Stream V Single User

A full version of Stream V for a single user. For the small fee of $99 you can have access to the complete single user version Stream V; we can install it remotely or you can download the software and install it yourself.

Cove System’s Stream V – Integrated ERP Software integrates all Sales, SCM, Procurement, Product Management, Warehouse Management, and CRM functions: includes comprehensive Accounting and Financial Analysis, complete Warehouse control, Shipping, Returns processing, CRM, B2B and Vendor eCommerce, and Assembly and repetitive Manufacturing/Assembly operations.

For Distributors, Resellers, Retailers, Mail Order, and discrete Manufacturers the software is fully integrated with vendors for seamless, automated ordering using API, XML, AS2, SOAP, or traditional EDI.

A Vendor shipping module (drop ship) is completely integrated with purchasing to provide the ability to create Purchase Orders directly from Sales Orders, and then send them on to the vendor for shipment directly to your client, if desired. Stream V, which Cove Systems supports 24/7, and updates consistently, is installed in core industry companies world-wide.

Stream V TM allows access to your data through a number of different methods. In addition to execution of the standard application, you may publish data via our Interactive Voice Response systems which allows telephone inquiries, and touch tone order entry. You may also present your data on the Internet by using STREAM V E-Commerce to allow secure eCommerce transactions by your customers.

Assembly businesses need reliable & powerful Product Management as they move through a product life cycle. Inventory Management, Bill of Materials & Comments quickly become essential to running a productive Assembly Operation. Stream V - Integrated Business Software handles these things and more in Smart & Innovative ways.

Assembly businesses trust Stream V to be Secure, Scalable and Updated Consistently, so competition does not outperform them in their areas of expertise. Stream V will enable Assembly Operations to run smoothly, reliably, and most importantly, employees will work more efficiently.

For more than 25 years, Assembly Operations have been running on the Stream Integrated Business Application.

Distribution businesses need the Complete Integration of multiple modules such as Inventory Control & Management, Product Management, Shipping Control, Order Fulfillment, Customer Relationship Management, Accounts Receivable, and General Ledger; Distributors need the superior Integration to make business More Efficient and Productive.

Stream V Integrated Business Software enables Distribution Businesses the Efficiency and Productivity that clients & customers demand. Small Businesses yield big results; although no matter how big or small the company, Stream V does all the hard work and you get all the credit.

Scalable up to 500+ users, Distribution companies have room to grow. Don’t buy an accounting system every 2 years, Stream is updated consistently and grows with Distribution Businesses.

Manufacturing Businesses need total control of critical business information. Stream V Integrated Business Software makes accessing and managing all areas of manufacturing businesses a snap. Work smarter by utilizing Stream’s many integrated features for a huge increase in business efficiency, overall productivity, and ROI.

Stream V instills Manufacturing businesses with the tools needed to grow to great proportions. The Bill of Materials is one of the most important modules in Stream V to a Manufacturing business. Stream takes the difficulty out of managing complicated Inventory by efficiently providing employees and management with intuitive and innovative ways of handling critical business information & processes.

Cove Systems knows exactly what Warehousing Businesses need, & has accordingly developed and continue to develop Stream V - Integrated Business Software with the latest in technological and industry advances.

Whether Tracking Inventory, Assets, or Multiple Warehouses, Stream’s Management tools are designed for efficiency and productivity. Cove Systems offers Warehousing companies with the most powerful program in the industry to track and manage warehouses efficiently and securely.

Real-Time Warehouse data is essential to operating a successful business in today’s industry. Many Improvements have been made to the industry standard for Warehousing businesses; Stream V is unmatched & ahead of the pack.

Wholesale Companies extend their reach with Stream V - Integrated Business Software. Improve a competitive lead by taking advantage of the innovative & integrated system features Stream V offers.

An Innovative Product Management and Efficient Warehouse Management Software Solution; Stream makes it easier for employees & management to sell and manage Products and Inventory. Reduce Inventory costs by spotting buyer trends. Create lasting relationships with vendors.

Customer relationship management and Returns management are pivotal areas in any ERP Industry Standard Software. Stream V offers Wholesale companies more than just Industry standard; receive a Market Advantage & a Secure Future in the wholesale industry.

