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The OrderStream User manual is a step-by-step instructional guide to the usage of the OrderStream manufacturing system. The program is designed to control the daily operations of a manufacturing facility.
OrderStream is a complete software solution for:
Module Layout
Most of the transactional modules in the OrderStream software have three main sections. These are the Header, Main Body, and Footer sections.
The Header section contains general information about the transaction that is currently within the form. It contains a series of combo-boxes that can be used to select from a group of options. This usually includes a transaction number, date, status, etc. This is followed by a group of buttons that indicate whether or not the current transaction on the form has been approved or not.
The lower portion of the Header section usually contains multiple tabs, each showing a specific group of information. In the example shown above, you can see that there are five tabs. Each tab shows common purchase order data.
The Details section shows a list of item details. This could be Sales Order items, Purchase Order items, etc. The fields contained in this list vary depending on the form that is currently open.
The Footer section usually contains calculations. Quite often these calculations are Sub Total, % Discount, Taxes, and Grand Total.
Although most of the forms in the system are structured in this manner, the actual content changes between forms. For information on what information appears on a particular form and how it is used, please refer to the chapter pertaining to the specific form you are using.
The forms also have a few other generic formatting features in common. This is the Main Menu bar located at the top of the form...
... and a collection of buttons found on the bottom.
From the Main Menu located at the top of the form it is possible to access a variety of different options. For the most part these menus have the same initial options as the example shown above for each form.
Below is a brief description of the Main Menu items found in each form. Further information can be found in the chapter pertaining to the module in question.
This menu contains the buttons also found at the bottom of the form
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From here it is possible to choose form specific commands such as approving a form
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From this menu it is possible to choose user-defined views that filter the transactions within the form
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This menu usually contains one or two defaults reports that can be printed directly from the form
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The Help menu contains an option labeled About, which will give the version number of the form.
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The collection of buttons found in the footer of most forms work as outlined below. Descriptions of the functions performed by the common buttons found at the bottom of most forms.
Allows the User to add a NEW Transaction to the form. To access old transactions simply select them from the drop-down menu located in the top left of the header section
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This will allow the user to save the transaction that is currently being displayed
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This will allow the user to delete the transaction that is currently being displayed. DO NOT USE THIS BUTTON TO DELETE A LINE ITEM. To delete a line item simply highlight the line item and then press the delete key on you keyboard.
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This button will either display ‘Close’, or ‘Undo’. If the button is depressed while it says ‘Close’ it will simply close the form. If it is depressed while it says ‘Undo’, it will undo all changes that were made to the transaction being displayed on the form since the last time it was saved.
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