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Tallys515 Available Now!
Posted by: In: OCTG, OCTG News, Quarterly Releases, R & D, software, Tallys 06 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

The wait is over!  The upgrade to Tallys515 is finally here!  Upgrade now:

  • Windows 10 Support – We now support Windows 10, and all current Windows Server solutions
  • Pre-Racked Inventory:  Track inventory that has arrived in the yard (Possibly via railcar), and has been uploaded, but hasn’t been tallied or racked.  Minimize (And report on) how long railcars sit in your yard.
  • Releases:  Place a large order for multiple types of pipe, and reserve those racks until the order is filled.  Make sure that the right pipe goes to the right job.
  • Improved Customization:  We’ve added further menu customization for peak efficiency at your yard.

A small upgrade fee applies.  Contact us today for further details!

 

 

Q1 2017 Update for Tallys 5.12 Now Available
Posted by: In: OCTG, Quarterly Releases, R & D, software, Tallies 06 Jun 2017 Comments: 0

NWSP is pleased to announce that our April Q1 2017 update is complete and ready to go!   We have included new functionality with regard to Tenaris racks and Tallys.  The changes revolve around a brand new forced-syntax system when entering owner PO’s during rack creation.  If your yard handles Tenaris pipe, this update will be especially important to you and we recommend you co-ordinate a few minutes with our support team for a quick demonstration.

Here are the release note highlights.

1. New Features
1.1.1 OCTG
1.1.2 Auto population of dispatch info to tally form when dispatch # is added to a tally manually
1.1.3 Added warning message if serial number exceeds allowed 20 characters
1.1.4 Added ability to print an unposted Tally in as a Receiving Authorization Report
1.1.5 Specialized Tally IN printout for “averaged” racks
1.1.6 Establish a check/comparison of Tally totals for length and weight (Rack Audit Tool)
1.1.7 Added Pipe level description field
1.1.8 All Date fields switched to a graphical “Date Picker” to resolve US vs Canadian date and time
settings. Now just point to the day on the calendar.
1.1.9 Added a cancel button to the “Duplicate Tally” window
1.1.10 Extended “other” field in printed Tally
1.1.11 Added “AFE” to Stock Card Export
1.1.12 Added “Via” to Tally Find window
1.1.13 Printed Tallys and Unload Authorizations now include Cross Ref #
1.1.14 Increased printed comment space for printed tally
1.1.15 Added visual indicator if a rack has notes
1.2 Equipment
1.2.1 auto population of dispatch info to shipment form when dispatch # is added to a shipment
manually
1.2.2 Shipment: Increased Yard Number from 2 chars to 15
1.2.3 Added “Yard” field to the “Stock Report Export”
1.2.4 Printing Dispatches: Now includes Printed date, Entered Date, and Processed Date Printing
Shipments: Release number added to printed Shipments
1.3 Misc
1.3.1 auto population of dispatch info to tally form when dispatch # is added to a tally manually
1.3.2 ‘Create Invoice from Dispatch’ button added to every dispatch entry form
1.3.3 Truck Tracking – Track trucks as they enter and leave your yard
1.3.4 Updated Hilti button to ‘Import Measurements’ button. Legacy Hilti functionality
maintained.
1.3.5 Implemented ability to create and read .XLS files.
1.3.6 Adjusted Juniper BOL screen hours format
1.3.7 “Owner Part Number” extended in two places
2. Bug Fixes
2.1 OCTG
2.1.1 Rack find in the transfer window can now find the currently selected rack
2.1.2 Removed unused “Sort” buttons on the rack detail screen
2.1.3 Company is now populated on printed Tallys
2.1.4 Lot Number no longer missing from Rack Detail screen
2.1.5 Removed Invisible yet functional buttons found on Tally detail screen
2.1.6 Corrected issue where Tallys always printed twice
2.1.7 Tally OUTs now calculate correctly when importing measurements
2.1.8 Corrected Tallys once again assign FTP Batch numbers
2.1.9 Added label to existing heat number filter in Rack Detail
2.1.10 Corrected error message when entering hear number.
2.1.11 Stock Card Export – No longer shows zero balance for no movements
2.1.12 Creating a new rack during a Tally no longer clears the Tally
2.1.13 Corrected Imperial Stockcard Reporting
2.1.14 Corrected problem when manually entering the SC number when creating an Alberta
Tubular Products rack
2.1.15 Corrected issue causing Shipments to get incorrect delivery ticket numbers
2.1.16 Corrected Curser starting position for Tally IN
2.1.17 Corrected issue hiding some Header Info from printed Tallys
2.1.18 Corrected alignment issue in printed 3-column Tallys
2.2 Equipment
2.2.1 Corrected issue that prevented correct EQ list from populating in Shipment forms
2.2.2 Duplicating Shipments now sets a “Ticket Type”
2.2.3 Duplicating shipments once again duplicates the line items as well
2.2.4 Dispatch Form: Input Filters have been removed from the LSD TO and LSD FROM fields.
2.3 Misc
2.3.1 Corrected two issues with Owner Search
2.3.2 Corrected issue when creating a new owner with an existing key
2.3.3 Corrected Aspect Ratio on Owner Movement Report (Now Landscape)
2.3.4 Corrected invoice Total Alignment Issue
2.3.5 Corrected GST not displaying when printing invoices with a negative balance
2.3.6 Corrected two reports that froze if there was no data to report on.
2.3.7 Corrected issue enabling some disabled buttons

