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Compare Collection-Master to Other Systems
and Companies |
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Collection-Master ® |
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Other Systems |
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...is compatible with WordPerfect and Microsoft Word. |
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...may force you to learn "other" methods to produce some
letters and pleadings. |
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...merges and prints documents on demand. A single keystroke merges and
prints all requested documents. |
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...may require separate instructions or preparations for each document
requested.
...may use a separate system for court pleadings. |
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...merges and prints documents in the
exact
order requested (by default) or by document type. |
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...may only print documents by document type (which would require
collating). |
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...utilizes more than 600 fields in each claim - all of
which are available as merge codes that can be inserted
anywhere within a document. |
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...may only allow selected fields in the database to be available for
merging. |
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...contains over 120 user-defined fields and merge codes,
and is able to perform math on any numeric field. |
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...may not allow the user to define his or her own fields. |
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...Single entries are
automatically entered into all claims against the same
debtor. (This is ideal for asset or insolvency information.) |
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...may need additional, costly "modules" to link accounts
against identical debtors. |
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...trust accounting includes "impress account" or
separate costs accounts (user option). |
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...trust accounting may only offer "impress account", which is
not allowed in some states. |
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...documents all impress account activity in the daily ledger. |
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...impress accounts may maintain a "floating balance," but
individual impress account transactions may NOT be fully documented. |
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...assigns every financial transaction a unique number
(check number or transaction number). A unique number appears on all
account cards and ledgers and is used to access each transaction (i.e.
reversals of debtors' NSF checks). |
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...may require the operator to input the date and amount of the original
deposit upon reversals of debtor NSF's, causing confusion in the event of
two identical deposits on same day. (Which one bounced?) |
...user defines...
a) How many discrete trust accounts are needed - CLS
supports unlimited different accounts;
b) Fields included when interest is calculated;
c) Fields included when attorney fees are calculated;
d) Fields included when judgment is calculated;
e) Order that collection money is applied
for
each client/forwarder;
f) How and when the firm's cost
advances are recovered. |
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...behavior parameters may not be flexible. |
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CLS |
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Other Companies |
...licenses Collection-Master with a six-month limited money back
guarantee.
...has more than 800 law office-installations throughout the
nation.
...offers a minimum of one user-meeting per year.
Only users are permitted at these meetings in order to
insure that they receive 100 percent attention from CLS. |
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...may offer user meetings, but will also invite prospects to these
meetings. This vendor seems more interested in new sales than current
customer happiness. |
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... There are no additional
"modules." Collection-Master includes full multi-field claim
cross-reference and retrieval; conflict-of-interest search; close, reopen
& re-close any claims; remote access; full point-and-shoot report
generator; and automatic communication with other computers. |
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...may offer basic functionality in additional "modules" at
additional costs. |
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Collection-Master was entirely developed on a PC, while simultaneously
groomed on Novell and UNIX networks. Performance is optimized in the
micro-computer (PC) environment. Collection-Master is NOT mini-computer
developed software that is "shoehorned" into the PC. |
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Was the original program developed on a mini-computer? Does it run on a
PC only after being "ported" down from its original development
computer? How many different attempts has the vendor made at moving to the
PC environment? Do customers pay extra each time the vendor tries
again? |
Collection-Master is the innovation leader. We introduced the following
innovations to the legal collections industry:
a) Fully integrated document scanning and imaging;
b) Internal auto-dialer and a predictive dialer
interface;
c) Specific client/forwarder reports (i.e. FMCC, GMAC,
D&B, etc);
d) EDI interfaces (i.e. Recovery1, NAN, NARCA,
Rothenberg, ARMS, etc). |
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Does the vendor always seem to be trying to "catch up"? |
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Great application software is more
Evolutionary than REVolutionary.
With over 600 installations nationwide and thousands of users, Collection-Master is the most
highly evolved legal collection software in continuous use on
standalone PCs and PC networks for the past 30 years. |
