Freshware
Trading Systems
Overview
The Freshware trading system is a suite of software modules
designed specifically for the Fresh Food & Produce
Industry to handle consignment/lot trading and tracking.
Freshware provide systems for all the market sectors within
this niche market including:
The system provides up to the minute management
and operational information with a full financial
and statistical analysis.
Freshware have designed and installed many systems for the
Fresh produce trade and understand the differing needs of
each organisation. Each new installation will be configured
using the standard tools available to suit the customer's
specific requirements with many options being built into
the system to allow a high degree of customisation without
detriment to the integrity of the system.
This document is designed to outline the main features of
the Freshware system and to assist potential customers in
making an initial assessment of the products suitability.
If you require any specific information regarding particular
areas of interest please contact the pre sales team on 01795
844555 or e-mail info@freshware.co.uk
Modules
The Freshware Produce, Flower and Food trading system comprises
of a number of core modules which fully integrate with the
AFFINITUS Financials as detailed below:
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Consignment
/ Lot trading
Stock control
Sales order processing
Purchase order processing
Packhouse management
Supermarket programmes and EDI integration
Intrastat returns
Quality control / Quality Assurance
Account sales / self billing
Traceability
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Market
Sectors
Pre-Packers & Multiple
Suppliers
Freshware became a standard within the Fresh Produce Industry
within a very short time, and as the Industry moved towards
supplying the multiples, more and more products were pre-packed
into customer specific packaging. This facilitated the need
for a repackaging/production process, which allows a consignment
of raw product to be repacked/sorted into another variation
of product. The system offers full costing and yields analysis
and integrates with the following modules.
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Consignments
Sales Order Processing
EDI Order Processing
Quality Control Management
Consignment Costing / Nominal Ledger
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In addition the system operates in conjunction
with the storage module offer the third party packers
and storage companies to fully computerise the
stocks and provide better information for their
customers and automate all of their invoicing procedures.
Importers
The originating Freshware system was first used by Importers
to trace incoming consignments and produce accurate lot profitability.
Traditionally these importers were distributing to the Wholesale
markets although the industry has swung heavily to supplying
Multiples and catering supply companies. The key benefits
for an importer is that the system can trace the consignment
throughout its life whether the stock is packed and sold
to a Multiple on a fixed price or distributed. Features include:
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System Manager
Sales Ledger
Purchase Ledger
Nominal Ledger
Cash Book
Multi Currency
Stock Control / Warehouse Management
Stock Tracking & Traceability
Pre-Pack Processing and Cost Control
Price Book
EDI / Sales Order Processing
Telesales Call Lists
Credit Control
Delivery Routing
Purchase Order Processing / Goods In
Quality Control / Quality Assurance
Waste Packaging
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Wholesalers/Secondary
Wholesalers
With AFFINITUS Freshware being used through the trade by
the Importers, it was inevitable that the wholesale traders
knew the benefits of the system. The Freshware system offers
consignment tracking with the facility to produce account
sales and daily sender returns. The Wholesale system incorporates
cash and credit sales with full daily cash reconciliation.
Third
Party Distribution
Companies with the industry, who are purely distribution
companies, use Freshware to control the customers stocks
and provide their customers with better information. In addition
the system automates all of the invoicing procedures which
are often complex calculations based on complicated rate
tables.
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