Import Key Capabilities

Forecasting and Purchasing

• Automatic suggested purchase order generation from forecast
• Seasonal order bookings
• Collaborative forecasting with customers for import bookings
• "Like" product forecasting for accurate introduction of new manufactured products
• Re-balancing private-labeled products to eliminate re-buying of surplus inventory
• Customer purchase order matching for import orders

Container Management

• Track "in-transit" shipment tracking with container numbers and vessels
• Cross-docking container management
• Container optimization
• Direct import management by sending containers directly to customers

Container Receiving

• Receive against PO, ASN, or container contents
• Automatic PO matching based on container data
• Option to receive and put away in a single step
• Option to receive, palletize, label, and then put away
• Discrepancy reporting

Import Costing

• Forecasted and final landed costing
• Multiple selling and sourcing currencies
• Ocean freight, land freight, exchange rates, duty by tariff codes, etc.
• Track pre-paid inventory

Electronic Commerce

• E-mail notification of shipments to the customer
• Customer portal to track import shipment
• Electronic integration with suppliers