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UniLink
completed the Campus Bookshop Software ‘CABS’ in
1989. All campus shops using the software are equipped
with IBM RS/6000's and many now use the IBM 4694 Point
of Sale system. Within 5 years most Australian
university campuses adopted CABS, which has lead to it
becoming the de facto standard for Campus Bookshop
management in Australia.
The
development of CABS was the result of a three year
co-operative venture between several members of the
Australian Campus Booksellers Association ‘ACBA and
IBM Applications Specialist, UniLink Data Systems. The
objective was to provide a comprehensive management
system specifically designed to meet the growing demands
placed on today's campus bookshop. Monash University
Bookshop was the first to commence live operation in
1990.
CABS has four core modules to control inventory which are:
CABS/INV - Inventory
CABS/ORD - Purchase Ordering (including returns)
CABS/TXT - Textbook management
CABS/POS - Point of Sale
CABS also provides additional fully integrated financial management modules:
CABS/CRS - Accounts payable
CABS/DRS - Accounts receivable
CABS/CSH - Cashbook
CABS/GLR - General ledger
In keeping with current software practices all CABS software provides for context sensitive help text throughout, pull down menus, access security and a wide range of administrative options. CABS is a multi-user system with the number of users limited only by the operating system implemented. Industry standard "SQL like" free form querying and reporting on the database are available via third party software products "Transoft's ODBC Server".
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