Primarius
Integrated Food Bank Management Software

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Primarius is a complete Food Bank Management system with all the capabilities and tools you need to effectively do your job.

One of Primarius’s most exceptional features is the array of timely, powerful reports available to you. Developed with Crystal Reports - the world standard for high productivity reporting - you can easily modify or add to the existing Primarius report library to suit your specific needs.

The data in Primarius is stored in standard database tables fully available to other Microsoft Windows applications so that you can take advantage of skills you already have in your food bank.

Primarius is much more than a general ledger and inventory management program, it also allows you to:

• Track agency orders and schedule them for pickup or delivery.
• Maintain agency statistics and monitoring information.
• Generate the Quarterly Poundage report on demand.
• Maintain your food bank’s general ledger and produce financial statements.
• Record agency grants and apply them to orders automatically or on demand.
• Improve inventory control and accuracy with wireless bar code system and browser-based handhelds.
• Receive instant access to vendor information and accounts payable data.
• Track inventory by a variety of codes and functions, including program and storage type.
• Maintain and access information about your donors to generate mailings and thank-you letters.
• Generate item recall and tracking reports as needed.
• Direct agencies to enter orders via the Internet with Primarius onLINE.
• Centralize and monitor grant-related information, documentation and restrictions.

Primarius onLINE
Primarius onLINE allows your agencies to shop and order products from your food bank online. With Primarius onLINE, you spend less time entering orders and more time feeding the hungry.

This easy-to-use software enables your agencies to place orders via the Internet and automatically process them through the Primarius system in your food bank.

With Primarius onLINE agencies can:

• Enter orders online entry via the Web
• View open invoice display
• Access grant balances
• Input statistics and monitoring information
• Maintain an up-to-date shopping list with detailed information including pictures of products
• Receive automatic email notification of order receipt and processing by the food bank
• View a customized shopping list with specific prices, product restrictions and distribution limits

Benefits to your food bank include:

• Reduced operational cost
• Improved accuracy of agency orders and increased agency satisfaction
• Availability to agencies everyday, around the clock
• Increased visibility of the food bank inventory to your agencies
• Customized home screen and messages to meet your food bank needs

Primarius barCODE System
The Primarius barCODE system is a powerful warehouse management system that delivers a proven, reliable and remarkably easy-to-use means for operating a food bank warehouse in the most efficient way possible.

Using hand-held bar-code scanners, Primarius barCODE is a high-performance, Web-based solution designed to improve warehouse efficiency, streamline warehouse operations and improve inventory accuracy.

Features include:

• New product receipts
• Inventory put-away
• Product location movement
• Product lookup and inquiries
• Agency order fulfillment
• Printing of bar-code labels, pallet tags and order selection labels
• Physical inventory
• Maintain pallet level inventory
• Put inventory away to defined bulk and pick warehouse locations
• Generate location and warehouse replenishment reports
• Real-time validation of warehouse functions using RF handhelds

Benefits to the food bank include:

• Improved productivity and accuracy with organized and defined processes
• Minimized physical searches for lost of misplaced inventory
• Improved agency satisfaction by shipping orders accurately

The best in service and support
At ECCA, our relationship begins when you choose our software to help manage your food bank. We deliver timely and effective service that allows your investment to grow, and our customer service enables you to focus on managing the food bank.

Our commitment is to quality software and service; our goal is to see you succeed in your mission.

The Primarius Customer Care agreement provides unlimited support and training – all for a predetermined annual cost that is fixed for the purposes of budgeting and grant support. There are no hidden support costs.

Proven technology for every performance need
Primarius is built on the highly tested and proven Microsoft Visual Basic platform and uses the Microsoft SQL^® database technology. This powerful technology ensures flexibility, scalability and high performance regardless of the size of your food bank.

Primarius is certified for operation on the Microsoft Vista^® operating system.
 

For more information about ECCA Payroll + Business Solutions, please call toll-free 1-800-864-2843.

Or, complete our online Business Solutions form for a no-obligation quote.