System-Generated Mail

Emails are generated automatically by the system to notify users of certain events. For many of these notifications, the system determines who should receive the message based on the Mail Dept that the user is assigned to in the User Master. Each user has a User Groups tab where they can be assigned to multiple user groups. Some notifications may require additional fields to be set as well.

 

 

System Event

Mail Dept Notified

Setup Required

New Customer Added

Accounts Receivable Dept (AR)

User Master

Sales Order entered for a Customer set to "Watch" status

Accounts Receivable Dept (AR)

User Master

Sales Order on Credit Hold

Accounts Receivable Dept (AR)

User Master

Low GP% on a Sales Order

Executive Dept (EX) and/or Salesman

User Master and Salesman

File > Company Master > Sales tab > "Email Salesman when S/O is below GP(Y/N)" should be set to Y.

Each Salesman should have their system initials entered in the Initials field (File > Customer > Salesman). If no initials are set, notification will be sent to all users.

The Minimum GP also needs to be set in the Company Master > Pricing/Costing tab > . Typically the minimum GP is set at 15% (1500 entered in the Company Master field).

Large Sales Order Received

Executive Dept (EX)

User Master

The Large Order threshold also needs to be set in the Company Master > Sales tab > "Email when Sales Order is Greater Than (MD2)" should have the dollar amount of the large order threshold, followed by two zeroes. For example, to receive notification for all orders over $5,000, this field should read "500000".

PO Requisition Received

Purchasing Dept (PO)

User Master

These emails can also be suppressed through a setting in the Company Master > Purchasing/Inventory tab > "Suppress P/O Requisition Emails(Y)es/(N)o". Entering a Y in this field will suppress all PO Requisition emails.

Backordered Item Received for Linked Sales Order

Order Writer and/or Sales Manager Dept (SM)

File > Company Master > Sales tab > "Email S/O Writer When Special Order Item P/O Received (Y)es/(N)o" should be set to Y.

File > Company Master > Sales tab > "Email Sales Mgr Dept. for linked items on Receipts (Y)es/(N)o" should be set to Y. Users should belong to the Sales Manager User Group in the User Master.

Sales Order with Zero Cost/Sell Item(s) entered

Users defined in Branch File

File > Branch > Defaults tab. The lower right corner has a Notify Users field with the system initials of the users who should be notified. If there are multiple users, the initials should be separated by commas.

Orders Released Using Automatic Backorder Release

Departments defined in Branch File

File > Branch > Auto B/O Release tab. Enter the two letter department codes, separated by commas in the Mail Notification Departments field.

Critical Inventory Notification

Users defined in Branch File and assigned to Purchasing Dept (PO)

File > Branch > Critical Inventory Notification tab.

User Master - Users must also be assigned to the Purchasing Department in the User Master.

Auto Warehouse Replenishment

Users defined in Branch File

File > Branch > Auto Warehouse Replenishment tab. Enter the system initials for users to be notified of incoming and outgoing transfers. If there are multiple users, the initials should be separated by commas.

Staging Completed for Sales Order

Users defined in Branch File

File > Branch > Defaults tab. Enter the system initials for users to be notified in the "Email Users when all staging is complete" field. If there are multiple users, the initials should be separated by commas.

Unconfirmed Purchase Orders

Purchasing Dept (PO)

User Master

File > Company Master > Purchasing/Inventory tab > "Send Mail for Unconfirmed P/O's" should be set to Y.

J&M Sales Orders Imported

Users defined in Branch File

File > Branch > J&M Catalog tab. Enter the system initials for users to be notified in the "Email Users when S/O are imported" field. If there are multiple users, the initials should be separated by commas.

Recurring Sales Order Entered

Sales Manager (SM)

User Master

A/P Item Cost Variance

Accounts Payable (AP)

User Master

File > Company Master > Pricing/Costing tab > "Purchase Order Line Item Cost Validation" should be set to Y.

Notification will be sent when a receiving is saved with a variance. For more information, see the A/P Line Item Cost Validation page.


Back to Inform Mail