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  2. Logistics

    Business NXT is specially developed for companies with high demands on inventory and logistics management. The broad and advanced functionality facilitates the work of optimising logistics flows.

  3. Products

    Product information in Business NXT is divided into a number of tables.

  4. Import of product data

    Product data can be imported to Business NXT from Visma AutoInvoice as a product catalogue XML file.

  • Logistics

    Business NXT is specially developed for companies with high demands on inventory and logistics management. The broad and advanced functionality facilitates the work of optimising logistics flows.

    • Base data

      The tables in this section include base data that applies to products.

    • Products

      Product information in Business NXT is divided into a number of tables.

      • Product

        The Product table contains one row for each goods or service.

      • Product processings

        The following processings are available from the Product table:

      • Product reports

        The following report is available for the Product table:

      • Delivery alternative

        This table is used when creating purchase estimates, purchase orders and generating orders.

      • Barcode

        This table contains one row for each barcode, including product number, unit and other fields.

      • Unit

        This table contains one row for each unit. You can enter descriptions of the various units in which you buy and sell products.

      • Product category

        This table contains one row for each product category and can be used to group products hierarchically.

      • Product description

        In the Product description table you can enter an alternative product description per language.

      • Alternative product

        In the Alternative product table, you enter which alternative products can replace a product if the original product is currently sold out or you have too few in stock.

      • Product customer

        This table is used to save the customer's own product number which will be suggested in the Trans. information 2 field on the Order line if you have selected Suggest customer product no. in the Order processing 2 field in the Company information table.

      • Structure

        The Structure table defines which sub products each structure product consists of.

      • Structure processings

        The following processing is available for the Structure table.

      • Search product

        When you search in the Product no. field, the search is made in both number and description fields.

      • Price calculation

        Price calculation is performed during order entry, generating price lists and printing product catalogues. Business NXT will always suggest the most favourable price and/or discount for the customer/supplier.

      • Processing method

        The Processing method menu item in the Processing menu in the Product table has a large number of options that you can use to control how Business NXT processes each product or underlying structure products.

      • VAT- and accounting information

        You divide the products into groups using the VAT and accounting group field in the Product table, while in the Associate table you can refer customers/suppliers to Account set cust./ Account set sup..

      • Import of product data

        Product data can be imported to Business NXT from Visma AutoInvoice as a product catalogue XML file.

        • Incoming product data

          The data from imported product catalogue XML file is stored in the Incoming product data table. From this table, the data can be processed into the product tables.

        • Incoming product data processings

          The following processings are available for the Incoming product data table.

    • Warehouse

      This section deals with the various tables, layouts and processes that affect the warehouse.

    • Purchase estimates

      The purchase estimate process is described in the Order processes section.

    • Order processes
    • Orders

      Business NXT provides a variety of functionalities to ensure efficient handling of orders.

    • Statistics

      The following tables and processes are related to statistics.

Import of product data

Product data can be imported to Business NXT from Visma AutoInvoice as a product catalogue XML file.

See also: Receive and process incoming catalogue

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