Dynamic Alternatives, Inc.System Resume - a sampling
Gauge Calibration Test Facility
Complexity: 8 - Date 2005 to Present
Geriatric Facility Regulation Compliance Audit Company
Complexity: 8 - Date 2005 to Present
System supports regulatory audits of
geriatric care facilities. Cross-indexes auditor responses with
regulatory references, prepares detailed reports of non-compliance.
Comments attached to audit responses can be assembled into overall
facility report with editing. System supports automated graphing of up
to four selected areas for comparison. They can be areas from the
present audit or areas from any other previous audit in file to show
improvement/decline in compliance.
24-Hour
Reporting System for Geriatric Care Facilities
Complexity: 8 - Date 2004 to Present
Stores information on reportable
resident problems. Records all information about wing, room, bed, and
details of the problem. Once the general problem type is selected,
specific questions are asked to guide the nursing staff to capture all
important information. Reporting is provided by patient, wing, problem
type, and other selection criteria. A special report is available
showing all problems in last 24 hours to support staff meetings
discussing patient care issues. Reported items remain active until
recorded as resolved.
COOP Property and Liability Insurance
Company
Complexity: 10
- Date: 2002 to present
Full tracking
of all policy information including policyholder demographics, bank
information, endorsements, payments, annual billings, mortgage
information, detailed coverage descriptions with rates for both property
and liability and audit files to track all changes made. Losses against
policies are fully documented and may have pictures or any other kind of
file attached. Automated quoting and raise calculations and full
reporting to taxing authorities, reinsurers, and banks. Stand-alone
quoting program for use by agents. Current development includes full
agent access to policy records for their customers via Terminal
Services.
Patient control and reporting system for urban hospital community
service outreach with operations in St Louis and Chattanooga
Complexity: 10 - Date: 2000 to present
Stores all particulars of clinic participation for each individual,
allow on-screen preparation and display of all assessments for nursing,
physical therapy, etc. Schedules encounters with outside contractors,
records fulfillment, and tracks accounts payable. Tracks drug dispensing
from local pharmacy and contract pharmacies for part D reimbursements.
Reports in electronic format to state, federal, and others as required
for Medicare, Medicaid, and private grants funding. Downloads patient
data into palms provided to doctors by the institution. Palm integration
will be enhanced in future revisions. Provides a full suite of reports
customized for administrators and clinical staff. Directly supported
through CITRIX link to their server for updates and file transfer.
Separate modules developed for Home Health Care scheduling integrated
with master program. Provides for auto-scheduling of repeat days, weeks,
etc. with full schedules for administrators and caregivers.
Sales and technical order
fulfillment system for local office of large communications company
Complexity: 8 - Date: 1997 to 2000
Took over support of existing system which was stabilized and
substantially rewritten. Manages all orders from single large customer
with detailed, critical technical requirements. 30+ users on
mission-critical system, supporting sales in excess of $100 million. Our
involvement was to make ongoing changes to reflect volatile requirements
of customer and the users.
Commercial program for use by builders
using steel framing for residential building
Complexity: 10 - Date: 1999 to 2003
Does all the engineering math for size and gauge calculations for steel
members based on simple entries for a given building section for floor,
wall, header, ceiling, and rafter. Automatically calculates track, floor
and roof decking, fasteners, and many other materials based on the
section entries. Complete material takeoffs and vendor orders and
reporting including labor crew utilization and total project costs.
Stores up to 99,000 projects and allows copying and setting of models to
reduce entry for similar projects. Also contains visuals for steel
framing construction standards and construction tips. Just completed
revisions for version 1.2.
Point of sale/inventory control/customer
history/invoicing integrated system for commercial lumberyard
Complexity: 9 - Date: 1998 to present
Fully networked system with custom reporting, unique controls for yard
ticket fulfillment, replenishment ordering supported by daily unit sales
reports, full catalog of activity and financial reports. Most recently
added full quoting system with conversion to order. Directly supported
through PCAnywhere connection for updates and file transfer.
