December 2005

System Relocation and Enhancement

Cognitronics began the first stages of a major project to relocate and enhance the Remittance processing operation of one of the UKs leading retailers this month.

The Company, based in the North West of England, boasts the second largest home shopping business in the Country and the existing Cognitronics equipment has been expanded to facilitate further expansion of their business.

The E-Series Document Transport was decommissioned after completion of the days processing on a Friday and transported to a new location. An additional 12 sort pockets were added to the configuration on the Saturday and the System was fully tested and accepted by the Customer by that evening, well in advance of the requirement to commence live processing on the Monday morning.

Additional software was also installed to cater for new applications which will double the existing workload on the system.

November 2005

Voucher Redemption System Installed

Another SO-Series Scanner has been installed at one of the UKs leading Marketing Resource Management Companies in the Midlands.

Cognitronics has further enhanced the Scanning system by implementing an Online Image Transfer which will increase efficiency.

The new installation will provide a versatile Voucher Redemption System which is expected to go 'live' in January 2006.

October 2005

Large Volume Intermixed Document Scanning System Installed

A new system incorporating two SO-Series Scanner Transports has been installed at a leading International specialist in Secure Print Services in the East Midlands.

Cognitronics has been providing this Customer with a maintenance and support service for it's Data Capture equipment since 1999 and now looks forward to a continuation of this relationship in the coming years.

Operating on a Windows XP platform running Cogniform software, the system is believed to be the first of it's kind in the UK to process large volumes of intermixed document types at high speed.

The SO-Scanners provide high quality colour images to powerful Recognition Stations which locate and capture the required information utilising a combination of bespoke software, hand-print, machine-print and barcode recognition.

Cognitronics has been able to take advantage of the latest technology to specify and supply all the hardware for this system including a Server and several Workstations interconnected through a 1 Gigabyte network which allows high-speed transfer of data and image files.

The two SO-Series Scanners will be expected to run almost continually during the days leading up to the busy Christmas and the New Year period, with the daily volume of documents predicted to reach in excess of 500,000 at peak.

July 2005

Cheque and Payment Processing System Installed

A new system incorporating two SCN6005 Scanner Transports has been installed at an International Publisher and Book Club in the West Country.

The system will provide a new Document Processing solution that will process Cheque, Postal Order and Credit Card payments as well as Order information. Operating on a Windows XP platform running Cogniform software the system utilises handprint, machine print and ReCog mark sense recognition and includes a full archive and retrieval facility.

May 2005

User Acceptance Testing on SO-Series

The first SO-Series system supplied and installed by Cognitronics is undergoing User Acceptance Testing at a leading Insurance Company based in the North West.

The system was installed in early May and will be running a Payment Processing application on Cognitronics' own Cogniscan Software platform.

April 2005

New Engineer joins Cognitronics

The Field Service Team has been strengthened with the employment of an additional engineer in the South West region of England. Based close to Bristol, this experienced technician is conveniently located for both the M4 and M5 motorways and is within easy striking distance of our Customers in this part of the Country.

From the beginning of next month, he will undertake training on our full product range at the Company HQ in Worksop but will primarily concentrate on the equipment currently installed at sites in his immediate area.

With two new Customers coming on-line in the near future, this addition to the Engineering personnel demonstrates Cognitronics commitment to provide the best possible service and support for our customers both old and new.

March 2005

Cognitronics Celebrate Best Ever Year

End of Financial Year figures show an increase in turnover of more than 20% on the previous year and confirm Cognitronics position as the United Kingdoms leading supplier of image and document processing systems.

This substantial increase has been achieved through significant Sales into the Banking and Insurance Industries along with the expansion of our in-house repair facility.

Recruitment

The response to our recruitment campaign in the South West has been overwhelming with applications coming in every day since the advert was placed in the Bristol Evening News on March 10th.

The process of selecting the most suitable Engineer is now underway and we are confident of securing the right person to join the Field Service Team in the near future.

February 2005

First SCN6005 System Installed

The first new installation of the year took place in Reading on 23rd of this month.

The new SCN6005 based system is the first to utilise the USB2 interface and will be used for Remittance Processing in the Customer Accounting Centre in one of Britain's leading Telecommunication Companies.

SO-Series Takes Off

The first two orders have been confirmed for the SO-Series Transport, a high speed, general purpose, colour scanner. The scanner has the capability of scanning up to 240 A4 documents per minute and smaller documents at even higher rates. The device also has the ability to scan a range of different size documents within the same batch and is higher speed, smaller footprint and typically, lower cost then the competition in this area.

The systems will be supplied with customised application software to run on Cognitronics' 'Cogniscan' software platform.

The first system will be installed with a major UK Insurance company running a Payment Processing application.

The second system will be installed with a fulfilment company initially running a Voucher Redemption service.

January 2005

Two New Orders in the South West

Happy New Year to all.

Orders have been confirmed with two new customers in the South West of England, signalling a great start to the New Year and a busy time ahead.

The SCN6000 based system is proving to be a real success in the Remittance Processing market and two leading Companies with totally different market activities have chosen the powerful Cognitronics solution to process their valuable transactions where speed and accuracy are major considerations.

Cognitronics Project Management and development teams are currently finalising the technical specifications in cooperation with the two customers and implementation dates are scheduled for March and April.

As a result of these sales and our ongoing commitment to provide the best possible service for our customers old and new, Cognitronics is now actively looking to recruit an additional Field Service Engineer who will provide a more local coverage in this region of the Country.

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