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Computers and Software => Business/Shop Management Programs => Topic started by: lancasterprinthouse on March 24, 2018, 12:28:22 PM
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What pricing/shop management software is everyone using? I checked out Printavo and it’s really nicely but to get all the features you have to spend $250/month which is just out of range for a small shop like mine.
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What pricing/shop management software is everyone using? I checked out Printavo and it’s really nicely but to get all the features you have to spend $250/month which is just out of range for a small shop like mine.
This has been covered a couple times and the general consensus seems to be that there is nothing great, just a lot of mediocre options that we’ve made work.
I use Printavo combined with Trello.
For pricing I would say Printavo is still lacking. We are still doing a lot of manual entry/math because the user interface for adding print costs is a pain in the ass. Way easier to make mistakes and hard to check your work (bad combo) with the way they designed it.
Still waiting for a proper solution.
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Lancaster, just get comfortable and cruise through this section to see what folks have said for the last few years.
As has been mentioned countless times, there is no one single right answer, and no perfect solution.
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What pricing/shop management software is everyone using? I checked out Printavo and it’s really nicely but to get all the features you have to spend $250/month which is just out of range for a small shop like mine.
This has been covered a couple times and the general consensus seems to be that there is nothing great, just a lot of mediocre options that we’ve made work.
I use Printavo combined with Trello.
For pricing I would say Printavo is still lacking. We are still doing a lot of manual entry/math because the user interface for adding print costs is a pain in the ass. Way easier to make mistakes and hard to check your work (bad combo) with the way they designed it.
Still waiting for a proper solution.
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Printavos lack of features at the lower price points killed it for me. Have a demo scheduled for Monday with PriceIt
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Lancaster, just get comfortable and cruise through this section to see what folks have said for the last few years.
As has been mentioned countless times, there is no one single right answer, and no perfect solution.
I’m beginning to see that. There’s actually a shop I came across on instagram that has a kickstarter campaign going right for a new shop management program.
I didn’t even realize this section existed until you moved my thread. This thread is kind of pointless now that I’ve discovered this section of the forum. Lol. My bad!
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What pricing/shop management software is everyone using? I checked out Printavo and it’s really nicely but to get all the features you have to spend $250/month which is just out of range for a small shop like mine.
This has been covered a couple times and the general consensus seems to be that there is nothing great, just a lot of mediocre options that we’ve made work.
I use Printavo combined with Trello.
For pricing I would say Printavo is still lacking. We are still doing a lot of manual entry/math because the user interface for adding print costs is a pain in the ass. Way easier to make mistakes and hard to check your work (bad combo) with the way they designed it.
Still waiting for a proper solution.
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Printavos lack of features at the lower price points killed it for me. Have a demo scheduled for Monday with PriceIt
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We tried Price-It a couple of years ago, but staff really just hated it, which I found a little less than being open minded, but the killer was bad math on invoices. The totals were less than what they should have been, obviously a problem. We just discontinued it and went forward with a less than integrated system, cobbled together parts, and use QB Accountant version so we can have Sales Orders; but the work comes and goes, though maybe with more effort than necessary in 2018... I'm not sure if Price-It had other clients with the problem we had, but I'm sure they fixed it if they did, I did find their support pretty good.
Steve
Steve
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We are working on one right now. We had our first meeting on Friday. The lead programmer has worked in this industry and in our shop. He has a great grasp of what needs to happen.
Our second programmer is actually currently employed here. So he has an in depth knowledge of what the program needs to do.
The 3rd guy on the team is an API expert. He also programs in a different language than the other 2, and has some other knowledge outside of what they know...like security.
We are still in the planning stage right now, but some of the features are going to be killer. I know it won't work for every shop, but I think it will be clean and fast enough that it will be a good program for a lot of shops. We are looking at about a 3 month time frame before we start beta testing.
We are still working out some logistics, client side vs server side, how to store data and things like that. Oh yeah, and a name. No idea what to call the thing. I was thinking Price-quoter-print-shop-tavo-vox. It just rolls right off the tongue.
