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QAD Enterprise Asset Management User Guide Change Summary
The following table summarizes significant differences between this document and the previous version.
 
Date/Version
Description
Reference
September 2017/EAM 2017.1
Included information on adding links to external documentation to the Favorites pane.
Added details on more robust Fixed Asset integration with QAD Enterprise Edition.
March 2017/EAM 2017
Introduced Approval Limit Currency, which sets one currency for the system for approval limit values. Approval limits are then converted into the domain’s base currency for authorizations during routing. (Ch. 7 Purchasing, Ch. 8 Projects, Ch. 10 System Administration)
Updated browse information to describe the new All PO/Requisition Lines browse that replaced the All PO Lines browse. (Ch. 7 Purchasing)
Added Ch. 11 EAM Maintenance Manager Dashboard, which introduces and describes the EAM dashboard and operational metrics available in the QAD .NET UI.
Added information for attaching files to equipment records, quotes, projects, master instruction lists, PM templates, work orders, service requests, MRO part records, requisitions, and purchase orders. (Ch 4 Maintenance, Ch. 5 Inventory, Ch. 7 Purchasing, Ch. 8 Projects)
Chapter links: here, here, here and here
Updated Registry settings. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
November 2016/EAM 2016.1-Rev1
Click the following link for a video demonstration of the new functionality available in EAM 2016.1.
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Updated Registry settings. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
Added information on the PO Reroute/Notify Fields browse. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
Minor updates and corrections throughout.
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September 2016/EAM 2016.1
Updated label name Next Issue Date to PM Complete By throughout guide.
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Updated label name PM Due to PM Issue By throughout guide.
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Introduced Tool Codes. (Ch. 4 Maintenance)
Documented methods to record Equipment downtime. (Ch. 4 Maintenance)
Documented the steps to copy equipment records to a new piece of equipment. (Ch. 4 Maintenance)
Introduced the Tools module and tool management. (Ch. 4 Maintenance)
Introduced the ability to copy PM templates across sites. (Ch.4 Maintenance)
Documented All Failures browse. (Ch. 4 Maintenance)
Added Buyer Commodity Codes menu option. (Ch. 5 Inventory)
Documented PO print option that allows you to include user or customer comments on POs. (Ch. 7 Purchasing)
March 2016/EAM 2016
Updated the guide to reflect further integration with QAD Enterprise Edition.
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Introduced the Work Order Close browse. (Ch. 4 Maintenance)
Added information on globally adding or deleting standard clauses for multiple vendors. (Ch. 7 Purchasing)
Added information on the new action to reopen a canceled requisition.
Added information on the new action to reopen a canceled or a closed PO.
Expanded Analysis chapter to include information on additional default reports. (Ch. 9 Analysis)
Added new jobs and job program information. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
March 2015/EAM 2015 (12.9)
Added information about linking buyers to commodity codes. (Ch. 3 General Module, Ch. 5 Inventory, and Ch. 7 Purchasing)
here, here, and here
Added Budget Options to Purchase Order tab on Sites to allow calculation of the percentage of a site’s budget already spent. (Ch. 3 General Module)
Added Use Over Budget. (Ch. 3 General Module)
Added Stores Requisition Approval Group information for sites and inventory. (Ch. 3 General Module and Ch. 5 Inventory)
Relabeled Lifetime Budgets to Requisition Budget. (Ch. 6 Finance)
 
Defined new functionality on Requisition Budgets Right-Click Menu, including Refresh Budget and Copy Budget Across Sites. (Ch. 6 Finance)
Added information on analyzing budget costs. (Ch. 7 Purchasing)
Documented approvals when requisitions are over budget. (Ch. 7 Purchasing)
Added e-mail purchase orders to suppliers. (Ch. 7 Purchasing)
Changed user e-mail from active on Receive E-mail? to mandatory value for all users. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
Updated fields available on System Control|Detail and System Control|MFG/PRO tabs to update financial transactions. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
Added new jobs and job program information. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
Added custom programs. (Ch. 10 System Administration)
Removed references to QXtend where Journal Entry APIs are now in use.
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September 2014/EAM 12.8
Production Driven Maintenance field definitions (General|Site|Maintenance tab)
Suppress Password for PO and Req approvals field definitions (General|Site|Authorization tab)
Added PM Route Workflow Procedure Using Work Orders
Added Production Driven Maintenance (Ch. 4 -Maintenance)
Added PM Route Workflow Procedure Using PM Templates
Major Revisions to Ch. 5 - Inventory
Rotable Part functionality (Ch. 4 - Maintenance)
Added Global Authorized for Requisitions (Ch. 7 - Purchasing)
Added Job Program Information (Ch. 10 - System Administration)
March 2014/EAM 12.7
Major revisions to Ch. 4 - Maintenance
Major revisions to Ch. 8 - Projects
Ch. 6 Finance - Added COA Requisition Approval
Ch. 6 Finance - Added Project Margin Approval Group
Ch. 7 Purchasing - Added All PO/Req Revisions browse
Ch. 7 Purchasing - Changes to PO return to vendor section
Ch. 7 Purchasing - Added BO Standard Clauses submenu
Ch. 7 Purchasing - Changes to BO release section
October 2013/EAM 12.6
Major revisions to Ch. 3 - General Module
Added PM Calibration to Ch. 4 - Maintenance
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Added PM Workflow and PM Route to Ch. 4 - Maintenance
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Major revisions to Ch. 7 - Purchasing
Added Multi Currency Purchasing to Ch. 7 - Purchasing
Added Spend Allocation, Fixed Asset Integration, and Margin Approval to Ch. 8 - Project Accounting
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July 2013/EAM 12.5.1-Rev1
Enhancements to purchasing modules
Enhancements to projects modules
Added General Module chapter
September 2012/EAM 12.5.1
Added 12.5.1 user interface and other changes
Combined navigation and basic function information
April 2012/EAM 12.5
Added Blanket Orders functionality to Purchasing
Added Fixed Asset integration
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Added Project Allocation integration
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Added Revision Control integration
January 2012/EAM 12.4
Updated Inventory functionality enhancements
Added Quote functionality to Purchasing
Updated standard reports descriptions in Analysis
Added significant updates to System Administration functionality
October 2011/EAM 12.4
Updated browse navigation procedures
Added copy part across sites information
Updated default analysis reports descriptions