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TOP 10

Accounting Software Vendors


REVEALED

2010 Edition

Profiles of the Leading Accounting


Software Vendors
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About Accounting/Financial Management Software
As today’s global marketplace becomes more sophisticated, the number and
complexity of mission-critical financial transactions that companies conduct on a day-
to-day basis continues to grow exponentially. Even small and mid-sized businesses
are plagued by a rapidly increasing volume of financial processes that are highly
intricate and multi-faceted. These activities, while important, are administrative in
nature and often distract staff from more strategic planning initiatives that directly
impact company prosperity and growth.

Additionally, as legislative pressures continue to grow, and the rules imposed by


Sarbanes Oxley, BASEL II, and other regulations become more stringent, businesses
need to find better ways to ensure compliance by effectively logging, tracking,
auditing, and reporting their financial data.

What is Accounting Software?


Accounting software is designed to automate the processing, recording, handling,
storage, and access of various types of business financial transactions and associated
information – improving efficiency, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness in finance and
accounting operations. It also gives companies a powerful mechanism for streamlining
their vital financial processes, as well as implementing formal procedures for the
collection, maintenance, and presentation of financial data.

Key Benefits for Your Company


An accounting software package can deliver significant value:
* Elimination of man-made errors, for improved accuracy and consistency of financial
data.
* Compliance with regulatory laws and guidelines through increased speed and
integrity of financial reporting.
* Enhanced efficiency of financial staff through replacement of cumbersome, paper-
heavy manual processes with fully automated activities.
* Greater revenue and business growth through improved visibility into financial
status, as well as more informed strategic financial planning.
* Increased ability to identify and leverage new revenue opportunities through in-
depth reporting and analysis.

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About Accounting/Financial Management Software
Does My Company Need Accounting Software?
Every company in every industry can benefit greatly from an accounting software
package. Not only will accounting software help improve the way critical financial-related
processes are managed across the business – resulting in increased efficiency and
smoother execution of core business operations – it can help companies avoid the risks
and severe penalties associated with non-compliance with financial reporting laws and
guidelines.

Common Accounting Software Features


The accounting software packages on the market today provide a broad range of
capabilities designed to improve the way companies execute, manage, and monitor
their most important financial transactions. Most available offerings provide support for:

* Accounts receivable and debt collection. With accounting software, companies


can better track monies owed, payment due dates, and outstanding balances.
As a result, they can facilitate faster recognition of revenues and other income.
Additionally, past due balances and non-payments can dramatically impact cash flow
and related activities. With accounting software, companies can better understand
where outstanding debt exists and why, and accelerate time-to-collection.
* Accounts payable. Financial staff can more effectively manage bills, payments, and
monies owed by the company.
* General ledger. Accounting software systems can dramatically improve the way
a company manages its “books”, the primary, centralized log of all key financial
activities and information.
* Billing and invoicing. With accounting software, businesses can more rapidly
generate comprehensive invoices and account statements for clients.
* Purchase orders. An accounting software package can help procurement
professionals improve the efficiency and accuracy of purchase order creation. This
promotes better vendor relationships, while ensuring timely and effective ordering of
parts, components, and other supplies.
* Sales orders. Companies can automate and improve the way they process, fulfill, and
track customer orders.

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About Accounting/Financial Management Software
* Reporting. Accounting software packages provide the ability to generate complete
balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other standard financial reports.
Additionally, many of them offer ad hoc analysis capabilities, so financial
professionals can easily satisfy their own unique information needs.

What to Look for When Choosing an Accounting Software Package


Integration
Financial teams interact with other business units more frequently than any other
department. Therefore, seamless sharing of vital information is crucial to ensuring
smooth, problem-free transactions. The accounting software you choose must tightly
integrate with other business systems across your company. For example, your
accounting software must link directly to your inventory management and supply chain
systems, to ensure that sufficient stock levels are kept to meet all demands. And,
it should tie into sales force automation systems to guarantee accurate and timely
collaboration on forecasts.

Support for Industry-Specific Transactions


Some sectors, such as consulting and other service-intensive industries, face unique
challenges when it comes to managing accounting and finance operations. While off-
the-shelf accounting software solutions will satisfy the needs of most businesses, those
that have unique vertically-oriented requirements should consider choosing a vendor
with a pre-packed application specifically for their industry, or one that has extensive
experience working with similar companies.

Advanced Features
Not all accounting software solutions offer the same level of functionality. Some provide
support for advanced financial transactions, such as employee expense management,
budget management at the departmental level, payroll and time sheet management,
and purchase requisition management. If your company requires features such
as these, be sure to work closely with your vendor to ensure that the appropriate
capabilities are in place.

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About Accounting/Financial Management Software
Top 10 Accounting Vendors for Mid-sized Businesses
You have many options when choosing an accounting software vendor. To make it a bit
easier, we’ve featured some of the leading accounting solutions in this paper.

Review these vendors, and you’ll be well on the way to finding the right accounting
software package for your business.

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www.netsuite.com | [email protected] | 1-650-627-1000

Highlights
* The #1 web-based accounting system with over 6,600 customers
* Single integrated suite for CRM, ERP and Web commerce
* Hosted, on-demand software - no hardware to procure, no large, up-front
license fee, and no complex set-ups
* Web-based - all data is always up-to-date and available from anywhere
* Award winner - eWeek, CRM Magazine, InfoWorld, PC Magazine, and The
CPA Technology Advisor

Ownership: Headquarters: accounting Products:


NYSE: N San Mateo, California * NetSuite ERP
* NetSuite Small Business
Founded: Business Model:
1998, California Hosted (SaaS, On-Demand)

Customer Focus:
NetSuite has thousands of customers globally, spanning a wide range of industries,
company sizes, and business needs.

Select Customers:
Oakland Athletics, NC State University College of Management, Filice Insurance
Novak Conversions, Inc., China Manufacturing Network, CaseCentral

Price:
NetSuite is $499 /month base fee and $99 /user /month (includes maintenance, support
is extra)

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About NetSuite
Founded in 1998, NetSuite Inc. is a leading provider of on-demand enterprise resource
planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) application software for
small and medium-sized businesses.

NetSuite’s mission is to enable its customers to make better, faster decisions in a highly
competitive marketplace. This primary focus drives the features and benefits of their
product line, which combine complete CRM, ERP, and Web capabilities in a single all-
inclusive application. NetSuite is designed to allow companies to unite departments
and automate processes, beginning with sales leads and ending with customer
invoices. From there, companies can leverage NetSuite to unite departments, automate
processes, and gain enhanced insight into their business.

As an on-demand, Web-based solution, the NetSuite software suite significantly reduces


your total cost of ownership. It’s faster and less expensive to implement than traditional
software. Additionally, with NetSuite you no longer have to purchase hardware, or
maintain and upgrade software. Plus, its simple user interface facilitates quick end-user
adoption.

NetSuite Accounting Products


NetSuite is the first on-demand Accounting / ERP solution that supports all your back-
office operations. NetSuite offers a comprehensive business suite with everything
you need in one powerful solution. With NetSuite, you can manage financials, order
fulfillment, purchasing, inventory, time and billing, payroll, employee self-service, Web
presence, and more. The Accounting / ERP software system components are tightly
integrated, giving you access to real-time business intelligence to make better decisions.
And you can automate business process across the company.

