Purchasing Software Features - SIMMS Purchasing Management

SIMMS Purchasing Software helps you keep on top of your transactions and their vital details. When ordering goods from a vendor, contracts to buy are created, tracking and shipping methods are stipulated, dates defined, and contact names get logged as well as quantities confirmed and prices recorded. SIMMS Purchasing takes all these details in stride within clear, easy-to-use screens, thus streamlining the entire purchasing process.

Users can easily clone existing purchase orders –- both simple and complex -- are easily cloned to save time normally spent re-entering details identical from previous purchases. SIMMS also processes partial receipts, updates inventory records as goods are received and monitors cost variances stock received and stock invoiced. Automatic purchase orders are generated when your on-hand quantities fall below specified minimum levels, thus guaranteeing that the inventory you need is where you need it

Receipts of Goods automatically adjust inventory quantities and produce backorder fill records if there are backordered items. With the advent of SIMMS software, you will be able to have all the needed information at your fingertips to you’re your best possible purchasing decisions.


  • • Auto Reorder point notification
    • Item replenishment
    • Purchase order authorization staging
    • Serial number management and lot control
    • Ability to Drop Ship Orders
    • Generate sales orders from purchase orders
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  • • Ability to define your replenishment quantity above demand
    • Easy to use screen enables you to easily purchase from multiple vendors for many items from several orders at once
    • Generate a Request for Quote (RFQ) direct from the replenishment module
    • Review the current stock demand in one easy to understand screen.
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  • • Always have sufficient stock on hand avoiding costly stock shortages
    • Define economic or maximum stock level requirements
    • Alert on screen or via e-mail when stock level reorder points have been hit
    • Define what users get what alerts.
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SIMMS Inventory Management software processes stock replacement and backorders sharply and swiftly. Ordering and receiving items in warehouses has never been easier. Choices of receiving locations and entry of stock details is completed with only a few clicks of your mouse.

SIMMS has retained the lead in inventory software solution for more than a dozen years.

SIMMS' Purchasing features keep your item details at hand, while partial orders can be processed quickly and users can make decisions based on any variances they observe. Accuracy in costing is always in mind so that users can receive the best deals possible on each successive acquisition. Aging of stock and all item details are mapped once they are entered into the system.

Purchasing plays a vital role in any inventory program and is a valuable and optimized feature, as the software grows and diversifies. The process remains simple and straightforward, thus requiring less time for ordering and less time for users to learn. SIMMS Inventory Management Software has been evolving for more than ten years and expands as business requirements are augmented into it.

Take the first step today by taking your best first step ever -- SIMMS Inventory Management software.

(RFQ) Request for Quote Manager

SIMMS Request for Quote (RFQ) allows for one-step translation of a requisition into a paperless RFQ document that can be emailed to selected vendors for competitive pricing via a buyer and supplier accessible system (portal) for managing requests for quotes (and other kinds of supplier requests).

Item Replenishment

Determine your replenishment requirements for your entire system in a snap with the replenishment module

Item Fulfillment

Fulfill your orders with ease once product has been received for large quantities of orders at a time with the order fulfillment manager

Purchase Order Management

With SIMMS you can generate and receive an entire PO or partially receive a PO as many times as required until the whole PO has been received, creating separate Receipt of Goods & Receipt of Invoice documents for each partial receipt.

Auto-Reorder Points

Define automatic inventory item reorder points per location in a snap, using the economic or maximum stock level requirement settings assigning the reorder point, order quantity, minimum order quantity and maximum on hand values, and automatically generate Purchase Orders based on this defined criteria.

Landed Costing

Are you tired of having to calculate your landed costs through a series of spreadsheets, drafts, alternate programs and utilities that seem to suck the time out of your day? If so then the landed costing functionality found in SIMMS Inventory Management software is what you require. Make time for you and let SIMMS handle the complicated task of tracking your landed costing.

Purchase Orders on Hold

Place Purchase Orders on hold in order to prevent the receiving of the specified PO.

P/O Authorization Staging

With the Purchase Order authorization staging capabilities found in SIMMS you can enable the added security of having to have Purchase orders approved, and authorized prior to receipt.

Purchase Order Cloning

Easily clone a Purchase order into a new Purchase order for the same or different Vendor saving you valuable time in processing repeat orders.

Drop Ship Orders

With SIMMS even complicated tasks like drop shipping orders is made easy

Purchase Orders for Sales Orders

Advanced functionality such as creating Purchase orders for sales orders and having the sales orders created automatically on the fly from the related PO is made simple with SIMMS Inventory Software, not only can you create new Sales orders on the fly but you can even add the PO related items to an existing Sales Order.

Quick Payment from Receipt of Goods

Of course, you have the ability to apply quick payments such as deposits or even payments in full to a receipt of invoice on-the-fly from the same screen.

Serial number and Warranty Tracking

Tracking and assigning an items serial number, secondary level serial number and purchase warranty, sales warranty at the receiving stage is a snap in SIMMS Software.

Manufacturer Lot Tracking

Easily assign and track an items Manufacturer lot number at the receipt of goods stage in SIMMS.

Expiration Date Tracking

SIMMS Expiration Date Tracking system tracks an unlimited amount of expiration dates from the time they are received into inventory until the time they are issued. This information is permanently recorded in the system, allowing inventory control personnel access to a wealth of historical and validation information. Expiration Date Tracking is essential in the flow of inventory items that can expire such as life saving medication.

Alternate Bill to and Ship to

easily select an alternate ship to or bill to address for your purchasing transactions.

Override G/L Distribution

You can override the G/L distribution for each line item on your transaction for simple flexible accounting.

Defer Receipt of Invoice

SIMMS enables you to choose if you wish to receive the invoice for a receipt of goods at the time of receipt or defer the receipt of invoice for a later time, postponing the distribution to AP and GL until that time.

View and report Vendor Purchase History

SIMMS boasts an extensive library of Reports and report generators giving you the ability to, choose from some of the most versatile purchasing reports you could ever need.

Purchase Multiple Apparel Items with Matrix View

Effectively manage apparel and footwear styles using one item number with multiple color and size labels with the Apparel Matrix Inventory feature.

Purchase Order Reporting

From status reports to un-received PO reports you have the information you need when you need it.

Multi Currency

Our optional SIMMS Multi-Currency module delivers powerful and comprehensive Multi currency accounting, purchasing and sales functions. Sophisticated currency management and seamless transactions in any number of currencies provides a global competitive edge.

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