From now on the view Quick Find pannel is available both in the Grid and Report view layouts.
Improved Import and Export for Bank Accounts, Bank Accounts Balance and Bank Issue due to the usage of smart wizards.
Import from HRM 8 (for 2006 tax year) utility.
The new Celerity Purchase Order Import utility to automate the retail grocery Supply Chain between buyers and suppliers.

16 December 2005 Herbst HRM 8.0.1.100

The first version for Tax Year 2006 not only incorporates changes in PAYE, PRSI and ROS file formats coming into effect from 1 January 2006; it also supports two pension schemes for an employee, includes new timesheet hours import/export utilities, and a facility to suspend payments over a specified period of time:

Changes in PAYE according to the Budget 2006.

New Single Person Tax Credit and Cut-Off Point (used for PAYE on emergency basis):

Tax Credit Cut-Off Point

Annual 1630.00 32000.00

Weekly 32.00 616.00

Monthly 136.00 2667.00
Changes in PRSI according to the Budget 2006.

New PRSI employee annual ceiling is 46600.00.
Threshold for payment of 2% Health Contribution increased to 440.00 a week (1907.00 a month, 22880.00 annual).
The PRSI threshold for employees has increased to 300.00 a week.
Support for Marginal Relief Rate of PAYE (at 40%).
New Tax Credit Certificate file format: added fields Exemption Indicator, Pay and PAYE in previous employment.
Changes to Form P45: inclusion of a refund tick box.
Complete support for two pension schemes in one timesheet.
Import/export timesheet hours from/to Excel files.
Facility to suspend payments to an employee (from date to date).
More user-friendly export to the Nominal Ledger and Job Costing (NL and JP codes are not stored in timesheets anymore; the system always takes the recent data from employee records).

29 November 2005 Herbst Insight 2.0.38.520

A new update is available bringing a lot of improvements in the user interface, Stock, Contacts, Job Costing and other modules:

Redesigned grid view system.
Facility to see actual stock product cost calculated by automatic stock valuation methods in PI, PICN, SI, SICN, SA, JIT, JIR, JOT, JOR forms and lists. Facility to tell the system explicitly to ignore automatic valuation method and use cost specified by the user instead if necessary.
User diary.
Customer reseller discount.
Support for stock products in Job Output Returns (only AVCO and Manual stock valuation methods).
Position field in Contact Person records.
The Address Book section in Insight Explorer and Bar was merged into the Contacts section.
Contact Person List in the Contacts section.
Net Sale/Purchase Price columns in quick views.
Location Internal Transfer List in the Product Quick View.
Trader balance and other credit control columns in sale/purchase/weigh document lists.
Job fields in product/customer/supplier quick view lists.
Trace Field columns in more document lists.
Qty WIS, WOS, WIP, WOP Alloc/Unalloc columns in more weigh document lists.
Nominal Ledger lists and reports optimization. Facility to set any dates interval for analysis, not only whole periods.
New items (SICN, PICN, etc.) in the Actions button menu of the Product List toolbar.
Zero quantity is allowed in the To Haulier Time document converters.
Sale Invoice to Customer Journal converter.
Facility to delete multiple selected items in multi-line documents.
Facility to enter trace field values in the Product Quick Entry window.
Manager Quick Edit Utility in sale/purchase document lists.
Set Bank Document NL Accounts Quick Edit Utilities.
Excel export/import for Customer/Supplier Journals.
Price Classes section in the Product window: history of every price class is shown separately.
Profit Analysis Tool saves last selected Cost Type to the Windows Registry and then uses it as a default value.
New report "Customers Aged Analysis by 12 periods".
Facility to delete empty fiscal years.
Suggestion to start the programme in Safe Memory Manager mode in case of the Out of Memory error.

28 November 2005 Herbst HRM 7.0.7.79

Facilities to export data to a Pension Contributions Deducted (PCD) file for pension providers, merging employee records with the same PPSN in P35L, and updated P35L XML file format for ROS are coming with this version of the programme.

2 November 2005 Herbst HRM 7.0.6.78

This update simplifies preparation of the P35 Pension section for 2005 end of year return and introduces a new utility importing data from Take Five Easypay:

More pension details for P35 in the Midyear section.
Pension contributions through adjustments (to be reported in P35).
This feature will be useful for those who use adjustments to make pension contribution deductions.
Pension contribution details for each employee in the P35L report.
Import from Take Five EasyPay.
Last Emergency Week/Month No in the Midyear section.

14 July 2005 Herbst Insight 2.0.36.500

A lot of new features in the Job Costing, Contacts and other modules are coming with this major update.

