Prophet ERP

Prophet ERP, developed by Prophet Software, is a software solution designed to optimize profitability for businesses in the fresh produce industry. According to the vendor, Prophet ERP caters to small to large enterprises operating in the fresh produce industry. It is utilized by professionals and industries such as fresh produce growers, food manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers, supply chain management companies, and retailers.

Key Features

Traceability Backbone: According to the vendor, Prophet ERP provides a comprehensive record of all activities in the fresh produce industry, including receiving, quality assessing, manufacturing, and picking and despatch. It allows for traceability references to be mixed without hindering operations.

Powerful Rules Generator: The vendor states that this feature automates the application of data through rules, generating activity-based expected costs for profitability analysis. It sets product characteristics for usage rules, minimizing the need for manual data entry and controlling user behavior.

Activity-Based Costings: According to the vendor, Prophet ERP delivers immediate profitability information by calculating and attaching costs to activities. It enables real-time identification and prevention of losses, providing activity-based costing instead of standard costing.

Sophisticated Fresh Produce Deal Types: The vendor claims that this feature acts as a consignment agent, agreeing on prices based on grading, processing, or sales. It deducts costs incurred in handling suppliers' products and provides accurate sales and cost accountability for service provision trading models.

Interact with Supply Chain Partners: According to the vendor, Prophet ERP manages supply chain interaction through EDI data exchange for orders, shipment confirmations, transportation instructions, and final invoicing. It also offers supply chain partners access to live data through web page applications.

Multi-User and Tightly Integrated File Structure: The vendor claims that this feature allows multiple users to work on the database simultaneously without locking and waiting. It provides tight control over application features for large multi-user enterprises and enables unified supply chain operations even in multi-legal entity enterprises.

Purchase Order Line Item Profitability: According to the vendor, Prophet ERP calculates profitability for each line item in purchase orders, including direct costs, manufacturing processes, labor, and packaging usage.

Sales Order Line Item Profitability: The vendor states that this feature determines profitability for each line item in sales orders and attributes costs to sales, such as transportation, to achieve true delivered sales order profitability.

Contract Price Management: According to the vendor, Prophet ERP efficiently manages customer and vendor contracts for pricing goods and services, using rules-based matching for date ranges and database keys. It considers product, customer, and vendor characteristics.

Procurement (including Grower Settlement): The vendor claims that this feature handles all aspects of purchase orders, from offer to final settlement, and generates account of sales or self-billing invoices.