Smart Video and Object Tracking by Rod Deluhery
OP911.NET tracks down the latest in video systems. We look at the latest in object tracking, motion detection, image processing and video management. As security cameras multiply, the ability for people to successfully monitor them declines. Commercial and public agencies are looking at... Object tracking software is used to count the number of cars going on a freeway, following a bad egg in a factory, setting off alarms and tracking targets for the military forces. ... In this issue we covered object tracking and motion detection.

The Importance of Timely Timesheets by Mark Nemtsas
Whether you are a small consultancy firm, a medium sized accountancy practice, or a code warrior for hire in a back room of your house then you have at least one thing in common: you are in business to get paid quickly, and for the work you have done. ... So, throw out those paper based timesheet systems, throw out the spreadsheet timesheet systems that the wheels are falling of off, and move to a modern timesheet software system today. ... Timesheets are the usual method for tracking time you spent working and thus are the key to timely invoice generation.

Mantis - Web Based Bug Tracking (A Review) by Timothy Trimble
As a developer and a tester, I've always been on the lookout for good tools and methods for keeping track of bugs, issues, and incidents that occur with software development. Needless to say, there are an enormous amount of tools out there for doing this. ... I once set up Mantis as a Service Request Tracking System - for keeping track of incoming service calls and requests for a PC Repair business. ... Personally, I've spent a lot of hours pouring over a massive number of packages available for issue tracking.

Integrating Point of Sales and Inventory by Edward Duval
Keeping track of your sales and the cash flowing in is one of the most important features of your point of sale software system. However it is only half of the story, a good point of sale system doubles as an inventory management system. Tracking an item from the moment you order it to the... Experienced data base programmers have tricks and methods to keep the actual amount of data retained to a minimum while still supplying the functions required in a point of sale system. ... For large companies this can create huge amounts of data and the more data your system holds the slower it can...

Microsoft Great Plains POP: Purchase Order Processing – Overview For Consultants by Vincent Ong
Great Plains Purchase Order Processing (POP) module makes up one-third of the core Great Plains Inventory and Order Processing group (the other two being Inventory Management and Sales Order Processing). POP seamlessly integrates with other Great Plains modules (GL, PM, FA, SOP, etc.) allowing... • Purchase Order Tracking - Get instant answers with complete tracking of open or historical purchase order and receiving documents by order number, item number, or date. ... • Audit Control– Maintain audit control with cancelled item tracking, line-item ordering and status information, document...

Microsoft CRM and Great Plains Implementation: Freight Forwarding Business Automation Example by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions offers several ERP applications: Great Plains, Navision, Solomon and its own CRM solution – Microsoft CRM. Targeting to automate all business operations, Microsoft CRM is now integrated with Microsoft Great Plains and in the close future it should have integration... Assuming that you have Shipment Tracking system, which might be SQL or Oracle based – you need shipment lookups for your order takers and customer support personnel from Microsoft CRM screens. ... Microsoft Great Plains could play this role, being integrated with Microsoft CRM and with...

Microsoft Great Plains Accounting/ERP Implementation – Finance Industry Customization Example by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very generic accounting application out of the box and has multiple modules to address specific horizontal or vertical market requirements. At the same time Great Plains, now being moved on MS SQL Server platform allows you to deploy standard tools to... The first step would be manual entry, based on the interest/principal portion, recorded in the above tracking system. ... What is often seen – this loans tracking system is not integrated with accounting application.

RFID: When You Don't Even Know It's There by Andy Reed
RFID (Radio Frequency ID) enables wireless data capture and transaction processing. Our last column discussed proximity applications, used primarily for access control. This time, we'll take a look at what are broadly defined as vicinity, or long-range applications, used for product tracking,... An RFID tag can be incorporated into each bicycle sold, and reputable pawn shops can be linked to a control system in the police department - or the police can carry a portable unit, similar to that used for writing parking tickets, to check merchandise and discover thefts.

Defect Tracking by Uzi Shuri
This article will present the benefit of setting defect tracking procedure which centralizing and managing all defects. Recommendation for implementing this procedure is presented. Suppose the current project phase is system test or UAT. Until now 150 defects were detected with four different... The problem is in production, meaning in real live software and not in any testing software (unit test, sub system test, system tests or UAT). ... Both are not relate to consumers or any kind or revenue issue.

Church Membership Software - 4 Benefits You Are Missing Out On by Mario SG Churchill
One of the establishments that are continuing to grow in number is the church. To maintain an orderly system, church membership software is developed. This is the software that records and updates the church database to keep it systematic. Today, even churches are realizing the advantage that... Member tracking. ... Church membership software eliminates all these. ... Since it is regularly updated, one is assured that the information it contain is reliable. ... Time, money and effort can now be used on other important things that could not have been done without church membership software.