The NITC Portal is a robust cloud based portal for your inventory management, logistics and accounting needs. The NITC Portal lets you and your business partners view and collaborate together for a faster and more efficient business.

The NITC Portal includes workflows for not only your busines, but workflows for your customers, customer manufacturers, carriers, sales agents and more. Let us show you how the NITC Portal in the Cloud can help your business today!
 

What is the NITC Portal?

  • Browser-based application
  • Designed in Java J2EE
  • All browser traffic is encrypted via secure socket layer
  • Runs on MySQL/Cloud SQL backend
  • All passwords are stored in 1024-bit RSA and are stored as encrypted in the backend database
  • Designed to allow for scale up and scale out

General Information

  • The NITC Portal is designed to work with desktop/laptop computers as well as tablets such as the iPad
  • Currently supports Internet Explorer 7+, Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera
  • Designed to work with handheld scanners via tablet
  • A MiFi hot spot, 3G or 4G LTE may be used…however WiFi is strongly recommended
  • The NITC Portal can be customized to your color schemes, logos, etc. We can even rename the system to something you like to help brand the system in your image
  • The NITC Portal is self-documenting so you always know who changed what and when
  • User customizable time zones, system runs in UTC
  • Multiple Company Support
  • Fully customizable user/workgroup permissions

 

Inventory Management

Features:
  • Strict or Suggestive First in First Out (FIFO)
  • Damaged Product Tracking with Photos
  • Serial Number Control Tracking
  • Lot # Tracking
  • Scan & Confirm Product option for shipping, receiving and warehouse transfers
  • Scan & Confirm Location option for all transaction types
  • System generated PDF's for Picking Slips
  • System generated PDF's for Packing Slips
  • System generated PDF's for Inbound Warehouse Receipts
  • Barcode scanning on product UPC/Barcode
  • Barcode scanning on location numbers
  • Multiple facility support
  • Import Pending Inventory Transaction Requests for inbound or outbound via FTP or Web Services
  • Import Pending Inventory Transaction Requests for inbound or outbound manually via CSV, XLS and/or XLSx
  • Customer Manufacturer workflow to allow manufacturers to see transactions and reports with their products only
  • Attach document/paperwork at the Inventory Transaction or Pending Inventory Transaction Level
  • Customizable min and max available to promise quantities at the Product level
  • Manufacture inventory products from other inventory products in the Inventory Management system. This feature allows users to configure a product to be a manufactured product, which consumes raw materials from the inventory management system upon creation.
  • Automatic billing configurable separately for receiving, shipping, transfers and inventory manufacturing
  • Streamlined and simplified product return process. It's as simple as 1-2-3!
  • Customizable attributes by customer
  • Sales Agent Support
Inventory Transactions types include:
  • Shipping
  • Receiving
  • Audits
  • Same Facility Moves
  • Facility to Facility Transfers
  • External Transfers
  • Inventory Manufacturing
  • Cycle Count
Pending Inventory Transaction Request types include:
  • Shipping
  • Receiving
  • Facility to Facility Transfers
  • External Transfers
Configurable Automatic Billing Setup by Product:
  • By Weight
  • By Loose Qty
  • By Pallet and Loose Qty
  • By Pallet Qty
Available Reports:
  • Audit Transactions
  • Inventory On Hand
  • Inventory Transactions
  • Location by Customer
  • Location of Damaged Inventory
  • Location Summary
  • Product Cycle Count Status
  • Product Transactions
  • Receiving Transactions
  • Shipping Transactions
  • Transfer Transactions
  • Manufacturing Transactions
  • Cycle Count Transactions
  • Inventory Aging
  • Damaged Inventory by Transaction
  • Damaged Inventory On Hand
  • Damaged Product Transactions
  • Inventory Aging
  • Product Velocity

 

Logistics

PRO #:
  • System generated PDF's for dispatch sheet paperwork
  • System generated PDF's for BOL paperwork
  • Ability to import BOL's from Scanner automatically
  • PRO # Calendar
  • ASN Import (custom configured and defined by customer to allow for different import file types and formats)
  • Ability to configure default shipper and consignee by Customer
  • Automatic updating kiosk option (example have a TV with a PC attached to display information)
  • Attach document/paperwork at the PRO # level
  • Customizable attributes by customer
Manifest:
  • Contain multiple PRO #'s for optimal routing and shipments
  • System Generated Manifest Paperwork for Carriers
  • Manifests may contain PRO #'s from sister companies
  • Additional services permitted at PRO # level provided by one or many Carriers.
Features:
  • Drag and Drop Route PRO # to Manifest assignments
  • Designed for LTL and TL
  • SmartPhone friendly mobile website available for Carriers to execute manifests including:
    • Accept Dispatch Manifests
    • Pickup PRO #
    • Deliver PRO #
    • Capture Image of Proof of Delivery
    • View messages from dispatch team
  • Sales Agent support
  • Import ASN's Automatically via FTP or Web Services
  • Import ASN's via CSV, XLS and/or XLSx
  • Live carrier rating system based on Customer's delivery experience

 

Accounting

Features:
  • System generated PDF's for Invoices
  • System generated PDF's for invoice summaries
  • Batch Print Invoices (PDF or to Printer)
  • Invoice Summaries with ability to include POD, BOL, etc. all on the same system generated paperwork
  • Receiving Carrier Bills
  • Sales Agent Commission Releasing (Auto or Manual depending on business requirements)
  • Mark Invoices as Paid (if not Quickbooks enabled)
  • Mark Bills as Paid (if not Quickbooks enabled)
  • Modify Invoice Due Dates
Quickbooks Integration via Sync:
  • Single user and multi-user Quickbooks support
  • Sync Invoices (Inventory and PRO #)
  • Sync Bills (PRO #)
  • Sync Customers
  • Sync Carriers
  • Sync Sales Agents
  • Partial Invoice Payment Received Support
Available Reports:
  • Invoice Inquiry
  • Invoice Inquiry Summary
  • Past Due Invoices
  • Customer Profitability
  • Inventory Profitability
  • PRO # Profitability
  • Carrier Bill Inquiry
  • Quick Pay
  • Sales Agent Commission Inquiry
  • Pending sync report for Quickbooks (where applicable)

 

Notifications

General Information:
  • User or Admin subscribed messaging
  • Emailed as events happen or scheduled recaps
  • Configurable subscriptions by Company
  • Configurable subscriptions by State
Notification Types:
  • Pending Inventory Transactions - Creation/Import, Transfer to Inventory, Out of stock during transfer to inventory, Estimated delivery date change, Change of shipper/consignee, Deleted
  • Pending Inventory Transaction Products - Product Added/Edited/Deleted/Substituted
  • Inventory Transactions - Product Damages, Product Returns, Audits, Receiving qty differs from Pending Inventory Transaction Quantity
  • PRO #'s - Routed, Picked Up, Delivered, Email Unsigned BOL on Pickup
Scheduled Reports:
  • Daily Customer Manufacturer Transactions
  • Low Available to Promise
  • Weekly Customer Manufacturer Transaction Recap

 

Web Services

General Information:
  • Inventory On Hand
  • Inventory Transaction Detail
  • Search/Get by ID/Add/Update/Delete Pending Inventory Transactions
  • Search/Get by ID/Add/Update/Delete Pending Inventory Transaction Lines
  • Others available upon request

Contact us for more information and a webinar presentation!