All Features
Every Argos feature, grouped by the work it does. Type in the filter box to narrow the list.
Warehouse
Receiving and shippingRun every receipt and shipment from one screen
- Receiving, Shipping and AdjustmentsYour team handles every receipt, shipment and adjustment in one web screen, from planning through completion.
- Dock Door SchedulingSchedule a receipt or shipment into an offered time slot and Argos assigns the first free dock door for the chosen start time automatically.
- Dock Appointment ApprovalBook receiving appointments and adjust existing inbound and outbound times, then approve or reject requested times from one list.
- Batch Posting of Receipts and ShipmentsSupervisors filter the transactions they want, preview which ones the run will include, then commit them to inventory or move them to a new stage in one run.
- EDI and Web Order ConversionOrders that arrive by EDI or as web orders land in one management screen, where a clerk reviews them and converts each into a warehouse receipt or shipment with one action.
- Warehouse Labor TrackingCapture who did the work, on what activity and how long it took, so warehouse hours are on record instead of on paper.
- Lot and Serial Number CaptureReceipts and shipments record which lots, sublots and serial numbers moved on each line.
- Shipping Documents and LabelsPrint the paperwork each receipt and shipment needs, from bills of lading and put-away sheets to consolidated picking slips, SSCC barcode labels and UCC shipping labels.
- Warehouse Transaction ProfilesReusable transaction profiles carry the defaults and checks for each kind of receipt, shipment or adjustment, so clerks start every record with the right settings.
- Delivery Trips and Stop OrderPut order deliveries on a numbered trip with its truck, driver, trailer and ship date, set the stop order and take orders off a trip.
- Inbound Delivery and Receiving Labor PlanningPlan when each purchase order receipt arrives and where it lands, down to the warehouse and location.
- Purchase Order Receiving and Landed CostReceive against the open purchase order with back orders, put-away locations and serial numbers.
- Handheld Workflow DesignerBuild handheld processes screen by screen from wizard templates and test them before release.
- Mobile Scanning on Phones and ScannersRun your configured handheld processes on current phones, scanners and PCs, online or offline.
- Labels, Picking Slips and Bills of LadingPrint the paperwork your floor runs on: receiving, shipping, item, location and SSCC labels, picking slips, bills of lading in several formats, packing lists and receipt confirmations.
- EDI Shipping and Receiving AdviceSend shipping, receiving, stock transfer and carrier advice to the trading partners who need it, and re-send an earlier document when a partner asks.
- Mobile Inventory App for Receiving, Picking and Put AwayRun mobile inventory management from handheld scanners.
InventoryKnow what you hold and where it sits
- Warehouse Location VisibilityLook up stock by item, lot, sublot or location, and check free volume and percent available in each location when you need somewhere to put an inbound load.
- Inventory ReportsRun the standard inventory reports from the browser, from stock by location and valuation to reorder lists, count sheets and barcodes, and download them as PDF, Excel or CSV files.
- Inventory TransactionsStock movements that are not customer orders, such as internal usage, returns, adjustments and damaged goods, are entered in the browser with the exact location, ready to commit to inventory.
- Item Management ViewBuyers and inventory staff look up an item or lot and see its stock by location, open requisitions and purchase orders, receipts, order activity and transaction history from one screen.
- Items, Lots and LocationsSet up products, lots, sublots, kits and storage locations from the browser, and see each item's lots and stock locations on the item record itself.
- Physical Inventory CountsPick the inventory to count, preview it, and generate count records, optionally as tasks assigned to a worker.
- Inventory Lot VisibilityFind any item and drill down to its lots and sublots with on hand, shipped, unavailable and net available quantities.
- Inventory Moves and ReclassificationConsolidate sublots into another lot, relabel lots or sublots as a different item, and move quantity between available and unavailable without keying adjustments by hand.
- Inventory Ownership TransferWhen goods change hands inside your warehouse, record the transfer once and let Argos create the matching shipment out of one owner and receipt into the other.
- Reorder and Purchase Order GenerationSelect items, lots or vendor cross-references by criteria, preview what each needs against on-hand and available stock, adjust the lines and create the purchase requisitions or purchase orders in one step.
