Agents /400
The essential principle of Agents/400 is to make valuable information out of single data. There are 4 main subjects in this multi-user product which give meaning to this principle: - maintaining datafiles - inquiries - reports - communication and datalinks
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AGENTS/400, "A complete and advanced informationsystem", Contents, ?å Why Agents/400 , ?å Anyone can use it , ?å Characteristics , ?å Agents/400 in detail, ?ç Relationmanagemen , ?ç Orderregistration and control , ?ç Commission management , ?ç Budgets and salesstatistics , ?å The hardware environment , ?å Softwarebevers B.V.|, Why Agents/400?, As an agent of products for one or more mills/firms it is essential to work accurate and fast. Certainly as you look at the fact that there is a close relation between turnover and commission in your business. As a company between the customer and the firm you have to deal with the right information on every moment. A reliable information supplieris essential for that purpose., Our multi-user softwareproduct Agents/400 is such an information, supplier. This system is specially built for the 'agents' and gives you the information specified for your kind of business. So you do not buy a lot of functionallities you do not use ( as you do in a lot of wholesale packages), but you buy a product which is specially meant for your information needs., In concrete, you earn your money with this product by working accurately and efficiently., Anyone can use it, In our opinion a softwareproduct has to be simple for using. Furthermore it may not be an obstacle for the people to work with. These demands were critical factors during the development of the product., By mean of a simple menustructure, pull down windows and on-line helpscreens, the user find its way through the package on a simple manner. For example, you can use the quick searchfunction and selectionwindows, so you can find data immediately., If possible, Agents/400 presents all the data which are already in the system as a default while you are adding new information. Of course, advanced control mechanism will take care of preventing input errors., Characteristics, The essential principle of Agents/400 is to make valuable information out of single data. There are 4 main subjects in this multi-user product which give meaning to this principle:, - maintaining datafiles, - inquiries, - reports, - communication and datalinks, Maintaining datafiles, The database of Agents/400 contains datafiles concerning customers and firms, orders, conditions (payment/delivery), copy-invoices, items, budgets, currencies, commissionagreements, etc. All these files have a logical connection with each other and in a easy way you can:, - add new data, - update existing data, - store data on tape, - delete wrong or old data, If you have already stored data in an other system, we will have all kind of conversion methods to import this data to Agents/400., Inquiries, By mean of the clear and logic structure of the database, all the individual data will be automatically combined to useful information. Very simple you can choose the way you want to enter the information, and it will be presented quick and surveyable on your screen. So any user who is authorized, can see all the data in the database (no matter if it is entered by another user)!, From several points of view you can also enter groups of information. These inquiries varies from cumulative information (e.g. turnoverresult for a certain itemgroup) to a group of data you can work with (e.g. update commission received)., Reports, You can generate all kind of reports by mean of making selections in your database. Therefore you can use selection- windows. So, you can analyze statistics from several point of views and get a clear picture of your actual business, etc., Agents/400 gives you several functionalities to handle the companyinformation efficiently!, Communication and datalinks, With Agents/400 you have all kind of possibilities to link your system with one or more mills/firms directly. By doing so you can for example automatically send your orders to your firm, they can automatically send confirmations of order and so on., An other possibility is to integrate our faxmodule to your system. Confirmations of order and that kind of information can be faxed automatically to your mills/firms., There is also a possibility to enter your own system from a distance. You can for example see the status of several orders while you are working at home., Agents/400 in detail, Relationmanagement, To work with the system properly, the first thing you have to do is to register the data concerning your customers and mills/firms. (Correct addresses, contactpersondata and so on.), In Agents/400 you can enter this data easily. Next you can present reports, for example a list of all your customers sorted by mill. You can also produce labels for correspondence purposes., Agents/400 automatically links the data of your customers and mills/firms to several other subjects. E.g. if you enter a new order, the delivery address of a customer will be automatically given as a default., Agents/400 simplifies the management of your relations and gives you the fundamentals to accelerate your company's processes., Some functions, . Registration of customer- and mill/firmdata, . Maximal registration of 99 addresses per relation, . Maximal registration of 99 contactpersons per , relation, . Reports and labels of customers and mills/firms sorted by:, - number, - name, - postal code, - mill/firm, . Links with orderentry programmes, etc., Orderregistration and control, Not always an agent has the time to initiate the right activities during the orderstage. Is everything confirmed? Which orders are still open? Did shipments arrived completely at deliveryaddresses? Typical questions for which it takes time and effort to get the right answers., With Agents/400 you have the tool to register your orders and control its route. Automatically the agreed