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Accpac – Sage

http://www.sagesoftware.com 

Category: Advanced Accounting - Class: Mid-Range Business

Best Fit

·         Small business 1 to 100 users - general to advanced accounting needs

·         Available in three versions Accpac ERP 100, 200 and 500

·         Industry specific implementation

Strengths

·         Solid distribution and light manufacturing

·         Accpac CFO for financial analysis

·         Records encrypted credit card information in selected modules.

·         Strong multi-language multi-currency features. Print checks for multiple banks and languages when processing Accounts Receivable refunds.

·         Specifies a tax reporting currency and automatically calculate taxes in the source currency, functional currency, and the tax reporting currency.

·         Uses enhanced integrity checker to verify that P/O committed amounts equal those displayed in Contract Maintenance. Also Check A/R, A/P, P/O, UP, CP for job-related entries in which contract/project is closed/ completed/estimate.

·         267 new features overall in latest version. http://accpac.com/products/new/

 

Brief Product Description and Pricing

·         Accpac is a name of honor as perhaps one of the oldest PC based accounting systems. It originated with the IBM PC as a DOS accounting application and was owned by IBM at one time, as well as Computer Associates International. Accpac has had a long history and is well recognized in the United States, as well as Canada. Accpac was one of the first companies to design its solutions for web processing and the product is fully web enabled. Being one of the very few platform independent solutions, Accpac is at home on Windows, as well as Linux-based workstations and servers and integrates with a number of highly scalable database solutions.

·         Accpac is sold in three versions, 100, 200 and 500 price varies depending on the number of users and optional add-in solutions. Pricing starts at $4500 for a single user of 100 ERP to just over a $100,00 for 100 user Accpac 500 ERP .

 Technical Specifications

·         Platform independent in that the product may be code compiled for Windows, Linux, or Unix.

·         Accpac runs on Microsoft SQL Server, Pervasive SQL, IBM DB2 and Oracle

·         Web enabled. Available as a SaaS web based solution via hosted services.

Integration with Accounting and Ease of Setup

·         Accpac describes itself as more than just an ERP solution, with components available to create a complete business solution integrating the front office with the back office applications:

·         Sage Accpac CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

·         Accpac HR Series (Human Resources)

·         Sage Accpac WMS (Warehouse Management System)

·         Sage Accpac Exchange (Electronic Data Interchange)

·         Sage Accpac Insight (Business Intelligence & Analysis)

·         Accpac CFO (Financial Analysis)

 Representative Client List (if available)
·         Club One Inc.

·         Pacific Mariner

·         Oak Furniture West

·         The Scotch Malt Whiskey Society

·         BDO Dunwoody LLP

·         An extended list of case studies is available from Accpac.

Company History and Contact Information

·         Built in Canada for Canadian businesses, Sage Accpac has been recognized as Canada’s #1 ERP software*. And, with the new release of Sage Accpac 5.4, you now have 267 powerful, new features to help everyone in your business get their jobs done faster and with even greater confidence.

·         Contact information;

Sage Accpac ERP and Sage Pro ERP

6700 Koll Center Parkway

Third Floor

Pleasanton, CA 94566

800-873-7282

Commentary (The following is provided by the Editor with notes and comments from others.) 

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