Release Accounting

Management of Customer releases is becoming more complex as new “standards” are implemented, typically in a unique way by each customer. Support for traditional ANSI X12 transactions (830-Release, 862-HT Schedule, 856-ASN) and for requirements such as the EDIFACT DELJIT, DELFOR and DESADV, ANSI 848-InventoryInquiry/Advice, 861-Receiving Advice, and GM-SPO, are critical to meeting customer requirements.

The Vanguard Release Accounting module provides for the management of customer cums and release/ship schedule information, and feeds accurate customer demand to the manufacturing system. EDI transactions are validated and automatically update current release/ship schedules and roll prior schedules to history. Release Accounting gives you the capability to manage releases easily - to reconcile customer cums; to process releases unattended; to create shippers automatically, or to manage customer authorizations or model year-end cum resets.

Key benefits of Release Accounting

  • On-time customer shipments
  • Reduced excess transportation charges
  • Automated processing with complete validation reduces errors for faster creation of shippers
  • Supports all major Automotive OEM and AIAG requirements - expands sales
    to new automotive customers
  • Table-driven mapping support for new EDI Trading Partners
  • Reduce obsolescence by tracking high-fab and raw material accurately
  • Easy model year roll-over
  • Simple contract maintenance and control

Key features of Release Accounting

  • Process EDI ANSI X.12 and manual material releases (830) and ship schedules (862)
  • Cum tracking-customer cum and your cum/net ship requirements
  • Net-based releases and ship schedules - including support for RAN, DON and Kanban numbers
  • Automated release/JIT schedule processing
  • Auto-creation of shippers based on release or ship schedule requirements
  • Release requirements are immediately available to manufacturing (NTS) as demand
  • Release variance documentation to support claims
  • On-line inquiries to current release or ship schedule information - by customer, 
    customer item, your item, and destination - plus similar inquiries for release history
  • Automatically maintains maximum high-fab and raw material authorizations
  • Report requirements in user-defined buckets
  • Price tables include pricing by item/contract and over-rides by ship-to destination and optional date-effective prices
  • Attach automatic package pricing and special charges to each shipper and invoice
  • Automatic assignment of comments to the shipper by item or customer/item
  • Unlimited online release history with inquiry and reporting
  • Sales projections based on release requirements
  • Automated model year-end processing
  • Reset cum shipped - including post-dated reset
  • Reset maximum authorizations
  • CD Copy contract same-as-except
  • Behind schedule reporting