Cash Register Express Changelog

What's new in Cash Register Express 10.5

Feb 10, 2012

** SECURITY RELEASE ** In order to keep up with the changing world, PC America will be voluntarily pursuing observation of the 'Payment Application Best Practices' released by Visa and Mastercard.
This procedure is a fully voluntary process that PC America is undertaking in order to ensure our clients have the latest and most secure point of sale application. The procedure consists of a few changes to CRE and RPE in addition to releasing documentation that informs our customers how to best protect their customers.
CRE and RPE already embraced certain security features such as masking the credit card number and expiration date on the receipt BEFORE this was required. This update obliterates swipe information from the credit card and provides a generally more secure process for taking credit cards. Future versions over the next year will include features such as mandatory periodic changes of passwords.
It is very important to update for this release -- if you do not have a current support and updates contract, renew now. At the end of the approximate 12 month period, PC America will voluntarily sign up for an extensive security audit in order to be months or years ahead of security legislation.
** NEW ** Voucher system for loyalty; a new option has been created for the loyalty system where you can give clients a $ 100 gift card (or store credit voucher) for FREE when fulfilling certain loyalty requirements (such as spending $ 200 dollars, etc.) This provides another loyalty tool to get customers purchasing more dollars more often.
** NEW ** Added support for the Topaz Signature Pad, allowing your customers to sign for credit cards electronically versus signing a paper receipt. Adding a Topaz signature pad to your POS system is a huge time saver; there is no need to file huge piles of receipts, you can re-print any past credit card receipt and it will reprint the signature exactly as it appeared when they signed it.
** NEW ** Added support for the Telequip Coin Changer; if change is due back to a customer, the coin changer will automatically dispense the proper coin change into a plastic cup at the buttom. This significantly speeds up stores and restaurants that ring up many cash transactions.
** NEW ** New report; the 'Profits by Department' report in the 'Sales' section of the 'Reporting Screen'. This useful report will list all the quantity, cost, price, profit and most importantly the profit margin of every item sold in a date range; the information is summarized by department to help ensure you are retaining the margins to need to sell at to support your business.
** NEW ** New report; the 'Grand Totals by Customer' report will generate a list of customers and the total number of dollars they purchased from your business. This report can be generated in order of customer number or in order of dollars purchased. Use this information to market to your best customers (tell them of new products) or increase business from your worst customers (we haven't seen you in awhile, come in and receive 25% off your next purchase!)
** NEW ** Support added for the Verifone Everest Plus, a payment terminal used at the end of the lane in many grocery stores. Customers can swipe their own card, select credit or debit (and if debit enter their pin number.) Stores and restaurants with with multiple lanes should consider purchasing this unit.
** NEW ** 'Print Customer Information' option added; in the past, the information for a customer (including phone number, name and address) would appear on every receipt that customer is selected for. The new version (for 'Receipt' and 'Shor t Receipt' sizes) allows you to limit this to the customer # only, customer name only, company only or a masked version of the customer number (where most of it is asteriks.) This helps preserve confidentiality in environments where customers are sensitive to their personal information.
** NEW ** Option added to the 'Customer Maintenance' screen to apply finance charges to all overdue balances.
New functionality added to Global Inventory Changes; options now exist to increase prices by a certain percentage, assign tax and more. This allows users to make changes to inventory items faster than ever.
** NEW ** Menu schedules added, allowing for creation of multiple menus within RPE. For example, you can create a special Valentines Day menu that is automatically turned on February 14th; it will revert back to the normal menu the next day. Another example is a late night menu that turns on after 9 PM and stays on until closing. These menus can be scheduled in a very flexible fashion.
A one touch option has been added to quickly change between menus. This, as well as a few new one touch options, has been added to the 'Touch Screen Configuration' screen.
Option to automatically generate ticket numbers for Quick Serve Restaurants or retail stores that frequently put invoices on hold; this is located under the 'Restaurant Features' tab of the 'Setup Screen'.
Added an option to 'Keep check open until Tip Applied' in RPE, which forces servers to add tips to a table before they can re-use the table for the next party.

