The AWARDS-BA³ Warehouse Management module supports all standard warehouse management capabilities including Putaway, Dynamic Storage, Picking, Replenishment, and Warehouse Automation.

The Dynamic Storage feature keeps a record of the storage capacity of each storage location ensuring optimum usage of space throughout.

Warehouse Management Module Benefits

• Warehouse Automation - can integrate fully with leading automation systems.
• Full Stock Visibility - products are assigned specific bulk and forward locations, for assured stock location records.
• Automatic Replenishment - ensures full stock availability and enables generation of automatic replenishment requests.
• Delivery Management - ensures products are loaded onto vehicles for optimised deliveries.

Replenishing stock in a timely fashion, whilst maximising margins is business-critical, so integrated tools help buyers procure the correct goods at the right time, ensuring that the required stock is available, and at appropriate levels.

Whether simple min/max calculations or more comprehensive usage-based algorithms incorporating seasonality are used, both the live information and the ability to identify purchase requirements are available.

AWARDS-BA³ Purchase Forecasting Module Benefits

• Purchase Formula Tester - any formula used in Purchase Forecasting can be evaluated ensuring it provides the desired results.
• Seasonal Sales – enables incorporation of products purchased on a seasonal basis, ensuring the right stock is available at the right time.
• Sales Forecasts - like promotional and standard sales, can be created to analyse the purchase requirements necessary to fulfil sales forecasts.
• Formulae at Company & Depot Level - are assigned as needed, as well as at individual product level.

The AWARDS-BA³ Purchase Invoice Reconciliation Module enables full document reconciliation. Supplier invoices can be matched with goods receipt notes and supplier credits can be matched with supplier returns. Numerous other valuable features are also included.

AWARDS-BA³ - Purchase Invoice Reconciliation Module Benefits

• Match Supplier Invoices with Goods Receipt Notes – reduces administration and optimises traceability.
• Match Supplier Credits to Supplier Returns Fulfilment – for reduced administration and improved traceability.
• User Approval Capabilities – validates process controls with user permission settings.
• Account Interfacing - variances, reason codes, and nominal instructions are easily interfaced.

The AWARDS-BA³ Sales Forecasting Module enables the creation of sales forecasts which can be set-up by customer, customer group, product and more. These forecasts can encourage up-selling and cross-selling. Sales quotations, on agreement, can be converted into sales orders quickly and easily.

Quote approval options, along with numerous other valuable functions, deliver full end-to-end activity auditing throughout.

AWARDS-BA³ - Sales Forecasting module Benefits

• Forecasts – encourage up-selling and cross-selling.
• Converts Sales Quotations to Sales Orders - quickly and easily.
• Quote Approval – send sales orders for approval.
• Cancel Quotations – record why a Sales Order failed and evaluate lost sales opportunities.
• Comprehensive Auditing – enabling improved management decision-making.

The AWARDS-BA³ Sales Integration Module enables electronic interfaces to be established with multiple customer ERP, POS, and other systems enabling the receipt of electronic sales orders without any data rekeying.

AWARDS-BA³ - Sales Integration Module Benefits

• Electronic Receipt of Sales Orders - improves processing times.
• No Data Rekeying – reduces administration time and effort.
• Administration Efficiencies – accept additional customer orders with no additional administration staff.

The AWARDS-BA³ Purchase Integration Module allows electronic interfaces to be established with multiple supplier ERP systems enabling transmission of Purchase orders electronically without data rekeying.

AWARDS-BA³ - Purchase Integration Module Benefits

• Electronic Purchase Order Despatch - improves available processing times.
• No Data Rekeying – reduces administration time and effort.
• Data Import Alerts- for assured and accurate business data.
• Error Reduction – reduces data rekeying errors.
• Administration Efficiencies – accept additional customer orders with no additional administration staff.

The AWARDS-BA³ Sales Order Switching module enables the picking of sales orders to be switched into another company or depot.

Switching could be needed based on criteria including out-of-stock and forced switching. The latter could be any business rule dictating, that in certain circumstances, forces the Sales Order to be picked from a different depot.

AWARDS-BA³ - Sales Order Switching Module Benefits

• Sales Order Fulfilment - maximised for improved customer satisfaction.
• Lost Sales - reduced for improved revenue.
• Logistics & Transportation - costs reduced.
• Customer Satisfaction - improved resulting in repeat orders.

The AWARDS-BA³ Central Order Switching module enables the centralisation of customer buying patterns. This places you top of your customer’s mind, boosting customer experience.

Sales orders are placed centrally and where products are out of stock, a matrix exists to offload these products to a designated supplier chain. This encourages repeat sales. Customers are assured that, regardless of in-stock products, you will always source their orders for them.

Additionally, a Central Ordering model encourages stocking of only products that generate a high margin and the greatest return.

AWARDS-BA³ - Central Order Switching Benefits

• Customer Buying Patterns - centralised for increased repeat orders.
• Order Picking Switch – diverts orders to another company or depot.
• Alternate Supplier Chain – keep customers even when you do not stock an item.

