— Platform Guide —

What can
Core do?

No jargon. No MBA required. This guide explains every module in plain English — and tells you exactly who in your team can use what.

Every module, explained simply

The
Modules.

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Dashboard

Your bird's-eye view of everything happening in the business.

What is it?

The dashboard is the first screen you see when you log in. Think of it like a cockpit — it shows you the health of your entire business in one place. You'll see total revenue, pending orders, stock alerts, and how your team is doing, all without digging through menus.

Real-world example

You arrive in the morning, open Core, and immediately see that revenue is up 12% this week, 3 products are running low, and two invoices are overdue. You deal with the urgent things first without hunting for them.

Key features

Live revenue and order counts updated in real time

AI Health Score — a single number (0-100) rating your business's financial health

Low stock alerts so you never run out of products unexpectedly

Recent activity feed showing what your team has been doing

Quick-action buttons to jump to the most common tasks

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Inventory

Know exactly what you have, where it is, and when to reorder.

What is it?

Inventory is where you manage every physical product your business handles. You set up products, track how many you have in stock across multiple warehouses, organise them into categories, and manage the suppliers you buy from.

Real-world example

You sell 50 units of Product A. Core automatically deducts from stock, sees the remaining quantity is below the reorder level you set, and highlights it red on the dashboard. You click 'Forecast' and the AI tells you to order 120 more units to cover the next 30 days.

Key features

Product catalogue with SKU codes, prices, and stock levels

Automatic low-stock alerts when quantity drops below your set minimum

Multiple warehouse support — track stock per location separately

Supplier directory with contact details and product links

AI Demand Forecast — tells you how much of each product you'll need next month based on past sales

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Sales & Orders

From the moment a customer says 'yes' to the moment you get paid.

What is it?

Sales is where you manage the full journey of a sale. You create sales orders when a customer commits to buying, convert those to invoices, and track payments. It's the financial heartbeat of your business.

Real-world example

A customer calls wanting to buy 10 units. You open Sales, create an order in 30 seconds, and email them a PDF invoice directly from Core. A week later, when they pay, you mark it as 'Paid' and the revenue appears on your dashboard instantly.

Key features

Create, edit, and track sales orders with line items and taxes

Convert orders to professional PDF invoices with one click

Payment recording — mark invoices as partially or fully paid

Order status tracking: Draft → Confirmed → Shipped → Paid

Customer purchase history so you always know what they've bought

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Customers

Every client relationship, organized and searchable.

What is it?

The customers module is your client database. Every company or person you've ever sold to lives here, along with their contact details, full order history, and outstanding balances.

Real-world example

A client calls with a question about a past order. You search their name, instantly see their last 12 orders, find the invoice in question, and answer in seconds — without digging through emails or spreadsheets.

Key features

Complete client directory with contact details and company info

Full purchase history — every order and invoice per customer

Outstanding balance tracking — see who owes you money

Customer notes for context ('only contact on weekday mornings')

Search and filter by name, company, or email instantly

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Procurement

Manage everything you buy — from first quote to final receipt.

What is it?

Procurement covers the buying side of your business. When you need to purchase goods or services from a supplier, this is where it all happens. You request quotes, approve purchase orders, and record when goods arrive.

Real-world example

You need to buy 500 units of a component. You create an RFQ in Core, which goes out to 3 vendors. They respond with prices. You pick the best offer, convert it to a Purchase Order, and track it until the delivery arrives.

Key features

Purchase Orders (POs) — formal documents sent to suppliers when you want to buy something

Request for Quotation (RFQ) — send out requests asking multiple vendors to quote their prices

Vendor directory with rating scores so you know who performs best

Goods Receipt Notes — confirm and record when stock physically arrives

Approval workflow for high-value purchases

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Manufacturing

Track what you make, not just what you buy.

What is it?

Manufacturing is for businesses that build or assemble products. You define what ingredients (components) go into each product using a Bill of Materials, then schedule and track production runs.

Real-world example

Your factory makes battery packs. The BOM says each pack needs 40 cells, 1 circuit board, and 1 casing. When you create a Production Order for 100 packs, Core knows you'll need 4,000 cells — and can alert you if you don't have enough in stock.

Key features

Bill of Materials (BOM) — the recipe for each product you make

Production Orders — schedule manufacturing runs with start/end dates

Work Centers — track which machines or stations are doing what

Real-time progress bars showing how far through production you are

Quality Control — log inspection results and pass/fail outcomes

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CRM

Turn strangers into customers, systematically.

What is it?

CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is about finding new customers and nurturing them until they're ready to buy. It's separate from Customers — Customers tracks people who have already bought; CRM tracks people you're trying to sell to.

Real-world example

You meet someone at a trade show. You create a Lead in Core with their details. Over the next few weeks you log calls and emails as Activities. When they're ready to buy, you convert them to an Opportunity, move them through the pipeline, and eventually mark it Won — at which point they become a Customer.

Key features

Leads — anyone who might become a customer one day

Opportunities — leads you're actively working on, with a deal value attached

Pipeline — a visual board showing every deal at each stage (Proposal → Negotiation → Won)

Activities — log calls, emails, and meetings so nothing falls through the cracks

Win rate tracking so you know how good your team is at closing deals

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Finance & Accounts

The complete financial picture — income, expenses, and everything in between.

What is it?

Finance is your accounting module. It tracks all money coming in and going out of the business, lets you set budgets, and keeps a Chart of Accounts — the organized list of all financial categories your business uses.

Real-world example

At the end of the month you go to Finance, set a 'Marketing' budget of $5,000 for Q2, and log each marketing spend against it. When the team submits a $2,000 campaign expense, you approve it from Finance and it automatically reduces the available budget.

Key features

Chart of Accounts — organized categories for all income, expenses, assets, and liabilities

Transaction ledger — every financial movement recorded and searchable

Budget management — set targets per department or category and track progress

Expense tracking — log business expenses with receipts and approvals

Accounts Receivable and Payable summaries

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HR & People

Every person in your organization, properly managed.

What is it?

HR is where you manage your team. Every employee has a profile here with their job title, department, salary, and work history. You also manage leave requests — employees apply, managers approve, and everything is tracked in one place.

Real-world example

An employee wants 5 days off next week. They log into Core and submit a leave request. You get notified, check that no other team members are off that week, and approve it with one click. The employee's leave balance automatically decreases by 5 days.

Key features

Employee profiles with personal details, department, and role

Department structure — organize employees into logical teams

Leave requests — employees submit, managers approve or reject

Leave balance tracking — see how many days each person has left

Organization headcount dashboard

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Asset Management

Track expensive equipment from purchase to disposal.

What is it?

Assets are things your business owns that have significant value and last for years — vehicles, machinery, computers, furniture. Core helps you track what you own, how much it's worth now (after depreciation), and when it needs maintenance.

Real-world example

Your company buys a CNC machine for $120,000. You register it in Assets with a 10-year useful life. Core automatically calculates $12,000/year in depreciation and shows the current book value as the machine ages. When the machine breaks down, you log a maintenance record and track the repair cost.

Key features

Fixed Asset Register — the official list of everything your business owns

Depreciation schedules — Core automatically calculates how value decreases over time

Maintenance records — log and schedule service work for each asset

Disposal tracking — record when you sell or scrap an asset and any gain or loss

Book value reporting for accounting and insurance purposes

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Audit Trail

An unchangeable record of everything that ever happened.

What is it?

The Audit Trail is a read-only log of every single action taken in the system. If anyone creates, edits, or deletes anything — or even just logs in — it's recorded here permanently. This is essential for compliance, catching errors, and preventing fraud.

Real-world example

An invoice amount was changed and you don't know why. You open Audit Trail, filter by that invoice number, and see that at 11:42pm a specific user changed the amount from $5,000 to $4,200. You have the full context to investigate further.

Key features

Every create, edit, and delete logged with timestamp and user name

Field-level change tracking — see exactly what changed (e.g. price from $100 to $90)

Login and logout events with IP addresses

Severity levels — Info, Warning, Critical

Filter by user, action type, or date range

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Analytics

Turn your data into decisions you can act on today.

What is it?

Analytics is the intelligence layer. Instead of raw tables of data, you get visual charts, rankings, and trend lines that make it obvious what's working and what isn't. The AI Insights tab takes it further by automatically surfacing recommendations you didn't know to look for.

Real-world example

You open Analytics → AI Insights and see: 'Smart Inverter 5kW has a 94% sell-through rate. AI recommends testing a 12% price increase.' You didn't know to look for this — the AI found it by analyzing demand patterns across thousands of transactions.

Key features

Revenue trend charts across 12 months

Top products ranked by revenue and units sold

Sales rep performance league table

Inventory turnover by product category

HR headcount and workforce analytics

AI Insights — automatically generated recommendations for pricing, procurement, and production

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Reports

Generate any report, export it as PDF or Excel, in seconds.

What is it?

The Reports module lets you generate structured business reports on demand. Choose the data you need, apply date filters, and export as a formatted PDF or Excel spreadsheet. You can also schedule reports to auto-generate and email to stakeholders.

