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Sage Accpac Helps Small and Mid-Sized Warehouses Pick, Pack and Ship Better Than Ever with Launch of Sage Accpac WMS 5.0

2006-04-04T22:00:00Z

Sage Accpac has launched Sage Accpac WMS (Warehouse Management System) 5.0, a major new upgrade, with improved integration and administration, that will enable small and mid-sized warehouse operations to more effectively compete with their larger competitors by providing them with powerful, cost-effective distribution tools to more efficiently pick, pack and ship.
Integrated with the award-winning Sage Accpac ERP and Sage Pro ERP business management systems, Sage Accpac WMS 5.0 is a modular warehouse management solution for small and mid-sized businesses, offering them the freedom to choose optional components to add to each of three available editions, for a truly customised supply chain management solution.
Sage Accpac WMS 5.0 offers greater efficiency and accuracy to businesses, through increased pick rates, decreased errors, higher compliancy, and accurate forecasting of warehouse resources and demands. Integrating with various RF (radio frequency) hardware, shipping systems, and warehouse automation equipment, its a paperless, wireless, Web-deployable solution that serves as the hub of a warehouses supply chain.
Available in three editions, 100, 200, and 500, Sage Accpac WMS 5.0 starts as low as A$13,000 SRP for the 100 edition, including a two-user license. Clients can easily scale up to a higher edition, add more users, or supplement their edition with optional modules a la carte to build a warehouse management system that maps to their growing needs, with most optional modules priced at only A$7,000 per module.
Sage Accpac WMS has always been an affordable warehouse management solution for small and mid-sized warehouses, and is now even more powerful and cost-effective, said Mike Lorge, general manager for Sage Accpac (Pacific). The modular pricing model means these businesses can now pick and choose optional features they want, rather than having to pay for an inflexible all-in-one- product that doesnt entirely fit their needs, or budget. With WMS 5.0, you simply add optional modules to customize your system, or upgrade to a higher edition as your needs change, avoiding hefty customisation fees, and providing peace of mind knowing that as your business scales, so can we.
Sage Accpac WMS 5.0Available In Three Editions
Designed for low volume warehouses, features such as UPS Shipping, RF functionality, Web Dispatch, and Order Management are included in the standard 100 Edition bundle of Sage Accpac WMS 5.0.
The 200 Edition, a larger bundle suitable for a medium-sized wholesaler with higher order volumes and a more complex warehouse layout, includes all modules in the 100 Edition, plus adds features such as EOL (end of line) & Shipping, Lots/Serials/Expiry, Kitting, and Multi Carrier Shipping, among others.
The 500 Edition is a solution designed for customers handling large volumes, with multiple sites and/or complex warehouse setups that may need extensive customisation capabilities. It includes all of the modules in the 100 and 200 Editions, plus features such as Return Materials Authorisation (RMA), Packaging, and Multi Company.
For those modules that arent standard/included with each Edition, they can be added a la carte at the clients choosing. Additional optional modules for all three Editions include Demand Forecasting I and II, and RFID (Demand Forecasting II requires Demand Forecasting I).
Improved integration and administration
Sage Accpac WMS 5.0 also provides a significant upgrade to its Web Services API, which allows warehouses to create sophisticated integrations with both Web-deployed and LAN-based business management applications they count on for daily operations. For example, all reports created using the Web Dispatch Management Console are published as XML (extensible markup language), providing content in a standardised Web publishing format. These XML-configured reports can be produced on-demand, and orders and reports can be quickly exported to MS Excel by simply clicking on an icon in the user interface.
Administration tools in version 5.0 have also been enhanced for increasedperformance and easier, faster troubleshooting, including new and improved reporting and security functions.
Sage Accpac WMS is the right product at the right time, said Mr Lorge. It enables small and mid-sized distribution clients to fully automate their supply chain in order to serve their customers faster and more efficiently, eliminating downtime and added expenses. The new product features, plus the freedom for warehouses to choose optional components to customise their systems as needed, with integration to other Sage products, sets the standard for warehouse distribution systems designed specifically for SMBs.
Pricing and Availability
Available in three editions, 100, 200, and 500, Sage Accpac WMS 5.0 is now available from authorised Sage Accpac WMS business partners, starting at an SRP A$13,000 for the Sage Accpac WMS 100 Edition, which includes a two-user license. To locate a Sage Accpac WMS business partner, call 1300 ACCPAC (222 722) in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit www.sageaccpac.com
.au.
About Sage Accpac
Sage Accpac, a division of the Sage Group plc, provides mid-size businesses with a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include Accpac CRM, Accpac ERP, Accpac Pro ERP, Accpac Business Analysis Suite, Accpac Exchange, Accpac Warehouse Management System, Accpac ePOS, and Accpac Insight.

