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Provide More Product Info to Your Order Desk

Because customers have different requirements about the item attributes they need to see, Q-Info was introduced to display a window of additional item information. Some of the data elements that can be displayed include the item's long and alternate descriptions, minimum sales quantity, packaging, warranty and export information as well as user fields that you have defined for inventory items. More...

What Was In that Package Anyway?

If a freight carrier has ever lost one package of your multiple package shipment, you can appreciate how valuable it is to know exactly what was in the lost package. PowerShiftâ€™s RF sales order picking application gives you that ability! You can specify the box/pallet the product was shipped in and split a single lineâ€™s order quantity across multiple boxes or package multiple lines in a single box/pallet. More...

Taking a few minutes every now and then for some quick checks can prevent major headaches down the road. This is something that has benefits for every customer. More...

Planning Considerations
Much of the information used in calculating planned order requirements is stored in the branch inventory record (maintained by IMB and displayed by IMBQ). Minimum order quantity is the smallest quantity for which a planned order will be generated. This should be the item's economic order quantity (EOQ); i.e., the quantity that must be purchased or manufactured at one time to minimize the combined costs of acquiring and carrying inventory. More...