Date:December 28, 2007

Product:CARS+
Release Number:12.8

This notice continues the list of functional changes that have been made to the CARS+ software.Part 1 covered changes through 12/31/05

Part 2 covered changes through 6/30/06

Part 3 covered changes through 12/31/06

Part 4 covered changed through 6/30/07

Changes are listed in the same order that items appear on the Main Menu.

The Release Date is shown below the Program Acronym.This is the date that the feature was added to the 12.8 Release.

The number in parentheses at the end of the explanation summary is an internal number used by Thermeon for reference purposes.

Program Acronym/

Release Date
(MM-DD-YY)

RESERVATIONS MENU

RES

Reservations

10/10/07

When a CDPID is removed from a reservation (or changed) via CARS+ or WebRes, all related items are removed as well including CDPID rate, discount, vendor, bill-to party, credit card, options, special documents, pricing code, etc.(11428)

MANIFEST

Reservation Manifest

9/18/07

The complete return date and time is now shown on the report.This caused the Notes from the main window on the Reservation screen to be moved to the second line of data for the reservation.Added a field to allow the printing of the Notes field to be optional.(23040)

10/4/07

All of the Y/N fields can have their defaults set to your preference.Contact Thermeon’s Customer Support Dept.(23833)

RA MENU

OPEN

RA Open

9/07/07

Added a subwindow (AC) used to record the direct bill party’s own insurance information.If no direct bill party, the renter’s own insurance information can be entered.A new field in the Valid Type Code record can require that the insurance data be entered in order to save a RA.(23539)

9/24/07

Added the ability to sell a half-tank of prepaid fuel.Enter “H” in the prepaid fuel field.If fuel level at Close is half or greater, no additional charge.If less than half, an additional charge is calculated for the difference between the level in the tank and the half tank.This difference is calculated at the refueling rate and is added to the pre-purchase price of the half tank.(23280)

10/10/07

When a CDPID is removed from a RA (or changed), all related items are removed as well including CDPID rate, discount, vendor, bill-to party, pre-authorized credit card, options, special documents, pricing code, etc.(11428)

10/30/07

Changed the fields in the Third Party subwindow (subwindow Y).Enter

Tax ID and postal code in Field 1.A search for an existing third party customers is automatically performed.(22284)

CLOSE

RA Close

9/24/07

Added the ability to sell a half-tank of prepaid fuel.If fuel level at Close is half or greater, no additional charged. If less than half, an additional is calculated for the difference between the level in the tank and the half tank.This difference is calculated at the refueling rate and is added to the pre-purchase price of the half tank.(23280)

EDITVCHR

Edit Tour Vouchers

10/30/07

Tour vouchers can now be edited, deleted from, or added to posted RAs.(24163)

EDITRA

Edit Opening Fields

8/09/07

A change has been made to the way the airport arrival option and flag are changed.To add or remove the option, use the Shift/F5 Option window to indicate if the fee should be charged.To edit the airport arrival flag on the RA, go to the G subwindow, Airport Comm field and change to Y or N as appropriate.(23286)

HISTORY/ MAINTENANCE MENU

HISTUPD

Vehicle History Update

9/4/07

Added fields to enter the tire tread depth on all tires including the spare.(Tire tread depth can also be entered in a pop-up window from theVehicle sundry Invoice and the Vendor Invoice Entry programs.)Added a new field for a P.O. (purchase order) number.Added a search of the History file by the new P. O. number field.(22376)

HISTRPT

Vehicle History Report

9/4/07

Added a field to chose if tire depth should be included in the report.(22376)

REFUEL

Enter Refueling Data

12/28/07

New program for operations doing chauffeur rentals.Used to enter data on fueling vehicles used in chauffeur rentals where fuel is included in the rental.(23516)

RFUELRPT

Refueling Report

12/28/07

New report to track fuel usage chauffeur rentals when fuel is included.Reports on the data entered via the Enter Refueling Data program (23516)



FLEET MENU – PHYSICAL INVENTORY SUBMENU

PHYRPT

Physical Inventory History Report

8/27/07

Added the ability to run the report for all vehicles.Also added a field for Location which can also be used with a Group Code.(23472)

FLEET ACCOUNTING MENU

SELL

Sell A Vehicle

7/27/07

In order to unsell a vehicle, the vehicle status code entered to re-status the vehicle must be defined with an existing history service code.(23169)

DISPATACH MENU

PHYSLOT

Physical Lot Report

11/09/07

Added more data to the report.Now shows vehicle class.For vehicles in “O” status, shows RA info.Added a summary by vehicle class.(23474)

DAILY PROCEDURES MENU

DBRO

Operations DBR

9/17/07

The FOP Summary now includes a listing of the customers responsible for balances due on closed RAs (either the direct bill customer or the renter).(22703)

FUEL

Fuel Audit Report

9/24/07

Updated to handle sales of half tank of prepaid fuel.(23280)

DAILY PROCEDURES MENU – ADDITIONAL DAILY SUB-MENU

SIGRPT

Signature Capture Percentage Report

11/01/07

New report which shows number and percentage of those RAs where electronic signatures were captured.(12772)

MONTH END MENU

COMMISS

Vendor Commission Report

10/29/07

Added a field for showing reservation deposits.(23829)

MONTH END MENU – INCREMENTAL SALES MENU

REVRPT

Revenue Incentive Report

8/29/07

Added a field for Location. Added a field for exporting the data to a csv file.Added columns to the report for location and level of target reached.(23462)

