Partners
Latest News: Ocuco announces new webinar series for opticians.
Ocuco, the second largest optical software company in the world, is proud to present a new series of webinars, which are open to all opticians to attend.This series will focus on helping opticians in understanding key areas for streamlining practice operations and improving business results. The live events will cover interesting topics including Recall Optimisation, Paperless Practice, Electronic GOS Claiming, VAT Optimisation and more.
Partners
Software Partners
Oracle partnership with Ocuco dates back to the first version of Acuitas. Many Ocuco products rely on the stability and scalability of Oracle 10g to serve large multiple-site customers like Vision Express.
URL : www.oracle.com
Supply Chain Connect has been providing Private Supply Hubs on Demand to major global corporations since 2000. Based in London, UK, and with offices in the US, Supply Chain Connect is a privately held company committed to delivering fully managed private supply hubs and the technology and services that underpin them. As the quality of its user base attests, Supply Chain Connect is becoming one of the pre-eminent companies in the field of hosted supply chain connectivity solutions.
URL : www.supplychainconnect.com
Capscan provides postcode and address management software solutions.
URL : www.capscan.com
AFD Software provides postcode and address management software solutions.
URL : www.afd.co.uk
The Ocuco partnership with Nathean Technologies was established in 2006 to provide advanced Business Intelligence for Acuitas users. Logix Professional Acuitas Edition is a unique analytics solution providing groundbreaking clinical and retail analysis. The Acuitas Logix viewer delivers information across the practice including patient status, recalls, diary appointments, diary allocation, optical exams, handovers, stock, orders, brand performance and more. Nathean Technologies Ltd. is a leading Irish developer and provider of Data Analysis, Reporting Solutions and Consulting Services. More Info: Nathean Partnership
E-commerce
Since 1998, Acumenex has been providing eCommerce solutions to Veterinarians and Optometrists that enhance their services by enabling them to purchase their prescriptions and other products through a doctor managed and controlled web store.
URL : www.acumenex.com
Lens Manufacturers
Rodenstock is one of the world's most successful manufacturers of optical products, offering a comprehensive range that includes frames, lenses, sunglasses and complete spectacles, with a global reputation for quality and innovation. Commissioned from Drs by Rodenstock UK, SpeedMasterTM is a dedicated professional service for opticians within the UK wanting to order Rodenstock products using an Extranet electronic ordering service that is secure cannot be accessed by members of the public. It also incorporates the Teleshape 'remote edging' facility and a direct on-line link with that latest ophthalmic lens laboratory production processes. Orders raised in the Ocuco FOCUS Practice Management Software can easily be imported into SpeedMaster to ensure quick and fully validated ordering. If you would like to know more about SpeedMaster or Rodenstock products and services please contact Michael R Potter FBDO at Rodenstock on 01474 325555 or Email him on michael.potter@rodenstock.co.uk
URL : www.rodenstock.co.uk
Essilor is the largest manufacturer of ophthalmic products in the world, with subsidiaries in over 50 countries. Essilor is well known for Varilux progressive lenses, Crizal antireflective coating and Airwear polycarbonate lenses. Opsys is Essilors lens ordering and dispensing software. Opsys makes it easy to order lenses, as well as being a useful dispensing tool featuring 3D graphical views of lenses and a lens comparison module. Opsys gives users a fast, easy-to-use interface for ordering lenses and also provides full validation of orders. Opsys users also have the benefit of all orders being received directly by our automated factory system, which can reduce delivery time on orders. There has recently been developed a brand new link between Opsys and Ocucos practice management systems Acuitas and FOCUS. With this new link Focus offers significant benefits including a seamless transmission of orders from FOCUS to Opsys when any of Essilors lenses are selected.
URL : www.essilor.co.uk
Carleton Ltd, founded over 25 years ago, is a privately owned company based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, dedicated to offering ophthalmic professionals an extensive range of high-quality diagnostic and surgical equipment, precision instruments and consumables, supported by unsurpassed technical experience and after sale service and support.
URL : www.carletonltd.com
The Carl Zeiss Group is an international leader in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the markets for
Industrial Solutions,
Research Solutions,
Medical Technology and
Consumer Optics,
Carl Zeiss has contributed to technological progress all over the world for
more than 160 years and enhances the quality of life of many people around the globe.
With its innovative technologies and leading-edge solutions, Carl Zeiss is successful in the fields of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Metrology, Microscopy, Medical Technology, Vision Care and Consumer Optics/Optronics.
URL : www.zeiss.com
Hoya is one of the leading lens manufacturers in the UK. Ocuco's practice management software, FOCUS links to Hoya's propietary Hoyalog Lens Ordering software.
URL : www.hoya.co.uk
Instrumentation Providers
Topcon is one of the leading instrumentation providers in the UK. Ocuco's practice management software, Acuitas and FOCUS link to various instruments through defined interfaces.
URL : www.topcon.co.uk
Nidek is one of the leading instrumentation providers in the UK. Ocuco's practice management software, Acuitas and FOCUS link to various instruments through defined interfaces.
URL : www.nidek.co.uk
Grafton Optical are leading suppliers of Optometry equipment throughout the UK. Specialist products include: Corneal Topographer, Retinal Imaging Software Systems, Visual Field and Tonometry equipment. Data from all of the above equipment can be linked directly to your Ocuco system.
URL : www.graftonoptical.com
Specialist Optical Industry Consultants
Myers La Roche is a specialist consultancy which works with independent optometrists and dispensing opticians to improve productivity and profitability through innovative self-financing business solutions.
URL : www.myerslaroche.co.uk
Total Marketing Resource (TMR) is a specialist consultancy, working nationwide, to increase sales, profitability and growth within retail optics.
URL : www.tmr.co.uk
Visual Extreme Ltd offers target marketing solutions for the optical industry, through the use of the OptiMail patient mailing facility. Visual Extreme are also exclusive providers of the EasiProm patient mailing facility for Rodenstock Club members.
Contact: 01903 743 582
OCL is an independent company, run by opticians and exclusively responsible for compiling the electronic spectacle frame and sunglass product data on behalf of users of the FOCUS Practice Management System from Ocuco Software. Customers of OCL services range from individual independent opticians to medium and large nationwide groups.. Contact: 01903 743 582
Finance Providers
Financial solutions for professionals in the form of equipment, computer, software and vehicle lease and purchase, practice and personal loans.
Contact: 01832 733 489
Financial solutions for professionals in the form of equipment, computer, software and vehicle lease and purchase, practice and personal loans.
Contact: 01563 852 100
Associations
The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO) represents ophthalmic optical companies involved in all aspects of manufacturing, importing and wholesaling spectacles.
URL : www.fmo.co.uk
The Irish Software Association (ISA) is an association within IBEC and ICT Ireland, which provides a powerful united voice for the software sector to enable companies to build their ability to scale, increase funding levels in the sector and push the sector's requirements in the political sphere in a coherent and coordinated manner.
URL : www.software.ie
Serving as the global voice for vision care products and services, The Vision Council represents the manufacturers and suppliers of the optical industry.
URL : www.thevisioncouncil.org
Corporate Social Responsibility
Optometry Giving Sight is the only global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive error - simply the need for an eye exam and a pair of glasses.
URL : www.givingsight.org
"Vision Care for Homeless People" is a charity set-up to provide eyecare services to homeless and other vulnerable people in an accessible and friendly environment in which they feel safe, welcome and comfortable.
URL : www.visioncarecharity.org
Journals and Magazines
Optometry Today is a twice monthly magazine for optical professionals.
URL : www.optometry.co.uk
Optician is a weekly journal for optometrists and dispensing opticians.
URL : www.opticianonline.net