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Vineyardsoft CorporationPresents:
“Anyone who needs to know something now has no excuse not to know.”
Neil Montgomery, “Eyes Everywhere”ComputerWorld Magazine
www.sageknowledgesync.com
Sage KnowledgeSync“Alerts on Steroids”
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About Us . . .
Who is Vineyardsoft?
We are the developer of Sage KnowledgeSync. Our history:
-- Started in 1999-- Over 5,000 clients
Our History:
-- Sage Software “Endorsed Partner” for Alerts & Workflow-- TMCLabs “Editor’s Choice”-- ISV of the Year-- Partner’s Choice Award-- VARBusiness Five-Star Award
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An application that automatically monitors business activities or transactions in order to provide employees with time-sensitive insight, helping them perform their tasks more efficiently and intelligently .
Sage KnowledgeSync uses a rules-based engine to perform advanced data analysis and execute pre-determined procedural workflow as response actions.
The result is that organizations increase their daily operational efficiency, improve their management of transactional “exceptions”, and reduce “data latency”.
Sage KnowledgeSync is . . .
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Four components:
-- Data Mining (Business Intelligence)-- Alerts-- Form, Document, & Report Distribution-- Workflow
Clients use it to:
• Monitor business data and . . .
• Trigger Alerts (page a technician)• Generate & Deliver Forms (send a client an invoice)• Trigger & Distribute Reports (send a forecast rpt to a manager)• Trigger Task Creation (schedule a follow-up phone call)• Integrate Application Data (create an order from a closed sale)• Process Incoming Email (create a support ticket)
Sage KnowledgeSync consists of . . .
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Sage KnowledgeSync identifies conditions such as . . .
Overdue receivables (re-send invoice or dunning notice)
Suppliers with perpetually late deliveries
Terms discounts that are about to expire
Inventory stock approaching re-order level
Receipts against purchase order lines
Orders with unapproved discounts
Overstocks for products that need to be sold or written off
Clients whose monthly sales dropped by at least ‘x’ percent (trend analysis)
Clients put on / taken off credit hold
Clients on credit hold who have open sales opportunities in a CRM system
Financial Conditions
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Sage KnowledgeSync monitors manufacturing . . .
Project delays
Cost overruns (or potential cost overruns)
Order configuration errors (missing components, duplicate orders, etc.)
Product price & cost errors, gross margin too low
RMA alerts; reported defects; late shipments or deliveries
Customers who have not ordered within ‘x’ days
Changes to project start or estimated completion dates
Tasks requiring review or approval
Special pricing begins or ends within ‘x days
Purchase Order receipts against backordered line items
Manufacturing Processes
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Sage KnowledgeSync tracks your assets for . . .
Leases about to expire
Assets due for maintenance
Abnormal service record (more than ‘x’ service calls)
Excessive cost increases in Service plans
Missing parts (theft)
Assets that are due to be received within ‘x’ days
Asset ownership changes
Amortization and depreciation errors
Assets that are due to be written off
Asset repairs that are overdue for delivery
Asset / Equipment Tracking
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Sage KnowledgeSync monitors and auto-processes incoming email, such as . . .
Email messages sent to generic account such as “info” or “sales”
Support-related emails – auto-creating support tickets in an underlying application
Emails that are from existing clients, partners or vendors – matching the sender of the email with the corresponding contact record in your CRM or Financial application
Emails that are from new clients – automatically creating the appropriate account and/or contact records in your CRM or Finance databases
Website requests for information, automatically sending back the requested materials
Website form registrations, automatically updating your applications with the details of who signed up for what
Web form content, automatically sending a receipt confirmation back to the person who filled out the form, and notifying your staff about that visitor
Email Monitoring
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Uncompleted activitiesChanges to sales opportunitiesDips in a salesrep’s pipelineProspects not contacted in ‘x’ daysLimited-time specialsChanges in buying habitsSalesreps who don’t synchOverloaded support repsRepeat buying incentivesLeads not followed-up on
Clients put on/off credit holdOverdue receivables/dunning noticesSending order confirmationsStock that is nearing its re-order levelDelayed order/part shipmentAuto-gen picking listsOrders with un-approved discountsEarly payment discountsMatch incoming stock with backordersTime-sensitive stock
KnowledgeSync can combine data from multiple applications and analyze it jointly, such as calculating whether a new lead in a CRM application
would put a client over their credit limit in their financial application.
CRM Finance
Cross-Application Analysis (I)
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Uncompleted activitiesChanges to sales opportunitiesDips in a salesrep’s pipelineProspects not contacted in ‘x’ daysLimited-time specialsChanges in buying habitsSalesreps who don’t synchOverloaded support repsRepeat buying incentivesLeads not followed-up on
Clients put on/off credit holdOverdue receivables/dunning noticesSending order confirmationsStock that is nearing its re-order levelDelayed order/part shipmentAuto-gen picking listsOrders with un-approved discountsEarly payment discountsMatch incoming stock with backordersTime-sensitive stock
. . . Or looking for manufacturing jobs due to start today for clients who haven’t been contacted in
over 30 days by their salesrep.