- Kits and Bills of MaterialsKeep a bill of materials for every kit item and print it with its component quantities.
- Bulk Inventory Record MaintenanceGenerate locations and lots in bulk, and copy existing items and lots instead of keying them one by one.
- Stock Status, Availability and Location History ReportsPrint quantity status by item and lot, availability with the reason any stock is unavailable, item location listings and labels, location history, and every transaction that touched an item and lot.
- Item Cross-References and SubstitutesLink each item to vendor and customer part numbers, rank your preferred vendors, and define which items can stand in for another.
- Customer and Item PricingPrice items through price codes with several price levels and quantity breaks, and give customers their own price schedules.
- Inventory Transaction Commit and ImportPost entered inventory transactions to stock with a commit report, and move a filtered range of transactions to a new stage in one run.
- Serial Number and Crate TrackingCapture or import the serial numbers shipped on an invoice or returned on a credit, then search and edit serial records later.
- Stock Transfers and Directed Put AwayMove item and lot quantities from one location to another at the office or from a handheld scanner.
- Purchase Requisitions and Purchase OrdersEnter purchase requisitions, split their lines across vendors and pull them onto purchase orders.
- Vendor Costs and Delivery PerformanceSee a vendor's quantity price breaks and the last received cost while you buy, apply mandated fees and record rebates on purchase order lines, and compare vendors on price and delivery.
- Handheld Inventory Lookup and HoldsScan an item, lot, sublot or location to see what is there, switch stock between available and unavailable with a reason, handle damaged serial numbers through your site's process scripts, and update item properties and weights on the floor.
- Receiving InspectionsRecord inspection results against received inventory, choose which inspected stock to release to available and keep the rest on hold with a reason, then commit inspections in a batch.
- Purchasing
Warehouse billingBill every client in batches, from rates set once
- Warehouse InvoicingGenerate invoices for every client on a billing cycle, preview them before you commit, and undo a filtered set of invoices if something is wrong.
- Warehouse Activity ChargesRecord the extra work you do for a client, such as labeling, rework or special handling, as a charge against that client, starting from a saved charge profile, so it is ready to bill when you run invoicing.
- Storage and Handling Billing RatesDefine your charge codes and each client's rate schedule, with minimums and maximums.
- Storage Billing RunsRun storage billing for every client on a weekly, monthly or semi-monthly cycle, billed ahead or behind, and review every proposed charge and error before you apply them.
- Billing Review and Audit ReportsCheck storage and handling charges before they are generated, catch charge errors and uninvoiced transactions, print invoices and consolidated invoices, and reconcile your warehouse invoices with accounting.
Orders and customersTake, price and fill orders on one record
- Sales Order EntryEnter quotes and orders in the browser and move each one from quote to shipped, with stock untouched until the order needs it.
- Customers, Ship-Tos and CarriersYour team maintains customers, their ship-to addresses, carriers, warehouses and sales tax codes from the browser, so every order and shipment starts from the same, current record.
- Batch Order ProcessingMove a filtered group of orders to a new stage, reprice them, copy them or commit them in one run, with a count of what changed and a list of what failed.
- Order DocumentsPrint picking slips, packing slips, acknowledgments, invoices and delivery notifications from a choice of standard layouts.
- Order Lots and LocationsSet lots and warehouse locations on the order, by hand or automatically where the order profile allows it, so pickers know exactly what to pull.
- Order Pricing and ChargesPrice every order from the customer's price level and your price tables, and reprice it when the tables change.
- Accounts, Opportunities and Sales ActivitiesKeep every account with its contacts, log activities and follow-ups, and track each sales opportunity by stage and account manager, in the same system that runs your orders.
- Vendor, Agent and Trading Partner RecordsKeep vendors, buyers, salespeople, agents, shippers, owners, manufacturers and EDI trading partners as identity records with one name and address each.
- Customer and Partner Lists and LabelsPrint listings and data profiles of your customers, ship-tos, carriers, vendors, agents and other trading partners, list the codes they use, show how customers are related and print mailing labels.
- Customer Web OrderingGive each customer user a short menu to create quotes and orders, look back at order history and browse items and their lots, without the full order desk.
