Focus ERP Features
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Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Journal Entries
- Reconciliations
Back Office
- Purchase Orders
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Accounting
Chart of Accounts | Deliver out of the box Chart of accounts that can be used across multiple companies or business units. | Not enough data | |
AP Automation | Steam lines data entry by auto-populating recurring or predefined vendor values. | Not enough data | |
AR Automation | Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data and setting up regular payments from clients. | Not enough data | |
Journal Entries | Auto-populate based on previously entered information, uplaode journal entries and schedule future entries. | Not enough data | |
Tags & Dimensions | Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc. | Not enough data | |
Cash Management | Match payments and invoices and perform bank reconciliation in multiple currencies. | Not enough data | |
Payment Batches | Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention | Not enough data | |
Payments Scheduling | Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times | Not enough data | |
Payment Settlements | Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers | Not enough data | |
Payment Methods | Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers | Not enough data | |
AP Automation | Streamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor information and invoice details | Not enough data | |
AR Automation | Ability to populate default customer data, set up payments from clients and automatically match customer receipts to outstanding transactions. | Not enough data | |
Audit Trail | See feature definition | Automated, chronological tracking of activities that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record | Not enough data |
Budgeting / Forecasting | Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios. | Not enough data | |
Collections Automation | The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections | Not enough data | |
Financial Statements | General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business 10 reviewers of Focus ERP have provided feedback on this feature. | 80% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Invoice Customization | The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and allows users to add or remove fields and create new templates. | Not enough data | |
Journal Entries | Create journal entries based on previously entered information, schedule future entries, and allow Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source. 10 reviewers of Focus ERP have provided feedback on this feature. | 82% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Monitor Cash Positions | Ability to track cash positions across all accounts, banks, business units, and countries | Not enough data | |
Multi-Entity / Consolidation | Multi-ledger and multi-entity architecture, with automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations | Not enough data | |
Payment Processing | Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow. | Not enough data | |
Recognition Rules | Automate recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition templates. | Not enough data | |
Reconciliations | Based on 10 Focus ERP reviews. Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions using flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules. | 72% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Tags / Dimensions | Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc., which can also be used for reporting purposes. | Not enough data | |
Payments Scheduling | Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times | Not enough data | |
Payment Batches | Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention | Not enough data | |
Payment Settlements | Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers | Not enough data | |
Payment Methods | Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers | Not enough data |
Accounting
Chart of Accounts | Deliver out of the box Chart of accounts that can be used across multiple companies or business units. | Not enough data | |
AP Automation | Steam lines data entry by auto-populating recurring or predefined vendor values. | Not enough data | |
AR Automation | Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data and setting up regular payments from clients. | Not enough data | |
Journal Entries | Auto-populate based on previously entered information, uplaode journal entries and schedule future entries. | Not enough data | |
Tags & Dimensions | Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc. | Not enough data | |
Cash Management | Match payments and invoices and perform bank reconciliation in multiple currencies. | Not enough data | |
Payment Batches | Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention | Not enough data | |
Payments Scheduling | Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times | Not enough data | |
Payment Settlements | Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers | Not enough data | |
Payment Methods | Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers | Not enough data |
Inventory
Inventory Tracking | Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Costing | Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit. | Not enough data | |
Product Master | Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Forecasting | Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management. | Not enough data | |
Integrations | Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms. | Not enough data |
Warehousing
Locations | Create and manage warehouse locations and areas for shipping or receiving. | Not enough data | |
Multi-Warehouse | Manage locatons accross multiple physical or virtual warehouses. | Not enough data | |
Third-Party | Ability to monitor locations and inventory in third party warehouses. | Not enough data |
Purchasing
Demand | Identify demand based on different types of sales orders and forecasting data. | Not enough data | |
Purchase Orders | Software supports purchase orders and provides the visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process. | Not enough data | |
In Transit | Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination. | Not enough data | |
Receiving | Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory. | Not enough data | |
Demand | Identify demand based on different types of sales orders and forecasting data. | Not enough data | |
Purchase Orders | Software supports purchase orders and provides the visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process. | Not enough data | |
