FileMaker Press Release
New Studio Manager 9 takes advantage of new FileMaker Pro 9 features to address the special needs of creative services businesses and work groups.
Exploits FileMaker Pro 9’s new Conditional Formatting feature to create dynamic color-coding for error-checking and production and financial alerts.
Creative professionals demand customization and Studio Manager 9
delivers. In times past, a program could be inflexible. That sort
of worked then, but we all know that this approach fails miserably
in our turbulent times. Unfortunately, few vertical market software
products allow true customization and extensibility. Based on
FileMaker Pro 9, the king of rapid database development, Studio
Manager 9 is open and customizable. You can complement it with
other modules, extend your own existing FileMaker-based solution or
even copy and paste pieces of Studio Manager into your own
solution.
Script groups make customization manageable.
Studio Manager 9 takes advantage of FileMaker Pro 9’s
new script groups and outlining features. Its power is made
possible by more than 600 scripts. All those scripts could be
unwieldy if not neatly grouped for easy access. You can expand and
collapse different scripting groups as you need them. When you go
in to change or add a script, all you see is a short list of script
groups with disclosure triangles ready to go. Working with scripts
just got a lot easier.
Address Book integration and v-card creation
If you are on Tiger or Leopard like most creative professionals
are, you can save a step by transferring Studio Manager contact
information into Address Book with the push of a button.If the
contact already exists, you have are given the option to update it.
PC or Mac, click to generate v-cards to integrate with other
contact management software.
Employee task views
FileMaker’s slick tab-making feature made it a snap to
provide four ways for employees to see what they have to do. You
can see today’s tasks, overdue tasks, upcoming tasks and
all undone tasks. These views use the new conditional formatting so
that overdue items grab your attention and today’s work
is also clear, not overwhelming. Much better.
Covers all the business bases better than ever in a
single file
Studio Manager makes short work of scheduling, job cost tracking,
timesheets, estimating, contact management, billing, receivables,
purchase orders, job notes and outgoing correspondence. New to SM9
is extended support of summary estimates, profit reporting for job
components, and job thumbnails.
Studio Manager 9 works with:
• OS X 10.4.8 or later (including 10.5 Leopard) on
Macintosh. • Windows XP Professional or Home (Service
Pack 2) on PCs • Vista Ultimate, Business or Home on PCs
• Citrix and Terminal Server For more information, please
see FileMaker Inc's FileMaker Pro 9 Tech Specs page.
http://filemaker.com/products/fmp/tech_specs.html
Pricing and Availability
Studio Manager 9 is immediately available. New users may purchase
a single-user version of Studio Manager 9 for $895 USD. A full
price list is available on our website (see below). About Tokerud
Consulting Group
Tokerud Consulting develops database software for the creative
services business sector. The company was founded in 1989 serving
creative services businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area by
providing custom FileMaker databases for their business
needs. Studio Manager was developed in the
mid-90's and has grown steadily in functionality and ease
of use as FileMaker Pro has improved by leaps and bounds. About 50%
of our time is spent on our product and the other 50% is spent
consulting and customizing for creative services firms and work
groups.
Customer contact:
Janet Tokerud or Sally Shannon
415 789-5219
http://www.studio-manager.com
Media contact:
Janet Tokerud
415 789-5219
janet@tokerud.com
Free Demo Download:
http://www.studio-manager.html/form1.php
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All rights reserved.