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Here is the subject for the next TopForm TopGun Challenge. Which new TopForm module provides for the simultaneous posting of your data real time to one or more additional databases, including SQL, MySQL, Oracle or any other ODBC compliant database? Send your answers to Anthony Mullins. Also remember that all correct answers are being entered into the grand prize drawing at our Spring 2004 Users Conference. |
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One of the more popular movements in the software business is to give customers the option to rent software as opposed to the outright purchase of a software license. To that end, TopForm would like to introduce Web.ec Central. What does this mean for you? Simply stated, you get the power of Web.ec in a simple, easy-to-use format that requires very little up-front capital outlay. TopForm has taken the Hosted Software Vendor (HSV) approach with this application. HSV simply means that your data will continue to reside on your in-house server while TopForm will host the Web.ec Central application on a co-located server residing at a data center. Here is a sampling of the functionality your company will receive with Web.ec Central:
Fully integrated real time order entry means that the requisitions or warehouse releases that your customers enter automatically generate picking/delivery tickets in your warehouse. Exact repeat orders generate purchase orders for your review, complete with product specificiations. The ability for your customers to order variable print products is also available with Web.ec Central. Whether they need business cards, stationery, letterhead or promotional products, Web.ec Central is your single source solution. Please see the sample below. In a nutshell, Web.ec Central is a simple to use, powerful tool for you and your customers. How much you ask? Here are the pertinent details:
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In an effort to continue to enhance the user interface of Web.ec and the new Web.ec Central, recently designed pages have been developed that offer a crisp, fresh look. You can view these new pages by clicking the following link: http://www.topform.com/demo/index.shtml The login page gives you the option to enter as a credit card user or non-credit card user. Take a moment to view both options so you can see the upgrades that have taken place for credit card orders. Great customer service. Quality products. A "yes we can" attitude. This combination makes up the winning formula that has helped Jackson Data Products of Ridgeland, MS become a successful print distributor. Founder and president, Charlie Walley, learned long ago that a strong relationship with the customer is what keeps them coming back for more. "I want our customers to know they can count on us and that means at all times of the day," says Walley. He mentioned that Jackson Data has been known to deliver products at 2:00 a.m. and to be called in the middle of the night at home with an urgent customer need. "I always give out my home phone number as a way to show our customers that I care about their business and have their very best interest in mind, Walley said. Jackson Data has grown into a well-regarded distributorship in the south. With 18 employees, and a growing customer base, Jackson Data is well positioned for the future. "Like most successful distributorships, we have diversified our product line and now selling more items than ever in our past," noted Walley. From office products/business supplies to brokering printing to forms management, Jackson Data has a little something for everyone. Customer verticals include government accounts, financial, and insurance companies. An area that Jackson Data is focusing on to help grow their business is ecommerce. Walley commented that, "Management teams in larger businesses have decided they can use online ordering tools to look at cost centers so they don't have to develop their own tools." Walley went on to say that many CEO's want business done that way and we're offering a great service through TopForm's Web.ec. TopForm is playing a significant role in Jackson Data's future. Walley said that TopForm has helped consolidate their operations by making it easy to incorporate new businesses through acquisition. He loves the fact that they can instantly look at business critical information in a moment's notice on the system. TopForm has also helped them settle previous accounting issues they had. You can find out more about Jackson Data Products at www.jacksondataproducts.com. All of us at TopForm wish JDP the very best of success! Wasting valuable time looking for documents that are critical to your distributorship? All too often the ability to locate documents quickly and easily can be a very difficult task. Not any more. TopForm has embarked on a strategic alliance with Colorado-based Document Imaging to form TopForm Document Imaging. We're excited to offer digital solutions that can significantly impact your business ensuring you save money, labor costs, and storage, while increasing efficiency and productivity. TopForm Document Imaging specializes in solutions and services related to the conversion of computer based, and hard-copy documents to electronic images. Once converted, these documents can be easily viewed, indexed, retrieved, printed, and transported via CD-ROM to other PC-based applications, an electronic document management system and/or the Internet. Thousands of documents can be accessed in seconds, offering major savings in labor and storage costs - benefiting overall office productivity. Document Imaging currently creates CD-ROMs for approximately 7,500 companies. This number equates to over 2.5 