Productivity? There’s an App for That!

In 2010, the smart phone is the new laptop. Business has moved from the desktop to the palm of your hand. For small business trying to juggle the flow of critical information, there’s a new mobile app designed to make popular business forms available on the go.  Deluxe Corp. and Canvas announced today a pilot program that will deliver Deluxe’s most popular paper forms to its small business customers with a smart phone application designed to run on Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry, as well as laptops, netbooks and tablet-based computing devices. During the pilot, the apps are available at the Canvas Mobile App Store and will be free for a limited time.

“The goal is to provide small business with innovative solutions that make it easier to manage and grow their businesses,” said Ed Wolfe, strategic alliances manager for Deluxe Corp. “Our new mobile apps offer small businesses a whole new way to fill-out and manage their paperwork – from service estimates to work orders – quickly and easily.”

Using a smart phone, small businesses can collect information, which then can be: 
• Sent wirelessly to clients’ email addresses;
• Automatically forwarded to the appropriate departments within a company (e.g. Accounting, Operations, etc);
• Viewed online later, where users can create their own custom reports;
• Downloaded into Excel or other reporting tools for further analysis; and
• Integrated into a user’s back-office system like QuickBooks or others

“The apps are easy to use, economical and offer greater flexibility than paper forms,” said Wolfe. “With the Canvas technology, we can offer additional functions not available on a paper form, such as photo capture. The apps are also able to accommodate e-signatures, and time and date stamps.”