Re: what next

Paul,

Ok, will do RCH stuff next week.

I don't want to get eugolf involved too early, I'd prefer to have a 
complete, if basic, full ecommerce solution that has been reasonably 
tested. Otherwise there is a danger of putting them off with reliability 
problems which will be high on their requirements list. Also, each new org 
that gets involved for ecommerce puts more work on me and slows the process 
down because everyone wants something different.

The HSBC is not at all exciting, I just made it sound a bit like that. They 
have got some monitoring software showing the FX quotes that are being sent 
out to clients. It only has a 1 to 2 year expected life span and I think 
this was reflected in the horribly design, documentation and 
implementation. The monitor is showing "phantom quotes" - quotes that never 
actually got sent out but are waiting for dealers to authorise. I'm not 
sure how that equates to them losing money but apparently it does. I have 
suggested I can fix the phantom quotes bug within a month, having spoken to 
a Reuters technician (HSBC are using a Reuters trading system for FX and we 
are monitoring that).

John

At 09:52 25/09/2003 +0100, Paul Meier wrote:
>John,
>
>I think we should solve Richard's problem next and then go onto order 
>workflow. I agree it would be very interesting to enter orders onto the 
>BOL/Inrax web site, not least because I almost always have browser access 
>but have occasional direct Inrax access. At that point I think we should 
>start to make an effort to get eu-golf involved, and perhaps resell the 
>batch order load facility. I am especially looking forward to solving the 
>address clean up problem.
>
>Interesting about HSBC. Are you able to elaborate or is it confidential? 
>In any event go for it.
>
>Paul
>
>Paul Meier
>Eastham Park
>Eastham
>Tenbury Wells
>Worcestershire WR15 8NN
>ENGLAND
>
>
>On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 09:29  am, John Pollard wrote:
>
>>Paul,
>>
>>On the web front I agree that we should follow through an order, 
>>capturing a new orgs details or allowing login and creating the order. 
>>This would put us in an interesting position because it might then be 
>>possible to start replicating orders from the main BOL site in the new 
>>Inrax site, rather than entering direct into Inrax. This would give us a 
>>good trial run-in for the new site. Only possible if it is convenient to 
>>match up products prices on the two sites, includeing handling charges.
>>
>>There is another matter though that I promised by the end of September. 
>>That is adding RRP and discount% on an SI win and printed transaction 
>>reports etc. Details in an email from RCH on Tue Aug 5 with subject 
>>Layout on Sales Invoices. Would you like me to tackle this now?
>>
>>I'm off tomorrow so no further action this week. Also I'm probably about 
>>to hit a few weeks of 2 day a week at HSBC which is much more intense 
>>than I have been there for a long time. That is because they have a 
>>problem costing the FX business money and I can earn some good browny 
>>points by solving it.
>>
>>John
>>
>>At 08:48 25/09/2003 +0100, Paul Meier wrote:
>>>John,
>>>
>>>Where next? Site login and work flow after new customers and orders are 
>>>taken?
>>>
>>>No rest for the wicked.
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>>Paul Meier
>>>Eastham Park
>>>Eastham
>>>Tenbury Wells
>>>Worcestershire WR15 8NN
>>>ENGLAND
>>>
>>
>>John Pollard
>>020 889 22143
>>077 422 10024
>>
>
>

John Pollard
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077 422 10024