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La Crosse Management Systems Releases Revision 15 of The La Crosse System™

LA CROSSE, WI - March 2004 - La Crosse Management Systems, Inc., a leading provider of business management solutions for office equipment dealerships, announces the release of Revision 15. Several enhancements have been made to the overall operation of the legacy software solution offered by La Crosse Management Systems.

"Revision 15 has several enhancements to help operators do their job more efficiently and effectively." said Kelley Johnson, senior programmer at La Crosse Management Systems. "There is a multitude of new system manager programs to help dealers correct or convert data. Just a few of these include a program to convert the item number during the serial number conversion/merge, and a program to convert sales rep/tech number in several files. There is also a program to extract serial information to an ASCII text file, and another to upload budget dollars from an excel spreadsheet."

"Revision 15 includes the release of four additional value added products, include Contract Freight, Contract Meter Reading Upload, Meter Emailing, and the BTA/LMS Model For Success Report."

Features include:

Accounts Receivable/Billing

AR Aging by Contract Inquiry has been added.
Use the Commission Cost from the Serial file on a sale of a machine.
Enter range of branch numbers in the US Bank (BOLT) download.
Item File Maintenance has a new field "Print On Invoice (Y/N)". This is ideal for billing out items at a zero dollar amount that do not need to be printed on an invoice.
Use Service Email and Meter Reading Email in Detailed Customer Profile.
Item Sales History MTD/YTD has been added.
Installment invoice can be reported in Commission By Sliding Scale.
Print Detail or Summary in the Company Item Sales History Report.
And much more!

Contracts

Add Freight Charges to Contract Invoices.
Report on Actual or Current base revenue in Contract Profit and Loss.
Update the current meter reading on machines that are on contract with Meter Reading Upload.
Item Association search has been added to Machine Placement and the Contract History Inquiry.
Detailed Machine Inquiry screen now shows the date a machine was received into inventory.
Contract Meter Billings by Item is a new report that will print Item Number, Serial Number, Customer Number, Customer Name, and Total Copies Billed for a range of dates.
Print the Meter Location in the Meter Card Report.
Contract Cancellation will now display a warning message if the machine is attached to a coupon book.
Print for a range of Product Classes in Serial Number Listing.
Contract Cancellation Report can now be printed for a range of contract cancellation codes and exclude up to ten cancellation codes.
Meter Emailing is now available as a billable add-on from the Contracts Module.
Only print machines that are sold or placed prior to a specific date in the Copy Comparison Report.
And much more!

Inventory

Sort Numeric Bin Locations numerically in Item Number Labels.
Run for warehouses 1 through 9999 in Report on Inventory Turns.
Min And Max Report and Parts Min And Max Report now have an option for rounding the Average Usage Per Month, the new Max quantity and the new Min quantity up, down or to the nearest whole number.
And much more!

Orders

New options have been added to Open Orders By Item, Open Orders By Customer, and Open Orders By Order Number reports, which allow operators to exclude custody orders from the report.
And much more!

Service

Completed Call Listing now has for a range of Problem Codes.
Display history for specific Bill-To Customer Numbers in Service History Inquiry By Customer.
Override the branch number on Non-chargeable Parts Service Calls.
Broadcast Service Page to all technicians.
Run Threshold Limit Report for a range of Bill-To Customer Numbers and Bill-To Customer Names.
New prompts in PMs Due By Copy Interval.
Five-digit zip code or nine-digit zip code in Reassign Machines By Zip/Terr/County.
Include service calls in Technician Activity Report and Response Time Report where the Measure For Response Time is marked "No".
Only include service calls that are linked to a contract in Machine Activity By Copies Report.
And much more!

System-Wide

Business Technology Association (BTA), Strategic Business Associates (SBA) and La Crosse Management Systems have teamed up to provide La Crosse customers with software that will measure their business performance against the associations BTA Model for Success. The BTA/LMS Model For Success Report serves as a tool for dealerships to improve operations and achieve growth while attaining a 14 percent pre-tax, pre-interest operating income. Please contact BTA for pricing information.
The OEM (Office Equipment Manufacturer) Interface was developed for Lanier dealers. This Interface will add new products to the Dealers Item file automatically, create AP Invoices, AR Invoices, Service Calls, and Purchase Orders, as well as receiving Purchase Orders for Lanier National Accounts on the Dealers system from Lanier. The Interface will also send to Lanier any Service Calls and Purchase Orders created on the Dealers system. This is all done in an XML format over the web. The advantage for non-Lanier dealers is that this enhancement was created with all manufacturers in mind. The OEM Interface or its subsidiary parts can be modified to work with other manufacturers that request this ability.
More features in Accounts Payable, Collections, General Ledger, Payroll, System Manager, and Telesales...

Rev 15 details can be found at the following web address: http://www.lacrossesoftware.com/rev15.html

About La Crosse Management Systems

La Crosse Management Systems is an industry leader in the office equipment dealership software market, providing complete business management solutions for office equipment companies. Established in 1980, La Crosse Management Systems is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Learn more about La Crosse Management Systems at http://www.lacrossesoftware.com.

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Phone: 608-784-8400
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