We’re making constant improvements to Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) and we’re proud that our software gets better and better each and every month.
No matter where you are in the world, or what types of fresh produce you’re wholesaling, distributing, packing, farming, shipping or storing, you can always rely on our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software to meet all Canadian and U.S. traceability requirements and regulations. Always has. Always will.
Advantages & Benefits of PICS 3.0 over PICS 2.5
- Very similar user interface to the existing version. The learning curve will be just a few minutes (or less)
- Larger fonts make it easier to read
- 100% database compatible with version 2.5 – updates the exact same data in real time
- It is faster because it opens all tables at the beginning, reducing slowdowns due to open/close of tables
- Lists can be sorted on any column
- Lists can be filtered on any column
- Stretchable/scalable user interface
- New Sales Order “Product Chooser” window
- Stock, Customer and Vendor Inquiry lists (history, sales orders, etc.) can be used to link to other screens in the system
- Traceability Graph on Stock Lots form
- Multi-instance report viewer in one and data entry in another, or any other combination
- Built in a newer programming language which allows us to code and enhance more easily. We also have access to a large library of add-on modules
- Object oriented, so many types of changes can be implemented faster
- Selected row in lists is always highlighted – light shading when it is not in focus, darker shading when it is
- Enhanced timeout function
- Purchase Order and Purchase Order Receiving are now on 2 separate screens (like Sales Orders and Shipping)
- Much easier to do Vendor Returns
- When you print from SalesOrd/PurchOrd, the Print Options screen comes up. Further, soon it will all be on one screen (the initial Y/N, the options and the print options
- Supports right-click, mouse scrolling and drag & drop (attachments)
- Toolbar button captions are now hover-over instead of text on the screen
- No more NTVDM errors because PICS 3.0 doesn’t use NTVDM
- Will run on 64 bit Windows Operating Systems (as long as you no longer use version 2.5)
- Able to take advantage of as much ram as needed, therefore able to support many more users than version 2.5
PICS Software Enhancements Made in May 2021
- We have reworked the way A/R Receipts get updated to the G/L. When the Receipt is created, all the G/L accounts are loaded into the Receipt itself. The Post Receipt Journal program has been redesigned to get the G/L Accounts from the Receipt, instead of from the G/L Cross Reference records. This means that if you re-run the journals in the future, the G/L accounts which will be used are the ones which were in effect at the time of the Receipt. This new design avoids the problem which occurred when G/L Accounts in the G/L Cross Reference records are changed. It also solves the problem with the expand details option on the G/L History Report. We are making this change to all 5 journal types. This is the third of 5.
- Added the EmFx COS button to the Purchase Order (new style) screen.
- There is now a “Profit” button on the bottom of the PO which will appear for users with the appropriate security clearance. When you click on this button, PICS will look up all the cost and sales data for the lots on the PO (and their children/grandchildren/etc. if they were packed/repacked) and show the total gross revenue, rebates, outbound load charges, net revenue, labour, overhead and packaging costs from work orders/repacks, PO cost (i.e. cost of the product from the vendor, including all incoming charges), total cost (the sum of the WO cost and PO cost) and then the profit in dollars.
- We have reworked the way A/P Payments get updated to the G/L. When the Payment is created, all the G/L accounts are loaded into the Payment itself. The Post Payment Journal program has been redesigned to get the G/L Accounts from the Payment, instead of from the Vendors, Exchange records, and Bank records. This means that if you re-run the journals in the future, the G/L accounts which will be used are the ones which were in effect at the time of the Payment. This new design avoids the problem which occurred when G/L Accounts in the Vendor, Exchange Records and/or Bank accounts are changed. It also solves the problem with the expand details option on the G/L History Report. We are making this change to all 5 journal types. This is the second of 5.
- We have reworked the way A/P Vouchers get updated to the G/L. When the Voucher is created, all the G/L accounts are loaded into the Voucher itself. The Post Purchase Journal program has been redesigned to get the G/L Accounts from the Voucher, instead of from the vendors and exchange records. This means that if you re-run the journals in the future, the G/L accounts which will be used are the ones which were in effect at the time of the Voucher. This new design avoids the problem which occurred when G/L Accounts in the Vendors and/or Exchange accounts are changed. It also solves the problem with the expand details option on the G/L History Report. We are making this change to all 5 journal types. This is the first of 5.
Take a moment to browse all the standard features of PICS. Check out all the other software updates we’ve made to PICS. Get growing (and counting and tracing) with PICS – the best Produce Inventory Control System software in Canada. Schedule your PICS demo and take advantage of our monthly subscription pricing today!