New in Cash Register Express 10.1 (Feb 10, 2012)

Updated the 'Quick-Add' feature (Which adds items on the fly.) It now has
it's own tab in the setup screen, and you can set up defaults for whether or not an item is taxable and foodstampable. You can also have the 'Quick Tnter' version prompt you for a cost.
Re-designed Non-Inventory screen for retail invoice screens. The new screen
is easier to use and touch screen compatible.
** NEW ** Modified the 'Send Mass E-mail Feature' so you can now send
e-mail to all customers, or customers with a specific price level.
Option to 'Display Lines' on Full Professional Invoice added to the 'Receipt' tab of the 'Setup Screen'.
** NEW ** Added 'Employee Listing' report to the 'Employee' tab of the 'Reporting Screen' which lists the ID and personal info of each employee.
** NEW ** Added dual-currency features. The second currency description can be set up in the 'Invoice Settings' tab of the 'Setup Screen', and allows you to provide a description of the second currency, the current exchange rate
and the currency symbol. After setting up an exchange rate, you will then have a new payment type for your secondary currency (requires the detailed amount tendered screen.)
** NEW ** Modified 'Order by Guest', so if you are using this feature you can either select the guest number before the item, on the bottom of the screen (as it is now) or be prompted for the guest number after selecting each item (new.)
The short receipt now combines like items on the receipt to make it even shorter. For example, if 2 people each ordered a steak, rare with baked potato, it will now print the 1 steak with quantity 2 on the receipt, as opposed to 2 lines with quantity 1. This can drastically reduce the length of the receipt
for large parties.
** NEW ** Added 'Tax Exempt' custom button option for the restaurant invoice screen.
** NEW ** Added 'Item Info' button to the RPE invoice screen (custom button.) If you hit 'Item Info', and then touch an item, a window will popup showing the description, item number and price.
** NEW ** Added 'Alphabetize' button to the items list for touch screen configuration, so a retail store or restaurant can easily put their touch screen buttons for their items in alphabetical order.
** NEW ** Added 'Reorder Round' custom button to Restaurant Pro Express which allows the user to select one or more food or drink items and easily re-order another round of them with the touch of a button.
** NEW ** Expanded 'Employee ID' field to 4 characters. A second copy of the receipt (for the customer to sign) will no longer print for debit cards with a pin number.
** NEW ** The 'Inventory Maintenance' screen will prompt you to save changes if you make changes to an item, move to a different item and forget to hit the 'Save Changes' button.
** NEW ** Floor amount added for credit cards. You can now set up a minimum amount that someone is allowed to charge on a credit card. There is also a new permission that is tied to this in the 'Employee Maintenance' screen.
** NEW ** 'Overpayment as Tip' feature added for to the 'Restaurant Features' tab of the 'Setup Screen', which allows a cashier to type in an extra amount and have it immediately processed as a tip.
** NEW ** 'Deny Credit Card Settlement with Open Tips' feature added, which helps protect against mistaken, pre-mature settling of the PC Charge Credit Card batch before entering tips.
** NEW ** You can now select the number of seats at a table in the 'Table Diagram' table selection screen in 'Restaurant Pro Express'. If you use this feature,you will be required to select which seat numbers are being used at a partially filled table.
You can now decrease the size of a party in Restaurant Pro Express.
** NEW ** 'Cash Alerts' added to CRE\RPE. 'Use Cash Alerts' in the Setup Screen in the 'Quick Invoicing & Alerts' tab enables notification of a manager to remove money from a cashier's drawer once they reach a certain limit. You can setup 2 Alert levels. The first is an alert level, which tells the cashier to find a manager soon. The second is a lockup-up level, which prevents the cashier from ringing sales until a manager removes money from the drawer. Cashier's have the option to override the alert to continue sales until the lockup occurs.
** New ** 'Cash Alert Override' and 'Cash Pickups' permissions added to the Employee Maintenance screen. Once a cashier has reached their cash lock level, an employee who has permission can override the current sale, or, using a separate permission, they can do a pickup.
** NEW ** 'Cash Pickups Report' added to the Employee category of the Reporting Screen. Displays all pickups within a date range. Pickups are also accounted for in a cashier's shift report.
