Sales Order - Acatech · powerful, fully integrated Sales Order Entry system. Whether you support Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Consumer (B2C), or both, imagine your customer

Increase Customer Service and Productivity with apowerful, fully integrated Sales Order Entry system.

Whether you support Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Consumer (B2C),or both, imagine your customer service representatives being able to easily viewaccurate, real-time product availability when taking a customer order. Or betteryet - since it’s a web-based system - allow your customers to shop and enter theirown orders into the system via a web browser from a workstation locatedanywhere in the world – with no special software installed on the machine.

Andaris™ Sales Order is part of our integrated web-based application suite. It isa powerful tool that enables you to effectively track your orders through everysingle processing stage, from initial data entry through final shipping. A moreefficient Sales Order process allows you to better serve your customers, andgives you an edge over your competition. Andaris™ Sales Order is real-time –so your staff can allocate and de-allocate inventory to orders throughout theday based on customer priorities, realtime warehouse inventory status andproduction.

SimplicityAndaris™ Sales Order is designed with the backing of twenty years ofexperience in working closely with users from various industries andbackgrounds. Your customer service team will gain access to information that isvital to their job performance, and your end-use customers. You can access on-line information such as inventory availability, pricing, customer sales history -without having to leave your order entry screen.

IntegrationAndaris™ Sales Order can be implemented with Andaris™ Work Order iffulfillment is a major part of your operation. It will enable the automatictriggering of production order based on sales order demand. Andaris™ SalesOrder can be operated in conjunction with other modules within the Andaris™

application or be interfaced with any of your existing host applications tofurther streamline your data flow and business logic. Our integrated solutionwill help your organization achieve true business process integration acrossthird-party and legacy systems.

CustomizationAcatech realizes that your organization may have processes designed andimplemented uniquely to your business environment; hence, our Andaris™

application suite can be tailored to meet your specific needs, down to thesmallest detail.

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Sales Order Some Main Features:

• Supports Business-to-Business and Business-to-Consumer models

• On-line visibility of available inventory from data entry screen

• Real-time inventory allocation and reservation

• Promise date on line item level

• Unlimited order notes and instructions

• Multiple order unit of measure

• On-line visibility of current order status

• Multiple ship-to addresses linked to one order

• User-defined invoice and sales order document

• Powerful reporting tool

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Streamline your end-to-end warehouse operation, reduce costs,respond to customers demands with real time and accurateinformation which will enable your company to stay ahead of thecompetition.

In the dynamic business world today, your speed of delivery, both products andinformation to your customers is becoming a business rule rather than anoption. It is a continual challenge to meet the ever-increasing customerdemands for real-time response, at the same time keeping your operation leanand efficient. Andaris™ Warehouse RF is a warehouse management solutionwhich incorporates state-of-the-art Radio Frequency data collectiontechnologies and smart business logic to handle every possible transaction /activity that takes place in your warehouse environment, from receiving, put-away, replenishment, cycle counting, inventory consolidation, picking andshipping of orders, all real-time with an absolute high level of accuracy.

Whether you operate a simple or complex warehouse operation, Andaris™

Warehouse RF can be scaled accordingly to meet your requirements. This out-of-the-box solution can be implemented and deployed in a very short time,which means your returns on your investment can be realized much sooner.

SimplicityAndaris™ Warehouse RF is designed with warehouse users in mind. Withstraightforward, step-by-step instruction, and real-time error-checkingincorporated in every transaction, your warehouse staff will be empowered todo their jobs more effectively. To top it all off, training is minimal.

IntegrationAndaris™ Warehouse RF can be integrated with the material handlingequipment such as conveyor, carousel, pick to light, label applicator, as well asshipping manifest systems. Acatech can be your single source to a fullyautomated warehouse operation. Andaris™ Warehouse RF can be operated inconjunction with other modules within the Andaris™ application suit or beinterfaced with any of your existing host applications to further streamline yourdata flow and business logic. Our integrated solution will help yourorganization achieve true business process integration across third-party andlegacy systems.



