AlignStar Software from TTG, Inc.

TTG, Incorporated: Professional Territory Design Software Since 1988

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AlignStar V5.02 released.

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New International Map Sets Available for over 200 Countries. More...

Belgium Territories

Geocoding Services Available now in both the US and Canada. More...

2010B ZIP Codes now available for download. More...

2009 Demographic data now available - Over 18,000 variables for immediate delivery. More...

In the words of our clients...

arrow"My biggest struggle right now with AlignStar is that it is too easy to use. I have loaded (our) information to build a document and this took about 5 minutes. Way too short a time, scares me. No really, the product is excellent...  OUTSTANDING...!!!"   

arrow"This product is simply amazing!  Within 2 hours, AlignStar allowed me to accurately and equitably assign opportunity for our new segment. Without AlignStar, this task would have been practically impossible. We were so impressed with the product's ability to create equitable, contiguous territories that we decided to use it to first analyze and then redesign the entire territory layout."

arrow"I think that this program is great. I used (another product) and I know what it can do, but AlignStar can do all that and more, but a lot easier to operate." 

A small sampling of our Client Companies ...

ADT, Inc.
Alliance Bernstein
American Express
American Greetings
Ameriprise Financial
AmeriSource Bergen
Animas Corporation
Apple Inc.
Applied Systems, Inc.
Astellas Pharma
Avaya
Axcan Pharma, Inc.
Azur Pharma, Inc.
Bankers Life
Baxter Healthcare
Bayer
Berchtold Corporation
bioMerieux, Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton
British Gas
Cadence Pharmaceuticals
Campbell Alliance
Cars.com
Caterpillar, Inc.
CDW
Ceco Building Systems
Centrix Pharma
Clean Harbors
Conmed Corporation
CooperSurgical
Coria Laboratories
Covidien
Credit Acceptance Corporation
Dendreon Corporation
DJO, LLC
Dow Jones
Duro-Last Roofing, Inc.
DynaVox Systems
Eastman Kodak
EMC
EMC/Paradigm
Empi
Enerpac
Envision Radiology
Enzon Pharmaceuticals
Fidelity Investments
GAF Materials Corp.
Gas South, LLC
Genzyme Corporation
Gerber Coburn
Graceway Pharma
Healthpoint, LTD
Hill-Rom
Hologic
ImClone Systems
IMS
Instrumentation Labs
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Inverness Medical
JT International, Inc.
Keystone Dental
Komatsu America, Inc.
LexisNexis
Luxottica Group
Marcolin, USA
Medicure Pharma
Medrad, Inc.
Michelin Tire
Mitchell 1
Mohawk Finishing
Moore Medical, LLC
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Nestle Nutrition
NEUROMetrix, Inc.
Novartis
Ortho Dermatologics
Otsuka Pharma
Pamlab, LLC
Paycor
PharmaDerm
PHH Mortgage
PMI Mortgage Insurance
Press Ganey
Professional Vet. Prods.
Promius Pharma
Publicis Selling Solutions
Purdue Pharma
Pyramis
Questcor Pharma, Inc.
Quidel
Ricoh Corporation
Sanofi Pasteur
Seiko Corp.
ServiceMaster
Smiths Medical
Sulzer Pumps, Inc.
SumTotal Systems
Sunquest Information Systems
TA Instruments
Talecris Biotherapeutics
The Chamberlain Group
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thomson Research and Guidance
Triax Pharmaceuticals
Tura L.P.
Uline
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
ViroPharma
Welch Allyn, Inc.
Wells Fargo Advantage
Wolters Kluwer
Zywave, Inc.

 

AlignStar feature list

AlignStar is the most powerful territory design and management tool ever created and is the preferred choice of businesses. The features listed below highlight the capabilities of each AlignStar Edition. Use it to help decide on an Edition to suit your needs. Note that this is not a comprehensive listing and that new features are being added on a continual basis. If you have additional questions, please contact TTG at 1-888-REALIGN. Click here to download a PDF version of this list.

