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Check it out: Q1 2024 feature release is available now! In this release, we have taken the opportunity to enhance many key features such as planned imports, production calendar and more.

Check it out: Q2, 2023 feature release is available now! The 4.43 release highlights batch entry enhancements, planned orders and read-only lock features.

Our Q4, 2022 release is available! The 4.41 Release highlights planning enhancements, a cost component function, and a batch entry undo function.

Our Q3 release is out! The 4.40 Release highlights new functionality such as BOM Backflush Override Option and Component Stocking UOM Change Utility. And more!

Take a minute to review our Q1 2022 release enhancements and new features. Release 4.38 includes bulk edits, new icons and more!

Check out our 4.37 Release to see what new features and enhancements have been added to our product. Mass batch maintenance is a customer favorite!

Quarter 3 is a wrap! Check out our 4.36 Release to see what new features and enhancements have been added to our product. We think you’ll like them!

The Planning Workbench can now retrieve and display formulas for which there are no open planned orders or batches. In addition, the list can be filtered for formulas that have activity, formulas that have no activity, or all formulas. Previously, formulas without activity would not show up on the Planning Workbench.

Attributes can now be configured as assignable to components, formulas, or both. To support this feature, two visibility settings have been added to the Attributes Setup window: Hide for components, and Hide for formulas. When an attribute is hidden, the hidden attribute and any child attributes will not be available for selection on the applicable window.

Automatically assigned lot numbers can now be defined by batch type in addition to facility. This allows you to have unique lot number definitions for each batch type at a facility.

External documents can now be associated with a project.

The end item lot numbers can now be automatically assigned when a lot tracked end item is added to a batch. The setting can be enabled either for a facility or batch type. The setting applies to end items added to a batch via the Batch Entry window, or when an end item is added to a batch by converting planned orders to batches. Previously, lot numbers were automatically assigned only when an end item quantity to complete was entered.

The following enhancements have been made to the Planning Workbench: Single Formula Inquiry Single formula inquiry has been added to simplify querying planning information for an individual formula. User Defined Batch Types The Planning Workbench has been enhanced to support querying planning information based on formula batch type. Previously, the Batch type restriction only supported Mix and Fill values.

Quality Sample Entry Updates Component Lot Attributes Quality Sample Entry for Batch type samples has been enhanced to update lot attributes for lots produced by a batch based on quality test results. Previously, lot attributes were only updated for Component Lot samples. Duplicate QC Tests Quality Sample Entry now supports duplicate QC tests. QC Test Entry Enhancements A "Hide/Show Available" button has been added that collapses/expands the available list of QC tests "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons have been added so the order of QC Tests for quality sample can be rearranged

VicinityView has been enhanced to support grouping of search clauses so order of comparison operations can be explicitly defined. Prior to 4.33, and/or comparisons were evaluated from left to right.

Batch Entry support for parameters has been enhanced to include parameters associated with unit procedures, operations, and phases. Prior to this release, only parameters associated with the overall batch were supported.

These new enhancements are part of our product development roadmap with direction coming from our stellar dev team, trends in the industry and from our customers directly. We love getting to know our clients and understanding how they use the product to run and grow their businesses. Helpful feedback and conversations provide guidance for our product releases and updates. We are very proud to say that this is a mindset we’ve had from the very beginning. Since we add new features each quarter, here’s how we stayed busy in Q4 2020. 

Product Structure Copy is a new Product Development feature. It is used to create a new product based on the multi-level structure of an existing product and change the new product structure before the new product is created. It greatly reduces the number of steps required to create a new multi-level product based on an existing product structure.

Import Forecast is a new feature that populates the Vicinity Forecast table directly from an Excel spreadsheet. It can also create an empty Excel “template” file that is ready to be populated either manually or with your forecasting tool and then imported into Vicinity.

The Project Entry window has been enhanced to support creating a batch directly from a trial. Since a trial no longer needs to be saved to a formula before it can be manufactured, the process of creating test or possibly customer specific sample batches is greatly simplified.

Batch Quality Inquiry is a new Quality feature that displays all quality samples and QC tests for a batch, for lot tracked components produced by a batch, and for lot tracked components consumed by a batch. It performs a multi-level inquiry and displays quality sample information for all batches that produce lot tracked ingredients that are consumed by the parent batch.

Fall into new features from Vicinity Our Q3 release is out and it’s got all the good stuff! Check out Release 4.32. As we are all settling in for the home stretch to January 2021 (bye, bye 2020), our development team has been heads down adding the latest features and functionality available to our Vicinity customers.

As the team truly settles into “working from home” life with a full 3 months plus working remotely, we’ve managed to deliver on our promise to release new features and functionality each and every quarter. And this quarter is no different.

Release 4.30 is packed with features and functionality. Even though things look a bit different these days, staying on schedule and following our process for quarterly release updates gave us a bit of a distraction (and some normalcy) during the first few months of 2020.

We are celebrating with this latest release that is packed with great enhancements. As an organization, we strive to keep our software relevant and up to date so that your business can continue to grow. We have built our software from the ground up to serve the business needs of formula and batch manufacturers.

Celebrate Small Business Saturday with us! Save $1,000 off the purchase of additional Vicinity licenses for your organization. If you have been thinking about purchasing a new license, now is the time.

Each software release delivers new or enhanced features and functionality to make the Vicinity user's life easier. We are your manufacturing software partner in the chemical, brew and food industries.

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VicinityFood provides accurate and timely access to actual production costs. Without knowing the true costs, in real-time, how can you accurately predict production costs?

          Save money by eliminating downtime and therefore maximizing production runs. Becoming more efficient in scheduling can help you reduce the cost of production in…

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We understand the manufacturing process and have been in this business for over 20 years. The fact that the client does not have to teach us about their industry is a plus...we know what needs to happen and understand what pain points companies in the food, chemical or brew manufacturing space have. We address those in our software, in our project implementations and in our support.   

        Vicinity software will help put together the missing ingredient in your batch manufacturing business solution. Vicinity Manufacturing understands the unique challenges of batch manufacturing and…

        Vicinity will help put together the missing ingredient in your batch manufacturing business solution. Vicinity Manufacturing understands the unique challenges of batch manufacturing and addresses…

          Vicinity is a software solution designed exclusively for the process manufacturing industry. Our solution extends to the industry leading Microsoft Dynamics financial and distribution…

        See a preview of what our annual users’ conference has to offer! Vicinity boot camp, customer panels, development round-table, networking and two days of interactive…

We love hearing from our customers. Here are a few testimonials from manufacturing clients in the brew, chemical and food industries.

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        Alternative views and filters for data entry on with Vicinity’s Batch Entry screen. Users have the flexibility to hide fields and columns while exposing the…

          Vicinity Software delivers a flexible user interface for client across departments. In this video, you can see how detailed your actual processes can be…