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| The bottom line on Micro Florist |
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Product Summary | Micro Florist is by far the most complete Florist Management software ever, featuring smooth user interface, maximum automation, ease of use, and features that our competitors can only dream about. Some of the important features of Micro Florist product line are not even possible in the Text Based environment offered by others. |
| You will spend about 95% of the total system usage time in the POS (Point Of Sale) portion of the system. The Visual Ticket is the only truly professional (industrial strength) visual (Graphical User Interface) POS system in the world. The visual nature of the system allows you to Point and Click your way through an order in record time, and along the way, click on few short-cut buttons that make your order entry dreams come true... |
| With Micro Florist, you can buy your own hardware, have a local technician install your network, and be rest assured that with any hardware or network problem, your Technician is only a Pager Message away. It is important to note that we do not force you to buy our hardware, or run your Florist Software on an Operating System (such as Unix) that no one else can understand, or deal with. |
| You may also ask for a Turn-Key installation (hardware, software, network, and training all included), and we will gladly do it.The important point is with Micro Florist is that you have options. |
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Point of Sale (POS) |  Totally Non-Modal Interface allows you to go
anywhere on the order pad, at any time, by simply clicking on it. |
| Totally Visual. You can see and print photos of
products on the screen, on work orders, on enclosure cards, etc. |
| Totally Multi-Media. You can record and play back
both Video and Audio for customer messages on enclosure cards, production instructions,
etc.. |
| Totally Easy. The only "professional"
florist Point of Sale software that offers a true Point-and-Click interface. |
| Totally Multi-Tasked. Agents run in the
background and do chores that otherwise you would have to WAIT for them to complete. |
| Totally Complete. Features not normally found in
a POS system, such as Punch in/out, Spell Checker, Payment on Account, Caller-Id, etc |
| Production Tracking allows all stations
to have access to Production Status of every order (whether the order is "not yet
started", is "started by whom", os is "finished by whom", and
where it is stored). |
| Delivery Tracking allows all stations
tohave access to Delivery Status of every order (whether the order is "not yet
loaded", it is "on delivery by whom", or it has been "delivered by
whom", and the Driver's "delivery notes"). |
| Problem Tracking allows all POS systems
have access to Problem Status of every order (Who is handling it, Priority, Deadline,
Corrective Action, Problem status). |
| Wire-out Tracking provides a central
location for Assigning Filling Florists, and tracking the transmission status of all
Wire-out orders. |
| Order Pad Status Tracking provides a
central location to determine incomplete actions for a given day, and track all "Need
Attention" orders. At a certain point in the afternoon, you can tell the system to
"Start the Next Day" orders, and have the system process/print tomorrow's
orders, allowing you to always stay ahead. |
| Save any order
as a Template, and use it
over and over again. Templates are maintained (saved) elsewhere keeping the Order pad
"clean" and tidy. |
| Standing Orders. Schedule any Template
for automatic insertion into the Order Pad, days, weeks, months, and even years ahead of
time, by simply clicking on a calendar. |
| Super Search allows you to locate any
order by it's Recipient First Name, Recipient Last Name, Sender First Name, Sender Last
Name, Date and Time, Credit Card Number, Credit Card Authorization, Item-Id, Item
Description, Florist Name, Florist Code, any many more fields by a simply clicking on a
button.. |
| The Balance Utility lets you track Starting
and Ending Balances, and Sales for each Employee on each station. This allows employees to
have their own portable Cash Drawers even if they move from one station to another. You
can also Balance each department, division (location), or the entire shop. |
| The VOX (Virtual Order Transfer) module
provides for background order transmission via the Internet, directly from your Website,
or between your branch shops, as well as wire in/out order transfers among a group of
associated flower shops. The VOX module is a breakthrough in
state-of-the-art Order Transmission technology. Please e-mail MicroCode Corporation for
proprietary product specifications, feature list, and pricing. |
| Caller-Id allows you to pull up the
