User guide

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Follow Our Examples
Throughout this document we will suggest solutions and examples for three
hypothetical companies. These companies represent generic business models
that encompass scenarios for how most businesses commonly use this product.
Find the example company that most closely resembles your business and study
the scenario included for it in each section of this document. To help you easily
find your example, each company has a distinct icon attached to it so you can
look for the icon for your type of business in each chapter. Remember that even
though one of the example companies may not exactly match your business
model, these examples are broad enough that at least one should encompass all
or part of your business needs.
Each of the three companies used a different version of InventoryControl. The
three versions are:
• Standard – Contains a wide range of options to help you track your
inventory including automatic notification of low-stocked items, check in/out
capabilities, add/remove feature, tracking and audit and full access to mobile
devices.
• Professional – All of the features of the Standard version plus it allows for
multiple PC’s on the network to run InventoryControl. Pick Order, Purchase
Order and Receiving capabilities along with multiple suppliers per item.
• Enterprise – The top-of-the-line package, Enterprise incorporates all the
benefits of the Professional edition and is installed on your company’s SQL
server.
Even though our example distribution company is using the Enterprise version of
InventoryControl, this does not necessarily mean that all distribution companies
should use this version. The version of InventoryControl used should be based
on your business needs, rather than your business type.
Distributing - Enterprise Version of InventoryControl
Basic Needs
:
• Multiple Sites and Locations
• Multiple computers running InventoryControl
• Multiple Mobile Devices in each Location
• Preferred Suppliers for Items
• Item Tracking by Serial Number and Pallet Code
• Pick, Receive, Move, Adjust, Add, Remove and Audit at the PC and on the
mobile devices