Month: August 2015

CPE 2015 Murfreesboro Invitation – Workshops, Training, Devotions, Worship and Movies in TN

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You are invited to join us September 20-22, 2015
at the Christian Product Expo (CPE) in Murfreesboro, TN.
We will be in Booth #83.

What will I get from CPE? Experience workshops, training, author signings, devotions, peer networking, worship, fellowship, and two special movies (click the movie titles below to see the trailers). Special guests this year include All Sons & Daughters, David Ring, Brian Hardin, Hayden Shaw, Taranda Greene, Big Daddy Weave, Believe with Randy Frazee and Bart Millard of MercyMe. Check out the full schedule below.

Who should attend CPE? This show is specifically geared towards the Independent Christian Retailer.

Does BSMGR have show specials for CPE?Yes!

  • $500 off RMS Platinum
  • qScan Mobile Inventory – Sign up at the show and get a second qScan user for FREE
  • Switch to Bookstore Manager CC Processing – Get integrated software for free (Save $495)

Do I have to be a member of the Munce group to attend? No. ALL independent Christian retailers are invited and encouraged to attend.

What does it cost to attend? There is no registration fee to attend the show, and this is the only show that provides a generous reimbursement plan for your expenses.

Pre-Register by 9/3/2015, order from 30 exhibitors AND experience a product presentation from 15 others to receive:

  • All meals FREE for two people from your store.*
  • Up to 2 nights at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center.*
  • Up to $250 travel allowance (airfare or mileage).*
  • Entered into the cash prize drawings!

* See the 2015 Reimbursement Instructions form for limitations.
Did you know that on average more than half of the CPE attendees have qualified for full reimbursement?

The Pre-Registration deadline (to qualify for the CASH PRIZE DRAWING) is September 3rd.
Visit www.cpeshow.com to register today!

Sunday, September 20th
7:15am-7:00pm Registration open
9:00am-Noon Retail Refresh Boot Camp – Robbie Halstead (Kingdom Retail Solutions)
1:00pm-4:30pm Bookstore Manager Training (in Mirabella A)
1:00pm-2:00pm Blogging to Get People Into Your Store – Lori Roeleveld
2:15pm-2:45pm Leveraging Author Relationships with CAN (Chris an Authors Network)
2:45pm-3:15pm 2015 Product Trends and Beyond
3:30pm-4:30pm TBD
4:00pm-4:30pm Social Media Matters – Kirk Blank
4:30pm-5:30pm Author/Artist Personality Party – Meet & Greet & Signings
5:30pm-7:00pm Dinner – Samaritan’s Purse
7:00pm-8:00pm Night of Worship – All Sons & Daughters (Integrity Music) – David Ring (Baker Publishing Group)
8:30pm-10:00pm Movie – Risen (Different Drummer) – click to see trailer
Monday, September 21st
7:00am-6:00pm Registration Open
7:30am-8:15am Devotions/Presentation – Brian Hardin (Tyndale)
8:30am-9:45am Multi-Generational Selling – Hayden Shaw (Tyndale) – Q & A and Wrap up with Kirk Blank
10:00am-6:00pm Exhibit Hall Open
Noon-1:00pm Complimentary Buffet Lunch Served in the Exhibit Hall
6:30pm-8:30pm Banquet & Showcase – Taranda Greene (Provident) – Big Daddy Weave (Word)
8:30pm-10:00pm Movie – Woodlawn (Provident) – click to see trailer
Tuesday, September 22nd
7:15am-1:00pm Registration Open
7:30am-8:15am Devotions/Presentations – Believe with Randy Frazee (HCCP)
8:30am-Noon Exhibit Hall Open
Noon Cash Prize Drawings! – Special Guest Appearance by Bart Millard (Mercy Me)

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Smart Card Update – August 2015

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EMV / Smart Card Integration Update

Bookstore Manager has been working for some time to make EMV / Smart Card processing available to our users.

The final step in releasing the EMV module is the certification of the software and hardware interface with the Front End Processors (the entity that provides approvals for your transaction).

As you can imagine, we are one of many attempting to get these certifications completed in time for the October 2015 liability shift deadline. The backlog has created long waits to obtain these certifications.

While we have not been given a specific completion date, we have been assured that we will have the certification before the deadline. As soon as we receive this certification, we will be able to update your system and process the hardware order.

You may be interested to know that the electronic payment industry is struggling to implement EMV in the United States. Some major retailers are not yet able to process some types of EMV transactions while standalone terminal manufactures are attempting to resolve issues with certain types of EMV transactions (usually debit transactions).

Transactions are cancelled and the cardholder is directed to swipe the card using the old Mag Stripe. Other reports indicate that stand alone terminals are “locking up” on these types of transactions.

