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The deployment of any CRM system takes proper planning. In order to assist customers during this process, Commence has developed S.T.E.P., (Strategic Targeted Execution Process). a proven methodology for the successful implementation of the Commence CRM solution.

Oxygen Software today announces the release of Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS smartphones, version 2.12 of the unique in its features communication software tool that has become a real hit among the smartphone owners. OPM II puts you in full control of interactive management of your smartphone information. The program backs up, synchronises and manages all the data types available in modern phone models. Installation and data transfer process takes mere minutes and, voila, you are ready to edit virtually any element of your smartphone content.

Lloyd Perna has joined Visibility Corporation of Andover, MA as a Technical Services professional. Lloyd comes to Visibility with over 15 years of Senior Technical consulting experience in business operations, information technology and systems planning, design and implementation. Lloyd specializes in the following areas: IT strategies and infrastructure, System Architecture, Oracle E-Business Suite Technology, System Administration, Platform Support, Database Administration (SQL, Oracle), Custom Application Design and Programming, Software Interoperability and Data Conversions.

Encompix (www.encompix.com) a business unit of Made2Manage Systems, has filled the manufacturing software requirements of engineer-to-order companies since 1992. The company name reflects a commitment to developing business application solutions that encompass the complex areas of project-based and job-based manufacturing. Encompix provides ETO manufacturers with a competitive advantage by improving bottom line results.

According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./), “There is rarely one central database of customer information that can be accessed and shared among the people who need it to efficiently do their jobs. As a result, acting less like a team, these people act independently when conducting business and are far less effective.

Nearly $3 Million in annual revenue is a lot of cheesecakes. Desserts of Distinction of Portland, Oregon, now 28 years in business, “bakes” to order from any of its 19 fillings and 7 crusts in a choice of portion sizes which are shipped in a range of packaging choices to a considerable number of customers, both large and small. The company makes mostly short production runs, between 100 and 150 batches per day. As you would expect, the owners are both master bakers and resourceful business people. They raced through the $2 Million revenue mark with no more in business management tools than Excel spreadsheets for recipes, tracking sales and inventory, and an Access database for managing batches. Now they rely entirely upon BatchMaster Enterprise and are set up to do Lot Tracking at virtually any level of granularity.

VextraSoft, a recognized specialist in vector graphic design software, announces today the release of a new version of Vextractor. If you have some paper drawings, drafts or scanned images and you want to use them in vector graphic editors, then you will need to convert them into the vector graphics format. There are several ways for turning raster images into vector graphics: firstly, to draw them manually in a chosen vector graphic editor; secondly, you may put images into your computer with the help of a special device, which is called digitizer; finally, you can resort to the assistance of automatic vectorization programs. The last way will save your time and set you free from exhausting work.

PhotoChances is a little big program that picks the photos on a computer randomly and applies different image processing effects also selected at random. The resulting images are shown on screen in a slide-show, with different transitions and optional panning.

Rufenacht Innovative announces the release of Shop'NCook Recipe Costing Pro 3.4.1, cooking software with a recipe costing function for Windows 98/NT/2000/XP and Mac OS X platforms.

M2SYS Technology announced today it has formed a relationship with Kodak’s Dental Systems Group to integrate M2SYS’ patent-pending fingerprint software into the KODAK ORTHOTRAC Practice Management Software. As a result, Kodak’s customers will be able to secure sensitive patient information and comply with HIPAA requirements, while improving productivity and user experience by eliminating the time, hassle, and headache associated with password management.

Visicom Media today announced the release of VMN Toolbox 4, a lightweight application that provides free handy utilities designed to make life easier on the Web. The new version adds Web search capability and improved sticky notes.

SibCode today announces the release of Sib Icon Studio 2.0. The fresh version contains such features as new impressive graphic effects, an opportunity to edit animated GIF-files, support for the TGA files format and even more. Sib Icon Studio renders its assistance in creating, editing icon images and managing icon files and libraries. Sib Icon Studio supports all popular graphic formats, such as ICO, BMP, JPEG, ANI, CUR, GIF and PNG. With this program, you can do both: import or export these formats. Besides, using Sib Icon Studio you can process Vista Icons professionally.

