| Order Processing |
Interactively complete orders while on-line, electronically process them through EDI, use the internet with the SFT visual IMS application to allow your customers direct input and more. Generate Quotes the same way and let them be managed by the system, converting into orders when ready.
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| Wireless (RF) Processing |
This option is integrated into SFD to enhance complete your ability to manage the "total" distribution cycle. Recognition, receipt, and put-away of merchandise, accurate order picking and packing with acknowledgement, simple bin transfers, and physical inventory processing can be done without cumbersome "over-documentation". Quick stock checks and inventory location inquiries become second nature and provide confidence while providing the level of customer service you demand.
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| Inventory Management |
Control, with ease, one of your most important assets, your inventory. Stock is "location based" and uses multiple price and costing algorithms, fed by both vendor and warehouse replenishment processing. Insure accurate fulfillment and counts with periodic inventory checks driven from multiple collection sources.
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| Warehouse Management |
Total control of warehouse inventory can be managed interactively or through the use of hand-held, radio frequency (RF) devices. Track your inventory from receiving to shipping in a paperless environment or select only those documents you need. Decide how to handle order fulfillment by storing stock the way you want. Each item can have multiple locations and can be defined as fixed or floating (reserve stock) picking locations.
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| Purchase Order Management |
This fully integrated module handles your electronic and manual purchasing by using your vendor's item numbers and shipping documents to make the initial transaction and automated receiving of merchandise simple and accurate. Purchasing can be processed in vendor or domestic currency with inventory control maintained at the appropriate currency.
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| visual IMS |
For companies who wish to conduct business over the Internet, SFD offers a user-based, security protected "multi-tiered", web enabled module which:
- Let your selected employees access the SFD functions you define, extending their abilities and allowing them the capability to monitor their responsibilities from anywhere they can reach the "web".
- Allow your selected customers to access only their data to extend their ability to place new orders, get accurate quotes (based on their pricing algorithms), and even cyclically replenish their business without any unneeded contact with your staff.
- Give the "world" a secure opportunity to become a customer of yours by permitting them to search and retrieve information you want them to have in return for their identity and potential business.
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| Sales Reporting |
Sales reporting and queries can be transaction based as well as weekly, monthly, and fiscal / calendar based. You can mix and match as your business demands. All information is stored and accessible through industry standard database tools in addition to the library of "canned" outputs varied by user-formatted selections.
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| Financial Reporting |
With global supply an everyday option to today's distribution, the multi currency, multi company financial report and inquiry module is a must. It includes accounts payable, a journal collection system, and complete transaction database for P/L analysis. Receivables and payables are processed at the customer or vendor home currency and converted to the general ledger in domestic amounts. Revaluation of open transactions can occur at any time, so true cost and sales values are always known.
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| Credit Management / Accounts Receivable
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Insure the complete management of your largest asset, your cash flow. Interactive collection tools allow you and your staff to discuss and track notes and promises while talking with accounts. Follow up with collection letters and missed promise date reports to significantly reduce your average days to collect outstanding debts.
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| Service Order Processing |
For those distributors that perform service and maintenance on their products, this module will manage the return, control, and redistribution of the product back to your customers. Multiple service codes are maintained for analyzing and reporting of product warranties. A separate service parts inventory can be maintained and, if charges are due from the customer, the service order will be invoiced using the integrated invoicing system.
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| Work Order Processing / Assembly |
If you perform minor assembly as part of your services, this module will provide multi-level bills of material and work orders to take component parts and turn them into finished goods. Sales orders can be taken and handled at the component and / or finished good level with complete tracking of where used and how sub-assemblies are utilized.
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| EDI |
Integrated electronically with your suppliers and customers, EDI is handled effectively through this function. Transaction sets are provided and can be customized for specific partner requirements. Use of third party VAN's or the 'web' is allowed with full auditing to ensure the accuracy of data being transferred.
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