For companies wanting to integrate bar code technology with their ACCPAC Plus system, PBT Entry is basic bar coding software for producing volumes of UPC labels, customer "floor ready" price tickets and various item labels, shipping labels and tags. As the entry-level version of MJD Software's advanced PBT Pro product, PBT Entry provides all the features you need to introduce bar coding to your operations.

Labels can be produced through industrial or desktop thermal bar code printers. For smaller quantities of labels, a laser printers can be used. PBT Entry provides flexibility with line, font and sizing controls on labels.

PBT Entry can also be integrated with other modules to incorporate bar code scanning technology into existing business processes, such as: physical inventory counts, picking, packing, and point-of-sale.

Features Summary

• Generates labels and tags for ACCPAC Plus IC and OE modules.
• Includes predefined bar coded item and shipping label format samples.
• Track an unlimited number of alternate bar codes/SKU's per item and specific unit of measure.
• Compliant with industry and national retailer UPC and EAN standards.
• Print any spec code as a barcode within IC/OE standard documents.
• Print new bar code database elements as spec codes for Advanced thermal label and tag function.
• Standard Printing function supports wide variety of laser and dot matrix printers.
• Optional Advanced Printing Drivers for laser and select thermal bar code printers.
• Provides easy upgrade path to PBT Pro, to provide even greater bar coding capabilities.

Database
PBT Entry maintains a sophisticated database providing you the power and flexibility to maintain as much existing product marking information as you need - no more need to re-label received items. Now you can pre-label customer price tickets for items on sales orders with the least amount of effort. Additionally, PBT Entry's robust bar code database ensures that you can use bar code scanning at different points in your business process and automatically verify items and know the exact quantity in base stocking units, even if you are not scanning your bar code that identifies a standard Inventory Control unit of measure.

Whether you are counting stock, picking orders, or scanning at point-of-sale, the bar code tracked or printed by PBT Entry provides the most accurate product identification information available to track your inventory.

Integration
PBT Entry is designed to integrate with ACCPAC Plus PC-based accounting software. Using ACCPAC Plus Inventory Control as the host inventory database, PBT Entry extends it's functionality and provides a foundation for integrating bar coding across your entire operation.

Integration Summary

• Import initial bar code database from any database, including ScanPAC or collected data from PI Live.
• Integrate with PI Live and PI Import for portable bar code scanning at physical inventory counts.
• Integrate with Pic&Pac for bar code scanning at order fulfillment.
• Integrate with CounterSales or Superclerk for bar code scanning at Point-of-Sale.

Integrates with

• ACCPAC Plus Inventory, Order Entry for placing bar coded specs on Standard Printing.
• MJD third party products; Pic&Pac, PI Import, Live Picking for bar code scanning.
• Other third party products; Inventory Receipts, CounterSales, Superclerk.
• MJD's portable data collection solutions.
• Bar code scanning device for population of database from PC.

*Printer drivers sold separately from PBT Entry/Pro

Environment

• ACCPAC Plus Windowing System Manager 6.1,6.5,7.0 compatible with LAN operation through the ACCPAC LanPak.
• ACCPAC Plus Inventory Control, required.
• ACCPAC Order Entry, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, optional.