gigabytes of data or 250,000 pages of ASCII text print files received daily. This is roughly six million new pages monthly or seventy-two million pages annually. Here's a detailed look at some of the solutions: Scanning - Electronic Capture for Hard-Copy Documents Scanning documents has become more critical to your business than you might have ever thought. Today, the ability to capture information, images, and data is not always enough. Once you have it -- what to do with it, or how to access it becomes the next dilemma… not anymore. PaperFlow - A Document Management Solution PaperFlow is a high-volume paper scanning software solution designed to capture your information. It is the most powerful, complete and full-featured document capture and indexing system on the market. PaperFlow can interface with hundreds of scanners. This includes both desktop and production-level scanners running at their full rated speeds of 400 images per minute or faster. PaperFlow can immediately improve your company's productivity and performance level without extensive new product training. Innovative and time-saving features allow you to overcome potential input bottlenecks. Our unique document indexing options assure accuracy while minimizing operator keystrokes. PaperFlow's process-flow automation simplifies time-consuming processes such as image-cleanup and exports and even allows you to schedule those activities to occur during off-peak hours. PaperFlow's Index Manager is a powerful, customizable tool that lets users define acceptable index parameters. Extensive auto-formatting and verification procedures minimize keystrokes while support for barcode, machine print and handwriting recognition eliminates keystrokes altogether. The data-merge capabilities allow users to extract information from existing databases and populate indexes automatically. PaperFlow excels as a document capture component to any document management system. This solution has a powerful export engine that can transfer images and index data to a variety of other document management systems. Export routines are pre-defined and easy to set through intuitive point-and-click procedures, and importing data from existing systems is just as easy to accomplish. Automated import routines permit PaperFlow to be integrated with external input applications, particularly useful for linking third-party fax services. Here's a snapshot of PaperFlow screen containing a scanned image and indexing labels at the bottom: PaperVision - A Document Management Solution What good is a scanned document if you can't find it? PaperVision is the easy way to find scanned documents, electronic files and reports. They're integrated into one library and can be retrieved across a corporate network, regardless of the storage mechanism. Comprehensive search capabilities guarantee fast results. A user-friendly interface minimizes training, while providing successful implementation and increased productivity. Once your document is located, PaperVision allows you to easily print, email, fax, annotate or export that data. PaperVision makes it easy to distribute corporate data across an entire network, while maintaining corporate security. Reclaim valuable real estate by eliminating file cabinets and storage areas and give employees instantaneous access to records from their PC. Security is no longer a concern with PaperVision. Our uncompromising results can establish higher security levels for even the most demanding requirements. Eliminate photocopying and unnecessary shipping costs by creating a separate group of data that can be distributed to external users. A stand-alone search and retrieval application is included and can be run from any PC. PaperVision can easily be conformed to existing corporate infrastructures and will immediately produce dramatic results in productivity and efficiency. It's paperless technology that works, and is simple enough for anyone to use. And that's just the tip of the iceberg of what we can offer. Best of all, we offer these solutions at a very affordable price. No longer does document management need to be cumbersome and expensive. Simple, affordable and easy-to-implement is what TopForm Document Imaging offers. Most systems are implemented with full training in just two days. Learn more by contacting Anthony Mullins at 770.239.5452 or by email at anthony.mullins@topform.com. No-obligation online product demos are available upon request. Partnership Opportunities… Sound simple? It is. Sound like a solution you can sell to your customers? We offer that partnership opportunity too. Nothing helps you establish your distributorship as a preferred vendor than by adding value through extended service/solution offerings. Since document management often reaches Accounting, Human Resources, Engineering, Payroll, etc., this offering allows you to penetrate your accounts that much deeper. We provide the technical expertise to go along with your already established relationship with your customers. It's a win-win in the truest definition of the word. Learn more by contacting Anthony Mullins at 770.239.5452 or by email at anthony.mullins@topform.com. No-obligation online product demos are available upon request. Screen Shots 
"TopForm Tuneup" is a new on-site service that we are offering to our clients to ensure that you are using TopForm to it's optimal performance. By reviewing all of your system parameters, analyzing your data and your business processes, we at TopForm can give you recommendations on how you can improve your workflow in different areas. Included in this service is a review of TopForm Accounting, Inventory, Order Entry, and the General Ledger. If you are interested this service, please contact Steve Boyett at 770-239-5425. |