Vol.2 Issue 7, July 2006  

Explore Consulting Releases FSR 2: A Hosted Service Allowing Wireless Access to NetSuite CRM Database
A wireless productivity tool for Sales and Support organizations

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      FSR 2 for NetSuite - Now Live!

    Explore Mobile's FSR 2 has been released. The FSR is designed to enable out of the office access to your NetSuite Customer, Contact and Sales Order information.

    Release 2 is a complete re-design of the user interface and functionality. The navigation has been enhanced for quick retrieval of relevant data; this includes Jump To, Top 10 history, header and footer navigation menus. FSR 2 includes full support for Sales Order retrieval, creation, and modification. These Sales Orders can be emailed directly from your handheld, using NetSuite standard functionality, to multiple email addresses for easy printing and order confirmation.

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    Each month, we will provide our NetSuite customers with tips on how to use the product more efficiently and how to perform complex or unintuitive tasks. We hope that you find these tips helpful.
     
     


    Relationships as Individuals or Companies

    Now, you can indicate whether a relationship record represents an individual or a company.

    When you create a customer, partner, vendor or other name record, choose whether this record is for a company or an individual in the Type field. Your selection determines which information is recorded on this page.

    Records for individuals:

    • Do not have Contacts subtabs
    • Include title, first and last name fields
    • Have an optional Company Name field
    • Have other fields specific to individuals such as Job Title

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    Records for companies:

    • Have a mandatory Company Name field
    • Have a Contacts subtab
    • Have other fields appropriate for companies such as Web Address

    You can choose whether customer records are created as individuals or companies by default at Setup > Company > General Preferences in the Default Customer Type field. This preference is set to Company by default.

    You can choose the type of record created when customers submit online customer forms. On the Set Up Workflow subtab of the online form record, check the Create Customers as Companies field. Then, if customers enter information in the Company Name field, a company type record is created. If nothing is entered in the Company Name field, an individual type record is created.

    If you want individual type records to also show as contacts, check the Show Individuals as Contacts box at Setup > Company > General Preferences.


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    Demand-based Inventory Replenishment

    Version 11 of NetSuite provides intelligent control over inventory replenishment, helping ensure that you have enough quantity on hand to fill anticipated orders, but keep excess stock to a minimum.

    Average lead time, historical or seasonal-based sales demand, and number of days’ supply to stock are used to dynamically set reorder point and preferred stock level for each item, on an ongoing basis. You can always override or disable these calculations for individual items, to handle atypical circumstances.


    You set up the rules, NetSuite runs the numbers and the end result is a dynamic ordering queue, where you can order all your inventory items with one click and get what you need, when you need it.

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