Mid-Level CRM Accounts for ACCPACs ANZ Growth Too

2005-03-03T13:01:00Z

ACCPAC Pacific, part of The Sage Group family of companies, and once known only for its popular accounting software (ACCPAC Advantage), has now also made the mid-level CRM market its own. The company reported that during its first Quarter 2005 (ending December 31st 2004), sales of ACCPAC CRM in Australia and New Zealand were up 111 percent in terms of sites, and up 118 percent in terms of dollars, over the corresponding Quarter from last year.
Introduced to the local marketplace 18 months ago, ACCPAC CRM is a scalable web and wireless-enabled solution designed specifically for small-and-medium enterprises. Customers can choose to deploy ACCPAC CRM either as a hosted solution, or on-premises as an out of the box installation. Uniquely, ACCPAC offers customers the opportunity to switch between options without additional cost. The hosted version costs from A$25 per user per month, and the on-premises solution from A$800 per user per year.
87 percent of new sales over the last Quarter involved an integrated suite of ACCPAC CRM & ACCPAC Advantage financial management software.
ACCPAC CRM is now installed in over 110 sites in Australia and New Zealand. CRM customers in the region include Best Western Hotel Chain, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Real Estate Institute of NSW and New Zealand Milk.
ACCPAC attributes much of its success to its channel partners. In the last 18 months, it has signed up a strong team of CRM specialist integrators including: Aaromba Technologies, CRM Works and Synergy Information Systems.
In addition, more than 94 independent software vendors (ISVs) have committed to providing enhancement solutions or customising ACCPAC CRM for specific industries in Australia and New Zealand since the ACCPAC CRM Development Partner Program was launched locally in October 2003.
Daithi Holden, senior vice president, ACCPAC Pacific, said, "In Australia and New Zealand, ACCPAC CRM has spread like wildfire. Small and medium sized organisations are demanding software that helps them integrate their accounting, marketing, sales and services efforts in order to gain and retain customers cost-effectively, and ACCPAC is the only offering designed from the ground up for this market. Its also the only CRM solution that is available both in-premises and hosted, with the option of switching from one to the other.
About ACCPAC and The Sage Group, plc
ACCPAC International, Inc., part of The Sage Group family of companies, provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, and Simply Accounting. For more information about ACCPAC Pacific, ACCPACcrm.com and our other products, call 1300 ACCPAC (222 722) in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC Pacific at www.accpac.com.au.
The Sage Group, plc is a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now employs over 8,000 people worldwide.

New ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.3 Gives Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises Big Business Analysis Capabilities

