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User Manual of Telema MMT

Last modified by sven on 2011/08/10 09:20

Using Telema MMT pocket PC application

Run Telema MMT in a pocket PC

Turn on your pocket PC.

Click "Start" and choose "Telema MMT" from the list of programs. The application will open in user selection window.

Choose your username and click Next button at the bottom of the screen. The Main Menu of the application will open.

Tap Exit icon at the bottom of the Main Menu screen to quit the application.

Main menu

Tapping on icons in the Main Menu you can navigate into different functions of the application.

Explanation of icons:

Customer listCustomers opens Customers' Menu - list of customers where sales person can schedule customer visits
Products listProducts opens Products Menu where agent can navigate to products list showing prices, inventory etc
Documents listDocuments opens Documents Menu - documents and sales activities library related to the sales person 
GallupsGallups list of gallups downloaded from server (currently inactive) 
Messages toolsMessages tool for sending/receiving messages (currently inactive) 
TasklistTasklist opens tasklist calendar of pre-scheduled customer contacts where agent can manage the sales activities (visits, phone calls, make orders etc) 
SyncronizationSyncronization tools to syncronize PDA with server - send orders, download updates etc 
ExitExit closes the application 
Settings iconSettings tools to set user optios and settings 
Users iconUser manage users 
 User name Name of currently active user 
Keyboard iconKeyboard Icon to activate on-screen keyboard 
4.0.0.15 Version number Version of Telema MMT currently running 

Manage customer visits

Open the Customer List by tapping Customers icon on the Main Menu.

The list shows customers' names and addresses, and wether a visit has been scheduled with them. Depending on settings it may contain full list of customers or just the customers of a particular agent if more than one agent uses the device.

Customer list is used to plan customer visits.

All customers who have a visit scheduled have an assterisk ( * ) in the Visit column in front of the customer name.

All customers whose visits are scheduled for today are shown in blue (in addition to the asterisk).

All customers who have unpaid overdue invoices are shown in red.

Customers without asterisk do not have any visits scheduled.

Tap Button back at the bottom of the window to quit Customer List view and revert to Main Menu.

Create customer visit

To create customer visit for today:

Tap on the Visit column in front of a customer name. The visit has been created when an asterisk ( * ) appears in the Visit column in front of the customer name. All customers whose visits are scheduled for today will be shown in blue.

 

To create customer visit for other date in the future:

Select the customer with whom you would like to schedule a visit.

Tap Plus button at the bottom of the screen. Calendar will open where today's date is selected by default.

Choose the desired date in calendar and tap "OK". An asterisk will appear in the Visit column in front of the customer name.

Change scheduled customer visit

Select the customer in the customer list window.

Tap Plus button at the bottom of the screen. Calendar will open where the currently set visit date is marked with blue box.

Choose the new date in calendar and tap "OK". 

Delete customer visit

Option 1.

Tap the asterisk in front of the customer whose visit you would like to delete. When the asterisk disappears, the visit is deleted.

Option 2.

Select the customer whose visit you would like to delete (any customer with an asterisk)

Tap Minus button at the bottom of the screen.

Tap "Yes" in the confirmation dialog box. When the asterisk disappears, the visit is deleted.

Handle Customer list view

Sort customers

In the Customer List window, tap on the column header to sort the customers by that column. An asterisk appears after the column name of the sorted column.

Tapping on the same column header again will sort the list in reverse order.

 

Find customers

You can find or filter customers in the Customer List by name or by code.

Select the search criteria (Name or Code) in the top left corner of the screen.

Tap on the searchbox next to the criteria field to insert the cursor in the searchbox.

Open the screen keyboard by tapping Keyboard.

According to the selected search criteria type the customer name or part of the customer name, or the customer code or part of the customer code in the searchbox.

Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner of the screen. All the customers whose name or code includes the text inserted in the searchbox will be displayed.

View products' details and inventory

Tap Products Menu button to open the Products Menu. Productcs Menu opens in products category view.

Products Menu contains full list of products, or if set, only the products available for particular agent, and the details of the products. Products are grouped in categories and subcategories set in the same way as in company's ERP system.

Tap Button back at the bottom of the window to quit Products Menu and revert to Main Menu.

Opening product list

Open the Products Menu by tapping Products icon on the Main Menu. Products top-level category view will be opened.

Option 1.

Tap on "+" in front of a category to expand the sub-categories. The bottom-level categories do not have "+" in front of them.

Select a bottom-level category and tap Next button to display the products of the selected category. 

Option 2.

Select the search criteria (Name or Code) in the top left corner of the screen.

Tap on the searchbox next to the criteria field to insert the cursor in the searchbox.

Open the screen keyboard by tapping Keyboard icon in the bottom right corner.

According to the selected search criteria type the product name or part of the product name, or the product code or part of the product code in the searchbox.

Tap search button in the top right corner of the screen. All the products that's name or code include the text inserted in the searchbox (regardless of the category) will be displayed.

