eFORMz - Customer Feedback

Customer:  Hickory Farms
From:  Dan Buckland

We were one of the first to use eFORMz to eliminate our preprinted label stock. We own multiple catalogs, each having a different logo. We would have had 44 different label stock if we used preprinted forms. We now have two plain white label stocks. We are running on MPE and that is where the merge took place using Java on the HP.

This year we upgraded our eFORMz software and we are doing the merge on a windows server which takes a big load off of the HP. The other advantage of the new version is that we no longer use the 'pass through' mode and eFORMz produces the bar codes on practically any laser printer and does not require the proprietary font dim. We have tested this on HP, Xerox and Kyocera brand printers.

Customer:  Port of Oakland
From:  Alvin C. Soares Jr.

Just a quick note to say thanks for a great product in eFORMz. I've been working with Andy to implement the e-Direct module in eFORMz for our invoices. The eInvoices are looking great! The ability to print or email invoices in a single pass is outstanding. My testing is coming along and we'll be in production soon.

Also, a special thanks for Andy in guiding me through this process. He's been extremely helpful and answered my many questions in a timely manner.

Alvin C. Soares Jr.
SmartStream Administrator
Principal Programmer Analyst
Information Technology Division
Port of Oakland

Customer:  Scrip Companies
From:  Michael Bouchey

Thank you. I want to commend you and your company for the excellent customer support that you provide. It is truly rare to find a great product like eFORMz that also comes with great customer support. eFORMz has allowed us to automate the key flows of information allowing our employees to be much more productive. I would highly recommend your product to any company looking to improve productivity through the automation of printed documents.

Michael Bouchey
VP OPS
Scrip Companies

Customer:  ShindigZ
From:  Jim Meyer

We have been using eFORMZ for about a year now, and we love it. We originally pursued it solely for the ability to print to PDF from Ecometry. We quickly found a better use for it in printing our packing lists. It has cut our packing list costs by 70% AFTER factoring the cost of the software. This doesn’t even factor in the process improvements we have been able to make through better pre-sorting of packing lists. Technical support for the product is also phenomenal. All of our questions are answered immediately, and we have had several of our “wish list” items implemented into the product at no charge to us within a very short time span.

Customer:  City of Oshkosh
From:  Pete Augustine

I have to say I am impressed with 6 (eFORMz Version 6). I created a new project and got it to line up on the first try. It also saves to the network fast (2 or 3 seconds). In the past it was get it close, print, then get it closer then print, etc... You could never tell exactly where the data was going to print in the composer. I have used 4.x extensively. Pass on the kudos to whoever created this version please or if it is yourself.

Thanks, Pete Augustine

Customer:  Universal Screen Arts, Inc.
What on Earth, Art & Artifact, Signals and Wireless Catalogs
From:  Alana Jaster - Systems Manager

We purchased Minisoft's eFORMz solution about five years ago and used it to consolidate from four form types to one. Since that time, the package has continued to save money and boost efficiency by eliminating additional pre-printed forms and the need to use specialized font dimms. Most recently, we moved to Lexmark printers and the transition was seamless.

The package has continued to evolve as our business has grown and we are looking forward to taking advantage of new features in version 6.0. Minisoft's support is excellent and I would recommend eFORMz to anyone seeking forms flexibility.

Customer: TLA Entertainment Group
From: Cindy Yuan-Suger - Ecometry Administrator

We have been using the eFORMz about 6 months now and have been happy about the product. It gives us the flexibility to adjust the layout on the collate. We don't need to worry about the line-up on the collate every time we load the new Ecometry patch tape. It also gives us the ability to customize the collate according to our needs. The last but not the least, eFORMz gives us the option to switch to Lexmark printers and printing without the font chip. Our support rep is very helpful and knowledgeable. Overall, we are satisfied with the eFORMz product.

Customer: Hines Corporation
From: Ed Harper - CIO, Hines Corporation

The Hines Corporation group of companies are in various manufacturing businesses and all use ERP as the primary application. A common need for all of the companies is the printing of invoices, purchase orders, order verifications, payroll checks, accounts payable checks, and more.

We were looking for a product that allowed us to handle output from any of our ERP systems, but it had to run on Linux as we pride ourselves on being virtually Microsoft free. This would allow us to get rid of pre-printed forms, but more importantly, improve worker productivity as faxing and e-mailing documents was taking too much time.

We purchased eFORMz a few months ago and it is running well for us. So far we have invoices and purchases orders being mated with a form and sent out via fax or e-mail and of course they can print to copiers and laser printers too. The eFORMz software allows us to print several copies of the same form with the only difference being who the copy is for (vendor copy, acceptance copy, file copy) which is printed at the bottom of the document automatically. In some cases, if a document is to be faxed or e-mailed, a single printed file copy is also required, which this is easy to do.

For faxing, we have an 8 port fax line Linux based fax server running VSIFax. We had to create a script on the fax server that runs under cron to monitor output from eDirect and we use NFS shares to allow the eFORMz server to monitor the ERP servers and for the fax server to monitor the eFORMz server. This setup is working great.

We also are now e-mailing reports like daily measurement reports to upper management rather than them getting printed reports in their mail slot. This saves paper and allows management personnel to keep abreast of things while they are on the road by simply accessing their e-mail.

We also want to acknowledge the great support that we have received from Andy. We needed some help getting the eDirect monitor working and have had a few questions on how to use the Composer product and his response turnaround time has always been excellent.

There are always more projects to do than time to do them, but I wish that we had taken the time to do this sooner.

Ed Harper
CIO, Hines Corporation

Customer: Wayside Technology Group
From: Vito Legrottaglie - Vice President of Operations

Just wanted to thank you for your assistance! We went live today and it seems to be working great so far. Thanks again for your patience and the phenomenal support!

Regards,

Vito Legrottaglie
Wayside Technology Group