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Acctivate Inventory Management

Score6.8 out of 10

11 Reviews and Ratings

What is Acctivate Inventory Management?

Acctivate is a real-time inventory management and high-volume, multi-channel order fulfillment solution for growing small to midsized distributors, manufacturers, and online retailers using QuickBooks.

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Top Performing Features

  • Accounting integration

    The software integrates with accounting software for more comprehensive bookkeeping.

    Category average: 7.2

  • Fulfillment

    When orders are received, pick orders are sent to the ideal location and fulfillment status can be tracked.

    Category average: 7.6

  • Bill of materials management

    The software can create and manage BOMs based on orders.

    Category average: 6.9

Areas for Improvement

  • Automatic reordering

    The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.

    Category average: 7

  • Item kitting

    Items can be bundled and sold together in a kit, and the software will automate the necessary tracking and fulfillment steps to manage each individual item.

    Category average: 7.3

  • Serial number and batch tracking

    Track individual items via serial number or batches of items made or purchased at the same time in addition to total stock of item types.

    Category average: 5.9

Old and Clunky

Pros

  • User availability
  • search functions

Cons

  • Not user friendly.
  • Hard to maintain on the back end
  • Seems old and clunky.

Most Important Features

  • Creating POs
  • Creating reports
  • Tracking inventory

Return on Investment

  • Very slow
  • Outdated
  • Hard to maintain

Alternatives Considered

AblyPro Salesforce CPQ Managed Services and QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Outlaw, AblyPro Salesforce CPQ Managed Services

Affordable, user friendly software that integrates well with QuickBooks

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Good solid inventory and accounting software that integrates well with QuickBooks. Affordable option for small to mid-size companies who are looking for an inventory system with good customer history and reporting capabilities.

Pros

  • Actionable inventory control, analysis and management
  • Solid customer history and report capabilities
  • Efficient purchasing and reordering module

Cons

  • Better training program when first introduced to the software
  • Help screens are improving but still could be better
  • Reports and customization in reporting can be difficult to learn

Most Important Features

  • Inventory Insights and Reporting
  • Customer history and sales tracking

Return on Investment

  • Positive impact on being able to forecast and analyze our inventory
  • Keeps adequate customer history and customer files with space for special details
  • Automatic re-ordering and purchase order generation is effective

Alternatives Considered

Sage 100 and QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Solid affordable program

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used Acctivate for over a year to process our website and wholesale orders. Our company averages over 200 orders a day. The program is very easy to use and integrates well with QuickBooks and our Shopify website. We utilize the scan feature for filling our orders.

Pros

  • Integration with website and QuickBooks
  • Staging of orders
  • Showing dollar totals for each stage

Cons

  • Warehouse scanning needs better functionality.

Most Important Features

  • Integration
  • Order processing and staging

Return on Investment

  • Small start-up costs and renewal costs

Overpromised and Underdelivered

Pros

  • Tracks inventory
  • Easily create invoices
  • Scan products directly from package without having to print out barcodes

Cons

  • Sales rep honesty
  • Sell products that actually work
  • Needs better support

Most Important Features

  • Inventory Tracking
  • Monthly Usage
  • Trend Reports

Return on Investment

  • More Accountability
  • Inventory Accuracy

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Splashtop SOS, OnSIP