Handle product list view

By default the Product List view is split into two sections:

  • Product list table in the lower part of the window showing product name, inventory, price and code
  • Product detail view in the upper part of the window showing details of a selected product like ... (Sales(m)), global trade item number (GTIN), package type (Package), current price (Price), base price (BPrice)

Tap Button up in the top right corner of the window to hide product detail section and display only product list.

Tap Button down in the top right corner of the window to display the product detail section again.

Tap Next button at the bottom of the screen to revert to the Products Category view.

 

Sort products

In the Product List window, tap on the column header to sort the products by that column. An asterisk appears after the column name of the sorted column.

Tapping on the same column header again will sort the list in reverse order.

 

Find products

In the products category view select the search criteria (Name or Code) in the top left corner of the screen.

Tap on the searchbox next to the criteria field to insert the cursor in the searchbox.

Open the screen keyboard by tapping Keyboard icon in the bottom right corner.

According to the selected search criteria type the product name or part of the product name, or the product code or part of the product code in the searchbox.

Tap search button in the top right corner of the screen. All the products that's name or code include the text inserted in the searchbox (regardless of the category) will be displayed.

Sales activities & tasklist

To display Today's tasklist...

... tap Tasklist in the Main Menu or

... tap Next button at the bottom of the Customers List window.

Handle Tasklist view

By default Tasklist view displays all to-do sales activities (tasks) planned for agent for today, and is split into two sections:

  • list of customers to be visit on the particular date
  • credit details of a selected customer

Tap Button up in the top right corner of the window to hide credit details section.

Tap Button down in the top right corner of the window to show the credit detail section again.

To display all sales activities, including also the finished ones, tap "Show all" check-box to check the box and tap search button.

Uncheck the "Show all" check-box and tap search button to display the to-do sales activities again.

To see scheduled tasks for other days choose the according date from the calendar at the top of the window and tap search button.

Tap Button back in the top right corner of the window to display the default tasklist again.

Tap Button back at the bottom of the window to quit Tasklist view and revert to Main Menu.

 

Sort tasks

In the Tasklist window, tap on the column header to sort the tasks by that column. An asterisk appears after the column name of the sorted column.

Tapping on the same column header again will sort the list in reverse order.

Delete tasks

Select the customer whose visit you would like to delete.

Tap Button minus at the bottom of the screen.

Tap "Yes" in the confirmation dialog box. The task is deleted.

Re-schedule tasks

Select the customer whose task you would like to change.

Tap Button plus at the bottom of the screen. Calendar will open where the currently set date is marked with blue box.

Choose the new date in calendar and tap "OK". The selected customer disappears from the list and is scheduled on the date specified.

Start and finish sales activity

Select the customer in the Tasklist window.

Tap Button next at the bottom of the screen to start a sales activity. Sales contact detail view will open.

Name of the selected customer is displayed at the top of the window. The window is split into two sections:

  • sales contact details in the upper part of the window to specify mileage driven to the customer, date when the next contact with the customer should take place, and which type of contact the current one is (e-mail, phonecall or visit), and 
  • document list related to the customer showing document type, its status and amount of the document

Insert the appropriate data in the sales contact details section.

Tap Button next at the bottom of the window to insert new order, or change orders listed.

Tap Button info at the bottom of the window to insert a comment about the sales contact.

Tap Button back at the bottom of the window to quit or finish the current contact:

  • tap "Yes" in the confirmation dialog box to finish the contact. Status of the contact will be set to "Finished" and it will not be shown in the Tasklist, anduser will be taken to the Main Menu. It is not possible to finish a customer contat if there are unfinished orders on the customer sheet. 
  • tap "No" in the confirmation dialog box to return to the contact later. Status of the contact will be set to "Started" and it will still be shown in the Tasklist, user will be taken to Tasklist.
  • tap "Cancel" in the confirmation dialog box if you do not want to quit the contact at this time.

Sales activity: create new order

Select the customer in the Tasklist window.

Tap Button next at the bottom of the Tasklist window to start a sales activity. Sales contact detail view will open.

Tap Button next at the bottom of the window again to open Product Menu which opens in product category list. NOTE! If there are documents listed for the selected customer a little dialog with selection of "Edit" and "Add new" buttons will open in the bottom right corner of the window after tapping Button next. Choose "Add new" from the dialog, product category list will open.

Select the proper bottom-level category and tap Button next, or use search to display the product list (see also ...).

Select the product to be inserted into order. 

Option 1. Tap Keyboard in the bottom right corner to insert the quantity for the selected product. Select the proper package type in the upper part of the window if necessary. This is most comfortable option if you do not need to make any discounts or change price.

Option 2. Tap the button with a pencil at the bottom of the screen. Sales parameter view of the product will open. Using the keyboard appeared insert the proper price (if different from base price), discount, quantity, and select the proper package type following by tap on "OK". In the sales parameter view use "del" button to delete the text in the cell at once, or "<-" button to delete characters one by one. Tap Button back to leave the sales parameter view without saving the changes.

