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News 35
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Home Work
Whether it is remote access to MAP4 from home, or from a portable computer when out of the office, or access to another
branch, the widespread availability of Broadband together with
the installation of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) has all of a
sudden made it very affordable.
Using a standard Internet Broadband connection, you can now be
on-line to your MAP4 system 24 hours a day for no more than the
Broadband subscription price. No modems, no telephone
charges, no dedicated dial-up lines.
Please call us if you think you could make use of this facility but
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MAP4 NEWS
BRIEFS
York Bearings & Transmissions have recently installed
a MAP4 system.
A division of Stockton Bearings, themselves a MAP4 user, YBT are also a
member of IADA (Independent Authorised Distributor Alliance). This
means that 50%
of the members of this powerful group are now MAP4
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New Training
Courses
We have recently introduced two
new training courses which we hope
will be of interest.
Please call us if you would like to
reserve a place, which can be held at
either our offices or your premises,
whichever is more convenient for
you.
Data Import/Export
This course will teach you how to
extract data from MAP4 for loading
into applications like Excel, Access
etc. You will also learn how to import
data from an external source
into MAP4. This is particularly useful
for updating supplier price lists
etc.
The ‘X’ Files
We couldn’t think of what else to
call this course, so we codenamed it
the ‘X’ files, as it uncovers some of
MAP4’s best kept secrets.
We suspect that some of our users,
particularly our long-standing ones,
are unaware of some very useful
facilities within MAP4. This
course reveals all! |
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Welcome
Established in 1965, JR Power Motion are one of Scotland's leading
suppliers of power and transmission products.
Through a planned process of developments and diversification JR Power have emerged as a major sourcing centre for power
transmission products manufactured worldwide.
Due to continued growth, the Dundee based company needed to
replace their existing computer system, which had served them
well, and a 12 user MAP4 system was installed in March 2004.
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It’s probably fair to say that there are less success
stories around these days than in the past. We
thought, therefore, that you wouldn’t mind reading
about one such story, even though the company is
not associated with the industry.
With an increase
in turnov e r f r om £1.2million in
2001 to £12.4
million in 2003,
and ri s ing,
Roma Medical Aids are clearly doing something
right.
In 2001 Simon Dalton, Harmer Roberts and John
Pitt left their jobs with a medical aids company
and bought RMA. The company had been in existence
for 25 years, had a turnover of just over £1
million but was not really going anywhere. The
first task, therefore, was to expand the product
range from manufacturing wheelchairs, walking
sticks and homecare products to incorporate power
products and scooters.
One of the next tasks was to install a computer
system that could support the increasing workload.
This is where we came in.
MAP4 was already very familiar to the team, as
their previous company had been a user for many
years, and Simon called us in August 2001, to discuss
their requirements. Having known them for
over 15 years, we knew that negotiations would be
tough, but a deal was struck and a 4 user MAP4
system was installed in the October.
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long before they needed to increase the number of
MAP4 users, and an upgrade to a 10 user licence
was soon effected.
The next major problem they had to overcome
was one of space, or the lack of it. An ncreased
product range, scooters in articular, meant a need
for more storage space. They had already taken
over two additional units on the trading estate, and
the prospect of a fourth warehouse was just too
much to consider. So they commissioned the
building of new bespoke 65,000 square foot premises
on Bridgend Industrial Estate.
By now the MAP4 system had been upgraded to
16 users, all fully networked, with the manufacturing
facilities of the Works Order Processing, Bill
of Materials and MRP modules implemented to
supplement the Stock, Order Processing and Accounting
functions.
In January 2004,
they moved into
their new premises
and, apart
from the normal
teething problems that you would expect of such a
move, it all went very smoothly.
We have since upgraded their IT structure with a
20 user Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 system,
providing them with instant Internet and
email facilities from each PC, integrated with
MAP4.
All in all, quite a success story, wouldn’t you say?
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