March 8, 2011
SRS Computing and Tributes.com Announce Partnership to Provide Increased Obituary Distribution to Clients
The opening of the ICCFA 2011 Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas, Tributes, Inc., the online resource for local and national obituary news, announced that they have formed a partnership with SRS Computing, the industry leader in funeral and cemetery software since 1999. The two companies have jointly developed a new obituary module that can be activated by SRS clients to Procession which, when enabled, will automatically feed information gathered in the arrangement conference directly to Tributes.com. Tributes will leverage SRS client data to programmatically generate customized obituary listings, branded with the funeral home logo and contact information, for immediate publication on Tributes.com and across the Tributes Network of media partners.
"At SRS we strive to provide our clients with powerful software solutions that streamline their operations and enable them to provide highly personalized customer service,” said Scott Simons, President and Founder, SRS Computing. “We believe in giving your data velocity and making it work for you. By automatically completing the important task of posting the obituary, we improve efficiency by taking work off of your plate while improving the service you provide to your families! We enthusiastically welcome Tributes as an SRS partner.”
“Aligning ourselves with leading companies across funeral service has been a key component of our business strategy as we work to build a unifying obituary distribution platform that serves the industry and consumers worldwide to simplify the publication of and access to obituary news,” said Elaine Haney, President of Tributes, Inc. “We are very pleased to be adding SRS Computing to our prestigious list of industry partners who are helping make the Tributes platform available to more funeral homes across the U.S.”
February 20, 2011
Announcing the "SRS Cloud"!
SRS introduces the SRS Cloud as an option to our users who want to be more flexible with their data and reduce their server / hardware investment. All of our great products now can either reside on your local hardware OR on the SRS Cloud Server which acts as a data repository for your database and imaging files. Click here to learn more about the SRS Cloud.
October 25, 2010
Frazer Consultanting Tribute Center Now Compatible with SRS Computing Procession
Frazer Consultants a personalization, technology, and consulting company for the death care profession has announced that their new Tribute Center All-in-One Suite funeral personalization software has been made compatible with SRS Computing funeral home management software. This compatibility enhancement allows death care professionals to import data from their management system directly into the Tribute Center. "For all mutual customers using SRS and the Tribute Center, they now have true one time data entry," said Matt Frazer, consultant with Frazer Consultants. Streamlining personalization products ease of use even further, the Tribute Centers new compatibility with SRS ensures the customer will not have to retype any data. At the click of a button, death care professionals are able to import all case data to auto fill the required fields in the Tribute Project, which produces tribute videos, personalized funeral stationery, and live or delayed webcasts. "Frazer Consultants is excited to have worked with Scott Simons from SRS to make this integration possible," said Frazer. "SRS is a great company and has a true dedication to the funeral industry. We are extremely pleased with their cooperation. This integration is a win-win-win for SRS, Frazer Consultants, and the mutual funeral home client." Frazer Consultants is in the process of making their software compatible with several other funeral home management companies.
September 22, 2010
SRS COMPUTING AND FORESIGHT COMPANIES ANNOUNCE INTEGRATION OF CONSULTING AND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Today, Dan Isard, President of The Foresight Companies, LLC and Scott Simons, President of SRS Computing, Inc. announce the integration of Foresight's consulting services into SRS' funeral home management software, Procession . Foresight Companies are the preeminent management and financial consulting company to independently owned funeral homes and SRS Computing is the leading software and technology provider to the funeral profession. "The creation of this software has been my goal for a decade. Teaming up with Scott and his staff has made this a reality", Dan Isard said. "When Dan approached me with the idea, I could immediately see the power in taking our software to the next level for those that want the complete solution", Scott Simons said.
The software is designed around the concepts that have been pioneered by Foresight over the past generation. Foresight provides a management consulting review on a quarterly basis with its clients nationwide. Procession will automatically analyze the accounting and invoice data to run 112 management consulting tests, in real time. Each user will also get immediate analysis from Foresight as needed but no less than each quarter. This feedback will be both live, written report style and video recorded so the user can play this back to learn how to best control the financial and managerial aspects of their business. "We believe that a company should compare themselves to 4 models. This report mechanism will allow them to see how they stand versus their budget, their region, the country as a whole and compared to other like kind funeral businesses", Isard explained. "By using our secure database format, the team at Foresight will be able to help a user feel like they are part of a bigger world of the funeral business to compare themselves to other users confidentially and accurately", Simons clarified. "Our software transforms software from being thought of as overhead to the keystone to profitability and organization", Scott added.