As we approach release of our new EMV compatible module, we are striving to provide a trouble free solution that will provide you and your customer the best possible checkout experience.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. As always, we are very grateful to join you, in a small way, in proclaiming God’s Good News to your community.

Your BSMGR Support Team
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Full PO Stock Check Anchor, Ingram, New Day and STL

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Time Saver for Distributor Orders

Earlier this year, we introduced a time saving feature to IVO that allows you to do a full PO stock check with STL at the click of a button.

The August 2015 update included an exciting enhancement that expands this capability to include Anchor, Ingram and New Day.

With the push of a button, BSMGR will do a stock check for each item on the open purchase order with the four companies listed above. In our office testing, it takes about a second per item to check each item with all these distributors. So, an order with 30 products should finish in just over half a minute.

The summary results show how many items each company can fulfill along with an approximate wholesale cost. You can also click a button to see a detailed report that lists all the items on the PO with how many you ordered, how many are in stock at that warehouse, the discount, retail price and estimated wholesale cost.

The stock check results are stored locally for an hour. So, if you are interrupted while doing the full stock check, you can restart it. The process will only stock check items that don’t have a count within the past hour.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions on how to improve this great new feature!

To see a quick demonstration (length is 2:47), please click here.

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Program Changes on August 2015 Update

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RMS Version 8.00P Program Changes on the August 2015 Update

The monthly update disc you receive from BSMGR for RMS contains a current copy of the Christian Books & More® database, new images, music samples and program changes. Remember to run IVDC after installing your update to reflect retail prices changes for your store’s inventory items. When that program completes, you can use IVL to print labels with the new prices.

As a reminder, each month’s update disc also includes a folder titled “Manual” that contains the current RMS manual. The file is in Microsoft Word format, and there is a free Word viewer program in the folder in case you don’t have a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your computer. For your convenience, the RMS program changes on this update are listed below.