General Features

Small Business Edition

Corporate Edition

Enterprise Edition

Maximum number of territories supported in a single document

25

50

Unlimited

Links directly to your data via “live” links. No need to import data. Always has the most current information

Link to any ODBC compliant data source including Access, Excel, dBase, CSV, TXT and more

Easy-to-use Wizards help you get started quickly

Includes fully detailed online Help system and Tutorial along with sample data to help you get started

SmartZIP feature automatically updates old, discontinued ZIP Code information

Puerto Rico Map Set included

Alaska and Hawaii appear in correct location and scale

Integrated Data Browser gives you instant access to your data

Familiar folder interface allows user to easily turn territories on and off

Quick Zoom feature automatically pans and zooms to the selected object

Move forward and backward in time to display your territories on any date

Display territory, district, region and area data in charts to view balance

Includes 16 detailed US map layers and free updates for maintenance period

Turn on numeric or alpha labels for map layers

Smart Label feature adds detail when zooming in and removes it when zooming out

Turn map layers on and off with a single click in the unique Layers tab

View map legends with a single click

Add Push Pins and label them for ad hoc mapping of facilities or locations

International Map Set Add-ons available

Instant data summary to any map layer in Data Browser

Accept proposed alignment changes from Field Edition and integrate into master document

Create new documents that link to 10 different data sources at one time

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Territory Expert evaluates existing territories on 6 criteria and recommends areas for improvement

Send documents out to the field for use with the AlignStar Field Edition

Set passwords to limit access to particular folders for each district, region, and area

Customer Care (maintenance and support)

Level of care

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Software updates, upgrades, and new releases

Email support

Knowledgebase access

Telephone support M/F 9AM to 5:30 PM EST

Forum access

Email document for troubleshooting

Dedicated priority email support

Senior alignment specialist support team

Invitation to beta releases

US 5-Digit ZIP Code map layer updates included

1X/year

2X/year

4X/year

Drive Time Data updates included

1X/year

2X/year

4X/year

All other map layer updates included when available

3 Comprehensive online tutorials for basic and advanced users including sample data

Extensive online documentation including video instruction for key features

Optimization

Supports account based and geographic optimizations

Sophisticated computer model automatically balances territories on 1 or 2 variables

Weight variables differently based on your needs

Optimizer automatically minimizes travel time with integrated Drive Time database

Recommends optimal sales rep city locations with minimal travel and cost

Create up to 4 levels of sales hierarchy (territory, district, region, and area)

Optimized on selected areas of the country or within existing regions

Focused optimization finds areas of greatest opportunity and lowest cost to service

Creates contiguous, compact territories

Optimize based on total number of territories needed or enter your target for each territory and AlignStar will tell you how many territories you need

Automatically names territories based on largest city or customizable naming template

Suggests Ideal Rep Locations that minimize drive time using data weighted algorithm

Alignment

Supports account based and geographic alignments

Supports up to 4 levels of sales hierarchy (territory, district, region, and area)

3 ways to align (drag & drop, lasso, and individual item)

View data totals in a selected area before making an alignment change

Query map units for information and data values and review results instantly

Display data totals in Data Browser while aligning. See them change as you move map units from one territory to another

Display percent deviation from mean for any data value by territory

Geobuild creates perimeter boundaries of sales hierarchy items

Save custom built map layers for use in other AlignStar documents

Use custom built map layers for Thematic analysis, alignment and data dots

Use custom built map layers with the Territory Expert and the Optimizer

Analysis

Map data from up to 10 linked data sources

Map up to 6 variables at the same time using Data Dots

Multi-variate analysis feature allows you to map relationship between two variables using quadrant analysis (2x2, 3x2, 3x3, 4x2 and 5x2 matrices)

Use dot density or graduated circles to show data concentration

Vary size, symbol and color for each mapped variable

Map AlignStar’s Suggested Rep locations

Change the data value associated with each symbol

Create custom indexes and Normalize your data using Divide by feature

Map Production

Print individual maps for each territory, district or region or area

BatchMap allows automated printing of a series of maps for all items in your sales hierarchy (territory, district, region or area)

Template for automatic creation of map titles

Send individual territory maps directly to PowerPoint presentation

Generate graphic files for each territory or any portion of the country in GIF, JPG, TIF, BMP and other graphic formats

Customize colors for map series for a consistent look and feel

Reporting and Data Export

Export data from any linked data source into a single file

Automatically matches and merges data from up to 10 different data sources

Export data at any geographic summary level regardless of data load level

Append sales hierarchy information to any linked data source

Append corrected ZIP Code information to records with discontinued ZIP Codes using SmartZIP feature

Includes over 24 standard report templates with territory, district, region and area level summary information and your choice of linked data variables

Edit report templates provided using Crystal Reports

Create your own custom report templates using Crystal Reports


AlignStar®, AlignStar Online®, SalesAdvantage® and BatchMap® are trademarks of TTG, Incorporated. All other products mentioned are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

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