July 3, 2008 at 2:09 am · Filed under software
Chiropractic offices, like all other medical practices, can certainly benefit from a good office software program. Tasks such as filing, appointment scheduling and insurance claims can be done in a matter of minutes, rather than hours or days. These are among the most important reasons to purchase a high-quality program; chiropractic office software can greatly reduce the cost of office staff and increase productivity.
It is vital that the chiropractic office obtain the right software program. It is in the practice’s best interest to thoroughly evaluate the office’s needs. A good way to accomplish this is to talk to the office staff and ask for their input. Since your staff will be the primary users of the software, it is imperative to find out what could assist in their most important tasks. For instance, if the practice has been having retention issues, speak to your vendor about a program that specializes in marketing and retention.
After you have gathered information about the needs of the office staff, you can begin the search process. Having a good list of needs is a crucial first step in finding the right program for your office. It is suggested that you contact several vendors to get a good idea of what they have to offer, not only in the software realm, but in customer support. There may be a slight learning curve when adapting to a new chiropractic office software program and you need to be sure the vendor will have the back-end support you may need. Many vendors will have a demonstration CD or program you may download from their website. This is a good opportunity to have the office staff toy-around with it a bit and see how comfortable they are with the particular program.
One of the most sought after features in chiropractic office software deals with patient data. Not only are you able to gather demographic data (name, address, phone), with many of these programs you are able to download copies of X-Rays and photos. This can be quite a handy feature for the busy chiropractor instead of waiting hours or days for the same information. Chiropractors from around the country enjoy this feature, not only for its practical uses, but also as a marketing tool. These programs can make it easier to remember to send birthday cards, new patient welcome letters and mail merging. Many doctors enjoy sending a personal note and the recipients appreciate the gesture.
Chiropractic office software also enables the office staff to easily set up appointments and take referrals from current patients. With the built-in features of most office programs, staff can track and maintain reports regarding appointments and referrals while maintaining contact with former patients. It is the goal of the chiropractic practice to initiate and maintain client interaction, and with a good office software program, these tasks can be easily managed.
The staff is also able to create detailed reports using many of today’s software programs. The business manager can easily view and track appointments, income and expenses to get an idea of how smoothly and effectively the business are running. Reports can also give the chiropractor a good knowledge of the competence of his or her office staff. The capabilities of chiropractic office software are virtually endless and the benefits are numerous.
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July 2, 2008 at 2:01 am · Filed under software
Procurement management can be defined as the independent monitoring or tracking of manufacturing processes to purchase order requirements. An implicit assumption of Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) analysis is that the purchase price per unit is constant. In an inflationary period, this assumption is not valid. If the rate of inflation is predictable the EOQ formula can be applied.
The standard EOQ model assumes that materials can be procured instantaneously, and hence implies that the firm may place an order for replenishment when the inventory level drops to zero. In the real world, however, time is required for the procurement of materials, and hence the order level must be such that inventory at the time of ordering suffices to meet the needs of production during the procurement period.
If the usage rate of materials and the lead time for procurement are known with certainty then the ordering level would simply be lead time in days for procurement, multiplied by the average daily usage. When the usage rate and lead time are likely to vary, the reorder level should be higher than the normal consumption period requirement during the procurement period, to provide a measure of safety in face of variability of usage and lead time. Put differently, the reorder level should be equal to normal consumption, added by the safety stock.
When both the lead time and usage rate vary, which is often the case, and the range of variation is wide, complete protection against stockout may require an excessively large safety stock. Since inventory-carrying costs are proportional to the level of inventories carried, it rarely makes sense to seek total protection against stockout. In view of the trade-off between stockout cost and inventory carrying cost, the optimal level of safety stock is usually much less than the level of safety stock required to achieve total protection against stockout.
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July 1, 2008 at 2:26 am · Filed under software
Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Solomon and Axapta are Microsoft Business Solutions ERP applications, serving to the whole spectrum of vertical and horizontal markets. Assuming that you already have one of these systems installed and implemented we would like to give you - IT director, Database Administrator, Programmer, Software Developer, Controller your options in supporting/upgrading Microsoft Great Plains for your company
It is always good idea to install everything on your own - however Great Plains requires combination of computer networking, some programming, good accounting/distribution/logistics/reporting background - so it is not a surprise that Microsoft Business Solutions requires their customers to have specially assigner Microsoft Great Plains Partner/VAR/Reseller to serve the account.
First Scenario. Due to the recession your former MBS partner went out of business, leaving you without support and you lapsed in payment annual enhancement fee. This is very common scenario - in fact Microsoft Business Solutions introduced direct quoting to the companies like yours - just to insure that you have an option to pay this required maintenance fee. In this situation - you can not get new version/migration tool, etc. until you get your company reinstated in MBS enhancement program. What you need to do is these:
1. Find reasonably inexpensive MBS partner and switch to it as your MBS VAR - it is very easy to change your VAR - you compose the letter stating that you would like to switch to company ABC as your MBS VAR, sign it and fax to your new VAR.
2. MBS Promotions - Microsoft has promotion programs for orphans like your company to be re-enrolled into annual enhancement program, usually with small additional charge, for example in October 2004 you could get your reinstatement for 20% of the software list price (normal price is 16%)
Second Scenario. You need to migrate from Pervasive SQL/ctree to Microsoft SQL Server/MSDE. It is known fact that Microsoft decided to breach contract with Pervasive Software and stop supporting Microsoft Great Plains 7.5 and earlier versions on Pervasive SQL 2000. You need to migrate to MS SQL Server ASAP - or you will be out of support
1. As in the first scenario - select your MBS partner or ask you old partner to give you the quote on Migration tool (k$1.5-k$2)
2. Migrate on your own - or send your data to migration specialist - your partner may provide these services - normal price is 8 hours of consulting fee
Third Scenario. You have bunch of Great Plains Dexterity, VBA, SQL customizations and need upgrade and your former GP reseller is not providing customization upgrade services (due to the fact that all developers were laid off several years ago)
1. Locate customization partner. Usually you have to find small nation-wide VAR, who serves you via remote support. Switch to this partner
2. Ask for customization analysis - most of the old customization pieces should be migrated to new technologies, like Dexterity to SQL and Crystal Reports, web publishing, eConnect, etc. Don’t pay for upgrade “as is” - you will lock yourself with the problems
Also couple of hints about how do you switch the partner. It is actually more easy than you may think - you just send to your new proposed partner the letter in free format saying that you would like to switch to you as my Microsoft Business Solutions partner - and this is it.
About The Author
Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, based in Chicago, Arizona, Georgia, California, Texas, New York, Florida and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer. Andrew can be reached: 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, akarasev@albaspectrum.com
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