The Benefits of Using “Ventures”
Customers often come to us trying to manage various aspects of their shipping schedules. There are several complaints we hear often: They have one sales order or purchase order with multiple shipments spanning an entire year. Their customer is sending one purchase order but they want to be able to invoice the shipments as soon […]
NetSuite vs. VISCO
This is a question that is asked of us often, to the point that I feel compelled to answer it in a blog post. To start with, it is not really a “vs.” thing because you can (and many of our customers do) run VISCO and NetSuite together in an integrated environment. In this way, […]
Why Global Trade Businesses should use ERP Software
ERP Software, or Enterprise Resource Planning Software, is the software application that a company uses to integrate all departments within a company so the entire organization is able to share the same set of information. Traditionally, this type of software is purchased or built by large organizations who are willing and able to spend millions […]
We Made It! We are officially a NetSuite Competitor
Typically these posts are professionally written, information heavy descriptions of the latest happenings in Global Trade and Global Trade software, this is not a traditional post however. If you’ll pardon the indulgence, I wanted to instead take a moment to celebrate a milestone in our company’s history. We have been acknowledged officially as a worthy […]
Using the Price Estimator tool to calculate profit on a potential contract
A lot of our customers are looking for a way to predict Latest Projected Cost, before even quoting the customer. This way they can charge the appropriate amount to their customers, and can estimate their profit. We created a tool just for this called the Price Estimate Tool. In the sourcing request in VISCO, you […]
CRM tools for Global Trade
Many times customers come to us looking for a software that will help them manage orders, logistics and finances. But some customers also want a way of managing opportunities they might have to engage new customers or track conversations or deals with vendors. VISCO can help you keep turn more interactions into actual profitable contracts. […]
VISCO CRM 5.0
VISCO’s 5.0 CRM module allows you to track Customer and Vendor Opportunities, Sourcing Request, Customer Quotes as well as manage contacts. The Opportunities module in VISCO that allows you to track potential prospects (leads) for sales or purchases. Within Opportunities VISCO can track Sample request, product pricing request, specification request, and more. Each opportunity […]
How to Calculate Landed Costs
Some customers come to us asking how we can help them have a better idea of what items are going to end up costing once landed when not only the cost of materials are considered, but also other miscellaneous charges such as freight, drayage, warehousing, etc. will impact the total cost of an item. A landed […]
The Power of Using Accruals to Estimate Landed Costs
Accruals in Visco are an estimated cost, usually applied to a Purchase Order, Container or Bill of Lading, that acts as a place holder for costs that will be applied once an invoice is received from a vendor. Something like a Storage Charge can be applied as a line item on a Purchase Order. Or […]
Automated Shipment Tracking Now Available via Marine Traffic
Automatic ETA and Vessel Status Updates through Marine Traffic VISCO is excited to announce a new available add-on which updates Container/Vessel ETAs and Vessel Status information directly from the Vessels themselves through a nightly integration with Marine Traffic (MarineTraffic.com) Default configuration for this add on allows you to keep track of detailed status information when […]