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I use the $149/mo option of Printavo and an old version of T-Works and I'm happy with that combo for right now.
I was highly against paying monthly for a program, but Printavo makes my life a lot easier and I'm a really small shop. I tried the 250/month plan but didn't like their pricing matrix which is why I still use my old version of T-Works to price out the jobs but I keep everything organized with Printavo.
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We are working on one right now. We had our first meeting on Friday. The lead programmer has worked in this industry and in our shop. He has a great grasp of what needs to happen.
Our second programmer is actually currently employed here. So he has an in depth knowledge of what the program needs to do.
The 3rd guy on the team is an API expert. He also programs in a different language than the other 2, and has some other knowledge outside of what they know...like security.
We are still in the planning stage right now, but some of the features are going to be killer. I know it won't work for every shop, but I think it will be clean and fast enough that it will be a good program for a lot of shops. We are looking at about a 3 month time frame before we start beta testing.
We are still working out some logistics, client side vs server side, how to store data and things like that. Oh yeah, and a name. No idea what to call the thing. I was thinking Price-quoter-print-shop-tavo-vox. It just rolls right off the tongue.
Keep us posted for sure.
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We are working on one right now. We had our first meeting on Friday. The lead programmer has worked in this industry and in our shop. He has a great grasp of what needs to happen.
Our second programmer is actually currently employed here. So he has an in depth knowledge of what the program needs to do.
The 3rd guy on the team is an API expert. He also programs in a different language than the other 2, and has some other knowledge outside of what they know...like security.
We are still in the planning stage right now, but some of the features are going to be killer. I know it won't work for every shop, but I think it will be clean and fast enough that it will be a good program for a lot of shops. We are looking at about a 3 month time frame before we start beta testing.
We are still working out some logistics, client side vs server side, how to store data and things like that. Oh yeah, and a name. No idea what to call the thing. I was thinking Price-quoter-print-shop-tavo-vox. It just rolls right off the tongue.
Do you have a UI/UX Designer for this? That is SO important. If the front end looks like crap or isn't intuitive...
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Do you have a UI/UX Designer for this? That is SO important. If the front end looks like crap or isn't intuitive...
So true. Like many other people due to usability issues we don’t use certain features.
On our program adding and adjusting print locations is a pain in the ass, and no visual feedback on the editing screen. It’s just easier, faster, and SAFER to do the math manually and check it after. Like many others I have seen math errors before, too. Unacceptable.
I wish they’d focus on improving the current application instead of talking about a mock-up building and other do-dads. Sometimes I feel they make features just good enough to add to the front of the website to sell subscriptions. Don’t even get me started on the 18 month wait for Quickbooks Sync to work, meanwhile it’s right on the front page as a feature and literally by definition does no ‘sync’ing at all. It uploads. There is no sync feature.
Someone has gotta be reading this and see an opportunity.
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Do you have a UI/UX Designer for this? That is SO important. If the front end looks like crap or isn't intuitive...
Yes. I agree. It has to be clean, simple and easy to understand what is going on. This was a big topic in our meetings. I know how to run the program we have. Everybody else is lost with it. It's easy to navigate once you learn it. We want something that is easy to navigate regardless of skill level.
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TeeCal Cloud was released on April 30, 2018 to its existing customers.
TeeCal Cloud to be released to public on June 1, 2018.
Please feel free to contact TeeCal Support team for details.
http://www.teecal.com (http://www.teecal.com)
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What pricing/shop management software is everyone using? I checked out Printavo and it’s really nicely but to get all the features you have to spend $250/month which is just out of range for a small shop like mine.
This has been covered a couple times and the general consensus seems to be that there is nothing great, just a lot of mediocre options that we’ve made work.
I use Printavo combined with Trello.
For pricing I would say Printavo is still lacking. We are still doing a lot of manual entry/math because the user interface for adding print costs is a pain in the ass. Way easier to make mistakes and hard to check your work (bad combo) with the way they designed it.