Sticky: Q1 2016 Update for Tallys 5.12 Now Available
Posted by: In: Quarterly Releases, R & D, software, Tallys 29 Apr 2016 Comments: 0

NWSP is pleased to announce that our April Q1 2016 update is complete and ready to go!   We have included new functionality with regard to Tenaris racks and Tallys.  The changes revolve around a brand new forced-syntax system when entering owner PO’s during rack creation.  If your yard handles Tenaris pipe, this update will be especially important to you and we recommend you co-ordinate a few minutes with our support team for a quick demonstration.

Here are the release note highlights.

1. New Features
1.1. New ‘Credit Tally’ notation for tally reports
1.2. ‘New’ and ‘Duplicate’ buttons added to ‘Select Rack’ screen, mid transfer
1.3. New ‘Owner P.O.’ syntax requirement for Tenaris and Prudential Racks
1.4. New filters added to the tally list screen to subset or omit invoiced tallys
1.5. New Rack Audit tool to audit racks based on joint length comparison
1.6. Button added to dispatch screen to “Create Invoice From Dispatch”
1.7. Added ability to populate Tally information from: D
1.8. Added ability to populate Shipment information from: Dispatch, Tally, or Invoice
1.9. Serial numbers can now be included printed bundle tallys
1.10. Added ‘Charge To’ field to the footer of a printed Tally IN and OUT.
1.11. Display dispatcher on Tally and Shipment detail
1.12. More than one rack note can now be marked as an alert
1.13. Adjustment to stock card find so that it queried
1.14. Added ‘last Tally’ below ‘last out’ on the racks list repor
1.15. “Bed” and “Tractor” truck types added to trucks list screen
2. Bug Fixes
2.1. OCTG
2.1.1. Repaired F12 button clearing “Master Reserve” field
2.1.2. Toggle added to allow free entry of BOL field
2.1.3. Interyard transfers no longer receive the “T”
2.1.4. Repaired display issue when Closing Stock Cards (Close date now displays immediately)
2.1.5. Increase printed character allowance for serial numbers on a tally report (20 chars)
2.1.6. Corrected Web Module issue when printing stockcards: “Print Entire” now works correctly
2.1.7. Default focus in Tally Find window adjusted to Tally number instead of Tally Type
2.1.8. Repaired error in owner movement report (Related Web Module crash also repaired)
2.1.9. Serial / Heat Numbers no longer truncated/line wrapped on printed tallies
2.1.10. On Tally out: Zero balance racks will be ignored by default
2.1.11. Tab order on Tally IN form adjusted
2.1.12. Corrected missing rack count when printing owner racks from owner detail screen
2.1.13. PDF naming convention updated when printing multiple tallies.
2.1.14. Closing Stock cards no longer forces creating a new stock card
2.1.15. Added ‘Manufacturer’ / ‘Manuf’ on historical rack report
2.1.16. Printed rack identification on printed yard map reduced to 3 lines
2.2. Equipment
2.2.1. Part Number and Alternate Part Number fields are no longer editable once the shipment is posted
2.2.2. Part history at the bottom of part detail screens now populates properly
2.2.3. Balance column now updating after parts added Via part purchase order
2.2.4. Repaired issue causing empty equipment list to be returned when choosing an owner in the shipment OUT form
2.2.5. Repaired issue with Adding parts via Part Purchase Order
2.2.6. Voided shipment OUTs now return equipment serial numbers to data file
2.2.7. Tab order on Shipment IN and OUT forms adjusted
2.2.8. Corrected printer spool label when printing Shipments
2.2.9. Corrected totals on shipment out loadslips when printed before transaction is posted
2.3. Misc
2.3.1. ‘Print Dispatch and Related’ is now including shipments
2.3.2. Invoice numbers added manually (free entry invoice no) are now displayed from the tally list screen
2.3.3. Larch BOL report now includes line items with or without rates
2.3.4. Corrected blurry labels on various Inspections reports
2.3.5. Railcar list now updated with current rail lines
2.3.6. Rail line list alphabetized
2.3.7. Corrected date issue when printing older dispatches
2.3.8. No longer required to select which invoice item to remove if only one item exists
2.3.9. Error message added when attempting to assign a pre-used owner key
2.3.10. Labor descriptions added to printed Vehicle Work Order Summaries

