YOUMEHUB - PRE-RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT

[Chris Christou]

25 MARCH 2005

YOUMEHUB - PRE-RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT

BETA DEMO SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD AT:

http://www.youmeusdesign.com/youmehub

Youmehub is a fully functional business management framework built upon the award wining database foundation of FileMaker Pro. Targeted around design studio businesses or individuals, Youmehub allows you to manage many aspects of a office work-flow. The system tracks contacts, customers, clients and suppliers; manages an office diary; allows you to create marketing campaigns and mail shots; stores an inventory of products and provides an easy method for creating and tracking sales, purchases and expenses. The projects, jobs, schedules, files and timesheets modules allow project managers to track and manage people, time, costs and file assets. Finally software and hardware inventory modules help you manage all your hardware and software assets.

Features:

Youmehub is divided into 7 domains. Admin (Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Time Sheets, Expenses and mMail), Personal (Staff), Sales (Products, Estimates and Invoices), Purchases (Purchases), Projects (Projects, Jobs, Files and Schedules), Inventory (Hardware and Software)

Contacts

The Contact module is where you maintain your contacts, customers, clients, suppliers or however you refer to the people you work with.

Calendar

The Calendar module is for managing general office and staff appointments. You can toggle between month and day screens to view appointments.

Notes

The Notes module is where you can store general office notes, articles, technical knowledge records etc. You can also email a note with a single click.

Time Sheets

The Time Sheets module is where staff log their time spent on specific jobs. The time sheet table is used to log the date, job number, activity, hours worked, hours billed and hourly rate. Time sheet entries are automatically tracked by the Jobs module giving project managers an up to date view of accumulated time costs spent on a particular job.

Expenses

The Expenses module is where staff log their cash expenses. The expenses table is used to log the date, account code, description and cost. Staff can then submit the expenses table to the Purchasing module to raise a purchase order for payment.

mMail

The mMail is a mail-marketing module that can be used to compose and log your marketing communications. You can create and store standard letters and mail or email them to a mailing group.

Staff

The Staff module is used to store information about your staff. Information stored in these records are automatically called upon by other modules.

Products

This module contains an inventory of all the products you offer and is called upon by the Estimates, Invoices and Jobs modules when rasing sales orders and expenses.

Estimates & Invoices

Estimates & Invoices modules track all your sales of products, job time costs and expenses.

Purchases

The Purchasing module tracks all your purchase orders and expenses.

Projects & Jobs

Each project can have any number of jobs attached to it, each with its own time costs, job expenses and schedules. Similarly you can attach schedules and file assets directly to a project.

Schedules

Schedules allow you to detail individual project or job programmes, with deadlines actions and activities attached to each phase.

Files

The files module contains an inventory of all your file assets. Digital documents can be imported and linked to a project or job record.

Hardware

This module is where you maintain an inventory of all your office hardware assets. You can store information on the serial number make/model, specifications and maintain a log of services and repairs.

Software

This module is where you maintain an inventory of all your computer software assets. You can store information on the publisher, software title, versions and licenses keys.

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Email public beta test feedback to:

[email protected]

Youmeus Design Ltd