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Features:
Finally, a comprehensive, turnkey, frame shop management solution
with the features that you’ve always wanted
Powerful point-of-sale system impresses customers; breaks the multi-opening barrier
Design and price simple, single opening pieces through complex, multi’s
Displays scale diagram of mats as you design
Optimized interface for single and Multi opening designs with computerized mat cutters
Multi-Store functionality; share inventory data, submit work orders to hub store
Automatic Purchase Orders, ready-for-fax to suppliers (no hassles, no figuring)
Complete, integrated accounting, general ledger, payroll; a single system solution
Import/Export data with QuickBooks™, PeachTree™, and other framing programs
Perpetual inventory, payables, receivables, check-writer
Tracks all phases of frame job production, customer pickup
Network ready, security passwords, one-step backups
Intuitive pricing formulas for framing; consistent, flexible, easy to update
Color pictures on-screen of mouldings, mats, images, extras
Comes loaded with Crescent® , Bainbridge®, Tru Vue®, and Larson Juhl® lines
Over 300 reports, mailing labels, best sellers, graphs
Customize reports with your logo and dunning comments
Print customer Savings Cards; automatically compute discounts
Tested and perfected through actual frame shop use
Year 2000 compliant
CPA/MBA Reviewed
Developed with MicroSoft® Office
Features Explained:
Incredibly powerful point-of-sale (POS) system for designing and pricing frame-jobs from
the most simple, single opening piece to complex, multi opening pieces with compound mats,
stacked frames, fillets, marble papers, French lines, and more.
Design and price a single opening on a mat, then replicate the opening with a single
mouse click; specify a reveal width, and replicate and re-price entire multiple opening
mats with a single mouse click. Displays WYSIWYG color diagram of mat and dimensions
as you design.
- POS system is flexible enough to handle sales of general merchandise, prints, repairs,
frame-jobs, and price quotes, all on the same order form.
- Generates highly detailed frame-job work orders complete with all measurements,
specifications, status of materials inventory, color pictures of components, and more; go
paperless using the mat cutter computer or other networked, second computer as a work
order workstation.
- Automatic generation of Purchase Orders for framing supplies (including chop, join, or
wedge frames) based on current frame-job orders and current inventory levels; ready to fax
to suppliers from your personal computer.
- Receive framing supplies against Purchase Orders and automatically update inventory
records and post to bills.
- Integrated accounting with general ledger, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts
payable, check writer, batch posting, over 300 reports, and much more; import existing
financial data from QuickBooks and PeachTree. One click posts sales to the general ledger.
Books are always up-to-date.
- Tracks all stages of frame-job production for an unlimited number of simultaneous
orders; quickly review all stages of production including materials assessment, ordering,
receiving, frame building, mat cutting, mat add-ons, closing the piece, delivery, and
customer notification; makes extensive use of numbered bins for storing/retrieving frames,
mats, and mounting in-progress.
- Optimized integration with leading computerized mat cutters; automatically builds the
most efficient combination of mat cutter files necessary to cut all mats for a piece;
optionally, use conventional mat cutting machinery in lieu of a computerized mat cutter.
- Network ready, multi-user (i.e., client/server) capability between multiple
point-of-sale workstations and/or the mat cutting computer; a scalable frame shop
management system that can accommodate unlimited growth of your business. Use for
multi-store applicates too. Check inventory of other stores; submit work orders and
computerized mat cutter files to hub stores.
- Recycle valuable mat board fallouts and size-down scraps. Optionally tracks mat board
scrap for reuse in other pieces.
- Ships pre-loaded with dozens of professionally designed, detailed, frame-job
specification templates that are a mouse click away to speed the design process.
- Comes loaded with detailed specifications and scanned color pictures (for quick
recognition) of several thousand mat boards and mouldings including the complete lines
from Crescent, Bainbridge, Tru Vue, Queen City, and Larson Juhl. Optionally, use your
scanner or digital camera to add pictures of your mouldings, mats, prints, and products.
- System setup allows maximum flexibility for pricing materials, labor, and overhead; uses
intuitive, easy-to-apply pricing formulas that guarantee a uniform profit margin for you
and consistent prices for your customers.
- Customize the Order Screen, Sales Receipt, and Purchase Order reports with your company
logo and dunning comments.
- Quick access to shop performance statistics such as: order totals graphs, retail and
wholesale income totals for any time period, sales commission reports, work orders To-Do
calendar, inventory summary reports including cost of goods sold (COGS), purchase history,
and inventory-item-quantities: (on-hand, on-backorder, and on-order); easily generate data
for payment of sales tax.
- End-of-year inventory summary reports for moulding, prints and products, and mat board;
expedites physical inventory assessment and income tax preparation.
- Use the Orders Ready For Pickup, Shipping, or Delivery module for notifying customers.
Print personalized customer Savings Cards; automatically compute discounts at the POS
using customer sales history.
- Rank customers by total sales or sort by favorite artists and print mailing labels for
direct mail, or, export customer data for mail-merge form letters.
- Import/Export customer, employee, supplier, moulding, mat board, and prints/products
databases to and from Excel® spreadsheets; use this feature to import existing data from
FullCalc™, LifeSaver™, or other software (subject to format restrictions).
- Comes with predefined chart of accounts for frame shop bookkeeping.
- Auto-dial phone numbers with a single mouse click.
- Restrict access to various subsystems by assigning passwords.
- Secure data with backups to ZIP files for off-site storage.
- Extensive online, context-sensitive help system. Over 700 pages of printed documentation
that covers every facet of software operations.
- Tested and perfected through actual frame shop use.
- Written by frame shop owner with 20 years of experience.
Customer Support
Access our website for late breaking news on product updates, answers to frequently
asked questions, email to a support engineer. Download patches and data module updates.
Free telephone support during regular business hours for first 60 days. Additional
technical support available for a per-incident charge or annual maintenance fee.
Onsite installation, training, and technical support available for fee.
Sample Order
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Last modified: May 09, 2003