This map is one of the best overall pictures of the entire Adilas business platform. The original mapping project dates back to late 2010. We were in the process of mapping out the entire system and learning how operations tie into accounting. As we went through that process, we kept thinking, how can we show this as a visual? Well, this interactive map is what came of that mapping and planning project. This was a huge game changer for us, and we started realizing that we were building a fully integrated system and business platform, not just software and features.

Think of it as a map of all the core system areas, arranged like a building layout so that users can quickly locate features. It visually organizes different modules or "rooms" that users can click on to access functions related to operations, finance, HR, inventory, customer relations, and admin tools.

Every item on the map is strategically and intentionally placed. It teaches flow as you read it from left to right, or right to left, depending on whether items and goods are coming in or going out. It was setup to teach connections and relationships between the different areas within the system. It also has a flow from bottom to top showing that when operations are running well, as the foundation of the business, good accounting numbers and information can naturally flow upwards into the accounting and financial pieces.

The existing map is a graphic that has been overlaid with buttons and links to help with navigation. It has huge value as a teaching tool as well as one of the default homepages. We do have a future project to make it even more interactive, where it will be fed by live data, user permissions, corp-wide settings, and be even more customized to the business entity that is using it (configurable map). That future project will be pretty cool.

To help get you oriented to the map interface and what you have, we will be going through some of the key points, areas, flow, and features of the map.

1. On the bottom of the map is a section for the locations and tax settings. This is shown as a single room (button) but in real life could be as many as are needed. Each item in the system is tied to a location. In a way, the entire model could be stacked with multi locations. Think of floors or levels of a building. Each location could virtually become its own floor in this type of analogy.

2. Time, or elements of time, is another foundational concept for the Adilas system. Time, as a concept, underlies everything in the application. If you think about it, the entire application is running objects & data over time. Almost every item or sub item has time associated with it (ex: invoices, expenses, PO's, deposits, etc.). This could be a general date, due date, bank date, history date, date range, checkpoint date, action date, etc.

We also use the term, elements of time, as a standalone feature, or toolset, to schedule and track other things that are date/time related. This could be anything. This section is very flexible. Think of this tool as the business "any" scheduler. We keep adding features to this section. Even more options will be coming soon (future plans). See this help file to get more information about elements of time.

3. The right and left sides deal with product movement such as incoming and outgoing products and services. On the left you have vendors, payees, on-order, and manufacturing. These are your incoming sources. On the right you have customers and a shopping cart interface. These are your outgoing products and services. The shopping cart interface is very deep and flexible. The shopping cart is how you service your customers. This interaction has to take place in order to set all other pieces in motion within the system. For more information about that part of the puzzle, see this help file.

4. Towards the bottom middle is a section for inventory control and flow. This is basically your point of sale system (POS). This includes tools for helping to get products and services into the system, manage inventory, and eventually sell or use that inventory. These are tools such as purchase orders (PO's), stock/units (serialized inventory), the general inventory pool (parts and services), recipe/builds, and special line items. Once the items are in the system, these values will end up flowing into invoices and quotes. The entire section shows which pieces flow across the system from coming in to going out. Depending on your business, you may use some of the tools and not other ones. For the most part, the general flow will remain the same dealing with incoming, holding, and outgoing tools. The inventory tracking section is tied to locations and tax settings. It may also be tied to elements of time. The entire bottom section of the map is the operations portion of the business and deals with the day-to-day happenings.

5. In the very middle, center of the map, you have two main concepts. This is the heart and soul of the application. One is objects and data over time and the other is users. Objects and data over time is what the entire Adilas business platform is built on. We are physically building structured objects and running them over a life cycle or timeline. This time-based model also provides a virtual look-back as to where an object was at a given time, and where it is going or headed in the future. This becomes a concept we call roll call accounting. Basically, it is the story behind the numbers and what happens over time.

The other part of this central core is the users section. A user is the only piece greater than a corporation or business entity. The reason a user is greater than a corporation is because they, you and me, can actually participate in multiple corporations or business entities. Users interact with all other parts of the system. They are the life blood, the movers, shakers, and players that make everything else in the system work.

6. The middle section also has two concept pieces that are tied to vendors and customers. They are virtual waiting rooms, meaning that time, and how long it sits there, is important. You have a virtual waiting room for vendor/payees. This is your accounts payable - who you owe money to and how long they have been waiting to get paid. On the other side you have a customer waiting room which is your accounts receivable - who owes you money and how long you have been waiting for payment from them. These rooms allow us to track things that have been started, not fully paid, and/or are waiting for the next action to take place. When items are done or paid, they leave the waiting room and flow to their next respective area. These values contribute to your companies financials. Both sections are fully automated all the way through the process.

