Resource Center

• Samples of the DDI NACM Regional Credit Report.
• Samples of aging entry by members.
• Instructions on how to remove and set up new user profiles in the AS/400, for emailing, and for membership maintenance.
• Information for posting Group Books for members on the website.
• Listing of major AS/400 files, and brief instructions on how to use client access to extract data.
• How to use the AS/400 to send Flyers to members.
• Fact sheet on the scoring module.
• Information on how to perform duplicate subject checks and merges.
• Instructions on group logging and participation reports.
• Instructions on homefile processing.
• Information on how to enter legal items, and the processing of the legal bulletin and legal searches online.
• Instructions on member maintenance.
• Information on selling NACM credit reports online to non members.
• Non member reference checking information.
• On Line Group instructions and information.
• Membership Rosters Online!
• Query tutorial - AS/400 based.
• Query tutorial - Client Access based.
• Instructions and samples of integrating document scanning and recall to the collection software.
• Instructions and samples for Watchdog processing.
• Write off entry and write off bulletin processing.

Information on the Data Design Inc Scoring module:

This is the most exciting announcement from Data Design since the announcement of our on-line features over the internet!

Previously we introduced the 'Credit Report at a Glance' followed by the 'Risk Factor' section.

The next logical step was to assign a score to the credit report, using this data.

There are multiple sections to the credit report and we determined that we would score each section. These are:

• Trade and bank data
• Flash information reported by members
• Accounts placed for collection
• Public records information/legal data reported
• Bankruptcy information
• Accounts written off by members
• Inquiries on the credit report
• General/other

We created tables that correspond to items within the reported data:

• Comment codes
• Slow pay code
• Flash type
• Collection status code
• Legal items

Credit Reporting Data Sharing!:

• Log into your association as normal,
• Request a credit report from the regional database,
• Select the state the subject is in
• Then select report from the list of possibles!

'Partnership Alliance' On Line Groups:

Partnership alliance groups have been available for several years.

• The association 'partners' with trade association to offer credit reporting and/or group services.
• The services can be set up as credit reporting only, or to offer features such as flash posting and group polling.
• The presentation to the group members displays the identity of the partnership affiliation

Direct Access Through the Web:

• NEW!! Display the "Most Wanted" Credit Reports, and/or the Credit Reports Recently Updated in a format where Members can order them immediately ONLINE!! View Samples!
• Credit Reporting - Search the database, select the subject, view the credit report, request updates if out of date, add references, and poll group members for updates. View Samples!
• Legal Bulletin - Search the legal bulletin database, and view and/or print the matches. View Samples!
• Collections - Place new claims, view status and activity of existing claims, view open claims, send message to collector, view scanned documents, search the debtor database! View Samples!
• On Line Groups - Make reservations on-line, submit subjects for inclusion in the group book, key experience, key and view flash information, key data for the past due book. View a group roster, view group credit reports, and poll group for updates. View Samples!
• Watchdog - Members are notified when a derogatory item is posted to a subject they have reported or inquired on. View Samples!
• Member Roster Lookup Subscription service. View Samples!
• NACM Credit Reports available for purchase via the web.
  View Samples!
• Reference checking service for your members! View Samples!
• Special Group Options! include:
  • 'Partnership' Alliance Groups where a separate trade association partners with NACM to offer services. The partner association retains their own identity within the services offered.
    View Samples!
  • 'Polling' groups where the group members participate by polling their fellow group members.
  
  
• Click the icon below to view the on-line tutorials.
  
  

Email Directly From DDI Software:

• Individual correspondence, and batch correspondence.
• Individual Credit reports.
• Trade reference tickets.
• Group Inquiry and discussions sheets.
• The Group Book can be Emailed or faxed to someone that can't attend the group, but who wants to participate remotely. Additionally, you can email a copy of the book to everyone in advance of the meeting.
• Past Due books and Past Due book reply sheets.
• Collection letters and status reports.
• Credit reporting usage.
• Invoices add statements.
• Flyers, newsletter notices, broadcast messages.

