SIMMS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FEATURES

Below are some of the key features available in SIMMS Inventory Software Version 7.0, to help you manage your inventory and warehouse functions.

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Wireless or Batch Data-Collecting

Barcode Printing

• When it comes to producing barcodes, the SIMMS Barcode Module and SIMMS 2D Barcode Modules are the smart solution-increasing efficiency while lowering costs. We also offer complete hardware packages and customized solutions. We understand every industry has unique demands and SIMMS offers the most sophisticated barcode, label-making module in the industry.
• Label your own items with ease

Serial Number Tracking

• SIMMS' Serial Number Tracking system manages an unlimited amount of serial numbers from the time they are received into inventory until the time they are issued. This information is permanently recorded in the system, allowing inventory control personnel access to a wealth of historical and validation information. The information maintained by the Serial Number Tracking system is extremely helpful when returning a defective item to your vendor or when verifying a returned item from your customer.
• Allocate serial numbers during the entry of a customer order,
• To Item Kits and their constituent components at shipment
• Assign serial numbers to items during or immediately after receiving items.
• Utilize serial number management on the remote data collectors
• Use for warranty / recall management and protection
• Meet government and client compliance requirements

Manufacturer Lot and Expiration Date Tracking

• Easily and effortlessly assign items MFG lot information at the receipt of goods or kitting stage then select the lots when required for applicable transactions
• Allocate lot and / or expiration date during the entry of a customer order,
• Assign weight and / or cost to individual Lot numbers
• To Item Kits and their constituent components at shipment
• Assign expiration dates to items during or immediately after receiving items.
• Use for warranty / recall management and protection
• Meet government and client compliance requirements

Apparel Item Matrix (color/size/style)

• Our optional SIMMS Apparel Matrix module effectively manages apparel and footwear styles using one item number with multiple color and size labels
• Create product variants based on variables such as color and size
• Assign unique SKU, UPC and /or  Manufacturer number to each variant
• Create re-order alerts and safety stock levels for each variant
• Produce variant specific pricing

Item Images

• With SIMMS Inventory Software you can assign as many item images as you wish to each inventory item, then select a default image for display in the Item Manager for easy reference.
• The same images can be used/shared with the SIMMS E-Storefront module.
• Give your Kit Job cards some life with images of the finished product displayed on each job card.

Multi-level Categories

• Adding as many categories as you require has never been easier, and now you can create sub-sub-sub-categories just as easily, providing additional inventory item sorting capabilities within SIMMS.
• You can now create those item category trees you only hoped were possible up to 4 levels of sub categories can be utilized per item under a specific category.

Unit of Measurement Configuration

• Define unique unit of measurement relationships per item. For example, you can configure Widget 123 to define a box as containing 12 eaches as well as configure Widget ABC to define a box as containing 24 eaches.
• Deploy unique unit of measurement configurations for each item
• receive and puchase in alternate unit of measurements, eaches, boxes, crates and so on.

Price Levels or Volume Pricing and Discount Configuration

• With SIMMS, you can assign up to 12 unique price levels to each item then of course, assign a price level to your customer with ease.
• SIMMS Inventory Management Software makes the difficult task of percentage price discounts based on volume purchased as simple as 1-2-3.
• Create vendor specific pricing for items supplied by multiple vendors
• Produce customer and/or product specific price schedules

Currency Manager [requires Multi-Currency module]

• Our optional SIMMS Multi-Currency module delivers powerful and comprehensive Multi currency accounting functions. Sophisticated currency management and seamless transactions in any number of currencies provides a global competitive edge.
• SIMMS takes the guess work out of selling or purchasing items related to vendors or customers that utilize alternate currencies.

Tax Codes and Schedules

• If you're selling into different States or Counties, you may have to collect the taxes and pass them onto the correct authorities. SIMMS will let you setup a series of tax codes and schedules for each area and then let you attach a customer or invoice to that area so that you can charge the correct sales tax rate.

Item Code Aliases

• With SIMMS, you now have the capability of assigning your items as many aliases as you require, and relate your aliases to specific vendors and customers.
• No more endless guessing as to what your vendor or customer calls that item.

Multi-tier Stock Areas

• Location codes can be made up of up to a 3-character warehouse code and up to a 10-character bin code and can be used in many different ways.
• Easily assign location codes to your warehouses, trucks, agents, freezers and so on. thus giving you the freedom to receive to, issue from, build to or transfer to/from any location configured in SIMMS

Physical Count/adjustments and Audit Trail for Inventory Adjustments

• Process simple or complexed physical count adjustements with ease eithor in SIMMS or the SIMMS Data collector module.

Stock Transfer from one location to another with ease

• With SIMMS, you have the freedom of transfering items from one location to another with an easy to use transaction interface.

Define Automatic Reorder Points

• The Re-Order Point functionality found in SIMMS inventory software provides you with a listing of products and quantities that are needed for stock. The recommendation is based on Re-Order Points that are setup in each Inventory Record.
• Never suffer a stock shortage, once reorder points are configured SIMMS will inform you of your inventory shortfalls before they become a problem

Powerful FIFO, LIFO, Average, Weighted Average and Standard Inventory Valuation Features

• Easily select the Inventory Valuation/Sale Price Method you wish to utilize, the options available are Standard, FIFO, LIFO, Average and Weighted Average Costing

Automated SKU Management and Generation

• The SKU Configurator can be used to determine the composition of the SKU number. Selection of some characters from the item's category, subcategory, vendor's part number, manufacturer or vendor will add them to the SKU number's format. Users can instead choose that an auto-generated number to be part of the SKU.
• IF flawless standard uniform SKU numbering is important to you then SIMMS is the correct solution.

Item Kits

• Do you assemble products before shipping them? If so, then SIMMS Advanced Kitting functionality is the perfect solution to help you manage production and kit assembly without material issues.
• Create new / repackaged products by grouping or kitting items together
• Automatically track inventory of item kit components
• Set pricing and margins independent of component costs

Unique Vendor Assigned costing

• Assign multiple Vendors to an item assigning unique vendor part numbers and costs.
• When purchasing the costs for the related item reflect the assigned vendor cost, always assuring you have the right cost for the right item from the right vendor.
• Easily select items on transactions by using the vendor assigned part number or by using any of the other methods, making the transaction even easier to utilize.
• The purchasing documents will show the vendors part number as well as your assigned part number eliminating confussion.

Multiple Warehouses & Picking Locations

• Create unlimited warehouses (with purchase of additional warehouses)
• Pick any product from any location
• Easily  transfer multiple inventory items between warehouses.

Advanced Shipping Features Available

• Add packing slips for individual items with different destinations
• Merge items from multiple orders into the same or alternate boxes/packages
• assign your freight forwarder
• Produce bills of lading
• With SIMMS, shipment methods can be configured for contact, account number, phone numbers and address information
• Produce Packing Slips
• Produce Pick Lists
• Split shipments
• Track/Mark items to shipping containers/packages
• Add Additional Notes to Shipments
• Proposed Shipping Date Capabilities
• Inventory Transfer Shipping Capabilities
• Easily status Receipts, Issues and Transfers as Shipped
• Assign ETA's to your shipments
• Utilize Shipping Methods
• Assign a Shipping Supervisor
• Track Weight, box qty and shipment cost
• Override Ship to address.
• Record Package Tracking Numbers
• Flag Shipments as Shipped or not