Infor CloudSuite Distribution

Infor CloudSuite Distribution, formerly known as Infor Distribution SX.e, is a robust distribution management solution specifically designed to help distributors of all types run an efficient, end-to-end operation.

Advanced in both design and function, Infor CloudSuite Distribution automates:

• Core materials management
• Financial and transaction management
• Sales operations

This gives distributors a deep and comprehensive view of factors driving customer service, inventory management, and other key processes. The solution enables distributors with complex product lines and large numbers of customers and/or suppliers to efficiently increase inventory turns and maximize margins.

Infor CloudSuite Distribution is a full-featured client/server system with an intuitive, user-friendly graphical interface that supports flexible, event-driven operations, running on the latest Windows-based connectivity standards. Infor ERP SX.enterprise provides the tools for control of the complete inventory lifecycle-from order entry and customer order management, through complex pricing and price management, rebates, and detailed unit of measure management.

Infor CloudSuite Distribution Features

The core features of Infor CloudSuite Distribution include:

Accounts Payable

• Tight integration with all of Infor Enterprise products
• Vendor master file with separate ship-from file
• Invoices matched to receipt record
• Apply single invoice to multiple receipts
• Apply multiple invoices (from one or more vendors) to single receipt
• Recurring transaction posting
• Distribute non-trade invoices to a maximum of 500 General Ledger accounts
• Post disputed amounts with separate aging
• Modify invoice after posting
• Multiple bank accounts
• Attached, overflow, or separate remittance advice

Accounts Receivable

• Tight integration with Enterprise products Vendor master file with separate ship-from file
• Customer master file with separate ship-to/job file
• Accounts receivable floor plan programs
• Job tracking with lien control and tracking
• Statements sub-totaled by ship-to/job
• Cycle statement printing
• Aging by due date for accurate credit controls
• Aging by ship-to/job
• Payment history tracking for 13 periods
• Extensive credit history

General Ledger

• Tightly integrated with Enterprise products
• User-defined parameters
• Up to 26 open periods
• Bucketless account posting (no month-end requirements)
• Budget accounting with 99 revisions per year
• Extensive notes capabilities
• Multiple companies with cross-company consolidations
• Full divisional accounting with balance to the division
• Recurring entry posting
• Reversal entry posting
• Extensive report generation

Inventory Control

• Multiple warehouses per company
• Extensive item cross-reference
• Barcodes
• Customer numbers
• On-line Electronic Catalog of items available but not stocked
• MSDS identification, hazardous materials sheet printing, compliance tracking
• Status codes per warehouse (stock, direct, order as needed, do not reorder)
• Item master with separate warehouse record
• Ordering parameters and usage tracked by warehouse
• Serial and lot control tracking by warehouse
• 24-month usage tracked per warehouse
• Usage tracked by demand location, not fill location
• Direct and indirect usage demands tracked
• Multiple units of measure per item

Purchase Order

• Manual entry of orders or automatic generation by recommended replenishment
• Recommended Replenishment Action Report (RRAR) by vendor and product line
• On-line RRAR option
• RRAR shows all surplus stock occurrences
• Option to override or select surplus option before purchase order creation
• Central purchasing with central target
• Automatic assignment of vendor product number to purchase order
• Notes on all purchase orders
• Comments on all purchase order lines
• Comments carry over from Order Entry for highly optioned items
• Multiple purchase order types

Sales Order Management

• Comprehensive bid preparation capability
• On-line real-time or batch entry
• Notepad style entry
• Fast, customer-interactive entry for counter and phone operations
• Multiple order types
• Multiple order disposition types
• Direct ship lines on stock order
• Direct ship transfers on stock order
• Multiple vendors on direct orders