Info-Alert is
an automated “alert” system which, on a daily basis, will search
your business systems data looking for conditions that meet a
specific set of parameters that you have defined. Once any of these
conditions are found it sends an alert, either via email or by
report, to those persons assigned to receive the alert. There can
be many predefined alerts for your application in a variety of
categories such as Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Inventory,
Purchasing, etc. You pick and choose which alerts are applicable to
your business.
For each
predefined alert you can establish a set of criteria. For example,
“only review customers in my “A” group and only for those assigned
to a specific “Sales Rep”. Each alert allows you to establish
multiple scenarios of parameters in order that you can send alerts
for different “groups” of information to different people.
Yes, Info-Alert
comes with various predefined alerts. All would be considered common
items that most businesses would like to be alerted on. You select
which of the predefined alerts would be useful to your company.
Additional alerts will also be included in periodic product updates
for those who are current on the enhancement/maintenance plan.
How easy is it to set up initially and begin using ... ?
Very Easy. You
can quickly install Info-Alert and begin using it almost immediately
if you like. After you let Info-Alert know where your data is, all
that is left is to select the alerts you want to use and indicate
where you want the information sent, (via Email or Report). Most
businesses would also choose to review the parameters for each alert
and make adjustments that relate more specifically to their own
company. Making adjustments to the parameters is a quick and easy
process. After the initial setup, Info-Alert will run each night
unattended, reviewing your data for information you have requested.
Can Info-Alert be customized for new alerts ... ?
Once you have Info-Alert installed
you may want to have some of the more specific aspects of your
business
addressed by Info-Alert.
Your dealer can work with you to identify the specifics of any new
alerts, then create and install them directly into the Info-Alert
engine.
Can Info-Alert be attached to other Databases ... ?
Other than your current accounting
software many of us have various databases in our office. These may
be used for Delivery Schedules, Customer Contracts, Production
Tracking, etc. Most Microsoft or ODBC compliant databases can
easily be connected and mapped, by ICS or your dealer, to Info-Alert
to allow you to generate alerts based on your company specific data.
Using Info-Alert without email ... ?
If you don’t have a compatible email system, or choose not to use
it, Info-Alert can be setup to provide all of the same notifications
via reports. The reports can be configured to print daily, weekly or
monthly and will print to user-defined printers automatically each
night.
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