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www.accuramis.com

The complete MIS system for the printing industry

Summary of Accura benefits:

Know your profit BEFORE you take a job on!

Estimate quicker, more accurately & consistently

Increase quote-to-order conversion ratios

Target more profitable work and/or clients

Control & plan workflow better

Improve cash-flow & credit control

Respond quicker to clients

Reduce errors & wastage

Increase capacity without more staff!

Retain more customers, build loyalty

Execute a pro-active sales & marketing campaign

Gain a competitive edge

Save Time & Money!

Why do you need Accura?

Accura will help you develop and grow your business in five key areas:

Automating your processes Understanding your costs Building proactive sales & marketing Gaining a competitive edge Customer retention

Automation: The Accura core module computerises all your internal administration processes, increasing efficiency and reducing costly errors by allowing you to work “smarter not harder”.

Understand your costs: Our unique “Cost-Rate-Calculator” lets you quickly & easily determine your TRUE hourly cost rates using YOUR overheads and productivity. You can have complete confidence in your estimating.

Proactive sales & marketing: The Accura CRM module will proactively build an effective sales & marketing campaign to both new & existing customers and improve your professional image.

Gaining an “edge”: In short, what makes your company different?... AccuraOnline will give you a unique competitive edge by offering something no other printer can - web quoting/ordering, proofing and stock management to your clients 24/7. Using the internet geographic limits are re-moved, you can open up new markets nationally or even internationally.

Customer retention: Your existing customers know you, they trust you, there is a “relationship”. By building the Accura MIS module-by-module it will develop into a complete business solution so that you can offer products and a level of service they cannot get elsewhere - thus retaining more clients.

Let Accura “Empower YOUR Business”.

Empower Your Business www.accuramis.com

Data Design Services Ltd, Lakesbury Mews, Hiltingbury Road, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 5SS, UK

Tel:+44 (0) 23 80240470 Fax: +44 (0) 23 80252573sales@accuramis.com www.accuramis.com

Why you should be talking to us:

Over 600 printers already use Accura

Developing MIS for the printing industry since 1988

Our staff are from printing backgrounds - we talk your language!

On-site training - we come to you!

Free ongoing software upgrades (subject to contract)

Full support via telephone, email, website & modem

Distributors around the world

Your own dedicated regional account manager

Reference sites available on request

Visit accuramis.com for a demo today.

Modules include:

A Modular Structure

Establish what your TRUE hourly cost rate is for each cost centre in your business using industry standard “cost-plus” principles. This easy-to-use spreadsheet makes the task simple.

Direct factory recording of time & material usage using “start/stop” timers. Supports

both keyboard and barcode input. Also provides proofing, delivery notes/labels &

visual tracking board.

Fully integrated sales & marketing functions to monitor sales activity, “to-do” lists, diary planner, e-shots, faxshots or mailshots with integration to MS Outlook. Setup & monitor marketing campaigns and produce sales forecasts.

Compare actual labour, material & outwork costs against the estimated

figures to analyse profitability and produce performance reports.

Management reports include value-added analysis, work-in-progress and cost-centre

efficiency.

Our unique e-commerce solution lets your customers access their data 24/7 from their desktop. They can generate quotes, place orders, check proofs, call-off stock. Win new business, retain more accounts, gain a competitive edge, widen your target market.

Raise supplier purchase orders with ease and fax/email direct from screen. Book materials into stock & compare purchase invoices against

order value to highlight pricing issues.

Accura MISEase of use. Flexibility. Expandability. Affordability

In today’s competitive business climate margins are slim and customer expectations on price, quality and timescale are ever more demanding. To be successful every printing business needs to control costs, improve efficiency, develop new markets, and gain a competitive “edge”.

Without an Accura MIS system, managing these complexities is both time-consuming and difficult. Accura provides all the information you need to manage your business in one easy-to-use, flexible, expandable, yet affordable system.

