Organizational Relationships with Synergy

July 6th, 2010 No comments »

Businesses that use Exact’s Synergy software to help manage Accounts such as Prospects and Customers have asked for functionality such as “Who does this Contact Person report to?” 

In standard Synergy, this information could be put into the notes for each contact person, but it would be very difficult to extract this information. 

With our new Synergy tool, we are able to capture this information on each Contact card.  Modifications can be made easily by all Resources within your organization, even if they do not have the rights to make changes to the card.  A button is added to your Contacts screen to allow the displaying of this information in a easy to view format.

For more information, visit the www.synergyexpert.com website.

National Take Your Dog to Work Day

June 12th, 2010 No comments »

PetProducts360.com wants you to mark your calendars.  June 25th is National take your dog to work day.

To prepare your dog for a successful day at the office, he should be comfortable in new environments and greeting strangers. That means providing lots of practice before the big day by taking him along with you everywhere dogs are welcome such as to parks, dog-friendly restaurants with outdoor seating and pet stores.   When you’re out and about, teach your dog to sit while being petted rather than jumping up on the greeters. This will be especially important when you take him or her to the office. Good manners will go a long way and your boss and co-workers might even invite him back again.

If your co-workers bring their dogs to work too, make sure your dog and the others are dog-friendly before allowing any interactions. The last thing you’d want to do is have a public dog fight! That would be a sure-fire way to put the kibosh on next year’s event! If all the dogs are friendly and have been well-socialized, interactions should be done on leash, fully supervised, kept short and sweet (5-10 minutes at a time) and ended on a positive note. Calling your dog back to you and giving him a reward for coming when called is a great way to end a short play session.

Having a safe rest area like a bed or kennel gives your pet a place to relax.

According to a survey of working adults over the age of 18 conducted by The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, nearly one in five U.S. companies allows pets in the workplace. If your workplace isn’t among them and you’d like it to be, here are some other findings disclosed by the survey:

• Fifty-five million Americans believe having pets in the workplace leads to a more creative environment.
•Fifty-three million believe having pets in the workplace decreases absenteeism.
• Fifty-million believe having pets there helps co-workers get along better.
• Thirty-eight million believe having pets in the workplace creates a more productive work environment.
• Thirty-two million believe having pets in the workplace decreases smoking there.
• Thirty-seven million believe having pets in the workplace helps improve the relationship between managers and their employees.
And, 46 million people who bring their pets to the workplace work longer hours.

One thing is certain, if your company allows its employees to participate in Take Your Dog to Work Day this year, I bet there won’t be an empty desk to be found June 25!

SynergyExperts Publishes Manual / EventPak for Projects

March 27th, 2010 No comments »

SynergyExperts, the organization that creates Tools and Manuals for Exact’s Synergy Module announces that a new Manual / EventPak has been published and available for immediate sale.

The manual demonstrates a Project with over 85 milestones and tasks for the development of new products.  Using this manual, an organization can quickly begin the implementation of this module in Synergy for Projects.

This manual (over 150 pages) demonstrates the use of Projects within the Synergy module.  Custom Requests (and how to build them) are shown, allowing an organization to mimic the information in the manual. 

Four custom ASP pages were created to allow an organization to view Milestones, Tasks, Notes and Time Entry information directly from the Project Card in Synergy.

This manual and other Tools, Tips, EventPaks and other manuals are available at www.synergyexpert.com

A Guide to Selecting Sheet Protectors

March 15th, 2010 No comments »

Selecting Sheet Protectors for business or personal use can sometimes be confusing.  Our new website www.sheetprotectors.biz sells a wide variety of these products for all types of requirements.  One of our best selling products is the traditional sheet protector with the black paper with side loading.  We have created a downloadable guide to help you with the selection process.

Come to us when you need to find sheet protectors.  And we offer “Free Shipping” on orders over $75.  Download our Guide here.

PetProducts360.com adds PetTracking

February 28th, 2010 No comments »

PetProducts36.com has just added a new inovative product called The Spotlight GPS Pet Locator

This SpotLight GPS Pet Locator, is dedicated to giving pet owners complete peace of mind through the most advanced technologies for pet tracking and through our partner AKC CAR Companion Animal Recovery (AKC CAR) for recovery services.

