Best Practices Tune-Up

Best Practices Tune-Up

We designed our software to handle your business in the most efficient manner possible, but sometimes the daily practices of running a business – turnover, new hires, or growing business needs, for example – can affect productivity. AIMS not only understands the best practices needed for your specific business, we also have long-standing associations with top petroleum marketers across the country, which has given us insight into what's worked best for them. We are well-equipped to help your operation re-focus periodically on getting the most out of your AIMS' system by using it the way it was designed to be used.

This two-day on-site observation, that we call our "Best Practices Tune-Up,” includes:

• Review of Daily Procedures
  • Evaluator will observe entry of all transactions
  • All documents must be ready for entry
  • Make modifications if necessary
• Review of Inventory Control Procedures
  • Fuel
  • Non-Fuel
  • Reports
• General Ledger Review
  • Required Accounts
  • Balance Sheets
  • Income Statements
  • Subsidiary Ledgers; Trial Balance
• Reports Evaluation and Utilization
• Daily Updates
  • Analyze each section (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory Purchased, Inventory Sales, General Ledger)
  • Look for out-of-balance conditions
  • Post closing trial balance
• Miscellaneous
  • Average Cost Calculation
  • Backups; Bank Reconciliation
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Consigned Locations
  • Freight Charges
  • Fuel Tax Calculations
  • Non-fuel Sales
  • Service Stations
  • Sales Order
  • System Shutdown
  • Recurring Entries

You will receive a written evaluation of your daily data processing operations, including recommendations for improvement, within 10 days. Additional on-site training can be provided if necessary.