In Transit | Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination. | Not enough data | |
Receiving | Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory. | Not enough data |
Sales & Marketing
Customer Master | Manages customer information including multiple ship-to and bill-to locations. | Not enough data | |
ATP | Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received. | Not enough data | |
Order History | Track order history, from quotes to sales orders, invoices, and returns, as well as canceled orders and back orders. | Not enough data | |
Returns | Manage return merchandise authorizations (RMS) approval processes and match with the original invoices. | Not enough data | |
Credit Limits | Define and monitor credit limits by individual customer or categories of customers, including the option to put customers on hold. | Not enough data | |
Pricing & Discounts | Manage various types of pricing and discounts associated with product categories and customer types. | Not enough data | |
Customer Master | Manages customer information including multiple ship-to and bill-to locations. | Not enough data | |
ATP | Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received. | Not enough data | |
Order History | Track order history, from quotes to sales orders, invoices, and returns, as well as canceled orders and back orders. | Not enough data | |
Returns | Manage return merchandise authorizations (RMS) approval processes and match with the original invoices. | Not enough data | |
Credit Limits | Define and monitor credit limits by individual customer or categories of customers, including the option to put customers on hold. | Not enough data | |
Pricing & Discounts | Manage various types of pricing and discounts associated with product categories and customer types. | Not enough data |
Assembly
BOM | Provide Bill of materials to define what components and packaging should be used for assembly. | Not enough data | |
Kitting | Define kits and packages of two or more finished products that can be sold together or separately. | Not enough data | |
Disassembly | Ability to take apart assemblies and ensure that the components are transfered to inventory. | Not enough data |
Logistics
Picking & Packing | Define and implement optimal procedures to pick and pack products for shipping. | Not enough data | |
Packaging | Identify packaging options like pallets or containers to optimize shipping performance and reduce costs. | Not enough data | |
Shipping | Plan deliveries based on inventory availability, transportation costs, and order priority. | Not enough data | |
Routing | Create routes for shipping directly to customers, to distribution centers, or for dropshipping. | Not enough data | |
Tracking | Track shipments from warehouse to the destination, including drop shipments and multilocation shipping. | Not enough data |
HR
Payroll | Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll. | Not enough data | |
Workforce Management | Manage personnel availability and allocate human resources to production and inventory operations. | Not enough data | |
Time & Attendance | Track the time spent by employees performing various tasks related to production or inventory management. | Not enough data | |
Payroll | Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll. | Not enough data | |
Workforce Management | Manage personnel availability and allocate human resources to production and inventory operations. | Not enough data | |
Time & Attendance | Track the time spent by employees performing various tasks related to production or inventory management. | Not enough data |
Inventory & Warehouse
Inventory Tracking | Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Costing | Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit. | Not enough data | |
Product Master | Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Forecasting | Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management. | Not enough data | |
Integrations | Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms. | Not enough data |
Manufacturing
WIP | Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations. | Not enough data | |
Work Orders | Manage work orders for different types of activities such as production, rework, or maintenance. | Not enough data | |
MRP | Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability. | Not enough data | |
BOM | Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them. | Not enough data | |
MPS | Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations. | Not enough data | |
Shop Floor | Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages. | Not enough data |
Quality Management
Inspections | Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications. | Not enough data | |
Rework | Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded. | Not enough data | |
Waste | Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired. | Not enough data | |
Defects | Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality. | Not enough data |
Distribution
Picking & Packing | Define and implement optimal procedures to pick and pack product for shipping. | Not enough data | |
Shipping | Plan deliveries based on inventory availability, transportation costs, and order priority. | Not enough data | |
Tracking | Track shipments from warehouse to the destination, including drop shipments and multilocation shipping. | Not enough data |
Back Office
Allocation | Resources can be allocated and reallocated across multiple projects and portfolios. | Not enough data | |
Asset Register | Create a list of all the assets owed by a company. | Not enough data | |
Lean Management | Include lean project management features and best practices. | Not enough data | |
Maintenance | Track maintenance operations for the products sold, such as calibration or preventive maintenance | Not enough data | |
Organization Management | Organizes employees in an org structure that can be used throughout the application for reporting, permissions, etc. | Not enough data | |
Payroll | Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll | Not enough data | |
Portfolio Mix | Create the optimal mix of portfolios to achieve operational and financial goals. | Not enough data | |
Purchase Orders | Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process 10 reviewers of Focus ERP have provided feedback on this feature. | 83% (Based on 10 reviews) | |
Requisition | Define requisition rules for various types of procurement. | Not enough data | |
Shift Scheduling | Plan employee work shifts according to availability and provide notifications to employees when they are scheduled. | Not enough data | |