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Warehouse RFWarehouse RFSome Main Features:

• Radio Frequency, transaction-directed

• Real-time validation and system updates

• Complete audit trail

• Directed put-away based on user-defined business rules

• Paper / label-based or paperless picking

• Combined pick and pack operation

• Built-in cycle count program, by item, location, frequency

• Powerful reporting tool to create scheduled or on-demand reports

• Automatic generation of invoice, packing slip, and shipping manifest

• Automatic replenishment from receiving dock or bulk storage

Well managed inventory results in better cost control, greaterinventory turns, and assured on-time delivery to customers –all of which will greatly affect your bottom line.

Whether you operate a private or third-party warehouse / distribution facility,handling B2B (Business to Business) or B2C (Business to Consumer), yourcompany maintains and manages millions of dollars in inventory on an on-going basis. It is safe to assume that protecting this investment is your toppriority. Knowing what, where and how many of your stock on-hand is the corecompetency of your business. Your inventory accuracy depends on how easilyand timely you process your transactions within your four-walls. Andaris™

Inventory is a robust, scalable inventory management solution that enables youto control every facet of your inventory from receiving to shipping andeverything in between.

In whatever shapes or units of measure your inventory comes in, Andaris™

Inventory will effectively track every single unit either by SKU number, lot orserial number, license number or any of these combinations. With detailed,comprehensive inventory data, you will be able to query usage trends andanalysis, receiving activity, average cost, demands, min/max inventory levels,all of which will enable you to obtain your inventory in-time, on-time.

SimplicityAndaris™ Inventory has been implemented and installed in numerouswarehouses, distribution and third-party logistics facilities, all of which handle awide variety of products. We know what it takes to manage and controlinventory effectively. With minimal keystrokes, you will be able to update andaccess viable inventory information, necessary to making your businessdecisions.

IntegrationAndaris™ Inventory can be implemented with Andaris™ Warehouse RF tobenefit the real-time validation, update and queries from a fully automatedwarehouse. Andaris™ Warehouse RF can be operated in conjunction with othermodules within the Andaris™ application or be interfaced with any of yourexisting host applications to further streamline your data flow and businesslogic. Our integrated solution will help your organization achieve true businessprocess integration across third-party and legacy systems.



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InventoryInventorySome Main Features:

• Supports single or multiple warehouse / distribution sites

• Detailed audit trail, logged by transaction, operator Id, date and time stamp

• Systematic adjustment of min/max and re-order points based on demandsand user-defined time buckets

• Inventory cost vs. sell calculation

• Inventory segregated by clients, commodities, zones, ABC category,and others

• Online QC (quality control) disposition

• Supports fixed and floating inventory locations

• Inventory adjustments based on reason codes

• Powerful query functions to view inventory data.

• MTD/YTD usage analysis

Purchase OrderPurchase OrderJust-in-time, on-time creation and management of your purchaserequisitions are the key factors to reducing your safety stock,backorders, and gaining complete control of your entire supply chain.

What to order, when to order and who to place the order with, are some of theconsiderations your purchasing staff have to decipher on a daily basis. In orderto efficiently do their jobs, they need more than just a user-friendly data inputscreen. They need a tool that will assist them in evaluating everything fromdemand, cost, lead time, vendor rating, etc., so their final order placement isexecuted with precision. Andaris™ Purchase Order takes the guess work out ofstock ordering / re-ordering.

Streamlined stock-ordering process in your distribution facility is a vital link inyour supply chain. If your company provides third-party logistics service, it is thebest possible tool that you can provide your clients, one that enables them tooperate in a proactive versus reactive mode when it comes to managing theirinventory flow. Andaris™ Purchase Order is scaleable and configurable based onyour specific business rules. User-definable parameters such as cost and leadtime, minimum order quantity requirement by item and vendor, tracking oftimely or untimely deliveries, will instruct the system to create a purchase orderplacement recommendation, ranked by most to least favorable. Armed with allcritical data, your purchasing agent will command orders at least cost withfastest delivery time.

SimplicityAndaris™ Purchase Order is designed with the ‘keep it simple’ approach. Orderscan be created and tracked by status, from requisitioning stage to purchaseapproval and the final cut of the order to the vendor. Andaris™ Purchase Orderoperates in a web-based environment, which means orders can automatically beconfirmed to the requestor, and vendor via email, or simply by auto-facsimile.

