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Summer 2009


New Product Notice

Dr. Comfort is pleased to introduce a new line of environmentally friendly Diabetic Socks!!   Made with Nano-Bamboo Charcoal Fibres, Dr. Comfort diabetic socks are available in CREW, ANKLE, MERRY-JANE, and EXTRA ROOMY styles. 

The features include:

a) Nano Bamboo Charcoal* fibres that incorporate natural health qualities
b) Y-gore construction in the toe and heel areas to eliminate bunching
c) Ventilated airflow mesh on top of the forefoot and instep for cooling
d) Light arch supports to gently caress the arch and instep
e) Graduated construction that naturally forms to the lower leg area

*Bamboo charcoal is created by burning pieces of bamboo at temperatures over 750°C and incorporating the extracted residue within the fibres of the sock.  This residue is powerful and functions to expel odour, kill bacteria, and nourish skin.  It is an environmentally-friendly material (reduces residues pollution) with excellent absorption properties.. 

For more information, please visit the webpage for Dr. Comfort Socks.

Summer/Fall 2009 Holiday Schedule

SIMS Medical will be CLOSED from September 21st to 25th inclusive for inventory control.   This includes customer service, accounting, order processing, outbound shipping, and the pedorthics lab.   Orders can continue to be faxed or emailed in during this time and will be processed upon our return.  Returns will not be processed, as shipping and receiving will be closed and cannot receive the returns.  Any urgent questions should be emailed directly to simsmedical@gmail.com and will be responded to within 24 hours.  Alternatively, you may contact your area account managers for immediate attention. 

Fitting Help is Here! 

Along with the Shoe Fitting Guide we recently developed (as mentioned below) we are also now able to provide you with Shoe Fitting Videos to help guide you through the proper shoe fitting method.  These videos are available on our website, under the webpage "Fitting Videos".  CD copies can be ordered by calling us at head office and/or faxing or emailing your request for a CD version. 


Shoe Fitting Tips

SIMS is pleased to introduce a new SHOE FITTING TIPS guide to supplement the Proper Shoe Fitting Guide.  These tips have been compiled to help you with fitting various uppers.  Check out the FORMS section on our website or ask your territory representative for your copy today!  We have also come out with a Break-In Guide for your patients, also available on the FORMS webpage.  This guide is ideal to print off and provide to your patients with each shoe they purchase, to help them achieve the best feel. 


Accounts Receivable

When sending payments in, please specify the invoice numbers you wish paid either on the check or in a letter included with your payment.  This will help us apply your payments quicker and more efficiently.   For ease of payments, please consider using our Credit Card Program... we accept VISA and MasterCard.  The Credit Card Authorization form is available for download from the webpage "FORMS".  Faxing this form to SIMS at 1-866-933-2922 is a fast and secure method to ensuring we receive your billing information. 

Dr. Comfort is pleased to introduce a new line of environmentally friendly Diabetic Socks!!   Made with Nano-Bamboo Charcoal Fibres, Dr. Comfort diabetic socks are available in CREW, ANKLE, MERRY-JANE, and EXTRA ROOMY styles. 

The features include:

a) Nano Bamboo Charcoal* fibres that incorporate natural health qualities
b) Y-gore construction in the toe and heel areas to eliminate bunching
c) Ventilated airflow mesh on top of the forefoot and instep for cooling
d) Light arch supports to gently caress the arch and instep
e) Graduated construction that naturally forms to the lower leg area

*Bamboo charcoal is created by burning pieces of bamboo at temperatures over 750°C and incorporating the extracted residue within the fibres of the sock.  This residue is powerful and functions to expel odour, kill bacteria, and nourish skin.  It is an environmentally-friendly material (reduces residues pollution) with excellent absorption properties.. 

For more information, please visit the webpage for Dr. Comfort Socks.