Just a few examples of System Wide Features:

• Database Transaction Support
• Complete (System Wide) Integration
• Transaction Atomicity
• Multi-Currency
• Dashboard
• Euro & Common Market
• Multiple types of Comments, including Media such as videos and sound files
• Field Level Decimal Control
• Telephone/Postal Field Masking
• Drill Down Inquiries in all modules
• Local and Wide Area Logging and Replication
• Digital Document Support on all documents
• Operational Usage Tracking:
  • Who ran what program/when?
  • Data change history
  • Function History
• Audit Trails for all transactional Activity
• Complete Sample Data Set
• Provide Training
• Comprehensive Online Help
• Online Access to Documentation
• Procedure Guides
• Application notes

Software Compatibility:

Desktop:

• Windows 95/98/Me
• Windows NT 3.x
• Windows NT 4.x
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows XP Professional
• Windows Vista

Server OS

• Windows 95/98
• Windows NT 4.x
• Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Windows 2000 Datacenter
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows (IA-64) Server 2003 32bit native mode
• Windows (IA-64) Server 2008 32bit native mode
• Citrix
• Unix: AIX
• Unix: HP-UX
• Unix: Solaris
• Unix: Linux
• Unix: SunOS
• Unix: SCO OpenServer
• Unix: SCO UnixWare

Database

• Microsoft SQL Server
• CTree
• Oracle
• IBM DB2
• Pervasive SQL 2000

Accounts Payable

Real-Time Interface With G/L

The Accounts Payable module is one of the two pillars on which the General Ledger stands. This module feeds the General Ledger with subsidiary information needed to complete the liability and expense sections of the balance sheet and income statement, providing a complete financial of the company.

On-Line A/P Management

The Accounts Payable module will allow more efficient management of cash, better control of your expenses, more accurate information, and reduce the manpower required to process your accounts payable activity. Ease of entering Accounts Payable invoices is the hallmark of this module. Single or multiple partial payments and accruals are easily set up, including future payment and amortization dates.

Using the simplest and most efficient mechanism in the industry for choosing which invoices to select for payment, the A/P module increases the productivity of any accounts payable department. Based on easy-to-set parameters, payment dates may be automatically assigned, manually entered, or combinations of both, during A/P invoice entry. Payment and due dates may be automatically calculated based on the invoice date, payment terms, and vendor, as well as company policy.

• 3 Way Matching of A/P Invoices
• Multi-Divisional
• Multi-Currency
• Auto Pay Feature
• Auto Discount Calculation
• Project Enabled
• Drill Down Inquiries in all modules
• Recurring Distributions
• Digital Document Support on all records
• Real Time G/L Journal Posting
• On-Line Inquiry
• Manual Checks
• Single or Multiple Partial Payments
• Assignment of Invoices
• Trade and Expense Vendors

Accounts Receivable

Control, Management and Integration

Designed to be highly functional, efficient, and easy to learn, the Accounts Receivable module provides the level of receivables control required for maximum cash management and better, more informed management decisions. Integrated with Sales Order Entry, Invoicing and Point of Sale, the Stream V Accounts Receivable module allows tight control of credit limits and tracks available credit on and on-line, real-time basis to assure that credit availability is controlled based on the company’s credit policies.

Transaction Driven Subsidiary Files

The Stream V" Accounts Receivable module is a real-time, transaction driven system that posts data on-line to the subsidiary files and the General Ledger. The automatic on-line, real-time posting to the General Ledger of payment entry and invoice adjustments assures that the company’s cash position, as well as the customer’s credit availability, is continuously available. As soon as activity is applied to a customer’s invoice, the customer’s available credit is updated to allow the processing of additional sales. Multiple cash and receivable accounts may be maintained and adjustments may be charged to any General Ledger account.

• High-speed Cash Application
• Multi-Divisional
• Multi-Currency
• Credit Control
• Automated Customer Hold Process
• Customer Invoice History Lookup
• Drill Down Inquiries in all modules
• Fast Invoice Adjustment Screen
• Digital Document Support on all records
• Real Time G/L Journal Posting
• On-Line Inquiry
• Multiple Cash Clearing and Bank Accounts
• Credit Application available at cahs application
• Self Auditing Invoice Register
• Auto-Process Sales Tax

Bill of Materials

Essential for Assembly, Distribution and Manufacturing Businesses

Integration and easy access to critical information is the key to managing assembly, manufacturing or distribution businesses successfully. The Bill of Materials is essential in assembly, distribution and manufacturing businesses. Businesses need to have a ‘parts list’ in order to put together certain items like computers, for example. With Stream V the Bill of Materials Module has everything companies need to efficiently run discreet manufacturing processes.

Bill of Materials Reports

A Bill of Materials report lists the bills of material in which each component part is used. The bill of materials report is used to output detailed information about each Bills of Materials that have been defined on the system. This is especially useful for manufacturing, assembly and distribution operations.

Multiple Comments

Easily describe how the items in a specific Bill of Materials should be used or handled during assembly. The Bill of Materials Comments is accessible from the Shop Floor programs and is automatically printed on the documents produced by the Shop Floor system. Stream allows for multiple comments. View and edit both the comment for the selected bill of materials header and the comment for the selected bill of materials line item.

