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Microsoft Access Programming
Our people have been doing programming using Microsoft Access since 1992 when the first version arrived on the market.  Access is a unique database in that it can be used to store data, plus it has forms and reports to work with the data.  Most database do not have forms and reports to present the data, just means to store and manipulate the data.  You can also use Access for forms, report, and code, and then use SQL Server to store and manipulate the data.  You would want to use SQL Server when you get to the point of about 20 users of the same database.

Access has become the de facto relational database of small business. It allows for fast implementation, quick changes and additions. You want a program that can grow with your business. Some of the applications we have written in Microsoft Access include:
 

Applications We Have Written:

  • Order Tracking System
    • Write up work orders
    • Schedule Jobs
    • Track sales per customer and per product category.

 

  • Return Goods Management System using our RRx™ System (Rapid Record Exchange System).
    • Track all returns that come in
    • Assign RA numbers
    • Set up trucking for all the returns.
    • Communicate with truck lines, FedEx, etc. using EDI and XML.
    • Track all conversations with people where freight is being pickup.
    • Faxing and e-mailing
    • Communication with customers through web services.
    • Verify that the freight has been picked up using communication through EDI and XML with the truck lines, FedEx, and customers.
    • Used SQL Server to store all data.

 

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    • An application that is given to customers to enter and keep track of returns.
    • This communicates with the above application using web services.

 

  • Hotel Information System
    • Application to make reservations at hotels etc. around the world for smaller travel agents.
    • Automatically receive information for request from automated systems like Amadeus, Sabre, and Worldspan.
    • Automatically faxed the properties once confirmation was made by phone.
    • Automatically recapped all reservations for all properties 24 hours before customer arrived.
       

 

  • Medical Lab
    • Tracked patients and labatory tests.
    • Doctors who oredered the test.
    • Payer 
    • Labels for samples taken.
    • Outcome and reporting
       

 

  • Resource Systems 
    • Tracked Individuals who volunteered and/or contributed money.
    • Tracked Companies/Organizations who sent volunteeres and/or contributed money.
    • Tracked pledges.
    • Send letters of thanks and request.
       

 

  • Charge Back System
    • Track Job Orders to charge back to other departmens.
    • Track product cost and supplier from current to back the last ten years.
    • Import accounting codes to go with jobs and products.
    • Output accounting information to the General Ledger program.
       

 

  • Permit Reports
    • A list of builders and all the permits they tookout in the last 12 months.
    • Each builder who has 10 or more permits is listed with the number of permits for each of the last 12 months and the total permits for the last 12 months.
    • This is sold to people who want to sell to builders.
       

 

  • Membership Tracking and Accounting Application  (see a small sampling of forms)
    • Tracked companies and Individuals
    • Automatic billing for membership.
    • Invoices, Account Receivable lists, Deposits, Refunds, Products, Departments and Profit Centers.
    • Event Registration and automatic billing.
    • Home Tours - Setup and manage.
    • Shows done for the public - Setup and manage and automatic billing.
    • Advertising tracking.
    • Used SQL Server to store all data.


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SQL Server
  • We have the expertise with SQL Server to develop robost applications with Windows or Web front ends.  We do the complete turnkey system with SQL Server or work with your staff to manage the server.  If you are going to use SQL Server with your database you should have someone on staff who could manage and backup SQL Server, or we can work with Terminal Server to manage your server.
  • SQL Server is a database with no forms or reports (reports are available in conjunction with some front ends).  SQL server is one of the most secure and robust databases on the market to store your data.  You would want to use SQL Server to store your data when you get to the point of about 20 users of the same database.  You can then use Access or .Net windows forms for your forms and reports.
  • You also might want to use SQL Server in conjuction with a data web site.

Applications We Have Written using SQL Server Data Store and Access Front Ends.

  • Return Goods Management System using our RRx™ System (Rapid Record Exchange System).
    • Track all returns that come in
    • Assign RA numbers
    • Set up trucking for all the returns.
    • Communicate with truck lines, FedEx, etc. using EDI and XML.
    • Track all conversations with people where freight is being pickup.
    • Faxing and e-mailing
    • Communication with customers through web services.
    • Verify that the freight has been pickedup using communication through EDI and XML with the truck lines, FedEx, and customers.
    • Used SQL Server to store all data.
Membership Tracking and Accounting Application  
  • Tracked companies and Individuals
  • Automatic billing for membership.
  • Invoices, Account Receivable lists, Deposits, Refunds, Products, Departments and Profit Centers.
  • Event Registration and automatic billing.
  • Home Tours - Setup and manage.
  • Shows done for the public - Setup and manage and automatic billing.
  • Advertising tracking.
  • Used SQL Server to store all data

 

Applications We Have Written using SQL Server Data Store and .Net Web Services.< style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">

  • RRx™ (Rapid Record Exchange) Exchanging Records between partners. 
    • A web site that works with multiple applications to move data between partners.
    • Give partners to have the ability to have all their data and updates.

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Visual Basic .Net Web Application
  • If you want a pretty website written, our company is not the right company to pick.  We deal with data.  If you need to communicate with data, give us a call.
  • We use Visual Basic .Net to write Web Applications that move data back and forth between partners.


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RRx™ System - Rapid Record Exchange™
Communication Between You and Your Customer over the Web

See a small sampling of forms from a client application.

  • The RRx™ (Rapid Record Exchange™) System is a program written for organizations who want to communicate with their partners (customers, vendors, subsidiaries, etc.)
  • It allows the swift movement of data to and from your partners.
  • You can send and receive information to and from your partners or you can just send updates to your partners.
  • Push a button, and your record will be transmitted to/from your partner. 

 

  • We use Web Services to move data through XML Documents to and from a web server that is sitting on the web.

 
   

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Email - Faxing - XML - EDI Communication with Your Customers and Partners 
  • We live in a day and age that communication with our partners (customers, vendors, subsidiaries, etc.) is demanded by our business models.
  • We take our apps and and design them to communicate with our customer's customers in any means that they are able to send or receive digital data
    • XML - is the de facto way of communicating data between different programs, web sites, and different operating systems.
    • Email - we send e-mails out of most programs to partners to notify them of an update, change, etc of data.  In addition we automatically read data from e-mails to update or create records in our database.
    • We give customers the ability to send faxes out of their application
    • EDI is an old way of communicating among partners.  We make that happen in both directions.


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Business Consulting 
  • We do business consulting with a number of companies.  We look at ways to save time, makes additional salse, save money, and make your customers and employees happy.
  • We define the current process and then after consulting with the people who use the process, design a new process that usually will include new computer programs (a new database).
  • We come into your operation and evaluate a process you would like to improve.
  • After consultation with you we design process and computer program(s) that will increase the efficiency or your operation.
  • Upon approval - we write the computer program, and install it.
  • Whether you buy from Business & Computers or someone else you need to understand the process.  We recommend you go through our article How to Buy Custom Programming


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