1. XML Background Datafile Software XML Background This background note is an introduction to what XML is about. There are many publications about XML, and you will find tutorials and any amount of other information about XML on the web, see the Useful Links secti... Read More
2. Application Considerations - Back-to-Back Order Systems Datafile Software Application Considerations - Back-to-Back Order Systems Many companies will work a back-to-back system whereby purchase orders are generated from the original sales orders. Whilst this is not an XML issue as such, there are syst... Read More
3. A1 Background Note on EDI Datafile Software A1 Background Note on EDI "Once upon a time I observed that the major problem in electronic communications began with the second computer in the world. It incorporated all the good ideas of the first, and also some valuable e... Read More
4. Detail Back-2-Back Datafile Software Detail Back-2-Back Name Type Description Purchase Order Flag X SOP Only. Flag showing status of purchase order generated. Blank/N-no purchase order, Y-awaiting purchase order generation, P-purchase order has been generate, D-p... Read More
5. Back-To-Back Order Processing Datafile Software Back-To-Back Order Processing Back-to-Back ordering is the facility to raise purchase orders on suppliers automatically from any sales order details which have not already been reserved in stock or otherwise satisfied. The Da... Read More
6. Copy Items Back to Lookup File (9902) Datafile Software Copy Items Back to Lookup File (9902) This special action allows the setting within Profiler screens of up to sixteen copy items from the main file back to the lookup file, each with their own definition of a lookup database,... Read More
7. Extra Copy Items from Sales Order Detail to Purchase Order Header Datafile Software Extra Copy Items from Sales Order Detail to Purchase Order Header This change allows 20 copy items from the Sales Order Detail file to the Purchase Order Header. The copy items are actioned when using the ‘detail’ l... Read More
8. Extra Copy Items in Back-2-Back Order Generation Datafile Software Extra Copy Items in Back-2-Back Order Generation This new feature allows an additional twenty copy items from the sales order header to the purchase order header file, and an additional twenty copy items from the sales order de... Read More
9. Create New Back Order Lines Datafile Software Create New Back Order Lines When processing Delivery Notes (or Goods Received Notes in POP) there are times when the full outstanding delivery cannot be processed – you have insufficient stock available for delivery, or you h... Read More
10. Create from Sales Orders - Alternate Order Generation Sequence Datafile Software Create from Sales Orders - Alternate Order Generation Sequence When using Back-2-Back to create purchase orders from sales orders the system processes the sales order details in a set sequence – sorting on account code / stoc... Read More