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It's about integration

ABS is a fully integrated product providing tools to run your entire business, from accounting all the way to warehouse management. The integration removes redundancies and brings your company together to complete its mission. In today's global economy where efficiencies make the difference between success and failure, a fully integrated product can make all the difference.

ABS Order Entry

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Major Functions of Order Entry include:

  • Creation and maintenance of master data base files for styles, customers, work in process, salesman commissions and various statistics.
  • Customer order entry featuring the ability to copy previous order or distribution bookings and credit checking.
  • Customer invoicing by order status, pick slips or direct billing.
  • Credit memos directly or against existing order.
  • Return authorization issuance.
  • Work-in-process for projected, planned, issued, cut, purchased and finished by quality.
  • Cut and sold inquiry and listing.
  • Customer and order inquiry listing.
  • Table driven system using various tables for external to program flexibility.
  • Automatic up-dating of commission data and accounts receivable data by invoicing and credit memos.
  • Discontinued style notices.
  • Various reports for management.
  • Factor approval/decline maintenance or order file.
  • Up to 24 sizes per style/color with pricing by size.

 

ABS Embellishment

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Major functions of the Embellishment Module include:

  • User-defined controls for multiple order types
  • Typesetting options to determine font and pitch
  • User defined add-on costs options for silk screening or embroidery including per letter and location charges.
  • Set-up charges Screen Print Options
  • Gender specific options
  • Database options for Team Mascots and Company Logos
  • On-line cost calculator for add-ons
  • Automatic Work Order creation for orders
  • Manages blanks in inventory to be pulled for decorating
  • Bill of Material Interface including wildcard options
  • Full costing capabilities
  • History files for re-orders


ABS Order Allocation

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Major Functions of the Order Allocation Module include:

  • Allocation by open order.
  • Coordinate allocation, both complete and partial
  • Selective holding or pushing of season, style, color, dimension, customers, orders from allocation.
  • Allocations parameter input and validation includes style reservation stock.
  • Bulk allocation style summary.
  • Bulk style pull sheet and warehouse pick ticket results.
  • Style file and order file updating with allocation and pick ticket results.
  • Allocation of open order in user specified allocation sequence.
  • Allocation against finished goods and/or finished goods and work in process.
  • Coordinate allocation, both complete and partial, variable during the season.
  • Percentage by customer order or minimum units requirements may vary by customer priority.
  • Pick ticket by warehouse locations with maximum picking speed.
  • Pick tickets are grouped by sold-to allow group shipments (with other goods).
  • Bulk pull sheet allows an inventory staging area for pick ticket processing.

 

ABS Fax & Email Integration

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ABS transparently integrates with Fax & Email software allowing you to communicate more effectively with your Customers and Vendors based on their preferences or yours. Customer/Vendor preferences can be defined at the form level. For instance a customer may want Invoices to go via Fax, Statements via Email and Credit Memos via traditional mail. All of which can be permanently stored in the customer master Faxing extends to the desktop allowing your users to fax any document they create on their PC. Email extends to any report you can generate in the ABS package can now be automatically sent to your email box instead of printing. Allowing you to search and select the information you wish to print. Or to further analyze the information in a desktop spreadsheet program such as excel.

Additional Fax/Email benefits:

Send/Receive fax documents in background Fax from any AS400 application, workstation or PC Application Spool files faxed manually or automatically Display, edit, route, print, or email* inbound faxes Time scheduled transmissions Broadcast faxing Automatic call consolidation Automatic retry on failed transmissions Fax History Log with cost accounting reports Include/Merge images with text Fax Queue for easy fax tracking and control Prioritization of fax jobs Fax security May even provide cost savings over mailing, average form transmission 1 minute (.10¢ vs .32¢ for stamp) (*Requires E-Mail integration)

 

ABS Forms Overlay integration

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ABS transparently integrates with Form overlay software giving you the ultimate in flexibility for form changes, printer support and allowing you to remove the burden and expense of preprinted forms.

AP Check Invoice
AR Letter Order Status
AR Statement Purchase Order Component
Bill of Lading Purchase Order Finished Goods
Charge Back Letter Pick Ticket
Credit Memo Return Authorization
Discontinued Style Notice