HARDCAT Asset Management Worldwide

HARDCAT – Latest Release 3.30E Now Shipping!!

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:46

The start of a new year is a good time for users to consider moving their production version of Hardcat to the latest 3.30E release.

This upgrade is being shipped on request to those customers who have maintained their annual software assurance cover.

Simply call or email our support team at Hardcat (+61 3 9695 5400 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) to find out more about the latest system upgrade. They will be able to answer any technical queries or questions about functionality.

There are many major enhancements in this latest release and 3.30E also encompasses all of the functional improvements from previous updates, which means that you do not have to ‘step through’ any interim releases – the upgrade manages that for you automatically.

Key new features available in 3.30E are as follows:

1. HardcatWeb Enhancements
2. Domain Control for Hardcat Windows
3. Improved Depreciation Functionality
4. Enhanced Export Capability

HardcatWeb Enhancements

HardcatWeb continues to be one of the key areas of extension and improvement in Hardcat release 3.30E.

For those users who need to track equipment movements between locations and/or people (e.g. construction, police, defence users), HardcatWeb now boasts an all new interface for the rapid issue and return of barcoded assets and stock inventory using a barcode scanner.

• Differentiates between “Issue” and “Return” behaviour (items being issued to and from a “store” location)
• Issues assets and stock from within the one screen
• Designed to rapidly record transactions with a barcode scanner, and without use of a keyboard or mouse
• Offers multiple options governing exception handling

Advantages

• You no longer need to alternate between Stock and Asset movement screens to record transactions
• Barcode scanner-driven interface allows instant recording of transaction simply by scanning the barcode of the item being issued/returned
• Streamlined interface encourages the recording of transactions, unlike other systems where the laboriousness of recording the transaction leads to transactions not being recorded at all
• Hardcat’s powerful reporting will allow you to quickly see what items are currently in store/out of store, assigned to whom, overdue for return, etc.

Benefits

• Allows you to efficiently manage equipment loans
• Reduces theft and misappropriation of “portable and attractive” items – improves the bottom line

Domain Control for Hardcat Windows

This feature allows the automatic filtering of asset data based on the Workgroup to which a user belongs and this prevents users in one group having visibility of data (e.g. assets) that belong to other workgroups.

At Hardcat, we refer to this feature as “Domain Control”. This feature has been available in HardcatWeb for quite some time and many customers have asked that it be included into Hardcat Windows and so, this feature is now available in 3.30E. As a result of further customer requests, we have now also extended domain control to have the option of limiting Work Order and Problem listings by Engineer, as well as options to limit selections of locations and cost centres for asset or job re-assignment to only those within the user’s domain.

Improved Depreciation Functionality

While 2010 and 2011 were significant in terms of adding IFRS compliant functionality to the Hardcat depreciation module, user feedback has led to small but significant fine-tuning to some of the depreciation reports in 3.30E.

Enhanced Export Capability

Hardcat release 3.30E now allows Hardcat users to automatically export a file from Hardcat using pre-defined search criteria. This feature will be very useful and welcomed by users who wish to schedule an export of a defined set of data from Hardcat for review or even import by other applications. This export facility is in addition to the existing ODBC and API-based method of accessing Hardcat data and is called from the command line with specific arguments.

In addition to the CSV export mentioned above, there is a new audit report that details assets captured , audited and details of all exceptions found and this has now been made available in a format that is optimised for review in Excel for those users who wish to do further processing of the data for statistical reporting or other purposes.