The VISCO software is a fully integrated software solution designed for small to mid-sized importers and distributors. With a focus on landed costs, container management, global logistics, and customs clearance all departments of an importing company are able to share the same information. The areas that will see the most immediate impact include:
Sales Benefits
The entire sales team will immediately recognize the benefits of this software.
- Tracking of Customer Inquiries, Samples, RFQ's
- Tools to compare Supplier Offers and generate target pricing (and margins) based on ALL of the costs associated with importing the goods
- Real Time Alerts for Customer related tasks
- Real-time access to order history
- Real-time access to customer order status
- Real-time access to inventory availability (including inventory "at source" and "in transit")
- Enter orders and access history remotely
- Easily Manage Drop Shipments/Direct Shipments all from one screen (Sales and Purchasing Elements)
- Upload Drawings, Spec Sheets, MSDS, etc to each products digital library
The sales order process is incredibly simple, though it can be very detailed and accommodating to all the information needs of your company.
This system follows the entire sales process. It allows the user to enter a sales order, with all the details about an order that are necessary for any customer. Sales associates can also receive real-time information on shipment and inventory status to make the appropriate sales decisions while right on the phone with customers.
Financial Benefits
For the financial department of your company, the system has given extra attention to financial analysis.
- Profitability Analysis at the transaction level
- Crystal Reports for custom report generation
- Integration with existing accounting system
- Accrual based costing
- Export to Microsoft Excel
- Real Time Alerts for suspect transactions
- Accurate Inventory Valuation to include ALL costs associated with inventory
VIS is a financial projection tool as much as it is an inventory management tool. This is one of the only systems that will calculate your net profit on an order as soon as it is entered. The system comes standard with accrual based costing for product and duty costs for each shipment (Venture). Hence, these costs reflect the total landed cost for that shipment.
All sales associated with a shipment are also reflected on the Venture. This enables the financial manager to assess gross profit for each Venture at a glance.
Logistics Benefits
As Importers know, the tracking required to move their good from one end of the supply chain to another, can be terrifically extensive and complicated. But can your supply chain managers imagine the time this package affords them if they can identify a certain individual container at its exact location at any given moment?
- Automated Document Generation
- US Customs Documentation Preparation
- Shipment level/ Lot level/ Unit level tracking
- Track "in transit" inventory
- 10+2 ISF filing preparations sheet
- Direct ISF and Customs Entry filing
- Real Time Alerts on late shipments
This software tracks each and every product at its most basic level from when it leaves the vendor's warehouse until it arrives at the specified location of the end customer. When a customer calls and asks when they can expect their imported good, the system is only limited in delivering a precise response by the timetable commitment of your shipping company.
The system also tracks every cost associated with the supply chain. Therefore, if your SCM or Logistics Manager needs instant information about costing or is interested in restructuring a part of their cost structure, the system can and will easily point out the areas where costs can be reduced.