Please forward any questions and/or feedback to support@tallys.ca
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Q2 2014 Tallys Release Announced!
Posted by: In: OCTG, Quarterly Releases, R & D, software, Uncategorized 31 Mar 2014 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , ,

Our 2nd quarterly update of 2014 is ready, and its roll-out began this week. Development completed in this release was mainly request driven, and is therefore straight from the minds of OCTG tracking partners in the field.bigstock-Updated-stamp-37846420

 

 

Whats New in Q2?

 

  • Alternate dispatch summary report

We have added an alternate Dispatch Summary which includes Handling Fee and Location or LSD.

 

  • Driver summary report

We have made a Driver Summary report available from the BOL list screen. This report serves as a method of reviewing a specific driver’s trips within a set date range. The report includes Dispatch #, BOL No., Move Date, Location, Handling Fee, and Owner.

 

  •  The invoice radio button on a posted Tally can now be toggled

It will now be possible to unfill the ‘Invoice’ radio button, or change the billable party on a posted tally.

 

  •  Dispatch and BOL reports suited to oilfield transport companies in the US.

With input gathered from C & Y Transportation in Casper WY, we are introducing two new reports to better serve the US OCTG supply industry.

-The first of these is a Dispatch report which includes Handling Fee in the header, Total Length in the description and Total Weight in lbs below item description(s).

-The second report is a BOL report, and includes BOL specific ‘For Date’ and ‘For Time’, Rig Number and Estimated Freight Charges, which is a requirement for oilfield delivery in the US.

 

  • Owner name and Invoice # have been added to the ‘Revenue by truck’ report

The ‘Revenue by Truck’ report, available from the BOL list screen, will now include columns for Owner name and Invoice #.

 

  •  ‘New Release’ button added to Main and Inquiry

It will now be possible to begin the release entry process from the Main Menu, rather than having to open the release list screen first.

 

  • ‘Duplicate’ button on Release list screen

In the interest of saving time, whenever a new release is to share details with an existing one, release duplication will be possible.

Note: a new release number must always be assigned.

 

  • ‘New LSD’ button added to Main and Inquiry

Previously LSD info was added via dispatch and release entry. This can now be done from the main menu.

 

  • ‘LSD’ (LSD list) button added to Main and Inquiry

A list of existing LSDs and their directions is now available from the Main Menu.

Note: Locations can be deleted if they are no longer needed.

