Activant Acclaim. Acclaim 16 New Features and Benefits

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1 Activant Acclaim Acclaim 16 New Features and Benefits

2 This class is designed for Current Acclaim customers who will be or are considering upgrading to Acclaim 16

3 Objectives Understand Productivity Improvements Utilize Expanded Reporting Capabilities Improve Inventory Management Utilize Security Enhancements

4 This course will NOT cover Existing Acclaim Functionality

5 Productivity Improvements Workflows Credit Card Batch Settlement Date Based Events Expired Quotes, Open Orders Past Required Date and Open POs Past Expected Date Token for Taker, Salesman or User Transaction Date Token

6 Productivity Improvements Log for all s printed through Acclaim Stores sender, recipient, subject and document information Search option for fax/ logs Checks status by date and customer Create, update and print fax logs Query data after it has been deleted

7 Productivity Improvements Trading Partner Connect Eliminate printing purchase orders that are flagged to Send EDI or Trading Partner Connect (TPCx) Functionality to copy a range or selection of customers to the vendor file Automatically print a text version of the EDI and TPCx invoices

8 Productivity Improvements Customer Vendor Automatically delete historical data from auxiliary files Suppress zero quantity invoices Eliminate printing invoices

9 Productivity Improvements Identify default accounts and transactions linked to ledger accounts Save time when trying to edit or delete an account Accept PO number first No longer need to identify the vendor

10 Productivity Improvements Automatic confirmation for selected shipping routes Eliminates manual confirmation Print blanket line-item detail Shipping papers and invoices will be modified to print the release number and the total number of scheduled releases for each blanket line-item

11 Productivity Improvements New Credit Type = Credit Card Automatically default to Credit Card screen during order entry Pricing Service Contains i2 layout format

12 Improved Inventory Management Item count improved functionality Sort and print options combined On-Hand only Clear count

13 Improved Inventory Management Include optional lead time and review time in transfer requirement calculations

14 Expanded Reporting Capabilities Data Warehouse Module Data extraction to include file or fields Browse functionality Generic date filters No additional software required Quotation enhancements Report on quotes converted to orders, not converted to orders and expired quotes

15 Expanded Reporting Capabilities Open Customer Pick-Up Order Report Start and End salesman parameters

16 Security Enhancements Credit Card CISP Cardholder Information Security Program Database encryption Additional security Separate menu options for selective and automatic purchasing Additional control over purchasing

17 Security Enhancements Suppress Profit % on the Customer Ranking Report Eliminates sales reps from lowering prices Customer Credit Status = Lock Additional control over customers with shady payment history

18 Summary Productivity Improvements Improved Inventory Management Expanded Reporting Enhanced Security

19 For More Information Acclaim Help Files Visit Activant on the web: View Educational Services University course offerings Browse Documentation Search the Solutions database Submit a web case Professional Services Sales pss@activant.com