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Detailed Fact Sheet

 

General Features

  • Multi-company

  • Multi-user

  • Multi-warehouse and Location

  • Open multiple windows and create records on the fly

  • Automatic transactions numbering

  • Customizable forms

  • Forms and built-in reports can be previewed on screen prior to printing

  • Function keys for actions such as create new, delete, save, lookup etc

  • Ability to hold transactions for exclusion from further processing and posting

  • Create transactions by copying contents from another transaction of the same type or from the same module and even from other modules

  • Tracks projects in all transactions

  • Long item remarks and transaction footer remarks

  • Transaction journals available for all transactions

  • Can be linked to e-Solution Accounting or Financial for data exchange and export of transactions

  • Changeable wall paper

  • Ability to import data transactions from external sources


 

Key Features


Multi-Currency

  • Supports unlimited foreign currencies

  • Flexible exchange rate settings

  • Keeps exchange rate history

  • Transactions can be entered in different currencies

  • Unit cost of stock items purchase in foreign currencies are record in base currency equivalent

  • Transaction amount converted to base currency equivalent for accounting purpose

Tax Analysis

  • User definable tax rates

  • Automatically captures input and output taxes in transactions.
    Adjust tax amount at transaction line level as well as at total tax level

  • Tax rate and amount reflected on printed forms

  • Easy implementation of rate change

Transaction Confirmation and Audit

  • Optional features applicable to sales, purchase and inventory transactions

  • Confirmation controls if the transaction can be further processed

  • Audit approval acts as control points for printing, conversion, confirmation and posting transaction

  • Option to allow or disallow changes to transaction after auditing.

  • Option to require or not require re-audit if transaction has been edited

  • Define different confirmation and audit requirements for each transaction type.

  • Set audit permission for each user

Customer, Vendor, Product and Address Profile

  • Created unlimited profile types and profile items

  • Search record and generate reports using profiles

  • Create customized analysis reports using profiles

Price Management

  • Supports unlimited price lists

  • Supports various ways of deriving product selling price such as markup, discount, etc

  • Allows minor changes of price list to be made and effected immediately

  • Major changes can be updated with ease

  • Changes made can be view before proceeding to implement

  • Allows major changes to be prepared and kept in system and implemented on the targeted date

Built-in Reports and Queries with Filtering and Drill Down

  • Extensive range of reports covering every module

  • Generate reports and queries using basic and advanced filtering options

  • Drill-down available in certain queries.

  • Transaction can be edited during drill-down

Built-in Report writer

  • Spreadsheet interface, easy to use

  • Create reports based on sales, purchase, consignment and inventory transactions, stock status reports as well as master record listings

  • Support common spreadsheet formulae

  • Reports generated can be saved in popular spreadsheet format

  • Cross-tab report design available

  • Stores 99 different versions per report type

  • Copy one version to another

  • Print or view on screen

  • User access control for every report

Form Printing in Batch

  • Select a batch of forms base on criteria such as transaction location, number, date, document number, date as well as customer/vendor code

  • Option to print unprinted forms or reprint forms

  • Option to include/exclude components, serial/batch numbers and long remarks in printouts.

  • Forms can be printed using alternative layouts when using this feature

Bilingual Toggle

  • Comes with English and another language (e.g. Chinese)

  • Two languages in a single program

  • Switch between languages at the click of a button

  • Important description fields stored in two language

  • Allows users with different language background to work on the same set of data with the same program

Security

  • Security set at menu level as well as transaction screen level

  • Security rights include full control, read only and no access

  • Security can be set by a group of users at a time

  • Transaction and record related permissions can be granted to individual users

  • New user inherits group security

  • Detailed access and overriding log kept for all user access sessions

  • User id and password required to log in

  • Access rights control for changing of passwords by users

  • Built-in backup and restore utility with Winzip compatible format (applicable to Pervasive SQL database)


 

Available Modules


Sales Module

Transactions

  • Includes quotation, sales order, delivery order, sales invoice and sales return transactions

