1.5.3 – Release Date 28/10/24

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added support for Tooling - to be introduced as part of Clever Manufacturing Plus - not yet released

1.5.2 – Release Date 16/10/24

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added new Integration Events to support custom data selection filtering for Components grid

1.5.1 – Release Date 27/09/24

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added Support for Clever Printer Selections

Enhancement

Added Support for Clever Labelling

Enhancement

Business Central Compatibility Issues:

- Target BC24

1.5.0 – Release Date 30/07/24

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added support for Containers for both Consumption and Output

Enhancement

Added changes to Notes functionality, to support Clever Comments and to show the No. of Notes that have been created against the Production Order. In addition the Operator is now able to see Notes that have been created from the MES Device

Enhancement

MES Operator Changes

Added Blocked Flag to MES Operator screen to enable an Operator to be removed from the MES Device Operator List. In addition, if using Access Codes then a Blocked Operator will not be able to log on to a Production Order through the MES

Added setup to MES Operator to be able to Bypass the cost posting of the MES Operator, but still capture the times they are logged onto a production process through the MES Device Log

Enhancement

Added configuration to enable flushed components to be hidden from the MES Device Components screen, as detailed here

Enhancement

New configuration to allow a business to control whether they wish to post the actual Setup/Run Time from the MES Device or use the Routing Line Setup/Run Times when posting Capacity Costs against the Production Order, with global setup and machine level overrides

Enhancement

Display the Stopped Time on the MES Device when the Machine is stopped

Enhancement

New configuration field to allow the Order Multiple to be overridden on the Output screen

Enhancement

Clever MES now captures the production starting and ending date-times on Production Order Routing Lines, as well recording the last output date-time, to provide better reporting capabilities of "in-process" Production Orders

Enhancement

New Consolidation Output Tracking screen to enable the Operator to define all required Item/Container Tracking in one screen

Enhancement

Weigh Scale Integration added (via PrintNode Weigh Scale API) to allow capture of weight from scales for both consumption and output

Enhancement

Added capability to view and reverse posted consumption and output directly within the MES, configurable through MES Setup

Enhancement

Added configuration option to control whether to show the soft allocated Serial No. (on Output screen) when assigning from No. Series. Potential issue that the Serial No. shown may not be the one used when Output is confirmed. If turned off then "AUTO" will be shown on the Serial No. on the Output screen

Enhancement

Allowed Consolidated Components (Machine Centre setting) to work independently of the Component Handling settings on MES Setup, which allows for a mix of Machine Centre settings to be applied when in use on a MES Device

Bug Fix

Removed ability to add an MES Operator to a Production Order on the MES if the setup of the Operator is invalid, which should rectify the issue of Operators re-appearing on the MES Device due to capacity posting errors.

Bug Fix

Rectified date formatting issues

1.4.11 – Release Date 03/04/24

Change Type Description
Bug Fix

Resolved Issue with Production Order Search feature not returning correct results within the MES

1.4.10 – Release Date 06/03/24

Change Type Description
Bug Fix

Resolved Issue which resulted in a recursion error message being shown to the user and prevented the MES from being Stopped. This occurred when the next Routing Line on the Production Order has a "Flushing Method" set to Backward

1.4.9 – Release Date 09/02/24

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added Events OnBeforeSerialNoRequired and OnBeforeLotNoRequired to support custom handling of whether to enforce user input of Tracking through MES

Bug Fix

Resolved Issue with the consumption journal Bin Code being set incorrectly

 

1.4.8 – Release Date 18/12/23

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added new capabilities to store production activity information on Production Orders, as detailed here.

Bug Fix

Resolved Issue with the Cancel Button on the Output and Stop Function not working correctly

 

1.4.7 – Release Date 25/07/23

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added New Events:

- OnBeforeGetOperatorMachineCentre

- OnAfterInitItemJnlLine

- OnBeforePostDeviceTime

- OnBeforePostOutput

Enhancement

Changed the "Resource Exposure Policy" to TRUE

 

1.4.6 – Release Date 05/04/23

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added a New Event to Support Custom Component Posting

Bug Fix

Resolved Issue which occurred when Posting Consolidated Components with Item Tracking Enabled

 

1.4.5 – Release Date 28/02/23

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added a New Button to MES Screen - "Output and Stop"

Enhancement

Added Ability to be able to Search by Production Order Number on MES Screen

Enhancement

Added Functionality to Automatically Create MES Device from a Machine Centre

Bug Fix

Business Central Compatibility Changes:

- Update Target Platform to BC21

- Update App Logo

- Correct Outdated Help Links in App JSON

 

1.4.4 – Release Date 08/12/22

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Resolved Issue with Setup Time being Posted as Runtime Incorrectly

 

1.4.3 – Release Date 29/11/22

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Allow Item Pictures to be displayed on the MES Screen

