CINCH Customer Documentation

Chapter 3_Grain Miscellaneous 12.2

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Last updated: Oct 25, 2018
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This chapter contains miscellaneous enhancements to CINCH Grain processes.
This chapter contains the following sections:


Changes to Load Generator
Load Generator has been modified with the ability to add a Scheduled Time to the load creation.

  1. Open Load Generator

(Transactions>Cinch Grain>Sales/Outbound>Load Generator)

  1. Scheduled Ship Time, enter the time to default to all loads when preview is selected. The time can be edited per line within the scrolling window.
    1. The Schedule Ship Time field will be stored in the Schedule Time on each load order created.



Changes to Load Inquiry
Load Inquiry has been modified with the ability to see the scheduled time from the Inquiry.

  1. Open Load Inquiry

(Inquiry>Cinch Grain>Sales/Outbound>Load Order Inquiry)

  1. Sch Time, is the Schedule Time from the Load Order.
    1. The Schedule Time has also been added to the Excel export.



Changes to Sales Order Entry
Sales Order Entry has been modified to look to Sales Setup to determine the default Invoice action and the addition of the Requested Ship Time on the Sales Details window.

  1. Open Sales Order Entry

(Transactions>Cinch Sales>Sales Orders)

  1. The default Invoice action (Invoice, Create CS or Open CS) will default based on Sales Setup, Order Destination setting.
    1. Once an option is selected that option will remain selected for subsequent orders as they are entered unless changed.
  2. Customer expansion opens the Sales Details window.


    1. Requested Ship Time has been added to the window.


Changes to Sales Inquiry
Sales Inquiry, Sales Details has been modified with the addition of the Requested Ship Time.

  1. Open Sales Inquiry – Sales Details

(Inquiry>Cinch Sales>Sales Documents) Expand on Document Number and Customer expansion.

  1. Requested Ship Time field has been added to Sales Details window.


Changes to Sales History Inquiry
Sales History Inquiry, Sales Details has been modified with the addition of the Requested Ship Time.

  1. Open Sales History Inquiry – Sales Details

(Inquiry>Cinch Sales>Sales Documents) Expand on Document Number and Customer expansion.

  1. Requested Ship Time field has been added to Sales Details window.


Changes to Sales Setup
Sales Setup has been modified with the addition of the Order Destination that will be the default setting within Sales Order Entry.

  1. Open Sales Setup

(Microsoft Dynamics GP>Tools>Setup>Cinch Sales>Sales Setup)

  1. The Order Entry, Order Destination is the default setting in Sales Order Entry for how the Order will be handled when Invoiced. Options are:
    1. Invoice
    2. Create CS
    3. Open CS
    4. If setting is not defined system will default to Invoice within Sales Order Entry.


Delete User Setup
The Delete button has been added to the following user setup windows, when selected all setup information for the user will be deleted.

        1. Purchase Contract User Setup (Microsoft Dynamics GP>Tools>Setup>Cinch Grain > Contract User)
        2. Purchase/Inbound User Setup (Microsoft Dynamics GP>Tools>Setup>Cinch Grain > Purchase/Inbound User Setup)
          1. A warning message informs the user that the delete function will also delete the Sales/Outbound User Setup information.
        3. Sales/Outbound User Setup (Microsoft Dynamics GP>Tools>Setup>Cinch Grain > Sales/Outbound User Setup)
          1. A warning message informs the user that the delete function will also delete the Purchase/Inbound User Setup information.
        4. Bulk Transfer User Setup (Microsoft Dynamics GP>Tools>Setup>Cinch Grain > Bulk Transfer User Setup)


New Customer Item Lookup
Customer Item Lookup screen will restrict Items to only those that have been defined in the Customer Item Maintenance.

  1. Open Customer Item Lookup

(Item Lookup on various screens)

  1. The item lookup window that opens is based on the selected customer.
    1. If items have been associated to the customer within the Customer Item Maintenance window, the Customer Item Lookup will open restricting the lookup to list only the associated items.
    2. If no items have been associated to the customer the Items lookup will open for all items.
  2. Restrict options include:
    1. Customer Items
    2. All Items
  3. Find options include:
    1. Item Number
    2. Item Description
    3. Customer Item
    4. Customer Item Description
  4. The Find by label will change based on the selected Find by selection.
    1. Type all or a portion of the item and tab off the field to restriction the lookup.
  5. The Item expansion button when selected will open Item Maintenance for the selected item.
  6. The Customer Item expansion button when selected will open Customer Item Maintenance for the selected customer/item
  7. The following windows will call the new lookup if the customer used has Customer Items setup.
    1. Sales Contract Entry
    2. Load Order Entry
    3. Bulk Shipping Entry
    4. Outbound Shipping Entry
    5. Sales Order Entry
    6. Counter Sales Entry
    7. Invoice Maintenance


New Sales Contract Quantity Inquiry
Sales Contract Quantity Inquiry will display Contract quantities in a more detailed view.

  1. Open Sales Contract Quantity Inquiry

(Inquiry>Cinch Grain>Sales/Outbound>Sales Contract Quantity Inquiry)

  1. Range is a drop list with the following options:
    1. Contract
    2. Contract Type
    3. Customer
    4. Item
    5. Delivery Date
    6. Contract Date
    7. Item Class
  2. Options to Include
    1. Open check box, displays Open Sales Contracts
    2. Closed check box, displays Closed Contracts
    3. Negative Remaining checkbox, when marked, includes contracts with negative remaining amounts.
  3. Select the Load Shipments button to view the Load Shipment Inquiry for the selected contract.
  4. Select the Sales Order button to view the Sales Detail Inquiry List for the selected contract.
  5. Select the Sales Invoices button to view the Sales Detail Inquiry List for the selected contract.
  6. Scrolling window will display the following quantities:
    1. Net Qty is the Contract Qty.
    2. Del/Canceled is the net quantity of Shipments (posted or unposted), Invoices, and Counter Sales plus any cancelled quantities
    3. Remaining Qty will equal the Net Qty subtracted from the Del/Canceled Qty.
    4. Ord Not Shpd is the total quantity of created Load Orders that have not been shipped yet.
    5. Remain To Order will equal the Remaining Qty subtracted from the Ord Not Shpd Qty.
    6. Shpd Not Invcd will equal the net of Posted Bulk Shipments, Posted Grain Shipments, and Counter Sales.
    7. Invoiced Qty is the total Invoices (unposted or posted).
    8. The expanded view in the scrolling window will contain the Total Ordered Qty.
  7. Choose the Range expansion button to open the Current Restrictions window to display the selected range restrictions used to filter the displayed data.


  1. Choose the Contract expansion button to open the Sales Contract Inquiry zoom window to show more details about a specific contract.
  2. Choose the Del/Canceled expansion button has the following options:
    1. Delivered Inquiry
    2. Cancelled Inquiry
  3. OK, when selected, will close the window.
  4. Clear, when selected, will clear the window.
  5. Redisplay, when selected, will refresh the scrolling window based on selected restrictions.
  6. Export when selected will export the displayed records to Excel.



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