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Back in January, we talked about how the Configuration Management features of GrandView allow you to collaborate with customers through the process of document creation, review, and approval. Now we've extended that concept to tracking your tangible deliverables as well.
Often times, documentation is just one component of the final product for a project. Many RoviSys projects also require building some form of equipment as part of the end result. We may require parts from multiple vendors, or may ourselves be a midpoint in the final chain to delivering some part to a customer. Keeping track of assembled parts, and knowing where they are in the process of shipment to the customer, can be very confusing if you don't have a system in place to record it easily.
Enter the newest addition to GrandView Configuration Management: Equipment and Shipment Tracking. Similar to documentation, equipment (parts) can be entered manually from the Equipment tab. But there's another, perhaps more familiar interface for creating parts as well -- purchase orders! To save you time entering all parts from purchase orders, GrandView automatically displays your existing purchase order parts as equipment! Once parts are received in the Receiving area of GrandView, ideally by your company's receiving manager, they can be shipped to any customer site. Tracking your shipments in the Project Status area of GrandView means your team can locate equipment with a single glance at the equipment view and never again have to wonder "Where's my equipment?"!
Jeromie L. Walters
GrandView Business Solutions Developer