 

  • Export to match columns contained in the Dispatch Summary report

Selecting ‘Export Dispatch Summary’ from the ‘Reports’ menu in the Dispatch List screen will produce a tab delimited text file export including columns to match the Dispatch Summary report.

Note: All Tallys exports are best viewed and edited with Excel.

 

  • Sortable Release # Column added to the web published tally list screen

A Release # column has been added to the web published tally list screen

 

 

Please email support@tallys.ca to schedule implementation of the update at your pipeyard.

 

Check in on us at www.tallys.ca

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Q4 2013 Tallys Update Available
Posted by: In: Inventory Control, NWSP Inc., OCTG, Oil Country Tubular Goods, Quarterly Releases, R & D, Tallys 01 Oct 2013 Comments: 1 Tags: , , , , , , ,

NWSP is pleased to announce that the roll out of our Q4 2013 Tallys release will begin this week. Contact NWSP today to schedule your implementation of the Q4 2013 update.

 

Whats new?Time to Upgrade

 

• Enhanced Release Selection

The release selection window that appears when ‘F12’ is clicked from within Tally entry will now show LSDs or location codes associated with listed releases. Also, this list will now omit completed releases.

 

• Improvements to the Deletion Log

The deletion log detail screen will now show the reason for which a given record was deleted.

 

• New Copy Count Setting

We have added a new preference to store number of tally copies to be printed.
Preference #906 is where this can be set.

 

• Tally PO Correction

It will now be possible to adjust the PO number on a posted tally by means of a correction. Tally correction is available from the ‘Tally’ menu displayed when viewing a tally’s detail screen.

 

• Updated Dispatch Header

We have added POs and AFEs to the printed dispatch header.

 

• Improved Tally Out Display

Serial numbers tied to joints on a tally out will now be displayed on screen.

 

• Add Engineer to Tally Out

It will now be possible to add an Engineer’s name and Phone number to the comments on an outbound Tally.

‘F7’ will bring up your list of engineers for selection

 

 

Please email support@tallys.ca to schedule implementation of the update.

 

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Why We Blog
Posted by: In: Learning Center, NWSP Inc., OCTG News, Quarterly Releases, R & D, Tallys, Team Tallys, Tubulars, Tutorials 06 Sep 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: , ,

The word Blog is a smoosh of the words ‘web’ and ‘log’, and came about in the late 90’s when web publishing tools similar to WordPress and Blogger were first introduced. Today there are over 112 million English language blogs being tracked globally.

 

 

Blogging is new to NWSP, and while we are still learning the ropes, we have seen a significant boost to our SEO ranking and are excited about the opportunity to share and connect with thinkers in our industry and community. Blogging has also been a refreshing and fun exercise in creativity. While our content may thus far be lacking in imagination, practice makes better. Stay tuned and let us know when you see up-vote worthy content originating from or curated by Tallys.ca.bigstock-The-words-Pass-It-On-written-o-38688403

 

 

Katherine Farris writes:

 

 

Why Blog?
1. Expert positioning – First and foremost, as a business owner, blogging is an outlet to share your expertise and build credibility. You can show visitors to your site how much you know, and gain their trust by providing valuable information on specific topics of interest.
2. Knowledge bank – Your blog is your personal knowledge bank, where you can direct current or potential clients to articles that may answer their question, or resolve their problem.
3. SEO – A blog consistently provides updated content to your website and the ability to incorporate keywords. Search engines look for frequent updates, so a blog can help improve your SEO and search engine page rank.
4. Content – Your blog posts provide valuable information to share across social networks, and keep people interested in returning to your site; helping you remain consistently at the forefront of their minds.
5. Engagement – A blog encourages visitor engagement. Interaction builds relationships; relationships are memorable, improve likability, and build trust in you and your brand.
So, yes blogging is beneficial to business owners in many ways, especially if you understand what your audience is looking for.