What this means is your entire business can run in real time. Employees can move faster
and smarter. Customers are served better. Orders can be filled and tracked more quickly
and easily, with inventory levels updated in real time. And with full visibility into inventory
by sales reps for order promising and by planners for purchasing, companies can lower
inventory levels, analyze inventory costs and collaborate with vendors more effectively.
Most important, NetSuite Accounting / ERP is seamlessly integrated with CRM and

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About NetSuite
ecommerce for end-to-end business process management across your business. And
because NetSuite is an open system, you can also seamlessly integrate with third party,
industry-specific and legacy software.

NetSuite Financial Modules


Financials / Accounting
ERP - Time & Billing
ERP - Order Management & Fulfillment
ERP - Purchasing Management
ERP - Inventory Management
ERP - Front & Back Office Integration

Financials/Accounting ERP
General Ledger Time and Billing
Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable Purchasing
Advanced Financials Inventory Management
Revenue Recognition Drop Shipment/Special Order
Budgeting Integrated FedEx Shipping Functionality
Multi-currency Integrated UPS OnLine Shipping Tools
Order Management and Fulfillment Standard, Customizable Reports

NetSuite Key Strengths
* NetSuite, the company’s flagship on-demand Accounting/ERP software application,
is also the first and only toolset available to support all the back-office operations of
small to mid-sized businesses—in a single hosted system.
* NetSuite’s web-based accounting and financial applications provide real-time business
intelligence on every department within your company, automate business processes
across your entire business, and eliminate the majority of IT costs and complexity.
* NetSuite Accounting/ERP is seamlessly integrated with CRM and ecommerce for end-
to-end business process management across your business. And because NetSuite is
an open system, you can also integrate with third-party, industry-specific, and legacy
software.

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About NetSuite
* NetSuite has earned numerous awards for market leadership and innovation from
such leading publications as eWeek, CRM Magazine, InfoWorld, PC Magazine, and
The CPA Technology Advisor.
* NetSuite’s end-to-end enterprise solutions provide integrated front office CRM, back-
office enterprise resource planning, and ecommerce in one powerful application with
the modularity and flexibility to meet your specific business needs.

NetSuite is instantly available (out-of-the-box) in multiple languages: English, German,


French, Spanish, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian and Japanese.
Delivered via the Internet, NetSuite can be implemented all at once or modularly,
depending on your needs.

With thousands of customers globally, NetSuite has positioned itself as a premier global
player in the enterprise software application space. In 2006, UK-based Computer
Business Review Magazine ranked NetSuite one of the “10 Most Influential Enterprise
Applications.”

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www.intacct.com | [email protected] | 1-877-437-7765

Highlights
* Fast-growing, cloud financials (SaaS) financial management and accounting
applications company
* CPA Technology Advisor- “Five-star Review”
* JMP Securities- “Top 100 Software Companies”
* Inc. Magazine- “Best for Replacing QuickBooks”
* SIIA CODiE Awards- “Best Financial Software Solution”
* Accounting Today- “Top 100 Products”

Ownership: Headquarters: financial management


Private San Jose, California Solutions:
* Intacct
Founded: * Intacct for Small Business
1999, California * Intacct Accountant Edition

Customer Focus:
Primarily small and midsize businesses including QuickBooks users, Salesforce CRM
users, AICPA members, software and SaaS companies, consulting and wholesale
companies, services industry, hospitality, nonprofits and franchises.

Select Customers:
OpSource, nGenera, Acceller, Bulk TV & Internet, PHM Services Inc., Voltage Security,
Aicent, Cardinal SW, Houston, LP, Crimson Worldwide, Platinum Hospitality, Navis
Logistics Network, Regent Entertainment, DHI, SchoolDude.com, TeleManagement
Forum, Fast Eddie’s Sports Grill, 3balls.com, Odyssey Thera

PRICING:
Intacct is offered on a monthly subscription basis, pricing starts as low as $4800 per
year.

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About Intacct
Intacct is a market leader in on-demand financial management and accounting
applications. Thousands of businesses, from startups to public companies, use Intacct’s
award-winning solutions to manage and share financial, supply chain and professional
services information. Intacct automates key business processes from order entry
through cash collection and from procurement through vendor payment. The Intacct
system includes financials and accounting, contract and revenue management, order
management, project management, financial consolidation, real-time dashboards and
financial reporting applications, all delivered via Software-as-a-Service. Intacct’s open
on-demand system is extended by hundreds of partners, like salesforce.com and is
FASB, Sarbanes-Oxley and GAAP compliant.

Intacct Key Strengths


* Superior financial management and accounting applications — Our financial
management applications are deep and mature. They support business process
flexibility, advanced functionality like multi-entity and multi-currency, as well as
governance and compliance, all in an easy to use and deploy package.
* Business visibility, insight and understanding — We have built our financial
management applications around driving meaningful, real-time information for
actionable insight across the business – including financial, non-financial and
operational data.
* Open, best of breed choices — Intacct believes that all stakeholders at a company
should work with applications that best meet their needs. We make it easy for our
customers to extend the value of Intacct by leveraging additional best of breed
applications.
* On-demand applications — On-demand delivery models are rapidly becoming more
compelling, shifting the costs and risks of traditional on-premises software from the
customer to the supplier. Let us help you run your business better and more flexibly.
* Client success and satisfaction — We pride ourselves in the success of our
customers. In July 2008, 93% of our clients indicated they would recommend Intacct
to their business colleagues. Each year more than 95% of our clients renew their
subscriptions – voting for Intacct with their wallets.

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About Intacct
* Lower your total cost of ownership — The Intacct delivery model is designed to
help you reduce overhead and ongoing operational costs. There are no capital costs,
no operating costs, no hardware or software to install or maintain, no programming.
Let us handle all the IT while you focus on your core business.

Intacct Technology
Delivered over the Internet via Software as a Service, Intacct can be accessed via any
current web browser and is both PC and Mac compatible.

Intacct Product
Core Applications Include:
Intacct Financials and Accounting
* Intacct General Ledger
* Intacct Accounts Receivable
* Intacct Accounts Payable
* Intacct Cash Management
* Intacct Expense Management
Intacct Purchasing
Intacct Order Management
Intacct Insight

Optional Applications Include:


* Intacct Multi-Currency
* Intacct Global Consolidations
* AvaTax for Intacct – Sales Tax Management
* Intacct Inventory
* Intacct Contract and Revenue Management
* Intacct MAX™ for Salesforce
* Intacct MAX™ for QuickArrow
* Intacct Web Services

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www.epicor.com | [email protected] | 1-800-999-1809

Highlights

* Named one of FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in


2006
* Complete ERP, CRM, SCM, and PSA software solutions
* Deep experience - founded in 1984, publicly traded, 20,000 customers
* Focus on mid-market companies

Ownership: Headquarters: accounting Products:


Public 1992 (NASDAQ: Irvine, California * Epicor Financials Suite
EPIC)
Business Model:
Founded: Hosted (SaaS, On-Demand)
1984, California

Customer Focus:
Epicor’s Enterprise is designed for small businesses through mid-market organizations
and corporations in industry sectors that include: manufacturing, distribution, financial
services, retail, hospitality and services.

