The AIMS Wire -- September 2011

Volume 13, No. 9

Process Automation Modules available for COMPAS 8.0:

  • C-Store Control

  • Interface between COMPAS 8.0 and 3rd party C-store systems

  • Payroll (incl. 401k and cafeteria features)

  • Cardlock (network card processing as an option)

  • Rack Price Import

  • E-BOL Import

  • E-Fuel Invoice Import

  • A/R EFT

  • Document FAX

  • Document E-mail

  • Fuel Delivery (with degree day forecasting)

  • Credit Card Processing

  • Bank Reconciliation

  • Purchase Order

  • Mass Quotes

  • Salesmen's Commission

  • Rebates

Process Automation Modules available for COMPAS Commander

  • Business Intelligence dashboard

  • Cardlock (network card processing as an option)

  • Credit Card Processing

  • C-store Control

  • Interface between Commander and 3rd party c-store systems

  • Customer EFT

  • Document Distribution (auto fax and email)

  • Fuel Readings Import

  • Fuel Delivery Export

  • Journal Entry Import

  • Marketing Assistant

  • E-BOL Import

  • Electronic Motor Fuel Tax Export

  • Rack Price Import

  • Salesmen's Commission

  • Rebates

Your COMPAS system can interface to c-store systems

Do you operate c-stores?  Do you want to install store-level software and interface it to your POS devices?  There are a lot of software companies out there that make great software for c-store operations.

AIMS made a decision many years ago to stay out of the c-store software arena and just focus on the wholesale side.  However, we also recognized that many of our customers wanted specialized store-level software and so we made it our policy to interface to any c-store system that a customer wanted us to and for which such an interface was do-able.  Currently we have interfaces for several popular c-store packages, in both COMPAS 8.0 and COMPAS Commander versions.  We can give you a list if you are interested. 

Our policy is to develop interfaces that our customers want, so if we don't have the interface you need, we'll build it provided that the c-store software provider will work with us. 

What is our definition of "interface"?  Departmental sales totals, fuel sales totals, in-store charges, vendor invoices entered at the store level are imported electronically into COMPAS.  You have the opportunity to review and edit anything that comes in from the stores before it is posted to COMPAS.

Item-level reporting (if you are doing scanning) would be retrieved from the store system (COMPAS only keeps aggregate departmental cost and retail).  Likewise, the detail on vendor invoices would reside on the store system.  But, vendor invoices entered at the stores go to COMPAS' AP.  Store charge tickets go to COMPAS' AR.  Inventory adjustments made at the store level go to COMPAS' GL.  Sales and COGS go to COMPAS' GL.  In some cases, there is Home Office retail software that the store data flows into first for editing and finalization. This may also be where the retail price books are maintained.

COMPAS Commander's Help system

Just another reminder for our COMPAS Commander customers that your Commander system has been upgraded with over 150 Help documents and over 30 demonstration videos.  If you have not browsed the contents of the Help system yet, carve out some time and see what's in it.  We think you will be pleased.

 


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