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Over the lockdown period we've been working on a new upgrade. This is recommended for all users. The 12.0032 upgrade is available here.

If your company pays for support from Herschel Systems, you've probably received an email saying we're not charging for support for the months of March and April 2020. We're now extending this free support period to include May and June 2020. If you have any problems with your Herschel software (whether you normally pay for [...]

23 Apr 20 Update - Just hit 5000+ downloads..... ---------------------------------------- 26 Feb 18 Update - Just hit 3000+ downloads..... ---------------------------------------- 01 Dec 17 Update - Just checked Freshdesk and discovered we have now had 2000+ downloads. Once again, thanks for trying Herschel. ---------------------------------------- 22 Aug 17 - A big "thank you" to everyone who's downloaded [...]

We've started work on a version of Herschel in the cloud. This will be hosted on Microsoft Azure, using their "Remote App" technology. Azure is the cloud behind (above?) companies such as eBay, Boeing, Samsung, GE and BMW. The Herschel software will look and operate as if you're running it on your PC - but [...]

This upgrade fixes a few bugs and adds some useful new functionality. One of the trickiest bits to get working was a facility in the Buy Module's Purchase Order Tool to import order lines from a CSV file.  The Store and Plan modules' re-ordering reports can now export to Excel. This means you can export [...]

Herschel has made it into Capterra's inventory management software top 20 for 2018. Here's the list: https://www.capterra.com/inventory-management-software/#infographic Pretty good for a freeware system!

We've been busy and a new update to Herschel is now available in our shop here. This version squishes yet more pesky bugs and adds a few tweaks.  Here’s the list: Numerous text errors tidied up. Extra access level 6 added to Sell module in user details tool. Customer details tool requires Sell level 6 [...]

Forget those sickly Christmas videos on TV. Instead vote for the cutest video of the year - "Hedgehog Close" by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. You can view it and vote at www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/vote-hedgehog-close-2018-charity-film-awards/ And, yes, those funky "hedgehog highway" signs would make great Christmas presents for anyone with a garden. You can order them (at a [...]

We've been contacted by the Bo Children's Hospital Foundation in Sydney, who hope to use Herschel to control the pharmacy in their hospital in Sierra Leone. They were pleased to learn the Herschel software was free, and we're going to give them free support as well. You can learn more about the charity here: http://www.bochildrenshospital.org.au/index.php [...]

A new update to Herschel is now available here. We're gradually working our way through the wishlist of items requested by you, our users.  If your suggestion isn't included, please be patient - we're working on 12.0028 at this very moment. Here’s the list of changes in 12.0027: Collection of Crystal Reports added to solutions [...]

My Ebay saved search sprung into life recently and alerted me to a listing for a Dowty related item (I was an engineering apprentice there in the distant past). I'm now the proud owner of a Dowty Mining Equipment Ltd paperwork celebrating the company receiving the Queen's Award for Exports, 1980 and 1981. For the [...]

A new update to Herschel is now available here. This version tidies up things for new users and fixes a few small errors. Here’s the list: Newsletter signup added to help and login. Reindex your datafiles option tidied up behind the scenes. A new installation now advises user how to alter their business information. Currency [...]

We'd like to thank all our customers for their business over the last 25 years. Back in 1992, after two years of development, version 1 of the "Herschel Manufacturing System" was ready.  We released it as "shareware", which meant people could try the software and then buy it if they liked it. We thought Herschel [...]

We've improved and streamlined our online shop and rationalised our product range. You can see it here. It's quick and easy to order our various support options and services. Support is now paid annually, to reduce paperwork and administration. All payments are now made using PayPal - although you don't need a PayPal account to [...]

A relatively exciting new update to Herschel is now available here. This version fixes several bugs and adds more functionality to smooth things along. Here’s the list: Various incorrect captions and text corrected. Link to example spreadsheet added to plan module's forecast tool import page. Example plan spreadsheet also added to version 12 install. Optimise [...]

As an experiment, we bought a (very) cheap Windows 10 tablet on Amazon to play with.  We loaded on Hershel and were surprised to find it ran perfectly. So we’re working on a tablet version of Herschel with bigger fonts and buttons. We’ll let you know when it’s ready. The picture shows a Herschel user [...]

We’d been putting off upgrading our PCs for over three years.  Moving everything to new hardware was just too much hassle.  I spoke to our local computer guru and he suggested replacing our hard disks with SSD drives. The new drives were fitted within a day and the results have been incredible.  One PC which [...]

After months of toil, our new Freshdesk support site is now fully working. If you’ve signed up for Herschel support, just send details of any problems to support@herschel.freshdesk.com – a ticket will be automatically raised, allowing you to track the progress of your query. There’s also a dedicated knowledgebase, packed full of implantation guides, detailed [...]

Well, Windows 10 is here and (to echo Peter Allgood’s glowing praise of Herschel) it’s “quite good”. The great news is Herschel works fine on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP.  All at the same time.  Without SQL server. And as Windows 10 is the last version Microsoft plan to release, Herschel will run on [...]

So we can give our customers the best possible support, we’re moving to the award winning Freshdesk support platform. Freshdesk is an incredible cloud based service, which means you’ll be able to access it from any of your devices. We’re also creating an advanced Freshdesk knowledgebase, which you can quickly search for instant answers.