About Us

 
Where We've Been… (The Past)

OneSource Software Solutions (ONESOURCE) was first conceived by Steve Childs, the current President & CEO of ONESOURCE in the mid 1990's. At the time, Steve was the President & CEO of a small office paper recycling & shredding business in Anaheim, California called Recycle California! (RCI).

Initially, RCI struggled with several software issues. After performing considerable research, it became apparent that the software problems RCI faced were, in fact, common to most businesses, including the realities that:

    (1) Storing redundant data in 2, 3, 4 or more software applications is very time consuming and inefficient.

    (2) Virtually all of the best selling software applications simply required too much manual entry and were poor, at best, at truly automating many of the time consuming tasks businesses must perform (especially inventory and service based businesses).

    (3) In a perfect world, software would be customizable to a particular businesses need-rather than having to conform business processes and procedures around how software works (or doesn't work).…and it wouldn't cost a small business owner his or her first born child either!

Having determined that RCI could increase it's volume, with the same personnel (thus reducing personnel and overhead costs), provide significantly better customer service and grow faster with the solution to these problems, Steve hired a Microsoft Access/Visual Basic programmer to write a custom application to combine and automate the sales, invoicing, contact management, dispatching and customer/government reporting tasks. Long story short, RCI quickly became a trendsetter in the industry and grew over 30% per year for 7 years straight.

Having experienced the dramatic difference and the competitive edge that the custom application provided to RCI, Steve began to become interested in the idea of helping other small business owners grow and manage their businesses with greater ease. Consequently, Steve sold RCI and started ONESOURCE in December, 1998.

Initially, ONESOURCE focused primarily on the original idea-that of designing and developing custom software applications for individual businesses. While the idea had considerable merit, ONESOURCE began to realize that the "off-the-shelf" software model had merits of it's own. (Less expensive, immediately available, relatively bug free, etc…) Thus, it became apparent that what the market really needed was a combination of several features & benefits:

    (1) Software that was inexpensive.

    (2) Software that was shrink-wrapped and ready to use out of the box.

    (3) Software that actually automated tasks-rather than requiring so much manual input and/or calculations.

    (4) Software that integrated virtually all business processes into ONE application.

    (5) Software that can be customized to include the unique data fields and automation requirements of virtually any business.

    (6) Software that would allow the creation of custom reports and that would provide greater control to manipulate data.

    (7) Software that provided cutting edge, top quality, personalized, customer service and support.

With the new direction in mind, ONESOURCE released OneSource version 1 in the spring of 2001, which integrated Contact Management, Activity Tracking, Job Tracking, Order Entry, Invoicing, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Automated Mail Merging, WinFax Integration, Sales/Marketing, Reports, etc., all in ONE application and provided the ability to CUSTOMIZE OneSource, using Microsoft Access, 100% to the needs and preferences of the user.

In the spring of 2002, ONESOURCE released OneSource version 2. Version 2 was a considerable improvement, as modules were added and/or replaced with proven, 10-year old modules (which are now in use in over 7000 businesses) to integrate Banking/Checking, a General Ledger, Financial Reports, a more powerful Inventory Management module, improved Sales system, over 100 new reports and an improved report management system, etc…

In the spring of 2003, ONESOURCE released OneSource version 3 (the current version). Version 3 provides improved stability and numerous refinements, including:

  • More Automated purchasing: OneSource can immediately calculate, display and create PO's utilizing all of the variables necessary to accurately order/replenish inventory levels based on optimum MIN/MAX levels or "projected" inventory needs -based on past sales in a similar period. PO's can also be auto created based on one or more "special order" items on one or more Sales Orders. Utilize an optional EDI module to send purchase orders electronically, etc.
  • Automated Inventory Counting / Updating: Input inventory counts, press one button to auto calculate and update the difference for every item in the system.
  • Multiple Inventory Management improvements, including ability to auto create and edit assemblies of items, track/store items in multiple locations, etc…
  • More customizable / automated pricing: You determine one time the criteria used to determine each customers price for each product (or group of products) and OneSource does the rest-from then on. (Pricing can be auto calculated based on any combination of criteria such as: a given discount, mark-up, multiplier, price code, price based on the quantity purchased, a specific price, etc).
  • QuickCheck form to immediately display a particular customers price on a particular item, critical inventory info, a summary of past sales history, including date purchased, price, etc.
  • QuickViews: Based on your preference, while creating a Quote/Sales Order/Invoice, immediately view-on the same screen-several details regarding Inventory, Credit, Sales Commissions, etc…
  • Enhanced Searching capabilities: Find virtually any type of data or record with 2-3 clicks. Use case sensitive, pop-up menu's to immediately sort, filter or find data, etc…
  • One-Click Messaging via Computer Screen Pop-up, Pager, Email, Printer, etc...
  • Automated Web Updates. One click to auto compare, download and update your version of OneSource-complete with auto importing of customizations to your version.
  • RapidAssist: We can now provide immediate assistance to any of your users-directly on their PC screen.
  • Plus many more…

Where Are We Now? (The Present)

With a growing team of developers, customer service reps and sales reps, various automated tools to provide training, on-line support & product updates, and an expanding client base--ONESOURCE, the company, is now poised to handle rapid expansion to our current client base.

This accelerated growth will assist in the research and development of OneSource, thus helping OneSource customers stay on the cutting edge of technology and continue to provide better products and services to their customers.

Where We're Headed? (The Future)

Version 4 of OneSource will include the following new features:

  • SQL Server support. (Which will allow 100's or even 1'000s of simultaneous users-rather than 10's of users).
  • Several direct web access modules to enable a customer or employee to login to OneSource over the web to view contact info, activities/correspondence, job info, sales info, order info/status, real-time inventory levels & pricing, etc…
  • Integration of Crystal Reports to enable better multi-column financial reports and drill down functionality.
  • Pocket PC integration for remote contact management, order entry, inventory look-up, etc..
  • Improved integration with MS Outlook for better calendaring functionality.
  • More automated features.
  • Etc…

If you are a current or prospective OneSource customer, and would like to learn more details about where we've been, where we are now, and where we're going, please feel free to contact Steve Childs, the President/CEO of OneSource Software Solutions, toll free at (866) 204-4997.