Noble Matrix is now available for 2 accounting systems, Sybiz Vision and Advanced Business Manager.

Noble Matrix for Sybiz Vision:

Note: you must backup your company database prior to performing this upgrade. Any unposted general ledger journals must be flushed through to Vision (see your End of Month Processing Chapter in the Matrix Manual). Also you must do a reindex in both Vision and Matrix prior to installing this release.

What's new in Build 402:

1. Sales Credits with Stock (non-style) items now correctly selects the default GST Code
2. Added a new Barcodes Listing Report by Supplier
3. The Agent field is no longer displayed on Purchase transactions
4. Customer records are time stamped for date created and date edited
5. Fixed a problem with the GST rounding under certain circumstances
6. Now has GST default codes on Stock and Ledger items as well as Styles
7. Activated user rights setting prohibiting Sales Orders and Purchase Orders

Note: with this release you should recalculated Sales Orders and Purchase Orders (from the Matrix Utility drop down menu) prior to running any reports based on Orders (such as Picking Lists and Order Reports). This is a known issue that will be addressed in a forthcoming build.

Click here to download build 402 Client
Click here to download build 151 of the Server version which is compatible with build 402 Client

What's new in Build 398:

1. Implemented Sales Returns
2. Sales Credits can now be based on Sales Returns as well as Sales Invoices
3. Postings to the General Ledger for Stock on Hand in the Balance Sheet and Closing Stock in the Trading Statement  are now performed by Sales Deliveries/Sales Returns or in Sales Invoices or Sales Credits when there is no related Delivery/Return.

What's new in Build 395:

1. Special prices has been enhanced to include percentage discounts on specific product groups
2. Agents Commission reports are now based on 4 decimals to minimise rounding issues
3. The GST Codes for General Ledger items in transactions are now initialised to what was set in Vision.
4. Various NZ GST fixes.
5. New option in Utilties/Options that allows you to specify the location of the Vision Viewer for each user.
6. Sales Deliveries can now be performed where a previous Sales Order has not been processed (a quick sales order is automatically generated in this case).
7. Branch as well as Head Office Remarks are displayed on transaction screens.
8. Inter-branch stock transfers now use the branch transfer account specified in Vision.

What's new in Build 385:

1. Correctly handles both GST Free and GST Applies items on the same transaction
2. Handles GST inclusive selling prices on Styles (note: still treats all "Stock" sales as GST Exclusive.)
3. Summarises General ledger journals again. (note: requires a re-index in noble Matrix after installing this build0

What's new in Build 381:

Removed the "All Locations" selection from the Locations/Branch drop down in Production (Bill of Materials and Jobs).

What's new in Build 379:

This build repairs a problem on product discount on sales orders that have been edited many times.

What's new in Build 376:

This build incorporates some fixes and adds a new report called "GL Reconcilation with Debtors Ledger Report" in the "Customers" category of Standard Reports. This report summarises Sales Invoices, Sales Credits, Journals, Receipts, Payments and compares these to the movement in the General Ledger.

What's new in Build 372:

This build restricts the use of options 3 of build 371 to operators only with the ability to edit system tables.

What's new in Build 371:

This build will only work with Vision 6.0 and later and includes the following changes:

1. Microsoft Vista™ Support
2. Added a new option called "Failed Transactions" under the "Utilities/Server" Drop Down Menu that displays any MatServe transactions that failed to complete. We've noticed on some sites that have aggressive Anti Virus systems that scan all files that it is possible that excessive delays cause the Matrix Server to fail to process some transactions. If you use MatServe, we recommend you run this new option to interrogate the Matrix Server Log and report to us if any items are listed. We also highly recommend your Server's Anti-virus is configured to exclude from virus scanning the following file types: DBC, DBF, FPT, CDX
3. Added a new option in Utilities called: "Align Sales Margins to Standard Costs" which changes the cost of existing sales invoices to match the "Standard Cost" stored in the Style Maintenance Screen
4. Now automatically sets up the workstation if MatServe is detected without displaying a warning message.
5. There is a new field called Inventry.ExtPartNo is available in all Transaction Forms that will display the Supplier Part Number where the Matrix Layout is not required or the stock item is not a Style item. For Style items, there is still the styleprn.Supp_Part field available
6. A warning message now displays when trying to start, edit or end a production job where a bill of materials has not been defined for the appropriate location.
7. Repair to a problem where the average cost of a split production job was incorrectly calculated.

Known issue: there are some refresh problems on some screens due to subtle changes to the latest Microsoft Runtime Libraries. This has necessitated rewrites of some screens - a mock-up of a transaction screen is included in the "Transaction" Drop Down Menu for your valued feedback.

