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New Features

12.2.59   The Cost of Items with a Master Item is calculated at the time of sale based on the conversion quantity and cost of the Master Item.  Previously, this was only calculated when the Master Item was received to stock.

12.2.57   Total Discount Quantity and Total Discount Amount
is now on the End of Day Report and Todays Sales Report.

12.2.55   Price Schemes
have an option to require an Item to be among the Items on the invoice for the Price Scheme to be valid and only the required Item is discounted.

​12.2.54   Price Schemes
can now have separate quantities for the regular price scheme and for quantities for customers and/or members.  This is used for the new pricing available from Altria and MSA and is reported via the ASH Scan Data program.

12.2.53   Multi-Site can now view Corporate Wide invoice history and reprint from any location.

12.2.51   Todays Sales Report can now print for all or individual registers and/or clerks.

12.2.49   Instant Lotto Maintenance now has the option to display and lookup by bin number.

12.2.48   A new button on the Desktop to view the latest New Features.


12.2.47   A new option in Station Settings Local on the Closeout / Other Settings tab to print an Instant Lotto Report as part of the Shift or End of Day Closeout.

12.2.45   New Hourly Sales Report
has the option to print Hourly Sales, Hourly Profit, Hourly Average per Invoice and Hourly Number of Invoices by Day of Week for any date range.

12.2.44   Scanning driver’s license to verify legal age
will read the 1D Michigan barcode and the 2D barcode for all state issued ID’s and Canada.  This does require a 2D barcode scanner to read the 2D barcode.

12.2.42   Transaction Report
now has an option to include the Invoice Detail by transaction.  Emergency Stand Alone files are now created automatically in the background.

12.2.41  
New Delete button on the Order Recall screen to allow deleting orders without recalling first.  This does require the same security level as Delete Any Record.

12.2.40  
Liquor Import will now add the replacement SKU/UPC contained in the State File and add it as an Alternate Sku.

12.2.38  
The Dashboard feature now has the option to print a hard copy of the Dashboard Data based on the options selected.

12.2.36  
The Advertising Display will now automatically launch if enabled.

12.2.34  
Option in Advertising Display Settings to display Cash Total and Credit Card Total on the advertising display when using cash discounts.

12.2.31 
  New feature to delete multiple items at a time by selecting the Select check box on each item in the Inventory Browse screen and then selecting the Delete button.

12.2.30   Sales by Vendor report now has the option to display sales with the customer information included and the option to send the data to an Excel spreadsheet.

12.2.28   End of Day Report now shows Other Department sales, (Lotto, Lotto Redeem, etc.), separate from Total Sales.

12.2.26   Credit Card Transaction Review, (CCR on the Options button), now has the option to look up transactions by the last four digits of the credit card number.  This makes it easy to find transactions for charge backs.

12.2.24   Option to connect two credit card terminals to a single workstation and select the second terminal based on a customer type setting in Station Settings Local.  Any customer with that Customer Type will automatically go to the second terminal.  You can also generate reports or manually batch out either terminal.

12.2.22   Option to change the number of digits for a UPCA or UPCE sku to be transmitted by the scanner. In System Settings Global on the Settings 2 tab, you can define the format and number of digits and then activate at the workstation in Station Settings Local on the Backup / More Settings tab and check: “Enable Automatically Sizing of UPC-A and UPC-E Barcodes”

12.2.20   Liquor Import will now update prices of new items without having to run a second time.​


12.2.16   New option to give a new customer a discount on their first day.


12.2.15   New option to give customers at a specific price level a discount for a specific date range.

12.2.14   EBT Food and EBT Cash transactions are now distinguished separately on receipts and history.

12.2.13   In Purchase Orders, the Edit Line option or adding a new line will now display the last 24 months of sales history and an Edit button to edit the Item directly from this screen.

12.2.10   Inventory Maintenance now has a Case Cost in addition to a Case Quantity.  When creating a Purchase Order it will use the Case Cost to eliminate rounding of the cost of Items that have more than two decimal digits for the cost.

12.2.7     Purchase Order Edit / Receive now has a column to display each orders status.

12.2.3     The Auto Update function is fully operational.  The QuichchargeIT software will automatically update to the latest version with the latest new features.

12.1.47   The Insert Line option “IN” has the option to insert a Blank Line or to insert an Item.

12.1.45   New option to disable completing a transaction on the Sales screen.

12.1.37   Sales by Department report has the option to print the Sales Tax total by Department and prints the Cost Of Goods Sold (COGS) percent.