Summer/Fall 2009 Holiday Schedule

SIMS Medical will be CLOSED from September 21st to 25th inclusive for inventory control.   This includes customer service, accounting, order processing, outbound shipping, and the pedorthics lab.   Orders can continue to be faxed or emailed in during this time and will be processed upon our return.  Returns will not be processed, as shipping and receiving will be closed and cannot receive the returns.  Any urgent questions should be emailed directly to simsmedical@gmail.com and will be responded to within 24 hours.  Alternatively, you may contact your area account managers for immediate attention. 

Fitting Help is Here! 

Along with the Shoe Fitting Guide we recently developed (as mentioned below) we are also now able to provide you with Shoe Fitting Videos to help guide you through the proper shoe fitting method.  These videos are available on our website, under the webpage "Fitting Videos".  CD copies can be ordered by calling us at head office and/or faxing or emailing your request for a CD version. 


Shoe Fitting Tips

SIMS is pleased to introduce a new SHOE FITTING TIPS guide to supplement the Proper Shoe Fitting Guide.  These tips have been compiled to help you with fitting various uppers.  Check out the FORMS section on our website or ask your territory representative for your copy today!  We have also come out with a Break-In Guide for your patients, also available on the FORMS webpage.  This guide is ideal to print off and provide to your patients with each shoe they purchase, to help them achieve the best feel. 


Accounts Receivable

When sending payments in, please specify the invoice numbers you wish paid either on the check or in a letter included with your payment.  This will help us apply your payments quicker and more efficiently.   For ease of payments, please consider using our Credit Card Program... we accept VISA and MasterCard.  The Credit Card Authorization form is available for download from the webpage "FORMS".  Faxing this form to SIMS at 1-866-933-2922 is a fast and secure method to ensuring we receive your billing information. 


Returns

Please do NOT reorder shoes on your Shoe Return Forms.  Simply treat any exchanges as new orders and fax to 1-866-933-2922 using our Shoe Order Forms.

Please review SIMS Medical’s Shoe Return Policy.  This policy is strictly enforced and to avoid unnecessary restocking charges, the policy must be abided by.   Ensure you are filling out all of your return paperwork completely, then placing each form in the patient’s shoebox to be returned AFTER obtaining a Return Authorization # from SIMS. 

TIP:  faxing your Shoe Return Forms to 1-866-933-2922 to obtain Return Authorization #s is fast and easy.  


Shoe Orders

In order to help us serve you better, we ask that all customers keep in mind the following to make our partnership the most productive it can be:

1.       Please fax in all your orders to 1-866-933-2922 using the Shoe Order Forms.  Faxing in your shoe orders ensures that the order is placed correctly at both our end and yours.  Moreover, it gives both us and you a hard copy record of the order placed, the shoe style & size, the patient’s name, and the date and time the order was placed. 

2.       Please use one shoe order form per patient shoe order.  Multiple orders on one sheet confuse our order entry system.  If you are ordering multiple pairs for stocking purposes, please use the Stock Order Form. 

3.       Orders for shoes with custom orthotics, should include both the Shoe Order Form and the Custom Orthotic Prescription Order Form WITH the plaster or foam cast.  It is important that these two order forms arrive together as it ensures that we match the orders for shoes and orthotics properly and the orthotics are correctly placed inside the shoes before shipping back to your clinic.

4.       Please verify patient orders upon receipt of the footwear, BEFORE booking the patient to return for pickup of shoes.  Although rare, if SIMS Medical is back ordered on a pair of shoes and is unable to meet the 1-3 day shipping turnaround, it would be inconvenient to your patient to be sent back without a pair of shoes.  Book them after you have received their order!

5.      Dr. Comfort shoes all include one pair of Elite Dr. Comfort inserts.  If you would like ADDITIONAL pairs of inserts, please check off the corresponding box on the Shoe Order Form when faxing in your orders.   Keep in mind that the Elite Inserts are made with Plastazote which is known to bottom out after a certain amount of time (generally speaking, 6 months).  Consider ordering additional inserts along with the footwear to give your patients the longest duration possible for wearing the footwear.  Now available are GEL plus inserts!  Please see the webpage "Accessories" for more details

  

  
  
We'd Love to Hear From You!! 
 