CASHCALC:
SOME STORES REPORTED THE DEFAULT WINDOWS PRINTER WAS BEING CHANGED BY CASHCALC. ADDED CALL TO “DEFPRT” TO FORCE A RESTORATION OF THE WINDOWS DEFAULT PRINTER AFTER THE PRINTER CLOSES.
CATPAGE:
FIXED DISPLAY ISSUE WITH 7.4 SCREEN.
CKSOCK:
NEW PROGRAM FOR HANDLING ANCHOR STOCK CHECKS OUTSIDE OF BSMINET.
EOPARS:
• CUSTOMER WASN’T SEEING ACK FROM ANCHOR OR STL. ADDED DEBUG LOG FILE THAT IS ENABLED WITH ENV LINE “FTPTRAN-DEBUG Y”.
• ADDED LOOP CONTROL LOGIC – A CUSTOMER WAS GETTING “INDEX OUT OF BOUNDS” WHILE PARSING X.12 FILES. ALSO, X.12 TEMP FILES DIDN’T HAVE THE ISA HEADER INCLUDED WHICH CAUSED THE ACK/CONFIRMATION FILES TO NOT SHOW IN IVIC.
EZADMAIL:
ADDED LOGGING.
FTP:
CLEANED UP THE LOG FILE TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH FTPTRAN LOGGING.
FTPTRAN:
CUSTOMER WASN’T SEEING ACK FROM ANCHOR OR STL. ADDED DEBUG LOG FILE THAT IS ENABLED WITH ENV LINE “FTPTRAN-DEBUG Y”. ALSO ADDED RETRY LOOP FOR FILE COPY THAT WAS FAILING FOR A STORE.
IMAGEBTN:
THE ACTION BUTTONS ARE NOW HIDDEN WHILE THE IMAGE IS BEING PROCESSED. ALSO, CHANGED THE PROGRESS TEXT TO INDICATE “STEPS” INSTEAD OF “BUTTON IMAGES” BEING PROCESSED.
IVDI3:
NONE OF THE GIFT PRODUCT IMAGES WERE SHOWING WHEN DOING A SEARCH IN IVDI.
IVIC:
CUSTOMER WASN’T SEEING ACK FROM ANCHOR OR STL. ADDED DEBUG LOG FILE THAT IS ENABLED WITH ENV LINE “FTPTRAN-DEBUG Y”.
IVL:
WHEN YOU TRY TO USE IVL FOR “PURCHASE ORDER NOT RECEIVED”, BSMGR SOMETIMES PULLED LABELS FOR MORE THAN ONE P.O.
IVM:
CUSTOM IMAGE MODIFICATION – SOME STORES REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY CHANGE THE CUSTOM IMAGE, IT DIDN’T REFRESH WHAT WAS SHOWN. IVM NOW GOES BACK TO TAB 1 WHEN A CUSTOM IMAGE IS CHANGED TO FORCE THE SCREEN TO REFRESH PROPERLY.
IVO:
NOW DOES A FULL PO STOCK CHECK FOR ANCHOR, INGRAM, NEW DAY AND STL.
IVPSCRN:
IN IVP, ON THE “MISC PARAMETERS” TAB, THE “GROUPING” DROP DOWN MENU STILL SHOWS “STOCK ITEM”.
IVUL:
#1 OPTIONS ENTER STOCK ITEMS – CLICKING ON “?” DIDN’T BRING UP IVI.
IVVM:
MOVED BOTTOM BUTTONS ON ONE RESOLUTION SETTING, THE BOTTOM BUTTONS WERE PARTIALLY CUT OFF.
MUNCERTN:
DUE TO CHANGES AT MUNCE, WE CHANGED THE FTP SITE FOR FILE UPLOADS.
MUMLTRTN:
DUE TO CHANGES AT MUNCE, WE CHANGED THE FTP SITE FOR FILE UPLOADS.
POS:
• DEPOSITS CAN NOW BE 1 OR -1 ONLY ON QUANTITY.
• WHEN FIXING THE F2 SUB-TOTAL ISSUE, THE CHANGE CAUSED THE COLORED BUTTON USED ON TOUCH-POS SCREEN TO SHOW ON THE NON-TOUCH SCREEN.
• FIXED “INDEX OUT OF BOUNDS” ERROR WHEN USING USB PRICE DISPLAY MONITORS AND APPLYING DISCOUNTS TO THE 7TH ITEM OF A TRANSACTION.
• VIEWING TRANSACTIONS BEFORE SLTR – POS WILL NOW WRITE THE TRANFILE (USED BY SLTR) AT THE TIME OF A SALE INSTEAD OF AFTER RUNNING SLTP. THIS BEHAVIOR CAN BE TURNED OFF BY ADDING “WRITE-TRAN-FILE N” TO ENV.
• REMOVED DEBUG LINE WHEN ADDING MODIFIER ON TOUCH POS.
POSMENU:
ALLOWABLE DEPARTMENTS ARE 1-48, 64-66 AND 69-71. WHEN YOU SAVED A BUTTON, IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW DEPARTMENTS 1-48 TO BE SAVED.
POSSCRNS:
TOUCH POS – WHEN USING THE PAGE-UP FEATURE TO CHOOSE A MISC. DEPT, DEPT 27 WAS NOT OPERATIONAL.
QBS:
NEW LOGIC TO ADD WHOLESALE CODES – UMG HAS NEW WHOLESALE CODES. QBS NOW LOOKS FOR A “SEED” FILE OF NEW CODES. IF FOUND, IT PROMPTS TO ADD THE CODES WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTS. IF “YES” IS CLICKED, THE CODES ARE ADDED/UPDATED, THEN THE SEED FILE IS DELETED. IF “NO” IS CLICKED, THE SEED FILE IS LEFT FOR NEXT TIME QBS START
QSCAN:
CATEGORY LOOK UP NOW IMPORTS THE SELECTION.
SLA:
ADDED “GROSS SALES” LINE – 5 YEAR REPORT NOW HAS A “TL SALES” AND AND A “NET SALES” LINE. ALSO, THE DISCOUNTS ARE NOW SHOWN AS A NEGATIVE AMOUNT.
SLGP:
COLUMNS 2 AND 3 WERE DUPLICATING THE USED DATES OF COLUMN 1.
SLTP:
• BSM WILL NOW LET THE USER KNOW THAT ‘SLTP’ POSTING TRANSACTIONS HAVE NOT YET POSTED FROM THE LAST TIME SLTP WAS RUN.
• ADDING “WRITE-TRAN-FILE Y” TO ENV WILL CAUSE POS TO WRITE THE TRANFILE (USED BY SLTR) AT THE TIME OF SALE INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR YOU TO RUN SLTP.
SYS:
MISC CONFIG 4073 – ON TOUCH POS, THE USER CAN CHOOSE A LARGER FONT FOR THE RECEIPT DISPLAY IN UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. USING THE LARGER FONTS MAKE THE DISPLAY ONLY SHOW THE PAST 4 ITEMS INSTEAD OF 6 AND TRUNCATES THE TITLE A FEW CHARACTERS.
THEFLAGS:
• ANCHOR CHANGED ISP’S, WHICH CHANGED THEIR DNS CONFIGURATION. STOCK CHECKS USED TO GO TO “ANCHORDISTRIBUTORS.COM”. THEY NOW HAVE TO CONNECT DIRECTLY TO “SC.ANCHORDISTRIBUTORS.COM”. THE PROGRAM WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE.
• UPDATED TO USE NEW CKSOCK PROGRAM FOR DIRECT ANCHOR STOCK CHECKS WITHOUT REQUIRING BSMINET.

Please contact us if you experience problems installing your update.

Remember, you can view ECN notices and other emailed communications from Bookstore Manager at emails.bsmgr.com.

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