** NEW ** 'Mass Table Transfer' added to CRE/RPE. When you require all tables to be closed before a server clocks out, they will beprompted to transfer ALL of their tables to another server. If they do not have permission to Transfer With No Swipe, the server receiving the tables needs to swipe their card to accept the tables. Used in conjunction with the 'Tie Pullbacks to Timeclock' option.
** NEW ** 'Global Transfer Markup' added to CRE/RPE. When doing an Enterprise transfer between stores, a markup can be applied to automatically adjust the cost and price of items based on a markup you specify. This global markup can be overriden on a per item basis by setting a different 'Transfer Cost Markup' in the Inventory Maintenance screen under ordering info. If the item markup is set to 0, the global transfer markup will be used.
** NEW ** 'On-the-Fly Enterprise Transfers' added to CRE/RPE. When transferring an item to a store that does not have the item in their database, the item will automatically be created, along with the automatic creation of the department it belongs to if necessary.
** NEW ** 'Serial Transfers' added to CRE/RPE. Now when serial number items are transferred, you are prompted for whichspecific serial numbers should be transferred. Host or Enterprise.
** ADDED ** 'Transfer Description' added to CRE/RPE. You will now be prompted for a reason a transfer is taking place.
** ADDED ** Additional payment types have been added to the Vendor Payout section of CRE. You may now mark a payout as either cash, check, credit, or debit.
** NEW ** 'Payout Report' Added to the Sales category of the Reporting Screen.
** NEW ** 'Overall Top 10 Sellers Report' added to CRE/RPE. Lists the top 10 selling items within a date range.
** NEW ** 'Top 10 Sellers by Department Report' added to CRE/RPE. Lists the top 10 selling items within each department within a date range.
** NEW ** 'Customer Purchase Request List' added to Customer category of the Reporting Screen. Allows you to print out a list of your inventory (optionally by department) for a customer to request specific quantities of items, then sign and date their request.
** NEW ** 'Billing Info' tab added to Customer Maintenance. New fields for a Bill To company, Primary Contact, Secondary Contact, Terms, and Resale Number are now available.
** NEW ** 'Vendor E-mail' field added to Vendor Maintenance.
The order filling screen is now in 800x600 resolution with a larger and bolder font.
** NEW ** Added 'Print on Receipt' option to CRE and RPE, so you can select which items will print on the receipt. This should only be turned off for items that have a zero price, so as not to confuse the customer.
** NEW ** 'Stock Levels on Touchscreen' feature added to Restaurant Pro Express. For items that you count, you can now see the total number of portions remaining on the corresponding button on the invoice screen. This only works for items directly, not passalongs.
** NEW ** 'Overpayment as Tips' feature added, which allows a server to enter one flat amount and have the extra applied to the credit card tip (credit card invoices only.)
** NEW ** 'Pullbacks' for retail and restaurants now remember the credit card numbers that were voided and pulled back, allowing for an easier recovery if the wrong amoungs were charged to the wrong card.
Yhe gift registry report now includes the item price.
The 'Zero Movement' report now includes the amount in stock, and the value
of these in stock items.
** NEW ** Option 'Print Bar Code for On Hold Receipt (Epson)' added to the
'Receipt' tab of the 'Setup Screen'. This allows you to turn on and off
the bar code for on hold receipts (receipt and short receipt size, Epson
receipt printers only.)
** NEW ** If a clocked out cashier tries to log in, CRE\RPE will prompt them if they want to clock in now (as opposed to forcing them to touch the clock button on the login screen.) This provides for faster, more streamlined operation. This only applies to stores or restaurants that require their employees clock in before they log in.
In 'Inventory Maintenance', you can now add in time-based prices multiple days at a time (so to set up a happy hour, you can add the special price once for five days, as opposed to five different times, one for each day.)
** NEW ** Added automatic on-hold ID options. You can now set CRE\RPE so that when you put an invoice on hold, it automatically uses the invoice number as the on-hold ID, so you do not have to make up a number. You can also have it use the last 3 digits of the invoice number, which in effect gives you a quick 'ORDER #" to call out to a person waiting for a meal. The 'Prompt' selection for this option functions as on-hold invoices did before this feature, prompting you for the on-hold ID.