This combination of support ensures owners are always connected to their pets and supports our mission to achieve a single ultimate goal: no missing pet will ever go unfound.

 

On Demand Access

Locate your pet on the SpotLight GPS Pet Locator website (SpotLightGPS.com) using your cell phone, smart phone or personal computer. Or you can text message us from your cell phone, or give us a call at 1.888.DOG-LOC8, and we can tell you where your pet is located – anytime, anywhere in the U.S. with pinpoint accuracy. You can even receive turn-by-turn directions to your lost dog sent to your mobile device and/or your personal computer, so you won’t lose any time tracking and recovering your lost dog.

 

Customized Unlimited and Multiple SafeSpots

Easily customize your own SafeSpots – locations where you know your dog is safe, like your backyard, your vacation home or the local park. Whenever your dog leaves a SafeSpot, you’ll receive an alert with your dog’s location by text message, email or both. You can also set up SafeSpots to give you multiple alerts. For example, if your primary SafeSpot circles your home, you could make a second SafeSpot that circles your neighborhood. That way, you’d get one alert if your dog left home and another if he left your neighborhood

 

Convenient…and Water Resistant

Compact, durable and lightweight (only 2.5 ounces), SpotLight GPS Pet Locator easily fits on your dog’s collar. Plus, it’s water resistant.

 

Secure Strap

SpotLight GPS Pet Locator comes with a rugged strap that you can easily attach to any of your dog’s collars.

Watchdog Monitors Your Exact Event Manager Events

February 19th, 2010 No comments »

An EventPak is available to monitor Events in Exact’s Event Manager Software Module.  If you are using the Event Manager to trigger events in Macola Progression, Macola ES or Synergy, this tool will save you from having to proactively visit the Monitor to veiw activities.

This EventPak monitors 31 unique events that have been scheduled and triggered.  This was created as a tool that would alert system administrators of:

  • Errors with scheduled events 
  • Events that were created, modified or triggered

Best part of this EventPak is that it is free.  You may enhance it for your business requirements, nothing is protected in this tool. 

If you are interested in this EventPak, contact us at info@synergyexpert.com or visit our site and download it yourself.

Using Projects in Synergy – How to Start

February 17th, 2010 No comments »

In response to inquiries from customers about the use of Projects with the Exact Synergy product, the staff at www.synergyexperts.com is creating a new EventPak.  This tool will help customers understand the use of Projects within Synergy, with a new user manual. 

Creating and Tracking Milestones has always been a manual process with Synergy.  The Event Manager portion of the EventPak will automatically create Requests which are Milestone Related upon the creation of new projects.  A Manager needs to add information such as Starting and Completion Target Dates, Expected Hours and other data to begin the monitoring of the projects.

Requests have been created to track time spent on the various A Request has also been created to allow the tracking of additional notes as the project progresses.

The EventPak provides reports which allow for the monitoring of the Milestones and other important Project details.   These reports can be linked directly to the Project screen with the use of Exact’s SDK tool – which can be done with your Business partner quickly with the instructions provided in the kit.

A video is being created shortly and will be available on our website.  This EventPak will be released for sale on March 1, 2010 and will be initially priced at $250.  Begin using Synergy’s Project functionality quickly and with minimal expense.

Different Uses of Shop Ticket Holders by Businesses

February 17th, 2010 No comments »

Shop Ticket Folders are used by all types of businesses, replacing standard Sheet Protectors due to their size and options.

We are often asked by potential customers to assist them in finding the correct “Protective Holder” for what they consider their unique business requirements.  Here are some common uses for our Shop Ticket Holders:

Manufacturers use Shop Ticket Holders to follow production jobs around the manufacturing Process.  These holders typically contain work instructions and bills of materials for the specific job.  These Shop Ticket Holders may have a grommet at the top center, off-centered or utilize a hanging strap.  They may be clear on both sides or they may have a pressboard back.  Black is the traditional color for the edges and stitching or you may choose bright neon stitching (to highlight important or rush jobs).

Manufacturers may wish to package their small products in a Folder to enhance their appearance and ensure small parts do not get lost.  In addition to the options described above, you may wish to use the industrial zippered holders.

