DIRTCOM (acronym for Dynamic Image Rendering Tools and commerce) is a ready to custom launch for your eStore, complete set of features, easy to customize, turn key initiative. In a line: You focus on the customer and the product while we take care of everything Engineering. DIRTCOM has focused set of modules organized under Storefront and Backoffice. With DIRT DIRTCOM is a must have for customer oriented web businesses in the personalization and digital imaging space. DIRTCOM is built on enterprise architecture and is easy to customize and deploy and has very minimal infrastructure requirements. DIRTCOM is available in modules and has a innovative pay by use program.

Effectiveness of your customer facing website depends on your ability to dynamically administrate the store. You need a powerful and highly configurable administration tool to manage every aspect of your website. DIRTCOM storefront is the admin section of your website, you will be able to run reports, add pages to your website, change the menu and links customers use to interact with your website, and manage a variety of behind-the-scenes configuration and settings that keep your website running smoothly. Storefront admin can be reached at http://www.yourwebsite.com/management.

Following are storefront modules:

1. Search grid
2. Partner management
3. Locations
4. Resellers admin
5. Product management
6. Coupons & gift certificates
7. Content management
8. Meta tags
9. Shipping rates
10. Volume pricing
11. Customizable tax admin
12. Multi currency pricing
13. Merchant tools
14. Reports

DIRTCOM BO is designed to help streamline, automate and manage manufacturing processes. DIRTCOM BO offers comprehensive and custom configurable coverage of your order fulfillment life cycle.

Orders captured through phone, postal mail, e-mail, websites and other internet based ordering sources can be managed with different work flow variations in DIRTCOM BO. For all non-internet orders, the first step is creation of the order in DIRTCOM BO. There are three main parts to DIRTCOM BO order entry:

Following are storefront modules:

• customer information
• ordered product information and
• payment information

DIRTCOM BO provides tools to streamline your order processing workflow from capture through allocation, production, quality, packaging and shipping with status monitoring every step of the way. Use a customer order entry form to create offline orders or import bulk batches from your or a partner internet interface. Your order operator can also determine the checkpoints and enable manual interventions at the right places – for example visual QC checking of all incoming image can be enabled and supported with a checklist.

After reviewing the images, the Production Operator defines and processes batches of orders, based on configurable grouping rules. For each batch processed, DIRTCOM BO prints a Batch Summary Report and a set of Job Tickets (one for each order). Where needed, an Imaging Operator uses DIRTCOM BO to manage orders that have been flagged as needing retouch or replacement images. Once the images have been retouched or replaced, the Imaging Operator (or the Production Operator) batches them for production and the orders resume the normal workflow.

For orders with production items, DIRTCOM BO sends the batched images directly to the printer. From there, a Production Operator gathers the sheets, and sends them along with their Batch Summary Report and set of Job Tickets to the other production areas. As the batch leaves each production area, the Operator in that area logs the Batch out of their area by scanning the bar code on the Batch Summary Report into DIRTCOM BO. By keeping all of the orders in the batch together and by logging the batch out of each production area, and know the status on each order at any given time.

From any production area with an DIRTCOM BO computer, an Operator can initiate a re-make through the DIRTCOM BO QC feature by scanning the bar code on the order’s Job Ticket. The Operator can invoke a re-make and either hold the rest of the order or create a secondary order. When production items are finished (or for orders with only merchandise items), a Packing Operator brings up the DIRTCOM BO Packing feature by scanning the bar code on the order’s Job Ticket. Packing Operator validates contents including all production items and merchandise items.

Lastly, the Shipping Operator scans the bar coded Job Ticket. DIRTCOM BO already knows the shipping weight, address and shipping method for the order. A Customer Packing Slip and a Shipping Label are printed for the order. DIRTCOM BO communicates directly with the shipping carrier (FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS) to acquire tracking numbers and send the shipping information. As orders are shipped through DIRTCOM BO the ordering source (for internet orders) is automatically updated with status and tracking information.

Following are storefront modules:

1. Order management
2. Image management for orders
3. Quality control
4. Operator and Printer allocation
5. Packaging
6. Payment integration
7. Shipping integration
8. Production set up
9. Outsource order admin
10. Status monitoring
11. Open tickets
12. Reports

Also read: DIRT Dynamic Image Rendering Tool. One out of every four web shopping clicks are in a personalization or photo imaging site. DIRT is your first step to get into this space. Pre-built features that will be your photo imaging launch pad.