November Employee Newsletter

November 2023

EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

IN THIS ISSUE: 2 Upcoming Events 6 Kyocera Platinum Weekend 8 ABBYY Partner Symposium 10 Community Feedback 11 Expert Floors 12 Boise Metro Gala

13 M-Files Leads Contest 14 Birthdays & Anniversaries

16 Black Box VR 18 New Hires 19 Now Hiring 20 Ronald McDonald House

22 Pumpkin Decorating 26 Halloween Costume Contest 30 Flex Spending Account 31 Medicare Coverage

NOVEMBER 7th-21st

FOOD DRIVE In conjunction with our local food banks

2023 goal= 800 lbs team incentive for achieving our target will be breakfast burritos for all the branches in early December (date TBD).

2022 Allied was able to donate 712 lbs! **NOTE: Items must be canned/boxed non-perishable, non-expired FOOD items that can be easily distributed. i.e., no bottled water, pounds of flour, etc. to reach a higher weight.

CANNED GOODS Boxes in main lobby to fill

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FREE THANKSGIVING TURKEYS FOR ALL ALLIED EMPLOYEES PICK UP AT YOUR LOCAL MAIN OFFICE LOCATION ONE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING

*CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY HAMS COMING IN DEC*

In this season of thankfulness , gratitude and giving, we are taking an extra focus on the positive and the idea of doing good for no good reason

Get caught doing something GOOD for someone else!

Nominate a co-worker doing something good!

Drawing at the end of Nov, prize TBD Forms available around the office or email your nominations to Aubrey directly Nov 1st-30th

“When you focus on the good, the good gets better” -Abraham Hicks

MOST REVENUE GROWTH $1,000,000 CATEGORY

We are thrilled to announce our recent recognition for 'Most Revenue Growth' in the $1,000,000 category at the prestigious Kyocera Platinum Weekend event. This achievement serves as a testament to Allied Business Solutions unwavering commitment to excellence and our ability to adapt to market trends effectively.

This remarkable recognition wouldn't have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our entire team. We extend special thanks to our leaders, Tobin and Shawn, and our dynamic sales team, whose strategic approach made us the fastest-growing dealer for Kyocera in our category. Last year, our sales team's efforts, including the sale of 15,000c inkjet units, played a pivotal role in this remarkable achievement.

While our sales team deserves accolades for their accomplishments, we also want to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of our service team. Their exceptional work ensured seamless operations, minimized downtime for our customers, and made it possible for us to offer upgrades to existing machines, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Our success at the Kyocera Platinum Weekend is a reflection of our commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions and exceptional service, all while maintaining steady growth. We are proud to set an example for the business community and take immense pride in this achievement.

Congratulations to the entire Allied Business Solutions team on this well-deserved honor!

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PARTNER SYMPOSIUM Our very own Brent Meacham, Senior Sales Engineer/Marketing Analyst, took a trip to the ABBYY Partner Symposium in Nashville, TN in October to ensure Allied stays updated on the latest technology as it relates to Document Management solutions.

ABBYY is an intelligent document processing (IDP) platform offered by Allied Business Solutions to assist our clients in a smarter way to process documents. IDP uses artificialintelligence-based technologies to process structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents.

This feature enables straight-through processing of documents by automatically capturing, extracting, and processing data embedded in business documents, in just about any process in any industry.

It was a quick 1 day trip down to Nashville to attend an ABBYY symposium. The Top ABBYY Executives were there as well as the top US partners. Brent was able to speak with other companies that use or implement ABBYY products. They all say ABBYY is the best product out there for Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) IDP applies artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques to process structured (Bubble sheets), semi-structured (Invoices), and unstructured (contract/ agreements) documents that enable technology to read and process content in documents like a human.

ABBYY’S 3 PRODUCTS:

VANTAGE

ABBYY Vantage applies artificial intelligence (AI) to understand your documents in a fast and simple way. Using pre-built document skills, Vantage enables straight-through document processing by making human-like decisions about documents, regardless of their structure, size, or complexity.