Real-world example

Every Monday, your investor wants a sales summary. Instead of manually compiling it, you set up a scheduled report in Core. Every Monday at 8am the report auto-generates and lands in their inbox — formatted, accurate, and requiring zero effort from you.

Key features

Report builder with field selection and date filters

Export to PDF (print-ready) or Excel (for further analysis)

Scheduled reports — set it once and receive it weekly or monthly by email

Pre-built templates for common reports (Sales Summary, Stock Report, etc.)

Role-based access — only finance staff can generate financial reports

Who can do what

The
Roles.

Every user in Core has exactly one role. That role determines which modules they can see, and what they can do inside them.

Admin

God Mode

The person in charge. Admins can see and do everything in the system — all modules, all settings, all users.

Can do

Access every single module in the system
Create, edit, and delete any record
Add new users and assign their roles
Change company settings (logo, currency, tax rates)
View the Audit Trail
Generate any report
Approve any workflow (expenses, leave, orders)

Cannot do

Nothing — full access to everything

Manager

Senior Access

Department heads and senior operations staff. Managers can approve things and see everything except system administration.

Can do

View all operational modules (Inventory, Sales, HR, Finance)
Approve expense claims and leave requests
View and generate reports
Access Analytics and Audit Trail
Create and edit records in all operational areas

Cannot do

Cannot change system settings
Cannot add or remove users
Cannot change role assignments

Finance

Finance Access

Accountants and finance team members. They have deep access to all money-related modules but stay out of HR and operations.

Can do

Full access to Finance & Accounts (ledger, budgets, expenses)
View and create invoices and payments in Sales
Generate and schedule financial reports
View Asset Management and depreciation records
View the Audit Trail

Cannot do

Cannot access HR or employee records
Cannot manage inventory or production
Cannot change system settings or users

Sales

Sales Access

Sales reps and account managers. They live in Sales, Customers, and CRM — the modules where revenue is generated.

Can do

Create and manage sales orders and invoices
View and update customer records
Full access to CRM (leads, opportunities, activities)
View inventory stock levels (read-only)
View their own sales performance in Analytics

Cannot do

Cannot access Finance or HR modules
Cannot view other staff's salary or personal info
Cannot approve expenses or leave requests
Cannot access Audit Trail

HR Manager

HR Access

HR professionals responsible for managing people. Full access to HR but restricted from financial and operational systems.

Can do

Create and edit employee profiles
Manage departments and organization structure
Approve and reject leave requests
View workforce analytics and headcount reports
Generate HR-specific reports

Cannot do

Cannot view invoices, budgets, or financial transactions
Cannot access Inventory, Procurement, or Manufacturing
Cannot access CRM or Sales orders
Cannot access the Audit Trail

Auditor

Read-Only

Internal or external auditors who need to review records without being able to change anything. Read-only with deep access.

Can do

View all transactions and financial records (read-only)
Full access to the Audit Trail — every event in history
View inventory, sales orders, and customer records
Generate and download any report
View Analytics dashboards

Cannot do

Cannot create, edit, or delete any record
Cannot approve workflows
Cannot access HR module
Cannot change any system setting

Staff

Limited Access

General operational staff — warehouse workers, purchasing clerks, general operations. Enough access to do their daily job, nothing more.

Can do

View and update inventory records
View and create basic sales records
Access Procurement (purchase orders and receipts)
View their own employee profile and submit leave requests
View the Dashboard

Cannot do

Cannot access Finance or budgets
Cannot access CRM, Analytics, or Reports
Cannot view other employees' salary or personal info
Cannot access the Audit Trail or Settings
Cannot approve anything

At a glance

Permission
Matrix.

Green dot = can access. Empty = no access. Every column is a role, every row is a module.

Module
Admin
Manager
Finance
Sales
HR Manager
Auditor
Staff
Dashboard
Inventory
Sales
Customers
Procurement
Manufacturing
CRM
Finance
Assets
HR
Audit
Analytics
Reports
Settings
Admin
Manager
Finance
Sales
HR Manager
Auditor
Staff

Getting
Started.

01

Create your company

Sign up and set up your company profile — name, currency, tax number, and logo. Takes 2 minutes.

02

Add your team

Invite your colleagues and assign each one a role. They'll receive an email with login instructions.

03

Load your products

Import your product catalogue via Excel or add products manually. Set stock levels and reorder points.

04

Start operating

Create your first sales order, send an invoice, or run a demand forecast. The system is live immediately.

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