What's new in Build 365:

This build is compatible with Sybiz Vision 6.0 and includes the following changes:

1. Now allows a special price for customers/suppliers of $0.00.

What's new in Build 364:

This build includes the following changes:

1. General Ledger postings now can be expanded to support posting to a Work in Progress account in the trading statement. You will need to edit the setup of each stage of production and select the appropriate general ledger account to use this feature.
2. All the fields in the Inventory Table are now accessible to the Forms editor including fields such as the Supplier's Part number (inventry.extpartno).
3. You can now toggle from Postal Address, Delivery Address and Delivery Instructions in the Transaction screens by clicking on the address area.
4. A number of new standard reports including Stockists, Stock Position, Sample Catalogue with Barcodes, Free to Sell and many others

What's new in Build 363:

This build is compatible with Sybiz Vision 5.0 and includes the following changes:

1. Fixes a problem introduced in Build 361 that would not allow entry of zero selling prices
2. The generic styleprn.frx/frt invoice/order/credit form now handles accounts that you would like to use the mailing instructions as a delivery address without having to have a separate account for a delivery address as you would when you have a head office/branch scenario with chain stores. Note: this build still picks up the Delivery Instructions as the default when you click on the Instructions push button but does not write back to the customer record any changes made. A forthcoming release will introduce a switch that will allow you to chose to a) pick up a default Instruction b) write Instructions back to the customer record and c) whether to display the Mailing Address or Delivery Instructions on the Main Transaction Screen.

What's new in Build 361:

This build is compatible with Sybiz Vision 5.0 and includes the following changes:

1. Splitting a production job now apportions the costs of component costs on the basis of the proportion of the split. This results in more precise costs of finished goods and the calculation of margins of goods sold prior to the entire production job being completed.
2. Entering of Net Price after Discount and Tax now correctly calculates the Gross Price. Previously it was only possible to enter the Gross Price, and then enter Discount to display the Net Price.

What's new in Build 353:

This build includes the following changes:

Fixed a problem with the Production which occurs from build 349. If you are not using the Bill of Materials and Production Module there is no need to install this build if you are already on build 352.

What's new in Build 352:

This build includes the following changes:

1. Fixed an issue which confused styles such as ABC1234 with ABC12 in the selection screen of the special prices module
2. Added a new option in the general section of the options dialogue box to remember the setting that displays transactions in the Style/Colour/Size Matrix. The default is to print in Style/Colour/Size mode. Previous to this release the setting to not display in the Style/Colour/Size Matrix mode was active only for the life of the current session.

What's new in Build 351:

This build includes the following changes:

1. Price of Style set to the special price for quantity of 1 as a default.
2. Added special buy prices in the Supplier maintenance screen and Style maintenance screen
3. Added new report: "Special buy prices from Suppliers" in the "Styles" Report Category.
4. Warning message displayed when an unit cost at stock adjustment screen is in excess of the first selling price.
5. Added a warning when renaming a style code in the style maintenance screen

What's new in Build 350:

This build includes the following changes:

1. Allow special prices that are higher than the normal price for the customer group. A warning is displayed that the price is higher.
2. Added an option to round tax up for half cents and higher rather than the default of truncating to 2 decimals (click on image below to view full size)

What's new in Build 349:

This build includes the following changes:

1. Fixed a problem in Purchase Orders and Invoices whereby the wrong purchase cost was being assigned to a Style where Style Special Prices have been entered (only affects build 348)

What's new in Build 348:

This build includes the following changes:

1. Added a new report in the Styles Categories for Style Special Prices by Customer
2. Added a "Specials" push button in the Customer Maintenance screen which displays all styles with a special price for the currently selected customer. Also allows you to change, delete and add new specials
3. Fixed a problem with the selection of special prices where style codes were similar

What's new in Build 346:

This build includes the following changes:

1. The Option: "Rewrite Titles on Style Refreshes" has been moved from User Options to General Options
2. Added a new "Specials" button in the Style maintenance screen which allows special pricing per customer based on minimum quantities for the current style.

What's new in Build 345:

This build includes the following changes:

Corrects a problem with running finance charges where there are zero value invoices (such as repair invoices).  There is also a utility in the Support section of Standard Reports that repairs any past zero value invoices.

What's new in Build 344:

This build has been tested with Sybiz Vision 4.0 and includes the following changes:

1. Added a new report in the Stocktake category: Stock Adjustments by Product Group
2. Added a new report in the EDI category: Stock Inconsistencies between EDItech and Matrix
3. Increased number of decimals of the transfer rate in Style Transfer from 2 to 6

What's new in build 343:

1. Added new commission report based on cash receipts by allocated agent for delivery accounts. Useful for customers that belong to buying groups.
2. Fixed forward dating of credit notes problem which caused a reconciliation problem as the transaction was dated in the forward month but the general ledger was posted to the current month.
3. Fixed a problem with forward dated credit notes where the transaction was correctly processed in the current month but the corresponding journal entry was incorrectly accounted for in the forward date causing a reconciliation complication.
4. All sales transactions must now be allocated to a sales analysis code during the sales transaction screen. This will help reconcile Agents Commision reports.
5. Sales invoices now allow changing of sales analysis codes (agents/reps) from the code specified in the sales order. Previously the sales analysis code specified in the sales order was not overwritten.
6. Added a new report in Sales Orders (Outstanding) called Margin Analysis by Product Group by Customer (delivery date range) .
7. Fixed a problem where it was possible to raise a sales invoice to an inactive customer.