TIMELINE

ABBYY Timeline is a cloud-based, AI-driven process mining platform featuring advanced process discovery, analysis, monitoring, and task mining. It uses the latest AI to enable enterprises to automatically build an interactive digital twin of business processes, revealing inefficiencies and process bottlenecks. With this insight, they can apply automation where it will have the greatest impact and predict future outcomes. ABBYY Timeline is used by enterprises in many different industries, maximizing the wealth of data contained in enterprise systems to help discover patterns and insights that illuminate paths to better customer experience and new efficiencies.

The ABBYY Marketplace holds a library of Vantage document, process, and classification skills for Financial Services, Transportation & Logistics, Insurance, Finance & Accounting, and more—with new skills being added every week

by ABBYY and our partner network. Simply show us your document, select the recommended skill for processing, and use it where it makes sense with your business platforms—RPA, BPM, IA, ECM. Vantage is no code, providing citizen developers and enterprises the ability to accelerate digital transformation projects quickly and intelligently.

Vantage is built on the most widely used advanced data capture and natural language processing (NLP) technology in the world, incorporating AI and the next generation of machine learning.

FLEXICAPTURE

ABBYY FlexiCapture is a highly scalable platform for intelligent data and document capture which can be successfully used to extract data from unstructured as well as structured paper documents, scans, e-mail messages, and other sources for subsequent use in document management systems. The four basic data extraction operations in ABBYY FlexiCapture include classification, optical recognition, verification, and export to ERP, ECM or BPM systems.

Austin Miller

Charlene,

Nampa Christian Schools

“Kaden was fast, professional, and friendly. He fixed our copier and explained everything well before he left.”

“Russ is a great asset to Allied! So friendly and always makes sure we understand the repair and causes. Thank you.”

Randy,

Pam,

PrintCraft You guys are all over it. We appreciate the excellent service. And we enjoy having Russ come and take care of things. His knowledge, expertise, and pleasant personality are appreciated.

Keep up these good things. We love Russ.

He’s one of the ‘good guys’”

College of Eastern Idaho

“Scott Adolfson was so helpful. He listened to what problems we were having and assured me he would fix it.”

Angi Jamieson “They were great to work with, and prompt in their response! They gave me a great deal in order to work with our budget, for a small nonprofit organization. I really appreciate their quick and personal service.”

When I met Jordan at Expert Floors, his staff had 2 major issues in their office environment that were affecting their business: 1) Their ink costs for their desktop HP printers were out of control and 2) Their scanning/printing would fail them consistently due to unreliable printing equipment and therefore harming their employees’ productivity. One call with Allied and soon those problems were resolved.

We introduced the small and affordable, yet powerful, Toshiba 330ac. The 330ac was able to centralize their printer fleet, reduce overall cost and increase their office productivity with its 30ppm high color quality output and efficient 100-sheet dual sided scanner. Be sure to check out Expert Floors for all of your East Idaho flooring needs, they were voted best flooring store in Idaho Falls for a reason!

- Mitch Madsen

LEADS CONTEST HAPPENING NOW TIL DEC 31ST

REACH OUT TO BRENT MEACHAM

GUIDELINES:

$1,000

All net new M-Files leads that close business by the end of the year 12/31/23.

Must be 5+ user deal Must be a net new client to Allied.

Cannot currently be in the funnel/pipeline.

Lead must be turned in directly to Brent M. for tracking purposes.

Payout = $1,000 upon final close of sale and verification of new business.

Payout will occur in 2024.

ANNIVERSARIES 7 YEARS 1 YEAR

1 YEAR

1 YEAR

1 YEAR

BIRTHDAYS 11/8

Jayme

11/29

Nathan

11/13 Sam

11/20

Claire

MEET OUR NEW IT CLIENT

BLACK BOX VR

The History: Black Box VR was founded by fitness fanatics Ryan DeLuca & Preston Lewis. The team spent years building Bodybuilding.com into the largest online supplement retailer in the world (with nearly $500m in annual sales). With the collaboration of many talented individuals, they created some of the world’s most recognized supplement brands, charttopping fitness mobile applications, were honored with award-winning health & fitness campaigns, and created the world’s largest online fitness social network (with over 3m members), while always holding true to the mission of changing people’s lives.

