The
award winning Frameman system continues to be further enhanced.
This latest version of FrameMan
now incorporates a stock control system (which has taken nearly five years
to develop) and lots more enhancements to make your business more professional.
Despite the program's power,
it is extremely easy to use and basically it's only a matter of clicking
on the buttons with the mouse and entering data.
The following is a brief
description of some of the facilites:
FrameMan
is supplied complete with a powerful database to store all your necessary
data.
Full Back-up facilities
are available to back-up and store your data to either a floppy disc or
the computers main hard disc drive
There is also a facility
to compact your database to save space on the computer.
This facility is where you
can personalise your program with your business name and address details
with any sales message you would like to appear on your order form.
These
buttons open up various forms where you can enter all your prices for
Mouldings, Labour, Materials, Mountboard and Sundries.
In order to protect
your prices this facility allows access into the price buttons only via
a password. The password can be changed by you quite easily.
Frameman can calculate
prices using imperial or metric.
With this facility
you can organise a successful mailshot by being able to select previous
customers who fulfil a required criteria. For example, if you are to promote
a special offer on framing needlework, using the information you will
have in your database you can just select that group of customers and
then print out the letters and labels for the mailshot saving any wasted
mailouts.There are nine formats of Avery labels supported by Frameman.
Frameman can calculate prices
with or without VAT If you are registered for VAT then select VAT
and set the percentage rate, if not then select no VAT in the VAT form.
Frameman
now has the ability to be networked, this allows you to have more than
one area for serving customers with satelite stations all accessing the
same database at the same time. All orders processed staying in the one
database.
This
powerful facility is where you the framer can design your own Frame and
Mount tasks. The Task is a task performed when completing the customers
framing order
For each Task you design
you can add any material, labour and sundry items which you use to make
up the task for example:
Framing\Backing\NRGlass
This is one of many sample
tasks supplied with Frameman and includes
7 Labour items: Assembly charge, Back cutting, Glass cutting, Insertion, Mitre charge,
Finish normal and Tape finish.
2 Material Items: Glass, Mdf Backing
5 Sundry Items (Bits and Pieces): Cord, Frame bumpers, Packing,
Postage and Sticker and of course the Moulding.
The Mount Task works in
a similar way but corresponds to any task related to the mounting of the
order and also includes a design window where the framer can design the
mount further choosing what type (rectangle, oval, circle, carved etc.)
and also if it is a single, double, triple or multiple mount and also
enter the relevant colours used.
Whichever
task is selected on the order all the items corresponding to the particular
task are calculated together with the only thing the customer sees on
the order is the particular task and not all the items included in the
task.
Because all corresponding
items are always included in the calculation, any staff operating this
system can never forget to add these items therefore, irrespective of
the operator, the prices calculated remain consistant.
You
can now calculate what to charge for any print you produce from your Giclee
printer
This facility will handle
any type of paper/print surface, cost of inks, waste, markups, setups
etc plus the calculated info can be transferred to the order form as a
individual order or part of a larger order including framing etc. All
this included for the fantastic low price of Frameman
FrameMan 4 Professional has
now a lot more enhancements.
It is supplied complete
with an extra powerful gallery database to store all your gallery artwork
details.
Full Back-up facilities
are available to back-up and store this data to either floppy disc or
the computers main hard disc drive
Not only can you keep stock
of all your artwork but the program will keep a record of what you have
sold.
You can also update
any artwork details such as change of price, or change some detail just
by the touch of a button.
With the gallery module
you can see instant up-to-date cost values of all your artwork at the
touch of a button along with the added bonus of these prices being password
protected.
There is now an enhanced
Cost section for the frame calculation, which will
now show a running total costs and individual material costs as you progress
through the order and showing you that all important Net Profit figure
With
the version 4 you are able to print out a comprehensive list of all arwork
details in catorgory order with retail and cost prices.
It is a very simple
operation to add any artwork you are selling from your stock to the framing
order, just simply highlight the artwork, then press a button to see all
relevant details appear on the order form - very easy!.
With its new powerful search
engine the gallery section can find that print or piece of artwork fast.
Just select either artist or title then type in the relevant details,
press the find button and the computer will do the rest and will highlight
the artwork with all its details. See at a glance if you have a particular
print on stock. - This will impress your customer.
With the Stock control you
can see at a glance the value of your stock any time of the day. You can
print out a list of mouldings low on stock for ordering purposed, showing
minimum stock levels etc. You can also see at a glance just how
much of a particular moulding you have sold.
Incorporated
in this version are various reports on stock including the very useful
Low Stock List.
This will show you just which stock you need to order supplier
details, price and other details.
A full
letter writing facility is available with the beneift of writing and storing
standard letters. Simply select which customer you wish to send the letter
to, then at the touch of a button the software will print out each individual
customer a personalized copy of the letter along with a printed envelope,
ideal for mail-shots.
A new
Print-Order section allows you to store orders for prints and will print
out a separate Print-Order. You can also include the framing requirements
with the same order.
The
ability to change Order details on the Order form or in Back-Orders is
much easier now.
Allowing Qty, Desciption, Details and even Price to be changed
with Net, Vat and Total figures automatically altered.
A second
currency can now be added into the software ideal for companies using
dual currency.
You can calculate in one currency then at the touch of a button,
convert to the other currency.
Functions
such as issuing a Quote have benn much improved allowing Quotes to be
stored in the database and converted to an Order at the touch of a button.
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