Product update December

During the month of December, we rebuilt the inventory flow in the mobile app and launched reuse statistics at the department level.

New inventory flow in the mobile app

We’re now making it even easier to find the right model during inventory. With Palats’ new model library, we’ve focused on making everything quick and easy to find, and you won’t return to the inventory until you’re done.

The first thing you see when you choose a model is a list of previously selected models—this is often enough. As before, you’ll also see suggested categories based on the image you’ve taken. From there, it’s easy to continue filtering to find the right model.

You’ll find categories in a category tree where you can browse to the category you’re looking for. You can also search directly for a category in the search field. In the same field, you can search by specifications such as dimensions, color, or material.

With the new inventory flow, we’re also launching model tags. This means you can tag models just like articles, making it easy to find models that are relevant to you. A tag could, for example, be used for a specific project or a specific person. If you’re inventorying within a project where all models have been tagged for that project, you can also “pin” your filter so it’s remembered next time.

Are you unsure which model to choose, even after filtering down a selection? You can now preview the model before making your choice. If the model you find lacks information, you can choose to edit an existing model or create a variant of the model. Once you’re satisfied, you’ll return to the inventory, and the new model can easily be reused next time!

Our new model library drastically reduces the time it takes to inventory in large organizations with thousands of models to choose from. The rollout will happen gradually, with the goal that all customers will have access during January.

Track reuse at the organizational level

In many organizations, there’s a desire to compare which operations or departments both reuse the most and list articles for reuse. Previously, the operation could only be specified on listings and at checkout using free-text fields, which made follow-up somewhat tricky.

Now, instead, you can add departments to your Palats organization and then link each user to a department. This is done automatically for those who log in to Palats via SSO (Single Sign-On)—the user’s department is then fetched from your central database. Administrators can of course also select a department manually in the member list.

In reports, it’s now possible to choose “listed by department” and “ordered by department” as segmentation options to view reuse statistics broken down by department. This complements previous options to segment by location or person.

For those logging in with SSO: to get your departments into Palats, your IT department needs to activate this in your integration with Palats. Contact us to get started!

Minor changes

• Filter orders by “responsible person missing”
• Add filters to a column directly from the column header
• “Length” is now shown on the article card together with width, height, and depth
• Performance improvements in both the web app and mobile app