Reporting and document generation software

May 12th, 2011

Windward Reports offers a variety of reporting and document generation software, which greatly simplify your office documentation work and help you find and compare prices from different vendors , suppliers and manufacturers.

Reporting Software

There are many reporting software products available, but few genuine comparison charts.  A good reporting software tool can save you a lot of money, if  you have a system that truly makes report design fast & easy with unmatched time savings throughout the report and document creation process.

The solution is layout in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This gives you fast template creation designed for the business professional. And you need access to all your data in SQL, XML, Excel spreadsheet and other data sources

Document Generation Software

The document reporting software, known as “Document Generation” software (docgen), and “dynamic document composition” created a major change in the business world, allowed you to focus on expressing your business ideas, and letting you forget about how it should like. The result, therefore, is an instantaneous report or presentation. However, one unanswered question remains: there are many commercial and free tools out there that can do the job – so why bother trying Windward Reports? Why not choose, say, free software alternatives, and save money?

Yes you can have it all!

The reason you want to try Windward Reports is that the competition turns your dream of generating quick and automated content into a nightmare. And why is that?  Well, first, you have to understand that the competition forces you to accept a different and technical definition of what SQL reports and what XML reports  are: instead of defining reporting simply as a file with useful data, they understand “reporting” as retrieving the data from a database and transforming it, into, say, an intermediary file, and then you run another program to process that intermediary file so you can get the format you want.  For greater clarity, see how it goes for someone that just wants to get the job done.

For someone that is no programmer, this would mean using a program to get data from a database (which would probably mean going through an SQL tutorial in the process – just, you know, to make your life a little more difficult) , and letting this reporting software program generate, say, a XML file containing the data it got. Right after that, you’d run another program so you can choose the format you want to output your XML file to: it could be an HTML file, PDF, an excel report, and so on.  If this seems unclear, that’s because most companies are developing for developers – not for end users.

Windward reports, on the other hand, understands you. Contrary to the competition, it doesn’t turn your dreams into a nightmare. The very reason it is so great, in fact, is because it turns your dreams into reality. First, it installs special ribbons into Microsoft Office – a tool you already know how to use, which means you’ll have a low learning curve – and then, with the power of Windward Engine, you can retrieve the data from your SQL report or XML report database with the click of a button. Plus, if you want to create new templates (but don’t have a designer at hand), Windward’s Autotag installs itself in Word, allowing you to create very professional templates in a matter of minutes.

These advantages, although already astonishing, are not the only ones Windward’s reporting software has to offer: just as previously stated, you can create your reports in multiple formats, just like every tool around. However, unlike the competition – and because, just as stated before, it is so tightly integrated into Microsoft Office, you can get instantaneous reports (yes, following your definition of reports) in the following formats (but not limited to them):

  • RTF  and DOCX (Microsoft Word)
  • PPTX (Microsoft PowerPoint)
  • XLS and XLSX (Microsoft Excel – no more worries about trying to read an excel tutorial to figure out how to insert “data entries” or to make your presentation “look professional”)
  • HTML reports  (they display in any Browser)
  • PDF (suitable for printing your document everywhere)

Barter to save money

July 17th, 2009

If you do not have sufficient cash to buy a product or service you need , you can consider bartering any unwanted stuff  for money.  Often, you can get a very good deal online. Save money and get what you want today.

Foreign purchases

July 8th, 2009

While making purchases from foreign countries , there are various factors to be considered including stability of the  company and financial records.   Germany is a major manufacturer of equipment and machinery. Consulting a German expert  like Vermögensverwaltung Franz Brandtner / Franz Brandtner Anlageberatung can help you stay updated about the current market conditions.

Low cost sourcing for your business

July 7th, 2009

Sourcing products at a low cost can greatly increase the profits of a business, especially in a competitive market. To  buy from China electronics, toys and other products , you should check out online marketplaces like Twift, which also offer free shipping for a limited time.

Recession and oil prices

October 31st, 2008

As the economies worldwide go into recession and start showing a negative growth rate,  the demand for fossil fuel decreases. This has resulted in the fall in crude oil prices, which are almost 50% of the rates 6 months ago.

Financial meltdown and exchange rates

September 28th, 2008

With the financial meltdown and exchange rates, the value of the dollar vis a vis most major currencies is decreasing.  However, in countries where FIIs are major investors in the stock market, the dollar is appreciating , since money is withdrawn from the market.

Inflation and commodity prices

May 29th, 2008

In the last few weeks, prices of all essential commodities has increased by a significant amount. Though price increases  normally do not affect my daily budget, this time the increase in prices is surprising. Usually only the price of fruits, vegetables and cereals increase when inflation levels increase, but this time the price of packaged food products like biscuits and noodles has also increased.

The decrease in agricultural output is one of the reasons prices have increased. The media in India focusses almost exclusively on metro cities and forgets that agriculture constitutes a  major part of the country’s GDP. Successive governments only pay lip service to their concern about the welfare of the farmers, few have implemented any concrete measures to increase the per hectare crop output.

The second major reason for inflation is the increase in the oil prices. Though public transport systems exist in many parts of the world, owning a car has become a status symbol and people use a car for traveling even short distances. Since oil is a fossil fuel, its supply is limited and as the demand increases, the prices of crude oil have reached $135 / barrel in May 2008. Since oil is extensively used for transporting commodities and finished goods, this increase in cost has been passed on to the end user.

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