Enhancement

Allow Item Attribute Values to be displayed on the MES Screen

Enhancement

Added Functionality to allow users to Post Setup time only for an Operation

Enhancement

Added Functionality to be able to enter Decimals in the Output Quantity Field on MES Screen.  This also includes:

- Localisation Improvements to show correct Quantity Separators i.e., Decimal for English and Comma for French

Enhancement

Published New Events which can be used on Production Order Completion

Enhancement

Implemented Changes to resolve issue with Database Locking.  This could occur when there were a huge number of Production Records when Clever MES was trying to set the Quantity Available to Start Field

Enhancement

Business Central Compatibility Changes:

- Add Do Not Show Again Option on MES Setup Notification

- Update App to Runtime 9

Bug Fix

Resolve issues with App Registration Process

Bug Fix

Resolved Issue where the Output Quantity Button and Tile were being displayed when the Post Output During Setup Time Field was not enabled

 

1.4.2 – Release Date 09/09/22

Change Type Description
Enhancement

Added Functionality to allow Users to enter Expiry Dates and Warranty Dates against Item Tracked Items on Output

 

1.4.1 – Release Date 21/07/22

Change Type Description
Enhancement BC20 Compatibility - SetTestPermissions = Disabled
Enhancement

Add the "Browse to Portal" Button onto Ribbon on MES Setup Page

Bug Resolved Issue where the 'Qty to Start' against Routing Lines was not being set correctly when using Forward Flushing

 

1.4.0 – Release Date 10/03/22

You can also read our Blog Post about this Release by clicking on the Link! Clever MES 1.4

Change Type Description
Enhancement Introduce Clever Attributes as a Dependency of Clever MES
Enhancement

Extend MES Portal Functionality to Support Serial Number Tracking

Enhancement Added Support for 50 Character Lot Numbers
Enhancement Enhance Standard Business Central Error Messaging to Include Production Order Number.  Error Generated Around Reservation Date Checks.
Bug Fix Fixed Issues on MES Portal Around "Qty Available to Start" for Parallel Routings. 

1.3.8 – Release Date 12/12/21

Change Type Description
Bug Fixed Issue with Opening Instruction Page in French Environment

1.3.7 – Release Date 29/11/21

Change Type Description
Enhancement Initialise MES on Company Initialize
Bug MES App Initialize Fail on Sandbox

Version 1.3.6 - Release Date 08/11/21

Change Type Description
Enhancement Convert PermissionSet XML to Object
Enhancement Address BC19 Compiler Warnings

Version 1.3.5 - Release Date 26/10/21

Change Type Description
Bug Text Overflow Error on Page Tiles

Version 1.3.4- Release Date 14/10/21

Change Type Description
Enhancement Add Framework to Support Clever Attributes App
Bug Description Field on Capacity Ledger Entries changed to Operation Description instead of Machine Centre Description when generated from MES
Bug Fix to correct Filtering when using Routing Link Codes on MES
Bug Fix to resolve Operator Removal on Released Production Orders
Bug Issue with Displaying Instructions against Routing on MES

Version 1.3.3

Change Type Description
Enhancement Separate Stop codes
Enhancement Support 5 decimal places on Operator Unit Cost
Enhancement Support routing version
Bug Page actions handled twice
Bug Return PDF as resource file extension

Version 1.3.2

Change Type Description
Enhancement Enforce Licensing - Check for a valid license first thing when the web service is handled by MES (enforce in MES, not in Portal Framework). Throw an error in the portal if a valid license does not exist.
Bug 'My’ Captions
Bug Error posting consumptions

Version 1.3.1

Change Type Description
Enhancement List stop codes separately for reserved, planned and unplanned.
Enhancement When splitting components by lot the quantity that is shown on the component subpage is the quantity from the item tracking line for that lot, rather than the full expected quantity of the prod. Order component line.
Bug Fix Correct captions for MES Group on Machine Centre Card and action group on Prod. Order Routing List.

Version 1.3

Change Type Description
Enhancement Rebrand to MES
Enhancement Added dependency for Clever Config and support for retrieving the default configuration from the setup page.
Enhancement New Actions on the MES Setup page to open links to the authorisation page – the URL that is returned by the initial registration service call.
Enhancement  The Portal Page – populated with the company that the user is currently logged into in BC.
Enhancement  Default config on install – Create a Portal Framework Device with the same name, associate the CENTER data with the machine center no. permanently.
Enhancement  Default config on install sets option "Show in SFDC" on the setup page (Show in MES) to true.
Enhancement  Sign out button added to device selection page.
Bug Fix New fields on filter page for by-products as the web client doesn’t allow adding new fields to the filter so these are now populated in advance.
Bug Fix Some customers use forward slashes in their routing nos. or operation nos. This gives us a problem when trying to build the key for prod. order lines or components. We now use a tilde (\~) instead and document that this is reserved and should not be used in manufacturing codes for MES customers.