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ND-10901 NORTEXT-100 Ad administration system

flowchart TD
    A[STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION] 
    subgraph USER ENVIRONMENT
    B[TEXT PROCESSING]
    C[AD ADM./PROD. MANGM.]
    D[ADBS DISTRIBUTION]
    E[PAGE MAKE-UP]
    F[PRINTRUN CALCULATION]
    end
    B --> A
    C --> A
    D --> A
    E --> A
    F --> A
    A --> USER_ENV
    USER_ENV --> |"THE NORTEXT CONCEPT"| G[ ]

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  |  DATA  |
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| ND-10734 Ad Basic system         |
| ND-10733 Ad Order Entry          |
| ND-10736 Ad Invoicing Module     |
| ND-10735 Ad Statistics Module    |
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INTRODUCTION¶

The NORTEXT-100 Ad Administration system is a system for handling invoicing of ads. It is an interactive, multi-user system and may operate as a stand-alone system or as an integrated part of the NORTEXT-100 concept.

The NORTEXT-100 Ad Administration system consists of the following modules:

Ad Basic System
Ad Order Entry
Ad Invoicing Module
Ad Statistics Module

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION¶

SYSTEM DATABASE¶

The system database in the ad system is based upon the SIBAS database system. All the information such as the price policy of the company, customer data or ad information is stored in the system database and can easily be updated.

AD BASIC SYSTEM¶

The AD Basic system contains the necessary information for definition and maintenance of system tables in the ad-system.

The internal ad policy of the company is defined within the Ad Basic System. This means f.ex. prices, price reductions or administrative data. Changes can easily be made by people who are authorised to do so.

Different categories of customers and the classification of ads are defined within this module.

The catalogue function within the Ad system is also defined in the Basic module. The catalogues give updated information based upon the database – f.ex. catalogues of the ads sorted after ad placement, classification etc.

All catalogues are displayed on the screen. From the screen they may be copied to different files, or be printed directly on any printer.

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AD ORDER ENTRY¶

Commercial data for invoicing of ads is registered by means of the Ad Order Entry.

The Order Entry System handles the administrative data such as customer- and order information. The system handles contract customers, account customers or transient customers. Classification of ads is done according to a placement structure (4 levels). Credit control of advertisers is made at Order entry, and the insertion sequences are controlled by the system at this stage. Automatic price calculation is executed with multi insertions for the advertiser at order entry.

All the data to be keyed in are automatically controlled, and mistakes are immediately reported back to the operator.

During the registration of ad information the HELP-function might be useful to the operator. Just by pressing the HELP-key he/she will have the necessary information of the field.

Customer information already registered and earlier used ads can easily be retrieved from the database.

INVOICING¶

Invoicing may be done immediately after insertion. An ad can not be deleted before it is invoiced. Invoicing can be done both in an external invoicing system or in an internal invoicing system. Invoices can be made for post and bank payment.

Account and transient customers will receive reminders from the accounting system. The invoice system produces an accounting file to the accounting system and also journal and account enclosures.

AD STATISTICS MODULE¶

On the basis of the orders that have been invoiced this module will make up statistics of the ads.

The Statistics module may deal with a comprehensive number of statistics which might be useful to the marketing people, the sales people and the administration within the company. Available areas of statistics can be f.ex: total turnover, turnover per customer or districts.

SECURITY¶

There are several security levels within the system. The user must give a user-number, a secret code and a password before the system can be operated. The system supervisor can change the security levels at any time. Individual access to the different parts of the system can be given.

REQUIREMENTS¶

The Ad system runs on ND-100/CX; thus requiring the SIBAS II database system (ND-10166). In case the SIBAS system shall run in a ND-500, the ND-10340 is the needed alternative.

A set of standard forms are delivered with the ad system. Sets of tailored forms and catalogues can be ordered as supplements. If the user wants forms tailored specially for his system by himself, the FOCUS level 1 (ND-10188) is required.

DOCUMENTATION¶

Description	Document Number
NORTEXT-100 Ad System, System	ND-61.011
Supervisor Manual	ND-61.009
NORTEXT-100 Ad System, Operator Manual	ND-10188

NOTE: ND COMTEC reserves the right to change specifications without notice.