Select Customers:
Medex Global Group, Visioneer, InVision Technologies, Physician Sales and Service,
TruServ, Viewpoint Construction Software, Boeing Autometric, Lason.

Price:
Range: $20,000 - $500,000

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About Epicor
Epicor, named one of FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006,
is a global software leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning
(ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and
professional service automation (PSA) software solutions to midmarket companies and
divisions of the Global 1000.

Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than 140 countries,
providing solutions in over 30 languages. Employing innovative service-oriented
architecture (SOA) and Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-
specific solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that
enable companies to drive increased efficiency, improve performance and build
competitive advantage. The company’s solutions provide the scalability and flexibility
to meet today’s business challenges, while empowering enterprises for even greater
success tomorrow.

Epicor Enterprise is a comprehensive package of proven industry-specific solutions for


the global midmarket enterprise. From CRM and professional services automation to
financial and supply chain management, Epicor provides adaptable and agile solutions
for real-time enterprises. Epicor solutions are complemented by a full range of services,
providing a single point of accountability promoting rapid return on investment and low
total cost of ownership.

Epicor Financial Services Products


Epicor Financials Suite is a proven, award winning, and versatile collection of highly
adaptable, totally integrated accounting applications for the midmarket.

Epicor’s success began with accounting applications. The Epicor Financials Suite was
the first accounting software product to receive the coveted Designed for Microsoft®
BackOffice™ Logo. Readers of Windows and .NET Magazine voted Epicor “Best
Financial Application,” showing that strong core accounting functionality is as important
as ever. Now leveraging Microsoft’s .NET Enterprise Servers, Epicor Financials Suites
provide enhanced flexibility, low cost of ownership and rapid implementation, with the
scalability to grow with your requirements.

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About Epicor
Most importantly, Epicor Financials Suite offers advanced multi-currency and multi-
company capabilities and features to manage business in the global marketplace.

Currently, more than 2,000 customers worldwide use Epicor Financials. Features include:
* Feature rich ledgers with over a decade of development and enhancements to ensure
your needs are always covered.
* Robust user security maintains control and access to the right people, delivering a
core financial solution you can trust.
* Build the chart of accounts that matches your organizational structure.
* Sophisticated payment processing support for electronic funds transfer.
* Integration to your bank’s electronic statements enables automatic bank account
reconciliation.
* Through the provision of advanced allocation calculations and entries, customers can
expect to close their books more quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.
* Incomparable drill-around transactional and analytic inquiry capabilities with Epicor
Explorer.

Epicor Key Strengths


* Epicor’s Enterprise on-demand finance and accounting solution is a comprehensive
software suite established to ensure a connected and seamless organization, with
trusted financial information at the core.
* The company’s accounting application features robust user security, which lets you
maintain control and grant access to the right people, delivering a core financial
solution you can trust.
* Epicor’s financial management tool also delivers feature-rich ledgers, with over a
decade of development and enhancements, to ensure your needs are always covered.
* With Epicor Enterprise, you can build the chart of accounts that matches your
organizational structure, and you get sophisticated payment processing support for
electronic funds transfer.
* Through the provision of Epicor Enterprise’s advanced allocation calculations and
entries, customers can close their books more quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively.
* Epicor Enterprise product was named Best ERP Solution in 2005 Windows IT Pro
Readers’ Choice Awards.

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About Epicor
Epicor Financial Modules
Finance and Accounting
* General Ledger
* Accounts Payable
* Accounts Receivable
* Cash Management
* Advanced Allocations
* Asset Management
* Contract Management
* Human Resources/Payroll

Sales Tax Management

Epicor spans the globe, with more than 2,100 dedicated professionals in offices across
the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. Working in a unified
global services/support infrastructure operating 24x7, the company’s people serve more
than 20,000 customers in 140-plus countries, in more than 30 languages. Epicor support
centers in all of its major operating regions, along with software development centers in
the United States, Mexico and Russia, help ensure that its customers receive only the
highest quality product and service.

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www.intuit.com | [email protected] | 1-888-236-9501

Highlights

* Full-featured, end-to-end financial solution for the enterprise


* Deep experience - founded in 1983, publicly traded, behind trusted brands,
QuickBooks, Quicken, and TurboTax
* QuickBooks is recommended by more accountants than any other package
* Money back guarantee

Ownership: Headquarters: accounting Products:


Public (NASDAQ (GS): Mountain View, California * Quickbooks Enterprise
INTU) Solutions 8
Business Model:
Founded: On Premise (pre-packaged
1983, California software)

Customer Focus:
QuickBooks for small businesses, QuickBooks Enterprise for fast-growing small
businesses and mid-size companies. QuickBooks Enterprise is available in contractor,
manufacturing and wholesale, nonprofit, professional services, and retail editions.

Select Customers:
Don Shula’s Steak Houses, South Bay Boat Yard, North American Electric Motors,
Pollution Control Financing Authority, Bubbles Car Wash, Lil’ Guys Foods

Price:
Enterprise Solutions starts at just $3,000 for a 5-user license and a one year
membership to the Full Service Plan, which includes training, a support engineer
dedicated to your company, 24x7 product support, automatic upgrades, reporting
services and more.

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About Intuit
With its origin dating back to 1983, Intuit has grown to be the pre-eminent small business
and personal finance software developer, with its Quicken family of products. Initially
designed to simplify a common household dilemma: balancing the family checkbook,
QuickBooks has established itself in little more than two decades, to be a market leader
for Intuit, with revenue topping $2.6 billion. Intuit is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock
exchange, and recognized as America’s most-admired software company and as well as
one of the country’s best places to work.

Intuit’s traditional flagship products – Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax – are


showcased as testament to the company’s commitment to revolutionize the way people
manage their small businesses and personal finances. Intuit’s lineup of tax preparation
products helps individuals and small business owners easily and accurately do their own
taxes with confidence. And working with accountants, Intuit’s products have become a
staple of American small business.

While the company is know respected for QuickBooks accounting software that makes
accounting and business management tasks fast and easy for small businesses. They
are doing the same for larger, growing businesses with QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions
- the most powerful QuickBooks product ever.

Enterprise Solutions has the power and flexibility to meet the unique needs of your
business as it grows, for thousands less than other more complicated accounting
software systems.

Intuit Key Strengths


* Intuit’s QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions is a full-featured, end-to-end financial solution
for the enterprise. The tool performs in-depth financial analyses, tracks inventory parts
and BOMs, and controls user permissions for over 115 activities.
* Currently, more than 25,000 businesses are using QuickBooks Enterprise as an
alternative to their current business management systems. Revenue at Intuit is up 116
percent over last year as more companies recognize the power of the product.
* The power of QuickBooks Enterprise is reflected in the latest upgrades, including
a new powerful SQL database and faster multi-user performance. For companies
looking for increased scalability.