** NEW ** Added a new return feature, where returns can be forced to go onto a gift card, or automatically printed out on a bar-coded store credit slip (bar codes only print with an Epson receipt printer.) This new feature is located in the 'Invoice Settings' tab of the 'Setup Screen' and is called 'Return Media'.
** NEW ** Added 'Returns by Tender Type' report, which lists each invoice with a return on it, and by which payment method the money was returned to the customer.
** NEW ** 'Store Credit Notes' can be set up in the 'Invoice Notes' setup screen, allowing you to print special notes on the bottom of store credit slips.
** NEW ** 'Top of Receipt Notes' added to CRE/RPE. You can now insert a message that will print at the top of your receipts. Setup the text in the 'General Invoice Notes' screen.
** NEW ** 'Department Receipt Notes' added to CRE/RPE. You can setup specific receipt notes, per department, that will print at the bottom of the receipt. Use the 'Receipt Notes' section in the Department Maintenance screen to setup the notes. Check the box for 'Print Department Notes' in the 'Department Maintenance' screen and also check the 'Print Department Notes' box under the 'Receipt' section of the 'Setup Screen'.
** NEW ** 'Force Returns to Media' added to CRE/RPE. You can now force all returns to be issued to either Gift Cards or Store Credit Slips, or allow any other payment method. If using Store Credit, a receipt will print automatically that details the balance. If using an Epson TMT-88 receipt printer, the credit slip will have a printed barcode at the bottom that makes it easy for a cashier to scan to redeem the slip. Credit slips will be redeemed using the Gift Card tender type.
** NEW ** 'Issue/Redeem Credit Slips Permissions' added to CRE/RPE. Two new employee permissions have been added that control whether an employee is allowed to issue or redeem a credit slip.
** MODIFIED ** 'Recall Invoice' screen in CRE/RPE. A screen is now displayed that shows all invoices completed within the past 24 hours, starting with the most recent. This allows recent invoices to be recalled visually and easily. Optionally, the 'T' button at the bottom of the screen can be used to recall an invoice by number.
** NEW ** 'Require Permission for Sale' added to CRE/RPE. You can now enable the 'Special Permission' option for items in an entire department using the 'Department Maintenance' screen.
** NEW ** 'Require Serial#/Reference Entry' added to CRE/RPE. You can now enable the 'Use Serial\Batch#' option for items in an entire department using the 'Department Maintenance' screen.
** MODIFIED ** 'Returns' report in CRE/RPE. You can now search for return history by customer number.
** NEW ** 'Discounts Show on Invoice Grid' added to CRE. Line discounts are shown on the line item on the invoice. This helps cashiers easily identify how much of a discount has been applied to a specific line.
** NEW ** 'Voiding Invoices Reverses Credit Card Charges in PC Charge/IC Verify' added to CRE/RPE. Now voiding an invoice will reverse credit card charges just like Invoice Pullbacks.
** NEW ** Restaurants can now set up multiple menus, which can be used for breakfast, lunch and dinner menus for an all-day restaurant, late-night menus for restaurants open late, bar menus for bars open late that serve less food, as well as special holiday menus. Menus can have a start and end date, can be set to work for certain times of the day, and holiday menus can be given priority over standard menus.
** NEW ** Added option to 'Tax Primary Rate' in the 'Tax Rates' screen (option 4I in the options screen.) This can be selected for the secondary tax rate. When selected, the tax 2 percentage will be applied to whatever is charged for tax rate 1.
** NEW ** For retail stores, the bar code will now print on the bottom of completed invoices (epson printer only.) If you scan the bar code on a new transaction, you will have the option of returning items sold on that transaction.

New in Cash Register Express 10.0 (Feb 10, 2012)

** NEW ** Added '# Seconds Timeout' to the 'Credit & Debit' tab of
the 'Setup Screen'. This allows you to define how long CRE\RPE will
wait before informing you a credit card operation timed out. This is
particularly useful for stores trying to settle large batches via
modem.
