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Millwork Quoting Basics- MyCD

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Table of Contents iii

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... iii

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. v

Chapter 1- Getting Started with Millwork Quoting System .......................................................................... 3

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 3

What is a Design? ...................................................................................................................................... 4

The Design Process ................................................................................................................................... 4

Design Process .......................................................................................................................................... 6

What is the Millwork Quoting System? .................................................................................................... 7

How do I log in? ........................................................................................................................................ 7

The Main Menu ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Shopping Cart Screen ................................................................................................................................ 9

Chapter Summary ................................................................................................................................... 10

Chapter 2- Creating a New Order ............................................................................................................... 13

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 13

Creating a New Unit and Design ............................................................................................................. 14

Creating a Door ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Creating a Window ................................................................................................................................. 17

Saving or Submitting a Design ................................................................................................................ 19

Printing a Design ..................................................................................................................................... 20

Chapter Summary ................................................................................................................................... 21

Chapter 3- Editing an Existing Order ........................................................................................................... 24

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 24

Edit Functions.......................................................................................................................................... 25

Changing an Existing Design.................................................................................................................... 26

Copying a Saved Unit .............................................................................................................................. 27

Using Search and Replace ....................................................................................................................... 28

Chapter Summary ................................................................................................................................... 29

Index............................................................................................................................................................ 31

Introduction v

Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to cross train non-millwork associates that work at The Home Depot. This

manual provides the training of getting started with the Millwork Quoting System, Creating a New

Order, and Editing an Existing Order. This manual also provides step by step instructions on how create a

basic order for a door or window in the My Custom Designs (MyCD) system, so that the needs of the

customer are satisfied and met.

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Chapter 1- Getting Started with Millwork Quoting System

Introduction

This chapter provides system basics such as logging on and off and button functionality to help you

successfully navigate through the system. It also outlines the design process.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to

Identify the different stages of design

Explain what the Millwork Quoting System (MyCD) is used for

Log into MyCD

Identify the buttons and describe the functions of each button on the main menu

Identify the buttons and describe the functions of each button on the Shopping Cart screen


What is a Design?

A design consists of units; it’s the same as a special order. A design is made up of a unit or multiple units.

For example, an interior door is literally a slab, and the hardware includes the hinges, jambs, bore hole,

etc.

The Design Process

Let’s look at diagram that provides an overview of the design process.

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Design Process

The design process is comprised of multiple steps. Let’s look at each step.

Step Description

1 Greet the customer

2 Qualify the customer using basic Millwork knowledge

3 Open a new design in MyCD. This is the same as creating a new order

4 Add new units

5 Save units

6 Submit the design to the Special Services system

7 Print the design and review it with the customer

8 If the customer is ready to make a purchase, attach the design to a service. This is done in the Special Services System

9 Stage the order for the POS register. This is also done in the Special Services System

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What is the Millwork Quoting System?

The millwork quoting system is a design system for special order windows and doors. It is used to

enhance paper catalogs and Vendor Information.

This system gives you the ability to do the following with special orders:

Configure

Price

Transmit

How do I log in?

When the computer is on, the loin screen appears. Enter your username and password and click

Log In. To launch the program, click Start, All programs, then select MyCD.


The Main Menu

The main menu contains three buttons:

New Design

Help

Open Design

The table below identifies and describes the buttons located on the Start page.

Button Description

New Design Used to create a new order

Open Design Used to open an existing order that has been saved

Help Brings up the help menu

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Shopping Cart Screen

In this section, we will look at the Shopping Cart screen.

Let’s take a closer look at this screen. Here’s a screen shot of the tool bar.

The table below identifies the buttons located on the Shopping Cart screen from left to right and

describes each button.

Button Function

Save Saves the design

Save As Gives the ability to save the design to a new design and attach a customer

Send to Special Services Transmits the design/order to the Special Services system

Close Closes out the entire order

Print Prints the current order

New Unit Takes you back to the item Configuration screen to add another unit

Help Brings up the help menu


Chapter Summary

In this chapter, you learned

The different stages of a design

What MyCD is used for

How to log in and out of MyCD

The names and functions of the buttons on the main menu

The names and functions of the buttons on the Shopping Cart screen

Now that you have basic knowledge of MyCD and the basic buttons, we’ll create a new unit.

