Order book in Accpac

[wysiwygger]

Hi,

I'm struggling with a very simple question because in my view it's basic functionality of an ERP.
We are using Accpac 5.3 and I would like to get an order book in here. I basically just need a place to save my incoming orders with a description the value and when I'm planning to invoice them. It should be able to give me an invoice forecast.
I was looking at the order entry module but this seems to be for hardware in particular.
Does anyone has an idea how to get this information into Accpac?

Thanks,
Andreas

 

[dgillz]

When you enter an order, are you not entering part numbers, prices and expected shipping dates?

If you are what is it you are missing?

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[jayconverse]

Huh? Just open an order, put in a description and an expected ship date. You don't need detail lines.

Jay Converse
IT Director
Systemlink, Inc.

 

[wysiwygger]

The problem I've got with order entry is that it seems like I can only have 1 shipping date. If I use order entry as our order book and for invoice forcasting is there a way I can get more then 1 shipping date in there? I would use the shipping date as invoice date but we also got milestone invoicing which means 1 order can have multiple invoices.

 

[jayconverse]

No, Accpac won't do that. In fact, I don't know of any systems that will.

Jay Converse
IT Director
Systemlink, Inc.

 

[dgillz]

Doesn't each line item have its own shipping date? I disagree with Jay, I think every system does this.

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[jayconverse]

Yes of course, each line item has a shipping date, but he hasn't made it clear whether he's going to add lines or not. I have clients who create standing orders, with detail lines that go a year into the future. And you could always do this as a quote, not an order.

Jay Converse
IT Director
Systemlink, Inc.