Still waiting for a proper solution.
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Printavos lack of features at the lower price points killed it for me. Have a demo scheduled for Monday with PriceIt
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Hey man!! How's things?
I agree with your statement. We use PriceIt, have for years. Is it as robust as ShopWorx? No. But it gets the job done well for us and always has. Plus the guys there are so damn nice!
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I know this is an old thread but I wanted to see if the original posters had any updates on anything new and exciting on a simple quoting software. We're becoming pretty disappointed in the Fastmanager product as they don't seem to be putting much effort into solving ongoing issues with supplier integration. We just want a good quoting solution that uses most of the big supplier catalogs integrated into the system.
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OI was talking to someone a couple weeks ago that said he was really happy with the latest version of IMPRESS.
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OI was talking to someone a couple weeks ago that said he was really happy with the latest version of IMPRESS.
I just got an email about it. I went to their site, but it didn't have a lot of info on it.
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OI was talking to someone a couple weeks ago that said he was really happy with the latest version of IMPRESS.
looked into it and was ready to try it out when suddenly the price went up $3K. Needles to say, we did not try it. . .
pierre
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we are maybe 5 years with Shopworx still a love/HATE relationship, the platform does what it needs to do. Still blows my mind how much $ i have in this and how un user friendly it is.
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short answer is they ALL suck...period. You just find the one that sucks the least and make a bunch of work arounds. I'd pay 6 unicorn furs for a halfway decent program....I've tried every one I could get my hands on for the past two solid years and none of them would fit our needs, not even slightly... When Brad gets his thumb out of his bumb maybe we stand a chance of getting a decent program...
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Hi, thank you for all the useful posts on shop management SW. Is anyone using the Hubspot CRM and the cloud based parts of PriceIt? I have been procrastinating between going with PriceIt versus Fastmanager. Does anyone have recent advice between the two of them? I have a small screenprinting shop with one auto and 3 manuals.
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Hi, thank you for all the useful posts on shop management SW. Is anyone using the Hubspot CRM and the cloud based parts of PriceIt? I have been procrastinating between going with PriceIt versus Fastmanager. Does anyone have recent advice between the two of them? I have a small screenprinting shop with one auto and 3 manuals.
Try Teecal!
pierre
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OI was talking to someone a couple weeks ago that said he was really happy with the latest version of IMPRESS.
looked into it and was ready to try it out when suddenly the price went up $3K. Needles to say, we did not try it. . .
pierre
Impress makes me want to kill myself daily. Do not recommend.
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Impress makes me want to kill myself daily. Do not recommend.
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Could you please expand a little bit on why it makes you want to kill yourself daily. I don't need long detail, just top three reasons if you don't mind. I am in the process of looking at new software and am looking into Impress Global.
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Impress makes me want to kill myself daily. Do not recommend.
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Could you please expand a little bit on why it makes you want to kill yourself daily. I don't need long detail, just top three reasons if you don't mind. I am in the process of looking at new software and am looking into Impress Global.
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my guess is that both impress and shopworks are the most unintuitive pieces of software ever written
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I can see how both Showorks and Impress are unintuitive.
I am using Fastmanager right now and I feel I have reached its limitations. So trying to explore whats out there that is a little more indepth. To me choosing a software program is the hardest to do. Not enough unbiased real time info and some of these software company website provide the most basic info if that.
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does anyone know if shopworks connects with quickbooks, not Quickbooks online?