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About Intuit
* The QuickBooks Enterprise tool lets you know where your business stands with 120
built-in reports, or you have access to the included ODBC driver to retrieve Enterprise
Solutions data with OD BC-compliant applications such as Microsoft Excel or Access
for even greater reporting capabilities.
* Enterprise Solutions integrates with more than 400 QuickBooks-compatible business
applications, including job costing, e-commerce, and customer management systems,
to solve your unique needs. You can also work with one of over 100 software
professionals in QuickBooks’ Developer Network to custom-design a solution to your
exact specifications.
* Best for multiple users, the company’s Enterprise Solutions Industry Editions are
available in Contractor, Manufacturing and Wholesale, Nonprofit, Professional
Services, and Retail editions.
* Low cost of ownership. Enterprise Solutions starts at just $3,000 for a 5-user license
and a one year membership to the Full Service Plan, which includes training, a
support engineer dedicated to your company, 24x7 product support, automatic
upgrades, reporting services and more. Other systems can cost tens of thousands of
dollars more for the software licenses, implementation, training, and support.

Financial Modules
Performance and Capacity Sales and Customers
Accounting and Finance Purchasing and Vendors
Accounts Payable Payroll and Employees
Accounts Receivable Controls and Permissions
Reports and Analytics
Inventory

Intuit’s breakthrough products reach 22 million customers with nearly 5,000 employees
in 13 states and four countries. Intuit has been named America’s most-admired software
company for two consecutive years, topping Autodesk, Adobe Systems, and Microsoft.

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www.syspro.com | 1-800-369-8649

Highlights

* Modular ERP system – strong in manufacturing, financials, distribution


* Offers tight integration, interoperability, outstanding price/performance
* Designed to leverage the strengths of Microsoft solutions
* Supports Lean Manufacturing
* Facilitates FDA compliance

Ownership: Headquarters: ERP Solutions


Private Costa Mesa, CA * SYSPRO Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP)
* SYSPRO Lot Traceability
Founded: * SYSPRO Bill of Materials
1978, California * SYSPRO Inventory
* SYSPRO Requirements
Planning
Customer Focus:
The system’s ease-of-use and business process orientation, combined within a single
integrated system encompassing strong accounting, manufacturing, distribution and supply
chain capabilities, make it a compelling solution for a broad range of mid-market businesses
in a variety of vertical industries.

Select Customers:
Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW) Canada, Bennett Tool & Die Co., Daniels Electronics, EMC
Document Systems, Dupar Controls Inc., World Precision Instruments, TriStar Plastics
Corp, Cedarlane Laboratories, Crosby Molasses, Titanium Sports Technologies, Chocolate
Potpourri, Sound Surgical Technologies, Mac Paper, Inc.

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About SYSPRO
SYSPRO is an internationally recognized, leading provider of enterprise business
solutions. Formed in 1978, SYSPRO was one of the first software vendors to develop
an enterprise resource planning solution. Today, SYSPRO is a global business solutions
vendor with offices on six continents and over 1500 channel and support partners.
Over 12,000 licensed companies across a broad spectrum of industries in more
than 60 countries trust SYSPRO as the platform on which to manage their business
processes. By focusing on people and building lasting relationships with customers
and partners, SYSPRO consistently excels at guiding customers through all aspects of
their implementation. Tried, tested and reliable, SYSPRO has stood the test of time as a
company and as a software solution.

SYSPRO’s award-winning application set is engineered to help companies get to


grips with today’s day-to-day problems and expand and adapt to the ever-changing
business landscape. The solution suite delivers outstanding price/performance value
and is continually enhanced and upgraded in response to user demand and legislative
requirements. What’s more, SYSPRO has excellent security features and is exceptionally
easy to use - data entry and system navigation are simplicity itself. Plus, thanks to the
latest Microsoft® technology, SYSPRO delivers rapid access to easy-to-view, real-time
information, ensuring quick response to customer demands, beating competitors and
reducing operating costs through streamlined processes and automated workflows.

SYSPRO ERP is a modular system with unparalleled strength in financials, distribution


and manufacturing. Together, these build into a powerful foundation essential for an
effective enterprise-wide solution.

Ideally suited for the global marketplace with multi-national, multi-company and multi-
location facilities, SYSPRO gives its customers superior financial control, letting
businesses forecast with complete confidence. And beyond the factory gate, SYSPRO
offers sophisticated business analytics, CRM, APS and e-commerce functionality to help
control the supply chain more rigorously and dramatically enhance customer satisfaction.

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About SYSPRO
SYSPRO Key Strengths
* SYSPRO ERP is ideal for a wide range of manufacturing businesses, with modules
designed to accommodate most production cycles and optimize the capabilities of
repetitive, custom, quick-turn and mixed-mode operations.
* Seamlessly integrated with both financial and distribution modules, SYSPRO
manufacturing also delivers superior features for estimating, scheduling, costing,
lot and serial tracking, as well as back-flushing, material verification, inventory
optimization and planning.
* As a customer-centric company, SYSPRO aims to deliver world-class software that
gives customers the control, insight and agility they need for competitive advantage in
a global economy.
* SYSPRO is an easy-to-buy, easy-to-deploy and easy-to-use enterprise-wide software
solution. The software is characterized by tight integration, interoperability, outstanding
price/performance, balance of functionality and a strong focus on business process
management and usability.
* SYSPRO is a true turnkey solution that is scalable in terms of enterprise size and
business functionality. Using a ‘building block’ approach, the core SYSPRO system
forms the platform on which customers can start adding business functionality and
technological capabilities as needed.
* Each business module is tightly integrated with the core platform, ensuring that when
modules are implemented, business operations continue to operate with minimal
disruption and risk.

SYSPRO Technology
SYSPRO’s SaaS software solution is designed to leverage the strengths of Microsoft®
solutions and other technologies to optimize the abilities of manufacturers (repetitive,
custom, quick-turn and mixed mode) and distributors.

All modules are scalable and interactive in a client/server environment.


SYSPRO e.net solutions is a new component architecture that gives authorized
individuals the ability to interact with SYSPRO data over the Web as well as from remote
devices, including palm pilots and cell phones.

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About SYSPRO
SYSPRO Manufacturing Modules
* SYSPRO Factory Scheduling – Estimating, scheduling, and job costing
* SYSPRO Lot Traceability – Lot and serial number tracking
* SYSPRO Bill of Materials – BOM, WIP, purchasing/receiving, and backflushing
* SYSPRO Inventory – Material verification and inventory operation
* SYSPRO Requirements Planning – Material Requirements Planning capability

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www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ | [email protected] | 1-701-281-6500

Highlights

* Backed by the strength of Microsoft


* Familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office Outlook
* Complete business management software: e-commerce, supply chain,
manufacturing, CRM, HR, project accounting

Ownership: Headquarters: accounting Products:


Public (NASDAQ (GS): Microsoft Corporate Microsoft Dynamics
MSFT) Headquarters: Redmond, * Microsoft Dynamics GP
Washington * Microsoft Small Business
Founded: Financials
1981, Fargo, South Dakota Business Model: * Microsoft Office Small Business
A division of Microsoft, Inc. On-Premise (licensed software) Accounting 2007
(founded in 1975) * Microsoft FRx

Customer Focus:
Small to mid-sized business and corporate enterprises, with special focus on service
providers in the insurance, banking, and financial sectors

Select Customers:
BRE Bank SA Group, RDT, Relevance Software, Raymond James Financial, H&R
Block, Raiffeisenbank Kleinwalsertal, SunGard, Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union

Price:
Price range: $50,000 - $250,000

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About Microsoft Dynamics
Founded in 1981, Microsoft Business Solutions, Inc. is a global provider of enterprise
business solutions for the midmarket. Microsoft Business Solutions offers e-business
applications for financials, distribution, project accounting, electronic commerce, human
resource management, manufacturing, sales and marketing management, and customer
service and support.

