Utilities Reference
Compiled from the product literature and fact sheets on leahyconsulting.com.
Each Pulse utility follows the same pattern: export from Macola®
to Excel, edit with Excel’s full power, import back — validated
and fast. Here is the family at a glance, grouped by the work it
does.
Master file maintenance
| Utility | What it does |
|---|
| Item Master & Item/Location |
Mass changes and additions across roughly 200 selectable
fields; covers the item master (IMITMIDX), item/location
(IMINVLOC), customer item (OECUSITM), vendor item (POITMVND)
and shop-floor routing (SRRTGFIL/SRDTLFIL) files |
| All-In-One |
Import/export for more than thirty Macola® data files
from a single utility |
| Bills of Material |
Create and maintain BOMs in Excel — change 200 bills or more
in one pass instead of keying them one by one |
| Customer file |
Mass changes to customer records |
| Customer Price Codes |
Work all eight price codes at once — mass changes and new
price codes |
Planning & finance
| Utility | What it does |
|---|
| Sales Forecast |
Build the forecast in Excel and export it into MRP or Master
Scheduling; imports from ForecastPro supported |
| General Ledger Budget (ES & 10) |
Create and maintain G/L budget files from Excel |
| Accounts Payable Invoice Import |
Stops one-by-one keying of expense invoices such as utility
and freight bills |
Production
| Utility | What it does |
|---|
| POP Order Import & Release |
Create POP production orders from Excel and release them in
mass; change due dates on released, printed or partially
reported orders |
| Production Tracking |
Operation tracking for POP customers who do not want to run
Shop Floor Control |
| Real-time Available-To-Ship |
Automatically recalculates quantity available-to-ship from
the customer’s needed date |
| Monthly Inventory Snapshot |
Automatically captures on-hand quantities and costs each
month for future reference |
Banking
| Utility | What it does |
|---|
| ACH Payment Processing (Progression) |
Pay vendors by electronic funds transfer |
| Positive Pay extract |
Creates the check-issue file your bank uses to catch
fraudulent items |
Utilities work with Macola® Progression and ES (the G/L Budget
utility also supports Macola 10), and all of them include unlimited
training and support.
Need a hand? The PULSE support team is
happy to help — call (513) 723-8095 or email
Support@PulseDashboard.com.
