Overview
This article contains a list and summary of every UK release note published by Fourth during Q2 of 2024 (1st April to 30th June).
Release notes are listed under the following headers (select one to go straight to that part of the article):
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Workforce Management
- Agency Workers in Tronc and Tronc2 for Fund Distribution
Agency Workers scheduled in Scheduling information will now feed through to Tronc and Tronc2 modules for fund distributions
- Wage Function Settings Updated to include Open Shift & Contractor Costs
The Rota module's 'Wage Function' settings have been updated with the option to include Open Shift & Contractor Costs, allowing Rota module reports and analysis pages to provide values for these costs
June 19th 2024, Release Note: WFM UK | HR UK: E-Sign Documents
- E-Sign Documents
Functionality has been added that allows the dispatching of documents that require an 'E-Signature'
- 'Scheduling Times' Trigger Warning
A new warning mechanism to help prevent certain employees from being scheduled to work before/beyond certain times - Allocation of Tips for Agency Staff
This functionality allows the distribution of tips for agency staff who are allowed staff expenses
June 6th 2024, Release Note: WFM UK | HR UK: Submitting Support Tickets via the Fourth App
- With a new HR user access permission applied, users will now be able to access the 'submit a request' support page directly from the Fourth app
May 23rd 2024, Release Note: WFM UK | HR UK: New Custom Report Fields for Statutory Paternity Leave
- New Custom Report Fields for Statutory Paternity Leave
Two new custom report fields have been added to be able to report on the new 'Week 1' and 'Week 2' Statutory Paternity Leave fields
- Updated Statutory Paternity Fields for Adoption
The fields used for 'Baby Born' and 'Baby Due' have been updated to reflect 'Child Placement' and 'Child Arrival' dates for adoption-related paternity leave and pay - Payroll Module User Interface
Certain pages of the Payroll module are now available in the new user interface (UI)
- Forecast and Actual Breaks in the Time and Attendance Report
Detailed break times will now be displayed in shift durations on the T&A Report
May 9th 2024 , Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: Available Shifts Displayed in the Fire Report
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Available Shifts Displayed in the Fire Report
Available shifts can now be displayed in the "Clock-in time" column of the Fire Report, specifically for employees at the location for which the report is generated
- Holiday Allowance Validation to Consider Carried-Over Holiday
An update to an existing setting to allow carried-over holiday to be counted with accrued time when validating holiday requests
April 25th 2024, Release Note: WFM UK | HR : Irish PPS Number Update
- Irish PPS Number Update
The Irish PPS Number field will now allow the letter B
- New Way of Deleting Contractor Shifts
This update introduces a new functionality allowing users to specifically select days for deleting contractor shifts directly within the scheduling interface - Comma Separators in Weekly Totals (Thousands)
This update introduces commas as thousand separators in the numerical display of weekly totals, aligning it with the formatting used in the cost table for improved readability and consistency
April 3rd 2024, Release Note: AI Forecast | Events: UK Extreme Weather & Sports Fixtures
- Inclusion of Extreme Weather in AI Forecast
Addition of definitions for extreme weather events affecting UK locations to the AI Forecast engine - Inclusion of Sports Fixtures in AI Forecast
Addition of sports fixtures from major leagues affecting UK locations to the AI Forecast engine
- Including Pay Elements in Flexible Daily Rate Calculations
A new setting to include the gross pay of selected payment types in the holiday daily rate calculation for Flexible employees
- Casual Holiday for Part-Year and Irregular Workers
New casual holiday functionality and calculations for part-year and irregular workers ahead of the legislation changes, effective from the start of the holiday year, on or after April 1st, 2024
Purchase-to-Pay & Inventory
- Bulk Edit Categories, SMART Category Updates
When updating categories at step 4 in Bulk Edit workflow, new update options have been added - Only Current or Future Dates in 'Available for Order' Date-Picker
The 'date picker' calendar for an ingredient's 'Date First Available for Order' will now only allow today's date or a future date - Import API GET and POST/Suppliers - 'Supplier Type' Added
'Supplier type' has been added to the POST payload as an optional value. Also added to GET/suppliers response
June 25th & 26th, Release Note: Inventory: Accounting Centre Code Included in Site Transfer Export
- Accounting Centre Code Included in Site Transfer Export
The Accounting Centre Code for each transfer is now included in the Site Transfer export
June 2024, Release Note: RME & Inventory: Change to Synchronisation of Data Between RME & Inventory
- To improve how data is synchronised between RME and Inventory, Fourth is changing to a new, near real-time synchronisation mechanism whereby changes to recipes and ingredients in RME will be effective in Inventory almost instantly
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Notifications for Successful Delivery Logic Imports
Notifications will now be sent for successful delivery schedule imports
- Import API, GET and POST /ingredients, Ingredient 'Short Name' Added
The ingredient 'short name' property has been added to the import API requests for POST /ingredients and GET /ingredients - Bulk Edit Recipes, refinement
PLU 'Read-only' for Batch Recipes
April 23rd & 24th 2024, Release Note: Inventory: Using AI Forecasting to Generate Suggested Orders
- Using AI Forecasting to Generate Suggested Orders
The existing 'Suggested Orders' functionality in the Ordering app has been enhanced by using Fourth's new AI-powered forecasting engine
Adaco
- Improvements to Barcode Management
Quicker access to product barcodes, and a new warning prompt for duplicates - Prompt to Route Requisitions for Approval
Prompting users to route their requisitions for approval when they save them - Vendor Names in Mobile Punchout Requisitions
Showing the vendor's name in the description of requisitions derived from mobile punchout orders
Fourth Engage/Mobile apps
June 26th, 2024 Release Note: Mobile P2P&I Receiving | Adding Images to Pending Deliveries
- Adding Images to Pending Deliveries
The Receiving app can now be used to add images to individual pending deliveries. The images can then be accessed in the core purchasing systems (Adaco and Inventory).
19th June 2024, Release Note: WFM UK | HR: Onboarding App
- Employee Onboarding App
A new mobile-first web app, used by successful candidates to take control of their own onboarding process
June 5th, 2024, Release Note: Mobile | Ordering App: Order Comments
- Ordering App - 'Order Comments' Field
A new 'Order Comments' field has been added to the 'Cart' page in the Ordering app
April 2nd & 3rd 2024, Release Note: Inventory: Creating Requisitions in the Ordering App
- Creating Requisitions in the Ordering App
Users can now create requisitions from other sites/central stores/production kitchens when using the Ordering app
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