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GENIE & GOLD Milestones
Gung-Ho and its award-winning GENIE and GOLD information systems have been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Outsourcing Journal; and have been the subject of case studies published by companies including Microsoft, Citrix Systems, Surebridge, and NaviSite.
February 2010
Gung-Ho offers Web site hosting and an easy-to-use GOLD interface for its clients that want to process non-financial intranet and extranet orders.
December 2009
Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems continue to provide better than 99.9999% system availability, rapid scalability, redundancy, and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented in Gung-Ho's secure data center environment ten years ago.
December 2008
Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems continue to provide better than 99.9999% system availability, rapid scalability, redundancy, and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented in Gung-Ho's secure data center environment nine years ago.
December 2007
Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems continue to provide better than 99.9999% system availability, rapid scalability, redundancy, and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented in Gung-Ho's secure data center environment eight years ago.
December 2006
Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems continue to provide better than 99.9999% system availability, rapid scalability, redundancy, and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented in Gung-Ho's secure data center environment seven years ago.
April 2006
Lynn Fraser, President of the Internet Business Applications Group, with over 8 years' experience in the design and development of on-line business software solutions, begins assisting Gung-Ho with its GENIE and GOLD information systems.
November 2005
Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems continue to provide better than 99.9999% system availability, rapid scalability, redundancy, and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented in Gung-Ho's secure data center environment six years ago.
February 2005
Gung-Ho enhances GOLD so clients can locally view, print, and e-mail copies of the packing lists, commercial invoices, and shipper's export declarations that accompany their shipments.
September 2004
Gung-Ho launches Go-Station – a workstation that provides
on-demand printing and order fulfillment for orders that require custom graphics and dynamically generated serial numbers, registration / activation codes, license keys,
license agreements, support, training, or subscription information.
All custom-generated information is electronically transmitted via GENIE and accessed using GOLD.
August 2004
Gung-Ho moves its GENIE and GOLD servers to a new state-of-the-art secure data center in Andover, Massachusetts without an interruption in client order processing and fulfillment thus maintaining the better than 99.9999% uptime since Gung-Ho’s systems were implemented over four years ago.
June 2004
NaviSite, a leading provider of outsourced hosting and managed application services for middle-market companies, acquires Surebridge, the secure data center for Gung-Ho’s GENIE and GOLD information systems that has provided better than 99.9999% uptime and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented over four years ago.
May 2004
Gung-Ho enhances GENIE so it can dynamically generate registration codes, multiple license keys, and barcodes based upon client-specific bills of materials for as few as one unit at a time. The codes and keys are generated at the line item and unit level and can be used for both shippable and non-shippable items. All codes and keys are client-viewable and searchable in GOLD.
March 2004
Gung-Ho enhances GOLD so it can be used as an easy Web-based order entry system for its clients and their sales force. Orders placed in GOLD are electronically transferred to the clients' complex accounting systems and then sent to GENIE for order management and fulfillment by Gung-Ho.
October 2003
Clients using Gung-Ho's Go-Cart e-commerce shopping cart report they receive more than 11% in additional revenue, quicker deposits into their bank accounts, reduced shopping cart abandonment, faster and less expensive shipping, fewer customer service calls, and more complete sales information.
September 2003
Gung-Ho launches Go-Cart – an e-commerce shopping cart that provides lower costs for the processing and fulfillment of Web orders. Go-Cart e-commerce orders seamlessly integrate with call center and purchase orders so clients can access and generate comprehensive reports for all of their orders using Gung-Ho's GOLD on-line information system.
June 2003
GENIE QBLink provides Gung-Ho's clients and third parties that use Intuit's QuickBooks financial software the ability to integrate with Gung-Ho's GENIE supply chain management (SCM) and GOLD customer relationship management (CRM) information systems.
March 2003
Surebridge, the leading provider of outsourced enterprise application solutions for middle-market companies, acquires ManagedOps.com, the secure data center for Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems that has provided better than 99.9999% uptime and no unauthorized access since the systems were implemented over three years ago.
