Activant Acclaim Acclaim 16 New Features and Benefits
This class is designed for Current Acclaim customers who will be or are considering upgrading to Acclaim 16
Objectives Understand Productivity Improvements Utilize Expanded Reporting Capabilities Improve Inventory Management Utilize Security Enhancements
This course will NOT cover Existing Acclaim Functionality
Productivity Improvements Workflows Credit Card Batch Settlement Date Based Events Expired Quotes, Open Orders Past Required Date and Open POs Past Expected Date e-mail Token for Taker, Salesman or User Transaction Date Token
Productivity Improvements Log for all e-mails printed through Acclaim Stores sender, recipient, subject and document information Search option for fax/e-mail logs Checks status by date and customer Create, update and print fax logs Query data after it has been deleted
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
Productivity Improvements Customer Vendor Automatically delete historical data from auxiliary files Suppress zero quantity invoices Eliminate printing invoices
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
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
Productivity Improvements New Credit Type = Credit Card Automatically default to Credit Card screen during order entry Pricing Service Contains i2 layout format
Improved Inventory Management Item count improved functionality Sort and print options combined On-Hand only Clear count
Improved Inventory Management Include optional lead time and review time in transfer requirement calculations
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
Expanded Reporting Capabilities Open Customer Pick-Up Order Report Start and End salesman parameters
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
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
Summary Productivity Improvements Improved Inventory Management Expanded Reporting Enhanced Security
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