ASH Management System Version 11 and Older:


11.5.38   There is an option to print an "Item Not Found" tag when an Item is not found on the Sales Screen.  This can be disabled in Station Settings local.


11.5.28   
You can now set a status of Purchase Orders to "In Progress" or "On Order" and select which type of Purchase Orders you want to see in the list.  You can also access Purchase Order History from the Edit/Receive Purchase Order screen.

11.5.20   Option to print Shipping box Labels with Box 1 of 3, Box 2 of 3, etc. from the sales screen.  On the options screen the Hot Key is "SL".

11.5.14   Price Links now has the option to import Items from a Price Scheme in lieu of having to enter similar Items twice.

 11.5.9    
New option in System Settings Global to create a coupon that applies to only a specific department and calculates the amount available to apply up to the coupon amount.  It can also use only several of the left most characters of the coupon barcode if the right characters of the barcode change per coupon.

11.5.8    
Inventory List can Lookup, Find and Wild Lookup by Master Item.

​11.4.25
   Liquor Import will now display Items in Red when the new price will be less than the existing price and Items in Blue when the new price will be greater than the existing price.  There is also an option to display either of the above items only.

11.4.20   EBT payments with multiple EBT cards can now be entered with the remaining EBT balance calculated.

11.4.16   Purchase Order Edit and Receive can now display and calculate the number of cases based on the quantity ordered.

11.4.12   Employee Sales Report has the option to group the reports by product style.

11.4.9     A new option to Export Data files for Door Dash, Grub Hub, Shipped and others based on the criteria selected and transmit at a specific time and day or day of week.

11.4.6     Inventory Maintenance has an option to set an Item to Prompt for the Quantity on each transaction similar to the Prompt for Price option.

11.4.5     Printing Shelf Talkers
now has the option to print the text entered in the Notes field of Item Maintenance.

11.4.4     Purchase Order Manual Entry, Edit and Receive will now go to the line Item of the original Item
when a duplicate Item is entered and the user selects “No” to add the Item again.  This will allow users to easily see what was already entered for that Item.

11.4.3     Multi-Site Employee Activity Report
will now print the Employee Name in addition to their ID number for each location at the Central Location.

11.4.2     The Inventory Report
now has the option to print a report based on a specific date in addition to End of Month As Of dates.

11.4.1     New Email Interface
integrated to comply with new email rules.  This will eliminate the problem sending Emails with some service providers.

11.3.17   Item Pictures
will now automatically look for the image in the c:\ashpsdat\pics folder so that the picture is available to all workstations.

 11.3.13  Liquor Import
now has an option to round the last digit of the price up to 9 or the last two digits of the price up to 99.
 
11.2.1   
Option in System Settings Global to display the Items Markup % in lieu of the Margin % in Item Maintenance.

11.1.33 Customer lookup screens can now sort or lookup by Balance Due. Click on the Balance header to display Highest to Lowest or Lowest to Highest.    
 
11.1.31 Inventory lookup
screens can now sort or lookup by Price. Click on the Price header to display Highest to Lowest or Lowest to Highest.
 
11.1.28 Employee Commission Report
now has the option Exclude or Select Only a specific Department.
 
11.1.26 Inventory Edit
now has an option to quickly receive that product to stock and generate a Receiving Report and add that receipt to Purchase History.        

11.1.24 New Price Links to enable updating of prices and promos in bulk for every Item in the selected Price Link.  Editing the Price, Promo Price, Two Fer or Three Fer pricing in Item Maintenance will also prompt to update all the Items in the associated Price Link.  Price Links are in the Inventory Control menu.
 
11.1.20
Employee ID, First and Last Names are now recorded on the End of Day reports.
 
11.1.18
New Shelf Talker Label that prints on the Label Printer.  Just add the promo (2 for $5.00) on the Item Notes button in Inventory Maintenance and select the Shelf Talker label to print.


 11.1.17
Option in Station Settings Local on the Print Settings tab to prompt the Clerk to Confirm the customer is paying with Cash when Cash is selected.

11.1.6   New Option to perform a Closeout by Clerk.  This allows a clerk to work at several workstations taking their cash drawer till with them and then performing a closeout from any workstation for all of their transactions.  “Independent Register Closeout for Each Station” MUST be unchecked in System Settings Global and check the “Enable Closeout by Clerk” next to it.

11.1.4   New feature to automatically perform a Shift Closeout at a predetermined time daily.  It will also perform a Backup of your Live Data to the local disk drive and print any selected End of Day Reports.  Configure the settings in Station Settings Local on the Closeout / Other Settings tab.
 
