How Landed Costs are Calculated in VISCO
VISCO is often used in tandem with an integrated accounting software like Quickbooks or Great Plains. VISCO itself does not track or store payment information, or link to bank accounts. The value of entering costs in VISCO is that the system allows companies to get accurate landed cost data on each lot or shipment that […]
Warehouse Management
A common request that customers have for us is to help them maintain and manage warehouses, lot details and inventory levels. Here is a quick breakdown of the ways VISCO can help provide solutions to whatever inventory or warehousing issue your company may be facing. 1-Re-Order Points: VISCO has the ability to keep track of […]
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 […]
How to improve efficiency using VISCO vs. QuickBooks and Excel Spreadsheets
A lot of our customers come over to VISCO after using a combination of excel spreadsheets, email and QuickBooks, in order to conduct business. Using multiple interfaces that are not available to everyone in the company at all times, can be restrictive and inefficient. A lot of companies complain about a back and forth between […]
How to Get Everyone Sharing the Same Information
As many companies grow, they use a variety of software like QuickBooks, E-mail, Excel and Word to manage and share information. This is understandable because these tools can help individual employees do their jobs more efficiently, but because each individual is working in their own little world and the information is not getting shared with […]
Business As Usual: How Cloud based ERP software can help the business run smoothly while working remotely
During these uncertain times, it is important to have a way to easily move from office to home-office without a hitch! Visco is a cloud-based software. This means that anyone with internet access can get into Visco’s web application by simply going to a link. If someone leaves the office in the middle of an […]
QuickBooks Integration: Advanced Points of Integration & Add-Ons
Outstanding Receivables and Credit Limit Checks In VISCO most reports will show you information strictly based on what the user(s) have entered into VISCO up to that point, however, there are a few areas in VISCO that will also provide information based on QuickBooks information as well. Specifically, the Outstanding Receivables by Customer Report and […]
Addressing the “Two Systems” Concern
How a specialized logistics and distribution ERP integrates with existing Accounting software…successfully As co-founder and head of VISCO Operations, I’m often asked to justify a decision we made 19 years ago when we developed our highly focused logistics and distribution ERP without including basic accounting functions that we ourselves had written from scratch. I have […]
How One Drop Ship Company Created Their Own Payment Tracking
Some companies that are looking to use VISCO aren’t looking to integrate with QuickBooks but would still like a way to track incoming and outgoing payments. One Drop Ship customer asked if we could build out our default Invoice area to include payments entered on both accounts receivable and payable. At the time of this […]
