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Who developed 'Focus on
Publishing System'?
Focus on Publishing is developed by
Focus IT Services Limited - a highly proactive British software
developer based in London. Focus IT Services Limited has been
providing consultancy and developing systems for the book industry
since 1993.
§ In the past 10
years, Focus has implemented projects for Causeway Press, Cavendish
Publishing Limited, Cork University Press, Trentham Books Limited,
Macmillan Publishers (Nig) Limited, Trade Counter (Distribution),
Schofield and Sims, David & Charles, and The Chartered
Institute of Bankers.
§ We are unrivalled
in the implementation of publisher's accounting requirements be it
where the publisher has:
a. In-house invoicing, customer services, cash collection, and
fulfillment or
b. In-house invoicing, customer services, cash collection, and
outsourced fulfillment or
c. Outsourced invoicing, customer services, fulfillment and cash
collection.
§ We believe in
forging long-term relationships with our customers through
openness, honesty and total commitment to their business
objectives.
§ With the support
and commitment of our existing customers and our highly dedicated
team of employees, we aim to make 'Focus on Publishing system' the
standard software in the publishing industry.
§ Our customers
treat Focus as an extension of their own business - key members of
the Focus team may be reached outside working hours Monday to
Saturday only.
§ We actively
subscribe and attend all publishing meetings so that Focus on
Publishing system is always up to date with industry changes, and
our staff can offer in-depth advise to publishers.
§ We are supplier
member of the UK Independent Publishers Guild and an associate
member of Business Application Software developer Association
(BASDA).
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Why you should
choose Focus on Publishing System
A Direct Publishing Solution
Focus on Publishing systems is uniquely developed for the
publishing industry to meet their accounting, administrative and
electronic data requirements.
Fully integrated
Focus on Publishing system seamlessly incorporates both publishing
management and accounting modules into a powerful and comprehensive
database solution.
It brings together all aspects of the publishing business by means
of shared files. The Contact, Customer and Suppliers share the same
database thereby eliminating data duplication and enhancing data
integrity. The Production module feeds into Job costing and Stock
ledger. The Purchase ledger feeds into the Nominal and Job costing
modules. The Royalty module analyses sales transactions and updates
authors' Purchase accounts. Marketing module presents information
filtered from sales transactions and customer interests.
Performance
With our highly dedicated team of employees, we have consistently
implemented Focus on Publishing system on time and within budget.
This can be attested to by Cork University Press, Trentham Books
Limited, Macmillan Publishers (NIG) Limited and Cavendish
Publishing Limited.
Remote invoicing
If you are a Publisher who does invoices and customer services
in-house, but outsource the fulfillment process to a third party,
focus on publishing can output your invoices which can be sent to a
remote warehouse for local printing. This process can print the
invoice along with your logo on plain paper.
Standard and secure technology
Focus on Publishing Systems runs on Windows 2000, NT, 98 and 95. It
utilises Microsoft technologies such as Outlook 2000, MS Office
2000 suite etc. It uses MS Access or MS SQL server 7 as database
engines. This means that the data remains your property and can be
accessed using third party products.
Future oriented technology
Focus on Publishing Systems offers as standard, XML and EDI data
interchange formats. XML is an integral part of data exchange
within and outside the system. Daily invoices can be created in XML
format and can be read back into the system in XML. XML is the
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems preferred standard for data
interchange between computer systems.
Flexibility and user friendly
Focus on Publishing Systems utilize parameters, which the user may
change to reflect current business rules. The system has a
comprehensive easily accessible online help facility.
Extensive Features
Focus on Publishing Systems is multi-currency, multi-location,
multi-company, and can operate in real time or batch mode.
In-Built Sales Reporting Tool
Focus on Publishing has an integrated data manipulation tool for
producing user definable report.
Profit and Loss per title or group or series
Focus on Publishing produces a Gross Profit report per title or
series, from the sales, purchases and from various costs
accumulated in the system.
Software Updates
Modifications requested by our customers are made to the standard
Focus on Publishing software and it is automatically offered under
the maintenance program. This means that all our customers use the
same standard program around the world. We promise to reflect
changes in the industry affecting your purchased modules, through
our yearly maintenance support scheme.
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