CRMMRP
Cross-Application Analysis (II)
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Uncompleted activitiesChanges to sales opportunitiesDips in a salesrep’s pipelineProspects not contacted in ‘x’ daysLimited-time specialsChanges in buying habitsSalesreps who don’t synchOverloaded support repsRepeat buying incentivesLeads not followed-up on
Clients put on/off credit holdOverdue receivables/dunning noticesSending order confirmationsStock that is nearing its re-order levelDelayed order/part shipmentAuto-gen picking listsOrders with un-approved discountsEarly payment discountsMatch incoming stock with backordersTime-sensitive stock
Or even combining Email and ERP data to see if any newly-received email messages are from clients who have overdue invoices
in the ERP database.
FinanceEmail
Cross-Application Analysis (III)
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TriggeredAlerts
DeliveryMonitoring
Cross-AppMonitoringE-Mail
MonitoringDatabase
Monitoring
O/SMonitoring
Email Cell Phone
Pager/PDA Fax
Screen Pop Web
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Email WebFTP
TriggeredReports
TriggeredAlerts
DeliveryMonitoring
Cross-AppMonitoringE-Mail
MonitoringDatabase
Monitoring
O/SMonitoring
Email Cell Phone
Pager/PDA Fax
Screen Pop Web
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KnowledgeSync generates & delivers Forms, Documents, and Reports either as scheduled, or based on business conditions, such as . . .
Delivering Invoices for newly-created orders
Sending out monthly customer statements
Generating Picking tickets / Picking lists
Producing daily, weekly, or monthly reports, such as Stock Status or A/R Aging reports
Auto-sending dunning notices for clients who are behind on their payments
Delivering work orders for mobile service technicians
Generating purchase orders for items nearing their re-order level
Reporting on leases and contracts about to expire
Sending out thank-you letters, surveys, birthday greetings, etc.
Enabling customer self-service reports
Form, Document, & Rpt Generation
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TriggeredUpdates
API ToolsetEmail WebFTP
TriggeredReports
Email Cell Phone
Pager/PDA Fax
Screen Pop Web
TriggeredAlerts
DeliveryMonitoring
Cross-AppMonitoringE-Mail
MonitoringDatabase
Monitoring
O/SMonitoring
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KnowledgeSync can auto-update your applications, such as . . .
Creating a scheduled follow-up call after an order is placed
Copying order details from an ERP system to a CRM system
Updating the status of an “approved” request
Re-assigning a project that has reached a certain stage
Updating a client’s history with the details of an overdue invoice
Exporting financial data to a spreadsheet, Access database, or external file
Updating a client’s records with the details of a received email message
Creating a new client record based on a web inquiry or order
Auto-placing a client on Hold based on overdue receivables
Synchronizing data between multiple applications
Triggered Data Updates
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Alert Events for:
CRM:
Sage CRM SalesLogixSage CRMACT! by Sage SoftwareMicrosoft Dynamics CRMMaximizerSalesforce.comGoldMineProtrak
Finance & MRP/ERP:
Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics AXMicrosoft Dynamics SLSage MAS90Sage MAS200Sage MAS500Sage PFWSage Accpac ERPSage Pro ERPSage BusinessWorksSage Timberline OfficeSage PeachtreeExonetExact Macola ProgressionExact Macola ESExact GlobeExact MAX
Quote, Doc, & RFP Mgmt:
QuoteWerksQwikQuoteSantPragmatechAltecDocuware
Other:
Exact e-SynergyHEATSupportDeskGoalCentrixTimeLinxSage FASTrackItMicrosoft ProjectOperating System
. . . And you can easily create yourown events for any other applicationsthat use an ODBC-compliant database.
Pre-Configured “Events”
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KnowledgeSync Enterprise Alerts $1,799 $399
Sends alerts about any conditions via any device;
Add Forms, Documents, Reports $499 $99Add Data Updates $999 $199
Monitor an Additional Application $1,995 $399
(Or monitor incoming email or the Operating System)
Monitor Unlimited Applications $8,695 $1,700
Includes all functionality plus the ability to monitorthe Operating System & Incoming Email
Licensing Options
License M&S
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One solution for all your applications
One Technology; focused development
One Consistent Interface
Cross-Application capability
Includes Email & OS monitoring
Scalable & Reliable
An Enterprise-Wide Solution
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-- Less information; more knowledge. Spend less time asking for, producing, and reviewing information. Automatically get only what you need to make theappropriate decisions.
-- Faster response. Reduce data latency; beat the other guy to the punch.
-- Fewer omissions & errors.
-- Automate repetitive tasks. Leverage “human time” and use it for those tasksthat really need it.
-- Expand internal awareness. Reduce the errors that occur thru departmentalizedbusiness intelligence.
-- Increase your customers’ awareness of you.
Return On Investment