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...Data entry

Quick, easy, and accurate to use. Data may be entered with various imports and duplication tools or manually. Even when manually entering data, ProMaster Hardware 7 expedites the process with predictive number sequence generation for appropriate fields (e.g. door numbers, stamping and descriptions).

ProMaster Hardware 7 Door window, on top of the Doors window. The door window first displays the current project number and description. Then there is a section for “Details for this door” which contains entry fields for “Door number”, “Description”, “Area”, “Stage”, “Stamping”, “Height”, “Width”, “Thickness” and dropdown lists for “Handing”, “Door type”, “Door finish”, “Frame type”, “Frame finish”, “Lock function” and “Override rating”. The dropdown list for features not currently enabled within the project are disabled, meaning that “Door type” and “Override rating” are the only dropdown list active in this section. Below this are 3 tabs; “Inventory” (currently active), “Notes” and “Extra info”. The “Inventory” tab displays a list of inventory items showing each item’s “Short code”, quantity, wither it needs dry fitting, installation, or finishing, wither the finishing is completed, “Part code”, “Description” and “Brand”. Above the list are buttons to alter the list of items; “Add”, “Remove”, alter the “Properties” and increase and decrease the quantity, dry fitting, installation and finishing of the listed items, and a dropdown list “Add items from set” select for use with a button “Add set” (both currently disabled due to the absence of any inventory sets in the project). To the right of the list is an image of the item currently selected in the list. In the bottom left corner is a link to “More tasks”, and in the bottom right corner are “Save and add another”, “OK” and “Cancel” buttons.
...Quotes/schedules

ProMaster Hardware 7 generates comprehensive and professional quote and schedule reports for your clients. Select from a vast list of reporting options to produce separate PDF files or combine them into a single file.

ProMaster Hardware 7 Quote / Schedule Reports window. The window first displays the current project number and description. Next section defines the “Quote” number and its description. Below this is a section where users may “Select the report to produce” and the options for some of those reports. The reports available for printing are; “quote / schedule cover page”, “legend”, “product schedule” or “compact product schedule” with options for showing “prices”, pictures” and “totals”, “product summary”, “area / door type price summary” with a dropdown list for selecting “Layout” options, “doors with prices” with options to “Show totals”, “Show only a total price on each door” and “Start each area on a new page”, “Doors with hardware” with options to “Show all doors (do not restrict to quote)”, “Show door notes”, “Show rating”, “Show handing”, “Show door type”, “Start each area on a new page” and “ Use compact layout”, “Doors with hardware and prices” with options to “Show door notes”, “Show individual item prices”, “Show rating”, “Show handing”, “Show door type”, “Start each area on a new page” and “ Use compact layout”, “product by supplier for ordering” with an option to “Start each supplier on a new page”, and “product installation costs for ordering”. Beneath the report selections is a section for “Display options for all reports except legend” which includes options “Use short code for inventory part code”, “Show inventory part code”, “Show inventory brand”, “Show inventory finish” and a link to “More options”. In the bottom left corner is a link to “Printer options”, and in the bottom right corner are “Print”, “Preview”, “Email” and “Close” buttons.
...Finishing

Record products that require finishing that incorporates a special process (e.g., door furniture that requires a power coat in a non-standard colour or kick plates that need to be cut to specific dimensions) and print finishing instruction reports.

ProMaster Hardware 7 Finished Items window. The window first displays the current project number and description. Below this is a list of items that require finishing. Each item shows its “Door number”, door “Description”, “Area”, part “Short code”, “Part code”, “Quantity” requiring finishing, the quantity that have been “Finished” and a pencil icon if the “Finished” quantity is set to be changed. On the right side, the currently selected item’s “Door” number and part “Code” is displayed along with a check box to set that the “Item is finished” and an “Apply / next” button. In the bottom right corner are “Save” and “Cancel” buttons.
...Shipments

Records the items you are shipping to the customer, record the packaging, print the paperwork, and produce shipping labels on your label printer.

