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5th ANNUAL FRAMING TECHNOLOGY POLL & DISCUSSION NOVEMBER 2007 A survey that compares how we've applied technology such as mat cutters/cmc's, pricing/POS systems, visualization, internet access, websites, etc A brief comparison of backup procedures and computer security. CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPAT...

When I produced the CMC, Visualization, and POS lists - I did so from the perspective of the US market. It's possible that some of these items will have very different pricing in the UK and other markets. (for example, Valiani could be lower in UK and Wizard could be higher). Please take this into c...

I have it installed on my new laptop, which I upgraded from XP. So far, I love it! BIG MISTAKE. I had the AVG FREE antivirus program on XP and forgot to uninstall it before upgrading. If you upgrade, MAKE SURE you uninstall the a/v first :) It took me nearly 10 hours to figure out how to get that re...

Indeed. Technology is just a tool, like a CMC or VNAILER. A pos system saves the shop a lot of time that would normally be used adjusting prices, calculating prices, taxes, commissions, monthly and yearly sales comparisons, consignments, inventory control, gift/art item management, etc. The most val...

Here we are exactly one year later. We're doing it again, but with different software that doesnt require grumble registration to participate. The new software is a bit better and makes sure no one is voting more than once, etc. To share your shop's technology habits, you can take the 2006 survey at...

The difference between the old systems and the new ones like Picture It First, are that the old systems required a database of moulding & mat images. You had to rely on the vendor to capture and distribute these images, which could be a hassle by modem. (Lot of info!) The new systems take a digi...

Thanks for sharing the link!
Mike

We have been using LifeSaver's Picture It First product for about 8 months now, and it paid for itself in the first 2 days. It saved 3 sales in just the first day, almost earing its keep. (before we even had the camera mounted on the ceiling) It integrates with our pos now and prints a copy on the p...

When evaluating programs on that list, it's also important that the product is set up to handle your local measurements (imperial vs metric), can provide the updates for the local suppliers you use, date format (mm/dd/yyyy vs dd/mm/yyyy), and supports your local tax structure. When compiling the lis...

If anyone is interested, we're testing a framer's live chat forum. Many people from this site are already visiting, but it could always use more visitors. If interested, the link is at www.custompictureframing.com/chat If this invititation is somehow not appropriate for this forum, feel free to eras...

My pleasure John

Merry Christmas!

Mike

John: see http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&cat=INDUSTRY&feed=dji&news_id=dji-00074620041221&date=20041221 The kiddiez have nothing better to do apparently. I'd hate to see this forum get erased by the hackers. You're running 2.0.6 and 2.0.11 fixes the problem. ...