Turbine joins Settle​

We’re excited to announce that Settle has acquired Turbine to enhance inventory management and costing solutions for CPG brands. This acquisition will provide brands with a seamless experience for managing inventory, controlling costs, and optimizing cash flow—all within Settle's powerful platform.

What Does Settle Offer?​

With the integration of Turbine’s robust inventory management and costing tools, Settle now delivers an even more comprehensive solution for consumer brands.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Unified Platform: Manage your financial operations alongside inventory management in one integrated solution.
• Enhanced Inventory Management: Gain better control over your inventory with advanced features designed to streamline workflows and improve accuracy.
• Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Tracking: Keep a close eye on costs, helping you make informed decisions that boost profitability.
• Seamless Financial Operations: From vendor payments to inventory forecasting, manage everything in one place for maximum efficiency.
• Optimized Cash Flow: Leverage our tools to enhance cash flow management, ensuring your business operates smoothly and sustainably.

This acquisition marks a significant milestone for Settle as we continue to empower brands with the tools they need to scale smarter and faster.

We invite you to explore how the enhanced Settle platform can transform your operational management and drive growth. Join us on this exciting journey and experience the benefits of our unified platform today!

Shopify Store Name Visibility​

You can now see the Shopify store name in the orders index and details pages, improving clarity and organization.

Bug Fix: Prevention of Accidental SKU Re-Creation​

Fixed a bug that caused some SKUs to be accidentally re-created after being remapped.

End of Month Inventory Report​

Fixed a bug in the header of the EOM Inventory report that meant the column names sometimes errored out in Excel

Purchase Orders​

• We now standardized everywhere on a Purchase Order to use the Node Code, instead of sometimes using the name and sometimes the code. We love this kind of feedback. Keep it coming!

Inventory Transfers​

• We now show the associated receipt on the Inventory Transfer details page.
• We also link to the inventory transfer from the Receipts Index and Detail pages.
• We filter out already received items from receipt creation page for Inventory Transfers.
• We show outbound order creation time and Turbine created at on the Inventory Transfer Detail page to help address any ambiguity.

Inventory Ledgers Page​

Ever find yourself wondering why your inventory numbers changed the way it did? Well, with our new Inventory Ledger page, you'll see more granularity on the exact inventory changes, both increasing and decreasing that are affecting your inventory numbers! Let us know what you think in Slack!

Inventory Forecast​

Based on all the great feedback to our existing Inventory Forecasting functionality on the Stock page, we're excited to launch our new Inventory Forecasting page where you can see projected numbers for the next twelve months for any SKU. Let us know what you think in Slack!

Bug Squashes​

• Minimized the scope we request from Shopify to keep our favorite ecommerce platform happy!
• Fixed a bug where dismissed exceptions were being recreated. No more Ground Hog Day!
• Fixed a bug where the output cost on work orders were somtimes incorrect. Numbers make sense again.

A quick changelog this week since we were offsite last week!

Exceptions​

• We updated exceptions to make error messages clearer and more helpful. You can read more about them in the docs.

Integrations​

• We now support unlimited Shopify stores in the UI. Just let us know if you need help setting up additional integrations.

Inventory Report​

• We've updated the EOM report to show Product name in addition to SKU.

Work Orders​

• Items are no longer entered into inventory immediately at Work Order creation and only when items are received

Important note: The Turbine team will be at a Company Offsite from Tuesday to Friday next week. We will continue to provide support coverage but responses may be delayed. Please bear with us!

Inventory​

• We've filtered out locations with 0 inventory in all categories from the location drop down to reduce clutter.
• Fixed a bug that meant that sometimes the "Reorder By" column was hidden.

Purchase Orders​

• Based on feedback that it was confusing to have a PO with multiple locations, we've now consolidated POs to go to only one location.
• If all line items on a PO/WO have a weight associated with them, you can now calculate landed costs by weight.

Exceptions​

• The Exceptions page now shows you the timestamp the exception was created for easier consumption at a glance.
• Improved the language on a couple of exceptions to make it clearer what is a problem

End of Month Inventory Report​

• Fixed an edge case that meant that if the month rolled over before the new EOM report existed, you'd get an error. D'oh!
• Improved how write offs are calculated and traceable with a new ledger type.
• Consolidate received inventory across multiple receipt types into one receiving column

Inventory Transfers​

• Add Line Item
• Delete Line Item

Administration​

• Integrations Reorg
• New Settings Page
• Password change

SKUs and Components​

• Archived SKUs and Components no longer show up in the Work Order or Purchase Order Search.
• You can now edit the weight of a SKU and component.
• Shopify metafields are now tied to the Channel SKU only.
• Fixed a bug where a Shopify SKU title could overwrite a Turbine SKU.
• You can now add a SKU to a Vendor directly from the SKU Details page.

Invoices​

• Standardizes SKU and Components appearance on a couple of Invoice pages.

Inventory​

• You can now see the inventory for a given Node on the Node Details page.
• Inventory mentioned on the Outbound Orders screen will link to the Purchase Order, Work Order, or Inventory Transfer Directly.

Purchase Orders​

• You can now create comments on a Purchase Order. These will not be included on the PDF.

Inventory Transfers​

• Inventory Transfers are available under Procure to Pay from the Nav Bar
• You can Add/Edit Freight costs to Inventory Transfers
• You can Receive inventory transfer is ready to go

Reporting​

• Turbine now supports the following downloadable reports:
  • SKUs + Components List
  • Inventory (Current State)
  • Inventory Forecast
  • Inventory Aging
  • Inventory Aging by Lot
  • Outbound Orders
  • Outbound Orders Summary
  • Purchase Orders
  • Purchase Order Summary
  • Work Orders
  • Prepaid Purchase Orders
  • Revenue Recognition
  • Dismissed/Resolved Exceptions
• The end of month inventory report now includes COGS in the download.

Work Orders​

• There is now an open/closed indicator on the Work Order Index Page
• You can create a new receipt directly from the Work Order

Admin Tools​

• Your AM can mark a Work Order as Completed.
• Your AM can add an Outbound Order for you.

Bug Fixes​

• Purchase Order Add/Edit SKU search is now restricted to the Vendor associated with the PO
• Fixed a Bug where Misc Costs on POs didn't always update the Projected Landed Costs in the UI
• Resolved a bug where some receipts were creating duplicate inventory ledger entries