What's new in build 340:

1. Now uses Microsoft Visual Foxpro 8.0 and requires a full installation. This version of FoxPro seems to improve the reliability of the software especially when working on very long orders. There are some minor incompatibilities in connection with the screen redrawing and background being lost after modifying report layouts etc. This can be overcome by not using Windows XP Themes.
2. Added new report: "Barcodes allocated to Styles (non contiguous)" which allows you to specify up to about 20 styles and produce the barcodes list. This report is much faster than the existing report which allows you to select a contiguous range of styles.

What's new in Build 339:

1. Added the ability to add custom deliminators apart from the standard "/" between Style and Colour, and Colour and Size. This can be found in the "Options" screen from the Utilities drop down. Note: if you would like to maintain total compability with earlier builds, you must add a "/" in both deliminator fields.

2. Added the ability to add custom construction string of the inventory description apart from the standard "Style Colour Size Description". This can be found in the "Options" screen from the Utilities drop down. An empty construction string retains the previous builds behaviour. Care should be taken when using this field. Only the following fields are available: style_code, style_name, colour_name, size_name, season_name. Note: Contact your authorised Noble Matrix consultant prior to entering anything in this field.

3. Fixed a problem with rounding on any GST other than 10%. This was apparent on New Zealand databases with 12.5% GST.

Noble Matrix for Advanced Business Manager

Build 2.15

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Whats New in build 2.15

- Fixed a bug with Sales Deliveries. Previously if you invoiced an already delivered item, it would double up the delivered amount.

- No longer reports an error if a colour/size combination does not exist. Important if the operator deletes a size/colour no longer required.

Whats New in build 2.14

- Screens are now resizable
- Enabled Variable pricing by Colour/Size

Whats New in build 2.13

- Option to have backorders appear on Invoices and Deliveries.
- Added the facilitation of barcode generation on styles.
- Added a carton/bag label printing facility (Optional Module)

Whats New in build 2.11

- Fixed a bug with Back Ordering and converting Orders into Invoices.
- Enabled the function to Deliver to a different account to what is being invoiced.

Whats New in build 2.10

- Fixed a bug where the totals at the bottom of the screen on a transaction were not refreshing when  loading an existing transaction
- Fixed a bug where you were unable to remove lines off a Credit when Crediting an Invoice.
- Enabled the ability to add a style in style maintenance whilst a transaction was in progress
- Added Stock Quantity information on the Style Transaction screen (When entering in quantities)
- Fixed a bug where loading a Quote into an Order would not process correctly.
- Fixed a bug where processing an Quote/Order for branch account would process under the associated HO account

Whats New in build 2.09

- Added a toolbar in the transaction screen for added functionality. Common functions like Print Settings, Process, Close etc are now available from this menu.
- Enabled re-printing of all transactions from the menu toolbar
- Enabled Entry of delivery instructions from the toolbar
- Enabled the ability to credit invoices directly and also return deliveries.
- Enabled the ability to convert Sales Quotes to Invoices.
- Fixed a bug with Previewing of Transactions to screen
- Added ability to modify forms on the fly from transaction screens.
- Sockets were not being added automatically. This has now been rectified. To automatically add a socket for a company, run ABM Matrix from the Start menu.
- Fixed a bug with the Purchase cost on a Purchase Order or Invoice being calculated incorrectly. Previously the Purchase Cost entered on the style was being multiplied by the exchange rate if it was a foreign currency account where it should not have been.
- Fixed a bug where the Tax Status of a style entered on a transaction was not changing if the account was Tax Exempt.

Build 2.08

- Changed the colour of the calendar control as it was difficult to see on some monitors
- Sorted the available colour list in the style maintenance alphabetically
- Fixed a problem with refreshing of fields on Product page when processing a transaction
- Added a Search By drop down box on the Find screen. You can now specify what field you want to search by when searching for a style
- Added a double click feature to the find screen. If you double click on an item it will have the same effect as selecting the item and then pressing accept.
- Enabled double clicking of line items on transaction screen instead of only clicking once then taking you directly to the style page.
- Add a right click function on each line item to enable deletion and also quick access to adding new styles.
- Fixed bug with foreign currency accounts. When a transaction was raised against a foreign currency account, the amounts were staying in local currency.
- Fixed bug where when entering a transaction, it was using today's date (DATE()) for the accounting date. It now uses the company.processingdate
- Disabled ability to forward date transactions other than Invoices and Credits
- Enabled option to assign a global delivery date to styles
- Fixed bug in style maintenance with product groups not being saved
- Fixed a bug with style maintenance, product code being truncated
 

Build 2.06

Fixed a problem with Purchase Order numbers not being accepted when processing a Purchase Order. Previously it was coming up as "New Order" as the order number. This was happening for Sales Quotes as well.

Build 2.05

Customer finder now brings back all customers, not first 20.

Build 2.04

1. Added the ability to delete colours from styles if no transactions were against the colour
2. Added the ability to remove entire styles as long as there were no transactions against the style

Build 2.03

1. Added save function to the colours button so when user adds a colour it will save it to the products table automatically
2. Put in an automatic truncation of the product title so that the user cannot exceed the length of 50 when entering a style with long descriptions