The MultiPub System

Included in MultiPub are order entry, customer service, import/export, accounting, electronic credit card processing, fulfillment, reporting, campaigns and promotions. The following items are additional modules you may be interested in purchasing.

Address Change Service (ACS) Integration

The USPS offers an automated address change service. DSI offers an ACS module that will print the participant number on the label, and allow for the electronic import of address changes as well as cancellation for bad address.

Audit Module

The Audit Module is a separate module available to those customers who have ABC/BPA audited publications. This module consists of the audit reports, galleys, “proof-pool” reports, the ability to archive the audited issue for use when the auditor is on-site, queries against the archived database, and more.

Automated Sales Tax Processing

DSI now offers electronic importing of tax tables. You may subscribe to a monthly or quarterly update service that will provide you with the latest tax tables for your taxable jurisdictions. The system will then calculate the sales tax for the state, county (if you use Postalsoft), city, or zip code.

Barcode/Scan Module

The Barcode/Scan module allows for printing a barcode on various renewal forms and scanning (or wanding) that information back into MultiPub. It allows for very fast processing of renewals by minimizing the number of keystrokes. It does, however, require a printer with barcode printing capabilities, and wands, which commonly attach to the back of most terminals or PC's.

Continuing Education Credits

For those publishers who offer continuing education credits as part of their product line, MultiPub has a module for processing them. You may define exams, import test scores or enter them by hand, print certificates, and produce the reports necessary for the various accredited organizations.

Finder Number Database

DSI has a module for storing large database lists in a subsidiary database connected to MultiPub. When individuals in FNDB respond to your marketing efforts, they may be converted to subscribers without having to perform data entry on the subscribers name and address. This database can be used to import names, perform duplicate detections against the MultiPub database, pull names into MultiPub based on a “finder” account number, and keep the original list codes of the names as they are stored in the FNDB. This module is best used to store lists purchased for one-time use.

Inventory

The Inventory Module is a full-blown inventory management system that provides for setting up multiple warehouses, the ability to backorder items, finished goods assembly reporting, and other features necessary in inventory control.

List Management Module

The List Management Module includes functionality for selecting individuals for a list (to be rented to an outside party), marking the name as selected, biling the list sale, and future selects based on previous selection criteria. 

Lockbox Processing Module

MultiPub has a module for importing payment information from an ASCII file. This module is usually used to handle payments mailed to a lockbox, processed by your bank, and then forwarded to you in the form of a file. You may select to print a scan line on your invoices and renewals. This scan line can be read by your bank, an ASCII fill created from the information, and the file sent to MultiPub. For accounts receivable payments, the software will apply the payment to the appropriate invoice. Renewals can be processed, both those with and those without payment. The system will automatically create the renewal order based on the criteria of the key code as well as the other pertinent information.

Mult-e-commerce

DSI offers the ability to connect your web site to MultiPub via the Mult-e-commerce module. This application allows you to control your web site, but have access to data in the MultiPub database. Functionality includes the ability to create orders, to allow customers access to enter their own address changes, etc., and to perform access control for authentication of your on-line products.

Multi-Currency

MultiPub offers a foreign currency module for MultiPub. This module will allow you to print amounts in the desired currency on the customer’s renewals, invoices, etc.; however, the system will record the amounts in US dollars for accounting purposes.

Multi-List

MultiPub has a module that allows you to store more than one list code for a subscriber. As lists are imported and the system performs a duplicate detection, instead of purging or not importing the name, if a duplicate is identified, the new list code is appended to the existing record. This module is used primarily on lists you own that you can use repeatedly (i.e. not for lists rented for one-time use).

Postalsoft or Satori

DSI is a licensed reseller for the SAP/Business Objects/Postalsoft Address Correction Encoding (ACE), Postal Presort and Palletization, and Barcode Label modules as well as for Satori's Mailroom Architect.   CASS certification comes with both PostalSoft and Satori.  NCOA is available with Satori.

Royalty Module

The Royalty Module from DSI allows you the ability to specify the authors for each book and the royalty percentage, how royalties are to be paid, and royalty statements.