Beacon Current and Upcoming Version Information and Release Notes

Current Beacon Release

v5.8.0, Released March 11, 2025

Events

• Updated the quick transfer feature to allow a user to immediately mark items used when quick transferred in the context of an event. 

Inventory

• Added the ability to manually increment/decrement inventory when using Scan UDI feature to import new inventory.
• Added a feature to allow users to view inventory held at "quick transfer" locations they are associated with on the All Inventory page. 
• Added a new setting for "default unit of measure" for weights. Allows admin to define grams, kilograms, ounces, or pounds.
• Added a new field to the Catalog item detail to capture shipping weight of the device. This allows for faster calculation when using our Shippo integration. 
• Updated the auto-mapping feature to be more accurate and reliable.

Movements

• Opened the Quick Transfer feature to allow transfers to comes from any user, not just "custodian only."
• Added the ability for an admin to quick transfer on behalf of a rep or distributor. 

Directory

• Standardized address formats across multiple directory items by using Google places to create addresses.

AI

• Improved the Create Event and Mark Used from uploaded bill sheets to handle documents with significant background "visual noise."
• Updated the version of the Gemini model being used for all AI queries

Users

• Added a new "Facility Manager" role to give customers the option to add hospital and ASC staff as users managing inventory and events at their assigned facilities. 

Integrations

• Updated the UI and workflows for our integration framework. 

UI/UX

• Implemented a new PDF framework, allowing us to simplify and streamline many of the PDF templates across the platform, beginning with Sales Orders and Invoices.
• Improvements to various emails (notifications, requests, due-back extension, events, etc.) to improve clarity and usability ,
• Removed case-sensitivity on catalog items. Now all catalogs will ignore case sensitivity to prevent inadvertent duplicates. 
• Made improvements to sorting and paging performance.

Mobile

• Deprecated the ability to install Beacon Mobile on devices other than iPhone, iPad, or Android phones and tablets. 
• Updated push notifications for iOS

Bug Fixes

• • Fixed a bug that prevented preference cards from being sorted by assigned procedure. 
  • Fixed a bug that prevented a manufacturer from being assigned to a user when items are quick transferred to a recipient not already assigned to that manufacturer. 
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the facility price from being captured when a item is marked from its detail page and not the event itself. 
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some users from being able to download facility price .csv documents for some facilities.