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The following enhancements for ALERE have been designed as aids used in the management of inventory. They will help eliminate the accumulation of obsolete or slow moving inventory and they will also reduce the number of lost sales, thereby improving Inventory Turns and ROI.

Superseding Parts enhances ALERE by tracking superseding and superseded inventory items. Whenever an Item number is entered (in Sales, Purchases and Inventory) a browse list of all related superseded and superseding items and their QOH is displayed. This enhancement provides an easy way to use and not reorder superseded items for inventory. This enhancement also reduces lost sales by supplying the superseding item number at the time the Sales Order or Purchase Order is being created.

Alternate Parts enhances ALERE by tracking alternate inventory items. This reduces lost sales if there is no inventory on hand for the ordered item, but an alternate item is available from inventory. Alternate items are usually found in inventory when duplicate brands are stocked.

Use (Substitute) Items enhances ALERE to provide a simple technique for handling a situation where sales of multiple item numbers are satisfied by shipments of a "generic" inventory item. Example: A Mercedes, BMW, Ford and Buick may use the same front wheel inner ball bearing, but they each have their own item number and very different prices. The seller may prefer to stock "generic" ball bearings, but he wishes to sell the bearings under the vehicle manufacturer’s item number. When an order is entered or shipped for one of these bearings, the inventory level of the "generic" inventory is affected, but the invoice will show the vehicle manufacturer’s item number. In addition, the SO and Invoice show the price for vehicle manufacturer’s item number, but the cost is that of the "generic" item number.

The following enhancement for ALERE is useful when the default 60 character description field is not large enough.

Extended Description enhances ALERE to provide an extended description which will be displayed in the "Line Note" field in the "Sales" modules and will be printed on the Sales Order and the Invoice. This differs from the descriptions that can be stored with the images available in ALERE.

The following enhancement for ALERE is an important feature where items are sold which require the return of the old unit, such as when selling refurbished, rebuilt or remanufactured items.

Cores is an enhancement for the ALERE "Sales" module designed to track the sale and return of cores. A core is the used part that is refurbished, rebuilt or remanufactured for resale, as an alternative to a new item. The core usually has a cost and selling price. The most prevalent challenges in dealing with cores are:

The following enhancement for ALERE has been designed to provide real time processing of shipping and shipping charges.

Freight-Charges is a link which provides real time access between ALERE and StarShip (www.vtechnologies.com). When shipping, simply enter the order number and StarShip retrieves the ship-to name and address, P.O. Number, ship-via and more. StarShip even makes your accounting department more efficient by automatically updating orders with freight charges and tracking information. This real-time integration allows you to include shipping charges and costs on an invoice, so it can be invoiced immediately after the order has been shipped. Just think about what this will do to improve your operation.

StarShip comes standard with UPS support. Optional modules are available for U.S. Postal Service, Federal Express, Airborne Express and more.

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