Named for the third time to the “Top 100 Companies to Work for in America” list,
Microsoft Business Solutions employs more than 3,800 employees worldwide. The
company’s products and services automate essential business functions and enhance
the strategic value of financial and operational information. Microsoft Business Solutions
products are sold and implemented by a unique worldwide network of independent
partner organizations that share the company’s commitment to lasting customer
relationships.

Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly known as Microsoft Business Solutions—Great Plains,


is the corporation’s cost-effective solution for managing and integrating your finances,
e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing, project accounting, field service, customer
relationships, and human resources. Backed by the world-renown presence of Microsoft,
Microsoft Dynamics delivers a set of dynamic and robust financial management tools that
enables businesses to make financial decisions with greater confidence.

The Microsoft Dynamics suite of products, built on familiar and widely used Microsoft
technologies, offers several solutions for financial management. Key financial and
accounting management products include:
* Microsoft Dynamics GP
* Microsoft Small Business Financials
* Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2007 (Professional and Standard--
available as an integrated application in the Dynamics GP solution suite)
* Microsoft FRx for financial reporting and analytics

As recently as September 2007, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM application was named a
leading solution in the Small Business Suite and Midmarket Suite categories as part of
CRM Magazine’s 2007 CRM Market Leader Awards. The awards come on the heels of
another stellar year for Microsoft Dynamics in terms of sales.

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About Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics Strengths
* Microsoft Dynamics GP gives your operations a way to raise the visibility of financial
metrics and the effectiveness of financial management throughout your organization—
all using familiar tools and existing skills.
* Strong financial management enables companies to establish a firm foundation to
realize the potential of their business through strong, manageable growth.
* Dynamics GP lets you view more than 150 samples of general reports including:
Bank Reconciliation, Bill of Materials, General Ledger, Inventory Control, Invoicing,
Multidimensional Analysis, Multicurrency Management, Payables Management,
Payroll, Purchase Order Processing, Receivables Management, Sales Order
Processing, and more.
* GP Analytical accounting features let you analyze financial data by whatever criteria
you require, introduce greater reporting flexibility and extensibility, and analyze
transactions efficiently.
* Dynamic GP’s intelligent accounting and analysis capabilities, including greater point
of sale visibility and back-office operations management, empower you to oversee and
control the financial heart of your business, giving you the vital information you need to
make your finances work for you and improve business operations.
* Dynamics GP also delivers better payables and receivables management, giving you
better control over your accounts with capabilities that help you track invoices, process
receipts, and analyze customer activity, so you can manage sales made on account
more effectively and yet maintain lower overhead costs.

Dynamics GP Enterprise Financial Modules


Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Analytics and Reporting
Point of Sale
Payroll
Purchasing Management

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www.sap.com/smallbusiness | [email protected] | 1-800-872-1727

Highlights

* Backed by the strength of SAP, one of the largest software companies in the
world
* Single system for financial, customer relationship management,
manufacturing, and management control capabilities. Embedded CRM
* Highly customizable

Ownership: Headquarters: accounting Products:


Public (NYSE: SAP) Newtown Square, * SAP Business One
Pennsylvania
Founded:
1972, Mannheim, Germany Business Model:
On-Premise

Customer Focus:
Small to mid-sized businesses and corporations.

Select Customers:
Gary Player Group, Australian Sign Supplies, Inflight Logistic Services, Montana
Tractors, Emblemtek Solutions Group, MAS Elektronik, Kimberly-Clark, Pacific Cycle

Price:
Not published. Range: $11,250+

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About SAP
Founded in 1972 as Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing, SAP is the
recognized leader in providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries
and for every major market. Serving more than 41,200 customers worldwide, SAP is the
world’s largest business software company and the world’s third-largest independent
software provider overall.

SAP America represents its German parent in the United States, providing world-renown
enterprise software and services for managing accounting, distribution, human resources,
and manufacturing functions. The company’s products include end-to-end applications for
business intelligence, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management,
and supply chain management applications.

SAP America offers industry-specific solution sets for markets ranging from aerospace and
defense to wholesale distribution. Its services include consulting and support, as well as
custom development and application hosting.

SAP Business One


SAP Business One is affordable, easy-to-use business management software designed
specifically for small and midsize businesses. It enables you to manage your critical
business functions across sales, distribution, and financials, all in a single integrated
system. With SAP Business One, you can instantaneously access a complete and up-to-
the-minute view of your business, so you can respond to customers faster and grow your
business more profitably.

The SAP Business One application offers a comprehensive and integrated set of tools to
effectively manage all financial processes in your organization. As the core functionality
of SAP Business One, financials management incorporates all key accounting processes,
such as journal entries, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Real-time accounting
functions trigger accounting postings automatically when relevant business events occur.

SAP Business One supports automatic tax calculations as well as multi-currency


transactions. Posting templates and recurring postings further streamline and simplify your
accounting processes.

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About SAP
Controlling software in SAP Business One allows you to define and manage budgets
and compare actual and planned figures at any time to get an accurate and up-to-date
picture of your business. Profit or cost centers are easily created and let you allocate
revenue and expenses according to distribution rules – which are customizable and
specific to your business.

The banking software in SAP Business One provides all the tools and functionality
necessary to manage all your payment processing, including checks, cash, credit cards,
and bank transfers. The reconciliation tool allows you to easily reconcile incoming and
outgoing payments with vendor and customer invoices.

SAP Business One offers powerful financial reporting tools such as balance sheets,
profit and loss statements, cash flow statements, and aging reports. The XL Reporter
tool in SAP Business One enables the seamless integration of financial reports into
Microsoft Excel templates.

SAP Business One Accounting Modules


Accounting and Financials Banking
General ledger Advance payments
Accounts Receivable Credit card payments
Accounts Payable Account reconciliation.
Journal entries Financial reporting
Budgeting Balance sheets
Account setup and maintenance Profit and loss statements
Comprehensive tools and reports. Cash flow analysis
Budgeting Transaction reports
Reporting Multi-period comparisons
Budget reports
SAP Business One Strengths
* The SAP Business One application offers a comprehensive and integrated set of tools
to effectively manage all financial processes in your organization.
* As the core functionality of SAP Business One, financials and accounting
management incorporates all key accounting processes, such as journal entries,
accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

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About SAP
* Real-time accounting functions trigger accounting postings automatically when
relevant business events occur. SAP Business One supports automatic tax
calculations as well as multi-currency transactions. Posting templates and recurring
postings further streamline and simplify your accounting processes.
* SAP Business One offers powerful financial reporting tools such as balance sheets,
profit and loss statements, cash flow statements, and aging reports. The XL Reporter
tool in SAP Business One enables the seamless integration of financial reports into
Microsoft Excel templates.
* The banking software in SAP Business One provides all the tools and functionality
necessary to manage all your payment processing, including checks, cash, credit
cards, and bank transfers. The reconciliation tool allows you to easily reconcile
incoming and outgoing payments with vendor and customer invoices.
* Profit or cost centers are easily created and let you allocate revenue and expenses
according to distribution rules – which are customizable and specific to your business.

