Problem:
Working at my customer's site, how can I make a professional, typed invoice for the customer and for myself at the same time?
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Solution:
Use a custom-made, web-based, input form on the customer's computer (or your own) and get a copy via e-mail as well.
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How does my employee use the invoice?
- Connect to the Internet on the customer's computer or your own notebook computer.
- Using a web browser, type the URL of your company's web-based invoice.
- Fill in the fields of the invoice form -- customer information, labor & parts detail, the dollar amounts and the tax rate percentage.
- Press the "Compute" button on the form to accurately tally the remaining invoice amounts.
- Print the completed invoice on the printer.
- Press the "Copy" button on the form to send the completed invoice information to your e-mail account.
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What are the invoice requirements?
- Your company must have a website containing the customized invoice form.
- Your website must have cgi capability so it can execute an automatic Perl script.
- The customer must be willing to allow the temporary use of an Internet-connected computer and printer - or - you must have a notebook computer and a printer with the capability to use your own ISP account via the customer's phone line or wireless access.
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How can I get invoicing via the web?
- Call 203 748-2960 or write David Mawdsley at dm@madmod.com to discuss the details of your company's invoice needs -- so that the company logo and invoice form can be correctly configured.
- When the designs have been completed, the custom web based invoice form will need to be uploaded to your company's website where the HTML documents reside.
- A customized formmail script written in Perl will need to be configured with the path to your server's sendmail program.
- The Perl script will then need to be uploaded to the cgi-bin folder of the company's website.
- The invoice is then ready to be used. A short tutorial will get your employees used to the procedures. (user's manual supplied)
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What is the cost and how soon can the project be completed?
- Assuming that your company has a website, the design costs are negotiable but should come in at about $400.
- Expect about three meetings to plan, to look at the design progress and to check out the final design before using the invoice.
- Discussion with the company's ISP about the server path to the cgi-bin folder and obtained permissions to upload two pages to the site can be expected.
- Anticipate that the whole process will take two weeks or less.
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