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Purpose This function is used to ‘Freeze Stock’ on an existing Stock Take Run. The ‘”freeze” process records the current Inventory ‘Stock On-Hand Quantity’ as the ‘Freeze Quantity’ of each item on the stock take run. Stock should be frozen for a run before count quantities are entered unless you have control of what warehouse […]
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General Ledger
Purpose This function is used to enter or modify the list of valid General Ledger Categories available in the system. Each GL Chart of Account must be assigned to a category. Categories are a way of organising the Chart of Accounts and are used for sorting and sub-totalling on General Ledger reports. Some examples of […]
Purpose This function is used to enter or modify the details of Chart of Accounts available for use in the system. The Chart of Account list is integral to all General Ledger posting functions, balance details and reporting functions. Each chart of account record holds descriptive data and must be assigned to a General Ledger […]
Cash Management
Purpose This procedure is used to enter or modify the details of Bank Accounts. At least one Bank Account must be established for use in the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Ledgers so that payment and receipts transactions can be recorded on the system. You can set up as many banks as you need. Each […]
Statement Format Code Format Code can be numeric or alpha. Name Enter a name to describe the statement format. This will be used when selecting a format to associate with the bank in Bank Details entry. For more details on descriptions, see The Role of “Names & Descriptions” in Online Advantage File Format Displays the […]
Purchasing
Payment Method Code Payment Method code can be numeric or alpha. For details on the use of “codes”, see The Role of “Codes” in Online Advantage Description Enter text to describe the Payment Method. This is shown when selecting a payment method on a Supplier or during Purchase Order Entry. For more details on descriptions, […]
Accounts Receivable
Purpose This function is used to enter receipts details of payments from your Customers as well as ‘Sundry Receipts’ that need to be banked from non-debtors sources e.g. rental income, insurance policy refunds, sale of assets etc. These sundry receipts are manually posted to one or more General Leger Accounts. Where these receipts affect customers, the […]
Customer Trading Terms Code Trading Terms code can be numeric or alpha (or a combination). It is often descriptive e.g. ‘C’ for ‘cash’, ‘7’ for 7 days, ’30N’ for 30 days from invoice date. For details on the use of “codes”, see The Role of “Codes” in Online Advantage Standard Terms This shows the Trading […]
Purpose This function can be used to manually enter the details of ‘Stock Receipts’ that have occurred in a given Stock Location. Once a receipt is completed using this facility the items appear in the inventory for the receiving stock location via ‘Manual Stock Receipts (MSR)’ transactions, and the value of the inventory being received […]
Purpose This function can be used to manually enter the details of ‘Stock Issues’ that have occurred in given Stock Locations. Once an issue is completed using this facility, the items are moved out of the inventory from the issuing stock location via a ‘Manual Stock Issue (MSI)’ transaction, and the value of the inventory being […]
Purpose Use this function at any time during the day to generate Stock Transfer Orders based on the current inventory levels held in the system. This function allows you to generate transfer orders in the same way as the overnight (End-Of-Day) replenishment functionality except that this procedure can be run at any time during the day, any number […]
Purpose This function can be used to create a working copy or ‘draft’ of Future Pricing based on existing pricing details. With this tool you can ‘copy’ part or all of the existing current pricing, applying inflation factors to create new pricing. This new set of prices are basically held in a ‘work in progress’ area […]
This sub-system is called Future Pricing, and as the name suggests, it provides tools for the creation of product sell pricing for use in the future whilst leaving your current ‘active’ pricing in place and operational. These functions allow for the entry and maintenance of a new Price List through the creation of new a […]
Library
Document Delivery is the term we use for the automatic sending of stationery documents to external third parties i.e. Customers and Suppliers. Document Delivery allows you to set up rules for the electronic delivery of documents via email or fax. These rules relate to documents such as Quotes, Order Confirmations, Invoices, Debtors Statements, Purchase Orders […]
Purpose This function can be used to ‘Copy’, ‘Move’ or ‘Delete’ a Price List and all the related product pricing details in the system. Both the ‘copy & move’ options take pricing from one Price List to another Price List for all products, or for specified Product Groups/Products in the inventory system. The ‘delete’ is […]
Purpose This function is used to transfer ‘To Be Advised’ (TBA) Tracking details so that the correct reference number is recorded. Online Advantage allows transactions to occur on the system without all the tracking details (Serial, Batch or Dual Reference numbers) being entered onto a transaction. This function allows the adjustment of those details at […]
Purpose This function can be used to update the tracking details recorded in the system. This basically allows you to ‘transfer’ a serial number, batch number, or dual reference for all of the inventory and some or all of the historical transactions recorded in the system for the given tracking reference. It is designed to […]
Inventory Control Order Management Purchasing
Where a product has been set up for some form of ‘Tracking’ (see related topic Inventory Tracking Overview), you are asked to enter tracking details for the quantity of the transaction being recorded. The entry of these details is generic across the system and is described below. The entry of tracking details is usually started […]
Purpose This tool is used to assign replenishment details to a selected set of inventory items of your choosing. It is basically a short cut for setting the replenishment type on many inventory items at once. You enter the replenishment details to set, then the selection criteria of the inventory items you want e.g. apply […]
The ‘Change Replenishment Supplier’ function is a tool that allows you to swap from one Supplier to another for ‘default’ replenishment. This utility can select all Products and/or Inventory items that are set to use a given Supplier for replenishment, and change the details recorded so they are replenished from a different Supplier. Note that […]