Extensions
Get more out of ALERE with these modules
Extend functionality without customization or re-implementation
ALERE’s extension module group offers commissions, analytics, CRM, and mobility modules to cover standard but non-core accounting functions. These modules provide organizations with a means to extend the functionality of their ALERE ERP installation without customization and without assuming the cost and maintenance of unused functions. The modules are pre-integrated into their related functions so they can be added at any time as the organization’s requirements grow and change. This strategy requires less of a lift to implement new features to align with the latest business strategy.
Module List
Build your ERP system module by module.
ALERE’s extension modules are designed to add complimentary specific use case functionality to an organizations ERP environment.
Multi-Currency
The Multi-Currency module allows organizations that conduct business outside their country to take and place orders in currencies other than their own. Any number of currencies are easily defined, and all transactions are recorded in relation to the base currency.
Aged receivables and aged payables statements are available in a company's base currency or in the currency in which they were created. Payments can be accepted or made in either the foreign currency or the base currency. Rates can be updated as often as once per day and are continuously tracked by date. Separate rates for selling and buying are supported to provide flexibility for your buying and selling functions.
Each company location within ALERE can be assigned a default currency. Documents that can be processed using a foreign currency include sales orders, invoices, purchase orders, and payables.
More about the Multi-currency module
Analytics
Researching past business performance to gain insight and drive business planning is the purpose of the Analytics Module. The Analytics module examines five key areas: customers, suppliers, inventory, general ledger, and lot/serial traceability. Multiple levels of user-defined filters may be used to refine the data. The results may be displayed in colorful 3-D charts and may be exported to Microsoft Excel, Word, HTML, or even sent to the clipboard for use.
The Analytics module also contains the ability to append an archive with organizational data and a separate utility to reduce data within the live company. The archive is housed as a separate, read-only company within ALERE and may be accessed at any time to view historical data.
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Commissions
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Mobility
ALERE's Mobility serves two purposes. The first purpose is to export selectable relational data out of ALERE for other uses, including, but not limited to, custom web applications, mobile applications, or 3rd party applications. The advantage of managing data in this manner means that the primary dataset can remain isolated behind organizational infrastructure while only allowing specific pieces of data to be periodically updated.
The Mobility module's second function is hosting the ALERE-Shopify platform integration. ALERE's Shopify add-on allows organizations to link their ALERE ERP installation to their e-commerce website to periodically update pricing, available inventory, descriptions, and photos. The application also manages inventory variants and periodically downloads and creates invoices for items sold on the Shopify storefront.
