English Español Português Products Overview Sales Forecasting Perpetual Inventory CIMSPAD Production Scheduling Raw Material Planning Distribution Scheduling Transportation Scheduling Services Technical Support Knowledge Base Training Year 2000 Monthly Tips Downloads Free Demo Sales Literature Updates & Patches User Manuals Shareware Business Partners Becoming a Partner Company Information Company Overview Clients Location Employment News Announcements			Top Ten Reasons why C.I.M.S. is your Best Choice for your Inventory and Warehouse Logistics System There are many reasons why C.I.M.S. is the best choice for many companies looking for, or trying to improve their Warehouse logistics system. Here we have listed what we consider some of the most compelling points for why you should pick C.I.M.S. over all other systems. Number 1 C.I.M.S. operates in all Microsoft Windows environments including Windows 3.x, Windows '95, Windows '98 and Windows NT. It offers a graphical user interface (GUI) which greatly simplifies the task of learning and using the system. C.I.M.S. for Windows is a stable, tested windows product that was released in 1994 and has been continually enhanced ever since. Our company has a team of expert Windows programmers who have been working with Windows for several years. In short, our company is dedicated to the Windows platform and has been for a long time. C.I.M.S. has a proven track record of reliability in many companies throughout the world and it is available now. We believe C.I.M.S. is a better choice than other software you might be considering, some of which won't have a stable Windows product for a long time. Number 2 C.I.M.S. is compatible with any relational, SQL or ODBC database, including Oracle, Sybase, Infomix, DB2, Paradox, etc.. It can read and write data to virtually any database server, even servers running on other platforms such as AS/400, HP, SUN, Unix etc.. This gives your company a great deal of flexibility with C.I.M.S.. Other companies you might be considering may not give you this flexibility because their products are locked into a single database format or server platform. Number 3 Due to the architecture of C.I.M.S., it is a true client-server system. C.I.M.S. has client-server real-time capability and can read and write from a single centralized database. C.I.M.S. also supports data communications using modems for small non-networked branches or international locations with poor infrastructure. Number 4 C.I.M.S. works with your companies existing computers and networking infrastructure. Your company will not need to invest in new computer hardware or networking software in order to run C.I.M.S.. Our software currently provides multi-user capability and full network compatibility. Number 5 C.I.M.S. is a beverage industry specific software and Great Lakes Software is dedicated exclusively to this product. C.I.M.S. was custom built for beverage operations. Our software was especially written for your industry, using your industry language and standard operating procedures. This allows us to tie the functionality we provide very closely to your business. Some other companies you might be considering don't do this because they target a much larger audience. Consequently, other products will have complicated useless functionality which you don't need, and lack the beverage specific functionality that you want. By choosing C.I.M.S. your company will get a greater depth of functionality that is more appropriate for your industry. Number 6 C.I.M.S. offers more modules in your target area than any other package. Our system has modules which are not available as a complete package from other suppliers. For example we offer the best sales forecasting system available for your industry today, hand-held computer software for collecting inventory and Bar Code scanning, automatic rule based production scheduling, transport driver scheduling, shippers/receivers with unmatched report, and more. Many of these modules are not available from the other software suppliers you might be considering. And because all our modules are tightly integrated, fewer interfaces will be needed if your company chooses C.I.M.S.. Number 7 C.I.M.S. has been internationalized and offers support for various numeric, date, time and currency formats. All text and help files can be quickly and easily translated to other languages without the need to deliver different code versions. Currently, we have a complete set of English, Spanish and Portuguese systems available, and new languages can easily be translated in a short time due to the structure of C.I.M.S.. (For example, machine translation programs can translate with about 80% accuracy. A professional translator can then proof read the text to deliver a new language version in only a few weeks.) Number 8 C.I.M.S. is a very open system offering numerous interfaces and file conversion utilities. Interfacing it with other software is easy. We have already delivered several interfaces linking C.I.M.S. to several Corporate Legacy Systems. Great Lakes Software is prepared to enhance, modify or extend our system as necessary to make it more effective for your company. Number 9 Great Lakes Software will provide better customer service, and be more responsive to your needs. Every successful company takes care of its clients first. With approximately 50% of our resources dedicated to providing the best in customer service, you are guaranteed to have your problems answered and solved much quicker. Do you want a company that loses you in the client list somewhere among thousands of others, or a company that values you highly as a customer and responds with urgency to your needs? Other companies do not provide the same kind of personal attention and focus that you will receive from our company. Number 10 Great Lakes Software of Michigan, Inc. is the only safe choice because we are the only company dedicated to the beverage industry that has proven itself and its Windows product. Why not take the success we share throughout the world with C.I.M.S. and build upon it for an even better solution for your company?
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