SPC: Sales, Profits and Commissions
Version 1.0.7, March 10, 2005

Significant changes since v1.0.3

1. Redesigned the user interface where all layouts fit on a 1024 x 768 screen in landscape mode. This eliminates the need to scroll from top to bottom to get to various buttons.
   
   
2. Changed the panel and field coloring scheme of the detail layouts to make it clearer exactly where new or updata data is to be entered. The main data entry strategy is that users enter new or change data in the center panel, the one with a graph paper background, and then via the Update or Done buttons, commits the data to the panel immediately to the left. This means that the user must click a button to change or add data.
   
   
3. Fields and logic were added to the employment plan feature so that bonus thresholds could be set by the user, and so that bonus values may be either flat dollar values or percentages of agent quarterly quota amounts. Dollar bonus amounts will still appear on the Agent Quota report.
   
   
4. An optional salary field was added to the Agent Profile record for manual inspection and information. The field shows up as a summarized monthly value on the Commission report.
   
   
5. A flag was put on the Plan layout to control whether commissions are calculated from sales profit (sale price – sale cost) or from total sale price. This feature can be controlled agent by agent, since each agent can have his own tailored and dynamic employment plan.
   
   
6. A Sales Item Report was created. This report is identical to the Regional Sales report, except that it sorts by item and reports a count of each item in a valid sale. A valid sale is one where the sale type is either Purchase or Lease. Other sales type will not be counted, such as Partner transactions for the secondary partner. Note that the Partner transactions must be included in the report in order to evalute total sales profit for the sold item.
   
   
7. The percentage of commission withheld and forwarded to be paid in the next month for agents in the company has been opened to the user on the Shop layout, so that it can be varied from zero to 100. This allows flexibilty in how a sales shop can be configured and operated.