Company Management, Training Systems and System Tools

Inventory Management

  • Three Inventory Costing methods are supported (FIFI, LIFO, Weighted Average).
  • Supports multiple warehouse of either a permanent or mobile and on site vendor type.
  • Inventory can be managed by specific warehouse, all warehouses, all permanent warehouses or all mobile warehouses.
  • Manufacturer and Product UPC codes are supported.
  • Current inventory is searchable by manufacturer, product number, UPC code or description. Search can include items not in inventory for that warehouse.
  • Multiple Product types are supported: Inventory, Non-Inventory, Shipping, Service, Miscellaneous.
  • Inventory product types allow tracking of quantities and costs for products that be counted and measured.
  • Non-Inventory types support products that cannot be exactly counted or measured, but need a quantity that can indicate a refill or re-supply (such as kit charges or other consumables.
  • Other product types support items such as sub-contracted services or special surcharges to the customer.
  • Six pricing levels per product are supported with custom percentage or dollar amount markup based on either cost or retail price. Fixed product cost is also supported.
  • Pricing level can be specifically set for a Customer or Customer Site.
  • Expected quantity for stock items can be adjusted on the fly.
  • Inventory Transfer management allows warehouse/warehouse or warehouse/work order transfers of product inventory.
  • Transfers can be searched by manufacturer, product number or description.
  • All adjustments and transfers are fully tracked with time and user.
  • New inventory can be received from purchase orders in whole or in part.

Purchase Order Management

  • Multiple product types are supported: Inventory, Non-Inventory, Shipping, Service, Miscellaneous.
  • The price of a Shipping product type can be merged into other Non-Shipping products on a Purchase Order to document actual inventory product cost when received.
  • System supports creation of new products directly from Vendor products list.
  • Product management allows definition of vendors and vendor product numbers. Also shows historical purchase orders.
  • Products can have multiple vendors, each with their own product order number.
  • Ordered date, ordered by and due dates are tracked for each purchase order.
  • Purchase orders can be received in whole or in part. Detailed receipt history is kept, including product costs.
  • A purchase order can be linked or unlinked to a work order.
  • If a purchase order is linked to a work order, the system can receive items directly to the work order.
  • The system automatically places alerts in the top panel for purchase orders that are delinquent.
  • You can create new products on the fly when adding items to a purchase order.
  • Add items screen allows searching within the entire product list, including products not supplied by the vendor. Products can dynamically be added to the vendor list on the fly.

Reports

  • Stock Report - shows quantity and expected quantity for all products in a particular warehouse.
  • Costing Report - shows all costing layers for products of type "Inventory" in a particular warehouse.
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