Clearance Item searching is now available in Product Search!

Have you ever needed a quick and easy way to search for clearance items without having to know the description or cicode? Well, Product Search now offers a solution for you! To take advantage of this new feature simply click on the Clearance Item Search button from the main screen of Product Search.

Order Management Enhancements

In response to your feedback, we have completed several new enhancements to Order Management!   Keep reading for further information on the latest changes. Enhancements to Groups Tab: The layout option is now available on the Groups Tab. Layouts allows for you to customize which columns are displayed and the order in which they are…

Are You Ready for Acuity Distributor Center Account Management?

Starting March 12th, Acuity Distributor Center account management will be handled by your agency. Hopefully you had a chance to sit in on one of the training sessions. If not, please take a few minutes to review the video which can be found in this blog and on the agile Help tab under Agency Administration.

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Acuity Distributor Center Account Management and Training

During the week of March 10, 2014, we will be putting Acuity Distributor Center account management into the hands of the agency.  With this change comes the following enhancements:

  • Agency Visibility of your Distributor Users
  • Agency Management of Distributor Accounts and Requests
  • Enable agile Log In with Acuity Distributor Center for Visibility of All Customers
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Acuity Distributor Center Open for Business!

During the week of March 10, 2014, we will be putting Acuity Distributor Center account management into the hands of the agency.  With this change comes the following enhancements:

  • Agency Visibility of your Distributor Users
  • Agency Management of Distributor Accounts and Requests
  • Enable agile Log In with Acuity Distributor Center for Visibility of All Customers

Acuity Distributor Center Available 9/24/13

Are you and your distributors ready? On 9/24/13, the new Acuity Distributor Center (ADC) will replace the Lithonia Distributor Center (LDC). Hopefully you had a chance to participate in one of the agency training webinars and review the September 5th blog post containing the details of the coming changes. If you have not, please take a moment…

New Acuity Distributor Center Coming Soon!

WHAT’S NEW A New Website The ADC website will have a new URL: www.acuitydistributorcenter.com.LDC.flywheelsites.com will continue to work but will re-route the users to the new site. No need to worry about popup blockers since the users have already enabled the new website with the last release. Minimum Browser Requirement It is important to note…

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Introducing Request for Warranty Deviation (RFWD)

Please welcome our newest addition to agile…..Request for Warranty Deviation (RFWD)! Starting today all requests for warranty deviations can be entered and managed through the new RFWD application. This new application will allow you to request changes to a product’s warranty straight from the quote line and send it to the Product Value Stream for…

More Enhancements to Acuity Distributor Center

We continue to make enhancements to Acuity Distributor Center based on customer feedback. Here are some recent changes you may want to pass along to your customers.

  • Better visibility of backordered lines
  • Search for orders, invoices or credit memos by date range
  • Internet Explorer 10 check with instructions for running ADC with IE10

Acuity Distributor Center Update…

We hope your customers are becoming more comfortable with the functionality of the new Acuity Distributor Center Order Status and E-Solutions. We have listened to our distributor’s feedback and continue to adjust the system to provide an optimum experience.

Here are some of the changes that have already been made and/or will be available next week.

  • Improvements to Tracking Shipments
  • Improvements to the Order Status Report including Export to Excel and Save as PDF
  • Easier Printing
  • Cancelled Lines Visibility
  • Improved Invoice Identification

More Streamlining and Flexibility in agile OM!

We have been busy enhancing OM to be more streamlined and flexible. Here are the enhancements ready for your use!

  • Streamlined Non-ABL shipment creation
  • Ability to print Line comments on Non-ABL order print outs
  • Totals now available on non-ABL orders
  • Ability to turn on/off the calculation of Ship Date based on non-ABL manufacturer’s lead time
  • Added EDI850 as a Created By id that can be used when searching for orders in OM
  • Added ability to search by Project Manger
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Coming Soon…LDC Order Status Gets a New Look and goes Mobile too!

We’re excited to announce that over the next few months, we will begin phasing in Acuity Distributor Center (ADC) to replace our current Lithonia Distributor Center (LDC) portal. We’re updating key functionality over the course of the next 6 months to make this portal even more user-friendly and faster than ever before. We’re beginning the…

Fantastic Additions to Order Management

Want to be able to customize the order status and view it from the dashboard? Or maybe you want to create an automatic follow-up on your Non-ABL orders? Or perhaps you want to attach hold order documents when printing an order confirmation? Now you can! These are just a few of the exciting additions we’ve made to the agile Order Management application in this latest release …

Presenting Non-ABL Enhancements for OM!

