May Newsletter 2012

News:

Alternative Fuel Stations Could Hit 10,000

WASHINGTON – A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that although gasoline remains by far the dominant transportation fuel, a variety of alternative fuels are currently in use, primarily by government and private fleets. These fuels include electricity, propane, higher ethanol-gasoline blends (E85), hydrogen, and natural gas. In aggregate, there are currently about 10,000 alternative fuel stations in the United States, compared to approximately 160,000 gasoline stations in the country.

Read More: http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND0502121.aspx

New Features Available Soon
Triple E developers have been working on unveiling a new handheld inventory management unit with Bluetooth label printing capabilities. The mobile unit will allow real-time updating of many common practices previously only possible through utilization of Datamanager on a desktop PC. Some of the capabilities that will be possible with this new product are listed below.

  • Addition of new inventory items to allow for ease of initial configuration of store inventories as well as reduced overhead when receiving new products from vendors.
  • On the fly price checks + price changes for inventory products.
  • Ease of inventory counts, adjustments and receipts of inventory as well as tools to assist setting up reporting alerts to know when an item needs to be ordered.
  • Ability to print labels for your items. Simply scan the barcode of the item that needs a label and the unit will print one or more depending on your specific store requirements.

A diagnostic mode has been added to future releases of the Pedestal. The diagnostic
mode is accessed locally using the keypad and Pedestal display. This mode supports
the following:

  • A keypad diagnostic test to verify that the keypad is working correctly.
  • A hardware test to verify that the system hardware is working correctly.
  • A capability to reset the keypad baud rate.
  • An encryption check to verify that encryption is working correctly for sites accepting debit cards.
  • A capability to display the Pedestal CPU serial number.
  • A capability to reboot the Pedestal without having to actually open up the unit.

Accounts Receivables:

Steps for Generating Invoices and Statements

  1. Generate Priced Transactions
  2. View the Invoice Preview report to make sure customers with special pricing are priced correctly
  3. Generate Invoices
  4. Generate Finance Charges
  5. Generate Statements

Testimonials:

We want your feedback on how our customer service department is doing.  Please
email any questions, concerns, and comments on the service to helpdesk@e3tek.com.

Trade Shows

May 21st to 23rd

NACS

Nashville, TN

Booth #625

Training

5/29 8am PST

Setting Up Quick Menu Keys

This will show you how to setup the quick menu keys on the register.

Brain Teaser

Answer for last month: The man waited for nightfall, and once it was dark, he exited through the door to
the room made of magnifying glass.

New Question: You and a good friend go out and have a nice dinner together, and the bill is $25.
You and your friend each pay $15 in cash which your Waiter gives to the Cashier.
The Cashier hands back $5 to the Waiter. The Waiter keeps $3 as a tip and hands
back $1 to each of you. So, you and your friend paid $14 each for the meal, for
a total of $28. The Waiter has $3, and that makes $31. Where did the extra dollar
come from?