Customer Profile BEFORE you even pick up the phone. You would know, who the customer likes
to speak with, what special occasions are coming up during the next couple of weeks, what
his/her preferences are, and how much he/she usually spends... |
| Flora-Map is an integrated mapping
solution that allows your Driver(s) to pull up the address of his next trip, and put a
large X on the map for each one. All he has to do then, is to connect the Xs, and he is on
his way, knowing the addresses are correct, and that he has chosen the best route for that
hour of the day (that is why connecting Xs on the map is far better than a computer
generated Routing Instructions, since the computer does not know Traffic Patterns, and
roadway constructions, etc.). |
| Multiple Order Pads allows you to put one
order on-hold (while the customer is looking for his Credit Card), and start another
order. |
| Street Match utility allows you to define
Delivery Zones (the Driver and the Delivery Charge) based on individual streets. An
important feature, if your Delivery Zones are not based on Cities, or Zip codes. |
| Artificial Intelligence automatically
adds Frequent Addresses to your "Frequent Address" database, based on the actual
frequency of historical Delivery Ticket data. |
| The Sales Prompter allows you to setup
"Prompter Windows" for every step of order entry, so that your staff can say
"exactly the right words" to the customer. You can setup; "greetings
prompter", "adding a new customer prompter", "delivery policy
prompter", "item selection prompter", etc., etc.- You can change prompters,
for each session, directly from your own computer, at your office. |
| Each item can
have a regular Price and an Adjusted Price.
This means you can change the price of an item, for a remainder of a day, and your sales
staff would see both the regular price, and the adjusted price while taking the order. The
Adjusted Price can then be removed on the following day. |
| Each item has
a Quantity Counter. You can
setup a Quantity Limit for each item. The Counter is adjusted across the network when each
item is sold. This prevents Over Selling of items during holidays. |
| Artificial Intelligence automatically
assigns Item_Ids (from your Inventory) for wire-in orders coming from external systems
(i.e.; Mercury, Internet, Website) based on keywords used in Order Description. |
| Artificial
Intelligence automatically assigns Delivery Zones, and deducts the Delivery Charge from
your wire-in orders coming from external systems (i.e.; Mercury, Internet, Website). |
| Choose method
of payment, obtain credit card authorization, print credit card slip, cashier receipt,
invoice, open the cash drawer all by a just a few simple mouse clicks. The same applies to
payments on account. |
| Setup
different stations to run different Agents, based on their location, and load. Agents are
automatically launched at startup. You front counter station may run the Mercury Agents,
while your office computer may run the Caller-Id Agent, and so on. |
| The Print
Agent prints the following Print Jobs in the background: Enclosure Cards, Work Tickets,
Delivery Tickets, Invoices, Cashier Receipts, Credit Card slips, Declined Tickets,
Shipping Labels, and Combined form (includes Enclosure Card, Work Ticket, and customer
Invoice on one perforated form). |
| Each order is
assigned a "Selling" Division, and an "Assigned" Division. Print Jobs
(Delivery, Work, Enclosure card, invoice...) are selected (printed) based on the
"Assigned Division". This means you can print an Enclosure Card with the Logo of
your Greenhouse Business, by simply selecting Division #2 for the Assigned division of
that order. Selling and Assigned Divisions allow you to track inter-company transfers
between your Departments or Locations. |
Micro Florist | The keeper of
the Financial Data, The Micro Florist Host provides a central location for all shared
files on the Network. |
| Handles
multi-user access to your valuable data with the safest possible strategies, providing
Automatic Backup routines, and automatic repair modules. |
| Provides 5
totally separate, and detached "Company" directories, allowing you to run 5
completely separate businesses. |
| Provides 99
divisions (locations or Profit Centers) within each company. Divisions share the same
Customer and Inventory files, but provide the means to track Revenue, Expenses, and Income
Statement for each division. |
| Provides an
Alternate real time Sales Entry capability through the Cash
Register module. The Cash Register module provides the fastest
method of sales entry directly into financial records. |
| Complete
Revenue analysis, reports, closing/balancing modules, and Management Graphs provided
through the Flora-Graph accessory. |
| Complete
Inventory Tracking and Inventory Management.
