WinFDS

WinFDS is a comprehensive software solution designed to support food distribution and food manufacturing businesses. It caters to the needs of small-to-medium-sized food distributors and manufacturers across various industries, including food distribution, food manufacturing, meat and protein processing, dairy, and the beverage industry.

Key Features

Order Processing: According to the vendor, WinFDS streamlines customer order processing by allowing easy amendments, cancellations, and searches within a single screen. It automates field population, provides inventory search capabilities, and generates crucial documents such as picking slips, dispatch reports, customer order forms, invoices, and order reports.

Pricing Control: The vendor states that WinFDS eliminates guesswork and errors by providing accurate selling prices and totals. It enables hassle-free price changes at any time, with automatic posting on desired dates. The system effectively handles street prices, contract prices, quote prices, and deals.

Purchasing & Inventory Control: WinFDS automates inventory updates based on receiving, invoicing, and manufacturing processes. It ensures real-time updates of committed stock levels as orders are processed and generates suggested purchase orders based on available quantity, minimum inventory, recent sales, and raw material usage, as claimed by the vendor.

Sales Analysis: According to the vendor, WinFDS offers comprehensive sales reporting capabilities to track customer purchase habits. It allows for data analysis to identify market trends and adjust inventory and manufacturing priorities, facilitating fact-based decision-making and effective category management.

Accounts Receivable: WinFDS provides tools for effective control of outstanding receivables. The vendor claims that it offers dynamic reporting and analysis of receivables within specific periods, supports multiple currencies, and automatically posts interest charges on overdue accounts.

Accounts Payable: Fully integrated with the General Ledger System, WinFDS enables the review of outstanding payables and selection of invoices for payment. The system generates manual and computer checks, supports multiple currencies, and offers flexible accounting periods, as stated by the vendor.

General Ledger & Financial Statements: According to the vendor, WinFDS includes a powerful and fully integrated financial reporting system. It provides flexibility in account structure and reporting requirements, supporting consolidation, sub-ledger reporting, and user-defined financial statements.

Lot Tracking: WinFDS enables effective recall management through the tracking of lot-controlled products. It identifies customers to whom questionable lots were sold, ensuring seamless recalls. The system complies with FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and other regulatory requirements, as stated by the vendor.

Other Features: WinFDS offers additional features to enhance food distribution and manufacturing operations. These include extensive tracking mechanisms for perishable and rotating inventories, automated order processing, total product traceability for easy recalls, support for multiple units of measure, and automated bill back processes, as claimed by the vendor.

Inventory and Catch Weights Tracking: According to the vendor, WinFDS provides full visibility and control over inventory for food distributors and manufacturers through comprehensive inventory and catch weights tracking, including expiry dates.