Job Costing

Improved Job Estimation (Quotation) section in the Job record.
Job Estimation and Job Quotation reports.
Jobs List: the Select Job Inputs window appears on Sale Invoice, Credit Note, Job Output Transfer, Job Output Return actions providing facility to choose job inputs to be processed.
Facility to convert a Job Estimation (Quotation) to a Sale Invoice for Fixed Price jobs using the Actions - Sale Invoice toolbar button in the Jobs list.
New Job Cost Code and Job Product fields in Sale Invoice and Credit Note to be used for charge allocation and as a link to an Estimation (Quotation) in Fixed Price jobs.
New Sale Invoice print form for Fixed Price jobs with grouping by Job Cost Code.
Job Input/Output Transfer/Return items: Code and Name fields.
Job Input and Purchase document forms: Job and Job Cost Code Quick Edits.
Job Quick View: Estimation, Variance and Charge columns in the Analysis section.
Job Quick View: Section "Analysis - Job Inputs By Cost Code and Product".
Job costs import from HRM: Job Cost Codes; Job Product Codes; An option to import every Job Item individually or only totals grouped by Job, Cost Code, Product Code and NL Code.

Contacts

List of Contact Persons in the Trader record.
Contact record: facility to choose a trader's contact person from the pickup list.
Contact record: new field Address to be used to keep phone/fax number, email address or Skype name used in the contact.
Contacts: new contact kind Skype.

Other
User field format definition: Any Text, Any Text with Picklist, Picklist Only.
Supplier special prices.
IBAN (International Bank Account Number) in Bank Accounts, Bank documents, Traders and Company settings.
Multi-line Location Internal Transfer.
Field Active in the Manager record. Active/Inactive/All filters in manager lists.
Lodgement window: facility to enter Total Cash amount to be lodged.
Stock take wizard.
Orders and Receipts lists in the Supplier Quick View.
Reports toolbar button in all object lists (including document lists).
New options in the Product Quick Entry dialog: Search by Bar Code, Search by Code, Search by Name, Lead Search.
Document Print Form Quick Edit in all document lists.
Trader Quick Edit in Weigh Document lists.
Browse Application Data Folder menu item in the Help menu.

14 July 2005 Herbst HRM 7.0.5.77

Improvements in the Job Costing Module such as support for Job Cost Codes and Job Products introduced in this update provide a higher level of integration with Herbst Insight.

19 May 2005 Herbst HRM 7.0.4.76

This version has support for Job Costing Import in Herbst Insight and offers new Quick Edit utility for Employee NL Codes.

19 May 2005 Herbst Insight 2.0.35.490

This major update offers you dramatic improvements in Job Costing and Bill Of Materials modules and much more.

Job Costing

Job groups and cost codes.
Inputs estimation by cost codes.
Facility to use products for labour, machine time, overheads and other expenses.
Four charge types: No Charge, Fixed Price, Time & Materials, Costs Plus.
New documents: Job Input Transfer, Job Input Return, Job Output Transfer, Job Output Return.
Job Backing Sheet page in Sale and Job Output documents.
Improved inputs and outputs analysis in the Job Quick View.
Estimation/Actual/Variance analysis for inputs and outputs.
Analysis by jobs in the Customer, Supplier, Product Quick Views.
Facility to import job costs from Herbst HRM.

Bill Of Materials

Facility to define BOMs for non-stock products and use non-stock products (labour, machine time and etc.) as BOM components.
"Adjustment account" section in the BOM (Stock Adj) Assembly window.

Find Object

Match case and Use wildcards ("*" and "?") options.
Search in Name/Reference/Subject and Remarks fields as option.

Reports

New print form 'VAT Claim (VAT Code Summary)'.
New fields Total Check, Total Card, Total Cash & others in Lodgement print form.
Report Designer context help.

Other

Increased number of user fields from 10 to 20 in all objects.
User fields, Notes, Reminder and Attachments are available in the Contact Record.
End Create Date in periodical documents.
"Has Signature" column in all document lists.
"Entered by user", "Enter Date", "Edited by User", "Last Edit Date" columns in all lists.
Indication that the Working date isn't equal to the current computer date.
Import from Herbst HRM UK 4.
Firebird 1.5.2 Server is deployed in Insight Server installation package.

19 April 2005 Herbst HRM UK 4.0.2.15

This version includes new income tax bandwidths to be brought into use from 18 May 2005 and provides form P14/P60.

The rates of tax and bandwidths are as follows:

Starting rate 10% up to £2,090;
Basic rate 22% from £2,091 to £32,400;
Higher rate 40% over £32,400.

3 March 2005 Herbst HRM UK 4.0.1.14

The first version for the 2005-06 tax year incorporates the latest statutory requirements, coming into effect from 6 April 2005, and is equipped with Firebird 1.5.2 database server. Detailed information is presented below:

New rates and limits for the 2005-06 tax year:
- NIC LEL/ET/UEL;
- Emergency Tax code;
- SLD Annual Threshold;
- SSP Weekly Rate;
- SMP/SPP/SAP Standard Rate.
New layouts of forms P32 and P35.
This version deploys Firebird 1.5.2 database server.

