The purpose of Karmak Compass is to keep our customers informed of current activities within the Karmak family. This newsletter is designed for both technical and non-technical readers.

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	What and When? conferences, training, and events		Did You Know?
	Whats's New at Karmak? updates, new products, services, and people in the news		About Karmak Compass

What and When?

What's New at Karmak?

Karmak's eCommerce module provides flexibility, power and functionality for business-to-business e-commerce What documents do you want to send? Or receive?  Purchase Orders, Invoices, Daily Sales Data for VMI? Want to match your inventory data with data from your supplier? Your Karmak system can now send documents directly from your system to any company with connections to either HDeXchange or Corcentric.  With Karmak's eCommerce module, your system will not only send documents automatically, it will also receive and process them automatically based on your parameters. Continued >

Karmak EDI server to end services October 31, 2001 The Karmak EDI server is scheduled for shut down on or before October 31, 2001. The Karmak EDI server filled an industry need in 1998 when it was first installed. However, with exchange services such as Corcentric and HDeXchange now providing connection via the Internet to more heavy-duty industry companies than ever before and at a lower cost per character, it only makes good sense that the Karmak EDI server should be shut down. Continued >

First annual industry-wide campaign to update CROSSMASTER-HD

Requests sent to more than 100 heavy-duty suppliers
Our first annual industry-wide campaign to update CROSSMASTER-HD began early in May.  We sent letters to more than 100 heavy-duty industry suppliers asking for their latest cross reference information. 

Annual campaign
In the past, our updates to the CROSSMASTER-HD database were done only when requested by our customers or when suppliers happened to send us a significant amount of data. This year we began what we expect will become an annual campaign to update CROSSMASTER-HD and asked heavy-duty industry suppliers to send us their cross-reference information by July 1.

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New paging products offer systems protection for Legend and INFO 5
Do you need to know... if backups fail? if a batch job has been running for four hours? if a serious storage condition exists? if a system power failure has occurred? if a system printer is holding for some reason? if a batch queue has 100 jobs waiting? if a critical communications line is down? Karmak now offers products that will monitor your Karmak system and notify you by pager or e-mail of potential problems, before they become costly disasters.  Click for details on: PagerPlus for Legend systems MessengerPlus for INFO 5 systems
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Laser printing option now available for INFO 5 systems EZPrint/400, a new third-party product available for purchase, is software for the AS/400 for reformatting spooled output to print in a customized form on a laser printer. It is capable of producing laser forms from any INFO 5 spooled output and can include formatted text, graphics, and barcodes. EZPrint also offers options to produce secure MICR encoded checks on blank check stock, and custom labels.   New INFO 5 software now shipping Mack Parts Locator provides information to Mack about the on-hand Mack parts at your location. This software simply gathers information and then prepares the information for transfer to Mack with the click of a button.  Modified Volvo P/O Download--The Volvo P/O Download is designed to allow a P/O to be downloaded into a file on a PC so that it then can be imported into Volvo's web-based P/O system. Before the modification, you were required to establish an AS/400 to AS/400 connection to Volvo through the Volvo satellite, and place orders there. Volvo has now dismantled the satellite system and satellite connections are no longer possible. You now use a menu option to create a download file on the AS/400. The file is then downloaded to the PC using Reflections. The P/O is then imported into Volvo's ordering program, after which the order is sent to Volvo. Volvo LPA (Logistic Partnership Agreement) extracts Volvo daily parts usage history and on-hand information from your database system to create a forecast and to send orders, suggested orders, and order status back to your INFO 5 system. If you are interested in or would like to know more about these products, contact the INFO 5 Sales Department (1-800-865-8991).

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Enhanced consulting agreements

Now when you contract to utilize Karmak's consulting services for any number of days throughout the year, you will pay a reduced rate that will be billed monthly.

Karmak's consultants help customers get the highest possible return on their computer system investment. Our consultants are in a unique position -- one that combines in-depth knowledge of Karmak's business systems with observations of the most current and successful industry business practices. Using this experience, they can suggest proven methods for increasing efficiency, growing profitability, and maximizing use of the Karmak software.

E-mail Bryan Horstman, or call him at 1-800-622-6311 for more information on consulting services and enhanced consulting agreements.

Legend report explanations now online

The Legend system offers a multitude of reports to help you run your business. But with so many options, choosing the right report and interpreting the results can be challenging. Now Legend customers can easily find detailed explanations of more than 200 reports through our Customer Confidential website. These documents provide a brief description of the report, a report sample, a description of each report column, plus information on the report options, control files, central parameters, and more.

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Legend price files now available on CD-ROM

We are pleased to offer price file customers the option of receiving any price file on CD. This will eliminate the need to pass on a tape charge, which requires you to return the tapes to get credit for that charge. Since CDs are a much more durable media, we also hope to eliminate the problems with bad tapes and having to resend a price file to you. 

Please contact Karmak Systems Support (888-671-6010) for assistance loading Price File CDs. For more information on price files, please contact Deloros Whitley, Price File Administrator.