Project Objective IV People are visual, make accounting a visual tool:

The art of listening to your customers and interpreting statements into computer applications is what UDS does for a living. The green industry is extremely visual. “I use that plant in my landscape proposals because of its varied colors and color phases.” “If I could only show my buyers how good these plants look I know they would have to buy them.” These statements mean that any accounting system that meets the needs of this industry must include pictures of the plants. Most accounting systems ignored the visual nature of this industry. Make UDS Windows System integrate with images.

            How does UDS include pictures of items in the inventory? Fortunately, computers have become far more capable since this project began and we can now provide thousands of large plant images without taxing system capacities.  It was a dream when we included up to eight pictures in the extended description of items. We wondered if anyone would use this feature. With many people enthusiastically pursuing the visual side of this industry, we now know that careful listening pays off.

            UDS provides many images as part of the accounting system. Many of the plants have multiple seasonal images too. With the addition of the ability to create pictures of finished landscapes, ActiveImaging has changed the way accounting systems are viewed. Now you can create a full picture catalog from the information provided with your accounting system.

            The eight images per extended description is the beginning. Many inquiries provide the capability to see those pictures. Obviously it becomes a short step to where your customers in a kiosk or on the Internet can view these pictures. Imaging as part of your accounting may seem to be a bit futuristic but in actuality it should be a requirement.