Antares is an integrated suite of programs covering initial quotations, through to the production of the order and on to the delivery note and invoice for the finished jobs. Below, you can find a summary of the most important components of Antares. Click on any of the icons to find detailed information about that module of the system
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Estimating - Quick quotes, complex quotes, retrieve old quotes. Multiple quantities, quote variations, e-mail, fax or written quote letter. |
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Production - Print job bags/work tickets. Automatic from quote, Repeat orders, blank job bags. Job enquiries, Job history stored by customer |
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Reports - Daily production schedules, delivery schedules. Machine loadings, Work-in-progress, orders daybook and so on. |
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Costing - Allocate true production costs to jobs. Compare job costs with budget. Store delivery details and invoice details. Machine cost recovery reports. Productivity and efficiency reports. |
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Customer database - Customer addresses, contacts list. Multiple contacts per customer. Multiple phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. Access to quote and job history by customer |
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Paper Price Book - Store prices of papers and boards for estimates and job costs. Automatic price update from paper merchants. Papers stored and priced as cut sheets or on reels. |
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Purchasing - Full stock control including the storage of current stock levels, movements as stocks are required for jobs or used on jobs. Stock ordering schedules and updating from merchants electronic price lists |
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Delivery Notes - Print delivery notes for jobs. Part deliveries or complete deliveries. Store delivery details against job records. Formatted to customer’s own design. |
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Invoicing - Invoice for finished job, taking all detail from original job bag. Facility for extras on job. VAT analysis. Invoice daybook print and integration with Sage Line 50 accounts |
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Sales Prospecting - System for storing details of customer enquiries. Produces reminders for enquiry follow-up calling. Split between individual sales reps where needed. |
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Data export - Ability to export all Antares data in formats compatible with Microsoft Office, Excel or Access (and many other database systems). Allows own design reporting of all Antares quotes, jobs, stocks etc. |
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ODBC - Allows direct integration between Microsoft Office and Antares without the need for data exporting. Operates for both reporting of data and for feeding new information into Antares. |
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Importing - Facility to import customers, contacts, new paper prices in electronic form etc into Antares. Several popular data formats are supported. |