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Get the software that suits your business needs and enjoy greater efficiency and cost savings  

 

If you’re considering moving from E-Max RM6 to E-Max ERP, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve listed all the features of both software applications, as well as including information on the usability upgrades you wanted to see.  It’s a long list – after all, it is a full enterprise system that’s more than capable of managing all of your business processes – but it’s worth reading through to the end to see how E-Max will help improve efficiency right across your business. Of course, if you’d rather just talk to us about it or arrange a demo to see it in action, just choose one of the options below. 

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E-Max ERP

E-Max RM6

Accounts

Sales invoices

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Sales credits

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Purchase invoices

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Purchase credits

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Links to 3rd party accounts software

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Full Financial Reporting

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- Trial balance
- Profit & loss
- Balance sheet

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Digital VAT return - certified by HMRC

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Payment runs

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Expenses (inc. mileage tracker & VAT calculator)

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Fixed assets (inc depreciation & register)

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Cash receipts

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Cash payments

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Bank transactions

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Journals - standard, auto-reversing & recurring

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Cost centre & departmental reporting

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Currency revaluation

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Multi currency

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CRM

Opportunity status

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Follow-up dates with auto-alerts

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FOA details

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Stage

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Forecast

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Quote by

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Reply by

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Notes

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Visible planned costs

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Estimated totals

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Source

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INCO terms

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Estimated sales dates

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Deposit levels

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Link to projects

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Marketing campaigns

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Rating

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Opportunity type

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Select alternative delivery addresses

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Select alternative invoice address

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Set estimator

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Reason for decline

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Reason for lost sale

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See previously quoted for items

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Attach documents to appropriate contacts

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BOM breakdown

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Select from special offers

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Create and link activities

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Raise sales order from opportunity form

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Attach related documents to opportunity

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Raise repair works orders from opportunity

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Authorisations

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Production Control & MRP

Works orders fully linked into Accounts

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Current operation on form and list

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All works order costs on list without running an update program

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All costs, planned & actual, exist in a separate database for comparative analysis

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Ability to create the stock batch on order create & attach tests & other documents to each item

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Dimensional database allows recording of true sizes

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Change Rev No of works orders in progress

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Works orders have stages with records of when stages change

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One click works order issues

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One click works order receipts

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All GL postings to works orders in one posting TAB

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Produce alternative products on a works order

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Ability to manufacture more than one item in a works order

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No need for separate works orders for each component in nested works orders

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Better control over works order status

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Works order linked to project management

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Create works orders ignoring stock and any incoming orders

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Run forecast MRP for item at any level in the BOM without raising works orders

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Add manual forecasts to current orders for running forecast MRP

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Forecast can be input by spreadsheet

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Keep records of the result of each MRP run ie, new works order raised & quantities changed

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Option to update open works orders, BOMs and routes in an individual run

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Purchasing

Purchasing for orders

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Purchasing for stock

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Request for quote (RFQ)

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Supplier pricing

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Sub-contractor purchase orders

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Supplier returns

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Supply chain management

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Scheduled deliveries

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Links to projects

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Deposits

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Payment terms

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Previous items bought

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Last price paid

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Last date ordered

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Stage history

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Delivery batch management

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Shipment

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Stock management

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Approved suppliers

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Test certificates from supplier

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Certificate of conformity (CoC)

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Item alternatives

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Date promised

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Date required

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Date requested

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Date delivered

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Multi unit of measurement (UOM)

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Multi address

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Delivery runs

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Picked location

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Quality Control

Incidents

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Non Conformance

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Concession

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Complaints

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Break down

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Accident

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Document management for quality manuals etc

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Create test certificates

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Sales Order Processing

Standard one-off order

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Blanket ordering

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Scheduled ordering

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Ordered by

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Delivered to

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Invoice to

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Stage history

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Proforma

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Link to original opportunity

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Credit limit link

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Order revision control

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Project link

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INCO terms

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INCO destination

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Previous items

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Document link

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Drill through and navigate back

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Approval

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Previous items

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Headers & footers

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Notes

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Estimated, planner & actual analysis