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does anyone know if shopworks connects with quickbooks, not Quickbooks online?
shopworks is stand alone and does the accounting too. while it's nice not to sync, you lose some of the reporting in the QB which is pretty sophisticated.
pierre
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We’ve been using FastManager for the past 5 years and I have no idea how we’d run the shop without it. It’s really under-rated imo. Yeah, it’s a bit quirky at times, but once you learn your way around, it will do practically anything you need it to do. It feels like a mini-shopworks to me. It is very customizable and pricing matrix’s are endless. We may be grandfathered, but the pricing is dirt cheap compared to these cloud based programs. They are rolling out a cloud based version called teesome, but we are way too busy to risk a change in shop operating programs right now. I suppose if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Thanks my $0.02
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To clarify. Fast Manger does sync with quick books. We manage the cost side of the accounting in QB for our P&L by sync-ing invoices and payments over from Fastmanger
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does anyone know if shopworks connects with quickbooks, not Quickbooks online?
shopworks is stand alone and does the accounting too. while it's nice not to sync, you lose some of the reporting in the QB which is pretty sophisticated.
pierre
You can get all the info you want from SW,it's just going to take hours to figure out the filters to yield the info you want.
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OI was talking to someone a couple weeks ago that said he was really happy with the latest version of IMPRESS.
looked into it and was ready to try it out when suddenly the price went up $3K. Needles to say, we did not try it. . .
pierre
Impress makes me want to kill myself daily. Do not recommend.
I've also been looking at Impress Global and changing from Shopworks - would you be able expand more possibly?
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TP Was quite proficient with impress back in the day. He figured out a way to pull down orders and created a magnet system for visual scheduling. It worked well. I followed behind him in that shop. It was also a great inventory management system. Maybe he will chime in with some details. I know it has improved big time in the last year or so.
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Just my 2 cents- we are a small shop (200,000 year) but we do everything -
screen print (javelin 6/8- vastex manual 10/10
roland vp-540
epson 2100 dtg
embroidery (4 head SWF, 1 head SWF, 2 Head Ricoma)
Sublimation (Sawgrass 800 System)
I started with T-Quoter - when it sold it went to crap- then switched to DecoBusiness Advantage (Manf. discontinued support after 1 year) - then went price it master for several years (just couldn't do multiple items on an order very easy and we have orders with many processes- plus if you over ride the price anywhere on the invoice , when it syncs with quickbooks it goes into override instead on a category(so almost all invoices are override)- we then went with fastmanager for 3 years - the markup system is screwy as hell to get the right price, support leaves a little to be desired. no ability to invoice /email/ receive payment from within the program- had to export to quickbooks first - the invoice from there. also very difficult to add new items on the fly.
we are now 3 months into shopvox- and it does amazing things - setting it up is not for the weak. but you can pay for assistance - i just slugged thru it and got it set up how i wanted - you can set it up to do any item - priced any way you can imagine. it is 100% online based if that makes a difference to you. I have not had the need for support very often- but there is a chat icon in the software that is always manned by 3-5 people to help- if needed they will call you to assist if it can not be handled thru that. I knwo email artwork/approvals/invoices - everything from within the program - it integrates with QB faster than any program i have used and it integrates with our Square account for online /email payments.
I hope it continues to work for us - it has been great so far- i spend much less time quoting and invoicing- along with art approvals.
They did not have a free trial but I got a coupon for first 2 months at 50% off- so it is $99 per month - i paid $49 for each of the first 2 months. There were times i thought i was not smart enough to set it up. but i slugged thru it and am a happy camper now
Hope this helps
Discount T-Shirts & Embroidery
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Our shop uses Stokkup which is a bit more expensive than Printavo, but it is a full ERP. There is a client portal that allows our clients to log in and fill out all of the information to place an order. There is a complete scheduling system that allows us to schedule jobs by date and machine being used for print and embroidery, and it generates a capacity report for each machine including estimated run times for each job. It tracks mesh, lpi, squeegee, ink, pretty much all of the variables that go into the print, and you are able to easily duplicate it for re-orders once the info has been put in. You can track the order status and check which department the order is in. We are even able to auto-generate shipping labels with the address the client personally typed in which is pretty awesome (especially for anyone who has accidentally shipped goods to the wrong place like me lol). It is integrated with qb so once we switch the status to shipped the order automatically syncs.