More Data Design Software Features!:

New Credit Report Format - better use of fonts, more defined headings. Trade data summarized by the contributing bureau. The trending modified to use the actual credit history, rather than quarterly recaps.

Addition of a summary page that has the "Report at a Glance" executive summary which recaps the trade and trending data, accounts placed for collections, legal filings, UCC Filings, Flash data, and Accounts written off by members, and a "Risk Factor" summary.

View Sample!
View Internet Report

Check on Demand - The ability to write a check by telephone or fax, and produce MICR encoded checks from general check stock.

'Free Format' Versions of programs to replace pre-printed forms, for letters, invoices, stamens, claim tickets, credit reports.

Watchdog - Account Monitoring of past due trades, collection placements, legal data, UCC information, write-off's, and flash information. Members receive an email or fax notifying them of the condition. For email members, a hyper link is provided to purchase and view the report immediately. Fax members can order the reports from their notification.

Polling - Members can 'poll' their group members for updates to credit reports. Each member is emailed a hyper link to update their information on-line. The member requesting the polling is emailed when an update is received, with a link to view the updated credit report.

Flash entry notification - By fax or email,of items entered using the Internet on line flash entry.

Weekly updates emailed or faxed to the members of accounts placed for collection, recently revised reports, NSF check lists, and accounts placed on alert.

Interactive trade input - Members are emailed a hyper link and, input their trade experience on-line'.

Emailing and/or faxing the legal bulletin on a daily or weekly basis.

Emailing and/or faxing Accounting invoices and statements, and membership rosters.

Scanning, Email and Recall of Collection Documents.
Scan collection documents and recall to the collector's terminal via a command key. Email documents to the user or the attorney directly from the computer! Additionally, the collection users can view the documents via the Internet! View Samples!

Seminar and CEU tracking. Set up seminars, log and recap CEU credits.

Sale of NACM Credit Reports over the web. A non member can search the database, and buy a credit report using Paypal or a credit card.

Reference Checking Service for Members. Members can direct their credit reference inquiries to NACM. The user can search the database, and view the last year of the member's trade data.

Send flyers, newsletter notice, and broadcast messages

Data Contributions:

The following media DDI can accept directly:

• 3 1/2 inch diskette (P/C Dos format)
• 1/2 inch reel tape at 1600 BPI or 6250 BPI
• 1/4 inch tape cartridge (120meg to 2.5 gig)
• 8 mm cartridge tape
• 3480, 3490, or 3490E tape cartridges
• Previously listed tape data produced on a UNIX system.
• CD-ROM
• Data May also be E-Mailed to whitney@datadesigninc.com

A few tips to make the conversion easier!

• If saving from an AS/400, either save as a 36 file, or use the CPYTOTAP command to avoid release conflicts.
• If possible, on a Unix system, save the data in DOS format, or a 'basic exchange' format.
• If there is a choice between DDI supported media formats, use something besides the 9 track tape. They are expensive to mail, and bunch up sometimes in the mailing process, causing media problems.

Extract Guide:

Here is the record layout for the contributing member A/R file. The record length is 350.

Email Instructions:

We need the data in a standard format. TXT, delimited, and excel formats are preferred. The data needs to be in easy to identify columns. Formats such as doc, rtf, and pdf will usually not work, because these formats are intended for printing, not data transfer.

'zip' the file or files, using winzip or pkzip. The zipped file should be named Arxxzzzz where xxis the bureau #, such as 90 and zzzz is the member #, such as 0990.

Send the zipped file as an 'attachment'. The email address for media contributions is whitney@datadesigninc.com

In the transmittal, please identify them member # and the member name. Also, if the submittal is new, please include the business category.

If the member cannot write a program to create the file in the enclosed layout, we need to have files with the same information.

FTP: datadesigninc.com
Microsoft NT
User: media
Password: nacm

Be sure to contact us if you have questions or problems.