BRANDON AND FRED FROM OUR IT DEPARTMENT GOT A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE BLACK BOX VR WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE CHECK-IN AND ONBOARDING TASKS. BRANDON SAID THAT IT PROVIDED QUITE AN INTENSE WORKOUT!

VR FITNESS In 2016 Preston and Ryan decided to start their new venture, Black Box VR, with a mission to disrupt the fitness industry once again by creating innovative products and experiences that create lasting change in people’s lives. After trying virtual reality for the first time, Ryan and Preston knew they were experiencing a magically immersive technology that, if paired with resistance training, gaming principles and high intensity cardio, will be the winning combination for people trying to reach their health & fitness goals. Black Box VR is redefining fitness as we know it.

The Game: An experience that redefines fitness at a fundamental level.

Heroes field warrior units and perform movements with real resistance to deploy direct damage, break through opposing gates and destroy the enemy crystal. Stronger lifts correspond to more powerful attacks. A session is comprised of as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes. The more crystals you destroy in each round, the more points you will earn!

Win battles to earn trophies that allow you to move up to higher stadiums and rankings.

GET STARTED WITH A

FREE 2-week Trial

WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE ALLIED TEAM A CORPORATE RATE, STAY TUNED!

https://www.blackbox-vr.com/meridian

NOW

Hiring ALLIED.TECH/CAREERS

Boise: Sales Admin Coordinator Imaging Contracts Specialist

SLC: Sales Account Manager Delivery Installation Technician Branch Administrator

Idaho Falls: Field Service Engineer Pocatello: Branch Administrator

Refer A Friend

$1K

Bonus

*AFTER 90 Days

HAUNTING HALLOWEEN FEAST CLICK THE PHOTOS FOR THE RECIPIES MONSTER SPAGHETTI & EYEBALLS

DEVILISH EGGS

MUMMY GARLIC BREAD

(NON) POISONOUS APPLE FACTORY

COOKING FOR The Ronald A CAUSE AT McDonald House

OUR OCTOBER VOLUNTEERS, KRISTIN, BRANDON AND CINDI COOKED UP A HAUNTING FEAST FOR THE FAMILIES AT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE. THE FAMILIES LOVED THE PLAYFUL HALLOWEEN INSPIRED DISHES!

NOVEMBER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED WEDNESDAY, NOV 15TH 3:00 - 5:00PM SIGN UP HERE

SCAN FOR MOBILE

OCTOBER PUMPKIN DECORATING

SLC’S MASTERPIECES

HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST 1st Place: Fred & Beth AKA Amy & Sheldon of the Big Bang Theory 2nd Place: Vicky AKA Cat Herder 3rd Place: Lisa M AKA Medieval Knight

Silliest: Grady Scariest: Missie Best Treat: Jody

Flexible Spending Account

OPE N E 2024 STA NR RT OLL S O ME NT CT 1ST !

Enrolling is now easier than ever! Learn more about the great benefits of an FSA and steps to enroll.

How to Enroll:

LEARN MORE Already Participating?

Stay Tuned!

Additional OPEN Enrollment information will be coming soon for other health benefits!

NOTE: changes can only be completed through 12/29/23. No exceptions.

Once enrolled, check out the Employee Resource Guide to learn how to access and use features to manage your plan.

Important Notice from Allied Business Solutions About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare

What’s this mean for you?

Read more info about your prescription drug coverage and Medicare from Allied Business Solutions Issue no. 7 2025

MODEL INDIVIDUAL CREDITABLE COVERAGE DISCLOSURE NOTICE LANGUAGE FOR USE ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 2011

OMB 0938-0990

Important Notice from Allied Business Solutions About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare Please read this notice carefully and keep it where you can find it. This notice has information about your current prescription drug coverage with Allied Business Solutions and about your options under Medicare’s prescription drug coverage.

