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Ponderosa is a true ERP building material and millwork software solution
designed to run in concert with the industry standard Microsoft Windows® 2000
or the ground-breaking Windows Server 2003 operating system. The main focus of
Ponderosa is providing clients within the wide range of building material and
millwork distribution (including lumber wholesaling, window and door
distribution, as well as countertop industries) with the finest and most
innovative software system available - enabling our clients to take
profitablity and operations efficiency to the next level.
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Key functionality within the core business modules offered in the Ponderosa
building material software and millwork software represent practical yet
advanced software processes developed through years of on-going development
specifically to provide clients with the necessary information to effectively
and efficiently manage their business and to make strategic business decisions.
Core business modules within the building materials software and millwork
software suite are as follows:
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Sales MODULE
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Contract Pricing:
Used for long-term projects such as condominiums and commercial projects where
multiple deliveries, invoices and products are used over an extended period,
Ponderosa’s Contract Pricing module tracks all aspects of long- term projects,
including requisition and periodic billing. The software reports overall
project scope and profitability and gives you peace of mind in selling and
managing complex projects.
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Advanced Quotation System:
Access current costing and material availability data to generate ontarget
pricing. Move quotations directly to order status and easily adjust quotes
based on cost or price changes.
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Retail Point of Sale:
Operate all retail point of sale (POS) capabilities, including cash drawer
interface, deposit tracking, quotes and deposits, scheduled deliveries, credit
issues, and payment processing on account from one simple menu.
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Order Processing:
Capture order information and easily access customer ship-to address, delivery
date, specific customer pricing and inventory availability. Ponderosa's
automatic purchasing module commits and relieves inventory while passing direct
orders to manufacturers. Easily process special orders, direct orders and
cross-dock orders.
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Product Configurator:
Create built-up interior and exterior wood, steel and composite commercial
doors, windows, window units, stair systems and other products without
pre-defined bills of material. Build any custom unit at the time of order while
reducing errors. Price orders, relieve inventory and schedule assembly time.
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RemoteQuote Jobsite Quoting:
Provide faster, more accurate on-site materials quotes and speed the completion of
construction projects. Operating on a mobile Tablet PC, RemoteQuote includes an intuitive
user interface and a variety of pre-defined 'take off templates' for basements, floor
joists, decking, bridging and other aspects of various project types (single-level, multi-level,
condominium, etc.).
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NEW Dispatch / Delivery
More efficiently manage your daily delivery operations. CAI’s Order Delivery
Tracking System (ODT) is a flexible, user-friendly and intuitive solution that
provides accurate delivery and scheduling information to dispatch, sales, and
management organizations. This eliminates the need to call the dispatch office
to determine delivery status. Additionally, the system’s integrated GPS tracking
technology and wide variety of available black box and fixed mount vehicle options
provide real-time tracking and management of their mobile resources, and lets
dispatchers coordinate order combination, routing and fleet tracking to get the
most out of their delivery operations.
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NEW Touch Screen PC Support:
In today’s industrial and commercial production and processing environments,
computers get dirty, washed down, shaken up and generally abused. Ponderosa is fully
compatible with ToughStation computers from
Digital Dynamics, a leading provider of rugged computing solutions for
industrial markets for more than ten years. The ToughStation computers and
monitors are NEMA 4x sealed for a completely airtight
enclosure.
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Schedulers:
Ponderosa includes a host of Scheduler modules designed to reduce overtime
costs and enable you to better manage your internal resources. Ponderosa’s Shop
Scheduler, Installed Sales Scheduler, Truck Route Scheduler and Production
Scheduler are all seamlessly integrated to provide the management tools you
need to improve productivity throughout your organization.
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Inventory Remanufacturing Processing:
Simplify and automate product
re-costing, pricing, board-foot conversions and real-time inventory management
with Ponderosa’s flexible Inventory Remanufacturing Processing module. For
example, as “white wood” is treated with ACQ, CCA and other wood preservatives,
Ponderosa calculates chemical costs—based on the amount applied to the
lumber—tracks labor and automatically updates inventory data for both the raw
materials and the finished product.
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Wireless Warehouse Management:
Monitor inventory flow, improve materials handling efficiency, effectively
eliminate excessive inventory and maximize customer satisfaction. The
system uses high-performance laser bar code scanners to streamline and enhance
warehouse receiving, picking, manufacturing, packing, shipping and inventory
management and reporting.
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Bar Coding:
Facilitate production, inventory, sales and more. Provide bar codes on job
tickets, production order tracking, UPC labels and inventory racks. Speed up
handling time by reading, printing and tracking bar-coded products.
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Costing / Pricing:
Centralize standard and actual costs and apply components, sub-assemblies and
finished products price changes quickly. Bill of materials roll-up allows for
quick re-pricing and costing.
