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Is VisualGEMS Year 2000 (Y2K) ready?
VisualGEMS is
100% Y2K compliant. This compliance is built into the design and
architecture of the software. Unlike other software systems
which are upgraded from traditional non-y2k to y2k and run the risk
of malfunctioning.
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What is special about VisualGEMS? What makes it different from
other software packages?
VisualGEMS is not
just another package. It is an improved culture to do
business. While many companies selling software consider
end of relationship when a sale is made, we at OPTIMAL
consider the same as beginning of a new
relationship. Our full involvement in implementing the
system in your organization is an integral part of our
commitment.
In fact, our
commitment to make your computerization a SUCCESS
started much before even making a sale. Right at
the stage of designing VisualGEMS we
kept in mind the practical difficulties of
implementation of an integrated
system. Therefore, in VisualGEMS various modules
can be linked or de-linked from integrated system enabling a
step by step implementation & usage.
Having tackled the most crucial phase
i.e. spreading the VisualGEMS culture in the
organization VisualGEMS does not stop here as is the
case with most other packages. The management
information generation capability of VisualGEMS from this newly
created environment makes it a powerful decision
making tool rather than a data processing
machine.
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I am already using an Export documentation and/or
accounts package. Why should I switch over to VisualGEMS?
VisualGEMS offers Export documentation and
Financial Accounting as individual modules along
with specially developed total Information
Management System for Garment Export industry. Other modules are :
- Export Orders
Management
- Purchase Order
Management
- Inventory
Management
- Production
Management
- Quota & AEPC
Documentation
Integrated working in VisualGEMS
allows you to monitor all the operations rather
than looking at it in a piece - meal basis.
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Why should I go for computerization instead of
my time tested manual system?
The Export Competition:
It's no secret
today's marketplace is more competitive than even before.
Customers are demanding (and receiving) a greater degree of
efficiency and service. And your competitors are becoming more
and more eager to increase their share of the
market, at your expense. And of course,
there's an ever-increasing amount of information that
needs to be quickly and successfully managed.
But there's no
reason to be discouraged by these new demands on
your operation. In fact, by
taking advantage of new technologies,
which let you exercise greater control over your
activities, you can soon have a more profitable business!
The Solution:
To help you on the
road to increased profits and greater
productivity, VisualGEMS was developed.
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Is VisualGEMS too big to fit into our CURRENT plan of automation?
VisualGEMS has been
designed to let you start small and reach total automation with
assured results at every state - all in a record time. You can
choose to start with any of the three
alternatives:
- Merchandising
(Export Orders, Purchase Orders, Inventory, & Production).
- Merchandising +
Export Documentation
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Merchandising + Export Documentation +
Financial Management
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Isn't VisualGEMS costly?
Pay off from
using VisualGEMS far out weigh the price you pay for it. In
fact price of a single user VisualGEMS installation works out
to be much less than one staff's annual salary, far less than
number of man-month that will be saved by using VisualGEMS.
In the
present liberalized world automation for
information management is the backbone of your
organization. Correct and timely information
is not easy to get. Indeed VisualGEMS is
your ultimate bet for this.
Surely you cannot risk it paying less!
So a more appropriate question is not
"Whether you can afford it?”
It is "Can you afford to neglect
it?"
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Is VisualGEMS better than my "TAILOR MADE" software?
If you have been
getting your software developed using a battery of
programmers over a period of time, the chances are that each
module is a stand alone working package, but fails to
contribute towards an integrated multi-user environment - a
prerequisite to a MIS oriented system.
A perfectly tailor
made software does offer excellent fit to your
requirements. But, by the
time software is ready your
requirements have changed, or worse! The development
staff has changed! This changing environment is what requires
a flexible software which is not "tightly"
tailored, not to mention the importance of the
your computerization partners to be around when you need them.
In dynamic and growth oriented environment every
organization is bound to have new requirements. We can
assure you that 6 times out of 10 your new
requirements will already be a part of VisualGEMS. This
is possible due to its developer's global view of
Garment Industry and constant
updating of software with
these requirements. By virtue of our
close interactions with our valued customers from
a wide cross section of Garment Industry we ensure that we
don't just end up tailoring your present needs, but
future needs as well.
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How will VisualGEMS improve my Documentation work?
Documentation
is the most critical, very
specialized, time consuming and voluminous
job in the current manual (or even
automated) systems. VisualGEMS will revolutionize the working
of your Documentation department. We believe in the culture of
giving the tool to the specialist rather depending on
associated clerical staff like typists \ operators
etc. The specialist makes the document
on computer with natural look and feel of
the final document & can take a
printout directly eliminating the cycle of printing
checking & the corrections again. The productivity
gain is multifold.
More than just
improved documentation time & quality, VisualGEMS
eliminates the bulky registers which are
maintained by these people to keep track of this
important activity and helps you to take MIS at any instant
you feel like.
The added
advantage of natural look
and feel of documentation is that your staff
needs least training efforts on the computer.
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Can VisualGEMS provide me additional reports
or change formats of existing reports / documents to suit my
needs?
Occasionally we do custom programming for
clients although typically it is not necessary, as the "standard"
package is extremely feature rich. As part of the support
OPTIMAL offers customization of VisualGEMS to suit
specific needs. Using its flexible design
our software experts will quickly implement the desired
changes.
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Who comes to my help if Apparel
Export Promotion Council’s procedures change or
Export documentation formats are revised?
OPTIMAL'S warranty and annual
maintenance program backed by a committed after sales
service shall keep you fully protected from such unforeseen demands.
Our new releases shall cover all such changing requirements. In a
way VisualGEMS serves as a guide for your operational staff on
changing regulations & procedures.
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Do I need to employ more IT. staff to
use VisualGEMS effectively?
VisualGEMS is
designed for people who are good in their line of working viz.
Accounts, Inventory, Sales, Purchase, Quota, Finance, Export
Documentation, etc. Simple, pleasing and user friendly
interface offered by VisualGEMS and
OPTIMAL'S comprehensive training shall transform
your staff to efficient user of computerized system. With continuos
support from OPTIMAL’s Customer Support Executives the
decision to have an in house EDP person is entirely up to you.
In fact, most of our customers consider us their
Information Systems Department.
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What happens to my EDP / Programming staff?
Now your EDP
staff can fully concentrate on delivering what the end
users (you & your managers) actually want i.e.
Management Information, documents or in short RESULTS. Chores such
as system trouble shooting, software de-bugging or struggling
to restrict system down time etc. will no more block their
valuable time.
The very basis of success of automation i.e.
timely assimilation (collection) of raw data and
retrieval of processed information will get right
priority.
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How much time it shall take to get results from VisualGEMS?
Our typical
implementation schedule is 6-8 weeks from the time of installation.
This means that you will be fully trained and "live" on most of the
new system within that time.
Direct results in the organization are seen
within 30 days, but the improved culture keeps giving
results over the years to come.
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How can VisualGEMS help in improving inter
departmental communication in my organization?
Information once fed into VisualGEMS is
automatically accessible from anywhere over the network. Thus
there is no need to follow -up to get information. This convenience
of availability of information on every manager's
desktop results in efficient information driven
working as against intuitive working.
In fact same information can be presented in
various formats depending upon nature of
use.
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How can VisualGEMS help in fixing responsibilities to respective
people and assist systematic working in the organization?
VisualGEMS makes
working of every individual transparent and direction
oriented. Monitoring of progress or
bottlenecks is possible without any
interference. Un-even distribution of manpower or
deviation from set procedures or even tempering with the data can be
checked.
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