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'Twas the night before Christmas when all through
Minotaur,
All the computers were off, yet we were not out
the door,
Our tree stood alone, so we felt kind of sad,
But it was Christmas Eve, so we were quite glad.
We all left the office for a great couple of days,
Yet we still think of you all who read Out of the
Maze.
Your business has been appreciated this past year,
Your continuing relationship to us is quite dear.
We wish you a very happy holiday season,
Please give us a call for any business reason!'
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| On October 9 2002, we held our first User
Conference at Minotaur Software. The conference was a
success and we would like to thank everyone who attended
this event. Various topics were discussed such as Asset
Posting, Flexible Financials, GUI Features, EDI, Flexible
Reports, Crystal Reports and a seminar with Carlisle Technology
(a company that Minotaur has been working with that specializes
in PDA solutions). The attendee's of the conference had
a chance to speak with other Minotaur employees and users
and they were also able to participate in a question and
answer period. If you were not able to make it to this
past event, keep your eye on the upcoming newsletters
for the date of next years event. |
| It's that time of year again. For those
of you who are running Minotaur's Payroll module, there
will be tax changes that will take effect in January.
Minotaur will send you more information on these changes
soon. Please call Minotaur if you have any questions. |
| One of Minotaur's newest customers, Gattefosse
installed the Minotaur Business System in February 2002.
Originally founded in France, Gattefosse develops, creates
and supplies specialized ingredients, excipients and services
to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. |
In the cosmetic industry, Gattefosse's products include
emulsifiers, co-emulsifiers, specialized additives, including
emollients, thickeners, solubilizers and dispersers, plant
extracts, substantiated actives. As for the pharmaceutical
industry, Gattefosse develops and manufactures functional
pharmaceutical excipients for oral, topical and rectal
dosage forms. |
Gattefosse presented Minotaur with some challenging lot
control and costing requirements. Lot control is extremely
important to Gattefosse's customers. Their customers are
often required to do extensive testing before a material
can be used. Thus, it was very important that whenever
possible, a customer should receive product from the same
lot as last time. Since it was possible to have multiple
lots of the same product in stock it was necessary to
allocate stock at the lot level. |
Gattefosse can often negotiate a special price for their
customer based on anticipated volumes to be purchased.
Thus, it is possible to receive in the same shipment exactly
the same lot of a product and pay different prices for
each package. Normally actual cost costing would have
covered this scenario but in this case the lot numbers
are identical. If the proper cost did not flow to the
invoice then sales analysis reports, such as the gross
margin report, would have been meaningless. To solve this
dilemma Minotaur added a hidden suffix to the lot number.
Thus, individual portions of a shipment can be tracked,
allocated and shipped. |
Gattefosse also had specific requirements on reporting
as their head office is in France. The Minotaur system
allows them to provide their head office with the specific
reports they require. |
Gattefosse's fully integrated Minotaur system allows them
to have complete control over their distribution process. |
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