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Deposits

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Campaign

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Price lists

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Discounts

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Tax rates

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Warranty

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Alias codes

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Reserved stock

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Date required

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Date requested

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Split deliveries

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Create works order

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Create purchase order

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Sales acknowledgement

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Job profit

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Scheduler and Planner

Gantt Chart Visualisation to quickly see what's scheduled across all areas of the business

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Finite scheduling using work centre as resource

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Finite scheduling using employee as resource

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Job Optimisation

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Critical Ratio formula used to prioritise jobs

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Excel integration for quick export & analysis

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Clear Cut capacity for up to 6 months in advance

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Rough cut capacity per week

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Read only view allow user to manipulate the schedule without overwriting agreed plans

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Print sections or all of the Gantt chart

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Prevent jobs from starting before material arrives

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Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC)

Clocking in/out - collects Time & Attendance data

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Book holidays in the SFDC & approve on E-Max

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Record time & costs against each job

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View drawings on the SFDC

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Multi-job tracking with time splitting

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Optimised for touch controls throughout - suitable for Windows tablets

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Fingerprint scanning

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Barcode scanning

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See all tools currently on the shop floor & their usage

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Add manual actual costs to jobs from the shop floor

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Manage incoming & outgoing tasks from a particular work centre or station

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Warehouse Management

View all active items or parts

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Easy to archive obsolete/deleted parts

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Centralised delivery list of all outgoing and incoming deliveries

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View all documents and their related transactions

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Full multi-warehouse and multi-location including customer & supplier locations

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Multi-delivery shipments includes total weight and volume, with overweight alerts

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Full stock traceability with stock transaction history

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Complete stock database with costs, serial & batch numbers, dimensions, etc

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View full stock audit trail visible in a single list

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Simplified and powerful stock take

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Stock take in batches

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Drawing register included as standard

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Create stock record and store information, test results and certificates prior to receiving the stock

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PO receipt automatically generated for shortages

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Issue material to a work order

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Batch multiple issues for a single work order

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Automatically generates a new work order for any shortages

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Each delivery is auto created when the sales order is entered for easy management of delivery

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Serial, batch and FIFO traceability

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By location, use by date and LIFO traceability

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Customer Service

Track customer tasks and reminders

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Record incoming phone calls

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Record customer issues (through support cases)

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Manage ongoing customer queries

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Customer issues can be linked to products or orders

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Use the integrated knowledge base to store details of products, services or departments to respond to customers faster

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Monitor customer complaints, trends & recurring customer service issues with new Incidents module

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Usability upgrades

Multi page dashboard with upto 100 KPIs per page, now including graphs, charts and financial reporting

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Multi-monitor compatibility with preview mode

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Instant access to any field in the database with new advanced Column Chooser feature

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Resize windows to any size of your choice

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Update information on the fly with editable lists

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Customise menus, create shortcuts and favourites

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Enhanced security and customise user access rights

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Multiple user views across all data

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Easy access Action Bar increases efficiency

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Generate and output pre-populated documents with new MS Word merge functionality

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Custom forms available

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Bespoke fields with business logic

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Streamlined system settings with in-system tooltips

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Documents centrally stored for easy access

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Attach one document to multiple records, anywhere within E-Max

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Improved search functionality

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New Features

Tooling Database

Link to fixed asset register

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Store buy and sell dates of tools

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Store service records and service history

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Record next calibration or service date

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Use the tool as a resource for scheduling purposes

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Machine Database

Each item is a stock item with manufacturers & costs

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Records model numbers

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Includes cost and HP details

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Can be bought and sold

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Contains service records and calibration records

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Record next calibration or service date

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Record maximum weight or volume

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Link to fixed asset register

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Vehicle Database

Full database including engine number, VIN, main drivers, HP details

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Also applies to fork lifts and vans

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Store all driver records

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Full vehicle history

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Breakdown cover

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Fuel cards

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Link to fixed asset register

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Service records - next service date, etc

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You can see from the above that we’ve added a huge amount of functionality when developing E-Max ERP. If you like the idea of having all of this (and more) functionality to help your business achieve its potential, then we guarantee you’ll be even more impressed when you see E-Max ERP in action. Give us a call to find out more or arrange a free demo below.

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