Descartes® is pleased to announce the latest Peoplevox release. In this release, we are switching on our new sales order search engine for all users, continuing our preparations for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday peak period, and adding the ability to complete actions directly from the new View Actions screen. Below, you will find a summary of everything included, grouped by category so you can easily focus on what is most relevant to you. For any questions about specific items, please reference the associated number (if provided) when contacting Descartes Customer Support.
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Auto-Updating Print Client
🟨 The new Print Client is now generally available, and we encourage you to upgrade to the latest version. This release introduces automatic updates, which will allow us to push fixes and improvements without disrupting your operation. The initial upgrade must be completed manually, but after installation, the client will update automatically. You can find the installation guide and download link for the new print client here.
You can also download the new print client directly from the web application, by navigating to the print client's page, and clicking the download link.
Note: We are asking all users to upgrade to the new print client as soon as possible, ahead of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday peak period. This will ensure that everyone is on the new version before this busy time, and will allow us to deploy critical patches and fixes quickly, if needed. To help ensure uninterrupted printing, we encourage you to upgrade as soon as you can.
Faster Order Search
🟪 Our new search engine for sales orders will be switched on for all users during this release. It has been running alongside the existing search over recent releases while we compared the results, and it now powers order searching and action creation, which you should find noticeably faster, particularly during busy periods. Please let us know if you experience any problems with your search results. (1608360)
Other Improvements
🟪 You can now complete actions directly from the new View Actions screen, without needing to contact support. A new Complete icon is available on each row of the results grid, and in the grid header so that several selected actions can be completed at once. You will be asked to confirm before anything is completed, and actions that are already completed cannot be completed again. This option is available to users whose role has the Warehouse → Actions → Edit permission. (1566117)
🟪 We have improved the performance of the replenishment job, as part of our preparations for the Black Friday / Cyber Monday peak period. The job now evaluates all item types in a single pass, so replenishment actions are created more quickly and reliably, and pick faces are kept topped up even during the busiest periods. (1330854)
Resolved Issues
🟩 We resolved an issue with the PVX mobile app where newly created actions containing partially allocated sales orders were not displayed on the device. All actions are now sent to the device correctly, regardless of the allocation status of the orders they contain. (1605556)
Preview of Changes Coming Soon
Action Creation Improvements
Action creation continues to evolve as we drive toward more configurable and more flexible options for batching orders and automating manual processes.
🟦 We plan to extend the new action creation (including the scheduling component) to other warehouse activities, including put away, replenishment and more.
Batch and Expiry Tracking
🟦 Batch and expiry tracking has been on our roadmap for a long time, and we're excited to be in a position to kick off this project soon. The recent work on PVX+ has given us a lot of the foundation that we will need for the mobile changes, and the work that we have been doing on action creation will give us the tools to support things like first-expiry-first-out (FEFO) picking. Keep an eye on release notes for updates and timelines as soon as we have them.