JUST-IN-TIME INVENTORY CONTROL

Sophisticated inventory control system, custom built specifically for the optical industry

• Just-In-Time inventory control
  • The system computes inventory levels based on your business activity, eliminating manual entry of minimum and maximum inventory levels
  • Eliminate all unnecessary stock
• Calculations based on quantities on hand, on order, lead time, annual turnovers required and moving average usage from a 12 week period
• Ultimate lens databases—All major lens companies' lenses and their barcodes on file
• Compatibility with all major barcode scanners on the market to date
• Ordering—purchase order creation, printing and electronic transfers
  • Automatic purchase orders with the capability to fax or modem orders to your suppliers
  • Electronic orders sent via Opticom (www.opticom.com)
  • FTP orders directly to all integrated suppliers
  • Manual orders
  • Daily orders—based on one-for-one replenishments
  • Short orders—actual orders missing suitable substitutes
  • Minimum quantity levels—specific to groups of lenses
  • J-I-T—Just-In-Time based on calculated requirements
• Stock substitution
  • Create suitable substitute lenses—E.G. alternate vendors, coated rather than uncoated
  • Automatic recalculation and reprinting work tickets where required
• Receiving and returns
  • Received orders—P.O. is accessed and items not received are logged as backordered
• Physical counts—audits, variances and cycle counts
• Costing—standard or average cost
• Reporting—sales, usage, optimum levels, slow movers, average usage over time
  • Usage Reports by period, item or vendor
  • Dump obsolete stock and identify fast movers allowing you to replenish quickly
  • Inventory valuation report, optimum on hand or slow movers