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Chapter 2- Creating a New Order

Introduction

Now that you have the knowledge of the basic buttons and how to log into MyCD, we’ll begin to create

an order. As mentioned earlier, an order is the same as a design, and the design contains one or more

units.


Create a new unit

Save a unit and design

Submit a design to the Special Services System

Print the design


Creating a New Unit and Design

Let’s review steps 3-5 in the design process: opening a new design, creating a new unit, and saving the

unit. You may want to refer back to the graphic of design in chapter 1. To review the process, see “The

Design Process Diagram” on page 4.

When creating a new unit, there are three basic steps you should follow after you have qualified the

customer, gathered the needed information and logged in:

1. Create a new unit in MyCD

2. Answer the questions in MyCD

3. Save the unit in MyCD. When you save a unit, you are saving the attributes of the line item.

The system automatically answers questions that have one option available. For example, if a

door is available in multiple widths and only available in 80’ height, you can select the width

and the height will automatically appear.

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Creating a Door

Step 1: Select the product category that the customer wishes to get a design on.

You can choose from Patio Doors, Windows, Entry Doors, Interior Doors, Storm Doors and Skylights. For

this purpose we will choose the Entry Door option.

Step 2: Choose the Entry Door vendor


For steel doors choose Jeld-Wen, or Masonite.

For fiberglass doors choose Masonite, Jeld-Wen, Feather River, or Ashworth

For solid wood doors choose Main Door or Steves and Sons.

Step 3: Pick Product category from Entry Door types

You can see the options for all entry doors on the left side of the screen shot. Go over options with

customer to build a complete unit to satisfaction.

General Door information:

A front door is generally 36”x80”, a back/side door is generally 32”x80”

Rough Opening is the opening size of the hole the door fits in

Slab is just the door

Pre-Hung is Door with a frame

Doors come in Wood, Steel or Fiberglass materials

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Creating a Window

Step 1: Select the product category that the customer wishes to get a design on.

Step 2: Choose the Window Vendor

For vinyl windows choose Andersen, Jeld-Wen, or American Craftsman.

For wood windows choose Jeld-Wen or Andersen.

Step 3: Pick Product category from Window types


You can see the options for all windows on the left side of the screen shot. Go over options with

customer to build a complete unit to satisfaction.

General Window Information:

New construction windows are used for new construction purposes and have a nailing fin attached

Replacement windows are used for replacement purposes and have a block frame

LOW-E and Argon are films and inert gases that help with the energy ratings of the window such as

saving on heating costs in the winter and cooling costs in the summer

Mulling is the process of attaching windows together

U-Factor (UF) measures how well a window stops heat

Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) measures how well glazing blocks the sun’s heat

Visible Transmittance (VT) tells how much light passes through

All windows come double paned, two pieces of glass with space in between

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Saving or Submitting a Design

Now that the unit is saved, let’s look at the next step. The next step in the process is saving the design or

submitting the design to the Special Services System. Again, you can refer back to the graphic of the

design process in chapter 1, “The Design Process Diagram” on page 4, to see where you are in the

process.

When you save the design, you are saving the order and one or more units, and you are attaching a

customer to the order. The design is stored in MyCD.

Here are a few guidelines and key points to remember when you save a design.

The design is saved after all the units are saved.

The design remains in MyCD for 180 days.

You can save the design with an incomplete unit, but the unit appears in red on the Shopping Cart

screen.

You must enter a description title.

You can print the design after it has been submitted to Special Services.

When the customer wants to complete the purchase today, submit the design to the Special Services

System so you can print the customer contract. When you submit the design to the Special Services

System, it is automatically saved.

Here are a few guidelines and key points to remember when you submit a design.

After the design has been submitted, an order number is assigned to the design.

A design will not submit to the Special Services system if all product questions have not been

answered.