 

In order to help us serve you better, we ask that all customers keep in mind the following to make our partnership the most productive it can be:

1.       Please fax in all your orders to 1-866-933-2922 using the Shoe Order Forms.  Faxing in your shoe orders ensures that the order is placed correctly at both our end and yours.  Moreover, it gives both us and you a hard copy record of the order placed, the shoe style & size, the patient’s name, and the date and time the order was placed. 

2.       Please use one shoe order form per patient shoe order.  Multiple orders on one sheet confuse our order entry system.  If you are ordering multiple pairs for stocking purposes, please use the Stock Order Form. 

3.       Orders for shoes with custom orthotics, should include both the Shoe Order Form and the Custom Orthotic Prescription Order Form WITH the plaster or foam cast.  It is important that these two order forms arrive together as it ensures that we match the orders for shoes and orthotics properly and the orthotics are correctly placed inside the shoes before shipping back to your clinic.

4.       Please verify patient orders upon receipt of the footwear, BEFORE booking the patient to return for pickup of shoes.  Although rare, if SIMS Medical is back ordered on a pair of shoes and is unable to meet the 1-3 day shipping turnaround, it would be inconvenient to your patient to be sent back without a pair of shoes.  Book them after you have received their order!

5.      Dr. Comfort shoes all include one pair of Elite Dr. Comfort inserts.  If you would like ADDITIONAL pairs of inserts, please check off the corresponding box on the Shoe Order Form when faxing in your orders.   Keep in mind that the Elite Inserts are made with Plastazote which is known to bottom out after a certain amount of time (generally speaking, 6 months).  Consider ordering additional inserts along with the footwear to give your patients the longest duration possible for wearing the footwear.  Now available are GEL plus inserts!  Please see the webpage "Accessories" for more details

  

  
  
We'd Love to Hear From You!! 
 
 

In order to help us serve you better, we ask that all customers keep in mind the following to make our partnership the most productive it can be:

1.       Please fax in all your orders to 1-866-933-2922 using the Shoe Order Forms.  Faxing in your shoe orders ensures that the order is placed correctly at both our end and yours.  Moreover, it gives both us and you a hard copy record of the order placed, the shoe style & size, the patient’s name, and the date and time the order was placed. 

2.       Please use one shoe order form per patient shoe order.  Multiple orders on one sheet confuse our order entry system.  If you are ordering multiple pairs for stocking purposes, please use the Stock Order Form. 

3.       Orders for shoes with custom orthotics, should include both the Shoe Order Form and the Custom Orthotic Prescription Order Form WITH the plaster or foam cast.  It is important that these two order forms arrive together as it ensures that we match the orders for shoes and orthotics properly and the orthotics are correctly placed inside the shoes before shipping back to your clinic.

4.       Please verify patient orders upon receipt of the footwear, BEFORE booking the patient to return for pickup of shoes.  Although rare, if SIMS Medical is back ordered on a pair of shoes and is unable to meet the 1-3 day shipping turnaround, it would be inconvenient to your patient to be sent back without a pair of shoes.  Book them after you have received their order!

5.      Dr. Comfort shoes all include one pair of Elite Dr. Comfort inserts.  If you would like ADDITIONAL pairs of inserts, please check off the corresponding box on the Shoe Order Form when faxing in your orders.   Keep in mind that the Elite Inserts are made with Plastazote which is known to bottom out after a certain amount of time (generally speaking, 6 months).  Consider ordering additional inserts along with the footwear to give your patients the longest duration possible for wearing the footwear.  Now available are GEL plus inserts!  Please see the webpage "Accessories" for more details

If you have any suggestions about how we can improve, not only for yourselves, but for your patients, please contact us at simsmedical@gmail.com or at 1-888-655-4499. Alternatively, your territory's account manger would LOVE to hear from you! 

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