Provide client data in a usable format.
Alchemy® Pro from IMR is the service bureau’s
solution for storing, indexing, and distributing data to clients for easy retrieval.
You’re in a competitive business, and as a service bureau, you must provide the
fastest, most reliable service for your customers at a reasonable price. You
must be able to handle any paper-based document or file format. You need to
offer them the latest technology too, like delivery via the Internet or DVD.
Finally, you need a system that is scalable so you can handle your customers’
largest and smallest jobs. Alchemy Pro allows you to integrate and organize many
different information formats, including PDFs, many popular PC file formats,
scanned images, CAD drawings, and computer reports, into a searchable repository
with a common index that you can distribute to your clients. With Alchemy Pro,
you can handle all of your customers’ information storage and retrieval needs.
And, all of these documents live in the same repository so they’re easy for
your clients to locate, print, and e-mail.
Share and distribute data to clients and partners
Alchemy CD/DVD
distribution is unique in its ability to automatically create portable media for
your customers that includes all the necessary software to locate and view the
data. And, you don’t need a separate SQL database license, so there’s no
extra software and no hidden fees. If your customers have more data than a CD/DVD
can hold, you can offer them automatic media spanning, which creates CD/DVD sets
that are easy to search. Your customers can either work directly from the CD/DVD
or can access the data from a local or shared hard drive.
Quickly find your information
Simply
storing important enterprise data is often not enough. Your clients must also be
able to quickly find it again on the media you provide to them. With Alchemy
Pro, your clients find data immediately by entering search criteria into an easy
to follow search form. Through this form your clients can perform searches of a
word or phrase, or search by file type, file name, or date created. Alchemy Pro
also adds finding power by supporting searchable document profiles, folder
profiles, and annotations. Search results are returned quickly and matching
documents are displayed in a familiar tree structure, ranking the documents
by relevancy. From here, your clients can view documents within the same screen
or further refine their search. Data stored in Alchemy repositories is
compressed by a ratio up to 10:1, this means Alchemy not only searches fast but
also rapidly retrieves the data your clients need, while saving space.
Works with your business processes
Because every organization is unique, Alchemy Pro was designed to give your
administrators flexibility, making it a powerful tool regardless of your
clients’ needs. Once the data is stored in a repository, the administrator can
define its hierarchy, including naming conventions and indexing methods. There
are few limits to the amount of data that can be placed in this scalable
repository. It can be divided into smaller components based on project needs,
and then onsolidated into one master repository. Additional flexibility lies
within Alchemy’s powerful indexing function that also lets you separate
repositories into timeframes and then archive them to CD or DVD for reporting,
auditing, or customer service needs.
Data is immediately useful
Alchemy Pro
handles hundreds of file types, storing each in its native format; Alchemy does
not modify the data or put a software wrapper around it. All data is maintained
in its original file format, and Alchemy repositories are designed for open
access, making Alchemy Pro an ideal choice for records management and archival.
In addition to storing data in their native file format, Alchemy Pro allows your
clients to access and view files within an embedded search screen. From there,
users can launch the native application with the click of their mouse. For
example, if the selected file is a Microsoft® Excel file, Alchemy Pro can
automatically launch Excel and open the file. The user can then modify, save,
print or email the Excel document.
Using
product extensions such as DataGrabber, Alchemy products support Enterprise
Resource Management functions by providing a solution for distributing reports,
particularly Computer Output to Laser Disc (COLD), throughout your company. In
addition to handling COLD data in its native format, Alchemy provides form
overlays, so users viewing the search screen see both the background and
overprint information just as it would appear on a printed report. And, users
can easily email a text file and an overlay together as one file. Alchemy Pro
makes data useful immediately.
Easy to use
Alchemy
Pro is a low maintenance solution for storing and returning unstructured data to
your clients through Alchemy's flexible repository access options on portable
media such as CD and DVD. And because Alchemy Pro is easy to use, your clients
can perform effective searches with little or no training.
Capitalize
on your software investment. Take advantage of the IMR Annual Maintenance
Program which gives you access to software upgrades and a robust technical
support program.