SAP boasts a rich history of innovation and growth that has made the company a true
industry leader. Today, SAP employs more than 41,900 people in more than 50 countries.
Its professionals are dedicated to providing the highest level of customer service and
support. SAP has leveraged its extensive experience to deliver a comprehensive range
of solutions to empower every aspect of business operations.

By using SAP solutions, organizations of all sizes – including small businesses and
midsize companies – can reduce costs, improve performance, and gain the agility to
respond to changing business needs.

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UNIT4 Business Software: www.unit4software.com | [email protected] | 1-888-247-3776

UNIT4CODA: www.unit4coda.com | [email protected] | 1-877-700-2632

Highlights
* Agresso Business World provides all of the essential functions needed by
professional services and public sector organizations. Its focus on people-centric
organizations and its deep understanding of their inherent business challenges
and opportunities has led the company to achieve a top 5 position in the ERP
midmarket space.
* Coda Financials is an award-winning suite of best-of-class financial
management software designed to integrate with industry- and company-
specific applications. Coda provides real-time financial visibility and control
across people, processes and systems. By acting as the financial information
backbone for companies with fast-changing and mixed application environments,
it offers a “no compromise” approach to financial modeling, process controls and
application choice.
Ownership: Headquarters: Solutions:
Public (EURONEXT: Victoria, BC Canada * ERP: Agresso Business World
U4AGR) * Financial Management:
Dallas, TX USA
Manchester, NH, USA Coda Financials
Founded:
1980

Customer Focus:
Agresso Business World is a fully-integrated ERP solution to support all your key
business processes. It has been designed specifically for dynamic, people- centric
organizations in both the commercial and public sectors that experience frequent,
ongoing change.

Coda Financials excels in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments such as:


Business Services; Financial Services; Transportation and Logistics; Media &
Publishing; Oil and Gas; Retail and Leisure; Multi-site; Multi-national; Shared Services.

With its “best-of-class” software approach, Coda Financials goes far beyond what can
be achieved with ordinary accounting systems. It allows business to adapt to constant
changes and mitigates the impact change has on reports, processes, controls and
systems.

Select Customers:
UNIT4 Business Software- Alvarez & Marsal, Destiny Resources Services Corp.,
Eidos Interactive

UNIT4 CODA - Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Gregory Poole


Equipment, IKEA, LIN Media, Maher Terminals, Secura Insurance, US Oil

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About UNIT4
UNIT4 is a global business software company that creates, delivers and supports
adaptable software and services worldwide, to help dynamic organizations manage their
business needs effectively. We strive to set the global standard for business solutions
that help dynamic organizations to embrace change – simply, quickly and cost effectively.

UNIT4 has offices worldwide, supporting thousands of customers and partners, across
all sectors, in all regions of the world. We have a broad portfolio of leading change-
embracing software brands, including the Agresso Business World ERP suite and
the Coda financial management suite. In North America, we also offer specialized
solutions for the Travel Industry and for the Higher Education sector, combining our
comprehensive integrated ERP modules with tools specific to the unique needs of these
sectors.

Agresso Business World Key Features


Agresso is unique in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) industry for its primary
strength, post-implementation agility, or the ability to make changes to the ERP system
after it has been implemented.

Almost all major ERP software solution vendors offer limitless flexibility PRIOR to
implementation. But once their systems are in place, customers are locked into the
system configuration that reflects their requirements at the moment of go live. Any
significant change to the configuration typically requires expensive IT or external
consultant resources.

Agresso Business Product Highlights


* Agresso Business World gives organizations the ability to interactively blend your
business and analysis model with the organization’s process model giving your people
the information needed to increase the value of your service delivery process.
* Agresso Business World provides the flexibility you need to create performance
metrics reflecting the reality of your business and provides accuracy in showing how
the organization is performing.

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About UNIT4
* Post-Implementation Agility differentiates Agresso from its competitors; providing
organizations the ability to adapt and grow without any limitations from your ERP
Solution.
* Agresso’s long shelf life saves businesses the cost and trouble associated with re-
implementation or replacement of an existing ERP system.

Coda Financials Highlights


With Coda Financials, you can buy or build your own specialized applications and use
Coda Financials as an accounting plug-in or a centralized financial hub. The CODA
Link™ architecture allows you to easily connect best-of-class applications, of all types,
in a federated approach using our web services. You are then free to concentrate on
adding value to your specialized systems, while simultaneously benefiting from a great
financial software package.

Coda Financials at a Glance:

Accounting Spend Management


• General Ledger • Requisitioning
• Accounts Payable • Purchasing
• Accounts Receivable • Cataloging
• Fixed Assets • Receiving
• Project Accounting • Invoice matching
• Billing

As the original single-ledger, global Coda Financials’ end-to-end spend


accounting solution, Coda Financials is a management helps a company establish
modern and multi-everything accounting controls and consolidate purchasing
system for even the most diverse or activity, and positions it to leverage the full
complex enterprise requirements. buying power of the organization.

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About UNIT4
Consolidation & Cash Management Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
Our best-of-class solutions for We’ve combined the flexibility of our
multi-company and international financial model with the familiarity and
organizations deliver group convenience of Microsoft® Excel®, to
accounting, statutory reporting, streamline the seeding, preparation,
intercompany netting and cash fine-tuning and production of budgets.
planning more quickly, simply and
consistently.

Reporting & Business Intelligence Process & Control Automation


The vital foundation of a robust, Our CODA Link architecture includes
flexible information model and a a powerful control management
full array of reporting and BI tools framework, tying other systems,
to help all your different users manual processes and authorizations
report on, model and analyze your into one visible and auditable process
business – in the ways that they flow.
need.

Document Management & Imaging Integration & Web Services


To supplement Coda Financials’ Companies can no longer compromise
image handling capabilities, UNIT4 – they need great operational
CODA partners with V1 Document applications and great financial
Management, a best of class systems. This best-of-class integration
provider of document management approach has been a hallmark of Coda
and imaging technology Financials from its very beginnings.

CODA Link™ Architecture Supported Platforms & Languages


The CODA Link™ integration Coda Financials co-exists with other
architecture is second to none, using applications, without imposing a
modern techniques such as web particular technology or architecture. It
services and XML to provide secure, also enables simultaneous multi-lingual
real-time integration to your other access to the same, single finance
operational systems. system.

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About UNIT4
UNIT4 Technology
UNIT4 Business Software’s unique Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution sits
atop what leading IT analysts describe as “perhaps the most unique and agility-focused
IT architecture ever built”. VITA means living and the VITA architecture is just that – a
living, agile platform ideally suited for dynamic organizations.