- Quotes, Labels and Specialty Picking DocumentsPrint customer quotes, item barcode and serial number labels, transaction and address labels, consolidated and route picking slips, and packing slips that list every serial number shipped.
- Incoming Order ReviewFind the incoming orders waiting in the EDI/Web queue of the order workbench, check each customer's credit, and remove the orders you will not fill.
- Sales, Margin and Bookings ReportsSee sales by customer, item, salesperson and product category, compare fiscal periods, check gross margins before and after commit, and weigh future bookings against supply and prior years.
- Order Payments and Customer CreditRecord payments, deposits and retainers against a sales order and check the customer's credit without leaving the order.
- Point of Sale for Counter SalesScan or pick items onto a counter sale, take payment against its total and see the sale totals, with point of sale settings kept in your order management setup.
- Requisitions and Drop-Ship Orders from Sales OrdersTurn the lines on a sales order into a purchase requisition without retyping them, and create purchase orders for drop-ship lines in a batch.
Grow
Grow and sellTrack every crop from program to sellable plant
- Crop LotsCreate each planting as a crop lot from its program in one screen, with its stages, inputs, outputs, dates and quantities built for you, then run it from a single management view.
- Crew Work OrdersBuild crew work orders from crop lots, from growing locations or from activities already planned, and plan the days ahead from on screen planting and transplanting worksheets.
- Crop ProgramsSet up each crop and variety once as a growing program with its stages, timing, expected loss, inputs and outputs, then start every new planting from it instead of from a blank sheet.
- Finished Plant AvailabilityRecord finished output from each crop and release sales items and grades into on hand inventory, while every lot keeps an up to date view of what it is expected to produce.
- Grow to OrderTurn a customer's sales order into a production plan and released crop lots in one action, so what you grow is tied to what you sold.
- Growing ActivitiesRecord each day's work on a crop with the inputs used, the quantities and the locations, and log shrink, dumps, recounts and moves so growing stock stays true.
- Growing Capacity PlanningDefine greenhouse space, beds, zones and equipment as capacity, set what is available each planning period, and see where planned crops will run short before the space is needed.
- Growing Stock CostingSelect crop lots, review the cost of the stock still growing, and create the accounting entries for it from the same screen, so the value of growing stock reaches your books.
- Production AnalysisFilter and summarize growing stock by crop lot, stage, item and activity, and see how production will change your inventory before it happens.
- Crop Stage TrackingSee every open stage across your crop lots, move ready crops to the next stage, add stages and close finished lots in one pass instead of one record at a time.
- Crop Sampling and MeasurementPlan sampling runs on crop lots, record measurements such as height and caliper, apply the results back to the lots, and compare results across collection orders and size classes.
- Crop Lot and Activity Import from ExcelCreate crop lots, import growing activities and update conversion factors from Excel sheets instead of keying each record, and correct bin quantities when a count is off.
- Printed Production Documents and ReportsHand crews printed sowing, grafting, transplant and planting distribution work orders with barcodes, and print crop management sheets, production listings and reconciliations to sales orders.
- Sales and Production PlanningBuild a sales plan by period from sales history, open orders or a prior plan, generate the production plan that meets it, and see the inputs that plan needs so purchasing can buy ahead.
Move
Freight and dispatchDispatch, rate, bill and pay freight from one record
- Trip Planning and DispatchBuild trips from waiting loads or orders, assign drivers, trucks and trailers, and work every pickup and delivery stop in order.
- Shipper Load Entry and Tracking PortalGive shippers a web portal to enter shipment requests and freight orders, follow their loads on a map, search trips, and print labels and reports themselves.
- Driver and Carrier SettlementsRecord what each driver, owner operator and carrier is owed on a trip by charge code, compare carriers by recent activity and pay, then commit trip payments and freight bill settlements so everyone gets paid.
- Driver Messaging from DispatchSend dispatch and free-form messages to drivers and trucks through your in-cab messaging service, read every reply, and let incoming messages update trips and loads by rules you set.
- Freight Billing and Consolidated InvoicesCreate freight bills with charges and totals, find any current or past bill in one place, then commit them and group each customer's bills into consolidated invoices.
- Freight Rating from Rate SchedulesKeep rate schedules with linehaul and accessorial charge codes, then rate a whole batch of orders or freight bills in one pass.