Commence offers lean industrial companies complete Freedom Of Choice to select the solutions and platform that best meets the business requirements of manufacturers and distributors. The comprehensive CRM Industrial application suite is available for use on premise or on-demand as a hosted service. Industrial leaders often build departmental lean CRM solutions with the award winning Commence Lean Industrial CRM Framework. These choices are why so many industrial companies choose Commence as the solution for managing customer relationships. All Commence Industrial solutions support mobile or wireless connectivity and integration to back-office accounting and ERP systems.

iLink Systems Inc. launched a unique Saturday University program (http://blog.ilink-systems.com/default.asp?Display=4) for all it employees in their offices spread across Bellevue (WA), Fairfax (VA) and Chennai(India). A University calendar was published for the first trimester and it included an unprecedented 76 training hours in that period. Annualized, this works out to 28.5 training days per employee every year; well above the annual training provided to software employees in most organizations.

WebAsyst LLC – developers of WebAsyst™ software, a Suite of web-based online collaboration applications, and Shop-Script™ shopping cart software – announces a Special Christmas Offer for purchases of all the company’s products.

The Magni Group, an ISO 9000 certified manufacturer of protective coating systems for metal products, has chosen the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System to standardize all business processes, including quality control, batch formulation, and production scheduling.

Big Faceless Organization (BFO), provider of high quality Java software components, are excited to add Venspro, Holland’s leading Marketing and PR Consultancy, to their enviable client base.

Abacre, SARL. announces the release of new major version 3.0 of Advanced Find and Replace software

SDI has announced the availability of Release 3.00 of its ever-popular TN3270 Plus telnet application.

One of the common mistakes that small companies make is selecting an ERP system that is not focus on their industry. According to Albert Barriga, vice-president of operations, “All the systems Superior Quality Food evaluated were similar in respect that they followed Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Batchmaster (the ERP system selected) was more focused on the food industry. This helps us, for example, whenever we make a batch, because there will always be a partial batch of material left over at the end of the process. We wanted a system that would record those partial batches, so when we made the same product again, the first ingredient it would call for would be the partial batch (and plan the raw material for the rest).”

Commence CRM On-Demand is delivered over the Internet at a fixed monthly fee per user and requires no upfront IT infrastructure cost.

For manufacturers, BI (business intelligence) should be about quantifying business assumptions that were previously too costly and time-consuming to challenge. For example, they are using it to identify hot sellers, to cut costs, and to discover new business opportunities. ACF Office Seating, for example, manufactures, unsurprisingly, office seating. The company’s IT manager, Paul Griffiths, was a long-time user of Visibility ERP. The most significant addition to it was the SQL Server 2000 data mart and analysis services reporting cube. We had this linked to our sales tables some 18 months ago and since then it has become the most used reporting tool in the company. The sales team uses the cube analysis daily to track sales and invoicing by month, area, product and range. It has become an indispensable tool for sales analysis and forecasting. It’s easy to use and very versatile. While BI programs get at the data using different techniques, OLAP (online analytical processing) cubes that slice and dice data remain central to the methodology.

Privately held, Texas Cement Products, Inc. has been a recognized leader in setting and grouting materials since 1964. The company’s steady growth has been driven by market enthusiasm for Texas Cement’s high quality products, backed by first-rate customer service. This continuing growth has made clear that in-place systems and procedures had been stretched beyond their limits. The company’s leaders understood that they would soon face further increases in complexity due to a proliferation of SKU’s with their fast growing private label business. In preparation for more growth, the company’s managers determined that they needed to increase capacity utilization, improve process execution, and better control an expected increase in inventories on hand.

QC Software is the leading provider of Tier 1 warehouse control systems to the warehousing and distribution industries. Since 1996, QC Software, utilizing state of the art technology combined with extensive research, development, and rigorous testing, has developed the QC Enterprise suite of products. Designed to be modular in nature, easily configurable, and platform independent, this highly scalable solution satisfies the needs of any size warehouse.

Screaming Bee LLC is pleased to release a new voice-changing product to market. MorphVOX Pro Voice Changer provides high-quality voice modification to online games, instant messaging, and the professional studio. The new product is packed with premium features including advanced voice learning, background noise cancellation, and recording capabilities geared for audio/video professionals.