UNIT4 Business Software’s VITA architecture was designed from the ground up with
just as much focus on getting data out of as getting data into a data warehouse. Our
development priorities were primarily concerned with how people would use the data. Of
course all ERP systems offer user-focused features but only VITA offers a fundamentally
user-focused architecture.

Every technical decision was made in the context of ultimate flexibility so users
could continually change the system and change it back again without disruption or
destabilizing their system.

UNIT4 Business Software used a generic data model rather than a specific data model
that would have been locked in and static. “Fail-safe” mechanisms were built-in to ensure
that all changes track back to the same data model. It is the best of both worlds for
rapidly changing organizations – functional agility and system integrity.

Coda Financials was designed to serve as a financial information backbone for


companies in fast-changing and mixed application environments. This is made possible
by our Link™ architecture.

Link™ takes Coda Financials way beyond what you can achieve with ordinary accounting
systems. The architecture provides real-time visibility and control across all the people,
processes and systems related to the financial information in your organization. This
enables your financial software to take on a much more strategic role in managing
your business. It also helps you adapt to constant business changes and mitigates the
potential impact that change can have on your reports, processes, controls and systems.

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About UNIT4
Unlike the batch or multi-module ERP designs prevalent in most accounting systems
today, Coda Financials broke new ground as the first single ledger or unified accounting
system. This unique single system design eliminates time lags, sub-ledgers, data
fragmentation, reconciling and unnecessary integration between subsystems. In contrast
to batch or waterfall styled ERP systems, it ensures that your business data is consistent,
always in balance, and always up to date. Changes can efficiently be made in ONE
area without: losing control, creating reporting problems or increasing the risk of non-
compliance. This is because data is held within one financial model – in one accounting
application – not in multiple sub-modules and sub-systems.

The CODA Link architecture provides exceptional ways to capture, store, and maintain
financial data. In contrast to the typical “Code Block” approach found in most accounting
systems, Coda Financials provides a multidimensional financial model, which is far
superior to the typical chart of accounts structures found in the General Ledger modules
of ERP systems. For example, the CODA chart of accounts offers unparalleled flexibility
to measure profitability, accommodating different account coding schemes within the
same company.

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www.sage.com | [email protected] | 877-722-7088

Highlights

* Sage offers both hosted and on-premise solutions


* Broad range of world-class products to fit businesses of all sizes and support
your business as you grow
* Supported by over 40,000 accountants and 23,000 business partners
worldwide

Ownership: Headquarters: accounting Products:


Public (LSE:SGE) Scottsdale, AZ * Sage Accpac
* Sage BusinessWorks
Founded: Business Model: * Sage Business Vision
1981, England Hosted and On-Premise * Sage MAS 90 /
Sage MAS 200

Customer Focus:
Complete set of solutions for small and medium sized businesses.

Select Customers:
Sage Accpac Clients: County of Essex, Ed Morse Automotive Group, Body ‘n Scents,
Sage BusinessWorks Clients: Cable X-Perts, Inc, Herschal Products, Inc. Island Soap Co.
Sage Business Vision Clients: Casa Loma, Heys International, Response First Aid Systems.
Sage MAS 90 / Sage MAS 200 Clients: Automotive Investment Group, Hauser Chocolatier.

Price:
From $2,000 to $100,000, Sage’s pricing range reflects the diversity of their product offerings.

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About Sage
With a wide range of front-office and back-office solutions — including accounting, human
resources, payroll, fixed asset management and customer relationship management
(CRM) software — Sage Software offers award-winning products and services that have
revolutionized the way companies do business in today’s marketplace.

Sage Software offers leading business management products and services that give
more than 2.3 million small and medium-sized customers in North America the insight for
success throughout the lives of their businesses. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc
(London SGE.L), supports 4.3 million customers worldwide across a broad spectrum of
industries ranging from small privately-owned businesses to large nonprofit organizations.

For more than 25 years, Sage Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and
customizable applications through its portfolio of leading brands, including Sage Abra,
Sage Accpac, ACT! by Sage, Sage CPA Practice Manager, Sage FAS, Sage MAS 90,
Sage MAS 200, Sage MAS 500, Sage MIP Fund Accounting and Sage Fund raising,
Peachtree by Sage, Sage SalesLogix, and Sage Timberline Office, among many others.

About Sage’s Accounting Products


Sage Accpac ERP (formerly ACCPAC Advantage Series) is an advanced accounting
application built on a world-class, object-oriented, and multi-tiered architecture. Designed
for companies of all sizes, Sage Accpac can be deployed both as a Web-based and
desktop application, and is the foundation for an integrated set of end-to-end business
management applications.

You choose the solutions that work best for you: the applications, database, and
deployment options, the user interface and languages, the network environment or
operating system, the add-on software developed by Sage Software or independent
experts, and the customized features that help you operate efficiently and profitably.

Sage BusinessVision has provided premium real-time business management and


accounting systems since 1987, Sage BusinessVision offers robust, user-friendly tools for
small and mid-sized companies. Sage BusinessVision systems are complete, scalable
solutions to meet the needs of growing companies, and are the most powerful tools
available for small businesses.

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About Sage
BusinessVision offers several editions, from a single-user edition to 100+ user Client
Server Edition, and ships complete with 18 modules (16 modules in Limited Edition and
Small Business Editions).

Sage BusinessWorks Accounting bridges the gap between off-the-shelf, entry-level


products and complex high-end systems. Its modular design is ideally suited for growing
small and mid-sized businesses that require more muscle than basic bookkeeping
software can provide. With over 250 presentation quality management reports, serial
number tracking, and warehouse management capabilities, Sage BusinessWorks
Accounting is applicable to a wide range of industry applications.

Sage MAS 90 and 200 systems offer a broad selection of feature-rich solutions including
core accounting, business intelligence tools, customer relationship management, e-
commerce, HR and payroll, manufacturing, and distribution.

Sage MAS 90 and 200 work the way you do with flexibility that enables you to choose
the modules that best suit your business needs. Sage MAS 90 is an industry-leading
accounting and business management software solution for small to medium-sized
companies. Recommended by more CPAs than any other application in its class, this
product suite offers a broad selection of feature-rich modules that empower managers
with the information they need to make profit and growth driven decisions.

At the heart of every MAS 90 and MAS 200 solution is a robust, yet easy-to-use
accounting system. From the General Ledger and Bank Reconciliation to Accounts
Payable and Accounts Receivable, MAS 90 and MAS 200 offer the features and
functions you need to streamline all bookkeeping and accounting processes.

Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading international supplier
of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and
services for small and midsized businesses.

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www.exact.com | [email protected] | 1-800-468-0834 ext 2650

Highlights
* Comprehensive end-to-end ERP, CRM, SCM, HRM, BI and PSA solutions for
small to medium companies worldwide
* Established in 1984, Exact has 25 years experience in providing business
software solutions to businesses around the globe
* Strong global presence with offices in 40 countries, serving local and
international companies in more than 125 countries, providing solutions in
more than 40 languages

Ownership: Headquarters: Accounting Solutions:


Private Corporate: Delft, Netherlands * Exact Globe
US: Middleton, MA
Founded:
1984

Customer Focus:
Small to medium-size companies across a variety of industries, including: Construction,
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Manufacturing , Public Administration, Retail Trade,
Services, Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, Sanitary Services and
Wholesale Trade.