I don't recommend it for any smaller shops, the software is clearly intended for bigger shops that have multiple machines and different people operating different departments. We are going to be putting iPads at each machine soon so that each press op can digitally look at their schedule for the day and access press instructions generated by the art team. Soon I will no longer be running around the shop like a madman looking for tickets and PO's because it will all be digital. I will attach a link to their site for anyone interested, Sean and his team are super helpful with answering questions. Not sure what they are charging new customers currently, we have been using them for quite a while and I know they lowered the price for us to get us on board, and it hasn't gone up since so I won't be asking lol. I am not paid by Stokkup but I am an advocate of their software and I do enjoy bragging about our shop (can't wait for these iPads).
https://www.stokkup.com/product/ (https://www.stokkup.com/product/)
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If you are a smaller shop I would recommend Printavo. They are from Chicago and I have been following them for a while. I love their company but for all of the features Stokkup offers us it makes a lot more sense for us to stick with it. I would say if you have like 1 or two autos and 1 or two manuals, Printavo is perfect. Anything more than that I would definitely recommend Stokkup.
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If you are a smaller shop I would recommend Printavo. They are from Chicago and I have been following them for a while. I love their company but for all of the features Stokkup offers us it makes a lot more sense for us to stick with it. I would say if you have like 1 or two autos and 1 or two manuals, Printavo is perfect. Anything more than that I would definitely recommend Stokkup.
Just an update but this is the route we went. We’re 1 auto and 1 manual and Printavo has all the features we need. As we grow, we may outgrow it but for now it handles our day to day operations and quoting like a charm. I know this sounds contradictory, but, personally they rub me the wrong way. At the end of the day though I just simply don’t interact with them and I don’t have any complaints about the software itself. Little pricey but I can get over it because it really does help me where I need it and it’s a small investment compared to being completely disorganized and all over the place on pricing.
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Stokkup web site is about the most basic site in history to make you want to spend $550 a month on software.
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Stokkup web site is about the most basic site in history to make you want to spend $550 a month on software.
DING DING DING DING!
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Stokkup web site is about the most basic site in history to make you want to spend $550 a month on software.
I'd have to agree. It looks like a well put together SmartSheet template to me. And no SANMAR integration? That's a big minus for me....along with that hefty price tag.
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And for those using the Printavo product, it does appear that they have come a long way but is AlphaBroder, S&S Activewear and SanMar their only integrated catalogs? Just a few more like TSC, TSF and Tri-Mountain might push us over the edge.
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Stokkup web site is about the most basic site in history to make you want to spend $550 a month on software.
I think the biggest justification for us is the smart algorithms, the client portal and the data provided. We primarily use S&S so the SanMar integration doesn't really matter, though I am sure it is something the Stokkup team would consider adding (or could possibly be working on already). I can schedule jobs out for each machine and generate a capacity report for my entire shop. My sales team can utilize that same capacity report to determine a real ship date, and if we can take an order on here or if it needs to be sent to an affiliate vendor due to capacity being booked. Prior to using Stokkup creating a daily schedule was a major hassle. Now I literally drag and drop jobs on a schedule that auto generates the capacity per machine and each press operator utilizes that same schedule to know what to run for the day and in what priority. They don't need to understand print order or what squeegees to use because it is all called out on the job cards on their schedule. Our pre press (and garment check in) departments utilize the same schedule to lay jobs out and have everything prepped for the machine operators the next day, and the job cards list out the mesh/LPI required. They can mark the job as burned and it will show up visually so the production team knows the screens are at the press. Our garment check in team can mark the garments as checked in and it will visually show up so the production team knows they have everything ready to run a particular job. The software helps ensure we keep our money makers moving and makes the process of doing so as stress free as possible. It also tells me what my average order size is, how many screens it is, price, it tracks my clients and all of their contact information, basically all of the information that goes into every single order. So the next time I am deciding if I should invest in one 14 head machine or two 6 head machines, I will have some real statistics to back my decision and help calculate an ROI.
I would agree that aesthetically it needs quite a bit of work, but the functionality of it is our main concern and for that it goes above and beyond. It seems to me whenever I talk with the team over there that they are more focused on important updates (the client portal is a new one, now they are working on incorporating a module for affiliate vendors). I can go on and on about why it works well for my shop and list every minute detail it offers, but my best advice would be to contact Sean and see if you can gain access for a limited free trial. I can guarantee that the software far out performs the aesthetics of the site and that you will be impressed.
