Accolent ERP is integrated with FreightPOP, a complete logistics management platform for businesses, that offers powerful, affordable, enterprise-grade features to simplify shipping and supply chain operations. FreightPOP has direct links to over 300 inbound and outbound shipping carriers covering small parcel shipments, and freight options for LTL, FTL, steamship lines and air carriers. Using the […]
Category: Purchasing/Vendors
Using VAT Canada
Accolent ERP supports VAT for Canada (and other non-US jurisdictions). To use first go to the Configuration screen and enable VAT Canada, then setup the Canadian tax jurisdictions. Then set the voucher allocations on vendors to include the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and the Canadian Goods & Services Tax (GST). Once done, all sales transactions […]
Packaging Type Value List
Accolent ERP allows users to create some standard Package Types commonly used for freight or shipping purposes. Once the Package Type value List is created, a default Package Type can be specified for the packing of outgoing orders or the default may be overriden and a new Package Type selected. Similarly, Package Types can be […]
Using Incoterms
Accolent ERP allows users to select from the 11 Incoterms® (International Commercial Terms), published by the International Chamber of Commerce and accepted by governments and legal authorities around the world. Using the Incoterms table, users can modify the standard incoterms to reflect other negotiated trade terms, if desired. Creating the Incoterms Table Go to Settings […]
Using Container Tracking
Accolent ERP supports Container Tracking which allows individual PO lines to be imported from Submitted POs that are ready to ship. In this way, Containers can be created to include lines from multiple POs and the total load weight and cubes of the combined PO lines can be kept within the maximums allowed. The Container […]
Using Barcode Labels and Scanners
Accolent ERP provides the ability to associate product codes with barcodes that can be scanned by barcode readers to identify the product. Manufacturers’ products will typically already have GS1-registered barcodes. Custom barcodes (i.e., not GS1-registered) can also be created. Once a barcode is received or created, and associated with a product code, Accolent ERP will […]
Printing Barcode Labels
Accolent ERP allows for barcodes that are stored as product synonyms to be printed on standard sticky label sheets. User can select a product population, a barcode type, and a form type, and then print the barcode labels. Product labels are printed on a form that has 80 products to a page. Bin labels can […]
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 […]
Prepaying a Purchase Order
The typical PO flow in Accolent ERP is to create and submit a PO, receive the PO, then create a voucher tied to the PO and PO receipt(s) and then to pay the vendor. Sometimes, this flow could be reversed. For example, a PO could be shipped FOB with the recipient taking ownership prior to […]