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Trans World Entertainment Corporation teams up with SPSI and Lightning Pick Technologies
CARSON, CALIFORNIA - June 5th, 2007 Trans World selected Lightning Pick Technologies (Germantown, WI - 262-251-2100, www.lightningpick.com) to provide a brand new Put-to-Light solution. Lightning Pick’s new LP Put© offered updated cable-free light module hardware design and advanced software to improve sortation performance.

To enable the put and manifesting technologies to work as a single solution, Lightning Pick partnered with SPSI (Milwaukee WI - 414-302-2929, www.spsinet.com) to provide the new shipping system.
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Trans World Entertainment [PDF]
Dental Associates to Implement Document and Check Capture Software
MINNEAPOLIS, January 25, 2007—Captovation, a developer of document and check capture software, announced today that Dental Associates will implement Captovation’s Web Capture product at each of its eight Wisconsin office locations. Web Capture’s browser-based capture solution will help usher in a streamlined process for storing and accessing patient records.

Dental Associates is a rapidly growing family dentistry chain in central and eastern Wisconsin with over 850 employees serving around 320,000 clients. Each time patients visit an office, their file (chart) is pulled and any new patient care documentation is added.

Dental Associates’ challenge has been to make patient records available as needed at each of its locations, since clients often visit multiple offices. In the past they stored all patient records in file cabinets at each office. Changes to records were then photocopied, hand-delivered, faxed or mailed to other offices. This presented multiple issues, including an ever increasing need for space and the significant cost and time required to update records.

Dental Associates’ goal was three-fold: reduce as much paper as possible, provide a single accurate record source and reduce cost, all without disrupting patient care. Dental Associates worked with SPSI (Systems and Programming Solutions, Inc.), a Captovation Value Added Reseller (VAR), to implement an electronic patient records solution, using Captovation Web Capture. Web Capture is a browser-based, thin-client document capture system that requires no manual software installation. This allows organizations to get remote capture sites up and running quickly and easily.
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Dental Associates Success Story [PDF]

The sky's the limit on VPI Flooring's success with SPSI laying the groundwork
Growth is through the roof at VPI Flooring, a leader in the flooring business for 55 years. With sales growth estimated at more than triple the industry average, the company that pioneered static control flooring attributes its strength to a new focus on innovation. Today, this is born out not only in new product designs, but also by industry-leading use of on demand technology deployed with help from IBM Premier Business Partner Systems & Programming Solutions Inc. (SPSI).

VPI Flooring is among the first in its industry to use the Web as a tool to better manage and grow its business. Earlier this year, the company launched an IBM-based extranet known as KwikServ. Designed and deployed by SPSI, the solution is one piece of an overarching strategy to help VPI Flooring better meet customer's demands and grow its business through strategic, innovative use of technology.
To read the complete VPI success story please click on the link below.
VPI Success Story [PDF]

Leading distributor relies on B2B solution to win over customers - and new business
As a result of the Web interface developed by SPSI, customers can now log on to the Larson Company site 24/7, view descriptions of items, prices and availability, and submit orders. They can access their own account to view previous purchase orders, the amount they owe, and more. All accurate data, supplied in real time.

Real-time information was a primary reason for sticking with the proven IBM server platform. But it wasn't the only one. "The IBM eServer iSeries simply never goes down, and it has great security," attests Mr. Mirocha. "We also use other NT servers, but as good as they get, they're simply never as reliable and secure as the IBM eServer iSeries".

By sticking with its existing platform architecture, the Larson Company could reduce wear and tear on its network, and retain proprietary applications, preserving earlier IT investments while reaping rewards of the new IBM eServer iSeries technology. Even better, a massive amount of stored historical data could be brought right to their customers' fingertips.
To read the complete Gustave A. Larson Company success story please click on the link below.
Gustave A. Larson Company success story [PDF]