11.1.3  
Changes to Shelf Talker printing to allow manual entry of data to appear on the Shelf Talkers.  Now you can manually enter the prices, promos, select a unique picture, etc.  You can enter a “2 for $5.00” or “2/$5.00 Awesome” text, etc.  Some modifications to your existing Shelf Talkers may be needed and can be edited in Station Settings Local on the Print Settings tab.  Contact us to order pre-printed Shelf Talker forms.
 
11.1.1  
Option in Station Settings local to Disable the option to create a payment on a transaction when the amount tendered is less than the invoice total and a second payment tendered is not selected.
 
11.1.0   Version 11 is Released.  Many changes to Improve System Performance and it is fully compatible with Windows 11.  Additional changes to prevent file corruption during a power or system failure.

 10.4.33  
Option in Auto Purchase Order and Purchase Order Edit / Receive to display the quantity of cases based on the Item case quantity and the ability to adjust the display order in Station Settings Local.

10.4.32  
Option in the Aged Receivables report to create an Excel spreadsheet of the aged receivable data.

10.4.30   EBT Balance
will now print boldly on the customer receipts.

10.4.28   
New option in the Liquor Import to allow updating prices of items based on the cost divided by a percent.

 10.4.24  
New option on the Sales Screen and the Price Check Screen to print bar code labels for the selected item.  “BC” is the Hot Key on the Options Button.

10.4.23  
The new Formal Wear Pro edition is released.  This also enables you to keep track of the Groom sizes and measurements along with the Groomsman, Father of the Groom, etc.  Schedule fitting and pickup times along with rental of garments and generate late charges if not returned on time.

10.4.18  
A new option in System Settings Global on the Pricing tab that allows you to set the number of days of customer inactivity that their Points and / or Credits Earned will be returned to Zero.

10.4.16   
Option in Price Changes and Promos to Scan Items or Select Items from an Inventory List for the Criteria of Items to Update.

10.4.15  
New Feature in Menu Button Maintenance to program a button to return to the Previous Menu or Previous Menus.  Select Menu as the Type and then enter -1 to return to the previous menu, or -2 to return two menus back, etc.

10.4.14  
Option in System Settings Global on the Defaults Tab to “Enable PO Item List for Item Not Found”.  When selected, if an Item is not found it will automatically go to the item list starting at the item entered.

10.4.13   
Option in Pax Setup to only prompt for a signature on transactions over a specified amount.

10.4.3    
A New KIOSK version available.  This will allow a workstation to run as a customer kiosk which will limit the options available to the customer and only allow credit card transactions.  The Ash QuickCharge integrated credit card processing should be installed.


10.3.5     Option in the Tax Exempt Report to group Tax Exempt transactions by Customer.

10.3.1    
Option in Price Schemes to limit quantity purchases per day by customer.  This is a required option for some of the Scan Data promotional pricing.

 10.2.7 
    A new option in Station Settings Local on the Closeout/Other Settings tab to Display a Clock In Message and requires an Employee to Confirm they agree every time an employee clocks in.  The default message is:
“I acknowledge that I WILL NOT SELL TO MINORS and that I will be responsible for any legal actions and penalties. By clicking OK I agree to the above.”

and can be changed as required.

10.2.6    
All Inventory Rank reports will now print the selected date range at the top of the report.

10.2.4    
Under the Reports menu there is now an option for Monthly Sales Reports which will automatically print a Sales by Department report and an End of Day report for the selected date range.  These are the two reports most merchants want to give to their accountant after the end of a monthly period.

10.2.1    
Price Schemes now have an option to apply Price Schemes only if a Customer and / or Member is selected.  These prices can be different then Price Scheme prices to non customers and members.

10.1.6     Liquor Import will now automatically download the Liquor Update
from the state without having to save the data file.  Now you can just click the Download New File and then Proceed with Scan.

 10.1.5    
A new option in Station Settings (Local) on the Backup / More Settings tab to Display the Quantity of Items on the transaction.  Returns on the same transaction will not subtract from the quantity displayed.  It is the physical quantity of items being purchased.

10.1.3    
New option in Menu Button Maintenance to Setup a Button that will automatically Round Up the Cash Tendered Amount to the next whole dollar.  Use “$$” in the SKU field of the Button.

10.1.2    
New option in Station Settings to Display a Red Background on a line Item if the Cost is less than the Price and to Display a Yellow Background on a line Item if the Cost is equal to the price.

10.0.1     Version 10 is Released.  Many changes to Improve System Performance and it is fully compatible with Windows 11. 
Updated Buttons and Features on all Lookup / Browse screens.

 

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