Contains all relevant order information except for the

order date and the delivery schedule• Can be scheduled for a consecutive date range

Standing Order

Schedule Standing Order

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Order Info

Item Info

Schedule Info

Date Range

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• Calculate the needed quantity of ready-mix for the following common construction components– Slabs– Footings– Integral Footings– Walls– Columns– Steps– Stairs

Volume Calculator

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• Powerful and flexible means of navigating through your order history

• Windows Explorer-like view of orders in the system• Dispatch > Order Tree• Locate orders by date, customer, project, and more• Retrieve, Edit, Ticket Orders• Configuring the order tree

• Sort• Select• Column

• Saving and naming configurations

Order Tree

Order Tree

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Order Tree

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Order Tree

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Questions?

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