- Content Management System – Software that helps organize web sites in form and function. Allows non-HTML writers to manipulate the web site.
- Dispute Resolution Workflow – Software that can accept a dispute and route it through the correct people and statuses to see it through completion. As it is routed the customer can see what state it is in.
- Work Order Entry – Accept work orders that are more heterogeneous than what a catalog can accept. Examples might be building maintenance, apartment complex maintenance, cable TV installation, etc.
- Returns Authorization – Make sure equipment or product has an authorization and explanation why before allowing the customer to return the product for restocking or repair.
- Configuration and Quotation – Allow the kitting of a product or service with optional features and the quotation of providing it.
- E-Commerce – Allow your customers to purchase directly over the web instead of working with a sales specialist.
- Customer Integration – Your customers may want your systems to tell them something – use web services or machine readable files to keep your customer's informed.
- Vendor Integration – You are a customer too! Set up integrations with your vendors to inform them of needs and to understand their available resources.
Business Reasons For Upgrading and Adding Software
Submitted by Scott Auge on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:25Often the most compelling reasons for business decision makers for making an upgrade of software is not the new technical features but with business reasons. Technical champions often overlook the business reasons for making changes to a company's software portfolio. This presentation hopes to aid the technical champion in developing a business case for implementing new changes in the systems.
Have you seen our page on facebook?
Submitted by Scott Auge on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:18Amduus Information Works, Inc. now has a page on facebook. We invite you to join it!
JEdit progress.xml updated for Progress object oriented language tokens
Submitted by Scott Auge on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 09:01The progress.xml file for code syntax formatting on JEdit 4.3.1 does not include some Progress ABL object oriented tokens. The attached file includes those tokens up to 10.1a.
The java/modes/progress.xml file should be replaced with the attached one.
Please send any updates to Scott Auge at sauge at amduus dot com.
Free to use utility: Project Namer
Submitted by Scott Auge on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 16:52Ever had a need to come up with a unique project name? Now available for free use is the Project Namer software using the algorithms I used to come up with Amduus. You can use it for projects, software, software versions, or other things. Make use of it here.
Amduus Classes Updated
Submitted by Scott Auge on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 20:48Additional functionality has been added to the collection of classes provided by Amduus Information Works, Inc. The DynamicEval.cls will allow one to send in a computable expression as a string and return the results of that expression. The Render.cls is the beginnings of a "Smarty" html template routine much like the one found in the PHP world.
