AddonSoftware for Distribution
Since 1981, AddonSoftware has developed practical, affordable, feature-rich,
and easy-to-use enterprise-wide software applications for businesses. The companies
who use AddonSoftware enjoy The Freedom to Grow™ because of its lean
efficiency, its scalability, and the experienced professionals who customize
and support it.
The
AddonSoftware Distribution System is for wholesale distributors of either
durable or nondurable goods with annual sales from about $3 million to $50
million. The system provides excellent functionality for the planning and
control of inventories, including replenishment features for providing high
customer service combined with strong inventory control. Features for management
of credit and accounts receivable helps prevent uncollectible sales and enable
efficient collection from your customers. The system provides for multiple
warehouses, with costs, prices, buying, replenishment, and history by warehouse.
It also includes complete lot/serial number tracking.
Sales Analysis reports may be output directly to spreadsheet – no need
to print them and re-enter the data into Microsoft Excel®. You may also
send reports, invoices, purchase orders, and other output via e-mail or fax,
or output in HTML or Adobe® PDF format at any time. AddonSoftware for Distributors
applications are feature-rich, mature, and proven. The system is comprised
of the following applications:
- Inventory Control
- Order/Invoice Processing
- Purchase Order Processing
- Sales Analysis
- General Accounting
Inventory Control
At the heart of any distribution system is inventory control. The key to success
for many distributors is the ability to control inventory while at the same
time maintaining a high level of customer service. That is the purpose of the
AddonSoftware Inventory Control application. It provides accurate, current
information to help you keep stock levels low enough to minimize costs, yet
high enough to achieve your customer service goal. When customers ask questions,
you’ll have immediate answers.
Inventory Control gives you real-time updating of inventory balances for up-to-the-moment
inventory availability, commitments, planned ship dates, and expected receipts.
Use SpeedSearch at any input field for instant response to customer
requests without interrupting your current task. You’ll reduce asset
investment and increase inventory turns. Safety stock, EOQ, and order points
can be automatically calculated for each inventory item. You have the information
you need to reduce stock levels and satisfy customers. Buy the right items
at the right time and reduce your investment.
You can increase inventory accuracy with regular cycle counting and complete
transaction auditing. You’ll be able to determine how to allocate resources
within your inventory with ABC analysis. Reduce stock-outs and lost sales with
the Inventory Reorder Report and Purchase Order Expediting Report; keep them
under control with Yesterday’s Zero Balance Report.
- Multiple warehouses
- Complete serial or lot number tracking
- Product pricing and costing at the warehouse level
- Automatic economic order quantity and order point calculation
- Replenishment by warehouse
- Maintain average cost, standard, most recent, FIFO, and LIFO, and for lots and serial numbers, actual cost
- Physical inventory cycle counting
- Detailed transaction history for analysis and reconciliation
Order/Invoice Processing
Increase sales and make it easier for your customers to order by using the
AddonSoftware Order/Invoice Processing application. You’ll have instant
access to all the information needed to place orders, making ordering fast,
simple and straightforward. It all adds up to satisfied customers and repeat
orders. You’ll be able to answer customer questions quickly with instant
information retrieval.
Questions about order status, special pricing, inventory availability, scheduled
PO receipts, sales, and payment history can be answered quickly. from any input
field on any screen using the SpeedSearch feature. Salespeople will
be more effective because they’ll have instant access to information
about sales, history of prior purchases, as well as alternate and superseded
inventory items. An effective credit management system can eliminate uncollectible
invoices before the products are shipped.
- Total information availability with quick and easy lookups
- Flexible pricing capabilities
- Convert quotes to orders with a few keystrokes
- Automatic inventory commitment and scheduling
- Multi-warehouse order picking
- Features for counter sales
- Delivery route processing
- Definable Sales Order Line Types
- Lot/serial number tracking
Purchase Order Processing
With the AddonSoftware Purchase Order Processing application, you can gain
complete control of your company’s purchasing function. From replenishment
analysis to printing, receiving, and payment, Purchase Order Processing is
a comprehensive system that helps you reduce costs and eliminate errors as
you improve customer service.
One of the main purposes of a distributor’s purchasing application is
to answer the question: "Computer, what do I need to purchase today?" Automatic
replenishment processing creates a "suggested buy" report that you
can use to determine what, when, and how much to buy to get the best purchase
price and to achieve your customer service targets. Track open purchase orders
and identify potentially late shipments before they actually become late, and
easily recall a history of purchase orders for any inventory item or for any
vendor.
For maximum efficiency, on a single PO you can enter multiple shipments of
the same item, using multiple required dates. And you can apply multiple PO
receipts against a single PO and a single invoice. Fill customer backorders
quickly and determine priorities with the Suggested Backorder Fill Report.
- Purchase requisition entry and tracking
- Detailed purchase order history
- Suggested backorder fill report for cross-docking
- Replenishment planning and automatic PO generation
- Lot/serial number tracking from PO receipt
- Multi-level vendor discount processing
- Purchase by net cost or discounted vendor list
- Compare against vendor minimums while ordering
- Direct ship to customers
Sales Analysis
The principal purpose of the AddonSoftware Sales Analysis application is to
enable you to readily determine your best and most profitable sales avenues
as well as those avenues that are not providing the return you need. The system
provides a complete, timely, and accurate sales history for an unlimited number
of years, reporting sales broken down in many different ways. And all Sales
Analysis reports may optionally be output directly into Microsoft Excel® for
more analysis, charting, emailing, or other collaborative use.
Rolling 12-month sales reports for customers and products help you pinpoint
sales trends for quick reaction to the demands of a changing market. Sales
dollars, units, and costs are stored for each period of the fiscal years you’ve
selected, and the gross profit margin is calculated on all sales analysis reports.
Sales Analysis reports are available by Customer, Customer Type, Customer Ship-To,
Territory, Product Type, Inventory Item, Salesperson, Vendor, General Ledger
Code, Warehouse, Standard Industry Code (SIC Code), Customers within a Territory,
Top Selling Items, Top Customers and in other ways. Most reports offer a 12-month
trending format in addition to the standard format, and you may also choose
units or dollars for most reports.
- Output reports directly to spreadsheets
- Inquire on-line and/or print a report
- Twelve-month trending reports
- Identify most profitable customers, areas, and products
- Output report to Print Preview for on-line analysis