  • Transactions capture transaction number, transaction date, document number, document date, transaction location, warehouse and originating location

  • Bill and record returns for normal items, consigned items, concessionaires, kits, assembled items, services and additional charges

  • Enter messages in between item lines

  • Flexible delivery and invoicing sequence

  • Option for automatic invoice generation

  • Batch conversion of sales orders into delivery orders and sales invoices

  • Allows partial delivery and invoicing

  • Allows many-to-one conversion – multiple sales orders to one invoice or delivery order, multiple delivery orders to one invoice and multiple invoices to one delivery order

  • All transactions shows the transaction numbers to which they are converted

  • Sales order shows quantity delivered and billed for each item

  • Delivery order shows quantity billed and source transaction number for each item

  • Record items returned before invoicing in DO returns and offset them with the original DO during invoicing.

  • Sales invoice shows quantity delivered and source transaction number for each item

  • Set maximum amount allowed in a single sales order

  • Enter items returned/rejected in DO

  • Requested delivery date and time for each item shown in transaction and printed on forms

  • Sales returns can be created by referencing the sales invoices

  • Captures reasons for sales returns

  • Allows option to enter item cost taken into inventory in sales return transaction.

  • View Availability of stock items during transaction entry

  • View and change kit components during transaction entry

  • View price history during transaction entry

  • Support multiple price lists, promotions and quantity discounts

  • Enter discount at item level and at transaction level, as a percentage or dollar amount

  • Option to absorb GST/VAT as well as enter desired net due amount for program to apply the appropriate discount

  • Create regular orders as templates from which new sales orders can be quickly created

  • Transaction window shows total sales, total discount, GST, amount received and net due amount

  • Up to two deposits can be collected on different dates using different payment methods in sales order

  • Keeps track of unused deposit amount in sales orders that are partially delivered/invoiced

  • Full or partial payment can be recording when invoicing

  • Separate, selectable and editable billing and shipping address

  • Salesperson and deliveryman codes can be included in transaction

  • Entry of packing information for each item

  • Enter items using multiple units of measure

  • Classify transactions into user-defined sales types

  • Free-gift and non-sale options available to indicate special deals that should be excluded from sales history

  • Item serial/batch number supported in all transactions

Customer Master

  • Supports customer code of up to 10 character space

  • Allows suspension of credit sales or full suspension

  • Set default salesperson, price list, discount rate, currency, terms, control account, reminder message, sales type and tax type

  • Enter multiple addresses per customer with default salesperson and deliveryman per address

  • Enhanced credit limit check covering credit amount and overdue days, including grace period

  • Assign customer profiles

  • Long customer note

  • Keeps record of customer business registration id and tax id

  • Search based on customer code, name, salesperson and deliveryman

Purchase Module

Transactions

  • Includes purchase order, goods receive, purchase invoice and purchase return transactions

  • Transactions capture transaction number, transaction date, document number, document date, transaction location, warehouse and originating location

  • Purchase and return normal items, kits, assembled items, services and captures additional charges

  • Enter messages in between item lines

  • Flexible receiving and purchase invoicing recording sequence

  • Option for automatic invoice generation

  • Allows partial receiving and invoicing by vendor

  • Allows many-to-one conversion – multiple purchase orders to one goods receive or purchase invoice, multiple goods receives to one purchase invoice and multiple purchase invoices to one goods receive

  • All transactions shows the transaction numbers to which they are converted

  • Purchase order shows quantity received and quantity billed for each item

  • Goods receive shows quantity billed by vendor and source transaction number for each item

  • Goods receive generates delivery order for drop-shipment

  • Purchase invoice shows quantity received and source transaction number for each item

  • Requested delivery date for each item shown in purchase order

  • Option to record temporary cost during goods receiving based on purchase order

  • Enter discount at item level and at transaction level, as a percentage or dollar amount

  • Calculates landed cost by apportionment of up to 10 additional charges based on item cost or user-defined freight factor