ProMaster Hardware 7 Shipment Packaging window. The window first displays the current project number and description. Below this are 5 tabs; “Shipment”, “Items and packaging” (currently active), “Shipment text”, “Notes” and “Transport”. The “Items and packaging” tab shows a list denoting each item to be shipped and displays information for the item’s “Door number”, “Part code”, “Short code”, “Quantity”, the “Packages” it is assigned to, its “Weight”, “Volume” and description. To the right of the list, several sections display options for packing the listed items. These sections allow the user to pack the items by; placing a listed item into a single “Box”, “Pack door” into a single box, “Pack ‘ship separate’ items” into boxes, and “Pack item” to “Put selected item in this box” or “Put all unboxed of selected item in this box”. In the bottom left corner is a link to “More tasks”, and in the bottom right corner are “OK” and “Cancel” buttons.
...Installations

Make a selection of doors (for example on an area-by-area basis) that have items requiring installation, and print a combined set of instructions for the installer to work from.

ProMaster Hardware 7 Record Install Completion window. The window first displays the current project number and description. Below this are 6 tabs; “Install”, “Items” (currently active), “Notes from Installer”, “Install Text”, “QA Notes” and “Notes”. The “Items” tab shows a list denoting each item to be dry fitted and/or installed, and displays information for the item’s “Door number”, door “Description”, “Area”, “Stage”, “Part code”, “Short code”, quantity of “Dryfit” to be done, a tick icon if the dry fitting is “Completed”, quantity of “Install” to be done, a tick icon if the installing is “Completed”, a pencil icon if the item is currently being updated, any “Note” for the item, and the item “Description”. To the right of the list is summary information of the currently selected list item; the door number, part code, and the outstanding number of “Dryfit” and “Install”, along with additional information on the “Quotes” that include the item. There is also a button to “Edit” the number of completed installs and dry fittings for the item and a button to “Bulk change…” these values for many items at once. In the bottom left corner is a link to “More tasks”, and in the bottom right corner are “OK” and “Cancel” buttons.
...Claims

ProMaster Hardware looks at the product shipped, and the parts of any installation requests that have been completed and at finishing that is complete, then assembles information for billing. Export this information to CSV files for use with your invoicing software.

ProMaster Hardware 7 section of a Claim detail report. At the top of the report section is the project’s number and description, the “Consultant” for the project, the report name; “Claim detail”, and a summary of the claim in question, including the “Claim” number, date, status, and “Associate”. The report then lists each “Door” included in the claim, along with its “Area” and “Description”, and details of the product included in the claim. The product details shown are the part “Code”, “Description”, “Brand”, “Finish”, “Variation”, “Type”, and the “Total” price for the product. Each door then has a total price for all the product on the door.
...Variations

Record changes to a project after it is first accepted and track those changes to separate requests and authorisations. Release quotes and accept them for those changes separately.

ProMaster Hardware 7 section of the Quotes / Schedule window, showing a list of 2 separate quotes for separate variations. The list shows each quote’s “Quote number”, “Variation”, “Status”, “Quoted” date, “Accepted” date, “Associate” name, “Description”, “Product” price, “Dryfit” price, “Install” price, “Finishing” price and total “Price”.
...Requests for information

Record requests for information and their reply about a project and reference various activity in the project.

...Communications

In addition to recording your communications, you can link the communication to other data within your project. For example, if you have a discussion involving a particular door, you can link the communication to that door for easy reference later.

...Documents

Any amount of documentation may be stored within a project. Documentation may be notes only, or images, or any number of supported document types (e.g., zip, rar, pdf, xps, msg, rtf, txt, doc, docm, docx, xls, xlsm, xlsx, ppt, pptm, pps, ppsm, pptx, ppsx).

ProMaster Hardware 7 Document window. The window first displays the current project number and description. Below this are fields for recording the document’s “Type”, “Description” and the date and time it was “Created”. Below these are 2 tabs; “Image” (currently active) and “Notes”. The “Image” tab has buttons to “Print” and “Edit” the image then buttons to display the image full size to to scale it so it fits the viewable area directly below the buttons. In the bottom right corner are “OK” and “Cancel” buttons.