Extreme Integration

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Mia

Hi,

I work for a medium size company in hospitality business. Managers
create tons of forms in Excel and Word, then make photocopies for
kitchen staff to use. In addition, I make other forms and handouts in
Adobe Illustrator.

It is a nightmare to figure out who created what file and dates of
creation; users constantly lose their files on the Terminal Server.
Then I have to look for them, wasting time. Whenever a restaurant menu
item changes, someone has to update website (thank God that went ASP),
change handouts with prices, change kitchen procedures, instructions,
etc. Then someone has to destroy old copies of old forms and replace
them with new, updated ones (NEVER HAPPENS). Users then keep making
old items and sell them for old prices, while management already
advertised new prices ... Get the picture?

Is there a way to centralize all this mess? Like an Intranet with
limited access, where a user can pull the file/database, change it,
save it, and have the changes ripple through to other documents?

The problem is, I would prefer having Illustrator-like editing
capabilities. I mean, I can throw everything into an MDB and call it
good, but I want 1) user access rights, 2) ability to add graphics,
etc.

Is there a soultion available - at least for effective document
sharing? Anyone?


Thanks,


Mia
 
Mia,

I'm sure it can be done with Access if enough resources (time, expertise
and money) are put behind it, but it sounds to me like it's time for
your company to consider an ERP! These days the major players in the ERP
market are finding they are running out of new big corporate potential
customers, and are therefore offering "light" versions of their ERP
systems, one of which might be a very good choice for your company (if
not even the full version).

Nikos
 
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