  • Includes custom duty into landed cost

  • Option to absorb GST/VAT

  • Transaction window shows total purchase, total discount, duty, tax on duty, GST, total additional charges and total amount

  • Purchaser code included in transactions

  • Captures reasons for purchase returns

  • Enter items using multiple units of measure

  • View Availability of stock items during transaction entry

  • View and change kit components during transaction entry

  • Track estimated arrival date of stock item using built-in query

  • Uses vendor’s SKU number and description

  • Item serial/batch number supported in all transactions

Vendor Master

  • Supports vendor code of up to 10 character space

  • Set default purchaser, currency, terms, reminder message, control account and tax type

  • Enter multiple addresses per vendor with default purchaser per address

  • Assign vendor profiles

  • Keeps record of vendor business registration id and tax id

Consignment-in Module

Transactions

  • Includes consignment receive and return transactions

  • Transactions capture transaction number, transaction date, document number, document date, transaction location, warehouse and originating location

  • Receive and return consignment items

  • Enter messages in between item lines

  • Integrated with inventory module

  • Accrue cost of goods sold for consignment items sold

Product Assembly Module

Transactions

  • Includes assembly and disassembly transactions

  • Transactions capture transaction number, transaction date, document number, document date, transaction location, warehouse and originating location

  • Flexible product structure made up of inventory item, consignment item and services

  • Define wastage rate for each component in product structure

  • Components are automatically transferred to assembly location

  • Components, quantity required and wastage rate can be changed during transaction entry

  • Assembly status such as quantity completed and components consumed can be updated from time to time

  • Finished product automatically transferred to finished product location

  • Additional costs/overheads to be added to finished product can be added and removed during transaction entry

  • Cost of wastage can be included or excluded from product cost

  • Includes assembly query to check production possibility of multiple products simultaneously

  • Item serial/batch number for components and finished products supported

Inventory and Warehouse Management Module

Transactions

  • Includes opening inventory setup, physical inventory, stock in, stock out, stock revaluation and goods transfer

  • Transactions capture transaction number, transaction date, document number, document date, transaction location, warehouse and originating location

  • Manages inventory quantity and cost for normal item, kits, assembled items and consignment item

  • Enter messages in between item lines

  • Enter Goods Transfer Requisition

  • Transfer goods between locations with option to add cost incurred into unit cost

  • Transfer good from one bin to another

  • Dynamic physical inventory

  • Straightforward stock-in and stock-out transactions for inventory adjustment

  • Use Material Requisition and Manufacture Order to process manufacturing works that are contracted out

  • Allows stock revaluation / cost adjustment

  • Schedule daily delivery based on delivery orders or sales orders

  • Enter opening inventory for each location with total cost at location level and company level for error checking

  • Track batch number and expiry date for inventory item

  • View availability of stock items during transaction entry

  • View and change kit components during transaction entry

  • Enter items using multiple units of measure

Product Master

  • Supports item code of up to 25 character space

  • Entry of alias product code

  • Supports inventory items (normal, kit and assembled) as well as consignment items, concessionaire and service items

  • Define and assign items to items groups with various defaults settings

  • Define and assign profiles to each product and product group

  • Multiple units of measure with default selling, purchase and assemble measure for each item

  • Supports serial and batch number tracking items and tracks expiry date

  • Define superceding item

  • Keeps purchasing information such as vendor SKU, description, standard purchase price of various vendors per item

  • Define default sales, purchase tax and rate of custom duty

  • Stores item picture

  • Long item note

  • Define alternative and complementary products

  • Store shipping information such as place of origin, weight, volume, height, width, etc

  • Assign ABC class for analysis purposes

  • Keeps track of stock status such as on-hand, on order, received, available etc.

  • Shows balance at each location

  • Allows negative stock

  • Options to suspense purchase or fully suspend product as well as to require PO for purchasing

  • Define components for kits and assembled items

  • Define maximum quantity, minimum quantity, reorder quantity and reorder point.

  • Option to track item by bin number at each location

  • Includes stock validation utility that can be scheduled to run at specific timing