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Introduction to Elliott V7.1. Edward M. Kwang President. V7.x Requirements. Windows 32-Bit O/S Do Not Support DOS Do Not Support Windows 3.X PSQL 2000 Performance Improvement Very Reliable Data Corruption Is Pretty Much A History. Works with Latest O/S.
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Introduction to Elliott V7.1 Edward M. Kwang President
V7.x Requirements • Windows 32-Bit O/S • Do Not Support DOS • Do Not Support Windows 3.X • PSQL 2000 • Performance Improvement • Very Reliable • Data Corruption Is Pretty Much A History
Works with Latest O/S • Compatible with the following O/S • Windows 95 • Windows 98 • Windows Me • Windows NT • Windows 2000 • Windows XP • Support Terminal or Citrix Server • Improved color background for 2000 and XP
New Features in Elliott V7.x • Internet Ready • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Bank Book is bundled • Better Performance • Better Integration With Crystal & ODBC • Compatible with V6.7 database – No data conversion. Can run side by side with V6.7 • Smooth upgrade
Internet Ready • Shopping cart solution is ready • More eBusiness solutions coming soon • ActiveX components & Web Services • Elliott Back End to Support Internet Front End • eContact & Mass Email • Order and Shipping Acknowledgement • Stock Watch • Elliott as an Internet Client • Links, View Map
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Links – All customer related documents • eContacts – tracking contacts for customers, ship-to, orders…etc. • Attribute – tracking additional information about customers without modification • Event – Stock Watch, Remind Salesman to sell accessories for a main item purchased. • Notes – Record your conversation • Tickler – Remind you to follow up
Better Performance • Open less library files • AR700B.LBR (Base Library) • AR700U.LBR (Update Library) • AR700E.LBR (Enhancement Library) • AR700C.LBR (Custom Mod Library) • COP one phase posting • New Btrieve file handler open up to 100 files • Take only half of the time what it used to
Better Integration with Crystal • A New Set of DDF with Views • Ease of Use • Performance Improvement • Security • All ODBC Integrations Benefit from The New DDF
Running Elliott V7 with V6.7 • Detect Company File Drive Letter Setup Issue Automatically in V7 • Add System Manager Drive in Company File Setup • Create additional data files for V6.7 automatically • Adding a new company – it’s easy
Defining Elliott • Accounting and Finance • Supply Chain Management & Production • Customer Relationship Management • eCommerce and eBusiness
Accounting And Finance • 25 Years of Tradition • MCBA (since 1970s) • Macola (since 1980s) • Elliott (since 1999) • Relationship with Macola (Exact) • Pay Macola Royalty Fee for New Sales • We Are Independent of Macola • We Fully Control All Aspects of Elliott • Similar like Macola’s Arrangement with MCBA
Supply Chain Management & Production • EDI • Web Interface • Remote Sales Order Taking • Shipping Management • Available to Promise • Manufacturing Functions
CRM • eContact Manager • Mass eMail • Attribute – Customer Profile • Links • Notes and Tickler • Many Other Great Sales Features
eCommerce and eBusiness • Elliott eStore • Require Customer to Host Web Site • Use ActiveX • Elliott eStore.NET • Does Not Require Customer to Host Web Site • Use Web Services • Implementation will be more Flexible and Cost Effective Than Elliott eStore • Schedule to release by end of this year
EDI • Support 850, 810 and 856 • Use Shipping Verification to Support UCC-128 Label
Web And Supply Chain • Elliott eStore • Taking Order on The Web • Checking Order Status and Tracking Number • Invoice History • Web Services • Expose Real Time Inventory • Taking On-Line Orders
Remote Sales Order Taking • “Take An Order” Interface • A Palm Pilot Solution • Taking Order At Trade Show • Sales Order Import & Export • Taking Orders At Trade Show • For Traveling Salesman to Take Order • Order Exported and Transfer to Central Office • Central Office Import Sales Order • Optionally to Add Customers or Ship-To • Terminal Service
Order & Shipping Management • Email Order Acknowledgement • Email Shipping Acknowledgement • Starship Shipping Acknowledgement • Can Manually Update Tracking Number if User Do Not Use Starship • Non Starship Shipping Acknowledgement • Shipment Tracking • Shipping Verification • Reduce Shipping Error
Available to Promise • Managing Future Quantity Availability • Very Important for Importer (Do Not Stock)
Notes & Ticklers • Notes • Memo • Printing on Document • Ticklers • Management Tools • Knowledge Base
Attributes • Available everywhere Notes are available • Expand your database without modification • Key CRM feature • Works with Mass Email or Export Processor • Attributes Has A New Face Lift (GUI) in V7.1
Restricted Attribute • Manage licensing and regulation control • Chemical Industry • Pharmaceutical • Gun Industry • Possible other applications • Support contract control
Links • Like a note attached to the master record (i.e. Customers or Vendors) • Unlike notes, the information will come from an existing document • Can be Word, Excel, PDF, Images, HTML, and any file on your system. • Links can also be an URL address, Email address or an EXE command.
Links – Examples • Inventory item images. • Access item specification – Help salesman give better information to customers. • Access customer web page – check your customer’s company activities before you call them. • Access customer’s contract documentation. • Manage correspondent with customers. • Much, much more…
Special Links • Yahoo Map or Map Quest • Elliott V7.0 Use Yahoo Map • Elliott V7.1 Use Map Quest by Default • System Links • Links available all the time
eContact • Key for Elliott web solution. • Mass Email Database • Elliott CRM solution feature • In V7.1, E-Mail Address Is Not Mandatory • V7.1 Introduce eContact Manager