7. Moving up to a sub section, at the top middle portion of the map, you start getting into a number of accounting and management concepts. These are mostly dealing with monies coming in and going out. This is your banking and money flow portion.

On the left you have banks, expense/receipts (money going out), splits (payments on account), and rei's (reimbursements or money owed to others). Most of the time, when you are paying out money, you will be using either vendors/payees or user/payees. This could also include payroll and timecards.

The deposits (money coming in) come from invoices, sales, invoice payments, and accounts receivable payments. You could also have investments or other inflowing monies that would need to be tracked in the company financials.

8. The row second from the top is the financial part of the business. Here you are dealing with cash flow, banks, profit and loss (P&L), income statements, and the balance sheet. Similar to cream rising to the top, virtually everything below these values has been reported from underlying data feeds. The accounting becomes a virtual roll call of what is happening and what is recorded from the other system sections. When the data all comes together, you get accounting and financials. These are the summaries of your business operations.

9. Each corner piece of the map has been hand selected. These four primary positions contain some of the most diverse elements that we felt were critical to the success of the web application. We have the quick search in the top left corner - which allows you to jump to any place in the system (more...). History and reports is in the top right corner - this is how you get at your data and see what is going on. Tools and maintenance is in the bottom left corner - the entire system deals with a huge toolset and being able to keep things going and flowing. The bottom right corner is web presence and eCommerce. The entire system is web based and deals with providing products and services to your customers. As an additional note, the eCommerce piece is fully functional. The eCommerce features include: ways to show your inventory, purchase items, create orders, a customer bill pay portal, view invoices and quotes (system activity and history), build statements, online reservations, etc.

10. The topmost piece is a thing called the flex grid or flex grid tie-ins. This is a separate piece that rides above everything else and helps keep things tied together. The flex grid is not required. If it is used, it can provide the extra details that are needed to help tell the story and/or establish the relationships of who is who, what is what, which pieces are connected, and what is the story behind the numbers.

The flex grid tie-ins are also used to help create special relationships and extra notes for the system players (called application types or application players). The flex grid is a sub application or virtual database on top of the whole system. This is custom connections, custom data fields, and custom log notes for any main player group inside the system. This section was purposely set on the top because it can connect or create a bridge from any main application piece to any other application piece or system player in a virtual hand holding relationship or connection. If you want more info on the flex grid tie-in's, we recommend that you read the help file for that section. It is very flexible and powerful.

11. Left side panel - "My Quick Links". This column contains shortcut links for frequently accessed tasks and actions.

• Start New Cart - quick access to sales functions
• My Cart Favorites - custom quick buttons for commonly used sales items
• Password & Profile - user account settings
• Quick Search - fast data lookups
• Clock In/Out - tiemcards
• Customer Logs - customer history and notes
• My Quotes - saved quotes made by you
• Media/Content Homepage - storage for images, documents, and files
• All Exports to Excel - reports and data exporting
• Classic Homepage - permission based navigation
• Chooser - choose your interface
• Favorites - saved reports and favorites
• Logout - end session

12. Bottom navigation - time filters. These are some quick links to see history and stats for the specified date ranges. These are for things like: today, yesterday, tomorrow, this week, last week, this month, last month, and YTD (year-to-date). Once clicked, these links will go to the history homepage and show everything in play and/or reported based on that date or date range. All data is live and searchable.

13. Small summary - This map is essentially a visual sitemap of our complete business-management software platform, broken into modules for:

• Scheduling & Operations
• Inventory & Purchasing
• Sales & Customers
• eCommerce
• Media & Documents
• Accounting
• HR & Employees
• Admin & Reports

This is not everything that goes on in the interactive map, but we wanted to explain some of the flow and important points. The current version of the interactive map is just a graphic with links overlaid on top of it. Tons of thought has gone into this interface. We hope you enjoy it. This is part of a huge dream project that is coming together. :)

Login Reset Directions
Because this page is used as one of the system defined homepages, we wanted to include the information about how to reset your login attempts.

If for some reason, you get locked out of the system (more than three failed login attempts), type the following address into your browser. Make sure that the reset address is entered on the computer that got locked out. After you type the address, make sure to submit the page by hitting your enter key.

Nav Help - To go to this actual page inside the system, click this prompt link interactive map. You can also use this same prompt or keyword in the AI quick search to get there as well.

To do a login reset, click on this link:

https://d0.adilas.biz/top_secret/login_reset.cfm

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