👑 Ladies and gentlemen:

The drums of Black Friday are already audible; the chorus of carts is tuning up; the sleigh is idling somewhere beyond accounting.

Whether you expect snow or merely stern drizzle, this is your dress rehearsal for the grand commerce opera. Now is precisely the time to make your system smoother: tweak a setting; trial a new template; implement a measured change; observe the numbers.

The peak season rewards those who iterate early and measure mercilessly.

🎩 New Features & Enhancements

Assembly Manifest: Custom Printing Templates

A new setting has been added at Settings → Printing Templates → Assembly Manifest Template allows you to customise the assembly manifest printout. Because the default template resets on each update, replace it with a new custom template to preserve your changes across releases: brand‑consistent, update‑proof assembly documents without post‑deployment edits.

App Store: Partners API improvements

We have tuned compatibility and extensibility across the Partners API to prepare for forthcoming third‑party applications: quicker partner integrations and broader feature coverage for new apps.

Inventory Images: safe reindex script

A controlled tool is available to remove and fully reindex all inventory images when required. To run it safely, please contact Support: resolve legacy or corrupted image states and rebuild thumbnails and indexes in one well‑supervised pass.

Inventory: country‑specific HS codes

You can maintain country‑specific HS (Harmonised System) codes for inventories. Enable via Settings → Misc Settings → Use Advanced HS Code. Once enabled, manage HS codes on the Inventory Edit page, through CSV import/export, or via the Public API: accurate cross‑border declarations and carrier and commercial invoices; market‑specific compliance and smoother customs clearance.

✨ Enhancements:

PO Deliveries: packaging type search

Search now faithfully returns packaging‑type products during purchase order deliveries: accurate selection of packaging SKUs during receiving.

Mindsoft: sales channel setup

Setup now completes cleanly, including Client and Warehouse population: first‑time‑right channel configuration.

Inventory Edit: packaging parameters minimums

Packaging Parameters now enforce a minimum quantity of 2; 1 remains exclusive to piece type: valid pack definitions and clean downstream conversions.

Packeye: integration stability

Packeye runs reliably in the system Packing Terminal; packaging operations can be recorded as video. Enable via Integrations → Pack Eye: auditable packing flows with seamless Packeye usage.

Mailgun: “From Address” with own credentials

Messages are sent using the address specified in settings when using Mailgun with Own Credentials: consistent sender identity and branding on outbound emails.

Advanced Email Validation

Our email gateway now screens for spam‑like behaviour and suspicious addresses; only valid, high‑quality recipients make the list. Fewer misfires; cleaner deliverability.

🐣 We evolve together

Whether the sky delivers snow or merely gossip, the calendar does not negotiate as Black Friday surges; Christmas beckons.

Your system should feel calmer precisely because you’ve tuned it. If you want to refine your process or explore settings worth a trial, we are here to help: suggest improvements; instrument results; iterate with you.

Our platform evolves continuously; so should your operations. Choose one change today; measure it next week; keep what makes you smoother.

Progress is our shared habit; evolution our sport. Helm at your service.

Close the tab; make tea; toggle one setting; measure twice; smile once.

- Your team at Helm 🦆