Questions about OpenMETRIC's Logistical Functions
5. Logistical Functions
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Will the system accommodate customer purchase orders? |
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Customer Purchase
Orders can be specified for each Item, using the Contract field.
Alternatively, one of the User Defined Fields for Item
(More…/Other) could be used. |
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Will the system accommodate spare parts inventories? |
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OpenMETRIC does not currently maintain a perpetual inventory of spare parts, but the consumption of parts can be captured in the Parts subsystem and electronically forwarded to an external parts inventory system. |
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Will the system accommodate creation of invoices? |
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The OpenMETRIC
Charges table accumulates all of the automatic and explicit
charges upon which an invoice would be based.
Additionally, the Customer address and information is
maintained in the Customer subsystem.
Simple invoices could be easily generated with WonderWriter
or “fancier” invoices could be generated with Crystal Reports.
Alternatively, we could generate a new canned report for
Invoicing. Typically, we
demark our functionality from accounting applications at the point
where we pass charges electronically to an invoicing and Accounts
Receivable system. If
OpenMETRIC were to generate the invoices, then the Invoices would
still need to be passed to the Accounts Receivable system for
tracking, collection, etc. If we performed
the invoicing AND the Accounts Receivable, then we would still
need to pass this information to the General Ledger. |
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Describe the vendor management used by your
system? Can the system track service provided by vendors,
including quoted charges, actual charges, date sent to vendor,
actual return date, etc? Can the system track vendor audit status? |
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Vendors are defined in the
Vendor subsystem as depicted below.
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The Vendor information for each Item is defined on the Item Vendor screen depicted below.
When Items are sent to a Vendor for services,
vendor information is captured on the Servicing/Vendor subsystem as
depicted below.
Yes, OpenMETRIC can track
service provided by vendors, including quoted charges, actual charges,
date sent to vendor, actual return date, and other data.
Yes, OpenMETRIC can track
vendor audit status. The
Authorized Vendors report identifies all vendors that are current audited
and authorized to perform service. The
Scheduled Audits report serves as a “recall” report for vendor audits,
based on the Vendor Audit Due Dates.
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5.5 |
Is Documenting Process Calibrators supported? How? |
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Not at the present
time. |
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Is Personal Data Assistants (PDA) supported? How? |
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Support for Palm
devices incorporating a bar code scanner (from Symbol
Technologies) is currently in development. |
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