** NEW ** Added 'Vendor Payout' permission to the 'Employee Maintenance'
screen.
** NEW ** You can now require that certain items require Special permission
to sell. To designate that an item needs special permission, you can checkoff the 'Special Permission' checkbox in its record in 'Inventory Maintenance'
The 'Sell Special Items' permission in Employee Maintenance designates which
employees are allowed to sell these items. Examples of use:
1 - Require a manager to be present to check ID for sales of cigarettes
2 - Require a manager's presence to sell a special order item
3 - For restaurants, require a manager to approve a special order being
sent to the kitchen, ex: 'Open Liquor' and 'Open Food'
Open gratuities applied through Restaurant Pro Express will now be displayed
combined with the tax in the totals.
** NEW ** Added 'Recall On Hold Invoice' option for the customizable buttons
in Touch Screen configuration.
When puttin invoices on hold in RPE, it now shows the touch screen keyboard
instead of the touch screen numberpad.
Both the 'Table Diagram' and 'Layout' table selection screens currently
protect two servers from accessing the table at the same time. This
protection has now been added to 'Manual Entry'.
** NEW ** Added 'Prompt Description' option for inventory items, located in
the 'Optional' tab of the 'Inventory Maintenance' screen. When you sell anitem that has this option checked, you will be asked for the description.
The expiration date is now hidden on the receipt size receipt, to meet
new security requirements starting January 1st, 2005.
Added the customer number to the 'Receipt Listing' report.
** NEW ** Integrated with the Weightronics NCI-6720 weight scale. This
weight scale has a few different models. Depending on the model you are
using, CRE will now have the capability to weigh items up to 60 pounds
(as opposed to a maximum of 30 pounds with other scales) OR with the
precision of hundreths of a pound (as opposed to tenths of a pound with
other scales.)
The Kit Maintenance screen now has a Duplicate button.
Added option to 'Loyalty Plans' that indicates whether or not members of
this plan accumulate bonus points.
** NEW ** Permission added for the 'Apply Gratuity' function of RPE.
** NEW ** Added a 'Notes' section to the 'Inventory Maintenance' screen.
** NEW ** CRE can now print validation for multiple checks on one invoice
(entered through the detailed amount tendered screen) as opposed to just
one check per invoice, the previous limit.
** NEW ** Re-designed the 'Employee Maintenance' screen
You can now specify the question that appears when a pass-along is sold.
Previously, pass-along sales prompted you with "Select the Item To Sell".
You can now specify your own prompt for each pass-along, which will make
the user interface easier for your cashiers.
Added 'Exclude Cash Tips from Shift Report' option to the 'Restaurant
Features' of the 'Setup Screen'. This option will prevent the cash tips
from appearing in the cash count of the shift report, for restaurants that
have the servers track that information separately.
Added employee permission for whether or not employees can do buybacks
and trades.
** NEW ** Added 'Performance Statistics' option to the Detailed Daily Report.
For retail, this includes the number of invoices and average dollars per invoice.
For restaurants, this includes the number of invoices, average dollars per invoice, number of guests, average dollars per guest, and the total of credit card tips.
Modifiers now appear in red in the invoice grid in Restaurant Pro Express.
You can now double-touch\click the time in the reporting screen to have
a touch screen time entry screen pop up.
** NEW ** For both the restaurant and retail touch screens, you can now
mark which items are visible on the touch screen (as opposed to only
departments in the past)
** NEW ** Added a second level of 'Check ID' to items within 'Inventory
Maintenance'. This level is called 'Check ID #2 Before Selling". Two levels
of ID checking are useful in stores such as a convenient store, where you
may sell both liquor and tobacco products.
** NEW ** You can now define an age and prompt to be used for checking
both levels of ID. You can also tell CRE to prompt for the birth date
so the cashier does not have to figure out if the purchaser is old enough.
** NEW ** Officially added 'Diners Club' as a credit card type.
** NEW ** Manually entered credit cards have their type automatically
selected.
** NEW ** Added 'Force Credit Cards' permission, which determines whether
or not a cashier can perform a force credit card transaction. Occasionally
your process will return a message of CALL CENTER, or for some other reason
you want CRE\RPE to accept the transaction as credit card even if it was
not approved by normal means. Adding this permission means you can restrict
this function to managers only.
