Under the heading General in the Global Settings module, you will find a collection of procedures that are used to configure most of the settings used in MONITOR. When the system is delivered, all the settings are preset to the default or standard settings.
Below you will find a brief description of all the procedures that can be found under the General menu in the Global Settings module of a complete MONITOR system.
This is where you enter all company information, such as mailing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, the names of your references and so on.
This is where all the settings for all the modules in the entire system are located. The window consists of a number of tabs, where each tab represents a separate module. Under each tab you will find all the settings for each module.
This procedure is related to LB / FB payments (accounts payables and invoice payments) that are found in the Accounts Payable Ledger in the Purchase module. The purpose of this procedure is that the system automatically adjusts the payment date for the LB/FB payments, so that they will not take place on a weekend or other holidays.
After generation, you will in this procedure see a table of the working days during the year that will be the basis for the calculation of delivery reliability in the Subcontractor Rating, Supplier Rating and Delivery Reliability to Customer procedures. This calendar can also be used when managing transport times on customer and purchase orders.
Register Own Holidays
This procedure is used to register the country's holidays in case the country in question is not available in the General Calendar procedure.
This is where you determine which start number series will be used for each sub-system. Before you start to use the system, you must determine the start number for each number series type. Once the system is running, these start numbers will be counted up consecutively during registration (entering information in the system).
This is where you create a new accounting year. In some cases, you can also make certain changes to an existing accounting year.
This is where you select the type of accounting plan (Chart of Accounts) that you want to use. You can also import a Chart of Accounts This procedure is mainly used when you install a new company into MONITOR.
Here you can create VAT reports according to the requirements from different countries. You can also select which VAT report that should be selected by default in the system when printing in the Print VAT Report in the Accounting module.
This is where you register budget charts.
This is where you register the voucher number series that will be used in the Accounting module. The voucher number series must be determined and registered before you can start registering vouchers in the system.
This is where you configure the settings for texts, as well as the settings for the external documents that are printed using MONITOR. These documents are based on different forms. Such as an order confirmation form, invoice or a purchase order form etc.
This is where you formulate the additional text that can be printed at the bottom of all the forms as needed.
This is where you formulate the text that will be printed on the payment reminders, and where you configure the interval between payment reminders.
Here you configure the settings for the manufacturing order documents that should exist, and decide which documents should be included and what the manufacturing order should look like, using different documents.
Here you can load a list that logs all the major events that take place in the system. For example, Run Netting. The log contains information about who ran the Netting, when, in which procedure, and other pertinent information.
Here you can enter message text and hyperlinks that are then shown on start pages that use the text component Bulletin board. Start pages are created and configured in the Configuration Start Page procedure.
In this procedure you determine from which actual company databases in the system that you should be able to load part balances and display them in the Part Info procedure.