Isard explained the reasons that Foresight chose to work with SRS on the creation of this software. "In the past I had managed a software company, so I know what a solid program looks like. We have been referring clients to SRS for several years now and have found that their programming is bullet-proof. Their customer service is top notch and responsive. There was only one company we would consider undertaking this massive a project with and I am very proud of how Scott's team translated our idea in this reality!" Dan stated. "When we were first approached with this idea, we quickly realized the potential: clients will seamlessly provide Foresight the data they need to make recommendations and we effectively put Dan's intellect into Procession. This is truly the state of the art for accounting, finance, operations and management consulting. With 'Instant Monitoring', we can not only spot a problem quickly, but also alert Dan and his team to the problem well before it is a serious issue. Plus, with our correspondence tools, all communication between Foresight and client is stored and catalogued so you can refer back to your quarterly reviews. SRS is excited to work with Dan and his staff to provide our clients a competitive advantage in this marketplace." Scott said.
"I'm a huge proponent of creating tools that work invisibly without much input from the users. In this case we pull data from the routine use of the program to populate 112 analysis points and provide Foresight the real-time data allowing them to evaluate 9 different management areas.", Simons said. According to Dan, "This changes our business - accurate data gathering from clients is a time sync that could delay analysis. Now we can focus on providing our clients our recommendations, spending more time on the intellectual work which is really where the value lies. This new tool further extends SRS' dominance in management software." For demonstrations and pricing information contact Kimberly Simons ksimons@srscomputing.com or call 800.797.4861. For questions about some of the management consulting dynamics interested parties can call Dan Isard at 800-426-0165.
June 14, 2010
SRS COMPUTING INTRODUCES E-REGISTER BOOK, PORTAL, AND ONLINE MEMORIALIZATION
Value to the Visitors
Visitors flow through your funeral home daily and in most cases, rarely interact with you, your directors or staff giving you limited opportunity to make a 'touch' with them. Our e-RegisterBook electronically captures their signature and contact information on a Touchscreen Tablet PC. Once the information is entered, an email, customized by the funeral home, is automatically sent to the visitor thanking them for their support of the family and provides a link to a memorial web page automatically created and customized for the family. This site allows for family and friends to interact, post photos and videos, and relive memories of the deceased. Termed, "Our Shared Memories", this feature will drive more traffic to your web site and be used more often because we start the viral effect of social networking from a multi-origin basis (every visitor) rather than starting from just one individual (the next of kin). The link is delivered to their "In Box" so they do not have to search for the forum of their loved one.
Value to the Funeral Home
e-RegisterBook allows the visitor to request information from the funeral home in a non-intrusive manner, feeding leads back to you to be used at your discretion. Leads can flow automatically into our CRM software, Prospect , so that you may increase your preneed or future income.
Value to the Family
Once all visitations are completed, you can provide Envelopes and Acknowledgement Cards in a PDF format pre-printed with every visitor's address in either label or envelope format. This will save the family countless hours of gathering current address information. It will take 3 clicks for you, but you will look like a star to the family!
March 19, 2010
SRS COMPUTING INTRODUCES PROSPECT
Take your customer service and lead management into the next Century with PROSPECT: The first-ever customer relations and sales software application designed exclusively for use in funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories. SRS Computing introduces PROSPECT. A powerful and simple-to-implement sales tool created from the ground up for the funeral industry. PROSPECT organizes the pre-need database and can schedule and prioritize sales calls, and even "drip" leads according to a more manageable and thought-out sales agenda. PROSPECT will also track and compile all communication with pre-need prospects, "tagging" each lead based on its status in the sales timeline. In short, PROSPECT will convert a large database of potential clients and arrange the record into digestible segments that can be effectively engaged, and the result is an exponential increase in funded pre-need clients. Additionally, PROSPECT's powerful software can also create marketing email and large volume "e-blasts," newsletters, and direct mail marketing collateral. Then, using the categorization and tagging capability in the software, PROSPECT can strategically combine the right clients with the right outreach methods, so the prospective customers are "touched" in exactly the right way with the most effective marketing methods. Essentially, PROSPECT can be thought of as an electronic marketing department that will reap instant and significant dividends for the 21st Century funeral home.