PRODUCT UPDATES

Find out what's new with Safe Ag Systems software release notes.

CURRENT VERSION:

Desktop v2.575, App 2.4.34 (4475)

 

Improved Maintenance Scheduler

 

Latest Release Notes - 26.03.2024

In this latest release, there have been a number of fixes and improvements as listed below.

Desktop:

Schedule maintenance by odometer, hours or date: View overdue maintenance at a glance for Machinery and Equipment.

Set maintenance reminder: Indicate when to generate a task and notification as a reminder.

Overdue maintenance notifications: Business Administrators and Supervisors will now receive a notification 30 days before the scheduled date. Note: If the new scheduled maintenance date is set for less than 30 days, the notification will be sent immediately. 

Risk Assessment approval notification: Business Administrators will now receive a notification when a worker or contractor submits a Risk Assessment for approval.

Keep your task records accurate: You can now edit a task's completed date.

Manage People: Users can now add an expiry date to all personnel or business records.

Minor Emergency Management fixes including:

  • Fixed an issue with the telephone country flat indicating the wrong country.
  • Fixed a display issue when printing an emergency poster.
  • Resolved an issue where a hazard or item could not be saved where certain phone numbers were considered invalid.

Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements.

 

App

Introduced three new notifications: 

  • Upcoming maintenance notifications to Business Administrators and Supervisors are triggered 30 days or less before the next scheduled maintenance is due.
  • Overdue maintenance notifications to the Business Administrators and Supervisors are triggered when maintenance is overdue.
  • Business Administrators will now receive a notification when a worker or contractor submits a Risk Assessment for approval.

Task Manager: Users can now edit the completion date of a task.

Schedule maintenance by odometer, hours or date: View overdue maintenance at a glance for Machinery and Equipment.

Minor Emergency Management fixes including:

  • Resolved an issue where a hazard or item could not be saved where certain phone numbers were considered invalid.

Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements.

Previous Product Updates

Browse our previous software release notes and features by version below.

Desktop v2.558, App 2.4.32 (4460) - 29/07/2023

In this release, there have been a number of fixes and improvements as listed below.

Desktop:

Bulk attach Documents to Inventory: We have introduced the ability to attach multiple checklists and procedures to Inventory items in one action. Note: This action is per Inventory Type.

Control who can view Checklist Logs: You can now specify who can view completed Checklist Logs based on Access Level. This is useful for inspections, meeting minutes etc.

Control who sees Notifications: Specify which Access Level(s) should receive At Work/Left Work and Visitor Notifications.

Allow Contractors to Access your Noticeboard: Decide if Contractors can access Information on your Noticeboard. When toggled on, you can grant “Read Only” or “Full Access”.

New fields in Manage People: A Worker’s Job Position is now visible on worker tiles instead of their Access Level. Also new field to record “Nationality” has been added.

New filters under Manage People: You can now filter by “Emergency Roles” (e.g. First Aid Officers).

Mandatory sharing of Emergency Contacts: Phone numbers for First Aid Officers and Fire Wardens are automatically made available to all users. For all other workers, there is still the option to keep their phone number private.

Important Contacts across multiple locations: A copy button has been added so you can copy important contacts to other locations.

Expiry Notifications have changed:

  • Machinery Registration reminders have decreased from 30 days to 7 days
  • Safety Data Sheets reminders have decreased from 30 days to 7 days
  • Training Register notifications have increased from 30 days to 60 days

Implemented a new Signature field: Users can now manually sign or upload a signature when publishing Policies and Procedures.

Changed “Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)” field label: Changed to “VIN or Serial/Product Number” in Machinery/Equipment section.

Changed Chemical field labels: “Quantity On Hand” has changed to “Quantity In Stock” (in line with reporting).

Increased character limit: Increased the character limit to 4000 for the “Event Description” field in the Near Miss and Incident section.

Increased file size limit: For Checklists and AgAuditor, we have increased the file size limit to 30MB for images and drawing content included on a form.

