CSA's Inventory Management software is a comprehensive system that computerizes all aspects of the management and control of a perpetual inventory. CSA's Inventory Management software goes far beyond the simple task of keeping track of quantities on hand. CSA's Inventory Management Software brings together the entire inventory control function; from purchasing to inventory allocation, from physical count processing to detailed audit trails, CSA does it all.

GENERAL CAPABILITIES

• Tracks inventory in up to 1296 locations per item.
• Supports standard, average, and LIFO costing methods.
• Allows extended descriptions to be entered for each item. Each line of the extended description can be flagged for use by specific areas of the company.
• Allows items to be flagged as Stocked or Non-Stocked (special order).

TRANSACTION PROCESSING

• Inventory balances are updated as transactions are processed.
• Inventory transactions are processed by Document Types. Types include: Receipts, Purchases, Jobs, Shop Orders, Customer Orders, Credit Memos, Physical Counts, and Adjustments.
• Document reference numbers are recorded with each transaction.

PURCHASING & ALLOCATIONS

• Tracks open purchase orders for inventory items.
• Prints Open Purchase Order Reports by Item and Vendor.
• Automatically tracks inventory allocations that occur through CSA Customer Order Processing and CSA Shop Floor Control.
• Displays the detail of all allocations made for an item.

PHYSICAL COUNT PROCESSING

• Supports processing of partial and complete physical counts.
• Supports cycle counting.
• Prints a physical inventory count worksheet.
• Automatically adjusts the perpetual inventory to the physical count.
• Optionally sets uncounted items to zero.
• Prints a Tag Edit List and Physical Count Update Audit Report.
• Uses an "offset" method of updating the perpetual inventory, allowing you to use the inventory system while the physical count is still being processed into the computer.

HISTORY TRACKING

• Keeps an historical record of each inventory transaction.
• Displays the historical activity of an item.
• Prints detailed Inventory Activity Reports, with optional valuation, in sequence by:
  • Item
  • Location
  • Reference Document.

STOCK STATUS REPORTING

• Tracks on-hand, on-order, and allocated quantities, as well as reorder levels for each inventory location.
• Provides an on-line inquiry into the current stock status of an item at each of the item's locations. ·
• Prints Stock Status Reports, with optional inventory valuation in sequence by:
  • Item Number
  • Product Category
  • Location
  • Planner
• Prints an Obsolete Inventory Report, listing inventory items that have had no activity for a specified period of time.
• Prints an Excess Inventory Report, listing items that currently have inventory in excess of a specified number of months.

REORDER CONTROL

• Allows reorder information to be set-up separately for each warehouse.
• Automatically recalculates Reorder Levels for specified items by using either average demand from prior months, or by using Exponential Smoothing formulas.
• Prints a Usage Exceptions Report of items with volatile usage.
• Allows for the manual entry of Minimum/Maximum reorder points.
• Produces Reordering Advice Reports by Item Number and Location.

ACCESSING ITEMS

• Cross references inventory item numbers to manufacturer and catalog item numbers.
• Provides an inquiry into inventory items via manufacturer and catalog item numbers.
• Provides a system prompting inquiry that allows you to retrieve items based solely on item characteristics.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Prints an ABC Analysis Report.
• Provides for the mass change of data for a group of items.

BAR CODE PROCESSING

• Prints bar code labels.
• Allows product images to be printed on bar code labels.
• Allows physical counts to be processed using hand held scanners, and then uploaded to the system for processing.

INTERFACES

CSA Inventory Management interfaces with the following other CSA modules: Customer Order Processing, Purchasing, Job Costing, Bill of Materials, Labor Performance, Standard Product Routing, Standard Product Costing, Shop Floor Control, and Materials Requirements Planning.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

• PC's using Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
• Local Area Networks (Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Peer-To-Peer networks)
• UNIX based servers