Friedman Corporation – Window Fashions Industry Solutions

Friedman Corporation's Frontier system is specifically designed
to provide the window fashions fabricator with the tools needed
to fully integrate their order fulfillment cycle. Frontier, our
configuration-based software solution provides the flexibility to
seamlessly extend product and customer service information out
to the Internet and/or to the dealer base. Our industry-focused
development and experienced industry consultants ensure that your project will be completed timely, so that you can quickly realize a return on your investment.

Dimensional Configurator designed specifically to
handle complex and simple window treatments:

• Easy to use product workbench enables user to define all
  options and validation rules for each product
  
• Reusable modular configuration approach provides faster
  product definition – reduces the overall number of models and simplifies maintenance
  
• Extensive inquiry capabilities such as where used formulas, rules and options designed to improve product data management and maintenance
  
• Unlimited options enables user to configure complex window treaments: Wood Shutters, Commercial Multi-Banded Shades and Motorized Units
  
• Extensive formulas and rules enables configurator to select correct materials based on computed weight of shade and torque
  
• Matrices maintainable within Microsoft Excel used to
  dynamically validate configurations, create bills of materials, calculate lead times
  
• Configurator-based pricing to determine sell price based on list price and dealers multiplier
  
• Supports customer quoting and ordering via the web and with a remote application (Windows-based)
  
• Provides improved communication of all new product offerings and discontinued products and options

Order Entry

• Speed up your order entry process with global options, enables operators to specify common options for a group of shades that will inherit a common set of options for each
  
• Global Option maintenance provides mass change capability, i.e. fabric, bracket type, etc.
  
• Promotional pricing support
  
• Line Item Order Promising based on user defined constraints i.e. Material Availability, Production Capacity, Shipping Schedules
  
• Visibility to material availability including fabric, provides true available to promise and accurate promise dates
  
• Track material remnants to improve accuracy of availability
  
• Real Time Cost and Profit Analysis at Fabric Order and Line Item Level
  
• Cash Posting for deposits including Credit Card Processing and Approvals

EDI

• System supports EDI transactions with mass retailers and catalog companies e.g. Sears, J.C. Penney, Wal-Mart:
  Sales Orders (850)
  Acknowledgement (855)
  Advanced Ship Notice (856)
  Invoices (810)
  

Web Based Order Entry

• Electronic Product Catalog provided on-line to either end
  consumers or dealers
  
• Supports replacement parts and Finished Goods, ordering with full configuration functions
  
• No re-keying of orders placed via the web
  
• Credit Card approvals and user generated profiles
  
• Acknowledgement communicated to customer on-line
  
• Constraint based order promising executed for all line items to provide customer with accurate promised date at time of order
  
• Extensive imaging functions 2D and 3D

Remote Dealer/Rep Order Entry (Powerbids)

• Fully functional quoting and ordering tool supports both remote sales reps and dealers/distributors
  
• Includes dealer specific multipliers and discounts, also enables dealer to manipulate selling markup or profit percentages to calculate end user/consumer selling price
  
• Tracks Deposit Payments and includes Miscellaneous and computed charges such as delivery and installation
  
• Copy feature enables multiple quotes for same job provides pricing comparisons, e.g. Roman Shade vs Wood Shutter
  
• Electronic transfer of orders direct to manufacturer and/or
  fabricator
  
• Electronic upload of all product catalog and pricing updates insures 100% accuracy of orders and quotes taken in the field
  
• Local Customer Database enables dealer to maintain their own set of customers with pricing and discount rules
  
• 2D, 3D images and scaled drawings provided for each line item and printed on quotes
  
• Check in and Check out facility enables user to check quote out to support a field measurement process
  
• Quotes may be generic i.e. not all configuration options maybe required for quote, e.g. fabric choice

Production Scheduling

• Fully integrated work cell scheduling functions:
  Attribute Based i.e. sort by fabric, specie, finish
  
• Finite Capacity can be defined per work cell in any unit
  of measure i.e. Dollars, Units, Hours
  
• Multiple Work Orders Generated for each subassembly, provides the ability to individually schedule and sequence each department
  
• Graphical Schedule Board provides visibility of bottlenecks in production environment
  
• RF Based Bar coding provides feedback to monitor actual
  progress against schedule

Material Optimization and Machine Integration

• Production Runs released by the scheduler will create cut files for fabric, header rails etc, which will then be optimized by our lineal and fabric optimizer (ARDIS), includes optimization for complex material i.e. Cellular Shades
  
• Optimizer will control and utilize available remnants prior to
  using full rolls, greatly reducing remnant inventory
  
• Fabric cut requirements can be passed electronically to
  automated machines

RF Bar Code Production Reporting

• RF Bar code functionality provides real time feedback from shop floor including the tracking of rework and scrap
  
• Real time status for each work cell shows remaining work for a given day or shift

Truck Load Planning and UPS/Fedex Integration

• Integrated truck load planning functions for any full truck load or LTL shipments to dealers/customers
  
• Integration with standard carrier shipping systems e.g. UPS, FEDEX, DHL

Returns Processing

• User defined rules for identifying reason codes for returns and reorders, includes the automatic generation of credit memos, return goods authorizations (RGA’s) and repair work orders
  
• Multiple reason codes per return provides cost analysis by
  reason code within the General Ledger
  
• Returns receiving process will enable product to be returned to inventory or stored in a separate return warehouse or location
  
• Full Inventory Control for all returned merchandise and full cost control for all repair orders
  
• Repair orders integrated with normal production activities

Accounting

• Fully integrated accounting functions include: Product Costing, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables and General Ledger
  
• Credit Management module maintains credit data i.e Credit limit, Total A/R, Past Due Status, Credit Hold Status, fully integrated with order processing
  
• Multiple credit hold points i.e. Hold Order do not Allocate
  Inventory, Allocate Inventory do not Make, Make but do Not Ship
  
• 3 Way and 4 Way Document matching for all purchases
  
• Purchase Price Variance Reporting
  
• Integrated General Ledger with full “drill” down functionality to source transactions
  
• Full Integration with Microsoft Excel for real time extraction of data
  
• Supports multiple budgets for comparison reporting