{"id":10696,"date":"2014-12-11T15:04:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T20:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=10696"},"modified":"2014-12-11T15:04:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T20:04:25","slug":"eci-integrates-fmaudit-software-supply-quote-capabilities-with-eci-e-automate-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2014\/12\/eci-integrates-fmaudit-software-supply-quote-capabilities-with-eci-e-automate-software\/","title":{"rendered":"ECi Integrates FMAudit Software Supply Quote Capabilities with ECi e-automate Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Leading MPS solution provider empowers e-automate users with automated supply reordering for\u00a0imaging<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fort Worth, TX \u2013December 11, 2014<\/em>: ECi Software Solutions (www.ECiSolutions.com) today announced\u00a0an exciting new advancement for the integration of its FMAudit\u00ae print services management software\u00a0with e-automate\u00ae ERP software. Toner reordering is usually a time-consuming, multi-step process\u00a0undertaken by imaging dealers. Through the advanced device monitoring and management capabilities\u00a0of FMAudit software, however, dealers using e-automate can now automatically receive detailed toner\u00a0supply quotes directly into their business system whenever a customer\u2019s imaging device is low on toner.\u00a0How does it work? FMAudit software can remotely monitor the ongoing status of imaging devices across\u00a0a vast array of brands, locations, and networking environments. FMAudit software analyzes the data\u00a0collected on each device to proactively determine how much toner is left and projects how soon each\u00a0toner cartridge will become completely empty based on historical usage patterns for the imaging device.<\/p>\n<p>When FMAudit software has determined that a toner resupply is needed for a device, it passes\u00a0synchronized details to e-automate. The reorder alert from FMAudit to e-automate automatically\u00a0generates an e-automate supply quote that associates the correct toner cartridge, serialized imaging\u00a0device, device location, and customer contact information needed to complete the resupply process\u00a0(final approval from an authorized dealer staff person is required to push the supply quote through e-automate\u2019s order process). This seamless process is accomplished via Web Services built on ECi\u2019s\u00a0proprietary ESN (Equipment Supply Network) data exchange platform.<\/p>\n<p>ESN\u2019s application programming interface (API) connection for the automatic supply quote integration is\u00a0now fully integrated with FMAudit Central v3.6 and v4.0 in concert with e-automate\u2019s 8.5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability to offer our customers this integration with e-automate is very exciting,\u201d said Greg Allen, ECi\u00a0FMAudit\u2019s VP of Operations. \u201cIncreasing productivity is what dealers are looking for and this integration\u00a0is exactly what is needed when offering automated supply ordering: the capability to place a quote in a\u00a0dealer\u2019s business management system without the staff having to manage alerts. This takes a time-\u00a0intensive step out of the ordering process and limits the risk associated with managing supply\u00a0programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about FMAudit, please visit fmaudit.ecisolutions.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>About ECi<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ECi Software Solutions family of companies provides business and e-commerce solutions, offering\u00a0on-premise and cloud-based technologies. For 30+ years, ECi\u2019s companies have served the\u00a0manufacturing, service technology, office supplies, contract office furniture, lumber and building\u00a0materials, hardware and jan\/san sectors. Privately held, ECi is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, USA,\u00a0with offices and companies throughout the U.S., Australia, England and the Netherlands. For\u00a0information, email info@ecisolutions.com, visit www.ECiSolutions.com, or call (800) 959-3367.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading MPS solution provider empowers e-automate users with automated supply reordering for\u00a0imaging Fort Worth, TX \u2013December 11, 2014: ECi Software Solutions (www.ECiSolutions.com) today announced\u00a0an exciting new advancement for the integration of its FMAudit\u00ae print services management software\u00a0with e-automate\u00ae ERP software. Toner reordering is usually a time-consuming, multi-step process\u00a0undertaken by imaging dealers. Through the advanced device monitoring and management capabilities\u00a0of FMAudit software, however, dealers using e-automate can now automatically receive detailed toner\u00a0supply quotes directly into their business system whenever a customer\u2019s imaging device is low on toner.\u00a0How does it work? FMAudit software can remotely monitor the ongoing status of imaging devices across\u00a0a vast array of brands, locations, and networking environments. FMAudit software analyzes the data\u00a0collected on each device to proactively determine how much toner is left and projects how soon each\u00a0toner cartridge will become completely empty based on historical usage patterns for the imaging device. When FMAudit software has determined that a toner resupply is needed for a device, it passes\u00a0synchronized details to e-automate. The reorder alert from FMAudit to e-automate automatically\u00a0generates an e-automate supply quote that associates the correct toner cartridge, serialized imaging\u00a0device, device location, and customer contact information needed to complete the resupply process\u00a0(final approval from an authorized dealer staff person is required to push the supply quote through e-automate\u2019s order process). This seamless process is accomplished via Web Services built on ECi\u2019s\u00a0proprietary ESN (Equipment Supply Network) data exchange platform. ESN\u2019s application programming interface (API) connection for the automatic supply quote integration is\u00a0now fully integrated with FMAudit Central v3.6 and v4.0 in concert with e-automate\u2019s 8.5. \u201cThe ability to offer our customers this integration with e-automate is very exciting,\u201d said Greg Allen, ECi\u00a0FMAudit\u2019s VP of Operations. \u201cIncreasing productivity is what dealers are looking for and this integration\u00a0is exactly what is needed when offering automated supply ordering: the capability to place a quote in a\u00a0dealer\u2019s business management system without the staff having to manage alerts. This takes a time-\u00a0intensive step out of the ordering process and limits the risk associated with managing supply\u00a0programs.\u201d To learn more about FMAudit, please visit fmaudit.ecisolutions.com. About ECi The ECi Software Solutions family of companies provides business and e-commerce solutions, offering\u00a0on-premise and cloud-based technologies. For 30+ years, ECi\u2019s companies have served the\u00a0manufacturing, service technology, office supplies, contract office furniture, lumber and building\u00a0materials, hardware and jan\/san sectors. Privately held, ECi is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, USA,\u00a0with offices and companies throughout the U.S., Australia, England and the Netherlands. For\u00a0information, email info@ecisolutions.com, visit www.ECiSolutions.com, or call (800) 959-3367.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10697,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions\/10697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}