Hickory ERP is a custom enterprise software solution for the retail, distribution,
and manufacturing industries and is recommended for organizations which are looking to:
Deploy advanced eCommerce, Point Of Sales, Inventory and Warehouse management, or Manufacturing in tandem
with existing financials (AR/AP/GL) systems.
Pilot an ERP suite with plans for full implementation in six to nine months.
Develop a custom ERP application or ERP suite using an existing framework and applications as the starting point.
Features: (click on +/- to show or hide details)
Product Catalog
Support for multiple stores with catalogs, categories, and products
Each store can have full set of currencies, content, and shipping and fulfillment rules
Support for physical goods, digital goods, usage (rental) products, and configurable products
Create unlimited matrix/variant products using product features
Unlimited product pricing flexibility with price rules
Support for configurable products (such as computers) with automatic integration with manufacturing
Support for automatic "sell from" and "sell thru" dates
Support for content in multiple languages
Bar-coding with SKUs, ISBNs, UPCs, and other industry-specific product identification schemes
Products can have cross-sells, up-sells, and inventory-unavailable replacements
Products can be automatically discontinued when out of stock
Support for shopping lists, such as "My Favorite Items"
Unlimited number of addresses for each customer
Bill orders to customer accounts
Split any order to multiple addresses
Split order to multiple methods of payments
Create customer or product surveys and polls, product review, and user forums
Create tracking codes for affiliate, pay-per-click, or other marketing campaigns
Point Of Sales
JavaPOS-based Point of Sales (POS) terminal
Compatible with touch screens, printers, barcode scanners, and special POS equipment
Independent POS terminal with its own database to maximize uptime
Secured synchronization with store and corporate servers over web
Hot buttons for often-sold items
Accept cash, checks, and credit cards
Separate manager and cashier screens
Daily check-in and check-out
Discounts, price and quantity corrections
Full integration with order and inventory modules
Manufacturing
Create bill of materials for manufactured products
Create production runs to specify manufacturing processes
Track time and activity to manufacture products
Automatically update inventory of raw materials and finished goods during manufacturing
Automatically start manufacturing process for configurable products
Run Materials Resource Planning (MRP) simulations to determine inventory quantities and requirements
Inventory and Facilities
Manage multiple warehouses with their own location
Track inventory from purchasing and receiving to shipping
Create item issuance and shipment manifests
Generate warehouse pick lists
Automatic integration with UPS (worldwide)
Track shipments through multiple route segments
Manage inventory variance
Order and Purchasing
Create purchase orders for multiple vendors in multiple currencies
Set purchasing prices based on vendor and quantity break points
Management payment terms to vendors
Set ship before and ship after dates for orders
Associate people (supplier agents, etc.) with orders
Store gift status and gift messages
Order approval workflow can be automated or manually configured
Send automatic or manual order confirmation emails
Create returns for refund, store credit, or exchange
Create automatic requirements based on orders, manufacturing needs, or inventory levels with workflow to control re-ordering process
Accounting
Set up and track billing accounts for customers
Manage Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP) invoices
Pay vendors and taxes
Create agreements for purchasing and other transactions
Integration with all major credit card payment gateways
Encryption of sensitive personal or financial information
Support for gift certificates, deposit accounts, and other financial accounts
Framework (Technical)
Model-View-Controller
Service Oriented Architecture
XPDL-standards based workflow
Conditional workflow
Support for web services (SOAP/WSDL)
True database independence layer ensures compatibility with all major commercial and open source databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server
Internationalization capabilities and translations to English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Chinese
Define security permissions for specific operations and assign them to users based on user login names
Built-in encryption of sensitive data
Support for web, desktop (Swing), and print (PDF) output
For more information on how our Hickory ERP solution can help your business please contact us at sales@hickorysystems.com or (905) 857-7233.
