| AIMS' Direct | |
Date | Article |
| 8/2/2011 |  | AIMS Direct, August 2011 |
| | Feature article: Learn more about all the Process Automation Modules available for COMPAS Commander! |
| 12/1/2010 | | Fall/Winter 2010 |
| | Feature article: Introducing AutoTax, AIMS' new stand-alone EDI tax filing solution! |
| 6/1/2010 | | Spring/Summer 2010 |
| | Feature article: Keep Your Business Running Efficiently & Profitably with These Tools |
| 12/31/2009 | | Winter 2009 |
| | Feature article: IT-Based Logistics Solution Results from Partnership with AIMS, Evans Oil and Dupre Logistics |
| 12/1/2009 | | Fall/Winter 2009 |
| | Feature article: Marketing Assistant provides each marketer with the ability to send via email or fax, price quotes to their customers and prospects |
| 3/1/2009 | | Spring 2009 |
| | Feature article: Let Electronic Tax Filing Directly From COMPAS Commander Make Your Tax Filing Easier! |
| 12/1/2008 | | Winter 2008 |
| | Feature article: Is VoIP right for you? |
| 3/1/2008 | | Spring 2008 |
| | Feature article: Practical and Effective Fuel Logistic Improvements |
| 9/1/2007 | | Fall 2007 |
| | Feature articles: Handling taxes on sales and improving your PCs performance |
| 6/1/2007 | | Summer 2007 |
| | Feature article: Sewell Oil Company - Customer Success Story! |
| AIMS' Wire | |
| Date | Article |
| 12/31/2011 | | December 2011 |
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Attention AIMS Payroll Software Users
For COMPAS 7.0 and COMPAS 8.0 Payroll software users, there will be no programming changes if you are filing paper W2's or paper 1099-MISC for the payroll year ending in 2011. However, if you are filing W2s electronically (EFW2), there will be a change. We will be sending out a Payroll upgrade that can be installed any time before the end of the year. The End of Year procedures will be sent to you as soon as the IRS publishes Circular E with 2011 tax rates. This is usually done around December 15th. |
| 11/30/2011 | | November 2011 |
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Attention AIMS Payroll Software Users
For COMPAS 7.0 and COMPAS 8.0 Payroll software users, there will be no programming changes if you are filing paper W2's or paper 1099-MISC for the payroll year ending in 2011. However, if you are filing W2s electronically (EFW2), there will be a change. We will be sending out a Payroll upgrade that can be installed any time before the end of the year. The End of Year procedures will be sent to you as soon as the IRS publishes Circular E with 2011 tax rates. This is usually done around December 15th. |
| 10/31/2011 | | October 2011 |
| | Sales Order Entry Webinar Offered On November 16th
The first of a series of 15- to 20-minute webinars showcasing various features and functionality within COMPAS Commander is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16. Our first webinar will feature COMPAS Commander's Sales Order Entry feature. Although sales order entry (customer invoicing) is part of the core Commander system and it is far from a minor part of the system, it has many features that you might not be aware of. Spend 20 minutes of your time on November 16th and expand your knowledge of the flexibility and user-friendly details that this set of programs provides. |
| 9/30/2011 | | September 2011 |
| | Your COMPAS System Can Interface to C-Store Systems!
Do you operate c-stores? Do you want to install store-level software and interface it to your POS devices? There are a lot of software companies out there that make great software for c-store operations. |
| 8/29/2011 | | August 2011 |
| | Over 150 separate Help topics have been added to COMPAS Commander's online help! If you have not done so yet, when you are in COMPAS Commander, press F1 or click on the "Help" menu option. |
| 7/29/2011 | | July 2011 |
| | Beware of your server's age!