Unlimited number of Inventory items, with both Standard Inventory items, and Service
Items. System provides Inventory Management, reducing inventory, as sales are processed.
Complete Inventory Audit module allowing you to adjust Inventory based on Scrapped,
Missing, or dis-assemble operations. Audit transaction appear as Inventory Adjustment
expense in General Ledger. Inventory Receive module handles the receiving of Back Order
items. |
| Finished Goods
Production. System allows
you to "use" inventory items (reducing inventory), applying Labor (based on
Standard Labor rate retrieved from the Payroll system), producing Finished Goods items to
either fill Custom Orders, or be automatically priced to be placed on the shelf (cooler). |
| Account Payables provided through the
Supplier Database, with Invoice Tracking and Cash Flow planning. |
| Account Receivables provided through the
Customer Database, with Flexible Aging, and powerful individual/group billing for both
Statement and Invoice printing. |
| Complete
Inventory Purchase, Expense/Income, Fixed Asset, and credit/debit transactions on any
Ledger account, and any individual Customer or Supplier. |
| Balance Sheet,
Income Statement, General Ledger Reports, Fixed Asset Tracking / Reports. |
| Payroll with User Update-able Tax Tables.
Punch in/Punch out time entry. |
| Management Quarterly Reports help you do
your Sales Tax, Business Tax, Unemployment Insurance, IRS 941 forms. |
| Marketing Modules consist of Mail Merge
output files for Customers, as well as Recipients. |
| Occasion Reminder system provides
"many to one" relationship with every Customer, allowing you to maintain
occasions both in Micro Florist, as well as in Visual Ticket. Special Occasions are
entered with minimum effort. Both Mail Merge output for personalized marketing material,
as well as custom Occasions Reminder cards are printed directly from the Main menu of
Micro Florist. As mentioned above, Customer's Special Occasions for the next 2 weeks, are
displayed as you pull up a Customer Profile during Sales entry. |
| Wedding Designer is included as part of
the Full Feature Micro Florist Host. The Wedding Designer is the leading Wedding
Consultation software for maintaining your Bride Database, and Wedding Worksheets. Please
see Wedding Designer section. |
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What Next ?!We consulted with 3 Marketing Agencies, and all 3 of them
recommended against shipping the Free Trial CD to prospects!! Their rational
was
It is obvious, that we (the Developers) feel otherwise. We believe that this is a risk worth taking. We have already invested about $300 on each lead that receives a CD, in marketing, advertising, sales, CD production and shipping costs. So, we don't mind going further in helping you install and use this CD. |
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| We believe that the CD provides a far better
presentation on product documentation, and specifications, all being in full color,
with embedded hyperlinks, and search capabilities. As far as "untrained exposure to
sophisticated software" goes, we simply believe that the "Natural Flow" of
the User Interface, and the solid design of the product, will speak for itself, and will
trigger the curiosity of the "thinking minds"....
But most importantly, we want to have those customers who really care about their investment, and are willing to spend a little time, and learn to raise their expectations and their point of reference. Once they realize "what is possible", from that point on, they will demand the kind of functionality they have seen in Micro Florist products. Lets face it, this is like getting married folks!!. The consequences of this decision will be with you for at least another 10 years. So, an "engagement" period, is definitely in order. This is truly a RISK FREE offer. There is absolutely no obligation on your part. You don't even have to install the CD. We will NOT call you or bother you, if you don't call us first. But, if you do call for help, we want you to know that we are totally committed to this approach, and we will get you up and running to the best of our abilities.... THAT IS A PROMISE. We would love to prove those Marketing Gurus, wrong.. |
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