IntegrationAndaris™ Purchase Order can be operated in conjunction with other moduleswithin the Andaris™ application or be interfaced with any of your existing hostapplications to further streamline your data flow and business logic. Ourintegrated solution will help your organization achieve true business processintegration across third-party and legacy systems.




Purchase OrderPurchase OrderPurchase Order Some Main Features

• Comprehensive vendor tables consist of discount levels, minimum orderquantities, lead time, all definable on an item level

• Support multiple business models – distribution, manufacturingand third-party logistics

• Maintain every order by status from requisition to receiving and everythingin between

• On-line, real time order approval

• Powerful, easy to read, adhoc reporting tool

• Assign purchasing function to each staff member by client, by inventorycommodity

• Automatic calculation of system average cost upon the receivingof the stock item

• Automatic purchase requisition creation based on demand report

Managing returns is probably one of the most time consuming andcostly processes within your organization. Hence, it is important toimplement a streamlined methodology for handling of productreturns, so more money is not lost in the process.

Generally, Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) is not considered as one ofthe main modules within a business system. The percentage of returns comparingto the shipment volume may vary from industry to industry and product toproduct. Whatever it may be, efficient handling of customer returns is an equallyimportant factor in the overall customer satisfaction as on-time order processing.

Andaris™ Returns Manager enables your organization to effectively create, logand manage customer returns, from the time the request is made to the actualproduct receiving, inspecting and final disposition. This means shorter cycle toget the products back into your good inventory shelves, the money-making partof your business process, more expeditious trigger for return to vendor oremployee sales, the money-recuperating part of your business process. Andaris™

Returns Manager tracks reasons for every single return, by product andcommodity, by customer, by region and more. This type of data enables you toanalyze the ‘why’, ‘what’, and ‘how’ of the products being returned so thatbusiness decisions could be made to reduce future losses of revenues.

SimplicityShould you receive products back from customers without a prior approval? Not ifyou implement Andaris™ Returns Manager, and why should you if it is sostraightforward to create an RMA record and verify the receipt of these productswhen they arrive at your dock. Historical shipping data is automatically retrievedby the system based on customer order number, customer name, invoice number,shipping date, or a combination of any of the above parameters in order to applyproper credits to your customer account. Final approval of each return may besent and updated electronically, only by authorized personnel. Paperless returnprocessing, now that’s cutting down your losses.

IntegrationAndaris™ Returns Manager can be operated in conjunction with other moduleswithin the Andaris™ application suite or be interfaced with any of your existinghost applications to further streamline your data flow and business logic. Ourintegrated solution will help your organization achieve true business processintegration across third-party and legacy systems.



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Returns Manager Some Main Features:

• On-line creation and management of RMA records

• Automatic retrieval of original shipping record based on customer name,product number, product description, customer order number, invoicenumber, shipping record, or a combination of any of these parameters

• On-line product quality control and disposition

• Proper credit application based on historical shipment data retrievaland validation

• Total visibility of all customer returns, by customer id, product, region, etc.

• Powerful reporting tool for analyzing returns by product, market segment, etc.

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If fulfillment or manufacturing is part of your operation, managingyour work order flow means responding to demands from otherdepartments within your organization with timeliness and precision,ultimately leading to on-time delivery of customer orders, every time.

In most cases, whether you are a distributor, wholesaler, manufacturer or third-party logistics provider, more often than not you deal with kitting, re-packing orfull-blown sub-assemblies. Production is a viable link to both client services andthe warehouse staff. If production status is not clearly visible or easily accessiblereal-time, the results will be: 1) Failure to plan the releases of customer orders; 2)The warehouse staff can not plan their work load throughout the day, resulting inbottlenecks and mis-shipments.

Andaris™ – Work Order encompasses both build-to-order and build-to-stockoperation. We call it the assembly of kits, utilizing collateral materials, consumergoods, electronic parts, or whatever inventory items that you may have. One ofthe key advantages of Andaris™ – Work Order is the way the production order isprocessed in real-time mode, from component inventory allocation to reportingof finished goods, and automatic back flush of raw material usages. In addition,work order activity is tracked in details, both time and cost-wise, providingaccurate information for production lead time estimation and job costing.Andaris™ – Work Order is scaleable and configurable to meet the complexity ofyour fulfillment or manufacturing practices.

