Section 1: Introduction

General Features

Customers and Vendors

•      Complete management of customers, purchase vendors, and subcontract repair vendors with differentiation between regular and miscellaneous (e.g. off-the-street or one-time) customers and vendors, and unlimited contacts for each account

•      Quick lookup, filtering, and sorting in a customizable spreadsheet view by 21 different criteria for customers and 17 for vendors; 5 specialized filters; and the ability to view and edit multiple records simultaneously

•      Quick entry by name, account number, or alphanumeric code

•      Instant lookup of current account balances, credit status, and statistics for the past 3 years

•      Print, e-mail, or fax customer statements

•      Numerous analysis reports provide instant access to customer and vendor financial data, statistics, and patterns

Repair Orders, Estimates, and Invoices

•      Efficiently track repairs through each step of the repair process with up to 26 customizable statuses (e.g. receipt, order, estimate, approval/refusal, parts order, subcontract, repair, return, invoice, payment)

•      Quick lookup, filtering, and sorting in a customizable spreadsheet view by 35 different criteria; 20 specialized filters; and the ability to view and edit multiple records simultaneously

•      Easily identify warranty repairs, repeat repairs, stolen items, and rush orders

•      Easily subcontract repairs to a third-party repair business and track those repairs

•      Flexible billing terms including third-party billing (e.g. warranty, head office) and split billing (e.g. part under warranty and part not under warranty)

•      Service codes allow for systematic identification of work processes for later analysis, including the ability to add custom fields with optional custom dropdown selections

•      Research a knowledge base of previous repairs for difficult repeat problems

•      Process records individually or by batch

•      Print, e-mail, or fax repair orders, estimates, technician repair assignments, subcontracts, invoices, and packing slips

•      Numerous analysis reports provide instant access to repair financial data, statistics, and patterns

Sales Invoices and Credit Notes

•      Sell parts or other items over the counter and create credit notes for returns and refunds

•      Quick lookup, filtering, and sorting in a spreadsheet view by 16 different criteria; 5 specialized filters; and the ability to view and edit multiple records simultaneously

•      Flexible billing terms including third-party billing (e.g. warranty, head office)

•      Service codes allow for systematic identification of work processes for later analysis, including the ability to add custom fields with optional custom dropdown selections

•      Print, e-mail, or fax sales invoices, credit notes, and packing slips

•      Numerous analysis reports provide instant access to sales and credit financial data, statistics, and patterns

Inventory and Purchase Orders

•      Efficiently track inventory parts and orders, with support for multiple inventory stores

•      Quick lookup, filtering, and sorting in a spreadsheet view by 19 different criteria for inventory and 12 for purchase orders; 7 specialized filters for inventory and 9 for purchase orders; automatic filtering of parts by the make and model being serviced or repaired; and the ability to view and edit multiple records simultaneously

•      Quick inventory picking and parts ordering, with real time updating of inventory quantities and pricing

•      Instant lookup of current orders and statistics for past 3 years, as well as a purchase history

•      Easily identify minimum-stock and low-stock items, items on order or backorder, and items on order for specific repair orders

•      Print, e-mail, or fax purchase orders, purchase returns, and packing slips

•      Numerous analysis reports provide instant access to inventory and purchasing financial data, statistics, and patterns

Forms and Reports

•      16 specialized forms, including 15 in French and Spanish

•      37 repair analysis reports, including 1 in French and Spanish

•      9 inventory and purchase analysis reports

•      45 financial and accounting analysis reports, including 2 in French and Spanish

•      33 listing reports

•      2 user security reports

•      3 specialized labels

•      Customize forms, reports, and labels yourself using Crystal Reports

Efficient Data Input

•      The intuitive user interface follows many Microsoft Office standards for a quick learning curve for those already familiar with Microsoft Office

•      Accelerated and standardized entry of customers, vendors, makes, models, categories, parts, and service codes

•      Quick entry of geographic information for Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

•      Dozens of configurable defaults automatically fill in data based on specific conditions; and dropdown lists automatically match choices based on the first few keystrokes

•      Package codes allow for automatic entry of multiple parts or service codes; standard notes allow for automatic entry of paragraphs of text; and simple keystroke macros allow for automation of standard processes

•      Spell check in American-English, British-English, French, and Spanish, with support for a custom dictionary

•      Supports standard bar code readers, digital cameras, and Topaz electronic signature pads

•      Attach digital photographs, ESIGN-compliant electronic signatures, files, and Internet hyperlinks as attachments to most records

•      Import data from comma-delimited or tab-delimited data files, or QuickBooks company files

•      Window bar allows for quickly switching between multiple windows in maximized mode

Flexible Data Output

•      View forms and reports on-screen, print, send by e-mail or fax, or export to any of 16 industry-standard file formats

•      Plain paper system allows direct printing of business logos, digital photographs, and electronic signatures so that they are included on e-mails and faxes, and it eliminates costly pre-printed forms

•      Supports multi-bin printers to work with letterhead or different colored paper for each form copy; printer duplexing to reduce paper consumption; and bar-code label printers

•      Export data to comma-delimited or tab-delimited data files, or QuickBooks company files

•      Links to Microsoft Word for quick creation of letters, envelopes, and labels

•      Many window views are customizable to meet individual users’ needs

Effective Communication Tools

•      Stay connected with your customers and vendors via printouts, e-mail, fax, text messaging, and automatically generated web pages

•      Web-based repair status tracking

•      Automated sending of some forms, reports, and status updates via e-mail, fax server, or SMS text messaging

•      Automatic shipment tracking for ANC, Canada Post, Canpar, DHL, FedEx, Purolator, TNT, UPS, and United States Postal Service

•      Automatic mapping and driving directions via Google Maps and MapQuest

Database Connectivity and User Security

•      Choose between Microsoft Access, MySQL, or Microsoft SQL Server back-end database

•      Automatically supports multiple users on a local area network; or easily share the database across multiple physical locations using Citrix XenApp, Windows Remote Desktop Services, or other standard connectivity software

•      Automatic background backups of Microsoft Access databases; or manually save a zipped database backup

•      Archive old data from Microsoft Access databases to a secondary database

•      Password login for each user

•      Program administrator can assign read/write/print access to each module and report

•      Program administrator can log and analyze the view/edit activity history of a particular user or record

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