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ORDER POWER!
Users Conference 2007
Agenda

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Highly Recommended
for everyone

 

ORDER POWER! Sessions

 

Personal Interaction

 
 

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Time

Oceanview North

Oceanview South

9:00
10:00

 

A primer on iSeries Query
(Query 400)

10:00
10:30

Coffee Break - Fountainview Conference Lobby

10:30
11:30

iSeries:
What you should know

A primer on iSeries Query
(Query 400)
  continued

12:00
1:30

Lunch - Fountainview Conference Lobby

1:30 
2:30

Advanced iSeries Query
(Query 400)

A primer on iSeries Query
(Query 400)
  continued

2:30
3:00

Break - Fountainview Conference Lobby

3:00
4:00

Advanced iSeries Query
(Query 400)
  continued

iSeries:  DB2/400

5:00
7:00

Welcoming Reception - Fountainview Conference Lobby
(South Florida casual)

 

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

8:00
9:00

       Registration

-

Fountainview Conference Lobby
Continental Breakfast

-

Palm Garden Dining Room

9:00
10:15

Opening Remarks – Oceanview North
Highlighting the newest ORDER POWER! enhancements

10:15
10:45

Break - Fountainview Conference Lobby

Time

Oceanview North

Oceanview South

Director’s Room

10:45
11:45

Warehousing:
Walk the Footpath

Accounting, Accounting, Accounting

Shipping & Handling

12:00
1:30

Lunch - Fountainview Conference Lobby

1:30
2:30

Advantages of
WebFacing

Varsity Logistics

Hidden Gems
in ORDER POWER!

2:30
3:00

Break - Fountainview Conference Lobby

3:00
4:00

Why Use Work Orders?

What is Quadrant?
Electronic Forms for ORDER POWER!

Web Store Makeover

4:00
4:30

Users Conference Meeting - Oceanview North

5:00
6:30

Open bar on the beach

6:00
8:00

Users Conference Dinner on the beach

Private sessions are available throughout the day.   Please sign up at Users Conference registration desk.

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

8:00
9:00

Continental Breakfast – Palm Garden Dining Room

Time

Oceanview North

Oceanview South

Director’s Room

9:00
10:00

Advanced Concepts in Order Processing

Bill Me Later

 

10:00
10:30

Break - Fountainview Conference Lobby

10:30
11:30

Advanced Concepts in Order Processing
continued

Credit Card Processing

Company Profile

12:00
1:30

Lunch - Fountainview Conference Lobby

1:30
2:30

Activity Tracking

Extended Pay Plan
Enhancements

 

2:30
3:00

Break - Fountainview Conference Lobby

3:00
4:00

Advantages of
WebFacing

Web Store Makeover

 

Private sessions are available throughout the day.   Please sign up at Users Conference registration desk.

Coffee Breaks! - Not only do we serve food for the brain...during the Coffee Breaks you'll get refreshments, and you'll have the opportunity to talk to us in a relaxed casual atmosphere. You'll also be able to exchange your experiences, opinions, questions and solutions with other users of ORDER POWER!.


A primer on iSeries Query (Query 400)
Speaker:   Gene Monroe

This session will give attendees an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with IBM iSeries Query, a decision support utility that can be used to obtain information from the iSeries Database.  The session will focus on addressing the steps necessary to understand and create your own query with information stored in the ORDER POWER! database to produce reports.

  • What are Physical and Logical Files?

  • ORDER POWER! file and field naming conventions

  • Query Definition Options:

    • Specify file selection
    • Define result fields
    • Select and sequence fields
    • Select records
    • Select sort fields
    • Specify report column formatting
    • Select report summary functions
    • Define report breaks
    • Select output type and output form
    • Specify processing options
  • Examples and Exercises


iSeries: What you should know
Speakers:   Lew Pollack and Ferdinand Ysibido


Advanced iSeries Query (Query 400)
Speakers:   Darren D'Cunha and Maria Benavides


Warehousing: Walk the Footpath
Speaker:   Connie Church

  • How to set up warehouse for Walk Sequence Picking:  Aisles and zones

  • How this affects order release. Regular picking vs. optimized picking

  • Storage codes and how they affect Putaways


iSeries DB2/400
Speaker:   Connie Church

  • What’s an object? Difference between a Physical File and Logical File?

  • Difference between Data file and Source file?

  • OP! Library naming conventions and hierarchy of libl list

  • Concept of "Shared," "Sometimes Shared," "Never shared"

  • Naming conventions of Source files

  • Sources within source file naming conventions - programs, etc.

  • File and field naming conventions

 


Accounting, Accounting, Accounting
Speaker:   Gary Winstel

How do all the subsystems interact with GL?  How do I set up the interface to create the GL transactions?  How do I know that it was done as expected?  Get a bird's eye overview of how ORDER POWER! sub-systems book to the General Ledger.


Shipping & Handling
Speaker:   Marv Smith

  • Apply actual freight charges to customer orders

  • Set up Ship Vias with their unique shipping charges

  • Review the hierarchy of different Shipping Charges by Customer Class or Media Items

  • Priority Shipping

  • Package Information

  • Manifesting


Advantages of WebFacing
Speaker:   Lew Pollack

You can now run ORDER POWER! as a web application with Internet Explorer.  No other desktop software is required, eliminating the need to install Client Access on PC desktops.  This also makes it much easier to extend ORDER POWER! to remote web users.