Commercial real estate support system
Complexity: 9 - Date: 1996 to 2006
Manages all active and inactive listings for 11,000+ buildings for
well-known Chicago commercial real estate broker. Very complex search
engine and reporting capabilities based on a large number of search
criteria. Attachment and viewing capability for pictures and layouts.
Data dump in format compatible with mapping program presentation. Fully
networked. Most recently upgraded to present query output in editable
format using virtual file-handling systems.
Contact and investment tracking system
for venture capital broker
Complexity: 6 - Date: 1996 to present
Tracks fund-raising projects, investors and all details about their
business and personal connections which can help the users stay in touch
with their clientele. Contact tracking with DAI-developed custom
calendar display. Business card images displayed in record scanned in
with CardScan reader and OCR for semi-automated data entry.
Billing and account tracking system
for commercial cleaning service
Complexity: 7 - Date: 1992 to 2005
Custom billing application which supports customers’ special information
needs. White Sox stadium and United Center (home of Michael Jordan) and
others require support for special reporting on various kinds of
specialized maintenance. 300+ customers handled by the system. Features
include automated invoice creation for standard monthly contract
cleaning accounts and full sales reporting. Recent addition includes
tracking of payroll costs by account and account profitability display.
Project and client tracking system for
Public Relations consultant
Complexity: 5 - Date: 1993 to present
Tracks work done on behalf of clients with cross reference to media or
organization contacted and whether a media placement has occurred. Data
matrix includes clients, media firms, personnel at media firms, and
projects. Contact and placement records provide transportation to any
related record. Directly supported through PCAnywhere link for updates
and file transfer.
Integrated inventory
management, customer service/parts ordering and fulfillment and
invoicing system for manufacturing equipment sales and service
organization
Complexity: 10 - Date: 1995 to present
Ordering, receipt, and sales records for inventory of 20,000 parts for
large manufacturing machine. Order entry for customer sales,
backordering, invoicing, and sophisticated custom reporting. Bar-code
support for receipts and shipments and real-time updating of inventory
using Symbol wireless palm units with bar-code readers. Our direct
contact is provided over the web via Citrix Winframe connection for
immediate support and file transfer.
In-house sales prospect contact system,
automated sales invoice preparation, inventory sales tracking,
communications with outside fulfillment house, management of authorized
resellers
complexity: 9 - Date: 1996 to 2000
Management of purchased lists (50,000+), automated transfer into working
files, contact management with follow-up display, mass contact
preparation, mass mailing selection module with download to .dbf for
transfer to mailing house. Shipping and invoicing created from icon with
automated fill-in of customer data. Picking lists and summary for
communication with fulfillment house and their reporting back with
shipment confirmations. Inventory with multiple pricing levels
automatically selected based on customer status, component tracking for
sub-assemblies and rudimentary inventory system.
Manufacturing costing and billing
system for designer garment manufacturer
Complexity: 8 - Date: 1997 to 2001
Tracks all labor and materials included in a given item, explodes costs
and prints cost sheet with full details. Variable profit margins
computed for individual garments based on multiple customer types.
Manufacturing order preparation with special instructions for decoration
on custom items. Sales confirmation document preparation. Invoicing for
full or partial order as delivered.
Client tracking and billing for
psychological services clinic
Complexity: 8 - Date: 1992 to 2003
Clinic offers services regulated by the Illinois state court system and
requires tracking of clients through very specific treatment channels
and extensive reporting to the state on each case. System automates many
follow-ups and controls attendance of clients at group sessions,
printing group attendance reports and sign-up sheets for therapists’ use
in recording activity and payments made. Development continued on this
system to 2003, with new features, productivity changes, etc. added each
year.
Patient tracking and insurance
billing system for physician working with children with learning
disabilities
Complexity: 7 - Date: 1993 to present
Creation of billings for insurance companies using standard treatment
codes and printing out standard forms. Patient information and history.