Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is Ascent integrated with a financial system?
Yes, we are now fully integrated with Financial Force. Bringing complete ERP to the Salesforce Cloud. FinancialForce.com
2. Can Ascent work for manufacturing companies?
Yes, we the Ascent feature set is complete with procurement, Bill of Materials processing, version control, master planning production work orders and more.
3. Is Ascent capable of handling multiple distribution locations?
Yes, Ascent is a robust warehouse management application capable of managing multiple warehouses and multiple locations in a warehouse.
4. Can Ascent support bar coding?
Yes, we support wireless bar code scanning, wired bar code scanning and of course bar code label printing.
5. Does Ascent support Lot traceability?
Yes. Ascent is a Lot and Serial number centric application making it perfect for companies in the food and pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industries.
6. Does Ascent support Serial number tracking?
Yes. Ascent is a serial and lot number centric application making it perfect for companies in the electronic or high tech manufacturing and distribution industries.
7. I have different costing methods for my items. Which types can Ascent support?
Ascent can support standard cost, average cost, and last cost.
8. Does Ascent have an open Api?
Yes. In the Ascent infrastructure, we have a globally accessible web services API. Through this API, you can access various functions of Ascent that will create/modify data in salesforce accordingly. There will be development effort on the customer's part to create the proper code/script in order to make the API calls from their website/application. Ascent may also provide this service but it will be outside the scope of basic implementation.