2004-11-15T18:02:00Z

ACCPAC Pacific, part of The Sage Group, plc, announced today the local availability of version 5.3 of its award-winning ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting system. The latest version offers small and mid-sized enterpriseses (SMEs) a groundbreaking new Transaction Analysis feature, which enables users to codify all transactions, and have these tags remain with the transaction forever. This is significant because it provides the basis for a level of analysis that until now only large organisations could afford.
Version 5.3 also incorporates dozens of feature upgrades throughout the available modules, including more streamlined security options in the System Manager, plus the ability to create and execute macros from within the Web browser deployment offered by Advantage Series. Built-in kitting in the new Inventory Control (IC) module speeds up processing and fulfillment in conjunction with the enhanced Order Entry (OE) module.
All editions (Enterprise, Corporate, and Small Business) of ACCPAC Advantage Series are being upgraded to version 5.3.
ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.3 is a very significant new release, which includes the powerful Transaction Analysis and Optional Field feature to help SMEs quickly and easily gain access to vital information that was previously locked away in their accounting system, said Harach Lucas, Managing Director of Australias MicroChannel Services, a Premier ACCPAC Solution Provider.This new release also further broadens the suitability of ACCPAC Advantage Series for more businesses with many varied requirements. The new Transaction Analysis and Optional Field feature, combined with the many other enhancements in version 5.3, ACCPAC Pacific is offering an end-to-end business management solution that delivers outstanding value for SMEs.
Transaction Analysis and Optional Field Creator
This major new feature lets smaller businesses assign, report on and analyse specific, pre-determined information attached to transactions - without the cost and complexity traditionally associated with such capability.
Detailed, ad-hoc reporting can be obtained without the need to set up the complex, multi-level general ledger accounts that most other general ledger programs require.
The Transaction Analysis and Optional Field Creator enables a business to specify how their transaction data flows through their accounting system. This creates a powerful, unique analytic tool that has both the ability to define how data moves between modules, and supports the codification.
Upgraded Security Management
In Version 5.3, users can now automatically sign into their accounting system simply by using their existing Microsoft Windows domain account, providing network administrators with easier control and security management. This new feature eliminates extra log-in steps while maintaining secure and seamless access to the system.
Improved Inventory Control, Order Entry modules
Inventory Control and Order Entry in version 5.3 includes many new time-saving features including the ability to set up and sell kits to automatically default the quantity transferred from the quantity requested whenever transferring items. This eliminates the need to enter multiple time-consuming entries, thereby increasing productivity.
Freedom of Choice
Like previous versions, ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.3 continues to provide SMEs with the freedom to choose from a variety of industry leading databases, including IBM DB2 (a 3-user DB2 license is included free of charge), Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Pervasive.SQL, and to deploy on either Microsoft, Linux or the IBM OS400 operating systems. ACCPAC Advantage Series can be operated alone or integrated with other ACCPAC end-to-end business management applications that include customer relationship management (CRM), point-of-sale (POS) and warehouse management, among others. It can also be deployed either on premises, or hosted online at www.accpaconline.com.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.3 is available now from ACCPAC Pacific Solution Providers, with the Enterprise Edition starting at an SRP of $2,070 (AUD)/$2,380 (NZD) per module, the Corporate Edition starting at an SRP of $1,380 (AUD)/$1,590 (NZD) per module, and the Small Business Edition starting at an SRP of $675 (AUD)/$775 (NZD) per module. To locate an ACCPAC Solution Provider, please call 1300 ACCPAC (222 722) in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC Pacific at www.accpac.com.au.
About ACCPAC and The Sage Group, plc
ACCPAC International, Inc., part of The Sage Group family of companies, provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, and Simply Accounting. For more information about ACCPAC Pacific, ACCPACcrm.com and our other products, call 1300 ACCPAC (222 722) in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC Pacific at www.accpac.com.au.
The Sage Group, plc is a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now employs over 8,000 people worldwide.

