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The Internet Utility works along with both the
Repair
edition and
Retail
edition to communicate with your customers via
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Introduction |
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Program Features |
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Screen
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System
Requirements |
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INTRODUCTION |
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The At
Your Service — Internet Utility breaks the
boundaries of the Internet, even for companies who
cannot afford to set up a full-fledged e-mail and web
server. Countless hours are spent by repair businesses
communicating the status of repairs with their clients,
getting estimate approvals, and trying to collect
overdue payments. The At Your Service — Internet Utility
drastically reduces lost time by automatically e-mailing
this information to your customers while you work. Plus,
drop-off depots, stores, and other customers can look up
the current status of their repairs and approve or
refuse estimates, either from your own web site or from
the At Your Service hosting service at
repairstatus.net.
See demonstration.
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PROGRAM FEATURES |
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Internet Repair Status Search
– Customers can search the current status of their
repairs and approve or refuse estimates from your own
web site or from the At Your Service hosting service at
repairstatus.net;
Data can be updated every 1 to 72 hours; All on-line
data is encrypted; Select colors that match your
existing web site
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Automatic E-Mailing –
Automatically e-mail estimates for approval as soon as
they are complete (hyperlinks on the e-mail allow the
customer to approve or refuse the estimate with the
click of the mouse); Automatically e-mail pickup notices
as soon as repairs are complete; Automatically e-mail
collection notices for overdue payments; E-mail notices
automatically repeat after a specified number of days;
Automatically e-mail status reports to drop-off depots
and stores every 1 to 72 hours; E-mail options are
configurable to the customer level
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Automatic Logging –
Automatic processes can be logged for review; Each
e-mail notice to a customer is recorded in the private
notes of the corresponding repair order or sales invoice
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Manual Follow-Up
– Reports within At Your Service — Repair
Centre identify customers with no e-mail
address who need to be manually contacted, and
customers that have received e-mail notices but
have not proceeded with the next appropriate
step within a reasonable period of time (coming
soon)
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
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The requirements
outlined below are necessary to run At Your
Service — Internet Utility. While the
program will run with the minimum configuration,
the recommended configuration will provide a
more comfortable working environment.
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Minimum
Requirements |
Recommended Requirements |
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Computer
System |
200 MHz
Pentium compatible
32 MB RAM
50 MB free hard disk space |
300 MHz
Pentium II compatible or higher
64 MB RAM or more
80 MB free hard disk space or more |
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Operating System |
Windows
98SE/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 |
Windows
2000/XP/2003 |
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Input
Devices |
Keyboard
Pointing device (e.g. mouse) |
Keyboard
Pointing device (e.g. mouse) |
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Output
Devices |
800 x
600 resolution video display |
800 x
600 resolution video display or higher |
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Network |
10 Mbps
(optional) |
100 Mbps
or higher (optional) |
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Help
Viewer |
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher1 |
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher1 |
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Internet |
Dial-up2
or dedicated connection |
High-speed dedicated connection |
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E-mail |
Connection to an SMTP mail server |
Connection to an SMTP mail server |
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In order for your customers
to successfully use your repair status search
page, they must be using a web browser that
supports JavaScript, such as a recent version of
Microsoft Internet Explorer
or
Netscape Navigator.
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1
Adobe Acrobat 5
is included on the AYS installation CD.
2 A dial-up connection should be in
combination with an e-mail server utility such
as
MDaemon. |