We’ve listened to your feedback on how you would like for the Alt Ship To, Ship To, and Sold To addresses to work for your Non-ABL orders.  With the latest release, we’ve addressed your wishes!  We’ve also tackled an improvement to the multiple line edit feature that we think you’ll appreciate.  Here is a breakdown of the latest enhancements:

  • An “Alternate Ship To” address is now available for Non-ABL hold orders and orders
  • Electrical and general contractor addresses associated to the order are pre-populated in the “Ship To” dropdown
  • The “Sold To” address and electrical and general contractor addresses available in the Alt Ship To dropdown
  • “Copy down” is now available for the Multi-Edit tool for Non-ABL orders

agile OM Enhancements to make your life easier!

A new version of Order Management has been deployed to production.

The major changes in this version include:

  • Ability to transfer Notes and Line Comments from your Quote to your Order
  • Create a consolidated order print out by exporting the OM Project View
  • New visibility of non-ABL manufacturer data such as product, pricing and lead time throughout the order entry process
  • Contractor address now available as a pre-populated manual ship to address
  • View Order Totals from Open
  • View documents from the dashboard and see your document’s description instead of the file name

agile Order Management Becomes More Efficient!!

A recent release of agile Order Management has been put into production. We have made several enhancements to the Order Management application to improve the efficiency of processing orders. Below are the changes that are contained in this release:

  • Multi-Edit tool for non-ABL orders
  • Recent Orders and Favorites
  • Search options saved for quicker searching
  • Ability to pre-populate the commission % and ovg commission split % on hold orders and orders if set up on the non-ABL manufacturer’s contact management record
  • LLI order types will now require that the Country of Ultimate Destination be set prior to placing the order

More OM Enhancements!

A new version of Order Management has been deployed to production. The major changes in this version include:

  • Restored type ahead functionality to drop down boxes
  • Ability to split a line’s quantity on the hold order
  • Addition of the quantity field to the Multi Edit tool on the hold order

OM Enhancement and Fixes…

A new version of agile Order Management has been deployed to production and includes some major enhancements including:

  • Enhancements to printing
  • Ability to estimate Sales Tax
  • Ability to assign an OM project manager
  • Visibility of the order total on the Project Container OM tab
  • Fixes to issues with critical notes, on site dates and orders not opening from the project container

OM Enhancements…

A new version of agileOrder Management is now available. Check out these new enhancements and issues addressed

  • Visibility of the End Use field on the Hold Order and Order header. For Non-ABL orders End Use field can be modified
  • Allow the specifier flag on the Contact tab to transfer over to the Contact tab on the hold order during quote conversion
  • Display file description instead of file name when selecting email’s document attachments from the print options screen
  • Display the Carrier and Pro # on the project view grid
  • Allow shipments with multiple invoices to display the invoice number as “Multi”
  • Print Order # on Non-ABL Return Request document

OM Enhancements for Non-ABL…

We are pleased to tell you about some new functionality added to Order Management especially for processing Non-ABL orders including:

  • The availability of a new Manufacturer Purchase order Printout
  • The ability to generate a Return Request and Request Authorization from Non-ABL orders
  • The implementation of Standard Notes for Non-ABL orders
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New agile Non-ABL Buy/Sell Functionality…

We’ve expanded non-ABL functionality to include your Buy/Sell business. Upgraded applications include Contact Management, Quote, Order Management, Invoices, Payments, and Reports. That means you can track your buy/sell business from the quote all the way through to the reporting process! We have created a video series to guide you through setting up and processing your…

Envision Enhancement Update!

To improve the usability and functionality of Envision, several enhancements are now available! A more detailed Long Description now displays in the Description column of the Project Basket. To the extent possible, Envision will now parse invalid catalog numbers from agile, which will allow the user to correct the catalog number in Envision based on…

OM Dashboard Enhancements! Don’t miss this blog!

Recent enhancements have been made to the Order Management dashboard allowing you to access important order information right on the dashboard without having to open the order.  You won’t want to miss out learning more about these streamlining enhancements which include the ability to:

  • View notes that are attached to orders right from the dashboard
  • View documents that are attached to orders right from the dashboard
  • Quickly search for orders by a variety of information right from the dashboard
  • Determine the overall shipment status of an order right on the dashboard

New in Envision: Wall Bracket and Lowering Device Assembly Types!

New assembly types including wall brackets and lowering devices, have been added to the Configure Assembly tab in Envision. Click on the play button to see a demonstration of how to configure the assemblies. FIXTURE/WALL BRACKET ASSEMBLY VIDEO (Don’t see the video? Click here to launch video in a new window.) Unable to display content. Adobe…

agile Order Management – New Features, Fixes and Enhancements

A new version of agile Order Management has been deployed to production!

Highlights of this release include:

  • Visibility of Hold Order and Order Total $ on the dashboard
  • Ability to export ABL and Non-ABL order lines to Excel
  • Ability to export Non-ABL orders to .xml
  • Automatic filling in of Mark As from Type
  • Addition of new columns in the Non-ABL shipment assignment screen