OmniPilot Software, Inc. Ships Agency 4.2
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - OmniPilot Software, Inc., a provider of integrated agency management software, announces the official distribution of its flagship product,
OmniPilot Agency 4.2 for Windows and Mac. The newly expanded version of this comprehensive management software designed to help advertising, design and PR agencies achieve maximum productivity has added dozens of new and updated features to
Agency 4.2.
OmniPilot Agency 4.2 is organized into 12 sections labeled Prospects, Clients, Calendar, Templates, Active Jobs, Vendors, Time, Workstations, Personnel, Handbook, Invoicing and Reports. Many enhancements have been made to each of these sections allowing the user to work more efficiently and navigate through the system easier. The following is a list of the top ten enhancements:
Clients/Prospects/Vendors & Contacts
* NEW: Mail Merge capabilities - added automatic merge fields to all Form Letters, including First Name, Last Name, Company, Industry, Referred By, etc.
o Can now search all Contacts, regardless of whether they are a Client, Prospect or Vendor, from a single location.
Calendar
* NEW: A new Production Calendar has been added to show all production schedule tasks in a calendar view.
o All jobs for the entire agency, or a single job may be viewed, including all due dates.
* NEW: Meeting Calendar has been updated with new print layouts; End Time has been added to the calendar, which calculates the duration of a meeting, useful for booking conference rooms.
Estimating
* NEW: Estimate Templates - allows you to save an Estimate as a template to reuse information for future Jobs, including:
o Scope of the work, personnel with billing category and number of hours, and outside expenses.
o When selected, the Estimate Template can be modified, eliminating the need to create a new Estimate each time for similar jobs.
* NEW: Customizable Specification Sheets (for printing, online, etc.) now includes multiple Spec Templates, which can be customized for different departments or different types of Jobs, and can be picked up from Estimates and Jobs.
Jobs
* NEW: Production Schedule Templates allows you to save a Production Schedule as a template to reuse and modify for future jobs.
o When selected, enter the Start Date, and all other due dates are automatically calculated and placed on the agency's production calendar. Weekend dates are automatically moved to the following Monday.
* NEW: Customizable Project Brief - this new version now accommodates multiple Project Briefs, which can be associated with a department or job type.
* NEW: Client Brand Brief - can now be created for each client.
Time Sheets
* NEW: New ways to make time entry easier based on user preference, including:
o Ability to pick up Job Numbers from the previous week's Time Sheet,
o Show all open jobs, or just the ones in your department.
o Updated Productivity Report to include Total Productive, Total Billable and Total Client Non-Billable.
Reports
* NEW: Centralized Reports area now accessible through the Main Menu. Many new Reports, including:
o Gross Profit, Enhanced Productivity, Trafficking, Production, Estimate, Job Report and more throughout
Agency 4.2.
About OmniPilot
OmniPilot Software, Inc. is a software development company offering cross platform business management solutions designed to help small to mid-size service companies optimize their online presence. With eight years of custom application development behind them, OmniPilot Software applications ensure that clients benefit from time-tested efficiencies, which have proven to yield success. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Starmark International. Ranked #43 on the 2003 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S., Starmark International specializes in the seamless integration of multiple marketing disciplines - branding, advertising, Internet development, direct response, custom publishing and public relations among them - toward the effective fulfillment of client business goals.
For more information on OmniPilot Software, including demos of the company's software titles, please visit
http://www.omnipilot.com.
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Media contact:
Valerie Milkins
954-761-1600
vmilkins@starmark.com