S2K Enterprise

VAI’s S2K Enterprise software provides complete integration with PC Desktop productivity products such as Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word. At the touch of a key users can move data into Excel Spreadsheets, send emails to contacts, create customer letters in Word, and schedule appointments into their Outlook calendar. In addition, options like *View and *Excel allow users to create PDF or Excel files for many of the standard reports. This integration provides users with the flexibility to utilize desktop applications while taking advantage of the power, reliability, and security of the S2K Enterprise software.

S2K Smart Center delivers critical KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to allow users to easily keep track of business issues and goals. S2K Enterprise provides High-level KPIs that focus on the overall performance of the enterprise, and low-level KPIs that focus on processes in departments such as sales, inventory, and accounting.

Today, more than ever, warehouse management systems are critical to effectively manage your supply chain and achieve peak performance. By implementing the latest technologies in your warehouse you can significantly improve warehouse operations, employee productivity, and customer satisfaction. VAI S2K Warehouse Management Software (WMS) will allow you to monitor warehouse activities in real-time, minimizing entry errors, and help you measure the efficiency of your warehouse employees. Customers using this application have seen an increase in accuracy (99% or more), and a significant reduction in returns, an increase in warehouse throughput and inventory turns, and increased customer satisfaction.

VAI S2K Enterprise provides one of the most advanced purchasing programs available today. This dynamic application provides a myriad of tools to help minimize the burdensome tasks associated with manual purchasing by automating your demand planning, purchasing, and ordering process to optimize buying power across different product lines and multiple warehouses. Powerful formulas analyze historical and forecasted usage for each item; seasonal trends, market demand, and vendor lead times to provide suggested purchase orders for each vendor. These advanced purchasing tools maximize your buyers' efficiency, enabling them to spend more time on profit-oriented tasks such as reducing dead stock inventory, increasing customer fill rates, negotiating pricing with suppliers, and reviewing product mix. Customers using this application have reduced their Inventory by 25% (or more) while increasing customer fill rates.

S2K’s browser-based software provides mobile access, enabling every user in the organization immediate anytime, anywhere computing on any device. By delivering software through a browser with a flexible web interface, we can now provide the user with a single sign on of all web applications which will simplify the user experience, increase productivity and minimize training costs. Customers leveraging this technology have significantly enhanced the level of service and support they provide to customers.

The VAI S2K Enterprise job scheduler provides users with the ability to process reports and other events at specified times and intervals throughout the course of their business cycles. The system administrator can schedule jobs / reports to run daily, weekly or monthly at specified times and days. Entering various parameters enables jobs to be scheduled to run repeatedly during a day and prior or after the End-Of-Day and End-Of-Month processing. Scheduled reports can be printed or emailed to specific users or groups.

The VAI S2K Enterprise Work Flow Alert’s feature supplies today’s management with the tools required for successful business making decisions, by providing automated, timely information and support via e-mail and mobile devices. Alerts can be entered to specify tolerance levels and multiple users can be notified of the same event. Maintaining a successful operation relies on the timely communication between management and operations. The VAI S2K Enterprise Work Flow Alerts provide the communication links necessary for effective enterprise wide communications.

Today, people are finding information, making purchases, and interacting with brands like never before. Having a dynamic web presence for your business is expected, and as more customers migrate from their computers to mobile devices, mobile applications are becoming extremely important. S2K Enterprise Portal and S2K Mobile solutions allows your customers and employees to interact with your business in new mays. Allowing your customers to interact with your products through the web or on a mobile app can make you stand out from your competitors. Detailed information and photos about your products will be at your customers’ fingertips, engaging them and spurring them to take action. Customers using these applications have seen a dramatic increase in customer satisfaction and in sales.

Access to accurate information has never been more vital to grow revenue, protect margins, and improve profitability. With S2K Analytics you can create powerful dashboards and reports that will allow you to easily identify anomalies that could turn into significant business issues, identify and analyze opportunities and trends, communicate goals consistently with employees and monitor performance against targets. S2K Analytics pre-configured dashboards help you gain immediate visibility into sales, monitor revenue and make sure targets are hit. S2K Analytics helps you see the big picture and monitor the performance at a company or location level. Customers using this application have gained a clear picture of revenue and profitability and have used this information to make better business decisions.

S2K Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and S2K Sales Force provides much more than contact management. These tools are completely integrated with S2K Enterprise, giving your sales team real-time access to customer and product information anytime, anywhere they need it. Your sales team has the ability to search the product catalog, check price and availability, see related products, new products, and current promotions. They can enter and track quotes, customer orders, and review a customer’s order status. Sales analytics screens gives your sales representatives insight on customer behavior, allowing them to react quickly to customer issues and opportunities. Customers using this application have improved communications, increased sales, and empowered their sales team to drive new business and make the most of their sales calls.

When using VAI’s Accounts Receivable application you receive a number of benefits that go beyond cash flow and customer data management. This application offers you an up-to-date aged receivables listing, continually identifying delinquent accounts and assisting your credit department in maintaining control. The powerful AR Manager Dashboard assists users with credit and collection activities by providing drill down access to all customer data. Invoices and Statements can be faxed or emailed at the touch of a key, and detailed notes provide company wide information on collection activities. Customers using this application have seen a positive impact on their cash flow, improved collections, and a reduction of bad debt.

Understanding the total manufacturing cost is crucial because it can be compared to total revenue and ultimately used to determine your business' profitability. S2K’s Bill of Materials (BOM) helps companies track the direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead for finished goods. Actual cost can be compared to standard cost, allowing users to evaluate the root cause of any costing discrepancies and take action. In addition, S2K 's Material Requirement Planning (MRP) software module eliminates purchasing and scheduling problems and speeds up the work process. S2K’s Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) provides the summary information you need to spot situations where capacity is short or long, enabling you to shift production and manage resources efficiently. Customers using this application have reduced costs, increased quality and streamlined overall production time.