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@tbarnes
can you post about the client portal? I was told it wasn't really finished yet.
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@tbarnes
can you post about the client portal? I was told it wasn't really finished yet.
That is correct they have not finished fully developing it, I just spoke with Sean this morning. They are still working on the clients inputting information. What is fully accessible to everyone via the last update is the client viewer. This basically allows the clients to log in and view/track all of the information of the order. It will show them order status (under review, art development, in production, shipping, fulfilled, etc.) and it allows them to view every in voice, every garment type, every design entered, etc. in one convenient location.
What they are currently developing with it is client entries. The client will eventually input all of the information for every order (art files, garment type, quantities, position, shipping location, etc.) and that will generate a new PO for your shop in the system and the order status will be "under review". They are also developing it to auto-generate quotes for clients as well. We have been beta testing certain features with a handful of clients. We have gone from end to end with shipping info being input by the client, and the labels auto-generating and printing exactly what the client input through the system. They still have a lot of work to do for the quoting system and linking a few other key features together, and they won't be releasing the full update until it is finished and they have worked out the bugs so the official update is still TBD. Sorry if I misinformed you earlier, I forgot that we were testing certain features for them that have not been fully released to everyone.
If anyone has any other questions about the Stokkup software I am happy to respond when I have time.
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@tbarnes
can you post about the client portal? I was told it wasn't really finished yet.
That is correct they have not finished fully developing it, I just spoke with Sean this morning. They are still working on the clients inputting information. What is fully accessible to everyone via the last update is the client viewer. This basically allows the clients to log in and view/track all of the information of the order. It will show them order status (under review, art development, in production, shipping, fulfilled, etc.) and it allows them to view every in voice, every garment type, every design entered, etc. in one convenient location.
What they are currently developing with it is client entries. The client will eventually input all of the information for every order (art files, garment type, quantities, position, shipping location, etc.) and that will generate a new PO for your shop in the system and the order status will be "under review". They are also developing it to auto-generate quotes for clients as well. We have been beta testing certain features with a handful of clients. We have gone from end to end with shipping info being input by the client, and the labels auto-generating and printing exactly what the client input through the system. They still have a lot of work to do for the quoting system and linking a few other key features together, and they won't be releasing the full update until it is finished and they have worked out the bugs so the official update is still TBD. Sorry if I misinformed you earlier, I forgot that we were testing certain features for them that have not been fully released to everyone.
If anyone has any other questions about the Stokkup software I am happy to respond when I have time.
Can you post a video?
Pierre
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Starting to review the TeeCal software. So far I’m fairly impressed. We’re going to run it through the paces and see how well it fits and how much we can conform to it.
I wish it had a little more forms customization but I think we can get past that.
Anyone here have any comments on this application?
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If you are a smaller shop I would recommend Printavo. They are from Chicago and I have been following them for a while. I love their company but for all of the features Stokkup offers us it makes a lot more sense for us to stick with it. I would say if you have like 1 or two autos and 1 or two manuals, Printavo is perfect.
Do you find that it does most things they actually say it will do without needing to add other programs?
Printavo looks really great and I have been tempted to start to migrate over, but EVERYONE I have ever talked to has said "it would be great if it actually did everything Printavo said it would do. Many features are rolled out and are not fully functional, or you need to add other programs in conjunction with it to make it do everything." Some people were running like 3 programs with Printavo to get their workflow right.
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Starting to review the TeeCal software. So far I’m fairly impressed. We’re going to run it through the paces and see how well it fits and how much we can conform to it.
I wish it had a little more forms customization but I think we can get past that.
Anyone here have any comments on this application?
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we run it and are super happy with it. Until a year or so back, it would corrupt the data every now and then, but since switching to SQL version it's been pretty good. We still have to have an invoice fixed every now and then, but it seems like one phone call a year, maybe two. They are super responsive and are on top of things when you need them though and have also implemented several features we requested.