- Trip and Shipment Profitability ReportingAnalyze revenue, participant cost and margin by shipment, trip and broker, and print the freight documents drivers and shippers need: delivery receipts, manifests, driver instructions and load confirmations.
- Freight Orders and LoadsEvery customer move request becomes a freight order, and every order becomes loads with shipper, consignee, dates, equipment and contents.
- Shipment Tracking and Proof of DeliveryRecord carrier tracking numbers, pull in rail and terminal container events, and know whether proof of delivery is required, missing or received on every trip.
- Freight Rate Tariffs by Class, Weight and ZoneKeep rate tariffs with freight classes and rates per class and weight break, zone to zone tables, and point to point zip rates for each customer, plus rate and price tables for freight charges.
- Freight Rate QuotesPrice a shipment against your rate tariffs, save the answer as a quote, and find, manage and print saved quotes whenever you need them.
Equipment maintenanceSchedule upkeep and see what every asset costs
- Preventive Maintenance SchedulingPut preventive maintenance on a schedule instead of on memory.
- Equipment Repair Cost AnalysisKnow what each piece of equipment costs to keep running, broken down into maintenance cost, labor and parts by asset and by request.
- Equipment Rentals and Rental InvoicingSet up rental contracts with their rates and record equipment as it goes out and comes back.
- Fleet Mileage and IFTA Fuel Tax ReportingEnter or import trip mileage for each truck and driver with miles by state, and record or import fuel and other costs against each asset.
- Repair and Maintenance InvoicingTurn billable repair work into consolidated customer invoices.
Connect and insight
Insight and AIRun reports and dashboards from your browser
- Standard Report LibraryWarehouse and order reports run from the report menu with your own filters, and come back as a PDF or a spreadsheet file you can open in Excel.
- DashboardsManagers get the numbers they watch every day on one screen, designed in the browser by your own team.
- Quick Query DashboardsYour team saves the questions people ask every week as quick query dashboards.
- Warehouse ReportsRun standard reports on what you hold, where it sits and what moved, from on-hand and availability by lot to location capacity, open orders and monthly activity.
- AI Assistant for Warehouse DataArgos AI lets staff type a question such as "how much is left in lot A-200?" and get the on-hand and available quantities, a ship or receipt date, or the right report back in the chat, without hunting through screens.
- AI Assistant Usage and Document SearchAdministrators review how the AI Assistant is used, question by question.
- Report Design and Email DeliveryDesign your own report layouts, save report criteria as reusable macros and view reports on screen.
- Stock Turnover and Inventory Activity AnalysisSee stock turnover and velocity, monthly inventory activity, location history, availability with unavailable reasons, count exceptions and labor, and run analysis grids over your transactions, items, lots and locations.
EDI and integrationsExchange EDI with every partner from one setup
- EDI Trading Partner SetupLink each customer, consignee and carrier to its EDI trading partner, with the ID codes that identify it in documents.
- EDI Code Lists, Unit Conversions and Hazmat DataMaintain the X12 code lists, unit of measure conversions and hazardous material records your EDI and shipping documents rely on.
- Load Tender, Shipment Status and Rail EDIInbound 204 load tenders become dispatch orders with their pickup and delivery stops, and dispatch answers with 990 responses, 214 status and 322 terminal event messages.
- Warehouse EDI for Receipts and ShipmentsInbound 856 ship notices become warehouse receipts and inbound 940 shipping orders become warehouse transactions, with missing items and lots created from your defaults.
- XML Purchase Order and Document IntegrationLet your other systems send purchase orders and receipts to Argos as XML, and turn a purchase order into a receipt.
- Automated EDI and File ExchangeInbound EDI and flat files are picked up automatically, answered with 997 acknowledgements and committed straight into your warehouse, order and inventory records.
- EDI and Flat File MappingBuild import and export maps for EDI and for delimited or fixed-width flat files, with lookups and translation tables that turn a partner's codes into yours.
- EDI Message Monitoring and ResubmissionSearch inbound and outbound EDI and flat file messages by partner, transaction set, status and date, and see where each EDI transaction set stopped: parse, mapping or commit.
- EDI integration
- ERP and accounting integration
- API and data integration
- Shipping integration
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