Phone Log - Enter Phone Calls

Program/Screen: RALOGI/RALOGE20

Description:

Use this option to enter or review calls received from customers requesting service calls, deliveries, pickups, or equipment exchanges.

 

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Enter the details of the phone call with the customer.  Press F9 to enter a rental reservation for the customer.  Press F10 to create a pickup ticket for the customer.  To review a list of all phone calls for the entered customer, press F11.  A list of all phone calls for that customer is displayed, and you can select specific calls to change, delete, display, print, or close.

 

Unique Phone Log Screens

Phone Log - Enter Phone Calls

Phone Log - Work with Phone Calls

 

Additional Program Screens

Create Rental Reservation/Quote

Create Pickup Ticket

 

Fields

Date

Displays the date that the phone call record is being created.

 

Time

Displays the time that the phone call record is being created.

 

Contact

Enter the name of the person with whom you spoke at the customer location.

 

Customer number

(Optional) Enter the number of the customer with whom you had the phone call.  If you do not know the number, you can press F4 to search for it, or you can enter the customer name.

 

Customer name

If you do not know the customer number, you can enter the customer name to pull up the appropriate record.

 

Phone number

Enter or accept the phone number used for the call.

 

Equipment

If applicable, enter the number of the equipment discussed during the call.  If you do not know the number, press F4 to search for it.

 

Category

If you entered an equipment number, the category and class for that equipment are populated.  If you did not enter an equipment number, you can enter the category that was discussed during the call.

 

Class

If you entered an equipment number, the category and class for that equipment are populated.  If you did not enter an equipment number, you can enter the class that was discussed during the call.

 

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Job location

(Optional) Enter the location of the job that was discussed during the call.  If you do not know the number, press F4 to go to the Customer Job Selection screen and select the appropriate job.

 

Date required

Enter the date for which the customer would like their request fulfilled.

 

Length of rental

If applicable, enter the number of days for which the customer is renting the equipment under discussion.

 

Pickup number

If applicable, enter the number of the pickup ticket that was discussed during the call.

 

Comments

Enter text to describe the details of the phone call.

 

Call customer back

Indicate if it is necessary to call the customer back to follow up on this call.

 

Lost rental

Indicate if this call was about a lost rental opportunity.

 

Call type

Enter the code that represents the type of call that was made.  Call types are user-defined and setup in the Default Codes program in Cross Application Maintenance.

 

Function Keys

Function Key

Description

F1

Help.  Place your cursor in a field and press F1 to access online help for that field.  Place your cursor outside of any field, and press F1 to access online help at the program level.

F3

Exit.  Exit the page or program.

F4

Search.  Place your cursor in a searchable field and press F4 to access a lookup window or more advanced search screen.

F9

Reserve.  Advance to the Create Rental Reservation/Quote program.  If the customer you are working with requires a job number for their transactions, you are first taken to the Customer Job Selection screen.

F10

Pickup.  Advance to the Create Pickup Ticket program.

F11

Work with Phone Calls.  Advance to the Phone Log - Work with Phone Calls screen.

F12

Cancel/Previous.  Exit the program or move back a screen.

 

Related Programs

Equipment Exchange

Create Pickup Ticket

Truck Dispatch Entry

 

 

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