Server computers are among your most valuable and critical business assets. Like any other piece of equipment, they age and eventually need to be replaced. Servers are so important that you really cannot afford to react when signs of trouble begin--you should be pro-active and replace servers when they attain a certain age-range. Four to six years of service should be expected of server computers. How old is your AIMS server? |
| 6/30/2011 | | June 2011 |
| | Best practices for data backup involve a multi-layered approach. Adequate data backup is the foundation for a proper business recovery plan. Because the cost of per/gigabyte storage has dramatically decreased in the past few years, there is no justifiable reason for not having redundant backup solutions. As an example: you can purchase a one terabyte external hard drive for less than $100.00 and a cloud backup solution costs less that $3.00/gigabyte per month. |
| 5/31/2011 | | May 2011 |
| | When you bring in new office personnel, obviously it is of utmost importance that they learn your business, your policies and the tools you have to run your business. If you are running either COMPAS 8.0 or COMPAS Commander, these packages themselves can be helpful with training new system users, since both have built-in Help systems. |
| 4/30/2011 | | April 2011 |
| | AIMS has partnered with Backup Manager, an Alberta, Canada-based company, to provide you with a "backup for your backup." For a very small amount of money per month, Backup Manager will continuously and automatically back-up anything you want backed up--not just your AIMS data. |
| 3/31/2011 | | March 2011 |
| | Customer service web portals are becoming one of the competitive advantages that petroleum marketers can exploit. COMPAS 8.0 users can give their customers password-protected access to information and documents, around the clock, every day. The COMPAS 8.0 web portal can be part of your company's website, or it can be hosted elsewhere. |
| 2/28/2011 | | February 2011 |
| | AIMS isn't just a jobber accounting software provider! We have many years of experience dealing with fuel inventory logistics and tank gauging. No matter what mix of old or new equipment, no matter what makes and models of ATG's, and no matter what makes and models of POS devices that you have in place now, AIMS can get them all reporting to you every day--automatically, with no human intervention. |
| 1/31/2011 | | January 2011 |
| | With the launch of our new website, http://www.aims1.com/, in December, we are able to host self-running video presentations of various features of COMPAS Commander. This makes it convenient for our customers and potential customers to see Commander in action. If your company is considering converting to Commander, click on this link to view a 13-minute high-level presentation. Depending on your Internet connection, it might take up to a minute for the video to download. |
| 12/31/2010 | | December 2010 |
| | AIMS is very pleased and excited to announce the launch of our new website! It's at the same address, http://www.aims1.com/, but the content is brand-new and so is the look! As content-rich as the old website, we arranged the new one into these sections: |
| 11/1/2010 | | November 2010 |
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Backup Musts - What's the scariest thing that ever happened to you? If you ever had a system crash and you didn't have good backups, that would probably be among the scariest things ever. Let's review a list of "Backup Musts": |
| 10/1/2010 | | October 2010 |
| | Basics of Backup Tape Care and Replacement |
| 9/6/2010 | | September 2010 |
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Business Continuity and Recovery Strategies - There is more to disaster recovery than having a good set of backup tapes. Depending on the severity of the disaster, you might not even have any backup tapes! |
| 8/1/2010 | | August 2010 |
| | AIMS Adds a New Product to Its Line-Up: Stand-Alone EDI Tax Filing - More and more states either require or allow petroleum marketers to file motor fuel tax reports electronically. |
| 5/1/2010 | | May 2010 |
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Ready to sell renewable fuels? Your COMPAS software is! - If you are not selling fuels containing renewable components (biodiesel or ethanol), you probably will be soon. Your COMPAS software, whether version 8.0 or Commander, is built to handle the proper accounting for renewable fuels transactions. |
| 4/1/2010 | | April 2010 |
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AIMS' Web Portal for your AIMS documents is ready! - A "web portal" is a website that allows a business' customers to securely access and download/print documents such as invoices and statements, any time. |
| 3/1/2010 | | March 2010 |
| | Some key new features in the latest COMPAS Commander release |
| 2/1/2010 | | February 2010 |
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AIMS is your portal to valuable collateral products and services - One of the enduring rules of successful business is "Stick to what you know." AIMS has done that by choosing to concentrate on developing software specifically for petroleum products wholesaling. Remember that AIMS can generally direct you to a reliable provider of a computer-related product or service that we ourselves do not provide. |
| 1/1/2010 | | January 2010 |
| | Customer Web Portal - Instead of digging out lost invoices or credit card settlement reports and re-sending them to a customer, just direct your customer to your Customer Web Portal and let them find and download the documents they need. |
