Distribution Management System

Below is a more detailed look at some of the features and functionaility the DMS package has to offer.

Order Entry

Improved customer service and increased sales are the goals of the DMS Order Entry system. This module is fully integrated with the inventory system and delivers a wide variety of options from pre-purchased pricing contracts by product to individual shipping requirements by customer location. This module is completely customizable and also possesses the ability to feed online availability to the Internet instantly!

A few of the many functions of the Order Entry system include:

• Internet accessibility for instant product availability requests
• Flexible order entry, review, and maintenance options
• Multiple location inventory control
• Credit limit checking
• Automatic pricing
• Volume discounts
• Customer/Product specific contract pricing
• Third party processing (buying groups)
• Automatic billing for shipping charges
• Drop-shipping
• Credit card processing

Inventory Control

In addition to exposing instant product availability to the billing system and the Internet, this module offers a wide variety of options for controlling inventory according to the specific needs of your company. Proper maintenance of inventory stock levels are maintained consistently based upon pre-defined rules, ordering happens via automatic EDI integration, and a variety of reports streamline the management process and make analysis of inventory usage easy to handle.

Here is an overview of what this module has to offer:

• Improved customer service through accurate product availability
• Min/Max inventory ordering rules for automatic replenishment
• Robust sales reporting and tracking tools
• Product specific contract pricing by customer location
• Multiple costing models
• FIFO
• LIFO
• Averaging
• Bar code scanning
• Capable of handling millions of SKU's
• EDI sales reporting and ordering

Accounts Receivable & Account Maintenance

In today's highly competitive environment, the concept of Customer Relationship Management is more important than ever. For this reason, the DMS system has been designed to make customer account handling easier than ever before. The system provides a variety of resources and features for maintaining customer satisfaction. A few of the many features are outlined below:

• Support for multiple shipping locations for each customer account
• Credit card processing
• Monthly statement generation
• Multiple reports for assessing sales trends and account statistics
• Location specific pricing deal maintenance
• Drop-ship processing direct to your customer's clients

Business Analysis

Monitoring the daily operations of your business is critical to maintaining a competitive edge. The DMS package makes this possible by providing a comprehensive set of business reporting tools as well as the ability to generate reports of your own by using third party software of your choosing. We at Rivers understand that nobody can anticipate every need for every business situation, and that is why we feel it is important to allow flexible reporting capabilities. By using the industry standard of SQL compliant database structures, our clients have the ability to leverage the robust granularity of our database structure to develop whatever custom reports are required. Some of the reports that come with the base system are shown below:

• Sales by manufacturer
• Customer sales ranking
• Sales by State
• Lot number tracking
• Gross margin reporting
• Comparative sales
• Account sales by salesperson
• Contract pricing reports
• Inventory sales and usage statistics
• Tax reports

In Conclusion...

Rivers Computer Support, Inc. is proud to offer our DMS package to the wholesale distribution channel. Our company has been in business for over 15 years, and as times have changed, so has our software. We are dedicated to supporting our products from start to finish. Training is always available and our toll free support line means help is only a phone call away.

Our sales and support teams work closely with your IT staff to determine your specific needs. RCS then integrates and fine-tunes the software to ensure customer satisfaction. In addition, RCS also offers custom programming resources for businesses whose needs fall outside of the mainstream.

The most valuable aspect of a Rivers solution is our ability to provide a greater level of support and customization than our competition. In addition, our staff is intimately familiar with both the hardware and software components of the systems we sell. Our prompt and friendly service makes RCS a single solution provider with all the resources to meet the needs of the most demanding business situations. Contact us and let us show you how we can help your company meet the ever changing demands of today's economy.