Accolent ERP supports MRO products which consist of items such as spare parts, replacement parts, consumables, and tools. MRO products are stocked just as are sale items, but are used for internal MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) purposes rather than held for sale. These MRO products can be given a separate product Class “m – […]
Category: Purchasing/Vendors
Using Accolent ERP Agentic AI
Accolent ERP has embedded AWS Quick (“Quick”), which is AWS’ Agentic AI offering. Quick is an AI solution that offers chat agents, workflows and dashboards and visualizations using LLMs (Large Language Models) running in AWS Bedrock and called from a customer workspace. The customer workspace can access various data sources, such as your Accolent ERP […]
Using Lot Costing
Accolent ERP uses Average Cost (or FIFO cost if selected) throughout the system for non-Lot-controlled Products. However, whether the system is set to use Average Cost or FIFO cost, Lot-controlled products will always use Lot Costing. In Lot Costing, the system records the specific Lot Cost for every Lot when it is received in, then […]
Using CSI Codes
Accolent ERP supports the use of the CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) Codes, that are the most widely used cost classification system used in the construction industry. For example, CSI Code 08 11 20 MAT refers to Aluminum Doors and Frames-Materials. In Accolent ERP, a Category 081120MAT for Aluminum Doors & Frames-Materials can be set up […]
Adding/Removing Products from BOMs
Accolent ERP has a complete Bill of Materials (BOM) functionality for use in assembly or other light manufacturing operations. The manufactured BOM Product can be defined in terms of an unlimited number of components specified on the product’s BOM List. Once a Batch is created to manufacture a quantity of the BOM Product, components may […]
Recording Taxes for Fuel Delivery
Accolent ERP supports Federal and State excise taxes collected on gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, many States also collect a variety of Local, Inspection and other Pollutant-related taxes, which like excise taxes, are levied on a per-unit (gallons) basis on fuel sold. These excise and other taxes are passed through to the end customer. […]
Average Cost Rules
Accolent ERP uses Average Cost as the method of accounting for all capitalized transaction costs for each inventory product. The Average Cost of a product reflects the cumulative cost of that product divided by the ending quantity of the product. Transactions that involve a product will update the product’s ending quantity and Average Cost, which […]
AutoQuotes Import Example-Accessories and Comments
For Restaurant Supply distributors, Accolent ERP provides an easy linkage with AutoQuotes (“AQ”). Using AQ, distributors can create AQ Projects and then download these as pre-configured CSV files. These CSV files (“AQ Export CSVs”) can be zipped and then imported into Accolent ERP as orders. To create an order in Accolent ERP, first create the […]
Maintaining Vendor Product Codes
Accolent ERP maintains cross references of item numbers used by Vendors (referred to as Vendor Product Codes) against the internal Product Codes used for these same items in Accolent ERP. Once recorded, Purchase Orders to that Vendor can be specified either using the Vendor Product Code or the corresponding internal Product Code, and both will […]
Allocating Vouchers to Multiple Departments
Accolent ERP allows the allocation of Vendor Invoices, referred to as Vouchers, to multiple expense GL Accounts. A voucher can have multiple expense lines each of which may be allocated to its own department. Once all expense lines on the voucher are assigned to departments, the voucher can be posted. The GL posting of the […]