Factory Ideas Board

When selecting labels for a sales order, the menu jumps back to the top of the list. Would it be possible to have the option to hold its position when selecting a label.

Summary Currently, all purchase orders (POs) sent from Factory use one shared company email address. This creates communication gaps when suppliers reply, as their responses go to that single inbox instead of the person who sent the PO. We would like each PO to be sent from the sender’s own email so replies go directly to them. What We Are Trying to Achieve The goal is to make supplier communication faster and more direct. Each person who sends a PO should automatically receive replies related to it, ensuring that the responsible person can respond immediately. This will help prevent missed messages, improve accountability, and reduce delays. Current Situation At the moment, multiple people can send POs through Factory, but all of them go out from one shared address. If the person monitoring that inbox is away or overlooks an email, supplier replies can be missed, which delays confirmations for materials, pricing, or delivery details. Suggested Improvement Allow POs to be sent from the email address of the person who sends them through Factory. Supplier replies should go directly to that sender. The shared company name can remain in the “From” field if needed, but the “Reply-To” should be the sender’s own address. Example: Sent by Brandon D’Souza → replies go to Brandon. Sent by John Smith → replies go to John. Why This Is Important Prevents missed supplier replies and unnecessary delays. Improves clarity and accountability within the team. Keeps communication simple for suppliers, as they can just hit “Reply.” Xero already uses this setup, and it works extremely well, helping ensure that communication always reaches the right person. Expected Result When a team member sends a PO through Factory: The email shows their name or email as the sender. Supplier replies go directly to that person. The PO remains visible to others in Factory for transparency. This change would make communication smoother, more reliable, and consistent with how platforms like Xero successfully manage supplier interactions.

Attach many photos in Collaborate ie 20-30 and be able to send them with a Quote/Invoice easily

The ability to partially receive line items on a PO to track what has been received vs what is remaining to be received.

Ability to export timesheets for the past month, last two weeks etc

Currently when uploading multiple photos / files, they are shown as individual entries in the collaborate section. Ideally, when bulk uploading photos - eg. photos for site measure / photos for install - the photos would be group as one "message" - sometimes we can have a significant amount of photos, and to scroll through each individual line to view is tedious. Perhaps a grouped upload + a photo viewer function could be added? similar to a gallery view on the computer, where you can go left or right to view different images in the message, and see all available photos together,

Currently the Bill Date in Factory overrides the Payment Terms in Xero; we would like the Payment Terms in Xero to override those from Factory (when pushed through) OR Suppliers to have Payment Terms in Factory

The emails sent from Factory include an ABN at the bottom of the email which is not applicable for other countries like the USA.

Option to select Tracking > Hours Worked > Export, to export to Excel/CSV a list of the hours worked on a Project/Job

The objective is to easily track total quantities completed per day, providing visibility of production throughput and stage progress similar to the following: Quantities Recorded by Workflow Status Each time a job transitions from one status column to the next e.g. Unpack → Cut Down & Thickness → Taping Gluing (Note: not all status columns apply for all jobs), with the number of pieces completed being tallied. Product Type Breakdown Quantities should be grouped or visible by product category: Engineered Timber Laminate Hybrid LVT Daily Totals The system should calculate daily totals per workflow stage and per product type. Ideally, this can be viewed ideally at the top of each status column but also the dashboard. Trigger Point The quantity would be recorded when an item is transition out of a status column.