APPX Conference 2002: The ProMaster Application Suite Presentation by: Philip Bryan

1. Colony101: Delivering ROI on business Systems APPX Conference 2002: The ProMaster Application Suite Presentation by: Philip Bryan

2. Presentation Agenda - Colony101 - The background- What we wanted to achieve • The design philosophy and application the philosophy • -A short demonstration • Navigation • Application master file • Parameters & settings • Transaction processing - A quick look behind the scenes - ProMaster modules and functionality - Questions and answers

3. Colony101 - Computer consultancy based in Sweden and UK - Currently about 100 staff - Turnover of $8M in 2001 • - Customers include • Sweden - Telia, AstraZenica, Volvo, Swedish Railways • UK – Methodist Church, National Health Service

4. What we wanted to achieve - To design an application set with instant user appeal and acceptability - To develop programming techniques, and design standards, that can be applied quickly to existing applications - To make a product that we could take to new as well as existing customers - To have applications that provide a sound base design onto which customer special functionality could be built - To have fun seeing what we could do with the APPX tool, and to better understand the new functionality

5. Design & application philosophy • On table maintenance and enquiry processes, the presentation should be tabular with overlays for additional attributes - Having got to a point in the application, the user should be able to do everything that they might reasonably want to without having to go to another menu - Navigating the application should be intuitive - Speed of application build, and maintenance overhead, must be considered – don’t use the APPX GUI features just because the capability exists

6. Demonstration – Navigation • All application main menus follow the same style and layout • The ‘Key’ master file of each application always comes first • The symbol “»” indicates more menu options

7. Demonstration – Key Master File • The scrolling screen allows the user to select the required record • All fields are selectable as keys to the file • The Button Bar at the bottom of the screen provides many extra facilities including file lists • All file maintenance processes follow this format

8. Demonstration - Parameters • This single display combines the features of • File Maintenance • File Lists • Period Processing • Status Inquiry • Close Period

9. Demonstration - Transactions • The user sees all unposted control groups • The journal is printed by pressing the ‘Journal’ button at the bottom of the screen • When the control group has been validated as OK by the journal printing process the “Post” button becomes valid • All special features such as ‘operator exclusive’ are available in Add’l Attributes

10. ProMaster Modules & Functionality • - Complete suite of standard applications which have been developed over 15 years • Financials - GL, AP, AR, VAT Accounting, Fixed Assets • Logistics – Inventory, Sales Orders, Purchases Orders • Analysis - Marketing Statistics • Manufacturing – BOM, Production • - Accountancy to International Standards – ProMaster has been used in 14 countries worldwide • Euro • VAT Accounting • Intrastat • - Vertical market solutions • Inventory with full Batch and serial number functionality • Fashion • Advertising • Consultancy • Field Service

11. Colony101: Delivering ROI on business Systems To find out more about the ProMaster applications, or how Colony101 can help you create GUI versions of your applications cost effectively, contact http://promaster.colony101uk.com Philip.bryan@colony101.com +44 7050 113158