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Abel Tips and Time Savers – Sorting and Filtering Tables
This is a “tips and time savers” blog – highlighting handy features you might not be aware of that can help in your day-to-day use of Abel. Filtering Tables in Abel Many screens in Abel have dedicated filter fields. But… Read more »
...February 8th, 2024 / BY
Abel’s Supplier Order Status
Keeping tabs on potential shortages is a small but important task. Abel’s Supplier Orders Due screen helps your team see at a glance when a delivery is likely to be late so you can proactively manage any impact on your… Read more »
...February 5th, 2024 / BY
Managing Supplier Contracts with Abel
For some businesses, tracking pricing contracts agreed with their suppliers is a significant challenge. Supplier contracts are often managed manually, with associated problems: a risk of errors; a lack of integration with normal supplier payment processing and reduced visibility to… Read more »
...January 25th, 2024 / BY
Abel’s Customer Contracts
Customer Contracts are for purchase-to-sell workflows that have pre-set prices and time-phased delivery. For example, a contract to supply plumbing fixtures for a construction project. It’s a process that’s often managed on spreadsheets outside of the core business systems. There’s… Read more »
...January 11th, 2024 / BY
Abel Jobbing Process with Variations
It can be challenging to manage jobs that include variations. Abel has extensive job variation functionality. Abel’s variations are most useful when you need to justify or itemize additional items or other variations in a quoted jobbing process and invoice… Read more »
...January 11th, 2024 / BY
Abel Multi-Language and Translation
An increasing number of businesses operate internationally. Abel’s multi-language capability is one of the ways we support businesses that operate in multiple countries or run multi-lingual operations. Abel can support multiple languages concurrently. Different users in the same database can… Read more »
...January 8th, 2024 / BY
Efficient Pallet Management with Abel and Handheld Scanners
Abel’s pallet management handles pallets from packing through to container dispatch. Workers use handheld scanners to pack goods onto pallets as they come off the production line. Abel’s barcode scanner interface captures barcode information into Abel. Pallet management is integrated… Read more »
...December 14th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s Multi-Level Bills of Materials
Some businesses have multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs that contain other BOMs). Abel’s BOM Maintenance screen has a tabbed layout that enables you to view a BOM and its sub-BOMs, navigate between related BOMs and back to the top-level BOM.… Read more »
...December 5th, 2023 / BY
Abel’s Equipment Repairs and Servicing
Abel’s Equipment Management is for tracking items of equipment, their related jobs and invoices. It can be used for equipment that you own (and can be linked to the Asset register) OR for equipment that your customer’s own that you… Read more »
...November 30th, 2023 / BY