 

 

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This Week in Tallys – July 10, 2013 Blog Summary
Posted by: In: OCTG News, Oil & Gas Industry, Quarterly Releases, R & D, Tallys 10 Jul 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , ,

It’s been a very busy week for the Tallys support team deploying the summer update and solidifying plans for the fall update.  Here at NWSP Inc. we are also in full Yearbook development mode (our other major product line), and we will have more news on this front around July 31st.

used_pipes-800Here is a short summary of what’s been happening at Tallys.ca.

  • Q3 2013 Tallys Update Available – Our third update for Tallys 5.12 includes some great new features for Tenaris stocking points, as well as new R&D for in-house efficiency at Alberta Tubular Products.   Contact us to schedule your upgrade today if you haven’t done so already.

 

 

  • How to Contact Us  –  There are many ways to reach us here at NWSP Inc., and this is a comprehensive list of each method.

 

 

 

  • ERW OCTG Explained – An excellent video explaining ERW tubing and casing production processes.

 

 

 

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Q3 2013 Tallys Update Available
Posted by: In: Pipe & Tube Products, Quarterly Releases, Team Tallys 02 Jul 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , ,

NWSP is pleased to announce that the roll out of our Q3 2013 Tallys release will begin on July 2, 2013. Contact NWSP today to schedule your implementation of the Q3 2013 update at support@tallys.ca.

This release has a focus on the refinement of our existing functionality, as well as many minor issues that were identified (many from customers like you) and corrected.

Whats new?

 

• Tenaris PO lockdown for Racks and Tallies

Tenaris and Prudential ownership records may now be marked as ‘Tenaris’ from the Owner Detail Screen. Once marked and saved, this activates a brand new function for locking down Owner PO’s on Tenaris Racks. It also preventing users from adjusting ‘Customer P/O’s’ which were auto-populated to Tallies, from inbound and outbound transactions to all Tenaris and Prudential racks.

If your database contains a Tenaris or Prudential owner record, it will be required that each be opened and marked as ‘Tenaris’ in the owner detail screen ‘Mark’ dropdown.

 

Note: Be sure to save your owner record after completing this change.

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• Automated PDF reporting implemented at Alberta Tubular Products’ Calgary office

Daily Shipments and Tallies posted by ATP stocking points using Tallys 5.12 will be saved as PDFs and placed in yard specific folders.
*Once your Tallys is updated, there is no longer any need to email or fax your daily ATP movements.

 

 

• New logo introduced mid-Q2 

Half way through the second quarter of this year, the Tallys logo was revamped for a fresh new look. The old ‘cigarette carton’ pipe logo has been replaced with a stylized ‘T’ for a more contemporary appeal.

Out with the old,

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and in with the new!

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• New Website Launch in July

NWSP is launching a new Tallys home page in line with this quarter’s software update, to compliment our new Branding. The new page will also be an excellent resource for existing Tallys users as well as organizations considering our solution.

Check in on us at www.tallys.ca

Please email support@tallys.ca to schedule implementation of the Q32013 Tallys update.
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Q2 2013 Tallys Update Available
Posted by: In: Pipe & Tube Products, Quarterly Releases, Team Tallys 02 May 2013 Comments: 0 Tags: , , ,

NWSP is pleased to announce that the roll out of our Q2 2013 release began this week! This is a brand new quarterly update to Tallys 5.12 and have some helpful and handy new Tallys tricks to introduce.   Contact NWSP today to schedule your implementation of the Q2 2013 update at support@tallys.ca.

Here is a brief summary of the update, available now.

Enhanced Release Detail Screen

  • Store new Definitions (Release Detail Screen)  – We’ve added additional material description fields to accommodate entry of Surface, Intermediate, and Production String Requirements.
  • OC# field (Release Detail Screen) –  Now contains a  field to store an Order Confirmation number (OC#).
  • Date Completed (Release Detail Screen) – When a Release is complete and the inventory requested has been tallied out, a new ‘Completed’ check box at the top of the Release Detail screen can be checked, and completing the release will automatically date stamp the current date. Releases can be sorted based on completion from the Releases List screen.
  • Auto population of location (LSD) on Tallies and Dispatches – If you’ve added a Release to the database which includes an LSD or location indicator, then adding that Release # to a Tally or a Dispatch will auto-populate the LSD and description to your form. Additionally, if a Tally with a release number tied to it is added to a dispatch, it’s LSD and directions will auto-populate to the Dispatch form.

