Kuspide Canada Inc.
Aspose, a strategic alliance for Kuspide’s technology document sharing needs
Alex Olano, Operations Director
Product Background / Overview
Kuspide Canada Inc., an IT Services organization based in Toronto, Canada, has developed a quoting application for the Windows and Doors Distributors in North America called QuoteCast.
QuoteCast is a solution that eliminates the multiple data entry associated with quoting Windows/Doors items from the Windows and Doors Manufacture’s proprietary applications; re-typing the same information into the distributor’s quoting tool (many times excel) and finally registering the same information in to the distributor’s ERP system when the transaction completes due its Integration capabilities with both: the Manufacture’s quoting system and world class ERP/CRM technologies.
The Windows and Doors market has particular requirements when it comes to quoting an item. World class ERP/CRM systems are meant to work with the main components of a quote like quantity, price and total price; but are not prepared to manage the complexity around the different options, sizes, finishes, security features and others required in the Windows and Doors quoting process. QuoteCast solves this problem by using an intelligent engine that understands the Industry requirements and its impact in a Window/Door specification and quoting.
Requirements Scenario
Even thought QuoteCast integrates with world class ERP/CRM solutions and saves final quotes into a form that can be managed by such systems, those systems printing capabilities are also limited to more standard business requirements and therefore a final quote needs to be sent to the customer from the QuoteCast application. Printing, mailing or even faxing information is too time consuming and requires man-hours processing so an electronic printing document was identified as crucial to complete the cycle within the QuoteCast quoting process.
Solution Implementation
Considering the usage of the .PDF format as almost a standard, we decided to evaluate different .PDF API technologies capable to fill the gap between our printing capabilities and the generation of a standard .PDF document that could be automatically sent to the customer from our application. After testing a few solutions we decided to implement the Aspose PDF for .NET because its easy of use and cost/benefit relation.
Benefits
Our technology is totally automated, and has the ability to create .PDF files on the fly. We can store such documents for future references, share them internally within the organization and share them with customers in almost real time. We also eliminated the need for other technologies at the customer site as almost all of them were using .PDF readers
Future Implementations
We are happy with the Aspose technology. We haven’t had a single problem with the Aspose PDF for .NET so we can focus our time developing our own products. We will continue using the .NET system and more likely the Java one as we are creating new systems on both platforms.
Conclusion
The Aspose PDF for .NET is an easy to use product, with a good cost/benefit relation, it is solid and in our experience maintenance free