November 2002
Since their implementation three years ago, Gung-Ho's GENIE and GOLD information systems – software and hardware – continue operating with better than 99.9999% uptime. Excluding short semi-annual upgrades scheduled for after hours, the systems were unavailable for only 95 minutes during the three-year period thus proving the high system availability, rapid scalability, and redundancy provided by Gung-Ho's secure data center environment.
August 2002
The Outsourcing Journal highlights the flexibility, security, and competitive differentiation provided by Gung-Ho's Web-enabled GOLD information system. Article (PDF) Outsourcing Journal Site
March 2002
The Outsourcing Journal nominates Gung-Ho as a semifinalist for its 2002 Editor's Choice Awards based upon Gung-Ho's information systems being "among the world's notable outsourcing arrangements." Article (PDF) Outsourcing Journal Site
October 2001
Citrix Systems features Gung-Ho and its GENIE information system in a case study. Case Study (PDF)
September 2001
G-EDI, "Gung-Ho's Electronic Data Interchange," capabilities are enhanced to be able to accept and return EDI files as well as export fulfillment data in standard formats using either Gung-Ho's or the client's Sender ID. GENIE can also generate customer-specific UCC 128 carton and pallet labels, transmit Advance Ship Notices (ASNs) (EDI 856) directly to retailers, and receive Acknowledgements (EDI 997) on behalf of Gung-Ho's clients.
August 2001
Gung-Ho launches GUARD, "Gung-Ho's Universally Approved Retailer Direct" program, to provide its clients with proprietary technologies and capabilities for retailer-specific EDI, packaging, labeling, shipping, and carrier requirements.
July 2001
Microsoft features Gung-Ho and its GENIE and GOLD information systems in a case study. Case Study (PDF)
June 2001
Gung-Ho launches its GOLD To Go! wireless service that enables GOLD users to review order status, track shipments, and check inventory – anytime, anywhere – using Internet Explorer on a mobile device.
May 2001
Surebridge features Gung-Ho and its GENIE and GOLD information systems in a case study. Case Study (PDF)
November 2000
Gung-Ho and its GENIE and GOLD information systems are featured in The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Excerpt (PDF) Full Article (PDF)
September 2000
Jerry Johnson, with over 20 years' experience in designing and implementing custom computer software for managing production, order processing and fulfillment, joins Gung-Ho to oversee the continued development of its GENIE and GOLD information systems.
July 2000
GENIE and GOLD are enhanced to include Collaborative Information Sharing with GIST. Using a Web browser, Gung-Ho's clients, suppliers, and employees can easily post, view, modify, and exchange artwork files, media masters, documents, and spreadsheets. Additional features include automatic e-mail notifications regarding any new or modified files, a review and approval process, and automatic historical archiving.
May 2000
GENIE is enhanced with GOLD, the "Gung-Ho On-Line Data" system, a secure Web portal that enables Gung-Ho's clients to use a Web browser to manage their orders on-line and receive real-time information regarding virtually every aspect of Gung-Ho's manufacturing and distribution operations.
April 2000
Client reports Gung-Ho has better than 99.99999% fulfillment order accuracy after comparing their database to GENIE. During the six-month program, Gung-Ho fulfilled more than 20,000 orders comprised of more than 2,200,000 software kits contained in more than 150,000 shipping cartons with a total variance of only five kits.
February 2000
GENIE is enhanced to include Advanced Business Logic and Order Routing with GOAL, Electronic Information Transfer with GET IT, and Automatic E-mail Notification with GATE.
December 1999
Utilizing the power of GENIE, over 1.2 million software kits are manufactured and distributed directly to thousands of retail outlets nationwide during the first week of a high-volume product rollout.
October 1999
GENIE is enhanced and transferred to a secure data center environment designed to provide high system availability, rapid scalability, and redundancy. Press Release (PDF)
May 1999
GENIE, the "Gung-Ho Enterprise Network and Information Exchange" system, is implemented to seamlessly integrate Gung-Ho's worldwide manufacturing and distribution operations via the Internet.
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