23 February 2005 Herbst HRM 7.0.3.75

This version offers the following new features and improvements:

Facility to tune PRSI calculation in Timesheets and Payroll Calculator.
Simplified PRSI section on the Midyear tab of the Employee Window.
Modified layouts of the Employee Record and the Timesheet Window.

22 February 2005 Herbst Application Hosting

Herbst Group introduces a new service aimed at providing unparalleled ease of access to your business applications from anywhere in the world, anytime. Herbst Application Hosting will put an end to your IT hassles and save you money.

Herbst Application Hosting is about running your business programmes, such as Herbst Insight or Herbst HRM, on a secure server located in a first-class data centre. The server holds all the programme files and databases - none need to be installed and maintained on any computer in your corporate network. This results in the following advantages:

Worldwide access and integration across all sorts of Internet-enabled devices.
Great speed and capacity.
Cost-efficiency - because we remove the bulk of IT responsibilities from your in-house teams.
Improved security.

16 February 2005 Herbst Backup Scheduler 1.0.7.75

Herbst Group presents a new version of Herbst Backup Scheduler featuring increased security and reliability, improved user interface and help documentation. Here�s a quick summary of the new features:

The programme now works as a service under Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003.
Enhanced archive upload to a remote data storage: in case Internet connection is lost the programme attempts to reconnect and if successful continues uploading the archive from where it halted. It�s possible to set the number of reconnection attempts and the time interval between them.
Implemented Task list customization: now you can choose various columns for display and arrange these columns in any order.
Added Windows XP themes support.
Updated help file.

The major improvement in the current release is that Herbst Backup Scheduler now installs and runs as a service under Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003. Basically, a service is a programme or a process that runs at a low level seamlessly and preferably with minimal user interference.

As a service Herbst Backup Scheduler runs even when nobody is logged on to the operating system. If the computer is turned on and the operating system�s been booted so is our little backup programme. This has a number of advantages:

Being a service Herbst Backup Scheduler can be freely installed and run on computers that are used as servers - they normally operate with no users logged on for added security.

Herbst Backup Scheduler service can be successfully employed in a multi-user environment. No matter how many users log on to a computer with Herbst Backup Scheduler they won�t trigger additional programme instances that could run scheduled backups and put a strain on the system. Herbst Backup Scheduler gives you the peace of mind that it will fulfil its tasks and won�t interfere with your work.

21 January 2005 Herbst Insight 2.0.34.481

Enhanced format of View Print Forms, improved SMS messaging, new powerful RB Designer and a lot more bundled in this version. Check the full list of changes below:

This version deploys Firebird 1.5.2. database server.
Implemented a feature that allows Insight Client to automatically disconnect from the database server if the connection remains idle for a specified period. This period can be set in the new Timeout Setting of the Connection Options dialogue.
Quick View Lists are now restored when you reopen main lists.
Improved SMS messaging. The programme will use Company Mobile Phone as a sender. If the Mobile Phone isn't defined Company Name is used.
Introduced new format for View Print Forms. You need to convert all your View Print Forms to the new format by simply opening and saving them in Designer.
Incorporated new RB Designer; many innovations in RB Designer Components.

19 January 2005 Herbst HRM 7.0.2.73

New Herbst HRM offers improved facilities to start payroll midyear and support for employee transfers between databases within a company. New Firebird 1.5.2 database server is deployed.

Improved facilities to start a payroll company and set up existing employees during a tax year. Support for employee transfers between company divisions having separate HRM databases. All this is provided by new Midyear section in the Employee window.
This version deploys Firebird 1.5.2 database server.

13 January 2005 Herbst Insight 2.0.34.480

In this release Herbst Insight brings a revolutionary new feature: tracking incoming calls via integration with Swyx and Skype voice services. Accompanied by data Import from Herbst HRM 7, Force Profit Estimation and a vast array of other improvements:

Added data Import from Herbst HRM 7; removed data Import from Herbst HRM 5
Integrated Herbst Insight with Skype and Swyx voice services. Current release makes it possible to directly resort to specialised programmes for dialing - Skype and Swyx - as well as track and answer incoming calls.
NL Ledger reports now use NL Accounts Extract Patterns instead of Virtual Nominal Ledger
Added option to pick a Default NL Account in NL Accounts Extract Pattern
Added "Force Profit Estimation" option in User dialogues: once enabled this feature will always prompt users with a Profit Analysis window if they attempt to save a new WOS/SO/DD/SI document
If you print a View with a View Print Form that defines more columns than the designated View contains a warning message will be displayed
Added a drop down box for product/trader lists that toggles display of All, Active Only or Inactive Only traders/products
New 2005 Farmers VAT rate of 4.8 % has been applied to Herbst Insight Default database. VAT rates in existing databases need to be changed manually.
Modified Sign button functionality in Notes: now it pastes text at the current cursor position in the document. In case the cursor is not there (e.g. the focus is not set to the note) the text is inserted at the top of the document.
Made product Bar Code unique - you won't be able to supply one and the same Bar Code for two or more products

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16 December 2005 Herbst Insight 2.0.38.521