PPFRPT

Prepaid Fuel Report

10/24/07

New report that provides details of prepaid fuel sales.(23185)

CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE MENU

CUST

Customer File Update

9/7//07

Added fields on page 4 for the renter’s own insurance data.Can be required in a new subwindow on RA Open if theRA Type Code is so defined.(23539)

12/10/07

A new field can be used to assign the customer to a particular employee for purposes of collection.The RealWorld AR Aging Report can be run by collection agent.(24365)

CHGCUSTY

Change Customer Type Code

10/01/07

New program that allows user to change the customer type code on a single customer record.(23818)

RENTAL ACCOUNTING MENU

DBRA

Accounting DBR

9/17/07

The FOP Summary now includes a listing of the customers responsible for balances due on closed RAs (either the direct bill customer or the renter).Also includes tour vouchers in the FOP Summary.(22703)

RENTAL ACCOUNTING MENU – REALWORLD SUBMENU

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE


Process Cash Receipts

11/27/07

For operations that have more than 3 cash accounts (the AR Control File provides for up to 3 accounts), any GL account number can now be entered in the Cash account field by entering choice “4”.(24169)


Print A/R Aging Report

12/10/07

A new field can be used to run the report by collection agent.A corresponding new field in the Customer record is sed to assign the customer to a particular employee for purposes of collection. (24365)

RENTAL ACCOUNTING MENU - INVOICING SUBMENU

INSINV

Insurance Invoicing

7/24/07

Added a field to exclude insurance RAs with a balance due from the renter.(23078)

VEHINV

Vehicle Sundry Invoicing

7/11/07

Expanded the field for the Invoice number to 15 characters.Use Shift/F7 in the Vendor Invoice field to invoke a search of the vendor invoices.(22436)

9/04/07

The F8 key is used to access a pop-up window for entering the tire depth readings which are stored with the first history record created.(22376)

VENINV

Vendor Invoice Entry

7/11/07

Expanded the field for the Invoice number to 15 characters.Use Shift/F7 from the OPTION field to search the vendor invoice file.(22436)

CONTROL FILES - LOCATION CONTROL FILES

EDITLOC

Edit Locations

9/5/07

Added a field for Hertz Australia to define whether or not the data on vehicles owned by the location should be exported to the Roadside Assistance file.(23152)

MERGESUB

Merge Suburb Codes

10/23/07

New program to merge suburb data via an ascii file.(20943)

EDITSUB

Edit Suburb Codes

10/23/07

Added fields to show the distance to the location from the suburb.(20943)

CONTROL FILES - RENTAL CONTROL FILES

EDITMISC

Edit Miscellaneous Control Record

10/15/07

Added a field to designate a customer type to be assigned to renters doing chauffeur driven type RAs.(Chauffeur type RA defined in the Valid Type Code file.) (23514)

EDITTYP

Edit Valid Type Codes

9/7/07

Added a field to require that the direct bill company’s own insurance data be entered in a new subwindow (subwindow AC) when opening a RA.If no direct bill party, then the renter’sinsurance data must be entered.(23539)

EDITPROB

Edit Problem Codes

12/10/07

New field for a GL account which will override the GL account attached to the Option Code.

New field to indicate it is a “restricted” code.Corresponding field in the User Access File record defines whether or not a user can use restricted codes.(22193)

CONTROL FILES - RATE CONTROL FILES

EDITRATE

Edit Rental Rules/Rates

7/30/07

Added new choices forthe "1Way" column on page 4:

B = blocks a one-way regardless of location (whether owned or foreign)

L= allows one-way only to owned locations in the same metroplex location group.

F =allows one-waysto locations within the same fleet pool as the opening location.(23152)

CONTROL FILES - FLEET CONTROL FILES

EDITCLS

Edit Class Codes

12/28/07

Class Codes can now be added using a Location Group Code.An individual Class record is created for each location in the group and the sub-groups.(24313)

EDITSTA

Edit Vehicle Status Codes

8/28/07

In order to expand the number of codes, Vehicle Status Codes can now be in lowercase as well as uppercase.(23322)

EDITDMG

Edit Damage Control

9/13/07

Added a field for a 2 character prefix that is used by Hertz Australia to designate the damage report as one that will be handled by an outside claims management company.(23576)

CONTROL FILES – SALES CONTROL FILES

EDITSRC

Edit Source Codes

12/3/07

Added a field for Location or Location Group so that source codes can vary by location. (23512)

CONTROL FILES - OPTION CONTROL FILES

EDTOPTRT

Edit Option Rates

11/16/07

A new type of auto apply option, “A”, is age dependent.When designated this way, an age must be entered in the “Max Age” field.Renters who are younger than or equal to the max. age will have the option automatically applied to their RA.(24037)

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MENU – SECURITY SYSTEM MENU

EDITUAF

Edit User Access File

10/11/07

Added a field to impose limited access on a user.A new appendix chapter details the logic.(22648)

12/10/07

New field to indicate if the user is allowed to use the “restricted” problem codes in Incident Entry.(22193)


HERTZ FEATURES

HERTZ MENU – HERTZ CONTROL FILES MENU

EDHDOC

Edit Valid Document Types

10/25/07

New control record to define which Hertz document types are accepted in the Special Documents subwindow.(22278)

HERTZ AUSTRALIA

DMGENT

Damage Report Entry

8/16/07

Accident Report number is required.(22436)

HERTZ MENU - HERTZ CANADA

HTZSTB

Revenue Accrual Report

7/24/07

Added a column for the parking fee option (option code PKFE).(23085)