As part of our complete service offering for your current AIMS software, we are excited to introduce the newest version of our AIMS RemoteLink native iPad app now available for download from the App Store.

AIMS RemoteLink is the iPad app for fashion sales people on the go. Take orders at tradeshows, and send them to your back office and warehouse with a few touches. New orders can be taken, processed, and managed directly from your iPad.

Use your iPad camera to scan barcodes directly from your samples or LookBooks, without having to input style numbers manually. AIMS RemoteLink also displays your inventory so you can keep track of exactly how much stock you have available. You can even connect a credit card reader to your iPad and swipe customer credit card.

AIMS RemoteLink lets you take your entire showroom with you, make presentations, take orders, track inventory, and manage customer lists all entirely from your iPad.

NOTE: Requires AIMS Apparel Information Management System with AIMS RemoteLink add-on.

This is the native iPad app for fashion business managers and  C-level executives on the go.

Keep track of your company performance at all times. AIMS Analytics connects to your office database to provide comprehensive information about your business and day-to-day operations.

Watch your sales, orders status, production, and inventory figures in real-time anywhere in the world. AIMS Analytics puts your finger on the pulse of your company at all times.

Create informative graphs, and charts in multiple time frames with one touch. AIMS Analytics lets you create instant reports based on your actual company performance figures, including shipping statistics, order statistics, customer comparisons, and style comparisons.  AIMS Analytics lets you take your business on the road, so you can keep track of company performance and day-to-day operations entirely from your iPad.

NOTE: Requires AIMS Apparel Information Management System with AIMS WebLink add-on. (Available for download from the App Store by end of January.)

AIMS continually updates and adds great product features to the software.  Here are the highlights of the newest features/updates available for AIMS WebLink™ wholesale integration.

• Analytics reports are now available for WebLink administration users. The report categories currently include shipped amounts, order statistics, customer comparison and style comparison.  The analytics reports will soon be a native app available on the App Store and provide a dashboard for executives to conveniently access on their iPad.

  

  Order Statistics Analytics Report

•  Users now have the ability to void or edit Web orders not yet imported into AIMS.

• A screen has been added for WebLink administrator logins.  Administrators can now manage login access for their AIMS users and allow them to have access to the new analytics reports.

Here are the highlights of new features/updates to AIMS products, which are now available to you.

AIMS RemoteLink™ for iPad

• Implemented new slide show functionality for collections and styles.  Users can now view style/color images using the slide show option.

• Implemented sorting and searching for both customer account and name.

 AIMS EasyShop™

• You can now break out colors on the search results. Just checkmark ‘break out colors in search results’ in the General Settings.  The break out colors will show the colors of the style as separate items on the list results page.

• Improved integration of tags & scripts. Several new keywords for data are availiable in the General Settings > Tags & Scripts.

AIMS WebLink™

• The invoice report for customers and sales reps, generated from the website, has been modified.  The report layout will now look the same as the report generated from AIMS.

• Added a more powerful editor, allowing users to create great-looking HTML emails and send them to customers directly from AIMS WebLink.

For full release notes, click here and login to review full details for each product.

If you purchase AIMS software before the end of the year, your company may be able to take advantage of the 2011 Section 179 tax deduction incentive for qualifying business new software purchases.

Section 179 of the tax code allows business owners to deduct the cost of their business equipment (including new software) in a single tax year rather than a little at a time over multiple years.

Contact AIMS regarding softare purchase details - if you are renting AIMS, this might be a great time to upgrade to a purchase.  Then contact your CPA to be sure your business qualifies for this tax incentive.  Click here to visit the Section 179 deduction website.

How do I schedule AIMS training?     All AIMS training can be scheduled directly on our website, www.aimstsi.com.  Simply click on the “Training & Events” button on the right side of the homepage which will take you to our training page.  Once you are on the AIMS training page, select AIMS Live Classes or AIMS Video Classes and follow the directions.

I have a voucher for training.  How do I schedule live AIMS training with a voucher?   Training vouchers are valid to use for either a live training class or a video training class. Please note you may not use the same voucher for both, it’s one or the other. For live classes, you will need to enter your voucher number on the main registration screen, and enter it as your special discount code on the following payment screen.

Where are live AIMS training classes held?     Live training classes are held at our AIMS Training & Education Center, 110 E. 9^th St, Suite A1169, Los Angeles, CA  90079 (in the California Market Center building).  Or, if you are not able to be  at our downtown center, you can attend the training class live via GoToTraining.

We just added additional AIMS user licenses.  How can we get the new users trained?     Training for new users should be purchased directly on our website training Continue reading →

AIMS has achieved Gold Web Development Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network, demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment. To earn a Microsoft Gold Competency, organizations must complete a rigorous set of tests to prove their level of technology expertise, have the right number of Microsoft Certified Professionals, submit customer references and demonstrate their commitment to customer satisfaction by participating in an annual survey.

For the last three decades, AIMS has been the industry leader in designing and developing powerful, complete, state-of-the-art software solutions for manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers of apparel, accessories, footwear, home furnishings and other sewn goods.  AIMS’ success is based on creating technology solutions for clients that contribute to improving their efficiency and productivity.

“A Gold Web Development Competency differentiates us from the competition and establishes us as market leaders, further demonstrating our commitment to serving the needs of customers relying on Microsoft-based solutions,” said Shahin Kohan, COO. “We look forward to helping our customers be what’s next by continuing to focus our areas of technology expertise in response to today’s apparel
industry business needs.”

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In an effort to raise awareness about unfair competition and lost jobs in California from illegal information technology and intellectual property theft, AIMS Technology Solutions has joined the Protect California Jobs & InnovationCoalition.  The coalition is comprised of California businesses, manufacturers, innovators, software and hardware solutions providers, workers, and individuals concerned about unfair competition and lost jobs from the use of stolen information technology.

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Scott Allen, Dir AIMS Training & Education

AIMS’ Training & Education Center Director, Scott Allen, continues to expand the classes and options available, making it easier and more accessible, convenient and
affordable than ever to get AIMS training.

If you have not seen the news recently posted, AIMS now offers convenient video classes for self-paced training.  Self-paced classes will provide a combination of documentation (user manuals) and videos to show how to use the software programs.

And now, if you need training in a specific part of AIMS, individual sections of AIMS such as ‘AIMS Style Master’, ‘Customer Order Entry’ and ‘Production Purchase Orders’ are all available as self-paced classes. Click here to see training options now available.

Do you know all the convenient features and information you can access from the AIMS support center?  Do you know how and where to get answers to your support questions?  Knowing what you can do from the AIMS support center and how to use this feature will help ensure you get the best assistance you need in a timely manner.  Even if you have been using AIMS support center for a while, we have added some great features you may not know about yet.  Watch the video and see for yourself.

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