** NEW ** Added 'Count This Item' feature to Inventory Maintenance. If this
option is DISABLED for an inventory item, it will not deduct from its stock
when the item is sold. This is a great feature for items that you want to
track the quantity sold, but not the quantity in stock. This option is
enabled by default for every item, and can be disabled on a per item basis.
** NEW ** Added 'Notify Cashier of Expired Members' option to the 'Account
Control' tab of the 'Setup Screen'. If this is checked and you select a
customer with expired customer membership date, it will display a message
for the cashier.
** NEW ** Added option to print labels for customers whose memberships
expire within a specified date range. This feature can be used by
selecting the 'Membership Expiration Range' in the 'Print Customer Labels'
menu in the 'Customer Maintenance' screen.
** NEW ** CRE and RPE now support the use of two merchant accounts (with
PC Charge.) You can set any station to process using your first merchant
account, your second account, or to ask you each invoice. This can be set
up in the 'Credit & Debit' tab of the 'Setup Screen'.
** NEW ** Added a custom button for 'On Screen Keyboard' in RPE. This can
be used to type in bar code numbers for bar codes that are damaged and\or
will not scan. The new button can be configured in the 'Touch Screen
Configuation' screen.
** NEW ** 'Display Last Order' function added to the restaurant invoice
screen. This will display the last order from the selected customer. This
custom button can be set up in the 'Touch Screen Configuration' screen.
** NEW ** Added 'Area Tax Rates', which allow you to charge different
customers different tax rates. This is very useful for retail stores who
ship their goods to other counties, and are required to charge the tax
rate of that county. The tax rates can be set up in the 'Set Tax Rate'
screen, and can be assigned to the customer in the 'Extended Info' tab
of the 'Customer Maintenance' screen.
** NEW ** Added 'On the Fly' adding of items for Cash Register Express
(modern screen only.) If you scan an item that does not exist in the
database, you now have 6 options of how to handle it:
-- Display the standard Item Not Found message
-- Display Item Not Found and require the user click or touch the OK button (so a second scan will not bypass it)
-- Quick Enter, Forced -- A quick entry screen where you can enter a description and a price and click OK or hit enter. The item will be permanently added to inventory AND added right to the invoice
-- Quick Enter, Prompt -- Prompts you if you want to add the item before doing # 3.
-- Full Enter, Forced -- Similar to # 3 but launches the full inventory screen so you can enter extra details
-- Full Enter, Prompt -- Same as # 5 but it prompts you first
The Inventory Reports (Numerical and Alphabetical) now include the second
line of the item's description.
Added option to 'Print Second Description on Full Size Professional' receipt
to the 'Receipt' tab of the 'Setup Screen'. This will also display the
second line on the invoice screen, and is very useful for businesses who
sell larger products and use full size receipts.
The on-screen keyboard now includes a shift button for lower case, as well
as popular punctuation symbols (making for easier entry of e-mail addresses and phone numbers.)
** NEW ** Added 'Tax on Tips' features. If checked, this option will add
tax to tips applied by auto-gratuity. This is not used in the United States,
but is used in some other countries around the world.
If 'Display Tax in Price' is enabled, the price change button in the modern
retail screen will now allow you to enter the 'after tax' amount, and reverse calculate the figures for you.
There is now a 'Two Color Printing -- Epson Dot Matrix' option in for
order\kitchen printers. This allows for easier setup.
** NEW ** 'Global Special Pricing' renamed to 'Global Price Changes' and now
allows you to change prices in mass (it used to only let you change sale
prices in mass.)
In the styles matrix screen, if you update the cost and\or price for the
style, it will update the cost and\or price for every item within that style.
Added an option for invoice pullbacks so that it does not require you to use
the time clock. The new setting is called 'Tie Pullbacks to Time Clock' and
can be accessed from the 'Retaurant Features' tab of the 'Setup Screen'.