Let Accura “Empower your business”

Accura - The Complete MIS Suite

Accura consists of a core module comprising all of the functionality needed to build your MIS system. This includes a comprehensive set of standard features that typically would be expensive add-on modules in other systems, including: Estimating, Production, Proofing, Dispatch and Invoicing. The core system can be easily expanded with additional modules or user licenses at any time.

Empower your business

Naturally market forces play a part in anybusiness; however you cannot allow this to dictate pricing unless you know you are retaining a margin. Only by using the “management information” provided by Accura will you know your true costs, profitmargins, and how the business is performing on a day-to-day basis.

KEY questions Accura will answer:

What are my TRUE hourly cost rates? How much un-invoiced work do I have? Which are my most profitable job types and/or clients? What is my quote-to-order conversion ratio? How much work have we lost this month and why?

“Cost plus” estimating

Accura uses the industry standard “Cost-Plus” system of estimating - whereby quotes are calculated at cost, then a markup is applied. This way you always know the profit margin in a job BEFORE you take it on.In printing, time literally is money - if your presses are idle they still cost you money. Under-estimating will hit your profits; over-estimating will lose you work. Establishing your TRUE hourly cost rate is key and Accura has all the tools to help you achieve this.

What makes Accura different from other MIS Systems?Fully-featured core module

Accura gives you all of the rich functionality needed as standard in our core module - you don’t need to buy the expensive

“add-ons” in other systems.

Powerful yet affordableWe believe Accura is unmatched for comprehensive features at

an affordable price point that ANY size of printer can justify.

MultitaskingRun estimating, production, invoicing or any module

concurrently without having to save and return back to the main menu - this is not possible

in many systems.

Ease-of-useThis is an overused term, however with Accura it truly applies. We use an icon

driven interface with clear uncluttered screens and intuitive workflow - just ask our users.

Fast setup & training

Beware systems that take 8-10 days training to setup, this tells you how complex they are - a

typical Accura system can be up & running in only 2-3 days.

Expandable - future proofThere are some simplistic systems

which are “dead-end”, you will quickly “outgrow” them as your needs change.

Accura can be expanded in size & modules at any time, you will never

outgrow your investment.

Full support & backupWe invest heavily in providing support services

that are second to none - we pride ourselves on being “Big enough to cope, small

enough to care”.

Macintosh supportUsing a Windows server and “Terminal

Services” licenses you can even run Accura from a Macintosh using OSX.

Integral report-designer

With Accura there is no need to buy additional third-party software for report or document changes -

Accura has an embedded layout designer.

Advanced communicationsAccura seamlessly supports the latest forms of

communication including email, internet-fax, sms, and voip - all as standard.

No hidden costs

With Accura - what you see is what you get - no hidden costs or charges.

Manage both raw stock and finished goods. Set re-order

levels, monitor pricing and get instant stock valuation and activity

reports.

MULTICOMPANY

Run multiple company data sets for each company in your group from one Accura installation. Multi-site support via internet connection to a common network server.

Streamline deliveries with instant dispatch notification by email to the

client and delivery note & parcel label printing.

Invoice quicker without re-keying data & introducing errors.Improve credit control & cash-flow, ensure extras are charged, export data to accounts software.

Proof workflow emails the proof acceptance & artwork to the

client for approval. Jobs are taken on/off hold

automatically.

Estimate quickly, accurately & consistently for up to 5 quantities. An estimate template library stores commonly asked-for configurations. Includes material, overs, ink usage & press optimisation. Email/fax quotes directly from screen.

Process orders with ease automatically extracting estimated data and

producing the job-sheet and orderacknowledgement. Order status windows,

visual tracking and over 20 standard production reports allow you to monitor and

control workflow effectively.

The Accura Core Module comes as standard and provides all the

essential functionality you require including: Estimating, Production, Proofing,

Dispatch and Invoicing with export links to all major accounting software.

Features include: Spell-checking, Fax/email, SMS/Voip, Integrated layout designer, Markup profiles,

Standard phrases