SimplicityProduction reporting is no longer a time-consuming, time-delayed task withAndaris™ – Work Order. From automatic retrieval of single or multi-level Bills ofMaterials based on kit number, to systematic back flush of component usages,and directed put-away of finished products, your production orders willflawlessly flow through every stage of production process without much humaninterventions. Real time queries into current production order status will be donewith a few simple keystrokes.

IntegrationAndaris™ Work Order can be operated in conjunction with other modules withinthe Andaris™ application suite or be interfaced with any of your existing hostapplications to further streamline your data flow and business logic. Ourintegrated solution will help your organization achieve true business processintegration across third-party and legacy systems.



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Work Order Some Main Features:

• Supports single and multi-level Bills of Materials

• Detailed work order tracking by status

• Automatic generation of work orders based on sales orderdemands and inventory levels

• Simple production reporting tool

• Accurate job cost calculation based on materials and labor

• Powerful ad-hoc reporting capability

• Management of outside vendor processing

• Real time visibility into production activities and work order states

• Kit un-building

• Automatic backflush of component usage based on reportedproduction quantity

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Andaris™, from Acatech Solutions, is a fully web-basedLogistics Management application suite that providessuperior real-time visibility and control across the entire“Order-to-Ship” (O2S) business process.

Our integrated solution enables public andprivate warehousing operations to achieve totalvisibility into their extended supply chain – fromcustomer orders and demand aggregation, tovendor component purchase and fulfillment,through warehouse picking, production,packing, and shipping.

Because Andaris™ is a fully web-basedapplication, companies may increasinglyleverage the advantages of placing their businessapplications and processes on the internet. Thisallows for efficiencies both within an enterprise,and also by extending features and activities toexternal trading partners. For example, yourcustomers may simply log into the Andaris™

Order-to-Ship (O2S)Application Suite

application through their internet browser toplace Sales Orders and check on the shippingstatus for particular items. Vendors locatedanywhere in the world may access theirPurchase Orders in the system via an internetbrowser - at no charge to them - to provide ASNinformation, as well as print relevant bar codeinformation to ship with an order.

Andaris™ is designed as a modular applicationsuite that can be deployed in its entirety, orimplemented in a modular fashion that is tailoredto your business needs. In addition, it’s open APIlayer and common industry standards-basedarchitecture make Andaris™ easy to integrate withexisting third-party host applications.

Software Components: Hardware Specifications: (Recommended) Client • Internet Explorer 5.0+ (Recommended) • Any Web/ Application Server • Windows 2000 Operating System (Recommended) • Pentium III, 1.4GH, Expandable to 2 CPUs

• Enterprise Application (EA) Server • 2GB RAM, Expandable to 4GB• Andaris™ Application (Java Server Pages) • 18GB Hard disk• JDBC/ODBC • RAID 5, Hot Swap, Redundant Power Supply

Database Server • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Recommended) • Pentium III, 1.4GH, Expandable to 2 CPUs• Oracle • 2GB RAM, Expandable to 4GB

• 18+GB Hard disk• RAID 5, Hot Swap, Redundant Power Supply

Radio Frequency (RF) Server • Andaris™ Bar Code Collection Module • Pentium III, 1GH, 512MB RAM, 2GB Hard disk• Wavelink Communication Software • RAID 5, Hot Swap, Redundant Power Supply

RF Access Point • 802.11B Protocol • Symbol RF Handheld Device • Wavelink Communication Software • Symbol Scanner

• 640KB RAM, 1.2M NVM

Other:

• Printers: Bar Code, Laser

• Media: Bar Code Labels, Thermal Transfer Ribbons, Pre-printed Labels


Technical ArchitectureThe Andaris™ technical architecture is based on commonindustry software components, hardware specifications,and communication standards.

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Sales Order - Acatech · powerful, fully integrated Sales Order Entry system. Whether you support Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Consumer (B2C), or both, imagine your customer