Option 3. Tap the button with "5" at the bottom of the screen to create order based on last 5 orders/deliveries of the selected product.

Tap Button next at the bottom of the product list window to open the product category window and add other products. Repeat the above steps as many times as necessary to complete the order.

Tap Button shopping? at the bottom of the product list window to display the order details. 

In the order details window:

  • Tap Button back at the bottom of the order details view to add more products to the order.
  • Tap Button cancel at the bottom of the order details view to delete the selected product from the order, following by "Yes" in the confirmation dialog.
  • Tap the button with a pencil at the bottom of the order details view to set price, quantity and discount parameters of a selected product.
  • Tap Button next at the bottom of the product list window to finish the order and open the delivery details window. 

In delivery details window:

  • Select the delivery date, insert the delivery and reload addresses if different from default. NOTE! Insert the addresses only if the order is to be delivered to another address than set to the customer in the database.
  • Tap Button back at the bottom of the delivery details window to add more products to the order, following by "Yes" in the opened save dialog
  • Tap Button delete at the bottom of the delivery details window to delete the order, following by "OK" in the opened confirmation dialog box.
  • Tap Button comment at the bottom of the delivery details window to add any comments to the order.
  • Tap Button Finish at the bottom of the delivery details window to finish the order, following by "Yes" in the opened confirmation dialog box. Status of the order will be set to "Wait", and the Sales contact detail view will open. If you would like to edit the order later tap "No" in the confirmation dialog, the order status will be set to "Started"

Document library

In document library overall activities of an agent appear: documents (such as sent, unsent, unfinished orders etc), and customer contacts (scheduled visits, finised client contacts etc).

At the top of the window more detailed data about the selected document is displayed, such as sum of an order

Tap Button back at the bottom of the window to quit Document library and revert to Main Menu.

Document types

All activities and documents appear in one table with four columns: 

  • Type - type of document or activity (visit, phonecall, e-mail, order etc). For planned customer contacts no type appears as it is not defined yet what type of contact it is going to be (visit, phonecall or e-mail).
  • Date - date of the document or activity.
  • Partner - customer name whom the activity or document is related to.
  • Status – status of particular document or activity:
    • Planned - if customer contact did not take a place yet.
    • Finished - if there was a customer contact already but document is not sent
    • Started - if customer contact was started but no order is made.
    • Wait - if there was a customer contact, there is an order but contact is unfinished.

Handle document library

Sort documents

In the Documents List window, tap on the column header to sort the products by that column. An asterisk appears after the column name of the sorted column.

Tapping on the same column header again will sort the list in reverse order.

Delete document

Select a document in the Documents List window.

Tap Button cancel at the bottom of the window.

Tap "Yes" in the confirmation dialog. Document is deleted.

View additional document information

NOTE! Additional document information is displayed only for orders (delivery details of the order).

Select a document (order) in the Documents List window.

Tap Button info at the bottom of the window. Additional information of the document will be displayed.

Tap Button back at the bottom left corner of the additional information window to revert to Document List.

View order

NOTE! Only documents (orders) with status "Sent" can be viewed without modification options.

Select a document (order) in the Documents List window.

Tap Button shopping at the bottom of the window. Product list of the order will open.

Tap Button back at the bottom left corner of the order product list view to revert to Document List.

Start new order in document library

NOTE! New orders can be started only based on current orders in the Document List.

Select a document (order) of the desired customer in the Document List window.

Tap Button ahead at the bottom of the window. A confirmation dialog will open.

Tap "Yes" in the confirmation dialog. A new order based on the selected order will be created. At the same time new customer contact for the customer of the order will be created and added in the Document List.

Follow the steps of Sales activity: create order section to complete the order.

Modify order in the document library

NOTE! Only documents (orders) with status "Started" and "Wait" can be modified.

Select a document (order) in the Documents List window.

Tap Button shopping at the bottom of the window. Order details window will open

Follow the steps of ... section to complete the order.

Send orders and update data

Tap ... button in the Main Menu. Suncronization window will open.

Tap "Send orders" to send all created documents. NTOE! Only documents that have the status "wait" (except contact documents) will be sent to server.

Tap "Get masterdata" to download and syncronize product, customer etc data.

Tap "Update MMT" to update MMT application to a newer version.

Tap "Get order history" to...?

Users and settings

Tap ... to display the settins window.

Tap Button back to leave settings window.

Security tab

Security tab displays user name and password fields for the current agent. Agent is linked with settings on server through his/her user name and password, and makes possible to download individual (user-based) information. It also addresses sent documents, so it is possible for company representative to follow the activities of each sales agent on Telema service web from any computer with internet access.

Rights tab

This is an informative tab only showing which activities are allowed for the vurrent user.

Settings tab

Change and select the appropriate settings for the current user, such as language of the application, order and invoice number details etc.

Tap ... to save changes.

Using Telema MMT web application

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Created by sven on 2011/08/03 12:06