This information can help you decide whether or not you want to join a Medicare drug plan. If you are considering joining, you should compare your current coverage, including which drugs are covered at what cost, with the coverage and costs of the plans offering Medicare prescription drug coverage in your area. Information about where you can get help to make decisions about your prescription drug coverage is at the end of this notice.

There are two important things you need to know about your current coverage and Medicare’s prescription drug coverage: 1. Medicare prescription drug coverage became available in 2006 to everyone with Medicare. You can get this coverage if you join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan or join a Medicare Advantage Plan (like an HMO or PPO) that offers prescription drug coverage. All Medicare drug plans provide at least a standard level of coverage set by Medicare. Some plans may also offer more coverage for a higher monthly premium.

2. Allied Business Solutions has determined that the prescription coverage offered by the Blue Cross of Idaho plan is, on average for all plan participants, expected to pouayt as much as standard Medicare prescription drug coverage pays and is therefore considered Creditable Coverage. Because your existing coverage is Creditable Coverage, you can keep this coverage and not pay a higher premium (a penalty) if you later decide to join a Medicare drug plan. __________________________________________________________________________

When Can You Join A Medicare Drug Plan?

You can join a Medicare drug plan when you first become eligible for Medicare and each year from October 15th to December 7th.

However, if you lose your current creditable prescription drug coverage, through no fault of your own, you will also be eligible for a two (2) month Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to join a Medicare drug plan.

CMS Form 10182-CC

Updated April 1, 2011

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0938-0990. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 8 hours per response initially, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Attn: PRA Reports Clearance Officer, Mail Stop C4-26-05, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

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MODEL INDIVIDUAL CREDITABLE COVERAGE DISCLOSURE NOTICE LANGUAGE FOR USE ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 2011

OMB 0938-0990

What Happens To Your Current Coverage If You Decide to Join A Medicare Drug Plan?

If you decide to join a Medicare drug plan, your current Allied Business Solutions coverage will not be affected.

If you do decide to join a Medicare drug plan and drop your current Allied Business Solutions coverage, be aware that you and your dependents will not be able to get this coverage back.

When Will You Pay A Higher Premium (Penalty) To Join A Medicare Drug Plan?

You should also know that if you drop or lose your current coverage with Allied Business Solutions and don’t join a Medicare drug plan within 63 continuous days after your current coverage ends, you may pay a higher premium (a penalty) to join a Medicare drug plan later.

If you go 63 continuous days or longer without creditable prescription drug coverage, your monthly premium may go up by at least 1% of the Medicare base beneficiary premium per month for every month that you did not have that coverage. For example, if you go nineteen months without creditable coverage, your premium may consistently be at least 19% higher than the Medicare base beneficiary premium. You may have to pay this higher premium (a penalty) as long as you have Medicare prescription drug coverage. In addition, you may have to wait until the following October to join.

For More Information About This Notice Or Your Current Prescription Drug Coverage…

Contact Allied Business Solutions at 208-957-5048 for further information.

NOTE: You’ll get this notice each year. You will also get it before the next period you can join a Medicare drug plan, and if this coverage through Allied Business Solutions changes.

You also may request a copy of this notice at any time.

For More Information About Your Options Under Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage…

More detailed information about Medicare plans that offer prescription drug coverage is in the “Medicare & You” handbook. You’ll get a copy of the handbook in the mail every year from Medicare. You may also be contacted directly by Medicare drug plans.

For more information about Medicare prescription drug coverage: Visit www.medicare.gov Call your State Health Insurance Assistance Program (see the inside back cover of your copy of the “Medicare & You” handbook for their telephone number) for personalized help Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.

If you have limited income and resources, extra help paying for Medicare prescription drug coverage is available. For information about this extra help, visit Social Security on the web at www.socialsecurity.gov, or call them at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).

CMS Form 10182-CC

Updated April 1, 2011

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0938-0990. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 8 hours per response initially, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Attn: PRA Reports Clearance Officer, Mail Stop C4-26-05, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

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