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Important Considerations When Selecting an Inventory Management System

Know how to differentiate between ‘must have items’ and ‘wish list items’: Wish list items tend to force initial system implementations outside of budgets and time frames, while adding little additional value to the new inventory management system. The initial phase of any new system implementation should always focus on business critical tasks to support daily operations. After you are beginning to earn your return on investment, then discussions regarding a second phase to incorporate wish list items should be started. Realistically assess your internal project management and information technology expertise: When working with a software vendor for an inventory…

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CoreIMS Asset Management System

Can a traditional Inventory Management System be used for Asset Management? Yes it can. With few minor adjustments our CoreIMS™ Inventory Software can be utilized as an Asset Management System for companies of any size. By using CoreIMS™ Asset Tracking, a company can track any hard assets such as computers (including its parts, software, etc.), furniture, required maintenance and updates; as well as locations of all items, building addresses and, of course, employees’ to whom assets are issued to. CoreIMS™ Asset Management allows separation of all assets by departments, create replenishment schedule for perishable items, and transfer items between employees,…

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Case Study: Large Software Distributor Implements Serial Number Tracking and Reduces Order Shipping Time

The Challenge A large distributor of software products was searching for a way to implement serial number tracking and reduce the time required to process shipping orders. Most shipping orders require kitting to configure the product correctly for the customer.. The Solution Install CoreIMS and CoreIMS Internet Front End. Product codes were stored in CoreIMS as Kits, with a simple bill of materials for each kit, to handle shipping order configuration. Product serial numbers were entered as each shipping order was configured. Results By assigning User IDs to Customers and allowing them to enter Shipping Orders online via CoreIMS’s Internet Front End, order entry was…

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CoreIMS™ Inventory Management Software Now on GSA Advantage Schedule

CorePartners is very proud of our relationship with the US Government, especially using CoreIMS™ Inventory Management System to support our troops overseas. Our relationship started about 10 years ago with the DoD and now encompasses many military, federal, state and local agencies including ANA and NATO command in Afghanistan. A special version of CoreIMS called CoreIMS™ GE was designed to address Government agencies need for full warehouse functionality. CoreIMS™ GE addresses a comprehensive set of warehouse / inventory management needs from stock initialization through issue processing across multiple warehouses. Government (rather than Commercial) terminology is used across the various functional…

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Case Study: Multinational Company’s Warehousing and Distribution of Specialty Chemicals

The Challenge A multinational company provides warehousing and distribution services to manufacturers of specialty chemicals from three warehouses located in three different cities. This warehousing and distribution service is a new business offering for the corporation. They quickly discovered that operations were complicated by that product is priced by weight but sold by volume. The company needed to find a way to support those operations for their clients. The Solution Install CoreIMS with a single database supporting all three warehouses and utilize the product’s ability to define several Unit of Measure classes to support conversion from weight to volume. The Results CoreIMS was implemented within two weeks…

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