CIM available in COINS-Ti

COINS Information Manager (CIM), an electronic document management system is now available with COINS-Ti - an early benefit of the recent acquisition is that products will increasingly become available worldwide. CIM brings image management and workflow as integrated functionality with Ti enabling users to easily, and in some cases automatically, access documents related to data that they are currently viewing in a COINS-Ti module session.

Andy Martin, Financial Systems Manager of Bluestone - a user of CIM in the UK - is quoted as saying: ‘The savings in retrieval times and the cost of external scanning alone made CIM a winner all round.’ Harry Toor, Systems Accountant, Lovell also commented: ‘We expect to achieve a direct return on our investment within 12 to 18 months.’

The most widely used function of CIM is to provide a link between the financial modules of COINS and the associated financial documents, for example Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger invoices.

Project Management

New product development continues apace with the new COINS Shaker Project Management module in beta testing with Infrastructure Services, Inc., and scheduled to be completed for commercial release for the US market in September 2007. The project management module integrates with COINS to help project personnel manage costs, documents and activities. Core to the system is a multi window dash board which can give simultaneous status on tasks, requests for information and submittals.

Tim Herbert, Infrastructure's President commented, ‘I am very passionate about getting things done in the most efficient manner possible and having the right tools in place to get the job done. When I heard that COINS Shaker was developing a Project Management Module I was immediately interested and saw it as an opportunity to help streamline our processes.’

Tim chose to participate in the beta program so he could learn as much about the software as possible and get a tool he felt was extremely useful into the hands of his Project Managers and Project Assistants. Tim and his team have welcomed the opportunity to have input on the completed product as have we, at COINS Shaker; being close to customers during product development is key to releasing a successful solution.

Infrastructure Services, Inc., a Houston-based Heavy Highway Contractor has been a COINS customer for over 10 years.

Both these products will be showcased at the COINS Shaker conference in September.