Distributors use these products on the warehouse shelves for storing easily accessible inventory cards.  Our most common items are the magnetic holders that attaché to file cabinets or racks in the warehouse.

Distributors of items such as Comic Books use holders to store and ship their products.  One of the features that they find useful is the High Capacity Shop Ticket Holders, which expands to hold a large number of documents, and can even include a flap with Velcro closures.

Office workers may wish to purchase the Reuseable Dry Erase Pockets to store documents and allow writing on the pockets to designate specific tasks or information.  The self adhesive holders are great for placing instruction sheets for various office products (such as copiers) close to the machines. 

Automobile and Repair Garages use Shop Ticket Holders to store both the document that describes the problems and work requested along with the key for the vehicle.  The Dual Pocket Shop Ticket Holders allow multiple items to be kept in separate pockets.

As you are reviewing your requirements for Shop Ticket Holders, you will find that our suppliers have created different products that can solve unique business needs.  Contact us for assistance at www.ProOffice360.com

Dental Health Month for your Pet

February 13th, 2010 No comments »

February is dental health month.  PetProducts360 is dedicated to the health and well begin of our pets.  So it is a good time to review the most prevalent dental disease in our dogs and cats; periodontal disease. Would you be surprised to know that periodontal disease is the most common disorder in dogs and cats affecting 80% of our pets over the age of three years.  Although veterinarians have long recognized the link between oral health and systemic health only recently has solid scientific data emerged linking the two. Periodontal disease is the number one reason for extraction of teeth in our pets especially in small breed dogs.

So what is periodontal disease? It is primarily an infection underneath the gum line closely associated with the periodontal ligament, which anchors the teeth to skull or jaw. Secondarily, the immune response of the body reacting to the infection resulting in destruction of that ligament and the surrounding bone and gingiva(gums). Basically pockets of pus surrounding the tooth.

What are the symptoms? Bad breath or any change in the odour of you pets breath. Other signs include quivering of the jaw, reluctance to play with toys, excessive salivation, reluctance to eat hard food, build up of tartar and reddening of the gums

Prevention of periodontal disease requires us to brush our pets teeth 4-5 times per week using a pet toothpaste.  There are chew toys and treats designed to clean the teeth. Choose the ones with the VOHC seal, which means they had clinical trials done on them to prove that these products decrease the level of dental disease. Once your pet has periodontal disease the only treatment is a professional periodontal treatment under general anesthesia. ( I try to avoid procedures that use general aneshesia since there is always a risk associated with this, especially as our pets age.)  This requires scaling under the gum line which is painful and cannot be accomplished on an awake animal.  This is the same process as used on humans except for the general anesthetic.  Speaking from personal experiance I would have preferred the general. The bottom line is, if your pet has periodontal disease it needs professional treatment. That treatment is only offered under the care of a veterinarian.

Teeth with significant longstanding periodontal disease and bone loss unfortunately need to be extracted in most cases. These teeth can usually be saved but require lots of home care and repeat visits. People who have periodontal disease probably visit their dentist every 3-6 months to save their teeth and our pets are no different.

Periodontal surgery involves cutting the gums away from the tooth. This allows deep pockets to be cleaned in a way that not possible from above the gum line.  The results can be amazing. Not every tooth should or can be salvaged and not every budget will allow us to save these teeth. Extraction of these teeth relieves the pet of chronic pain and source of a festering infection that can affect systemic health. The goal is a healthy pain free mouth and there is more than one way to achieve this goal. Brushing your pets teeth 4-5 times a week is great and also the least expensive way to help maintain a healthy pain free mouth.

We will soon be offering a number of dental items in our health care center.  Please watch for upcoming announcements.

PetProducts360.com is Live on the Internet

January 27th, 2010 No comments »

On Monday of this week, www.petproducts360.com went live on the internet.  After months of researching Pet Industry trends, selecting vendors and building a world-class internet site, the site was turned on.  

Our plan is to offer high quality pet cages (for birds or small animals) and other accessories that consumers will be hard pressed to find in local pet shops or major big box chains.

A copy of the full press release can be found at this link.