Sourcing | Identify and assess suppliers for different products and services. | Not enough data | |
Status | Monitor the status of multiple types of assets. | Not enough data | |
Time & Attendance Tracking | Let employees track the hours they have worked through integrations with time tracking products or built in time tracking features. | Not enough data | |
Warranty Management | Maintain information on warranties for the products delivered and for their components | Not enough data |
Front Office
ATP | Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received. | Not enough data | |
Checkout Process | Includes features that optimize user check out experience such as Shopping carts and Single Click Checkout, order summaries, receipts. | Not enough data | |
Configuration Rules | Rules ensure that users select only compatible options and that all required items are included | Not enough data | |
Contact & Account Management | Store and retrieve information associated to customer contacts and accounts. Track company-wide communication and information about contacts and accounts. | Not enough data | |
Customer Portal | Allows fully customizable portal for customer to enter tickets, provide feedback and communicate with service agents | Not enough data | |
Field Service Booking | Allows clients to book jobs through the desktop page or within the app. | Not enough data | |
Field Service Dispatch | Notifies field service workers of their upcoming assignments. | Not enough data | |
Product & Price List Management | Enter product/part numbers and manage the prices associated with them and allow users to use this information when creating quotes and sales orders. | Not enough data | |
Product Catalog | See feature definition | Allows users to search, filter, sort and select items to be added to quote | Not enough data |
Promotions and Discounts | Contains features that allow administrators to set up promotions on site, provide time based discounts, and enter coupon codes. | Not enough data | |
Quote & Order Management | Allows users to create a quote that contain information on products, prices and associated discounts, which can be converted to sales orders. | Not enough data | |
Returns / Refunds | Functionality to allow users to process returns/refunds either via self service or contacting customer service. | Not enough data | |
Storefront Design Tools | Provides standard templates with an easy to use tool set to customize the templates to showcase the stores brand and optimize the users experience | Not enough data | |
Territory & Quota Management | Assign and manage sales quotas and territories. Track progress against quotas. Change as needed. | Not enough data | |
Tickets | Creates and assigns support tickets, scheduling them in a timely manner. | Not enough data | |
Visual Configuration | Images can be displayed of options to enable users to visualize product options as it is being configured | Not enough data |
Integration
Breadth of Partner Applications | To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product. | Not enough data | |
Data Import and Export Tools | Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file. | Not enough data | |
Integration APIs | Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications. | Not enough data |
Logistics
Centralized Inventory Database | Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database. | Not enough data | |
In Transit | Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Forecasting | Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Pricing and Costing | See feature definition | Ability to establish multiple price levels and choose between multiple costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO and Specific Unit. | Not enough data |
Inventory Reporting | Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services. | Not enough data | |
Inventory Tracking / Ordering | Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders. | Not enough data | |
Picking Methods | Support multiple picking methods such as batch, wave, or zone picking. | Not enough data | |
Picking Planning | Create schedules for picking activities based on inventory availability. | Not enough data | |
Receiving | Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory. | Not enough data | |
Shipping Options | Functionality that allows users to select shipping options based on price and delivery time. May integrate to 3rd Party shipping/fulfillment companies. | Not enough data |
Platform
Customization | Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views. | Not enough data | |
Internationalization | Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies. | Not enough data | |
Output Document Generation | Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application. | Not enough data | |
Performance and Reliability | Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took. | Not enough data | |
User, Role, and Access Management | Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc. | Not enough data | |
Workflow Capability | Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action. | Not enough data |
Production
BOM | Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them. | Not enough data | |
Defects | Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality. | Not enough data | |
Identify Demand | Calculate demand by consolidating data from multiple sources. | Not enough data | |
Inspections | Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications. | Not enough data | |
Manage Resources | Track resource availability for raw materials and production capacity. | Not enough data | |
MPS | Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations. | Not enough data | |
MRP | Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability. | Not enough data | |
Production Plans | Generate production plans based on demand and resource availability. | Not enough data | |
Rework | Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded. | Not enough data | |
Shop Floor | Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages. | Not enough data | |
Waste | Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired. | Not enough data | |
WIP | Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations. | Not enough data |
Reporting & Analytics
Custom Reporting | Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer | Not enough data | |
Dashboards | An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance | Not enough data | |
Integration | Provide integration with analytics and business intelligence software, or specialized products such as Corporate performance management solutions. | Not enough data |