Use Cases

Use Case #1 : Procure-to-Pay
One of the key aspects of accurate supplier payments is identifying the invoice with actual shipments and receipts.  The Avorcor Supply-Chain-as-a-Service Suite simplifies this process by allowing companies to directly generate payables receipts into their accounting system based on real-time receiving activities.

The Avorcor Receiving Service allows companies to manage supplier documents, such as purchase orders, advanced ship notices, packing slips, purchase receipts and invoices in a single location.  The Receiving Service matches all related supplier documents against the originating purchase order allowing receiving and accounting to rapidly reconcile and view procure-to-pay process.   During the receiving process, the Receiving Service generates purchase receipts that can be imported into accounting systems to manage the payables process and to ensure accurate supplier payments.

Additionally, the Receiving Service track supplier performance and reports on average lead time per item.  The Avorcor Contact Management Service allows companies to access supplier information on demand from within receiving or accounting activities.

As noted in our FAQ above, the Avorcor services do not require you to replace the software that you are currently using in order to obtain these benefits and we can run alongside your existing applications, integrate with your existing applications or replace components of your existing applications as needed to achieve the proper balance required to meet your company's needs.

Use Case #2: Enhanced Order Management and Fulfillment
The key to accurate order management and fulfillment is availability of the right information when the order is received, a simple means of controlling the status of the order as it moves through the path of processing and extensible attributes that allow the business to quickly sort and route orders.

The Avorcor Order Management Service makes it easy for companies to develop and maintain a flexible order management workflow process.   Companies can flexibly define new order forms with additional attributes that allow them to better control their fulfillment process.  This service can easily augment statically-created order management systems that are inflexible and expensive to change.  The Avorcor Order Management Service allows companies to create and manage an entirely new ordering process inclusive of management approval, backorder management or credit checking.   Moreover, the Order Management Service will generate pick tickets and pick sheets both in electronic and paper form if required.  Finally, the Order Management Service will submit the order at the appropriate point in the process to the existing system to ensure your current processes continue unaffected.

When coupled with the Avorcor Item Master Service, Avorcor Contact Management Service and Avorcor Location Management service, the Avorcor Order Management Service can check on availability of items, customer standing and credit and obtain key item information required to help calculate shipping costs, discounts and packing requirements.  When coupled with the Avorcor Shipping Service, the Order Management Service can be notified of the tracking information when the order is shipped.

Use Case #3: Inventory Visibility and Accurate Distribution
One of the key issues facing manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and distributors today is visibility into their inventory including location management, forecasting, inventory levels, allocation controls and flexible containment mechanisms.

With the Avorcor Location Management Service, you can quickly add powerful asset tracking features to any existing WMS and ERP system.  The Location Management system supports ten levels of containment of an item, multiple bins per location, serial and lot number tracking, agile allocation controls and powerful exception handling for misplaced items, inventory level under/over, and managed put away inclusive of cross-docking.

The Location Management Service allows you to develop highly-productive warehouse pick, pack and ship scenarios.  Build pallets or totes close to the source and then track them as the move and get aggregated into other pallets or cartons.  Move entire locations right onto the truck inclusive of all items contained within that location.   Create license plates for any set of items and track its movements throughout the warehouse and into your store or customer.    Add an unlimited number of user-defined attributes to each location to help manage business tasks, such as storage costs, temperature, rotation dates, etc.

With Avorcor's Location Management Scanner Forms, you can leverage the power of barcode scanning and RFID to simplify the process of tracking.  These forms are fully integrated with the location management service and faciliate put away, transfers, picking and item verification.