Utilities are programs that are used to maintain system level data, such as security data about operators and menus, for example; and third party programs used in conjunction with Rubicon software, such as word processors, spreadsheets, etc.

Major features of the Master / Utilities programs are:

• Major Database Maintenance
  • Customers
  • Vendors
  • Employees
  • Data is shared across all applications
  • Comprehensive and powerful inquiries
• Table Maintenance
  • Product Group
  • Terms
  • Tax Codes
  • Class Code
  • Salesman
  • CM/DM Reason
  • A/R Group
• FLASH Management Reporting
  • Daily and month to date sales by location
  • Daily and month to date sales by salesman
  • Aging of A/R, A/P, open orders, purchase orders
  • Inventory value by site
  • Produced daily or hourly
  • Available both as a report and inquiry
• Contact Management / Telemarketing
  • Tracks contacts and customers
  • Maintains extensive contact information:
    • Name, address, phone numbers
    • Complete call history
    • Contact profile
  • Easy recording of calls with automatic date stamping and date / time of next call
  • Provides automatic call reminders
  • Look up by name, company, phone number
  • Provides direct access to other programs such as Inventory or Customer Inquiries
  • Allows unlimited contacts and call history
• General Ledger Interface
  • "No Close" date driven processing
  • Detail or summary distribution reports
  • Date driven selection by application
  • Select on transaction or actual date
  • Creates G/L journal entries automatically
  • Facilities for finding classification errors
• Security
  • Users only need to remember one password
  • Users can be restricted to specific menu trees
  • Menus are easily maintained and modified
  • Extensive audit trails of changes, adjustments
• Utilities and Support Programs
  • Unix interfacing
  • Capability to support Relational Databases
  • Electronic mail
  • Automatic faxing
  • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
  • Internet and WWW capabilities
  • Etc.