More and more Funeral Directors say they wish to use tablets and other mobile devices in their work. That is no surprise, because managing funerals is not an office job. Eulogica 7 is designed to support them.
Funeral Directors are out and about every day – driving hearses and ambulances, visiting homes and hospitals, preparing flowers and ceremonies. So it is no surprise that they are attracted – if not addicted! – to smartphones, iPads, tablets and of course laptops and notebooks which now tend to come with touch screens for easy use on the go. Few Funeral Directors these days would visit a family or arrange a funeral without carrying at least one of these devices.
After 20 years of use and ongoing development, Eulogica has become the most popular software system for managing funerals in a number of countries. But until now, Eulogica has mainly been used for back-office operations. While the software has grown rich in features, and flexible enough to adopt to most types of funeral business, it has been less suited for use away from the office. Now, Eulogica 7 is changing all that!
Not only is the popular Eulogica software now getting a brand new and modern look. The Eulogica 7 generation is also being redesigned for the purpose of use out and about – especially on tablet computers.
Of course we are preserving all of the rich flexibility you have come to expect from Eulogica. Every funeral business can still have «their own» Eulogica configuration, because we so strongly believe that every funeral business is unique. But every part of the software is now also being redesigned for mobile use.
A new generation computing platforms like Windows 10 is becoming popular these days, not to mention trend-setting Apple products and various sleek web sites. Information workers are expecting a certain easy, minimalistic look and feel from the systems they use – be it e-mail, mobile apps, or business applications. A consistent way of operating software systems also makes learning and daily work easier. Eulogica 7 is designed to fit into this modern world with ease.
We call the new design «Eulogica Touch» – because it is not only modern looking, but also modern working. Every part of the screen is now designed for operating with your fingers – for those devices that allow it. Buttons and other elements are bigger. You can scroll and swipe with your fingers, and you can enter data with ease using on-screen keyboards. No mouse required!
Another invention in Eulogica 7 is the Start screen. Remember that big grey rectangular area which used to make up the background of the Eulogica application? We are now putting that space to better use (and it is not grey any more). Here you will find helpful elements like shortcuts, tasks, diary, and your next few funerals. In good Eulogica tradition, the Start screen can be configured with the elements that matter most for your particular business. Of course, each user can also have their own configuration.
You will also find many other key improvements in Eulogica 7: Now you can open multiple lists rather than just one at a time. A new general search feature makes it easy to find just the right funeral. An upgraded reporting engine makes it possible to print or send more complex documents. A new Resource Management System allows for easy allocation of resources like staff or vehicles. The Eulogica API is getting more powerful and can now receive funeral bookings from the web, among much else.
Also, «under the hood» in Eulogica 7 you will find a stronger database engine, namely Microsoft SQL Server. This ensures scalability for the largest of funeral companies, and involves a host of new capabilities – for parallel processing, encryption and policy management, mirroring and clustering, analytics and business intelligence.
Eulogica 7 also comes with a sidekick – the Eulogica App, designed to bring your most relevant Eulogica data to the smaller screens of smartphones in a handy format. Initially, the Eulogica App is being designed for the two most common mobile operating systems – iOS and Android.
Finally, let us not forget the long list of partners and other systems that Eulogica integrates with. Those links are getting stronger, more advanced, and ever more numerous. From florists to newspapers, from service sheets to memorial pages, from ceremony booking to electronic invoicing – Eulogica 7 helps ensuring a smooth workflow from beginning to end.
Eulogica 7 with the Eulogica App is the biggest investment ever made by our company. Our dedicated team of software developers – now more than 10 of them – is having the time of their life creating Eulogica 7 and the Eulogica App in line with all the latest trends in computing.
Totally some 30.000 working hours go into the project, which is an investment we could not have financed all by ourselves. The project is being supported by the Norwegian Research Council, an arm of the Norwegian government
Eulogica is already in use in 500 places across 5 countries. With the upgrade to Eulogica 7, this popular funeral management software now takes the step out of the office and into the hands of busy professionals. Eulogica 7 with the Eulogica App was officially presented to the Funeral Profession in June 2017.
Here are some key benefits of Eulogica 7:
- Design inspired by Windows 10, yet built on 20 years’ experience
- For PC or tablet use, operation by mouse or touch
- Extensive configuration possibilities for each business
- New start screen for quick access to information, configurable per business and per staff member
- Microsoft SQL Server database – offers scalability and advanced features for large businesses
- Partner integrations for death notices, service sheets, memorial pages, flowers, ceremony bookings
- Synchronisation feature, electronic invoicing and list of accounting system integrations
- New Resource Management System for managing resources like staff, rooms or vehicles
- Powerful API for flexible web integrations
- Eulogica App for iOS and Android
- Light version available for smaller businesses