The AWARDS-BA³ Checkout Module allows scans on picked stocked to ensure 100% order accuracy. Once the picked items are brought to the checkout area a scan function enables operators to perform a secondary/checkout scan on the picked stock.

AWARDS-BA³ - Checkout Module Benefits

• Secondary Scan Function - facilitated on picked stock to ensure 100% accuracy.
• Audit Trail - a comprehensive record of all transactional information is kept.

The AWARDS-BA³ Customer Call Scheduler module enables call schedules to be created on a daily or a frequency basis. Call Schedules include order templates and quick order entry links, ensuring faster, easier, and more efficient sales order processing.

AWARDS-BA³ - Customer Call Scheduler Module Benefits

• Call Schedule – calls button enables direct access to call schedules directly from Sales Order Entry.
• Calls Transfer - scheduled calls are easily transferred between telesales staff for greater productivity.
• Telesales Rep Intelligenece - can be assigned a customer’s call log to maintain and improve the customer relationship.
• Call Alerts - ensures that the appropriate person is notified should a call be skipped or rescheduled.
• CRM Integration – CRM systems, including Salesforce and Sugar CRM, are supported for an integrated CRM approach.

The AWARDS-BA³ Delivery Management module coordinates product delivery. It creates static and dynamic delivery routes to ensure optimised customer order delivery.

Multiple delivery routes may be created per customer, assigned to the most efficient routes. Routes can be set-up per picking waves within the warehouse and delivery routes can be linked to specific loading bays. These functions streamline and maximise warehouse efficiency during the goods-out process.

AWARDS-BA³ - Delivery Management Module Benefits

• Product Delivery Management Optimised - create static and dynamic delivery routes for fast order delivery.
• Multiple Routes – create efficient delivery routes per-customer.
• Customer-Assigned Loading Bays – optimised load bay management reducing OpEx.

The AWARDS-BA³ Cyclical Stock Counting Module provides the ability to cycle count products which uses ABC definitions to count products cyclically in a warehouse.

Depending on your product range, you may want to count high-value products more frequently than others. Additionally, any stock counting must optimises the use of your costly resources.

Cyclical Stock Counting results in increased stock accuracy, less downtime, and better resource usage throughout the warehouse.

AWARDS-BA³ - Cyclical Stock Counting Module Benefits

• Increased Stock Accuracy - reduced costly returns.
  
• Warehouse & Resources - optimised, reducing OpEx.
• Operational Downtime - reduced.

The AWARDS-BA³ eCommerce/Web Store Configuration module provides an online portal integrating with AWARDS-BA³. The website application is a responsive eCommerce site with features including online ordering using live product stock data, imagery, pricing, active sales discounts and contracts, and account details per customer.

B2B customers browse for products using the powerful search engine. Role-based access can be provided to B2B users ensuring only the relevant details are available to them. A Supplier Portal is available enabling user and role-based access to supplier information.

AWARDS-BA³ - eCommerce/Web Store Configuration Benefits

• Customisable eCommerce Website – create and design an eCommerce website quickly and easily.
• Real-Time Information Exchange - updated on the website or within AWARDS-BA³ for immediate action.
• Live, Real-Time Stock Levels - visible via the website ensuring sales staff always know which stock items are available for sale.
• Sales Promotions & Contracts – create web-based promotions and contracts automatically, updated in real-time.
• Top Searched Products - records the most popular online product searches. More accurate keyword selection enhances SEO.

The AWARDS-BA³ Mobile Sales Module can be used on multiple mobile device types. Trade customers can log-in remotely and purchase their desired products in real-time, quickly, and efficiently.

Sales representatives can log-in on behalf of trade customers, leading to optimised order entry, enabling up-selling, and assured trade customer satisfaction.

AWARDS-BA³– Mobile Sales Module Benefits

• Portable Sales Tool - can be used by sales staff on the road for fast sales engagement.
• Customisable eCommerce Mobile Site - can be designed, customised, and optimised for mobile usage.
• 24/7 Remote Access - instant access to live information optimising sales performance.
• Web Promotions & Contracts - offers, promotions, and contracts can be created and are automatically updated online.

AWARDS-BA³ offers flexible KPI-focused dashboard monitoring to drill-down sales data, providing fast and easier access. Fully visual role or user-defined dashboards provide critical information, enabling business decisions to be made, quickly and efficiently, based on real-time information.

AWARDS-BA³– Management Information Dashboards & Visualisations Module Benefits

• Live Information - available 24/7 for instant decision-making.
• More Control - increased availability of information means more control over future direction and strategy.
• Improved Decision-Making - instant access to key KPIs enables faster and improved decision-making.
• Information Drill-Down – for improved access to business-critical sales information.
• Dashboards - create user and role-specific screens ensuring only relevant information is visible.
• Faster Issue Management - dashboards provide immediate issue indication ensuring for fast resolution.