Apiary Software Suite
OverviewApiary is a software suit designed for automating orders processing. It allows effective orders gathering and processing in distributorship companies. Due to this system sales managers can forget about monotonous work and focus on the interaction with clients. This results in the increase in sales. Apiary is a client-server solution designed using .NET framework 2.0. The client part HoneyBee is software designed for PDA. Apiary implements fast and reliable interaction with third party database server.
Main features
- Automates orders gathering process
- Builds various reports based on collected info
- Easily synchronizes active prices and clients
- Exports orders data into accounting programs
- Easy setup
- Intuitive interface
- Data access is extremely fast, since the data is loaded as it is necessary
- Enhanced filter
- Synchronization process is completely automated through the every stage of the data processing
- Uses warm colors making data perception more convenient
Functionality
- The program allows an easy track of the client accounts receivable.
- The same data synchronization possibility is excluded.
- It is easy to create new order with provided templates using clone order tool.
- Stale data are archived for use in the reports generation.
This feature allows synchronizing current prices and client base and orders via WiFi, Bluetooth (PAN network) or GPRS connection. Thus it is not necessary for manager to come in the office for data exchange. He can get new data and send collected orders from any point where mobile network is available.
Notifications
In order to increase manager efficiency the reminding system was designed. New notes are shown on the screen of the Pocket PC.
Technologies
Apiary is database-independent, but now Microsoft Access is used for orders storing. For reports creation Crystal Reports engine is used, which in an industry standard for reports creation.