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UCC DIRECT SERVICES

Sector: Online Search Services

Business Applications: Professional Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Accounts Payable.

UCC Direct needed to provide our customers with the details and status of their accounts payable. Due to the volume of transactions involved in our billing, many customers needed to receive and process their billing in electronic form. It was taking a long time for our customers to analyze, reconcile and record their invoices and make their payments when billing information was only in paper form. Confidentially and security issues along with ease of use were significant concerns with any solution that might be implemented.

Sentinel Hill provided a Web based solution that our customers could use. Through our corporate web site, our customers sign on with a user code and a password to review their account and receive electronic billing. They can see a list of past and current invoices, view a summary of their account status, and view the invoice as it was originally printed. They can also view supporting details associated to the invoice, not originally printed on the invoice. They can even have copies of the invoices emailed directly to them or obtain a spreadsheet of individual detail of charges by making the request from the web page.

Sentinel Hill Software’s WEB Access Manager provided a solution with the security and speed we needed. We use a UNIX mainframe as the primary server with a second UNIX server used as a corporate web site. A third Windows PC executes the WEB Access Manager application, and Sentinel Hill’s E-Request Job Service routine. All the applications are written with Acucorp’s Acucobol-GT® COBOL utilizing AcuServer® and AcuConnect® for distributed processing.

We have been using Sentinel Hill Software general accounting software systems since 1984. They are and have always been responsive to all our needs and changes in technology. The WEB solution has far exceeded our expectation. It has relieved the tedious tasks of finding copies of invoices and faxing them to our customers or preparing and mailing diskettes of detail billing. The average time for the collection of receivables has dropped dramatically. But it has influenced more than our customers. Our own staff use the WEB to review customer status of invoices and related information. Sentinel Hill’s web software solutions have enhanced our business capabilities and enabled us to provide a competitive advantage in our industry.

Henry Lewis
UCC DIRECT SERVICES

For More Information About Our Products and Services Contact:
Larry Carlsen
Sentinel Hill Software Inc.
463 Gordon Pl
West Vancouver, BC V7T 1R7
Phone: 800-663-8354
http://www.sentinel-hill.com

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