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 […]
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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 […]
Calculate Order Profit Options
Accolent ERP allows orders (or quotes) that have been saved to be reviewed and prices revised for the whole order using the Calculate Order Profit function. Once an order’s total is revised, for example to meet a bid target, Accolent ERP gives two options for pushing the adjusted total back to the line items. The […]
Using Warehouse Discounts
Accolent ERP has a very comprehensive pricing system. One of the less frequently used pricing features is Warehouse discounts, which applies a discount level to a specific warehouse. To use Warehouse discounts, first set up the Warehouse Discount. Then once set up, the Warehouse Discount can be applied to a specific product, multiple products or […]
Using Promotional Pricing
Accolent ERP allows for specific products to be subject to special Promotional Pricing, that can have a limited time duration. This Promotional Pricing is specified by Pricing Tier and applies only within the specified validity period. Customers that qualify will get the Promotional Price assigned to their Pricing Tiers. Note that there is a Configuration […]
Hiding Cost and Profit
Accolent ERP allows the system to be set up to block access to cost and profit information. This is often used to modify the Order Entry Role to prevent order taking personnel from seeing costs and profit results. Modifications to the Order Entry Role should be made carefully since these changes will prevent order taking […]
Using Multiple UOMs
Accolent ERP allows the use of multiple UOMs. One UOM must be selected as the Stocking UOM, and one as the Pricing UOM. All inventory quantities in the system are kept in the Stocking UOM. All prices and costs: List Price, Standard Cost, Alternate Cost and Special Cost are kept in the Pricing UOM. Similarly, […]
Using Order Entry Price Shortcuts
For users that do not need complex pricing, Accolent ERP provides order entry price shortcuts based on Discount from List, Markup from Std Cost, Markup from Special Cost or Std Margin Target. Default values for each of these pricing methods can be entered in the System Configurations. Then when the price shortcut method is selected […]
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 […]