ACCPAC has announced the release of version 3.4 of its ACCPAC Warehouse Management System (WMS) designed for small and mid-size businesses (SMBs).
"With ACCPAC WMS version 3.4, warehouse managers have more detailed inventory information to speed up the 'pick, pack and ship' process, improving overall productivity, while reducing costly inventory-related mistakes," says Jeremy Waterman, managing director of ACCPAC Africa.
The ACCPAC Warehouse Management System is a Web and handheld device-based, single-source 'pick, pack and ship' solution for SMBs. WMS improves inventory control, reduces paperwork, increases stock handling efficiency and accuracy and provides customer-facing employees with an up-to-date window on warehouse operations that significantly improves customer relations.
"Using ACCPAC WMS version 3.4, products that are made from a combination of components in inventory can now be set up as a Kit and be picked, packed, shipped and tracked as a single stock-keeping unit (SKU)," says Waterman. "This feature is optimised to support attribute control and fractional quantities, providing warehouses with the ability to track the quantity of each Kit component in stock, how many built Kits are in inventory and the configuration status of partially assembled Kits -all in real-time."
Version 3.4 provides enhanced attribute control and serial number support that allows for better serial stock-move operations and validation within the warehouse. "As a result, inventory mistakes are reduced and tracking efficiency is improved," says Waterman.
Users can now meet shipping requirements for Less Than Truck Load (LTL) quantities in their bills of lading manifests. This key new feature is especially valuable for distribution centres that frequently ship partial loads, an option that is not supported by many other warehouse automation systems.
ACCPAC WMS 3.4 offers two new replenishment features that enable warehouse managers to better manage reallocation and replenishment of inventory. The new Advance Replenishment by Minimum and Maximum feature provides real-time visibility of unallocated inventory, resulting in more efficient stock level management.
"The Advance Replenishment by Velocity feature gives users the ability to track the timeframe in which inventory is turned over," says Waterman. "Both of these new features enable warehouse managers to forecast inventory depletion to ensure continuous availability of goods to their customers." In addition, ACCPAC WMS 3.4 supports "Supermarket picking" which enables warehouse pickers to efficiently fill multiple orders simultaneously and dramatically reduce picking time.
"Version 3.4 incorporates new menu options to enable users to set up new, custom features within their system, including advanced security," Waterman says. "In addition, warehouse administrators now have more control and flexibility over selecting and configuring permissions access within their systems."
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ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers' competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.
Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 7,000 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1-800-945-8007 in North America, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com www.accpaconline.com, or www.accpac.co.za.
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