Welcome to Mapcon Lite
Welcome to Mapcon Lite, Version 3.0, Revision C. Every possible effort has been made to make Mapcon Lite easy to operate and understand. "Ease of Use" features include:
The use of large Icons and Menu Panels for the various application areas.
Screen Help can be obtained at any time by clicking on the Help Icon.
Color-coded fields: red fields are for required data, aqua fields are for read only data and white fields are for normal data entry.
Help File hypertext links: Underlined green text is a hypertext link to another Help Page. You can click on any hypertext link to view the associated Help Page. Then, click on the Back Button to return.
The system is comprised of a Basic System and System Options that provide additional functionality in applications areas such as Inventory Control, Purchasing, Costing, Timecards, Security, Personal Data Assistants (PDAs) Multi-User Capability, Service Billing and Multiple Databases.
The Basic System includes Equipment, Locations, Service Contracts, Work Requests, Email Work Requests, Work Orders, Dispatching, Requisitions, Preventive Maintenance, Vendors, Manufacturers and "Stubs" for Inventory, Departments and Cost Centers. A Stub displays a minimum amount of data that can be used for information only. For example, the Inventory stub does not provide for tracking Inventory quantities or Inventory reorder, but does allow an inventory description to be printed on Work Orders.
It is critical that you read the information contained in the implementation sections. This will give you an understanding of the system so that you can make the correct implementation decisions prior to entering data. You must also complete the implementation requirements for the Basic System and for all System Options that you have purchased. Otherwise, you may be forced to delete and re-enter data if implementation decisions are changed.
Please click on Options to learn more about additional modules and features that can be added to the system.
Please, click on The Main Screen to learn how to navigate through the system. Then, read the Data Input Instructions. and the Entering Memo Data Instructions.
We welcome your suggestions for improvements or reports of software defects. We will correct reported defects as quickly as possible.
Please contact:
Mapcon Technologies, Inc.
8665 Harbach, Suite B
Clive, IA 50325
1-800-922-4336
http://www.mapcon.com
Mapcon Lite is a trademark of Mapcon Technologies, Inc.
The Main Screen
Icons and Menu Panels
Click on the Icons at the top of the screen to invoke Menu Panels. The Menu Panels contain Menu Selections for various functions of the system. Menu functions that have not been purchased will not be enabled,
Sample Menu Panel
You can click on the Menu Title, in this example 'Work Order Menu", to close the Menu or click on one of the Menu Selection Buttons to invoke the associated Screen or Menu.
Place the cursor on an Icon and a "Hint" will appear identifying the Icon. The following is a brief description of the Menu Panel invoked by each Icon:
Plant Menu - Select Equipment Data Entry, Gauge and Meter Data Entry, Location Data Entry or Service Contract Data Entry. In addition the following preventive maintenance functions can be selected: PM Procedure Data Entry, Schedule PMs, and PM Work Order Generation. Two PM reports are also available: PM Procs Due for Review and a Scheduled PM Listing
Work Order Menu - Select Work Request Data Entry, Work Data Entry, Work Order Close, Print Work Requests. Print Work Orders, Dispatch WRs & WOs, Browse Work Request History, Browse Work Order History, Email Requests, or PDA Processing.
Inventory Menu - Select Inventory Data Entry, Inventory Issues, Inventory Adjustments, Inventory Seeding, Browse Issue History or Print Issue Tickets. In addition, you can select the following Inventory reconciliation options: Print Cycle Count Sheets, Update Cycle Count Sheets or a Cycle Count Cost Report.
Purchasing Menu - Select Purchase Requisition Data Entry, Purchase Order Data Entry, Receipts Data Entry (Purchase Orders or Requisitions) and Vendor Invoice Reconciliation Data Entry. Also, you can print Purchase Requisitions or Purchase Orders. A Purchasing Browse Menu allows you to: Browse Requisition History, Browse Purchase Order History, Browse Receipt History or Browse Reconciliation History.
Vendors Menu - Select Manufacturer or Vendor Data Entry.
Employees Menu - Select Employee Data Entry, Timecard Data Entry, Export Timecard History or Browse Timecard History.
Accounting Menu - Select Update Service Contract Costs, Fiscal Period Closing or Fiscal Year Closing, A Fiscal Period Reports sub-menu allows you to print Equipment, Location, Cost Center, Department, Charge Code or Ledger Account cost reports.
Administration Menu - Select from the Costing, Equipment, Employees, Inventory, Maintenance or Purchasing sub-menu. The sub-menus allow you to select the following:
Costing - Select from data input screens for Cost Centers, Departments, Charge Codes or Ledger Accounts.
Equipment - Select from data input screens for Equipment Types, Meter Units of Measure, or Gauge Units of Measure.
Employees - Select the data entry screen for Skill Codes.
Inventory - Select Aisles, Inventory Type or Inventory Units of Measure.
Maintenance - Select Failure Codes, Job Steps, PDAs, Safety Procedures, Shifts, Work Order Priority or Work Order Type.
Purchasing - Select Purchase Agents, Standard Paragraphs or Ship To / Bill To Address.
Security - Invokes the Security Administration screen.
Installation and Utilities - Select About Mapcon Lite or Initialization. The Utilities portion of the menu allows you to select Clear Costs, Clear Files, Export Files, History Moves, Import Files, Paths, Purge History and Installs & Utilities.
Report Menu - Select Cost Reports, Employee Reports, Equipment & Location Reports, Inventory Reports, Maintenance Reports, Purchasing Reports and Supplier Reports sub-menu.
Cost Reports - Select Cost Center Listing, Department Listing, Charge Code Listing or Ledger Account Listing.
Employee Reports - Select Employee Listing, Timecard Listing or Evaluations Due.
Equipment & Location Reports - Select Equipment by ID, Equipment by Description, Equipment Types & Nameplates, Equipment with Meters, Equipment with Gauges, Locations by ID or Locations by Description.
Inventory Reports - Select Inventory Listing, Open Issue Listing, Inventory Valuation Report, or Inventory Reorder Report.
Maintenance Reports - Select Work Request Listing, Work Order Listing or invoke the Open Work Order Menu. The Open Work Order Menu allows you to select the following Listings: Open WOs Against Equipment, Open WOs against Locations and Open WOs against Charge Codes. Under the Administrative portion of the Maintenance Reports Menu you can select Failure Code Listing, Job Step Listing, Service Contract Listing, Safety Procedure Listing, Shift Listing and Work Order Priority Listing.
Purchasing Reports - Select Requisition Listing, Purchase Order Listing, Receipt Listing and Reconciliation Listing.
Supplier Reports - Select Vendor Listing, Vendor Inventory Listing, Manufacturer Listing or Manufacturer Inventory Listing.
Help Button - Click on the Help Button to receive help for the Open Menu or Screen. Occasionally, a screen will be "modal". Modal screens must be closed before you can click on anything that is not on the modal screen. In that event, the Help Button will be relocated to the modal screen so that help will be available.
Exit Button - Click on the Exit Button to close the active screen. When the last active screen has been closed, click on the Exit Button to terminate the system. In the event of a modal screen, the Exit Button will be relocated to the modal screen so that it can be closed.
In addition to the Icons and Menu Panels, a Database Control appears at the top left corner of the screen.
Database Control
Database Control
The Database Control at the top right corner of the screen is attached to the primary database for the active Screen. It is used to navigate through the database and to insert or delete records. Simply click on the desired button to invoke the desired action. The Database Control provides the following functions:
Select the First record.
Select the Prior record.
Select the Next record.
Select the Last record.
Insert a new record.
Delete the current record.
Post (Save) the current record.
Cancel current changes and close the screen.