1. Cleaner Master Data & Easier Navigation

Smarter Tree Views

1. Account, Department, and Warehouse trees now hide disabled records by default.
2. If you still want to see them, you can choose to show disabled entries.
3. 👉 Result: shorter trees, fewer mistakes, faster selection.

Smarter UOMs (Units of Measure)

1. UOMs now support Common Code, Symbol and Description.
2. UOM names are stored in English, but link fields show translated names.
3. 👉 Result: easier integration, better reports, and better experience for multi-language companies.

Small but Useful UI Touches

1. Item Name is shown next to Item Code in multiple dialogs (Work Order from Sales Order, Update Items dialog, etc.).
2. Items can now be saved without Description, and ERPNext will not force-copy the Item Name into Description.

2. Big Upgrade for Manufacturing & Subcontracting

Stock Reservation for Production & Work Orders

1. Production Plan can now reserve and release raw materials, so your material is locked for production.
2. Work Orders can reserve raw materials and even finished goods for a linked Sales Order.
3. “Unreserve Raw Materials” button lets you release reserved stock when needed.

👉 Result: no more “material vanished for another transaction” surprises.

New Planning Tools

1. New Master Production Schedule and Material Requirements Planning views:
2. See demand from Sales Orders vs available stock.
3. Get a clear view of upcoming production and purchase needs.

Subcontracting – Now a First-Class Citizen

ERPNext v16 puts a huge focus on subcontracting:

1. New Subcontracting workspace and Subcontracting section inside Manufacturing.
2. New documents:
3. Subcontracted Sales Order
4. Subcontracting Inward Order
5. You can:
6. Record customer-supplied raw materials
7. Reserve stock, start Work Orders
8. Track finished goods, returns, and invoices
9. Stock reservation also works for Subcontracting Order with “Send to Subcontractor” entries.
10. Landed Cost Voucher now links with Work Order and Subcontracting Receipt, so extra costs like freight go into finished item value.

👉 Result: much better control over subcontracting flows for manufacturing businesses.

3. Stronger POS & Sales Process

Smarter POS Item Selector

1. When Hide Images is enabled in POS, there’s a new list-style item selector.
2. Shows Item Name, Price, UOM, and Available Quantity.
3. 👉 Perfect for setups with long item names or thousands of SKUs.

Partial Payments in POS

1. New Allow Partial Payment setting in POS Profile.
2. POS Invoice can now:
3. Accept partial payment
4. Track outstanding amount correctly
5. Use “Collect Outstanding Amount” dialog later

Sales Invoice & UTM Tracking

1. New default print format for Sales Invoice:
2. Uses letterhead
3. Shows detailed tax breakdown
4. Hides logo when not available
5. Sales Invoice can now link to Project without auto-adding timesheets.
6. New UTM fields (Campaign, Source, Medium, Content) help you track marketing sources more precisely.

👉 Result: better billing experience at counter and more clarity for marketing + project billing.

4. Accounting & Finance – Huge Set of Improvements

Better Financial Reports

1. Trial Balance, Balance Sheet, P&L:
2. Export now includes separate columns for Account Name and Account Number.
3. New option to Show Group Accounts or hide them to see only leaf-level ledgers.
4. New Consolidated Trial Balance:
5. Shows balances for multiple companies in one report.
6. Handles different currencies and records foreign currency translation reserve differences.
7. New Financial Report Template framework:
8. Build your own P&L or Balance Sheet layout.
9. Control formulas and rows via Financial Report Row and Account Category.

Multi-Currency & Reporting Currency

1. New Reporting Currency at Company level.
2. GL Entries now store values also in reporting currency.
3. Last fiscal year data gets migrated when exchange rates are available.
4. 👉 Useful for groups that report in USD/EUR but operate in other currencies.

Periodic Inventory Support

1. New periodic accounting feature lets you book Stock In / Stock Out balances via Journal Entry.
2. 👉 Ideal for companies using periodic inventory instead of perpetual.

Receivables, Payables & Ledgers

1. Customer Ledger Summary gets:
2. A new Dr/Cr column for clear debit/credit indication.
3. Accounting dimension filters.
4. Same dimension filters also for Supplier Ledger Summary and other financial reports.
5. Accounts Receivable / Payable now support “In Party Currency” view.