term of delivery and payment appear in your screen as a default, while entering a new order. You follow the status of an order from the very beginning till the complete delivery and payment., From several point of views Agents/400 gives you a look to your open or expired orders. E.g. per customer or per itemgroup. It gives you also all kind of reports like orders per week of delivery, order which are still not delivered, ordered amounts per mill/firm, etc. Reports which gives you fast and complete information about the status of all your outstanding orders., Agents/400 takes care of the efficient control of your orderstage and gives you more time to sell., Some functions, . Registration of orderheaderdata/contracts, . Registration of orderlines, . Partly automatic registration of statuses of the, order (offered/ordered/delivered/payed, etc.), . Automatic registration of:, - orderlabels, - terms of delivery, - terms of payment, - deliverydata, - itemdata (description, price, etc.), - commission percentage, . Registration of orders FFM or NFFM (not/free for, making), . Registration of FOB, etc., . Automatic calculation with currency table., . Screen inquiries of open and closed orders., . Several selection and sortoptions:, - mill/firmnumber, - customernumber, - referencenumber supplier, - referencenumber customer, - deliveryaddress, - itemnumber, . Several ordercontrol reports:, - ordered/delivered quantities per supplier,, customer or item, - NFFM orders, - faultorders, - orders which are not confirmed, - actual trialorders, - order journaling, - orders per mill/firm per period, . Fax and/or telexlink, - confirmations of orders, notes, copy-invoices, , etc. , . Communication link with a mill/firm, - automatic route of orders and conformation of , orders, Commission management, Your turnover exist of the commissions received from your mills/firms. A correct administration gives you the right picture of your actual statistics. Unfortunately in real such an administration cost you a lot of time., Agents/400 therefore gives you fast and accurate figures about your commissions. You can administrate very punctual your commission to received. Via several statusreports you can directly see how many commission you already have or you should receive in the near future., Agents/400 displays on your screen all the 'open' commission- lines. By just entering a simple statusfield you can directly update the lines for which you received the right commission. , Agents/400 enlightens your administration and supplies you the right picture of your actual sales., Some functions, . Registration of the invoicestatus., . Automatic statusregistration of the order., . Automatic registration of commission's, defaultdata per orderline., . Registration of commissions received, . Several commissionreports:, - outstanding commission amounts, - payable commission amounts, - etc., Budgets and salesstatistics, You want to act accurately if customers are behind there budgets. Or you just want to see the marketdevelopments of a new item in your assortment. That is useful information which normally is hard to get., Agents/400 is very strong to supply this information. You can easily enter your budgets in the system and in the coming budgetyear Agents/400 will automatically compare them with your realized turnover. Of course you see also the difference between your actual sales and the salesfigures of last year and the year before., From several points of view, like per mill/firm, customer or item, Agents/400 gives you the information to analyze your sales. This information can appear directly on your screen or can be printed on reports. There is also a possibility to use our reportgeneration module to generate ad hoc reports. , Agents/400 gives you a perfect survey of your salesfigures and it gives you the opportunity to plan your actions effectively., Some functions, . Registration of budgets per customer, packaging, format, productgroup, . Registration of trends, . Automatic turnover cumulations , . Currency calculations, . Presentation on your screen of:, - total sales per mill/firm per period, - total sales per itemgroup per mill/firm per, period, - total sales volumes per quality, . Salesreports per mill/firm of:, - realized quantities and amounts per customer,, per quality, - total sales per customer, - total volumes per customer , .Salesreports per customer of:, - realized quantities and amounts per mill/firm,, per quality, - total sales per mill/firm, - total volumes per item , . Salesreport per item of:, - total sales volume, - sales per mill/firm, - sales per customer, The hardware environment, Agents/400 is a multi-user system for the IBM AS/400. It gives us the possibility to integrate this system with a PC environment, but yet we have the advanced system management facilities of the AS/400. Also the communicationfacilities of this machine are famous for its achievements and they are very useful for the functions within Agents/400., Some other advantages of this machine:, - Centralised database; , you can work with all the data no matter from, which sta tion the data is added. , - Security; , you can decide which users have access to your, company's data, - Userfriendlyness;, all kind of processes, like starting, saving and, ending the machine can be defined very easily., - On-line help;, if any, we can directly analyze your problem and, solve it from our office in Holland., Softwarebevers B.V., Softwarebevers B.V. is an official IBM Business Partner in the Netherlands. Our mission is to support organisations with their automationsolutions for their company's processes. Our productgroups software, services and hardware gives us the tools to act so. , We are specialized in the AS/400 environment and have a good knowledge of the PC-market. Functional we are specialized in the automation of agents., More information?, To discuss your questions, please contact us. , SOFTWAREBEVERS B.V., P.O. Box 312, 1380 AH Weesp, The Netherlands, Tel : -31 294 430063, Fax : -31 294 414774