Adjusted viewing of Document: Minor improvements to ensure that more content is visible when viewing a Checklist, Policy, Procedure or Audit form. (Letterheads are visible in a printed document.)

Improved Uploaded Documents: Improved this section for a better user experience.

Incomplete Records Report: More reporting options available for Management Portal users including:

  • Company Policy Templates not used
  • Company Procedure Templates not used
  • Company Checklist Templates not used

New Reports added:

  • Completed Tasks
  • Completed Checklists
  • Accepted Procedures
  • Recent Near Miss and Incidents (replaces Incidents Past Week)

Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements.

 

 

App

Access completed Checklist Logs: Workers and Contractors can now access Checklists Logs completed by others if they have been granted access.

Ability to control Contractor access to the Noticeboard: Contractors can view or post information on the Noticeboard if they have been granted access. (Able to grant “Read Only” or “Full Access”.)

New filters in People section: Users can now filter by “Emergency Roles” (e.g. First Aid Officer or Fire Warden).

Mandatory sharing of Emergency Contact details: First Aid Officers' and Fire Wardens' phone numbers are visible to everyone in the People section.

Changed Chemical field labels: “Quantity On Hand” has changed to “Quantity In Stock” (in line with reporting).

Changed “Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)” field label: Changed to “VIN or Serial/Product Number” in Machinery/Equipment section.

Increased character limit: Increased the character limit to 4000 for the “Event Description” field in the Near Miss and Incident section.

Emergency Management PDF issue resolved: PDF’s can now be viewed on the app when added to Health Records, Emergency Response Plans and Directions for Emergency Services.

Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements.

Desktop v2.520, App 2.4.27 (4438) - 01/04/2023

In this release, there have been a number of fixes and improvements as listed below.

Desktop:

Emergency Management Improvements: You are now able to record a greater variety of contact types, and select a system user as an emergency contact so that changes to their contact details are made in one spot only (i.e. in Manage People). Get help with your Emergency Management set-up.

Reporting for Management Portal Users: The Dashboard has been enhanced to provide an overview of records for connected companies. Learn more about the Management Reporting Overview.

Advanced filtering for Reports: Generate reports and present your data in a way that makes sense. Learn more about Reporting in our Knowledge Base.

Save your Favourite Reports: Access frequently used reports, mark them as favourites and save your filters to save you time. 

Supervisor's Reports: Supervisors can now access many of the reports.

New reports added:

  • Person Records Report (list training, inductions, policies and procedures per person)
  • Linked Tasks Report (list tasks linked to records such as Inventory, Checklists, Incidents or Risk Assessments)
  • Chemical Quantity On Hand Report (report current quantity, or the quantity at a specific point in time as well as usage for a date period)
  • Documents Not Used Report
  • Document Interaction and Training report (list of people and their interaction with Policies, Procedures, Checklists, Inductions and Training Records)
  • People Without Document Interaction or Training
  • Active Users Who Never Logged In Report
  • Scheduled Training Report
  • Location Items Report

Visitor Register available to all Pro Subscriptions: Allowing visitors to log entry and exit across locations plus vehicle registration field has been added. Learn How to use the Visitor Log.

New field added to Training Register: Added the ability to record a Training Provider Name to the Training Register.

Task Manager improvements: Now able to view and manage links between Tasks and inventory (e.g. see what inventory a task is linked to).

Inspections moved to Checklists: Inspections can now be performed using Checklists to provide a better user experience and utilise a wider range of functionality.

People details: Able to control whether a person’s phone number can be viewed by workers.

More links in Notifications: More notifications now include a link to the relevant record in the system.

Documents: Improved viewing of Policies, Procedures and Checklists.

Safety Rating improvements: Usage Rating now includes four categories Low, Average, Good and High.

Twitter feed fixed on Dashboard: Tweets from the Safe Ag Systems account are responsive again.

Risk Assessments: Increased character limit from 255 to 1000 for some text fields in the General Risk Assessment.

Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements (including improved filtering in multiple areas).