** NEW ** Added 'Transfer Server' button to the RPE Edits screen, which
allows you to transfer a table\check to a different server. This used to be
part of the Transfer Check button. Transfer Check will now only transfer the
table to a different table, same server (and allow you to combine the two
tables if the destination is occupied.)
48. ** NEW ** When using a gift card, the default amount displayed will either be the maximum balance on the card (if the sale is more then the balance on the card) or the total amount of the sale (if greater then the balance of the card.)
** NEW ** 'Split Checks' overhauled for Restaurant Pro Express. When you split a check, it will now appear under the same check as 2 or more subchecks. You can print receipts and close out each subcheck individually.
** NEW ** 'Coupon Item Type' added to inventory maintenance. The special coupon item type allows you to define expiration dates of coupons, days and times they are valid and what products you will allow them to be redeemed against.

New in Cash Register Express 9.50 (Feb 10, 2012)

Modified gift receipts so you can:
A -- Print a gift receipt for an older invoice
B -- Print the purchase date and invoice # on the gift receipt
Modified 'End of Day' function.
** NEW ** Pullbacks
** NEW ** 'Guest #' option added to the function buttons
of theEdits screen. This will allow you to assign
an item to a different guest at the table, if you are using 'Order by Guest'.
** NEW ** Added 'Sell Non-Inventory' permission, which controls whether or
not an employee may sell a non-inventory item (CRE) or extra item (RPE).
The receipt now shows 'FS' next to the item description of the item is
foodstampable.
There is now a 'Reprint Shift Report' button in the 'Time Clock Management'
screen.
The 'On Order Matrix' in the 'Styles Screen' now shows the in-stock amount
in parentheses. This eliminates a step for ordering from that screen.
** NEW ** 'Substitute second description to kitchen printer' added to the
'Restaurant Features' of the 'Setup Screen'. When this option is checked,
it will print the second description line to the kitchen printers, allowing
the chefs to see a shorthand description, an alternate description or an
order printed in a different language then would appear on the receipt.
** NEW ** 'Breakdown by Category' section added to the 'Detailed Daily
Report'. This will allow you to see the total quantity and total dollars
sold by each category.
There is now a 'Delete Clock-Out' button in the 'Time Clock Management'
screen which gives administrators a way to delete clock out times using
a touch screen. The time clock entries are now placed in reverse order,
so you don't have to scroll down to see the latest entries.
** NEW ** Added 'Prepare Batch' button for ingredient tracking, which allows
you to create an item, put it in stock now, and subtract its ingredients from
stock now. For example, if you 'Prepare Batch' for a pizza, it will deduct
the dough, cheese and sauce from stock now and add in the number of pizzas
made. To enable this, you must select 'At Preparation' for the 'Deduct
Ingredients' option in the 'Inventory' tab of the 'Setup Screen'.
** NEW ** Added 'Tax Exempt Invoice' permission to the 'Permissions' tab
of the 'Employee Maintenance' screen.
** NEW ** Added 'Combine Checks' option to the 'Edits Menu' of the
touch screen invoicing screen. This allows you to combine two checks
into one. First, select the table you want to keep. Second, select the
'Combine Check' option. Third, select the table you want to combine (which
will be deleted after the check is combined.) There is an option in the
'Setup Screen' under 'Restaurant Features' that allows you to define if
the current check should be comined into the target, or vice versa.
Modified 'Inventory Maintenance' screen so that after you add an item,
when asked if you would like to add another item, you have a choice of
"Duplicate Last". If you choose this option, it will duplicate the item
you just added. This allows for faster adding of multiple similar items.
You can now add departments 'on the fly' while in the Inventory Maintenance
screen. To do this, click on the word 'Department' next to the department
dropdown. This is a convenient way to add a new department.
** NEW ** Added description and signature line for Vendor Payouts. This
will give you more information when payout receipts are handed in at the
end of the day.
If you have 'Prompt ID' turned on, it will now exit back to the login screen
after each transaction. It used to ask for the cashier ID at the end of each
sale.
If you exit CRE, it now exits back to the Login Screen.
For each inventory item, you can now have a different part number for each
vendor. This is accessed in the 'Ordering Info' tab of the 'Inventory
Maintenance' screen.