• Customizable Reports
• Shortcut keys
• Browse & Lookups
• Kitting Enabled
• Integrated to Inventory Management
• Integrated to Shop Order Management
• Integrated to Shop Floor
• Multiple Comments
• BOM date ranges
• Multiple Inventory Support

CRM

One Screen Sales Headquarters

The Customer Relationship Module is a powerful application which can be used to perform a variety of customer service and marketing tasks. The CRM module is completely integrated with the other modules in the Stream V" system, and it allows you to access a large number of programs with a minimum amount of navigation. You may use the CRM module to locate and view existing customer and contact information, and to create new customer and contact records. You may also use the module to access current sales order and invoice status and history.

The CRM module allows you to create new quotes and sales orders, to edit existing quotes and sales orders, and to create and process opportunity, incident and action records for your customers and contacts. In addition, you can use the module to define, create and process scripts for profiling your customers, to look up inventory availability and pricing, and to view and set up special pricing records for particular customer/item combinations.

Customizable and Flexible

The CRM Module makes use of customizable multi-parameter browses and standard selection lists. These powerful interfaces allow you to display and search the records in your database in several different ways. The CRM Module also contains many panel based programs that are used for creating and maintaining ‘master’ data records.

These master programs contain a large variety of fields for tracking and organizing information about the individuals and companies that you do business with, and they give you complete control of the data that is critical to your business success. Validation tables and custom fields can be created or assigned as the need arises, and modified as required to meet your business needs. Standard customer and contact information can be defaulted into new records and security can be controlled at the field level on a group or user basis. Text information or ‘comments’ can easily be attached to all types of database information and automatically retrieved with a minimum of keystrokes.

As you select customers and contacts in the CRM system, all related information for the entities are available to you - open and closed sales orders, quotes, invoices, marketing information, questionnaire information, notes, statistics and pricing information. Entering an order or checking inventory status can be done with a quick click in one integrated application. In short, CRM allows you to do business in the 21st century, quickly, efficiently, collaboratively, and profitably.

You can look good to your customers, your customers can get what they need, and these customers will keep coming back to you due to the service level you can provide with this application.

• Track Opportunities
• Invoice Lookup
• Contact Management
• Quote Management
• Sales Order Entry and Management
• Incident/Action System
• Track Shipments
• Recurring Entries
• Digital Document Support on all records
• Extensive Note Files
• Outlook Interface
• Invoice Status and Lookup
• Returns Lookup
• Special Pricing and Buying Group Maintenance
• Catalog Look Up

GL

The Financial Suite Backbone

The Stream V General Ledger module easily handles recurring and repetitive entries, as well as accruals for future application. Journal entries, as well as accruals for future periods are then applied individually or as a group. Predefined closing entries can be stored for repetitive use and can be automatically reversed in the next period. All subsidiary modules automatically feed the G/L for timely, on-line, and accurate financial reports. All activity modifying the General Ledger is stored in journals and identified by source, post date, and journal entry number. This allows extensive reporting capability and complete audit trails.

Fast, Extensive Processing

The General Ledger (G/L) serves as the company’s financial backbone and is the heart of the STREAM V" Accounting System. The STREAM V" General Ledger Module will automate all the ledger accounting functions of your company and provide flexible and timely financial reporting. The General Ledger produces profit and expense analysis quickly and accurately, as well as budgets and forecasts.

• Financial Reporting
• Multi-Divisional
• Multi-Currency
• Euro & Common Market
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Drill Down Inquiries in all modules
• Recurring Entries
• Digital Document Support on all records
• Accrual Entries
• Recurring Entries
• Real-time JE Management
• Flexible Periods
• Extensive Audit Trail
• Transaction Level Subsidiaries

Incidents & Actions

Implementation, Integration, Customization

The Cove Systems Stream V Incident and Actions system is a powerful and versatile tracking system that can be used for a variety of tasks within a support, service, and marketing organization.

The use of customized, user specific, multi-parameter browse technology allows the client to define exactly the functionality they would like for their system.

Create Custom Processes

All codes for Incidents, Stages, and Actions in the system are fully definable by the client company to allow the software to function by utilizing their workflow and processes.

The system allows the customer to be selected either Company centric or Contact centric, thereby allowing for the filtering of client support; either by the parent company or the specific company site utilizing your support services.

Incidents are free flowing and can either be predefined with stages and actions coming from the stages or as simple as a single action per incident.

• Service & Support Tracking
• Stages supported
• Warranty
• Microsoft Outlook Integration
• Company or Contact Centric
• Rep Dashboard
• CRM Integration
• RA Interface
• Full Customization
• Serial/Lot Numbers

Integrated eCommerce

Customer & Vendor-Side eCommerce

Stream V Integrated eCommerce provides secure access to your in-house accounting system via the Internet. Stream V uses your favorite web browser, to allow both customers and vendors to interact and perform ecommerce functions with the application.