EVERYTHING we do runs through TeeCal, we don't use any external programs except for Crystal Reports to track the performance. There are few modules we don't use since we are a contract shop, but there isn't a task being done in the shop that is not going through TeeCal. It creates the schedule, printing instructions tracks the status. . .
They are working on the client module, not sure how far along they are, but was told it would be out in the next version.
Anybody interested, I can share a screen and show how it works.
pierre
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@tbarnes
can you post about the client portal? I was told it wasn't really finished yet.
That is correct they have not finished fully developing it, I just spoke with Sean this morning. They are still working on the clients inputting information. What is fully accessible to everyone via the last update is the client viewer. This basically allows the clients to log in and view/track all of the information of the order. It will show them order status (under review, art development, in production, shipping, fulfilled, etc.) and it allows them to view every in voice, every garment type, every design entered, etc. in one convenient location.
What they are currently developing with it is client entries. The client will eventually input all of the information for every order (art files, garment type, quantities, position, shipping location, etc.) and that will generate a new PO for your shop in the system and the order status will be "under review". They are also developing it to auto-generate quotes for clients as well. We have been beta testing certain features with a handful of clients. We have gone from end to end with shipping info being input by the client, and the labels auto-generating and printing exactly what the client input through the system. They still have a lot of work to do for the quoting system and linking a few other key features together, and they won't be releasing the full update until it is finished and they have worked out the bugs so the official update is still TBD. Sorry if I misinformed you earlier, I forgot that we were testing certain features for them that have not been fully released to everyone.
If anyone has any other questions about the Stokkup software I am happy to respond when I have time.
Can you post a video?
Pierre
I will look into getting this done sometime this week. I will have to speak with Sean and his team and make sure they approve before posting anything. Do you want to see the client portal specifically?
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@tbarnes
can you post about the client portal? I was told it wasn't really finished yet.
That is correct they have not finished fully developing it, I just spoke with Sean this morning. They are still working on the clients inputting information. What is fully accessible to everyone via the last update is the client viewer. This basically allows the clients to log in and view/track all of the information of the order. It will show them order status (under review, art development, in production, shipping, fulfilled, etc.) and it allows them to view every in voice, every garment type, every design entered, etc. in one convenient location.
What they are currently developing with it is client entries. The client will eventually input all of the information for every order (art files, garment type, quantities, position, shipping location, etc.) and that will generate a new PO for your shop in the system and the order status will be "under review". They are also developing it to auto-generate quotes for clients as well. We have been beta testing certain features with a handful of clients. We have gone from end to end with shipping info being input by the client, and the labels auto-generating and printing exactly what the client input through the system. They still have a lot of work to do for the quoting system and linking a few other key features together, and they won't be releasing the full update until it is finished and they have worked out the bugs so the official update is still TBD. Sorry if I misinformed you earlier, I forgot that we were testing certain features for them that have not been fully released to everyone.
If anyone has any other questions about the Stokkup software I am happy to respond when I have time.
Can you post a video?
Pierre
I will look into getting this done sometime this week. I will have to speak with Sean and his team and make sure they approve before posting anything. Do you want to see the client portal specifically?
thanx! Not interested in the client portal, just the overivew on the software. This way ppl that are interested can see how it works. Maybe post how to create an order, how the scheduler works and something about production sheets. That's what I would want to see (as a contract printer) . Others would probably want to see something about ordering garments too.
If there are videos of those already, feel free to post links.
pierre
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If you are a smaller shop I would recommend Printavo. They are from Chicago and I have been following them for a while. I love their company but for all of the features Stokkup offers us it makes a lot more sense for us to stick with it. I would say if you have like 1 or two autos and 1 or two manuals, Printavo is perfect.
Do you find that it does most things they actually say it will do without needing to add other programs?
