Prophet training
courses
Training for Prophet Business Software is carried out by Neogen
Ltd. A variety of specialised training courses are available throughout
the year which are designed for Prophet users to make the most
out of their software.
| Debtors and banking |
The focus of this course is customer
maintenance and account management, transaction entry
including receipts, journals and allocations. We will
discuss effective debtor control and customer sales
reporting and cover banking duties such as managing
deposits, use of summaries, reconciling bank statements
and how to setup Prophet to interface with your banking
software to import bank statements. We will also look
at what steps are required for month end rollovers
and what reports you should print out from within the
Receivables and Cashbook modules. Coverage of advanced ‘Tips’ such
as electronic document delivery, backups and file recoveries
are also part of the course.
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| Creditors and
banking |
The focus of this course is on creditor
maintenance, entry and coding of invoices, payment
processing options including entry of journals and
performing allocations. We will also look at the ability
to use the Direct Credit Bank Interface report to integrate
your Prophet creditor payments directly into your banking
software. We will cover how to analyse creditor invoice
reporting to track expenditure in the Purchase Analysis
module. The course will also cover banking duties such
as making non creditor related payments, use of summaries,
reconciling bank statements and how to setup Prophet
to interface with your banking software to import bank
statements. We will also look at what steps are required
for month end rollovers and what reports you should
print out from within the Payables and Cashbook modules.
Coverage of advanced ‘Tips’ such as electronic
document delivery, backups and file recoveries are
also part of the course.
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| Customer sales |
Learn more about the life of a customer
order via the Sales module including use of quotes,
packing slips, invoices, credits and backorders. We
will look at how to report and analyse customer and
product sales. We will also discuss in detail issues
related to stock management including maintenance of
stock items, use of kitsets, monitoring stock levels,
use of reports to analyse stock sales, when and how
to re-order stock, receipting stock and performing
stock takes. We will discuss the integration relationship
between these modules and the steps you will need to
take for month end rollovers as well as the reports
you will need to print out. Coverage of advanced ‘ Tips’ such
as electronic document delivery, backups and file recoveries
are also part of the course.
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| Stock control
and purchasing |
The focus of this course is an in depth
look at stock management including maintenance of stock
items, use of kitsets, monitoring stock levels, use
of reports to analyse stock sales and purchases, when
and how to re-order stock, using purchase orders, receipting
stock and performing stock takes. The course will address
how to maintain suppliers and use the supplier price
book. We will discuss the integration relationship
between the modules and the steps you will need to
take for an Inventory month end rollover and what reports
you will need to print out. Coverage of advanced ‘Tips’ such
as electronic document delivery, backups and file recoveries
are also part of the course.
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| Prophet business
software overview |
A full day hands on introduction to
the features of the new Prophet Business Software modules.
We will discuss how the Windows version of modules
differ from their DOS counterparts and how to approach
tasks you are used to performing in the DOS version
of Prophet. We will also cover features of the Windows
version that improve productivity.
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| Customer
and product pricing |
This is a half day course. The focus
of this course will be on the many different pricing
options available within Prophet such as use of the
Sales Discount schedule, Inventory six selling prices,
Markups, & Global price updates. We will look at
the options available under the Special Pricing module
such as contract pricing, sales promotions based on
date, product quantity, month to date or year to date
expenditure, customer category, sales area, salesperson
and invoice category. The Special Pricing module also
offers the ability to maintain special discounts and
special charges which we will look at.
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| Reporting |
This course is a must for anyone who
has ever wondered at the full extent of Prophets reporting
capability. It discusses all the standard reports available
and the purpose and detail covered in each report.
The course also suggests the most common and useful
reports. Coverage of advanced ‘Tips’ such
as electronic document delivery, backups, filters and
file recoveries are also part of the course.
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| Payables/purchase
analysis |
This is a half day course. The focus
of this course will be on the Accounts payable process,
and the analysis reports available. We will run through
the different types of payment processes (Remittances,
Cheque Remittances and Direct credit processing. Run
through the benefits of the analysis reports and work
through using these reports to reconcile Purchases.
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| Order
entry (sales) processing |
The focus of this course is an in depth
look at the life of a customer order via the Sales module
including use of quotes, packing slips, invoices, credits
and backorders.
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| General
Ledger |
This is a half day course. The focus
of this course will be on administering the companies
General Ledger to produce reports suitable for their
accountants. We cover how the information updates General
Ledger from the perspective modules, we will also touch
on reporting.
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| ODBC/Flexi
data |
This is a half day course. The focus
of this course will be how to create an ODBC link and
how to link datasets in common applications. The Flexi
data section covers creating Flexi data fields on master
files
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