 


Varsity Logistics 
Speaker:   Charlie Hawkins

Case Study:  Grizzly Increases Volume, Decreases Costs with Varsity Logistics and ORDER POWER! Varsity and ORDER POWER! customer, Grizzly Industrial, Inc. is one of the largest machinery companies in the U.S. With a promise to “ship 99% of all orders the same day” and a million square feet of warehouse space, Grizzly looked to ORDER POWER! and Varsity for ERP and shipping solutions that integrated seamlessly to optimize automation and provide system flexibility. This case study documents how Grizzly utilizes Varsity ShipSoft integrated with ORDER POWER! to greatly increase operational efficiencies and enhance customer service.


Web Store Makeover
Speakers:  Tony Baldor and Andrea Bentley

Explore the limits of ORDER POWER! Web Store design and functionality.  See what your peers have done and learn how they did it!


Work Orders
Speaker:  Connie Church

The ORDER POWER! Work Orders module, available as a separately licensed product, allows you to automatically create Work Orders for Make-to-Order items based on existing customer orders. For Make-to-Stock Items, you manually create Work Orders based on your expected demand.

Learn how to set up and process work orders.  See how few steps are required and flexibility provided with non-required steps.  See what’s new in 4.1.2 for work orders.


What is Quadrant?
Electronic Forms for
ORDER POWER! - Understanding the benefits and making it a reality
Speakers:  Oliver Simmons and Ken Anderson of Quadrant Software

This educational session will cover all aspects related to electronic forms, laser MICR checks, and the ways in which ORDER POWER! users can leverage their investment and take advantage of the integration capabilities of the two solutions. With specific examples and an in-depth discussion of the key benefits electronic forms bring to the table, you will leave with a clear understanding of how to eliminate multi-part pre-printed forms, create professional looking documents,  print laser checks , and automatically distribute Invoices, Statements, POs, AP checks, and many more directly from your ORDER POWER! application.


Hidden Gems in ORDER POWER!
Speakers:  Marv Smith, Connie Church, and David Scorca

Many users are not aware of much of the valuable information available in ORDER POWER!.  This session presents the "Hidden Gems" you should know about.


Advanced Concepts in Order Processing
Speakers:  Connie Church, Bonnie Rogers, and Darren D'Cunha

Improve Call Center Productivity with:

  • Coupons

  • Promotions

  • Daily Specials

  • Gift Certificates

  • Gift Messaging

  • Personalization

  • Replenishment

  • UpSells

  • Cross-Sells

  • Superseding

  • Substitutions

  • Price Groups / Bundled Pricing

  • Load Multiple Ship-To

  • F24 Additional Options in OE

  • Scripting

  • Assortments


Credit Card Processing
Speaker:  David Scorca

Learn about Batch Processing vs. Online, Electronic Checks, and Debit Cards.


Bill Me Later
Speakers:  Beth Rosenberg & David Scorca 

Bill Me Later is a secure and convenient payment method designed for the web, which provides the flexibility of paying without using a credit card.  Bill Me Later is offered through Chase Bank USA, N.A. and managed by I4 Commerce Inc., a company with expertise in developing and managing payment solutions.


Company Profile
Speaker:  Gary Winstel

Since no two businesses operate identically, extensive tailoring options have been incorporated to customize the ORDER POWER! application. Business requirements unique to each company can be defined without affecting the integrity and design of the base system. Tailoring, or Company Profile options also determine application functionality.

Learn how company-specific business requirements are established for each function in the Company Profile module.


Activity Tracking
Speaker:  David Scorca

What is Activity Tracking and why use it?

  • Assign an Activity to individuals or departments (or the Activity Queue)
  • Activity Notes (Diary) records a complete history of what has taken place
  • Reason, Action, and Resolution Codes for standardized entry/reporting
  • Activities can hold orders / order details
  • Convenient (yet hidden) hooks into Activity Tracking on your F24 menus.
    • Order Inquiry
    • During Order Entry
    • When adding an item in Order Entry
    • Mail List Inquiry / Maintenance
    • Item Inquiry / Maintenance
    • Purchase Order Inquiry
    • Vendor Inquiry / Maintenance
  • Optional Activity Details, to split an Activity into sub-tasks
  • Templates provide easy creation of an Activity and Activity Details

Extended Pay Plan Enhancements
Speaker: Luis Larrazabal

  • Send invoices from AR for those customers whose EPP records are not automatically billed to a credit card. This option is good for customers that don't want to give anyone their credit card number. 

  • Why use Extended Pay Plans?  Producing invoicing from Payment Plans.  The difference between EPP for credit card vs. non-credit cards.

 


Computer Solutions, Inc.
providing Order Management and eCommerce software
for multi-channel merchants

6187 NW 167th Street, Suite H33
Miami Lakes, Florida  33015
Phone:  305-558-7000
Fax: 305-557-0003