aSa.Studio v26.1 is scheduled for release in Q1 2026

Development plans are subject to change: Anticipated features may be altered or moved to different versions.

General

  • Improved support for managing wire products. 
  • A new tool lets you make bulk edits to a group of business partners or jobs. 
  • Many aSa.Studio field labels and messages are now available in French. 
  • Where appropriate, alerts are filtered by location. Example: Users in Location B will most likely not want to receive Alerts if an order is made in Location A.
  • Import - Improved alternate product group validations for sub-products. 

APIs

  • A new API automatically creates products in aSa.Studio based on third-party triggers. 
  • API documentation now includes information about which fields are required. 

General Ledger

  • You can now create year-end journal entries. 

Invoice

  • Final Billing - New tools allow the user to easily adjust the pricing for a project's final lump sum invoice based on the project value, amount shipped to date, and related information.

Order Entry

  • A new option allows you to hide pricing on the Sales Order form.
  • Added new functionality to Pile Cage Designer; the tool now handles spacers, lifting hoops, and stiffener rings. 
  • You can now add pricing to detailed line items on the order report for quotes. 

Product

  • New functionality lets you estimate, price, and invoice kit components individually; you still have the ability to track assembly and loading for the produced kit item.  

Product Pricing

  • You can now make bulk updates to matrix pricing and price sheets by importing values from an Excel spreadsheet. 

Processing

  • Vary group tags now include the control code and bar mark. 
  • A new section on the Master Bundle Check List lists stock bundles. This allows regular master bundles and stock bundles to be checked off at loading or at the jobsite. 
  • You now have the option to print a Summary tag at the end of a series of Tags Only (non-computer shearing) tags. 
  • The system now supports wire drawing manufacturing: creating a "new" wire product from stock wire rod. Cold-drawing machines are supported as part of this enhancement.
  • A new visual legend lets you see more easily which are bars are stock (non-fabricated) on the Material screen. 

Project Pricing

  • You can now easily apply a price update to all open sales orders and invoices. 

Scheduling

  • Load Shipping Method now displays in the Scheduling grid. 
  • Job ID now displays on Load Calendar cards and in the associated control code grid.
  • You can now filter the Load Calendar based on "Today's Date." 
  • Progress by weight, loaded percentage, and fabricated percentage information now displays on the Daily Progress screen. 
  • Open a load on the Load tile by simply clicking the Load Number in the Scheduling grid. 
  • You can now filter the Load calendar by Job and Load. 
  • An option now lets you display Product or Control Code on Daily Progress screen information tiles. 
  • The program can now dynamically plan and distribute work across a given shop using factors such as cut times, bend times, capacities, and user preferences. View dynamic plans in Processing and Scheduling modules. 

Tracking

  • New Continuous Scanning mode: For double scan operations, you can set the system to automatically record a bundle as complete when you scan a tag for the next bundle. This new mode (available as an option) eliminates the “close bundle” scan for timed operations. 
  • Shipping Containers - The system now allows you to prepare material for placement in a shipping container until a later delivery time. 
  • Optimized tracking process for building master groups when master group tags are pre-printed. 
  • You can customize the sequence of Heat Inquiry report sections.