User friendliness

One of the most important objectives in the development of Macola ES was to improve user friendliness. Users should experience working with Macola ES as quick, easy and appealing. The new Macola ES interface delivers on all of these. Because recording transactions occupies a lot of your time, Macola ES's user interface has been designed so that you can work intuitively, efficiently and easily.

User friendly screens
Screens have been reorganized to improve the user experience. Close attention was paid to field arrangement and how users navigate through them. Providing the quickest path through the fields will save users time in their daily interaction with the software. Key information like customers, vendors and order numbers are in bold at the top of the screen and clearly visible to the user.

In this version, Exact Software North America even consulted with user interface experts to streamline screen design and user navigation. The result is an intuitive efficient interface that compliments its robust functionality.

Macola ES lets you change your entry screens, and turn off unnecessary fields by user so that these do not have to be filled in, thereby increasing the entry speed.

Various menus
In Macola ES each user chooses their preferred menu layout so that it is as user friendly as possible. A process flow approach has been taken in organizing and simplifying the menus. It allows you to get to the most frequently used selections quickly and easily with fewer mouse clicks. Maintenance applications that are used only during initial setup of the system are moved to a separate menu grouping called setup.

Users can choose from three menus:

In Macola ES everyday processes like entering sales orders, sales booking reports, printing pick tickets, packing slips, shipping and invoicing are organized sequentially to depict the process flow of an order.

Role menu
The role menu is a standard selection of functions within Macola ES that are most often used by a person with a specific role within a company or department. For example, the accounting person posts entries and the order entry person enters orders. It is easy for these employees to have the commonly used functions defined within the role menu. Time is no longer wasted looking for the right function in the menu structure, rather they can get to these quickly using the role menu.

Screen tips
In addition to the menu bars, a variety of visual aids are also used. These allow you to detect changes immediately. Mandatory fields are highlighted in red if a field is skipped during entry. This helps alert the user of data entry mistakes.

Screen tips in Macola ES provide extra information about entry fields. When a field is skipped, in addition to it being highlighted in red, a tool tip unveils a descriptive message indicating the action that needs to be taken. No longer does a user need to be frustrated when a screen forces an entry but does not tell you what action or field to adjust. It is very intuitive with Macola ES.

When existing information on a screen is changed, a pencil icon is placed beside the field and the text inside the field turns blue. These are additional user friendly functions that indicate a field has been changed - saving the user even more time.

Rights structure
All employee information is now stored in one place, simplifying system maintenance. A new feature of Macola ES is the ability to assign roles. These roles make it possible to establish standard function profiles and link them to employees. Different employees need different rights. Roles allow you to create rights linked to a job description and assign them to a new employee quickly and easily. The introduction of roles and the role menu allow more efficient use of the functions available within Macola ES.

Entry via keyboard
All the work you do within Macola ES can be done either with the keyboard or with the mouse. Shortcut keys allow system users to navigate the system using only their keyboard.