1. Full integration with Sales Entry, Accounts Receivable (Debtors) and Accounts Payable (Creditors) modules.
2. Full details of each Lot are captured on input. There are three Agreement Types catered for:

   Outright Purchase usually from another Market Agent Commission usually at a fixed percentage Basis for Price (Merchant) price is agreed within 24 hours of receiving the goods

3. A unique Lot number can be allocated by the User or generated by the computer. A Lot is one product from one Supplier on one delivery date. The Lot can be broken down into Items by unit, grade, size, description, price category, etc..
4. The Lot is processed through the following stages:

   Date Received from the supplier Entered on to the system All Sold stock-on-hand is zero All Priced to the grower or invoice received Approved for payment Posted to creditors and general ledger Paid payment generated and general ledger updated Profitised finalized and statistics updated

5. Lot/Items can be re-packed any number of times into different units. Lot/items can optionally be pooled for selling purposes yet still be "returned" to the grower in lots.
6. All Direct costs can be linked to each Lot (eg. Freight, Levies, Packing, Handling etc.) and optionally deducted from the payments. Hence all costs, regardless of whether they are deducted can be accounted for to give a true GP% for each Lot.
7. All details can be kept on file for 1-3 years, or as long as required, and can be displayed on screen or re-printed at any time.
8. Grower Remittances can be printed or reprinted at any time after the Lot has been Approved for payment. In addition, comments can be entered for internal use or to appear on the Grower's Remittances.
9. Any Lot, or batch of Lots can be "unflagged" from any stage back to the initial Received stage if required, thus permitting the maximum flexibility in the correction of errors. All reversals to all ledgers are automatic.
10. A facility exists to allow stock transfers between departments (cost centres).
11. Listings are available on demand at all stages of Lot processing. Standard Reports include: Stock Received, Unsold Stock, Daily Sales by Department/Salesman, Lots Ready for Pricing or Approval, Lot Profitability Reports etc...
12. All quantities, averages, NP% or GP% etc., are shown on-screen and are instantly updated upon data entry. All related information is available for instant display without the need to exit the current screen.
13. The User can establish and maintain their own: Produce Types (eg. Fruit, Vegetables, etc.), Produce (eg. Tomato, Carrot, etc.), Selling Units (eg. Cartons, Trays, etc.), Count Size, Grade, Departments, Salesmen, and Charges (eg. Unloading, Stacking, Levies, etc.).
14. Flexible and powerful integrated enquiry screens, permitting enquiry of the Product by Lot or Pool, by any known information: eg. Supplier, date received, order number, status, Customer, Unit type, etc..

Sales Entry and Invoicing is specifically designed for Produce Sales.

The module features:

1. Full integration with Stock Control, Accounts Receivable (Debtors), General Ledger, and Statistics modules.
2. Sales can be entered directly by the Salesmen, or by Data Entry Operators. Several methods of Sales Entry are available:

   Cash Sales from the sales floor Sale by Lot where account Customer sales are entered directly against the Lot, the Salesman's sales sheets are the usual source Sale by Customer where account Customer sales are entered directly against the Customer, the Salesman's "Ticket" is the usual source Sale by Pool similar to Sale by Lot but sales are from a Pool of Lot/Items

   Various Sale Types are available and are User definable:

   Cash Sale cash sale Normal Sale account sale Credit (or Return) Sale involves return of Stock Allowance involves credit of money, but not Stock Open Sale quantity known but not price, cannot be invoiced Take-on/off Adjustment used on day one to take on stock  Transfer between Lot Items or Pools Miscellaneous return to sender, wastage, promotions, condemned, etc

3. Sales reports include a Daily Sales List, Sales SUmmary List, Open Price Sales List, Cash Reconciliation, Customer's with no sales today, etc..
4. A Sales Search facility can locate any sale or group of sales on the system using any known information whatsoever (eg. Invoice no., lot no., Customer code, Price, etc., etc.)
5. All details can be kept on file for as long as required and queried through screen or reports at any time.
6. Lots received in one unit (eg. bins) can be sold in a different unit (eg. carton), yet priced in a third unit (eg. kg) if required.
7. A sales invoice for a Customer can be printed or reprinted immediately, or at the end of the day, or on demand.
8. Salesman's "ticket" sales can be grouped onto one invoice, or be forced to one invoice per ticket, where the hand-written ticket is the invoice.
9. Cash sales are reconciled separately by each Cashier before posting to the General Ledger.
10. Overselling permitted with a warning.
11. Credit limit warning and a Credit Stop facility on sale entry.
12. Both Stock and Non-stock (non-produce) Sales are catered for, and are treated separately in the General Ledger.
13. Sales statistics are updated automatically and give quantity, average price, sales and cost value, and GP% by Customer, Customer Type, Salesman, Unit, for any User defined period.

Management Statistics provide the basis for increased profitability by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the Company's business.

The module features:

1. Fully integrated with Stock Control and Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable modules.
2. Statistics are updated automatically and is totally transparent to the User.
3. All Statistics can be browsed on the screen, printed, or integrated into a Spreadsheet or Reportwriter for further manipulation.
4. Sales Statistics give quantity, average price, sales and cost value, and GP% by Customer, Customer Type, Salesman, Unit, for any User defined period.
5. Grower Statistics are kept by calendar month, as well as for any User defined period.
6. Monthly Grower Statistics give estimated quantity, actual quantity, payment value, payment average, and GP% by Area, Field Rep., Grower, Produce, Quality, or Unit.
7. Other Grower Statistics give quantity, sales value, cost value and GP% by Supplier, Department, Produce, and Unit, for any User defined period.
8. A "Top Customers/Produce" report can list your best Customers or Produce by quantity, value, or GP%, for any period.