ASC Utility Solutions

Integrated Software Solutions for Distribution and Manufacturing Operations

Experience:

The Utility Industry has diverse requirements when it comes to their distribution needs. For example, there are many parts that are located in bins, parts that are on pallets, and parts that will only fit in an outside yard (telephone poles, reels of cable, pipe, large transformers, etc.) Tracking these types of items can be very challenging for a utility company.

The warehouse tracking solution therefore has to be versatile enough to support a large range of products. It also has to perform under some adverse environmental conditions. Not only are products being tracked outdoors in all kinds of weather, but the centrally based utility may need to get critical supplies to outlying areas (or remote branches/centers) that may have sustained heavy weather damage such as tornados, hurricanes, fires, and earthquakes. This will require a distribution solution that can maintain not only an accurate inventory (multi-facility capable) but also be capable of providing uptime 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in case of an emergency. In addition, utility companies often require that "critical items" cannot go below certain minimum levels as it could involve safety issues and risks.

In the utility industry, certain accounting functions must be transparent to the warehouse staff - these functions involve GL account transactions or default account postings when a part is "issued." The warehouse solution should handle this without impacting the daily user operations. Reporting for end-of-period and audits are therefore maintained for accounting transactions and posting to the ERP system is done without intervention from the users. This increases the speed at which users can move through their daily transactions and reduces the cost of labor, plus increases accuracy for accounting.

For more than twenty years now, ASC has been instrumental in enabling companies to build, test, pack, label, and ship products throughout their supply chain. ASC software solutions empower some the largest supply chain networks in the world, including: Daimler Chrysler, General Mills, Kimberly Clark Medical Devices, Dean Foods, and Akro-Mils.

Modules and Features:

Many different modules and features are available as a result of our depth of experience in distribution:

• ASCTrac® Warehouse Management (very extensive)
• ASCTrac® Manufacturing (very extensive)
• Remote Center management
• Web portal
• Utility style reporting and accounting
• Labor Management
• Statistics and labor Performance
• Demand Planning and Forecasting
• Work In Process Tracking on Shop Floor
• Complete tracking and costing for the ERP solution
• EDI connectivity for ASN's, RFID, etc.
• Real time visibility for the accounting system
• Fully integrated to the other ASC modules for ERP
• and many more (view more option modules)