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Warehouse/Ordering: State Restrictions (Feature Highlight)
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on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 
at 5:10 PM 
in In the business of collateral distribution and fulfillment, it sure would be easier if all users could order and receive the same items. The company managing the inventory would have a lot less stress.
However in many industries, that is not the case. Financial Services and insurance companies have many rules that dictate which collateral can be shipped to people, based on the State that they live in.
Many of our service provider clients have received business from companies in those vertical markets. One way that our software supports them is via our State Restrictions feature.
In the Inventory Management section of our software, users have the ability to create and define details of the products that they are responsible for. This might include reorder points, descriptions, print instructions, and order approval rules. Users can also define if a product (or kit) is restricted to specific States.
If a product is restricted to specific States, our Order Placement/Shopping Cart pages will honor those rules. Users will only be able to view and order products that are available to the applicable State. This helps to ensure that any laws surrounding distribution of that sensitive literature are honored.
Another example of how this feature may be used is if a person orders a kit. Let’s say someone orders the “Welcome to ACME Insurance” kit. This kit might include a generic Welcome letter, a What’s New document, and perhaps a description of the various insurance options that are offered. But if the person lives in the State of Massachusetts, the system could automatically inform the warehouse that they must include a supplement that provides state-specific guidelines when they ship the order.
Tags Use our Inventory Usage Reports for Planning and Action
We recently released an enhancement to one of the most popular reports in the Warehouse module of our ilinkONE Version 8 software.
Customers often use the “Part Number Usage” report to analyze what they have on the shelf, how much they’ve used, and what they may need for the future. Our new enhancement provides customers with a quick way to record notes for each product, directly from the report.
Simply click on the “notes” icon, and you will able to enter a new note for that item. You will also be able to review previous notes.
This enhancement will allow customers to truly utilize the usage data that our system calculates. The notes data is often used in determining the next steps for re-printing or re-stocking an inventory item. Having immediate access to that data should help all personnel involved.
Here is a screen shot of the updated report:
Click the Notes Icon on the Part Number Usage Report
Here is a shot of the “Add/View Notes” window:
Review and Add Notes for your Inventory Items
interlinkONE Lunch & Learn: Orders/Warehouse
On Wednesday, March 24th, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern Time, interlinkONE will be hosting a Lunch & Learn webinar for its customers on the subject of Orders/Warehouse.
During this webinar, interlinkONE will demonstrate some of the latest enhancements to its ilinkONE Version 8 Marketing Software. Specifically, we will walk through our Orders and Warehouse modules.
Please join us as we walk through items such as:
- New reports available in the Orders and Warehouse modules
- Ordering Options in Client Rules
- and more…
There is no charge to attend the webinar. interlinkONE customers — simply click here to register.