Select Customers:
Armour Valve, UFP Technologies, DHS Systems, EMTEQ, Davis Controls, Baker
Triangle, Dover Industries, Biosensors International, Saint Gobain, Teledyne
Continental Motors, Credit Union of Nova Scotia, M&M Pump and Supply

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About Exact Software
Exact started serving the entrepreneurial world with information technology in 1984.
The company has grown from a student start-up to a global solution provider, and their
entrepreneurial roots are a constant reminder that adding value for our customers is what
they’re here for. With approximately 2,400 employees in 40 countries, Exact serves over
100,000 local and international companies in more than 125 countries and provide our
business software solutions in more than 40 languages. Exact has been listed on the
NYSE Euronext Amsterdam since June 1999 with our revenues amounting to € 261.0
million in 2008.

Servicing entrepreneurial businesses is at the heart of Exact’s operations. Exact takes


pride in understand enterprises’ mindsets, how they collaborate within their business
community, and the structure they need to achieve results.

With this knowledge they provide software solutions that support every business activity
and give real-time insight into the entire business.

This gives customers the freedom to successfully address challenges and opportunities,
creating value for their customers and ultimately for themselves

Exact Globe Key Features


Exact Globe is a versatile ERP business solution that caters to the needs of distributors
and quick-turn, discrete, light manufacturing businesses.

Exact Globe focuses on delivering innovative value to organizations from $5 million to


$100 million in revenue, as well as, large parent organizations (LPO) around the world.

Exact Globe is a real-time system that integrates your entire financial and administrative
infrastructure. All transactions – financial, logistics, HRM, sales management, projects
and production – are contained in a single central data source. Globe provides a
consistent and intuitive interface, with built in workflow capabilities and includes
features such as advanced warehouse management, EDI and an extensive Software
Developers’ Kit (SDK) to extend the application beyond traditional uses.

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About Exact Software
Integrated Financials: Planning and Production
Financial Management Planning
* Budgeting * Forecasting
* Cash Flow Management * Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
* General Ledger * Resource Planning
* Assets
* Compliance Management Manufacturing
* Auditing/Controlling * Production Costing
* Outsourcing
Administration * Production Result
* HRM
* System security with strict access Project Management
rights * Project related transactions
* Project Accounting
Streamlined Logistics
Item Management Sell and Service
* Item assortments Sales Management
* Pricing * Customer and Sales Analysis
* Quotations
Purchase Management * Order Processing
* Supplier Management * Invoicing
* Purchasing
* Purchasing Invoicing Service Management

Warehouse Management CRM via Exact Synergy


* Inventory/stock control
* Stock handling
* Traceability

Exact Software Technology


Exact Globe is based on Microsoft technologies, using Microsoft SQL as the database,
with integration to MS-Office 2007 to extend the document management capabilities.
Exact Globe is also MS Windows 7 compatible and certified.

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About Exact Software
Exact Globe Highlights
* Founded in 1984, Exact draws from 25 years of experience with more than 100,000
customers worldwide delivering powerful business software solutions
* Supported by Exact’s self-owned international subsidiary network, Exact Globe
is available in 40 legislations and languages, making it the ideal standard for
internationally operating companies
* Exact Globe is a modular, flexibly solution that adapts to your companies requirements
– allowing for an operation to come together, replacing islands of information and
uniting them into a single, organization-wide system.
* Exact Globe integrates a companies financial and administrative infrastructure into a
single, central datasource. All business processes are linked to this central financial
administration which is the backbone of the ERP system.
* Exact Globe has unparalleled strength in real-time financials with true multi-currency
capabilities, distribution and manufacturing.

Exact Globe ERP Modules


* All aspects of Inventory Management * Workflow and document management
* Supply Chain Execution/Warehouse * Customer Relationship Management
Management * Human Resource Management
* Operations Tracking and BOM’s with * Business Intelligence
ECM * Exception Event Management
* Material Requirements Planning * Enterprise Portals
* Forecasting and Master Production * Additional industry-specific add-ons
Scheduling * Multi-site Management (MSM)
* Advanced Planning and Scheduling * Bill of Materials Management (BOM’s)
* Integrated Financials - Accounting,
Finance, Costing
* Project Management
* Estimating and Quoting
* Quality Management
* Product Configurator
* Procurement, Supplier Management
* Service Management

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Highlights
* FinancialForce.com combines the power of the Force.com cloud with a
groundbreaking accounting system design
* Only enterprise accounting solution built natively on the Force.com
platform
* 30 year history in building award winning accounting applications
* Unique unified ledger design, always in balance and always up to date

Ownership: Headquarters: Accounting Solutions:


Private San Mateo, CA * FinancialForce Accounting
* Chatterbox
Founded:
2009

Customer Focus:
Small to medium-size companies across a variety of industries, including: Technology,
Professional Services, Manufacturing, Non Profit, Business Services, Financial
Services, Media & Publishing.

Select Customers:
Wi-Fi Alliance, The Compliance Team, Cogent, White Springs

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About FinancialForce.com
Over 80,000 organizations rely on Salesforce CRM to close business faster and
more efficiently. But when it comes to billing and collecting on closed business, many
of these same organizations find the process to be time consuming, inefficient and
manually intensive.

FinancialForce Accounting is the first cloud accounting solution built for Salesforce
CRM. It places relevant financial information in the hands of your customer-facing
employees and streamlines key processes such as invoicing, collections and
the month-end close. By combining sales and financial data in a single system,
FinancialForce Accounting enables new levels of efficiency and confidence for
accountants, controllers, and CFOs and transforms accounting from a siloed function
into a truly collaborative one across the organization.

FinancialForce.com Key Features


* Billing and Accounts Receivable: Generate Invoices, handle multi-company and
multi-currency transactions, deferred revenue recognition, and aged debt analysis
* Accounts Payable: Manage invoices and process payments, track supplier details,
and share all vendor contact information with Salesforce CRM
* Reporting and Dashboards: Manage your business performance through
customizable dashboards, conduct multi-dimensional analysis of revenue and
costs, and drive budgeting and planning.
* FinancialForce 360° User: Provide the sales and customer service teams with
access to financial information, set up automated alerts to inform the sales team
of payment issues, and reduce the risk of future sales to customers with poor
collection histories

FinancialForce.com Technology
FinancialForce Accounting is built on the industry-leading cloud platform: Force.com.
It leverages all the infrastructure and software systems used to build Salesforce CRM,
including its tools for customization, integration, reporting and collaboration.

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About FinancialForce.com
FinancialForce.com Highlights
* 100% real-time system
* Flexible chart of accounts and multi-dimensional analysis
* Multi-company, multi-currency, multi-tax, multi-cultural
* Faster period closes
* Single ledger application - only one application to learn and implement
* Faster implementation
* Easy to maintain
* Optimized order to cash process
* Faster and more accurate billing from Salesforce CRM objects
* Extensive cash management facilities
* Native Force.com application
* Familiar Force.com user interface, customization, integration and reporting tools
* 360° customer account collaboration, cash collection and analysis

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