March 2004          


A Perfect "10"

Blue Link launches a new release


The folks at Blue Link are excited to announce the launch of the latest version of Blue Link business and accounting software. Release 10 delivers much new functionality, some substantial enhancements, and a revamped overall product structure.

Blue Link Elite 10

Powerful and flexible additions to the product mean that Blue Link Elite 10 offers importers, wholesalers, distributors and others the capabilities normally only found in high end, costly ERP products. But recognizing that not everyone requires all of these capabilities, Elite 10 provides some of the advanced functionality in the form of optional components, including:

  • Inter-Warehouse Transfer Management

  • Commission Processing Engine

  • Backorder Fulfillment

  • Warehouse Shipping

  • Advanced Landed Costs

  • Inter-Company Transactions

  • Detailed Sales Budgeting

  • Lot Tracking

Some more commonly used features, such as Group Accounts receivables, have simply been added to the base package.

Many enhancements have been added to the base Elite product. Perhaps the most important of these is the integrity model, designed to enhance the auto-balancing and audit-ability functions. As stated by one Blue Link partner, "After seeing these features I can no longer in good conscience recommend competitive products where integrity is a key concern."

Blue Link Controller 10

An enhanced version of Blue Link Controller 10 adds invoicing capabilities and a more powerful integration model for linking with 3rd party applications. This version remains affordable for smaller organizations as well.

Please note that the components listed above are only available for Elite. Note also that the old Professional product has been discontinued.

Special Offer

Existing Blue Link licenses may be upgraded to release 10. For a limited time, our current users may also select one or two of the new components at no extra charge when upgrading.

Until the end of April, any new purchaser of Elite may also be entitled to a component at no extra charge.

For more information, please contact Ron Cocking at ext. 227.

 

 

Tech Corner


Wireless Woes

Using a wireless network? At home? At work? If it works well, a wireless network can be a wonderful thing. That is, until you decide to upgrade your cordless phone, in which case, here's what may happen:

Your new cordless phone, and your existing (previously rock-solid) wireless network, start slugging it out for ownership of the 2.4GHz band. In practical terms, what this means is that whenever someone uses the cordless phone anywhere near the vicinity of either the wireless hub, or one of the nodes, your network connection dies.

Moral of the story: unlike people, wireless devices do NOT work better when they're all on the same wavelength.

 


 

In this issue:

A Perfect "10"
Tech Corner
Tips and Tricks
Case Study
 

Tips and Tricks

Do the "right" thing

The right mouse button may soon become your best friend. A recent study suggested that fewer than 10% of us use the right button on the mouse. Yet, with many applications, the right button is a productivity saver and, in some ways, a learning aide.

Applications such as Blue Link Elite, Microsoft Office and even Windows use the right mouse button to provide content-sensitive options. For example, a right-click with the mouse pointer hovering over an icon on your desktop will display a pop-up menu. Using this menu you can open the file, email it, print it, and so on.

In Excel, the right-click pop-up menu offers options to insert comments, format cells, copy to the clipboard, etc.

Why not try it? There is no down-side - if the pop-up options you see are not relevant, you can simply click anywhere off the pop-up menu to close it - no harm done. 


 

Case Study  

AchieveGlobal Canada   is an exciting combination of three of the world's best-known training and consulting organizations. The company helps organizations achieve business results through superior sales, customer service, leadership and teamwork. The company has a complex inventory model, with highly configurable kits, bills of materials and third party warehousing.
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““We found your design; support and implementation team provided us with a quick response, while taking the time to step back and address the business needs.” says Carolyn Crawford.

Click here for the full story. 

 

 

 

Our flagship product, Blue Link Solutions, is a completely integrated business and accounting package with functionality unmatched in its price range.

For a complete listing of all of our products and for more information about them, click here.


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