21. ** NEW ** In Cash Register Express, if your employee is required to clock in
before logging in, if they clock out they will automatically be logged out.
22. ** NEW ** When an employee clocks out, it now prints a Clockout Receipt with
the amount of time they've worked. This feature is activated by checking the
'Clockout Receipt' checkbox in the 'System Access' tab of the 'Setup Screen'.
23. ** NEW ** Added two new employee permissions, one for selling gift cards,
the other for redeeming gift cards. These can be set up in the Employee
Maintenance screen.
24. Modified the rounding invoice function so you can either round to the
lowest nickel, dime or dollar (as it was currently) or to the NEAREST
nickel, dime or dollar. These features make for faster change. Additionally,
instead of applying a discount, if an invoice is rounded, it calculates it
by adding a positive or negative non-inventory item for the appropriate amount.
25. ** NEW ** Support added for the Metrologic MS 2020 Scanner\Scale, which
is a great scale for any store that scans a lot of items and also has to
weigh such items as produce.

New in Cash Register Express 9.40 (Feb 10, 2012)

** SPEED UP ** Save 1-3 keystrokes, 1-3 seconds. Credit card transactions can now be ended by simply swiping the credit card. You no longer have to hit the end transaction buttons and then swipe the credit card. CRE\RPE will recognize your credit card swipe and save you the keystrokes.
** SPEED UP ** Save 1 keystroke, 1 second. 'Quick Change' option added o the 'Quick Invoicing' tab of the 'Setup Screen'. With this option enabled, change will be displayed in the top right corner of the invoice screen, instead of in its own window. The change is automatically cleared when you ring up your next item. This works for retail, and restaurant stations where Prompt Table is turned off.x
** SPEED UP ** Save 2-5 keystrokes, 1-3 seconds. 'Quick Tender' option added to the 'Quick Invoicing' tab of the 'Setup Screen'. With this option enabled, the amount tendered screen will show quick tender buttons forcommon amounts (ex: $ 5, $ 10, $ 20) on the amount tendered screen. A one button touch can be used to select these amounts. This feature is best used with a touch screen.
** NEW ** 'Gift Receipts' added to CRE\RPE. The 'Print Gift Receipt for Last
Invoice' button in the Cashier Functions tab of the Options Screen will bring up a box of all items sold on the last invoice. Select which items you want to print gift receipts for (using the arrow keys and enter, or a touch screen.) A gift receipt, including a bar code if you are using an epson receipt printer, will print for each item selected. To return the item,
simply scan the bar code or type in the code on the bottom of the gift
receipt.
** NEW ** Mix'N Match -- Two new types of Mix 'N Match have been
added - Bulk Discount and Discount Percentage. Bulk discount allows you
to setup a bulk price for a group of items. When the specified quantity
is reached, the prices of all items in the group change to the bulk
price. Discount percentage will discount all items in the group once
the quantity required is reached.
The 'PO History' report (accessed through the purchase orders screen) now
includes serial numbers of the items received (if you are using the 'Track
Incoming Serial Numbers' feature.)
There is now an on-screen keyboard in the 'Employee Maintenance' screen.
In RPE, if you send an item to the kitchen (and put the check on hold), then
when the table is recalled, items that already printed to the kitchen will
have a '>' before the description of each item. This allows servers to easily
distinguish what is already on the check vs what is new.
** NEW ** Added restaurant permission for splitting checks.
** NEW ** Added restaurant permission for transferring tables.
** NEW ** 'Cost Centers' added to the 'Table Diagram' table selection
screen of Restaurant Pro Express. A cost center refers to an area of
income for your restaurant, such as 'Dining Room', 'Bar', 'Takeout',
and 'Delivery'. The cost centers can be created in the 'Setup Screen',
and configured in the 'Edit Layout' section of the 'Table Diagram' screen.
** NEW ** 'End of Day' feature added for Restaurant Pro Express. This
feature, to be run once per day, "closes" the restaurant, and runs a
report for the entire day since the last close. The 'Daily Close' report
includes a total of sales, breakdown by payment method, and a breakdown
of sales by cost center and category, for lunch and dinner periods.