A design will not submit if a SKU has not been assigned to the unit.


Printing a Design

The last step that we will cover in the design process is printing. For more details, refer back to the

graphic in chapter 1, “The Design Process Diagram” on page 4.

Printing the design is quick and easy. Once the design is submitted to Special Services, you can click print

button and the design prints. After the design prints, review the document with the customer.

You can only use the print function after you have saved or submitted the design.

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Chapter Summary

As you can see, the order process builds. It’s important that you understand how to open, create, save

or submit, and print a design.

In this chapter you learned to save a unit, save a design, submit a design to the Special Services System,

and print the design.

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Chapter 3- Editing an Existing Order

Introduction

In this chapter, you will focus on editing designs. There are several editing options available before the

order is saved and after the order is saved.


Identify the available editing buttons such as undo, redo, etc

Open an existing unit or design

Save an existing design

Copy a saved unit or design

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Edit Functions

The customer may decide to make changes after you have entered the order. What do you do? You may

make a mistake while entering an order. How do you correct it? This section focuses on the edit

functions.

There are several editing buttons available while you are creating a unit and after the unit has been

saved.

Item Configuration Edit Buttons—These buttons are located on the screen that you use to create a unit.

Icon Description

Save Saves the unit

Cancel Cancels the current unit and brings you to the shopping cart screen

Next Unit Saves the current completed unit to the shopping cart screen and starts a new unit

Clear Unit Clears all entries on the current init and starts a new unit

Prefs Preferences button allows you to set up default answers for certain brands of products

Configure Sets up mulling options when you are working with windows or doors that will be joined

Undo Reverses the previous action

Redo Recreates the previous action that was undone


Changing an Existing Design

Now that we have reviewed the available edit buttons and functions, let’s look at the guidelines.

Here are a few guidelines you should consider while editing a unit or design.

If the design has been submitted

o Use the save as function on the edited design if the customer wants to save the original

design and the edited design

o Changes made to the submitted design are NOT reflected in the Special Services System.

Resubmit the design.

If the design has not been submitted, you can freely make changes

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Copying a Saved Unit

You may have noticed there are a lot of questions you answer while creating a unit. Some units have

over 30 questions. A fast and efficient way to save time while creating similar units is using the copy

function.

The copy function lets you copy a unit and make changes to the copy. Here’s an example: if a customer

is purchasing multiple windows from the same vendor yet the sizes are different, you can create the first

unit, and then use it as a template. You can copy that unit, open the copied unit, edit the sizes, and go to

the next unit.

When you copy a saved unit, there are four basic steps you should follow from the Shopping Cart

screen:

1. Copy the unit

2. Enter the location for the copied unit

3. Make changes to the copied unit

4. Save the copied unit


Using Search and Replace

The Search and Replace function is a great time saving feature. It works really well when you get

through and realize that you have made a mistake on the order that needs to be changed. Many times,

customers will change their mind about a feature and you will need to go back and make a change.

You can use the search and replace function when all of the following criteria are met.

You have entered multiple items in an order

All of the items that need the change are from the same manufacturer

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Chapter Summary

As you can see, the editing functions provide the flexibility and ease of use. There are several ways you

can change an order before and after it has been saved.

In this chapter you learned to

Identify the available editing buttons such as Undo, Redo, Copy a Unit, etc

Open an existing unit or design

Make changes to an existing unit or design

Save an existing design

Copy a saved unit or design

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Index

Create, 12, 13 Help, 7, 8, 9 main menu, 3, 7, 10 Millwork Quoting System, 3, 6 MyCD, 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 20 New construction windows, 19 New Design, 7, 8 Open Design, 7, 8 Print, 6, 9, 12 Replacement windows, 19

Save, 6, 9, 12, 13, 24, 25, 27, 29 save a unit, 13, 22 Shopping Cart screen, 3, 8, 9, 10, 20, 27 Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, 19 special order, 4, 6 Special Services, 6, 9, 12, 20, 21, 22, 26 Submit, 6, 12 U-Factor, 19 Visible Transmittance, 19

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