Greener Pastures

An ooo..ahhh moment

So last week after migrating a network from peer 2 peer with an outdated 'super checkbook' accounting application.  I should add that it was far from super.

I setup SBS with SBA on 4 workstations, and started showing them around their new systems.  One woman, even after I had told her not to, was going into the old accounting system to enter and print invoices.  I asked her 'what's up with that?'  So I set off to show her some of the features I had been telling her about.  Creating Sales Orders, much easier than trying to read her hand-writing' moving that to an invoice, adding FedEx charges, via ShipRush.  What's more, the production manager and the shipping person can do all this now...they don't need to bother her.  Now, she can fax directly from ANY APPLICATION thanks to integrated fax, including faxing invoices directly out of SBA.

The whole time she is taking notes and saying ooooo....aaaahhhh.  Well, I guess she did not believe me when I had told her what she would be able to do after I had the system setup, then suddenly, it clicked in her.  This is why I became an SMB consultant.  Without solicitation, she blurted out, '...this is gonna save me hours a day.  Instead of walking here and there to recieve a fax or to ship a package or to check an inventory level, it's all right there!'

Highlights of the solution (we've all seen them)

1. SBS Premium
   1. Exchange/Outlook
   2. WSS
   3. Fax
   4. SQL
2. Office SBA 2006 / SBM 2006
   1. Custom Invoice and Work Order
   2. Inventory tracking
   3. AR/AP
   4. Payroll/Timesheets
3. ShipRush for FedEx by zFirm
4. Additionally, we helped them identify process improvements and process controls throughout the operation.

Will introduce BCM, integrate Web Orders, Windows Mobile Solutions

more later from the greener pastures!