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I just committed one of my pet peeves: I used the phrase “and more.” I hate that… if there’s more, tell me what it is! But there are simply too many updates to sum up in a title, and I decided not to use the title “Holy crap we’re releasing a TON of new features today.” So take a look at the headings below and dive in to any features that pique your interest.

Hello, CrewTracks world! Are you stoked about document management? If you’re thinking to yourself, “Uh, not really,” there’s a good chance one of these describes you:

1. You haven’t used it yet. Shame on you! This is huge!
2. You have documents in Microsoft Word or PDF format, but they’re not ready for CrewTracks.

If #2 describes you, we’ve got your back. Actually, if #1 describes you, we’ve got your back there as well. We’ve got your back no matter what, okay? But right now we’re going to talk about #2.

Maybe you’ve been “in the know” for a year, or maybe you had no idea this was coming.  Either way, document management is HUGE, and it’s the result of a ton of hard work and innovation here at CrewTracks.  We’ve created five training videos for you to get up to speed, and they are at the bottom of this post.  But first, here’s a very brief, doesn’t-even-do-it-justice, three point summary:

We’ve got two new features for you that will help you get the right data on the right date.  First, if you accidentally open the schedule for the wrong date, CrewTracks will now notify you:

We’ve snuck in a couple updates you might want to make use of, and there’s another one right around the corner.  Here they are!

Add/Remove Employees Permission by Schedule

Before now, there was only one place to set the permission for employees to be added to or removed from a schedule in the app.  That feature still exists, right here in Organization Settings:

Great news!  The web app (often referred to as the back end) of CrewTracks is about to look a lot more beautiful.  The features and functionality you’re used to are still there, so you’ll be able to keep using CrewTracks without a hitch.  But just in case the new look surprises you, we thought we’d do some “old way / new way” comparisons to keep you on track.

By the way, this update is laying the groundwork for a huge new feature we’ll be announcing soon.  But I’m getting ahead of myself – here are the areas that have been updated so far. 

We’ve just released an update to our iOS app.  There’s a lot to cover, so let’s get to it!

Minimum Lunch Time Setting

This setting can be found in Organization Settings, Crews, and Schedules.  It allows you to set two thresholds: minimum lunch time and a minimum shift time.  If enabled, a schedule cannot be submitted if users who work over the minimum shift time do not have a certain amount of lunch set. 

Just a quick heads up…

Currently, you add photos to CrewTracks by opening the notes and photos section and then taking a picture. We’ve heard from a few companies recently who would like to be able to add photos to their schedule even if they didn’t have CrewTracks open when they took the photo.  This feature has been released to our beta testers, and will soon be available for everyone!  No need to break the habit of opening up your phone’s camera to snap a pic.  Just take pictures like you always do, and you’ll be able to add them to CrewTracks later.

That’s it for now, but keep your eyes open for more features coming your way.  Exciting stuff happening over here.  : )

CrewTracks constantly innovates.  As a company, as a product, as people, we celebrate our successes, but then immediately look to the future.  Two recent examples are the release of the Multi-Select Functionality and the Customer Sign Off feature.