Integration and Security

The Integrated eCommerce system employs a pair of Java server processes to perform real-time communication to and from your Stream V Business Software system which resides securely inside your firewall.

Real Integration

Stream V Integrated eCommerce is not an add-on product, but a completely integrated part of the main software application.

Your customers see all the same live data as your in-house staff is seeing (with limits of course, which you can setup in the eCommerce software management). Transactions performed by the customers/vendors are executed in real time and provide immediate feedback and appear in your live data.

• Order Entry
• Complete Integration with Stream V
• Order Lookup
• Product Search
• Real-Time Data
• Customer Catalogs
• Direct Vendor Link
• Shipment Tracking
• Invoice Lookup
• Account Status
• Price and Availability
• Special/Contract Pricing
• Tech Support Tracking
• Customer Service on the Web

Inter-Facilities Transfer

Transfer & Track Inventory Between Facilities With Ease

The Inter-Facility Transfer (IFT) System is designed for companies with multiple warehouses that are physically separated from each other. Stream V gives businesses the ability to easily and efficiently transfer inventory between multiple facilities.

Track Goods While They Are in Transit

Stream V enables companies to track the goods being transferred while they are in transit, and to control when the amounts being transferred are received into the system.

Most of the programs used by the Inter-Facility Transfer System are also used to perform other functions such as creating sales orders, purchase orders and purchase order requisitions, creating vendors.

• Special purpose Vendor records
• Special purpose IFT Customer records
• Track Transferred Goods
• Multiple Warehouses
• Easily Transfer Goods

Inventory Control

Timely Inventory Information = Profits

Inventory control is the cornerstone of any distribution, reseller and retail business and is essential to profitable operations. The ability to analyze data quickly and efficiently is critical to managing inventory levels in order to control your company’s budget and resources. The Stream V" Inventory/Warehousing module maintains the most accurate, easy to access, real-time inventory available today.

Multi-Location Functionality

The Stream V" Inventory module allows the use of unlimited warehouse locations. Multiple operators can update inventory information in multiple locations simultaneously. Transferring inventory among warehouses takes place on-line to assure immediate availability at the destination warehouse. Companies shipping to remote warehouses can easily implement the Inter-Facility Transfer System to more accurately reflect inventory availability.

Transactional Processing

The Stream V" Inventory Control module is an on-line, real-time, transactional system with activity pertaining to inventory recorded in an inventory transaction file. This provides management with the audit trail necessary to ensure correct product flow. Extensive reports can be produced from the inventory activity file for in-depth management analysis of stocking levels and usage requirements.

Tracking of on hand, reserved (orders in house from customers), on order (orders placed with vendors), and work in process(WIP) is a simple and straightforward process. Quantities on order from customers are tracked both as ‘total reserved’ and the quantity reserved for shipment in the current ‘scheduling window’.

Features

• Warehouse Management
• Transaction Tracking
• Auto Allocation
• Bin Tracking
• Catalog Management
• Multiple Locations
• On-line Access
• Vendor Link
• Bar Codes
• Digital Document Support on all records
• Extensive Note Files
• Outlook Interface
• Invoice Status and Lookup
• Returns Lookup
• Special Pricing and Buying Group Maintenance
• Catalog Look Up

Order Fulfillment & Customer Dropship Fulfillment

Differentiate Your Company From Your Customers Other Suppliers

To provide additional customer service, and differentiate your company from your customers other suppliers, Cove supports ‘Customer Drop Ship Fulfillment’. Customer Drop Ship Fulfillment is the process of your company accepting orders from your customer for direct shipment to your customer’s customer (the consumer).

Unlimited Shipping Addresses per Customer

Stream V has multiple shipping address (ShipTo) support in Order Entry. You may store an unlimited number of shipping addresses per customer. The shipping addresses can either be your customer’s facilities or names and consumer addresses.

Multiple Shipping Methods

Each ShipTo address can be defined to use specific shipping methods (UPS, FEDEX, etc.) and Shipment Terms (FOB,CIF,&).

Custom Shipping Labels

The system can use a special customer specific shipping label print routine whenever labels are printed for shipments made for a customer. This allows shipping labels to include graphics, and other information on shipping labels.

• Multiple shipping addresses
• Unlimited Shipto Addresses
• Carrier Account
• Returned to the Correct Address
• Packing Lists
• Sales Orders
• Shipping Methods
• Return Address Flag
• Custom Shipping Labels
• Customer Specific
• LongCode
• AIC