Statement of Accounts & Process Improvements

1. Process Statement of Accounts can now:
2. Use custom print formats and custom HTML layouts
3. Show future payments if you configure it
4. “Use Sales Invoice in POS” option lets POS create Sales Invoices instead of POS Invoices for real-time accounting.

👉 Overall: ERPNext v16 becomes much more attractive for multi-company, multi-currency, and audit-heavy environments.

5. Company, Items & Inventory Enhancements

Company-Level Flexibility

1. Default manufacturing warehouses are now set per Company, not globally.
2. You can choose stock valuation method per Company (fallback to Stock Settings if not set).
3. New Service Expense Account, Purchase Expense Account, Purchase Expense Contra Account, and default COGS account per item, group, or brand.

Inventory & Costing Improvements

1. New Landed Cost Report for each Landed Cost Voucher and its linked purchase and vendor invoices.
2. Landed Cost Voucher can now be submitted even if total landed cost and vendor invoice cost differ.

Stock & Traceability

1. New "Serial No and Batch Traceability" report:
2. Find where a serial/batch came from
3. See where it was used or delivered
4. Stock Entry now has a Ledger Preview to show impact before submission.
5. Stock Reconciliation form shows Stock UOM as read-only so users know the base UOM.

6. HR, Projects & Holidays

1. Project Template now has a Disabled flag and can be renamed.
2. New Is Half Day option in Holiday List, clearly separating half-day and full-day holidays.
3. Timesheet Billing Summary replaces old Employee/Project Billing reports with one flexible report.

7. CRM, Marketing & Loyalty

1. CRM Activities panel now shows completed tasks and past events too, not only open items.
2. Loyalty Point Entry now has an “Discretionary Reason” field, and mandatory fields for program, customer, expiry date.

👉 Better tracking of customer interactions and promotions.

8. Globalisation & Languages

1. Persian added to the language list.
2. Setup Wizard records can now appear translated.
3. Field labels are translated with context, so the same label in different DocTypes can have better translations.
4. Multiple languages (French, Spanish, Arabic, German, etc.) have updated translations.
5. New country-specific charts of accounts:
6. Algerian CoA
7. French NPO CoA (2018-06)
8. Swiss VAT updated to the 2024 rates.

👉 ERPNext v16 continues to become more global and compliant.

9. Massive Performance Boosts

Many internal optimizations were added, including:

1. Cached budget checks, pricing rules, stock quantities, settings, and accounts.
2. Faster Saving and Submitting for:
3. Sales/Purchase Invoices
4. Delivery Notes
5. Stock Reconciliation
6. Journal Entries
7. GL and stock entries
8. Large reports like Stock Ageing and General Ledger now use less memory and load faster.
9. Background jobs and reposting jobs are better distributed to avoid heavy load at midnight/on the hour.

👉 For large databases and busy companies, this may be the most important part of v16.

10. Small But Nice Quality-of-Life Changes

1. List views now sort by creation time (newest first).
2. Sales transaction Title field removed; the Customer Name becomes the main title.
3. New .ABBR. placeholder in naming series to automatically insert company abbreviation in document names.
4. Address/Contact strict link check relaxed, so invoices don’t fail when the address is not formally attached.
5. Many small bug fixes around General Ledger, cash flow in consolidated financial statements, bank statement import jobs, etc.
6. New sharper ERPNext SVG logo and home icon.

Should You Upgrade to ERPNext v16 Beta 1 Now?

Because this is v16.0.0-beta.1, it is meant for:

1. Developers
2. ERP implementation partners
3. Tech-savvy companies who want to test early

Recommended approach:

1. Do not upgrade your live production site directly.
2. Create a test server / staging with a copy of your data.
3. Test:
4. Manufacturing and subcontracting flows
5. POS & partial payments
6. Financial reports, consolidations, and reporting currency
7. Report any bugs back to the ERPNext community so the stable v16 release becomes stronger.

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5. 📱 WhatsApp + Mobile App Integrations
6. 🌐 Cloud, On-Premise & High-Performance Server Setup
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