sarah@laticorp.UUCP (Sarah Groves Hobart) (07/21/87)
The company of a friend of mine is looking for a good integrated package that will do their inventory, sales, accounts receivable/payable, payroll, etc. The company sells high performance wheels, tires, suspension, etc., but their largest volume is in wheels. They do about 1500 to 2000 invoices per month. The place they're seriously thinking about purchasing from is Computers Northwest Inc. (Bellevue, WA). They have a software package called TRIMS (Tire & Retread Information Management System). CNW has given them a quote of about $24,000 for a setup including a Compaq 286 running Xenix (40 Mb disk, 1.2Mb memory, 10Mb tape back-up, internal modem), 8 line board, 3 VT220 terminals, 2 Okidata printers, cables, their software, and one week on-site training. The three terminals are slated to go on the desks of the three salespeople. Another place they've investigated (but not so seriously) is Asco, Inc. (Atlanta, GA). Does the CNW deal sound reasonable? Will the setup work, given their volume and number of salespeople, and is the price OK? Has anyone heard anything good or bad about either of these companies? Are there other companies worth investigating? If anyone would like more details about the situation, please feel free to e-mail me and ask me questions. Any help or advice is appreciated. Thank you! Sarah Groves Hobart