Online ordering systems

At the simplest and least expensive level an order form can simply be e-mailed back to you on completion. Dealing with an order received by e-mail is no more complicated than processing an order received by fax. However, such a system offers little data protection and should not be used if you require customers to enter their credit card details.

Deram have developed a number of online ordering systems that offer solutions for different sizes of organisation. At this more sophisticated level a database, stored on your web server, can be used to accumulate orders. These can be retrieved by your sales department from the web server as and when desired throughout the day. Such transactions are secured using SSL through https, a secure method of transporting information over the internet where credit card details and other sensitive information is involved. Access to the database is restricted by user level password protection so that only your authorised staff can browse the order tables. Orders can be processed manually or incorporated into an order processing system.

Deram online ordering systems use active server pages (ASP) and other Web Browser interpreted languages to communicate between the web browser and the remote database. If you already use a database to deal with order transactions that is compatible with Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), orders can be appended to your existing orders database direct from the website and processed using your normal daily procedures. The Deram online ordering system is fully compatible with the Deram database systems.

Deram online ordering systems are compatible with ODBC (Open Data-Base Connectivity) compliant databases such as Microsoft Access and SQL Server. If you already have one of these or similar relational database management systems it is possible to publish existing database tables on your website. Information that is visible to visitors can be restricted. Standard Structured Query Language (SQL) can be incorporated into HTML pages to enable specific information to be retrieved from a table. If your existing setup is unsuitable for publication Deram can design an appropriate database that can be integrated seamlessly with your current system.