TECSoft Developers Consortium

An international network of AppleScript and related software developers, matched to your automation needs.

TECSoft created the TECSoft Developers Consortium (TDC), an international network of AppleScript and related software developers. TDC matches your needs to a developer with the specific skills you require, where you need them. All arrangements and costs are negotiated between you and the developer directly.

TDC members collaborate to share knowledge and solutions across their clientele, which gives them depth and breadth no single developer could offer.

“TECSoft consistently provides quality AppleScript solutions and training. I often hear positive comments from their customers, and I don't hesitate to recommend them to corporations and individuals looking to implement AppleScript.”

Sal Soghoian, AppleScript Product Manager, Apple Inc.

Skills

• AppleScript: automation from a single repetitive task to entire multi-application workflows
• Adobe applications: scripted workflows for Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
• FileMaker Pro: data management and publishing automation, plus FileMaker training
• QuarkXPress: automating everything from brochures to complex books
• Cumulus: digital asset management integrated into publishing workflows
• SQL: web-enabled database solutions that feed production workflows
• Visual Basic: automating workflow applications on Windows
• Xdata, Xcatalog and Xtags: database publishing tools from Em Software

Selected projects

Publishing

• Automated database publishing of a reference book for a major publisher
• Backlist and trade-title catalog automation, to print and HTML
• Manuscript tracking from submission to publication, generating all forms, contracts and correspondence

Computer

• Automated assembly and production of Apple Computer's Starting Line catalog, cutting production time from two to three weeks to two to three hours

Entertainment

• Wholesale catalog publishing automation for a major record label
• HTML page generation for a major record label's website
• Tour scheduling, market trend and decision support databases

Banking and finance

• Mortgage underwriting application for a major New York bank
• Automated mutual fund fact sheets and quarterly client reviews, produced in a tenth of the time

News

• Automated graphics syndication workflow for a national newspaper service
• Automated stock data downloads and charting for a weekly financial publication
• Composition auditing to verify ads appeared in print

Advertising and printing

• Automated SKU and price versioning of retail ads, catalogs and circulars
• PDF workflows delivering plate-ready ads to commercial printers
• Job tracking, invoicing and accounting systems

Clients

A partial list: Accuweather, Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, AT&T, Atlantic Records, Aviation Week, Barron's, BMG Direct, Citibank, Dreyfus, Fidelity Investments, J. Walter Thompson, Mayo Clinic, McCann-Erickson, Miami Herald, Morgan Stanley, Nikon, Orange County Register, PC World, Prentice Hall, Random House, Rutgers University, Saatchi & Saatchi, Simon & Schuster, Showtime, Sony Music, The Associated Press, The Home Depot, Time Warner, Verizon and Viacom.

Success stories

• Atlantic Records: automatic HTML page generation
• Sony Music: automated wholesale catalog production
• Apple Solution Experts: Apple's profile of TECSoft

Contact us

Get in touch to learn how a TDC member can save you time and money with an automation solution.