Printavo looks really great and I have been tempted to start to migrate over, but EVERYONE I have ever talked to has said "it would be great if it actually did everything Printavo said it would do. Many features are rolled out and are not fully functional, or you need to add other programs in conjunction with it to make it do everything." Some people were running like 3 programs with Printavo to get their workflow right.
I personally have not fully used the software just played around with the trial, but I have heard from a lot of people the same thing. You end up having to utilize other programs or pay for some kind of add on to get it to function the way they advertise. I have also been told their customer service is not a strong suit. I do know that they are killing it at their price point though, and that a lot of the same people complaining about these things feel the product still justifies the cost and continue their subscription. From what I see it is great to track invoices and quotes but I am unimpressed by the calendar.
I suggest going on their website and doing the free trial to see how it works for your shop. It is two weeks which gives you plenty of time to critique it.
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@tbarnes
can you post about the client portal? I was told it wasn't really finished yet.
That is correct they have not finished fully developing it, I just spoke with Sean this morning. They are still working on the clients inputting information. What is fully accessible to everyone via the last update is the client viewer. This basically allows the clients to log in and view/track all of the information of the order. It will show them order status (under review, art development, in production, shipping, fulfilled, etc.) and it allows them to view every in voice, every garment type, every design entered, etc. in one convenient location.
What they are currently developing with it is client entries. The client will eventually input all of the information for every order (art files, garment type, quantities, position, shipping location, etc.) and that will generate a new PO for your shop in the system and the order status will be "under review". They are also developing it to auto-generate quotes for clients as well. We have been beta testing certain features with a handful of clients. We have gone from end to end with shipping info being input by the client, and the labels auto-generating and printing exactly what the client input through the system. They still have a lot of work to do for the quoting system and linking a few other key features together, and they won't be releasing the full update until it is finished and they have worked out the bugs so the official update is still TBD. Sorry if I misinformed you earlier, I forgot that we were testing certain features for them that have not been fully released to everyone.
If anyone has any other questions about the Stokkup software I am happy to respond when I have time.
Can you post a video?
Pierre
I will look into getting this done sometime this week. I will have to speak with Sean and his team and make sure they approve before posting anything. Do you want to see the client portal specifically?
thanx! Not interested in the client portal, just the overivew on the software. This way ppl that are interested can see how it works. Maybe post how to create an order, how the scheduler works and something about production sheets. That's what I would want to see (as a contract printer) . Others would probably want to see something about ordering garments too.
If there are videos of those already, feel free to post links.
pierre
Here is a link to their youtube channel. Sean said he will work on getting some new videos out soon and post on there. Whenever he does I can link those as well.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-gF8qty4NOPgGN9EyiZw8g (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-gF8qty4NOPgGN9EyiZw8g)
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we run it and are super happy with it. Until a year or so back, it would corrupt the data every now and then, but since switching to SQL version it's been pretty good. We still have to have an invoice fixed every now and then, but it seems like one phone call a year, maybe two. They are super responsive and are on top of things when you need them though and have also implemented several features we requested.
EVERYTHING we do runs through TeeCal, we don't use any external programs except for Crystal Reports to track the performance. There are few modules we don't use since we are a contract shop, but there isn't a task being done in the shop that is not going through TeeCal. It creates the schedule, printing instructions tracks the status. . .
They are working on the client module, not sure how far along they are, but was told it would be out in the next version.
Anybody interested, I can share a screen and show how it works.
pierre
Sorry, I should clarify this. . . We still use other software in the shop, like QuickBooks and Adobe Illustrator, but as far as tracking production stuff, it's Teecal only.All invoice tracking including AR also runs through Teecal. Only when the work is done and the money is collected do the invoices move to QB.
Reporting is done with QB and Crystal Reports.
pierre
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Do check out https://www.yoprint.com/ (https://www.yoprint.com/) , the job presets make it super easy to open sales order in under 10 seconds. You can stack/combine multiple pricing matrices into ur line items. We got quite a few TeeCal users switched to YoPrint...
On top of it, YoPrint has a free plan going, so there's no reason you still using pen and paper.