New Feature – Auto-populate Dispatch Release # to Tallies tied to a Dispatch.

  • If a dispatch has been started and includes a Release #, the program will populate that Release # and it’s corresponding LSD to any tallies added.

New ATP Data Entry Standards

  • Alberta Tubular Products (http://www.albertatubular.com/) is now maintaining a remotely accessible database of their acceptable OCTG definitions, which can be imported to a stocking point’s TALLYS database. This will ensure that only descriptions accepted by ATP can be called when building an ATP rack. With these new standards enabled, TALLYS will also ensure that all transaction specific fields important to ATP are populated prior to posting a movement.

Enhanced Functionality for Tenaris Stocking Points

  • Owner P.O. Field on Rack Detail – If your facility is a stocking point for Tenaris tubular goods, it is now mandatory that all of your Tenaris racks have an ‘Owner P.O.’  entered (to be provided by Tenaris). The Owner P.O.# will be automatically added to any Tally posted to or from the Rack going forward, and will in turn be viewable on Rack List Report, Stock Cards Reports and Movement Reports.

Enhanced Tier Detail Report

  • This issue was brought forward by our customers: Some owners would like their storage facilities to store location indicators or LSDs on an individual joint basis when pipe is being tallied onto a rack, which helps them to keep a record of where the inventory originated from. Tallys now allowing 20 characters to be entered and printed on Tier Detail reports accommodates these customers.

          Please keep in mind : the ‘Heat#’ header can be changed on a per owner basis.

Enhanced ‘Stock Card’ reference column in the ‘Rack Export’

  • When Rack Detail is exported to a spreadsheet from the racks list menu (a .txt file best viewed in Excel), the resulting export now includes a column to store Stock Card numbers.

Enhanced character allowance for  ‘owner part #’.

  • We have added additional space to the ‘owner part #’ field on the Equipment Detail screen so that it can accept up to 12 alphanumeric characters.

Enhanced ‘Ship Items’ maximum quantity.

  • The ‘Ship Items’ count on an in or outbound Shipment will now accept a part quantity up to 5 digits in length (max of 99999 parts).

Q1 2013 Tallys Update Available
Posted by: In: Quarterly Releases 11 Dec 2012 Comments: 0 Tags: , , , ,

We’re preparing for another Tallys update and have some exciting new functionality to talk about! Rollout of our Q1 2013 release is scheduled to begin on January 2nd.

Here’s a peek at the list of enhancements we’re introducing in 2013.

NEW Racks list report sort options.

We’ve added two new sort related features specific to the racks list report. First, a new radio button within the existing sort dialogue allowing a sort by Stock Card ID. The second feature is found in Preference 1030 and allows a default sort order to be set.

For Example:

  • Owner, Category, Size
  • Owner, Size, Weight
  • Owner, Size, Range, Weight
  • By Stock Card ID
  • Current Order
  • Custom Order

NEW Payed indicator for completed invoices.

This feature will help accounting staff to keep track of outstanding receivables.

 

NEW Social Media and support links on the Web Module sign in screen.

When logging into a stocking facility’s web interface, customers will be provided with a direct link to TALLYS’ support site, their Facebook, and their Twitter page where they can ask a support question or provide feedback about their experience. TALLYS Helpdesk

 

NEW Chat Feature.

Records referenced in a chat conversation will be linked for ease of intra-office communication about inventory and other TALLYS data.

 

NEW Equipment Scan

This new option available from the ‘Tools’ menu will scan your last 90 days worth of shipping data and output a .txt document which will identify any shipping errors that exist in your equipment table. The scan also has the ability to repair any discovered miscalculations following an automated database backup.

NEW Metric/Imperial conversion for pipe definitions.

We’ve added a conversion tool that converts user entered metric measurements to Imperial, and vise versa.

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