iPlanet TradingXpert is a component of the iPlanet family of e-commerce solutions. It is an Internet commerce exchange application that allows enterprises and service providers to create dynamic global trading communities that can extend across all partners and customers. TradingXpert is an Internet commerce application for enabling browser-based document and content exchange. It automates the exchange of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and non-EDI business documents, including Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents, without requiring special systems training or heavy investment by smaller trading partners. iPlanet TradingXpert accelerates the addition of partners to a trading community by simplifying the participation process and lowering the cost of entry. Online member self-registration allows new trading partners to easily integrate into the extended trading community. Partners gain access to TradingXpert via a standard User ID and password authentication process.
A higher level of security can be enabled by utilizing web server- based authentication mechanisms using digital certificates. End-users can utilize the TradingXpert graphical user interface-along with a collection of pre-built EDI forms including purchase order, purchase order acknowledgement, and invoice transaction-to conduct business transactions immediately, without prior knowledge of EDI. Research IPlanet TradingXpert
Paradox 3.0 was a relational database manager from Borland International, that, the manufacturers claimed, stuck a balance between functionality and ease of use. It offered the power of many of the advanced database products, yet was easy enough for the novice to use. It included enhanced relational operations, presentation-quality graphics, crosstab views, and enhanced query-by-example operators.
Paradox appealed to a wide range of users because it had menus as well as a programming language. The menus, which resembled the popular Lotus 1-2-3 interface, provided advanced capabilities to the beginning user, while the command language, Paradox Application Language (known as PAL), allowed sophisticated users to create complex turnkey systems and custom applications. PAL provided all the functions of competitive database programming languages. For those who used PAL to develop applications, Paradox also included an application generator that created PAL code which could be edited.
Paradox employed the artificial intelligence technique, query-by-example, to let users make multiple-file queries and database manipulations by giving an example of the kind of data wanted.
Paradox also used artificial intelligence to speed up queries by searching for the best path. Any index which Paradox created to answer a question would be used to answer a later query when appropriate. Paradox's multiforms capability allowed users to display records from multiple tables within a form and create forms with scrolling regions without any programming.
Paradox supported a multitable feature in its reporting capabilities. The most visual feature was the ability to create presentation-quality colour graphics such as pie charts, line, bar, and XY graphs. An automatic lookup function allowed the user to fill entire records just by filling in one field. This feature was excellent for creating invoices that automatically entered customer information on the invoice based on the entry of a customer number. As long as two files had a common field, information could be shared between them. This standard relational database feature enabled the user to have small manageable files instead of files that were cumbersome and difficult to work with. When searching for specific information, the user simply checked off the fields they wanted to see in the answer table. Research Paradox
Timeslips Plus is a computer program designed to keep track of billable time. It is ideal for law offices or consultants, or for Information Centres that use a charge-back system. Timeslips Plus can be run memory-resident so you can access it while running other applications. When you begin a billable task such as a client phone call, call up a time slip and start the timer. When you stop the timer, you see how much time has elapsed. (If you prefer, you can input time manually without using the automatic timer.) Timeslips Plus also prepares professional-looking invoices in minutes which can be easily customised. The product lets you determine what information appears on the invoice and how it will be presented. Options include Bill, No Charge, Do Not Bill, Summary, and Work in Process. In addition, you can set minimum, maximum, or absolute fees for a project or case, no matter how many bills are sent. You can customise bills for each client to show as much detail as appropriate. The product lets you create expense slips for out-of-pocket expenses. Through a menu-driven interface, Timeslips Plus allows you to print a report that evaluates performance based on the variance between actual and estimated time. Many other business and financial reports can be generated, along with more than 30 graphs and charts. Timeslips Plus can be customised to your particular application needs. Main headings default to User, Account, and Activity, but you can rename them as desired. The product can accommodate up to 250 individual users, 250 billable activities, and up to 3,400 accounts. Research Timeslips Plus
An advice note is a note sent to a customer by a supplier of goods to advise him that an order has been fulfilled. The advice note may either accompany the goods or be sent separately, thus preceding the invoice and any delivery note. The advice note refers to a particular batch of goods, denoting them by their marks and numbers (if more than one package); it also details the date and method of dispatch. Research Advice Note
Ad valorem (Latin: according to value) is a business term denoting a tax or commission that is calculated as a percentage of the total invoice value of goods rather than the number of items. For example, VAT is an ad valorem tax, calculated by adding a fixed percentage to an invoice value. Research Ad Valorem
Cash against documents (CAD) is a payment term for exported goods in which the shipping documents are sent to a bank, agent, etc., in the country to which the goods are being shipped, and the buyer then obtains the documents by paying the invoice amount in cash to the bank, agent, etc. Having the shipping documents enables the buyer to take possession of the goods when they arrive at their port of destination; this is known as documents against presentation. Research Cash against Documents
An invoice is a document stating the amount of money due to the organisation issuing it for goods or services supplied. A commercial invoice will normally give a description of the goods and state how and when the goods were dispatched by the seller, who is responsible for insuring them in transit, and the payment terms. Research Invoice
Salt (usually old salt) is slang for a sailor (originally an American sailor).
Salt is slang for expensive.
Salt is British slang for a girl.
Salt is British slang for dandruff.
Salt is American slang for heroin.
Salt is commercial slang for fraudulently increasing the apparent value of an invoice etc. Research Salt
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