 

App

Emergency Management: Users able to select various emergency contacts in the event of an emergency (e.g. Fire Warden and Traffic Warden).

Visitor Register: Vehicle registration field added to the Visitor Log (to all Pro subscription users) so that all Visitors can record entry and exit logs across all locations.

Task Manager: Now able to view and manage links between Tasks and Inventory (e.g. see what inventory a task is linked to).

People details: Workers and Contractors are able to view a list of people in the company, and identify First Aid Officers and Fire Wardens from that list. Users can indicate whether their phone number can be viewed by workers.

Notifications: More notifications now include a link to the relevant record in the system.

Increased character limited for Inventory items: You can now include more information in the Maintenance Description field for all Inventory.

Risk Assessments: Increased character limit from 255 to 1000 for some text fields in the General Risk Assessment.

Improved communication on Login screen: Includes updates to the message that appears on the Login screen when a user is offline to make it clear a user can’t login or use the QR scanner.

Plus various other fixes and minor enhancements (including improved filtering in multiple areas).

Desktop v2.506, App 2.4.25 (4420) - 19/01/2023

In this latest release, there have been a number of fixes and improvements as listed below.

Desktop

  • Menu item ‘Audits’ changed to ‘AgAuditor’.

  • Adding/editing a review date on a document using the Edit Attributes option will now generate a notification 7 days prior to the Review Date.

  • Added new inventory Types and Category values for Machinery, Structures and Tools.

  • Now able to report on archived Training Records.

  • In the Management Portal, ‘Update For Company’ document option has been changed to ‘Update for companies’.

  • And other minor fixes.

App

  • Fixed an issue where updating the Status of a task wasn't immediately reflected.

  • Fixed the crashing of App for a new user after verifying an email address.

  • Fixed an issue where Contractors and Contract Businesses were not receiving Noticeboard notifications.

  • Fixed the crashing of App when attempting to view a document linked to a task.

  • Added new inventory Types and Category values for Machinery, Structures and Tools.

  • Fixed an issue where location items wouldn’t display while offline.

  • And other minor fixes.

Desktop and App

New Inventory Types added:

  • For Machinery:  Aviation, Spraying, Harvesting, Farm Equipment

  • For Structures:  Sheds, Livestock facilities, Automatic doors

  • For Tools:  Office equipment, Power supply

New Inventory Categories added:

  • For Machinery:  Gyrocopter, Canopy sprayer, walnut harvester, Almond harvester, Tree shaker, Nut sweeper, Undervine sweeper, Stationary engine (frost fans)

  • For Structures:  Packhouse, Pastures/Paddocks, Roller doors

  • For Tools:  Computer, Printers, Extension cords

Desktop v2.500, App 2.4.23 (4044) - 12/11/2022

In this latest release, Notifications has new functionality to make it easier to stay informed.

Manage Notifications

Users can now manage notifications for actions and updates ensuring you don’t miss important information.

Manage your notifications by marking them as read or archive them.

For further information about managing your notifications, you can read the How to Manage Notifications article in our Knowledge Base.

Deep Linking

We’ve now made it easier to navigate. By tapping on the notification you will be sent direct to the relevant section of the App. This is what we call ‘Deep Linking’.

Bulk Publishing Checklists, Policies, Procedures and Audits 

Users can now publish multiple documents (bulk publish) from the following tabs:

  • Draft tab

  • Template Library tab (SAS Template tab for Management Portal Users)

  • Company Templates tab

This functionality is also available for Management Portal users. Management Portal users can also bulk update documents in connected sites after creating a new version of a document in the portal.

Desktop Version - 27/10/2022

  • Bulk create policies, procedures and checklists using templates
  •  & improved viewing and printing of checklist logs to include information such as the completion date in the footer
  •  & further enhancements to conditional logic to enable you to specify a label when adding multiple records in a checklist (e.g. add a record to check lights, check tyres, etc).

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The diversity across commodities and constant feedback straight to the Safe Ag Systems' team allows technology to improve our product offering to our valued clients.
Katy Landt, CEO, Safe Ag Systems