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OrderLinx gives you the opportunity to place orders onsite and track them with ease. You are able to remotely view and print valuable reports and invoices on demand. Previous orders placed through OrderLinx can be duplicated as new orders. Newly copied orders can then be changed and adjusted as needed. Customers can easily create new orders or duplicate previous orders based on references to their stored order history. Lastly, customers can add special instructions and PO numbers to orders, ensuring that all orders are completed in and organized and error free manner.

System Requirements

Instructions

Ordering

When Order is Complete

Viewing Reports

Adding a Specialty Item or Unknown Product Number

Order Cloning

System Requirements

System Component	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows® 2000 Pro SP3	Windows® XP Pro SP2
Browser	Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1	Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
Processor	2.0 GHz	2.0 GHz
Memory	512 + MB	512 + MB
Screen Resolution	1024 x 768 or better	1024 x 768 or better

Instructions

(Log In)

 

1). Navigate to goautopaint.com & click on Online Ordering

2). Enter aps as vendor.

3). Enter your login & password. (Please email info@goautopaint.com to get setup)
Need:
Unique login & password name
Must be an Auto Paint & Supply customer

4). Click on login
i. Example –

 

Ordering

 

1). To begin, Click on New Order.

2). There are 2 ways to add a product:
a. Option 1: If you do not know the item number, you can click on Item Lookup
i. Use the drop down menu to select the manufacture of the product in which you are looking for.
ii. After you have selected a manufacturer click find
iii. When you have found the product you were looking for click on the icon to the left of that item. This will select the product and take you back to your order list.
iv. Make sure you change the quantity of the item selected if you wish to purchase more than 1.
v. Click Add to add the selected product to your order or Clear if you do not want to add the selected product to your order.
vi. Repeat these steps to add multiple items.

b. Option 2 (BEST OPTION): If you know the item number or the product that you are looking to add:
i. In the box just to the right of Item Lookup begin typing the number or name of the product. (For example if you are looking to add a quart of 850J begin typing 8 5 0 J. Your item will then appear in the drop down menu.)
ii. Once you have typed in the product number, select the item from the drop down menu by clicking on it.
iii. Once the product has been selected click Add to add the product to your order or Clear if you do not want to add the selected product to your order.
iv. Repeat these steps to add multiple items.

3) If the order has a P.O. number enter this in the upper right hand corner.

4) If you have selected an item to place on your order and you do no longer want to order this item simply click on the red x to the left of the item you no longer want.

 

*Online orders must be submitted before 9:00am to be delivered on the 10:00am run & 1:00pm to be delivered on the 2:00pm run*

When Order is Complete

1). When the order is complete, click on submit to send the order the order click on the submit button.

2) You will then see that the order will say submitted under order status. (You submitted the order to Auto Paint & you are awaiting approval.)

3)When the order has been uploaded by an Auto Paint & Supply representative, you will see ordered under order status.

 

Viewing Reports

1. By selecting reports in the upper heading of the OrderLinx page, a customer can retrieve & print
1. Statement – a current statement of the customer’s account.
   1. Example -
      
2. VOC Report – a report showing the customer’s VOC usage from items purchased from Auto Paint & Supply.
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3. Invoice/Credit – an invoice or credit that Auto Paint & Supply has issued the customer. The customer will need to know the invoice or credit number to retrieve & print the document.
i. Example -
d. Item Usage – Prints 12 months of item usage.
i. Example -
e. Customizable Item Usage – Prints up to 4 customizable time periods of item usage.
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Adding a Specialty Item or Unknown Product Number

 

1). If item is not in the database:
a. Click on New Order
b. Under item lookup, start typing in ..m & hit enter.
c. Under item description, customer can type a brief description of the part number they are looking for if it is not in the system.
d. Click on add
e. Then click submit

 

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Order Cloning

 

1). Any order previously created can be duplicated & submitted as a new order.
2). To clone an order:
a. Make sure you are on the Orders Tab of the OrderLinx screen.
b. Click on the Order ID that you wish to duplicate.
i. Example -

42

10/7/2009 2:39:42 PM

Ordered

1285 – ABC Auto Body

0

$0.00

c. This will bring you to a grayed out order.
d. Click on the clone tab.
e. Next, it will say the order has been successfully cloned & you will be taken to the newly cloned order.
f. Here, you can edit & update your newly cloned order.