tutorials

Request for Quotation (RFQ) Module in Pro Version of SpendMap

Are you looking for an easier way to manage price quotes from your suppliers?  Tired of all the phone calls, emails and spreadsheets?

The Request for Quotation Module in the Pro Version of SpendMap makes it easy to get up-to-date pricing and encourages competition between your suppliers so that you get the best possible deal.

Check out our new video tutorial, below.  Or better yet, take a free test drive of our Pro Version and see for yourself.

Inventory Control in Pro Version of SpendMap

Are you thinking about upgrading to the Pro Version of SpendMap so that you can manage your inventory in the system?

Did you know that SpendMap offers two separate modules for Consumable Inventory Control and Fixed Asset Management?

Check out these new video tutorials to learn more…

And if you’d like to try it out for yourself, just sign up for our Free Cloud Demo.

Approving Supplier Invoices the Easy Way

Are you looking for an easier way to approve your suppliers’ invoices for payment?  Tired of all the paperwork, phone calls and emails?

SpendMap’s Invoice Approval and A/P Interface Module really simplifies the process.

Check out our new video tutorial, below.  Or better yet, take a free test drive of our Pro Version and see for yourself.

Getting Schooled on your Free Purchase Order Software

Hey kids,

We’re a bit late for back-to-school but nevertheless thrilled to announce that SpendMap now comes with Walkthrough Tutorials to help you learn how to use your Free Purchase Order Software quickly and easily.

Unlike the “external” video tutorials, our new Walkthrough Tutorials are built right into SpendMap and take you step-by-step through popular areas of the software, guiding you every step of the way as you work in the system…

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We’re starting off with 10 Walkthroughs in the Free Version of SpendMap that cover the basics of the Purchasing, Receiving and Email Integration Modules.

You can start the Walkthroughs from the droplist at the top-right corner of the Main Menu in SpendMap…

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Evaluation Copy with Sample Data Only

Please note that the Walkthrough Tutorials are only available in the Evaluation Copy of SpendMap (the copy with all the sample data) but they do not show in your Live Copy of SpendMap.

That’s because the Walkthroughs are dependent on the sample data in the system.  That’s also why we recommend that you complete the tutorials before making any significant changes to the sample data in your Evaluation System.  For example, if you delete a supplier or item that’s referenced during one of the tutorials, the Walkthrough will stop because the data in the system will be different from what the tutorial expects.

How Else can we Help?

We think we’ve covered the basics with the 10 Walkthroughs that we’ve already built but if you have any suggestions for other areas of the system that could benefit from one of these tutorials, please shoot us an email and let us know.  Thanks!

Hope you Like our new System Overview Tutorial

Hey there fellow SpendMappers,

Exciting plans are in the works to expand the Free-Procurement Project and we’ll need to explain what we do to a bunch more nice people like you, so we put together this little System Overview video.

If you have a Google account, please Like the video on YouTube to encourage others to give SpendMap a try.

Thanks for your support.  We hope you like the new System Overview tutorial and the other updated tutorials that we’ve been working on.  Even more coming your way soon.

Hope your day is super so far!

-Stacy

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How to Receive Orders in your Free Purchase Order Software (Video Tutorial, v14.5)

Here’s a new video tutorial that shows how to receive products and services in the Free Version of SpendMap…

You can enable the Receiving Module during the Setup Wizard that runs automatically when you log in to your Live Copy of SpendMap for the first time.  If you missed that, just use the check-box at the top of the screen in…
– RECEIVING > Setup system > Receiving options

Please Like and Share our videos to help spread the word about SpendMap.  Thanks!

 

User Accounts in your Free Purchase Order Software (Video Tutorial, v14.5)

Here are some tips for setting up new users in the Free Version of SpendMap.

Your first user account will be created during the Setup Wizard that runs automatically when you log in to your Live Copy of SpendMap for the first time but if you need to add additional users, this new video tutorial is a good place to start…

 

Forms and Documents in your Free Purchase Order Software (Video Tutorial, v14.5)

It’s not quite as good as your Christmas present but here’s a new video tutorial on how to set up your PO form in the Free Version of SpendMap.

We’ll just call it a belated stocking stuffer.  Ho-ho-ho!

New Tutorial: Prepayment Invoices (e.g. deposits)

If you’re using SpendMap’s Invoice Approval Module to simplify the approval of your suppliers’ invoices, things are going to get even easier with the upcoming 2017 release of SpendMap.  Stay tuned for more information and official release dates.

SpendMap now supports Prepayments, such as deposits and progress payments, to authorize payment to a supplier before the products or services have been delivered.

SpendMap will keep track of the outstanding prepayments when processing subsequent invoices for the Purchase Order, to make sure that you pay the correct amount in the end.

Check out our new video tutorial on Prepayment Invoices and don’t forget to follow this blog (see right sidebar) to be notified when the new release is ready.

Updated Video Tutorials for your Free Purchase Order Software

We started updating some of the video tutorials on our YouTube Channel to show the 2016 release of SpendMap (v14).

Note the version number in the title of each video.

We plan to update more videos in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, feel free to refer to the older videos, even if you’re using the latest release of SpendMap.  We never take features away, so anything that you see in the older videos will still apply to newer releases of SpendMap, albeit with some differences in the screens.

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