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Inventory Control:
Access up-to-the-minute quantity status and detailed information on each item
in your inventory. Set and maintain target materials inventory stock levels,
analyze usage trends and check vendor performance.
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Purchase Assist:
Calculate average daily usage based on your defined parameters, and define a
recommended to-buy quantity using Ponderosa's Purchase Assist module.
Requisition purchasing for commodity items and full reporting help you manage
your inventory and improve returns.
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Non-stock Specials:
Track special-order materials and sales of non-stock special items. Identify
predefined pricing, discounting and reporting. Link special-order material
directly to purchase order and maintain link between purchase order/sales order
to reduce input errors with re-entry of items.
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Production System:
Coordinate Work Center Processing tasks, labor costs and overhead costs. Manage
product routing, job tracking and perform standard and actual cost comparisons
to maximize profitability.
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Location and Satellite Processing:
Easily obtain inventory status at other locations. Create shipping and
receiving documents directly from sales orders to improve accuracy and reduce
costs. Track branch transfers and identify optimum stocking locations. Sales
MODULE Inventory MODULE Ponderosa simplifies sales order tasks by consolidating
customer ship-to address, delivery date and pricing information. The software
automatically commits and relieves inventory while passing direct orders to
manufacturers.
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General Ledger:
Access up-to-date financial data and accounting information and produce
attractive financial reports on demand to gain valuable business insight. CAI's
software provides daily financial man agement tools, not just a once-a-month
report. Instantly access every G/L amount and transaction, and set-up your
accounts and sub-accounts to enhance your decision making, improve processing
time and automate routine activities.
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Accounts Receivable:
Manage your receivables to maximize cash flow and net profit. Promote and track
sales, payments, and other activity with your customers. Record communications
with customers and prompt credit managers for follow-up to help you get paid on
time.
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Accounts Payable:
Record vendor transactions, write checks, and track vendor activity. Get better
control over payables to your vendors with less time and effort.
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NEW Paperless Document Management
Scan, file, store, and retrieve documents, fats and efficiently. CAI’s software is integrated
with DataView RMS, a total Record Management System developed by MultiProcess Computer
Corporation (MPCC). DataView RMS is designed to help you reduce costs, labor, paper and storage;
locate documents instantly, prevent document loss, protect documents with image dating technology
and restrict access by providing security. Misplaced or lost files are a thing of the past.
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Graphical and Intuitive User Interface:
Ponderosa runs in concert with the industry standard Microsoft® Windows
operating system to run your enterprise in a completely graphical, intuitive
and fully integrated environment.
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Open Database Access:
Access business data anytime, anywhere through Microsoft applications like
Excel, Word or Access as well as other reporting tools. Convert manufactured
quotes into orders such as Andersen IQ, 20/20, Marvin MQS and others.
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Generic Forms:
Eliminate the need and expense associated with pre-printed forms by defining
each format at printing.
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Imaging:
Capture, file and access delivery and purchase order receipts, invoices, orders
and other documents.
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Business Intelligence (BI)
Access and utilize valuable data to enhance your business decision processes. Ponderosa's
integrated BI Module is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art BI solution that lets you view
customer, sales, inventory and other key performance indicators (KPI) as intuitive and
graphical dashboard objects so you can identify business trends, monitor progress toward
business goals and diagnose overall organizational health.
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Flexible Drill Down & Query:
Access critical information with state-of-the-art drill down and query
capabilities. Detailed inventory, monthly sales, invoices associated with
Accounts Receivables checks, committed materials, open orders and
customer/vendor histories, among others are readily available to key personnel.
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Fax / e-Mail Desk:
Permit authorized users to FAX documents directly from their desks. Ponderosa
also supports .pdf formatting (Acrobat) and e-mailing of documents and reports.
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Truck Route / Manifest:
Dynamically route trucks, assign stops in the appropriate sequence, and ensure
drivers have complete and organized delivery manifest. Quickly review stops
assigned to each driver, the number of stops on a truck, total weight, and case
count. Gross profit reports by truck and route are also included.
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Management Reporting:
Full reporting is available within all modules with special emphasis on
management status and profitability reporting such as SOBER Inquiry (State of
the Business Effectivity Report) sales snapshot and many more.
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In an effort to provide the ultimate in computer software
flexibility within its building material software and millwork software
systems, CAI has employed a sophisticated and, unique to the industry, concept
of software parameterization. Through this technique, Computer Associates
industry consultants are able to selectively activate individual computer
software functionality features within the system that most suit the individual
needs of any particular client. This amounts to a partial customization of the
software to each individual clients unique requirements without the need for
programming, which translates to a near custom system at the cost of a standard
package.
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