| Thank you for considering AIMS
in your search for an information-processing partner!
Since you will not have a closer
relationship with any other vendor, we would like for you to know who we
are and why we come to work each day.
Dr. Bob Canterbury incorporated AIMS in 1968. At the time, Dr.
Canterbury taught business computer programming at Northeast
Louisiana University. It was the University’s policy to
encourage its faculty to operate consulting businesses as
sidelines. By the early ‘seventies, "jobbers" had
begun to predominate AIMS’ consulting clientele.
In 1975, a nephew of Dr. Canterbury, a man who owned a Shell
Oil jobbership, told Dr. Canterbury that he was ready to get a
computer system for his business. Would Uncle Bob help him find
one? But, in 1975 there was no such thing as a software package
for petroleum marketers. So the nephew prevailed on Dr. Canterbury
to write one. In 1976, AIMS became the first company to
produce and install computer software designed specifically for
petroleum marketers. It was called COMPAS, short for Complete Oil
Marketers Perpetual Accounting System. A Shell jobber in a nearby
town heard about his friend’s system and so he got one, too.
Then another Shell jobber heard about COMPAS and he ordered a
system. And so on. That’s how AIMS got into the petroleum
marketer software business.
 COMPAS,
AUTOSEND and AUTOSIR were, each one, the first of their kind on
the market. Each was a true innovation that spawned imitators. Because we have always
been receptive to suggestions our customers give us for improving
our software, each of these systems has constantly grown and
improved. You cannot find more comprehensive software for marketer
accounting (COMPAS), fuel inventory management (AUTOSEND) and
in-house leak detection (AUTOSIR).
What makes AIMS different?
!) Functionality and comprehensiveness of our software
2) Prompt, courteous, professional support services
3) Fair business practices
4) Anticipation and fulfillment of customer needs
5) Our staff
The more complex a business’ product is, the greater the
difference its people make in the successful use of its product by
its customers. There are a few other marketer software
companies that produce software that is about functionally
equivalent with AIMS’, but what makes AIMS’ software your best
choice is the people who produce it, sell it, install it and
support it. We would like to invite you to
meet our staff.
AIMS' people do their jobs well and truly make the difference. But don't
just take our word for it. See what our customers have to say about our
service and our products.
 Accessibility.
You can get our president (or any other AIMS staff member) on the phone.
This is a characteristic of a family-owned business. AIMS is a
family-owned business that deals mostly with other family-owned
businesses. We are proud of being the oldest company in our particular
field, and also one that has been owned and operated by the same family
since incorporation in 1968.
We also understand and
communicate the fact that implementing and using a complex product such as
AIMS’ is a responsibility that is shared between AIMS and the client.
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