Returning Goods Back to a Supplier

Navigate to Purchases ¦ Create returns note Select a supplier using the (…) at the top left of the screen Select what sort of goods you are retuning using the drop down menu in the top right Parts / Equipment / Miscellaneous / Cross Hire Fill in the Instructions box […]

Requesting a Bespoke Report

Requesting a Bespoke Report If you require a new report, or wish to make changes to an existing report, then you need to submit a Report Request Form Download the Report Request Form Enter your details (company name, your name, date, telephone number) Enter the Report Name – this is […]

Raising a Credit Note

To raise a credit note from within Protean, navigate to Invoices ¦ Create Sales Credit Note. Once in the window you will be asked to select what type invoice will you be raising, the list is displayed below: Select the type and then using the […] button, Pick the completed […]

Managing Agents

If your customer’s sites are managed by a 3rd-party, you can enable a feature called Managing Agents To turn on Managing Agents, go to System ¦ Settings, and scroll down the list and highlight ‘Customer Managing Agents’ At the bottom of the screen, choose the ‘Yes’ option, and then click […]

Maintenance Contract Uplifts

This screen enables you to update Maintenance Contract rates automatically. Go to Maintenance ¦ Uplift Contract Charges on the menu: The system will then display the Maintenance Contract Uplift screen: On the Criteria Tab enter any criteria you wish to use to allow the system to select the contracts you […]

Maintenance: Configuring & using service groups

Service Groups allow you to have finer control when creating Maintenance Contracts, in that you can group the Equipment on the Contract for servicing and specify the schedule and price by the group, rather than individually. In order to use Service Groups by default on the system, this facility must […]

Fixed Price Hire Contracts

When hiring out equipment, you can set a single fixed-price for each hire period This guide assumes that you have a hire contract setup already, and wish to add a fixed price hire period. If you need help with creating a hire contract, see the Related Articles section at the […]

Equipment Trade-In

To add an equipment trade-in to an open Sales order, go to Sales ¦ Create order ¦ Trade-ins Add a Trade-in using the […] in the bottom left of the screen. You’ll then be given a list of customer’s own equipment to select from Select the relevant record by double […]

Equipment Attributes

Create user-defined data for equipment, which can be used for filtering equipment records. You may need to record lots of data about equipment records in Protean, such as technical specifications. This can be achieved by creating Equipment Attributes. Examples of Equipment Attributes for a car could be: Dimensions (Length/Width/Height) Weight […]

Customer Lists

Customer Lists can be used to store information about that Customer where a list format is required. In order to create the fields required, click on System¦CRM¦Customer Lists: The system will then display the Customer Lists screen: In ‘Field’ enter the name of the List Attribute you want to create […]