Name: SAM ERP
Author: Centro Software

Call Center Workforce Optimization

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Help Authoring

Development

Association Management

Business Intelligence (BI)

Business Process Management (BPM)

Collaboration

File Sync

PDF Editors

Enterprise

Accounting

Cryptocurrency Wallets

Expense Management

FinTech

Financial Research

Spend Management

Trust Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

.Net Development

3D Printers

Asset Tokenization

Cloud Storage

Compliance Consulting

Data Governance

Density-Optimized Servers

Fraud Detection

Hadoop-Related

Hosted Virtual Desktop

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet Performance Monitoring

Internet of Things (IoT)

Mainframe Monitoring

Metadata Management

Network Access Control (NAC)

Network Performance Monitoring

Product Implementation Services

Relational Databases

Remote Desktop

SSL Certificate

Server Management

Telecom Expense Management (TEM)

Web Scraping

Zero Trust Security Solutions

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Automation

Personalization Engines

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Email Signature

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Sales

Certificate Lifecycle Management

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

Security

Automotive

Awards Management

Estate Planning

ID Card

Loan Servicing

Mobility as a Service

Multiple Listing Service (MLS)

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)

Vertical-Specific

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SAM ERP2 is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system developed by Centro Software Spa. According to the vendor, it aims to optimize business processes, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. The software caters to companies of all sizes and is widely used in industries such as chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, paper and tissue converting, and automotive.

## Key Features

**Logistics Management**: SAM ERP2 offers advanced features for logistics management, including real-time barcode scanning and integration with Warehouse Management System (WMS). It facilitates efficient handling of goods through functionalities such as receiving, picking, transferring, shipping, inventory management, and quality control.

**Quality Control and Traceability**: SAM ERP2 ensures continuous quality control and traceability across departments and suppliers. It supports various industry-standard methods and procedures like IATF 16949, Control plan, FMEA, PFMEA, 8D reports, flow charts, and customer failure analysis.

**Facility Maintenance and CMMS**: SAM ERP2 provides comprehensive facility maintenance capabilities, including preventive and predictive maintenance. It enables proactive planning of maintenance activities, adhering to World Class Manufacturing (WCM) guidelines for optimal equipment utilization.

**Industrial Accounting and Management Control**: SAM ERP2 offers robust accounting functionalities, facilitating detailed cost and revenue allocation. It supports analytical accounting for projects and cost center accounting, enabling accurate calculation of unit costs. The system also provides sector-specific financial statements through business area accounting.

**Quick Order Entry and Assortment Grids**: With the Quick Order Entry feature, users can easily create new orders by selecting items from a list of recently purchased products. The Assortment Grids feature allows for the definition of predefined item lists, simplifying order compilation and reducing input errors.

**Group Premiums with Exceptions for Specific Customer-Item Combinations**: SAM ERP2 allows for flexible pricing and discounts by defining group premiums with exceptions for specific customer-item combinations.

**Royalties**: SAM ERP2 includes a royalties feature that enables businesses to effectively manage and track royalty payments for intellectual property or licensed products. It ensures accurate calculation and timely payment of royalties.

**Supplier Portal**: The Supplier Portal feature facilitates seamless communication and collaboration between the company and its suppliers. It enables efficient management of delivery dates and allows for direct printing of barcoded labels.

**Agent Portals**: SAM ERP2 provides dedicated portals for agents, enabling them to manage orders, offers, catalogs, and deadlines conveniently using smartphones and tablets.

**CRM Portals**: The CRM Portals feature allows for easy sharing of offers, order tracking, emails, and relevant information with the sales force, branches, and end customers through a web-based environment.

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SAM ERP

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)

Centro 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

SAM ERP

Overview

What is SAM ERP?