Name: Avista ERP
Author: Avista ERP Software

Communications Outsourcing

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Innovation Management

Development

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Enterprise Feedback Management

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

Manufacturing Execution

Payment Facilitation

Supply Chain Management

Enterprise

Accounting

CTRM

Corporate Performance Management (CPM)

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Course Authoring

HR Compliance

HR Management

Payroll

Professional Employer Organizations (PEO)

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Cloud Storage

Enterprise Flash Array Storage

File Sync and Share

Fraud Detection

High Availability Cluster

In-Memory Databases

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet Security

Network Operating Systems

Network Performance Monitoring

Remote Monitoring and Management

SaaS Management

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Threat Hunting

User Virtualization

Wireless LAN

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Digital Signage

Email Deliverability

Email Marketing

Graphics

Headless CMS

Marketing Automation

Online Reputation Management

Retail Media Advertising

Social Media Management

Social Media Publishing

Survey & Forms Building

Technology Review

Web Analytics

Marketing

Field Service Management

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Social Commerce

Sales

Intrusion Detection

Security

Auto Repair

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Construction Management

HIPAA Compliance

Homeowner's Association (HOA) Management

Insurance Agency Management

Investment Portfolio Management

Law Practice Management

Legal Billing

OSS/BSS (Operations Support/Business Support)

Retail Analytics

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Avista ERP is a comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) software designed to optimize and streamline business processes across various industries. Specifically tailored for mid-sized companies in the manufacturing and trading sectors, Avista ERP caters to professionals in machine and plant engineering, electronics and electrical engineering, powder coating, medical technology, and technical trading. The software offers a range of robust features and industry-specific solutions to enhance efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

## Key Features

**Integrated Project and Document Management**: Avista ERP provides a centralized platform for efficient project and document management. Users can organize and track project progress, collaborate on documents, and ensure version control.

**Universal CAD Integration**: Avista ERP seamlessly integrates with computer-aided design (CAD) software, enabling smooth transfer of design data, automatic generation of bills of materials (BOMs), and streamlined production processes.

**Order-Based Individual Production**: Avista ERP supports order-based individual production, allowing businesses to easily manage and track the production of customized or variant products, ensuring accurate and timely order fulfillment.

**Product Configuration / Variant Production**: Avista ERP enables businesses to configure and manage product variants, streamlining the production process and meeting customer requirements.

**Growing Bill of Materials**: Avista ERP efficiently handles growing bills of materials, making it easy for businesses to manage and update complex and expanding product structures, ensuring accurate material planning and production execution.

**Structured Procurement**: Avista ERP offers structured procurement features, optimizing purchasing processes, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring timely and cost-effective procurement of materials and services.

**Optimized Inventory Management**: Avista ERP provides tools for optimizing inventory levels, ensuring efficient stock control, reducing carrying costs, and minimizing stockouts or overstock situations.

**Management of Production Warehouses**: Avista ERP facilitates efficient management of production warehouses, enabling businesses to control and track the flow of materials and components within their facilities.

**EDI Communication with Customers & Suppliers**: Avista ERP supports electronic data interchange (EDI) communication with customers and suppliers, streamlining order processing, invoicing, and other business transactions, improving efficiency and accuracy.

**Specialized Color Disposition**: Avista ERP offers specialized features for efficient management of color formulas, inventory, and color matching processes, specifically designed for businesses in the powder coating industry.

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) helps to integrate and manage an organization's core business processes. It is a software system acting as a central nervous system, connecting functions like finance, human resources, supply chain, and manufacturing into a single, unified platform. ERP systems provide a single source of truth, automating workflows and offering real-time data to improve efficiency and decision-making across the enterprise. Compare ERP tools based on verified user reviews and find the best fit for your business needs.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Avista ERP Software

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

Accounts payable

This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.

Accounts receivable

This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.

Global Financial Support

Account using multiple ledgers, multiple currencies, and multiple entities

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Record and report across multiple currencies and accounting standards with primary and secondary ledgers

Journals and Reconciliations

Automate and synchronize ledgers and processes

Configurable Accounting

Configure accounting rules and segments for each chart of accounts

Standardized Processes

Centralize financial management to facilitate standardized financial processes

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

Billing Management

Access role-based billing work area, perform discrete and recurring billing

Cash and Asset Management

Manage liquidity and cash requirements, asset transfers, disposals, reclassifications, and financial adjustments

Travel & Expense Management

Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

Control spending at any budget level or time interval

Period Close

Sustain fast close with integrated subledgers, intuitive dashboards, embedded collaboration

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

Inventory tracking

The software syncs orders and stock to maintain a real-time picture of inventory and supports multiple methods such as LIFO and FIFO.

Automatic reordering

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

Location management

The software can track multiple goods across multiple locations.

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

Pricing

Users can set up complex and unique pricing requirements.

Order entry

Users can enter an order once, and the data flows to all the necessary units such as fulfillment and billing.

Credit card processing

The software facilitates credit card processing.

Cost of goods sold

The software calculates the direct costs attributable to a finished product, such as materials and labor, and includes roll-up pricing.

Order Orchestration

Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

Pay calculation

Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

Benefit plan administration

Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

Direct deposit files

Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

Dashboards

Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

Standard reports

The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.

Custom reports

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

API for custom integration

An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.

Plug-ins

A number of third-party plug-ins are available to expand the core functionality of the software.

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

Role-based user permissions

Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

Single sign-on capability

The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.

Multi-factor authentication

User-level audit trail

Grants Management

Grants management solution for higher education, public sector, or non-profits with capabilities for managing financial awards for program and project funding

Award Lifecycle Management

Manage the life of program funding awards from initial funding to close-out

Project Financial Management

Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.

Budgeting and Forecasting

Establish project budgets and forecast future project financials

Project Costing

Standardize, track, and control costs at all project phases

Cost Capture

Capture costs including those for procurement, financials or time and labor, including from external systems

Capital Project Management

Customer Contract Compliance

Associate projects or tasks with customer contracts, and lines within contracts, to meet billing terms

Project Revenue Recognition

Recognize project contract revenue in line with accounting policies and regulations

Avista ERP

Overview

What is Avista ERP?