Connect inventory and operations with iM3 SCM

Higher education institutions of every size can benefit from the latest innovations and technologies offered in the Asset & Facilities Management, Inventory and Warehouse Management Systems. Improving current processes in Inventory Control, Procurement, eCommerce, Vendor Management, Property Disposition, Asset & Facilities Management, Asset Tracking, Outsourced Repairs, Mobility, and POS can greatly help eliminate and improve day-to-day challenges.

Inventory and Warehouse Management

Manage your inventory in real time by deploying current state-of-the-art mobile computing scanners that instantly update your inventory to ensure the accuracy of weekly, monthly, or end-of-year inventory. Our team helps you define or refine existing processes by consolidating and maintaining a clean history of data that institutions can coordinate and utilize for their central warehouse operations or departmental (Chemistry, Dining Hall, Procurement, Engineering, Health, Retail Stores, Restaurants, Student Life, etc.) requirements.

Inaccurate inventory is a result of manual receiving, put-away, transfer and issuing processes. Every time product is received at your facility or department and is used or taken out, in the absence of well-defined processes and deployment of the right technology, inventory errors and inaccuracies will continue.

iM3 SCM Suite incorporates technologies such as Cloud, Mobility and integrates a host of other hardware & software such as POS, Mobile Computers & Scanners, IoT, RFID, iBeacons, location services, temperature monitoring and more. For more information, contact us at info@peopleplussoftware.com.

See Warehouse Pilot, SmartCart, TV Dashboards, and E-Commerce & POS for more information on these software features and offerings.

Procurement process and more…

Purchasing and Procurement are essential responsibilities and operations in any given business, as they allow you to focus on minimizing costs and controlling cash flows. iM3 SCM Suite helps automate and optimize your procurement strategies in many key areas:

Defined vendor contracts and Quantity Price Breaks
Product Requirement and one-click PO generation process
Accurate calculation of average usage and lead time based on product history
Tracking of Minimum and Maximum Inventory Levels
Hierarchical Review of Purchases
PO vs. Receiving: the process by which universities and their departments buy product involves many complex processes, centralized purchasing vs. direct drop ship to departments; automation of process of departmental receiving ensures transparency.
Automation of “Payment Process” - in a typical organization, manual processes are followed to match up the receiving, PO, and purchase price and then the payments are sent to vendors.

iM3 SCM Suite ensures that vendor bills are processed based on items received, therefore, ensuring that payments are made to vendors quickly by avoiding manual work and cross-examining various data.

Sales, eCommerce

From our experience, higher education institutions have departments, staff, students and other parties buying commodities. Vendor catalogs, the university shopping site, and orders from departments, staff and students add the complexity of managing multiple prices while serving as a retailer.

iM3 SCM Suite helps institutions set up Sales Portals using eCommerce, Catalog management, POS, Mobile App, Self-Checkout App and much more!

Flexible Pricing Modules - defined Customer Group Pricing, Markup or Discount Management, Fixed Pricing etc.
eCommerce, Sales Order, Catalog, POS, Self-Checkout App
Fully integrated to Inventory/Warehouse to generate POs for non-stock/direct-ship items and special items, set up delivery from the internal warehouse, and more

Property Disposition

Higher Ed departments purchase a variety of properties such as equipment, computers, lab items, furniture.

Departments have dedicated Projects and Grants to fund their purchases; based on the criteria defined - they will choose to dispose of these items or properties after the Grants have been utilized or the department decides that they no longer require these assets or would like to replace them. The Property disposition center helps departments sell these items which are no longer required. The eCommerce platforms and University Stores are used to sell these products to University Staff, students, general public or directly to the supplier. Departments may want to use the amount collected from disposition, or may need to return it to the grant provider. iM3 SCM has the tools and functionality to implement Property Disposition.

Asset, Facilities Management, Outsourced Contractors and Projects

iM3 SCM Suite enables functionality to help Universities manage their Assets, Facilities, Equipment for internal or subcontracted work. Universities have their Facilities Department manage the facilities, buildings, student housing, repairs & maintenance, installation, construction, etc. They contract out work to third-party vendors for repair and manage Projects for Installation, Repairs or construction by third-party vendors. iM3 SCM has built-in functions to manage these operations:

Set up and manage an independent Inventory/Warehouse for Facilities
Preventive Maintenance and Service Contracts
Set up Equipment, condition monitoring, preventive maintenance and more
Asset Tracking and more
Warranty Management
Install, Repair & Rework Work Orders
Projects, Outsourced Work Orders and more
Fully integrated to Inventory/Warehouse to generate POs for non-stock/direct-ship items and special items, set up delivery from the internal warehouse, and more

Book a working session to discuss your institution. Email info@peopleplussoftware.com.

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