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Inventory Management

​SYSPRO's ERP Inventory Management Software enables effective customer servicing and improved profits by providing superior Traceability, Recall Management and Stock Control across the entire Supply Chain.

Inventory Forecasting

​Forecasting refers to the process of making statements about future occurrences where the actual outcomes have not yet been observed.​ Forecasting is done to reduce the uncertainty in the future and to help us prepare for that future in the short, medium and long term. This is done through scheduling, acquiring resources and determining resource requirements.The quality of the forecast can be improved by accurate record keeping both of actual sales and, if possible, unfulfilled demand.​

Inventory Optimization

Your inventory is a balance sheet asset, so stock should be kept to the lowest levels while simultaneously guarding against out-of-stocks. SYSPRO can help you minimise cash tied up in 'dead' stock and keep your inventory processes fast, fluid and efficient.

Inventory Families and Groupings

SYSPRO Inventory Families and Groupings provides the tools to arrange 'collections' of stock keeping units (SKUs) into families and groupings of similar items. Families and Groupings is essential to an organisation in a demand-driven environment and serves as input to Material Requirements Planning (MRP).

Purchase Orders

SYSPRO Purchase Orders is an integral part of the organisation’s distribution and manufacturing functions. Purchase Order provides you with the functionality to simplify your purchasing and receiving processes while ensuring greater order accuracy. It enables the monitoring of the quality, accuracy, lead times and cost of purchases, while providing comprehensive supplier performance analysis.

Landed Cost Tracking

SYSPRO’s Landed Cost Tracking (LCT) provides visibility of imported goods through shipment tracking and enables greater control of all associated costs, resulting in accurate landed costs. It enables you to track shipments of imported goods, monitor the progress and estimated arrival times of shipments, and establish a reliable estimate of the overall cost of imported goods.

Sales Orders

SYSPRO's Sales Order solution is the heart of the distribution offering from section of SYSPRO. The Sales Order Module enhances customer service through fast, efficient order processing and accurate, timely order fulfillment. Maximise your team’s productivity utilizing our efficient grid entry design and personalisation of the screens to streamline and enhance your workflow according to your business rules.

Sales Analysis

SYSPRO Sales Analysis provides insight into sales activities to improve sales profitability and provide information for sales forecasting and planning on a number of levels.SYSPRO Sales Analysis also assists in determining the extent to which a sales force has met its sales objectives through the provision of analysis on how well Sales people and product groups are performing compared to budgets available.

Return Merchandise

To stay competitive and meet regulatory guidelines, organisations need to process and manage customer returns. Analysis of your RMA's can be performed to look for trends in returns for particular items or return reasons an indication of possible quality issues.

Blanket Sales Orders and Releases

SYSPRO Blanket Sales Orders provides an effective method of setting up contracts between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers by providing blanket sales orders with multiple release dates, multiple call-offs and cumulative tracking. An underlying problem for suppliers is the time it takes to action a new release and the ability of management to examine the ramifications of any changes.

Counter Sales

SYSPRO Counter Sales facilitates efficient over-the-counter sales transactions, by enabling the receipt of payments and deposits at the point of transaction. Similar to a retailer that has a point-of-sale register, the counter sale process within SYSPRO will support walk-up cash, credit card and on-account sale transactions, and integrate the cash draw with end of day reconciliation.

Trade Promotions

Applications and tools for managing trade promotions have never been more important. Over the last several years, consumer packaged goods companies have spent an average of 25% of their revenues on trade promotions, and this continues to grow.