The MXP Distribution Suite is composed of three modules (IN, OP, PO) and, when used in conjunction with the Financial Suite, provides extremely powerful control of your business operations.

Central to the Distribution Suite is the Inventory Management (IM) module.  Within IM, you will define your products and your storage "architecture".  The IM module supports product grouping and classification, various cost accounting structures, taxation rules and compliance, multiple units of measure, multiple warehouses, kit processing, and lot/serial control of inventory.  IM, like other Distribution modules, also respects your entity setup, so that inventory can be strictly segregated by the "owning" entity.

Transactions specific to the inventory module include stock adjustments and transfers, price/cost adjustments and full physical/cycle count inventory capabilities.

In order to improve inventory control, we are also introducing a "Graphical Warehousing" application (GW).  With GW, you can visually define your storage environments, including warehouses, bins, non-bin storage areas, and even outbound trucks, and then using drag and drop, receive inventory from purchase orders or work orders, move inventory within and between warehouses, and assign outbound orders to individual trucks for shipment.

Of course, the lifeblood of your business depends on your Order Processing system.  We have devoted hundreds of hours of our development resources and conversations with our customers to making the OP module both flexible and "friendly" to your users who interface with this process at all stages, from order entry through shipping.

The Order Entry main screen is divided by "tabs", each of which would normally be accessed by various users throught out the shipping process.  As usual within Decade, an order can be taken using mouse actions or keystrokes (if your order volume typically requires "heads-down" data entry).  Each order is composed of a header and lines; each line can optionally be split into multiple shipment requests, if your customers require that you spread delivery over multiple shipments.

Allocation of material to orders can be performed manually or set up for automatic processing, and generation of pick lists can also be done individually (by order) or in bulk, as your process requires.

Once orders reach the warehouse, picking, packing and shipment can be performed against individual orders, or in "bulk" depending on your local process.  The OP module also fully supports customer returns (RMAs), as well as providing support for customer part numbering (should you wish your customers to order parts from a specific catalog).

It is also somewhat noteworthy that individual users can set up these screens to suit their personal preferences.  A warehouse manager may open Order Entry already set to the Picking tab, with all orders requiring action already listed.  On the other hand, an order expeditor may open Order Entry on the Order Header tab, and select only those orders that are past their projected ship dates.  The various combinations of display versus functional requirements are endless.

Like Order Processing, the Purchasing module is designed for quick entry and review of relevant data.  The main Purchasing screen is divided into tabs for Header, Line Items and Scheduling information.  PO also fully supports drop shipments (where your vendor ships directly to your customer) and cross-docking where you receive items from a vendor then immediately ship them to your customer with no inventory transactions required.

As with all our modules, any records can be "tagged" with memos (either view-on-demand or must-view) and can be "linked" to documents residing elsewhere in your system so that, for example, you can link MSDS sheets to part numbers, or faxed contract images to orders.

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