| Product Information |
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| System |
Blue Link ERP |
| Vendor |
Blue Link ERP |
| Description |
Since 1992, Blue Link ERP (a Cordance business unit) has been providing integrated inventory and accounting ERP software for small to medium size businesses and is best suited for those in the wholesale, distribution and e-commerce industries. As an all-in-one system, Blue Link helps businesses streamline and automate their processes by providing inventory management, accounting, order entry, warehouse management, and customer relationship management. In addition, Blue Link provides various add-on components such as B2B e-commerce, lot tracking, landed cost tracking, eCommerce integration and barcode scanning and can be customized in order to meet the specific needs of clients. Blue Link ERP is available throughout North America and the Caribbean and is offered as a SaaS (Cloud) solution. Blue Link ERP is particularly strong in regulated industries, such as pharmaceutical distribution, and generally in industries regulated by agencies such as the FDA, DEA and Health Canada, |
| Website |
https://www.bluelinkerp.com/
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| Primary Tier |
2 |
| Industries |
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| Apparel |
Yes |
| Construction |
No |
| Field Services |
No |
| Financial Services |
No |
| Food & Beverage |
Yes |
| Hospitality |
No |
| Manufacturing |
No |
| Nonprofit |
No |
| Professional Services |
No |
| Retail & ECommerce |
Yes |
| Transportation & Logistics |
No |
| Wholesale Distribution |
Yes |
| Applications |
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| Accounting (General Ledger, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting and Cash Management) |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
No |
| CPQ (Configure Price Quote) |
No |
| CRM |
Yes |
| Distribution (Order Processing, Purchasing and Inventory) |
Yes |
| E-commerce |
Yes |
| Field Services - Dispatching & Scheduling |
No |
| Field Services - Mobile Field Management |
No |
| Human Resource Management |
No |
| Manufacturing - Quality Control |
No |
| Manufacturing - Scheduling |
No |
| Manufacturing - Shop Floor Control |
No |
| MRP |
No |
| Payroll |
No |
| Point of Sale |
Yes |
| Product Lifecycle Management |
No |
| Professional Services - Scheduling |
No |
| Professional Services - Timesheets |
No |
| Professional Services – WIP Management |
No |
| Project Management |
No |
| Transportation Management |
Yes |
| Warehouse Management |
Yes |
| Developer Information |
|
| Number of customers - all products |
Several hundred |
| Number of customers - this product |
Several hundred |
| Technology |
|
| % of application that is web based (just need a browser on workstation) |
20 |
| On premise, cloud or hybrid |
Cloud |
| Private or Public Cloud |
Private |
| Tenant Architecture |
Single-Tenant |
| Generic Requirements |
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| Customization/Configuration |
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| Without changing source code |
In Current Release |
User-defined fields
- Can define values/dropdowns for fields
- Used in report selection and ordering
- Used in workflow
|
In Current Release |
User defined screens
- Change fields to required, optional or invisible for standard and user-defined field
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In Current Release |
| Multiple Companies |
|
| Share inventory across companies |
In Current Release |
| Share customers and suppliers across companies |
Minor Modification |
| Automate balancing of transactions across legal entities |
In Current Release |
| PO of 1 company automatically generates the sales order in another company |
Configuration Change |
| Multiple Currencies |
|
| Maintain source and home currency amount for each transaction |
In Current Release |
| Date effective currency exchange rates |
In Current Release |
| Work Flow |
|
| Can apply an approval process to any transaction such as a journal entry or any master file such as a supplier or inventory item |
Not Available |
| Can generate alerts/escalation if something expected is late or reminders |
In Current Release |
| Configurable approvals or alerts without needing programming |
In Current Release |
| Mobility |
|
| Optimized for Android and iPhone |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Offline mode and synch when internet connected |
Not Available |
| Sales tax compliance |
|
| Canadian sales tax compliance |
In Current Release |
| US sales tax compliance |
In Current Release |
| Reporting/Business Intelligence |
|
| Reporting |
|
| Industry standard reporting tool and can change existing reports or add new ones |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Ad-hoc reporting (don’t need a programmer) with filtering, sorting and summarizing options |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Dashboards |
|
| Based on real time updates from all transactions |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Role specific |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Configurable dashboards - don't need to be a programmer to create or change dashboard |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Analytics |
|
| Drag and drop dimensions |
3rd Party Supported Application |
| Visualization/graphic representation of data |
3rd Party Supported Application |