Accolent ERP allows the use of Miscellaneous Products which can be modified on the fly to represent different products. Miscellaneous Products use the same Product Code and an editable Product Description for different products. Since a Miscellaneous Product can represent different products, its Average Cost is meaningless and there will be no meaningful history or […]
Category: Manage Products
Setting Up Product Barcodes
Accolent ERP allows for barcodes to be set up as product synonyms in several ways. Users can either (1) scan a manufacturer’s barcode into a product’s synonym field, (2) generate a custom barcode for a product using the selected barcode format and scan this into the product’s synonym field, (3) manually key in the multi-digit […]
Changing the Price on a PO Receipt
Accolent ERP allows POs to be received at a different price than that originally specified. If the price change is found before the PO is received, the PO can be unsubmitted and the price changed then the PO can be resubmitted and received at the changed price. Sometimes, however, the changed price is discovered after […]
Associating Products with Locations
Accolent ERP allows a product to be associated with one or more specific Locations. Based on the warehouse numbering plan first create Locations then, assign a product to its Locations. The Locations associated with that product will be shown on all pick tickets and PO put-away documents on which the product appears. Unless the product […]
Using HTS Import Duty with Landed Costs
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is based on the international Harmonized System, which is the global system of nomenclature applied to most world trade in goods. HTS sets out the tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise exported from or imported into the United States. HTS Schedule B Codes are 10-digit […]
Damaged Rental Product
Accolent ERP allows for a rental product that has a status of on hand to be marked as damaged. If the damage results from a rental, the rental order must first be invoiced to get the product back to a status of on hand, then the product can be recorded as damaged. The effect of […]
Adding New UOMs
Accolent ERP can accept any UOM (unit of measure). Every UOM that is used in the system has to be added once to the Dynamic Lookup screen. After it has been added to the Dynamic Lookup the system will recognize it as a valid UOM. Dynamic Lookup Go to Settings > Value Lists > Other […]
Accolent ERP Direct API Integration with Magento
Overview Accolent ERP is directly linked to a Magento ecommerce platform. Accolent ERP uses Magento Community Edition version 2.3.6 which is open source, so it is free (by comparison, for revenue < $1,000,000, the Magento Commerce version 2.0, owned by Adobe, costs $22,000+ per year plus $40,000+ for hosting by Adobe). The Magento ecommerce store […]
Vendor Price Updates
Accolent ERP provides the ability to update vendor prices and certain other fields using a standard import CSV template. Typically, vendors will provide spreadsheets of products and updated costs and prices. Copy the vendor-provided spreadsheet with updated prices into the Accolent ERP CSV template and import to update prices and costs in the system. Purpose […]
Importing/Maintaining Products
Accolent ERP allows distributors to import and/or maintain their products either from vendor’s websites or from various services that aggregate multiple vendors’ product information. For the food service and restaurant equipment industries, FEDA, AutoQuotes, among others maintain this kind of service. Similarly for the electrical, plumbing and other industries, Trade Services also aggregates vendor product […]