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“Integrated Web Shopping” added to Procurement Apps

January 29, 2016

Today’s buyers are increasingly relying on the Internet to streamline procurement processes. However, many applications still treat the Internet as an external source of information. Only Slingshot integrates the ability to shop the web for any item on a request or PO. Simply click a link within Slingshot and a new browser tab opens listing suppliers and prices for the item selected. A second link allows you to compare you own purchase history for the item including supplier performance. You can expand your search to include similar items. When you believe you have identified the source supplier you can “tentatively” add it to the requisition line....

Slingshot Innovates – One-click Document Approval by Email

December 14, 2015

Slingshot allows requisitions, purchase orders, supplier invoices, P-Card statements and expense reports to be approved on mobile devices, tablet computers or by eMail. eMail approvals have been enhanced allowing the user to approve or deny approval in the body of the eMail message without logging into Slingshot.

The user views the document requiring approval and approves or denies approval with one click.

Click the green “Approve Request” button or click the blue “Deny Approval” button. If the user denies...

Slingshot Expands Mobile Phone Support

November 25, 2015

Slingshot has converted its native mobile development environments to the cross-platform Apache Cordova toolset (also known as Adobe PhoneGap). This makes Slingshot’s applications available on all popular phones including Android, IOS, Windows phone, and Blackberry. The new toolset promises to speed development as Slingshot broadens its mobile offerings. The “Cordova based” versions of Slingshot’s mobile Apps will be included in release G2-7.3 which will be available in late December.

Slingshot Announces Enhanced “Scalability” for Enterprise Customers

September 26, 2015

Slingshot has announced support for “horizontal scalability” and failover support. These changes will be part of release G2-7 scheduled for completion in November. The new infrastructure provides an enterprise scale for all Slingshot applications.

The enhanced infrastructure allows a limitless number of parallel servers managed in a server farm. Web client sessions are assigned to a server at sign-on. Load balancing logic ensures the sessions are distributed across servers in an efficient manner. If a server fails its sessions are automatically distributed to other servers. Background tasks can also be distributed over any number of “background...

Slingshot Innovates: Expansion of Search Capabilities

August 27, 2015

Slingshot announces the ability to create search formulas for filtering on all search forms. Search formulas allow the user to select a set of records by specifying filtering criteria at the top of the form. Formerly, these fields allowed one operator (“<”, ”>” or “<>”) for dates and amounts. This capability has been expanded to allow the user to specify a formula. The formula can use operators plus a range or list of values. Precedence can be controlled with parenthesis.

This capability is easy to use and provides the ability to get an instant answer to virtually any question relevant to the form. Let’s say you want a list of both...

PCard Workflows Added to Slingshot’s Procurement Suite

July 16, 2015

Slingshot has long supported corporate credit cards as a payment method. Corporate credit cards reduce transactional costs by taking the purchasing department out of the loop. Payments are consolidated by bank or payment processor (typically one check per month), a further savings. The use of PCards comes with tradeoffs. Less review prior to purchase introduces some risk. Reconciliation and review processes post-purchase can consume some of the cost savings and create a bottleneck when the statement due date approaches. Slingshot has introduced a series of capabilities to address these issues and ensure your company gets the full benefit...

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