ACCPAC rolls major CRM upgrade into its hosted CRM offering at ACCPACcrm.com

2004-05-14T10:00:00Z

ACCPAC Australia Pacific Inc., part of The Sage Group family of companies, today announced in Australia/New Zealand a major upgrade to its ACCPACcrm.com customer relationship management (CRM) online subscription service (www.accpaccrm.com). ACCPAC, first in the industry to provide customers with the freedom of choice to deploy their CRM solution either hosted or on-premises, offers the ACCPACcrm.com hosted option now with the major benefits of ACCPAC CRM on-premises version 5.6, including:
Comprehensive, single-click integration with Microsoft Outlook;
Faster and easier to use interface, and;
Additional reports and enhanced reporting flexibility.
Freedom of Choice
Unlike salesforce.com and other online-only services, the ACCPACcrm.com hosted CRM service allows businesses the freedom to move to on-premises deployment, at any time, and with all data and customisations fully intact. Businesses wary of larger initial upfront investments can start with an easily affordable subscription at ACCPACcrm.com, with the knowledge that any investments in their data, customisations and training are fully protected should they later need or want to move their solution on-premises.
Comprehensive Microsoft Outlook Integration
Users now have complete, two-way synchronisation with Outlook contacts, calendars and tasks, in addition to enhanced e-mail integration. This comprehensive integration also enables users to synchronise CRM data to pocket devices such as mobile phones and PDAs that synchronise with Outlook. In addition, users have the option to access their entire ACCPACcrm.com system from within the standard Microsoft Outlook interface.
Faster, Easier User Interface
The new version of ACCPACcrm.com includes a series of interface enhancements that add to the products user-friendly approach by making it even easier and faster to work with customer records, and to set up new tasks and appointments. This upgrade builds on the significant enhancements delivered in the previous version, improving overall usability with additional, faster navigation options to make information accessible with fewer clicks.
Improved Reporting Functionality, More Reports
ACCPACcrm.com now provides report creation in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, enabling greater control over output and near publishing quality reports in color, with more control over where the content appears. In addition, new summary reports with single-click accessibility have been added for quick access to critical information.
"ACCPAC remains focused on providing our customers freedom of choice with the most flexible and affordable CRM solution available, and the new enhancements at ACCPACcrm.com demonstrate that clearly," said ACCPAC Senior Vice President, Australia Pacific, Daithi Holden. "ACCPACcrm.com provides the choice to move the software on-premises if needed, with complete data and customisation transfer; the choice to integrate with back office accounting; and now the choice to use a familiar business application like Outlook as an integrated component of their overall CRM solution."
ACCPACcrm.com continues to offer several other key differentiators from competing solutions, including:
Local service and support through an established, growing, worldwide channel of more than 800 ACCPAC CRM Solution Providers, Certified Consultants and Development Partners;
Bi-directional, seamless integration with back office accounting, and;
Affordable, competitive pricing.
According to Wendy Close, CRM Research Director at Gartner, Inc., by 2006, 50 percent of small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) using CRM applications will have done some integration of their CRM applications with back office applications such as order processing and accounting, or other front office applications like their web site; also by that time, 25 percent of SMBs investing in CRM software will choose a CRM application service provider to host and manage their CRM system.
"CRM application service providers are gaining in popularity as more evidence of success has become available," said Close. "The combination of relatively low start-up costs, few IT resources required for start-up or maintenance, rapid deployment of less than 50 days average, ease-of-use, and deep enough functionality to meet the needs of many SMBs as well as divisions of some large enterprises, has proved to be the right mix for many clients."
Pricing and Availability
ACCPACcrm.com is available through authorised ACCPAC Solution Providers in Australia and New Zealand starting at $995 (USD) per year ($17 per named user per month) for a specially packaged 5 named users subscription of ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam. For a 30-day free trial, visit www.accpaccrm.com.
About ACCPAC and The Sage Group, plc
ACCPAC International, Inc., part of The Sage Group family of companies, provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, Simply Accounting, and ACCPAC Messenger Series. For more information about ACCPAC, ACCPACcrm.com and our other products, call 1800 262 620 (Australia) / 0800 904 409 (New Zealand), or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com.au or www.accpaccrm.com.
The Sage Group, plc is a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and related products and services for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and the Group now employs over 7,500 people worldwide.
ACCPAC, the ACCPAC logo and the ACCPAC product names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of ACCPAC International, Inc. in Australia, the United States and other countries. All other marks are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

ACCPAC fuels CRM growth with expanding development partner program

2004-05-14T10:00:00Z

Sydney, 14 May 2004 ACCPAC Australia Pacific Inc., a part of The Sage Group family of companies, has announced the availability in Australia of more than 50 add-on applications developed by independent software vendors (ISVs) for its ACCPAC CRM customer relationship management software. More than 70 ISVs have committed to providing enhancement solutions or customising ACCPAC CRM for specific industries since the ACCPAC CRM Development Partner Program was launched locally in October 2003.
"Software developers are teaming with us because they understand that combining ACCPAC CRM with their applications and, at the same time, gaining access to our large, global channel is a tremendous opportunity for them to substantially grow their businesses," said ACCPAC Senior Vice President, Australia Pacific, Daithi Holden. "The result is that both ACCPAC and our business partners are able to provide more robust solutions to more and more customers - the ultimate beneficiaries."
ACCPAC CRM ISV applications include tour management, service operations management, student tracking systems, apparel solutions, professional services time and billing management, customer reward solutions, property management solutions, voice-based sales force systems, performance management, and others.
ACCPAC has been extending the power and flexibility of ACCPAC CRM to serve broader markets through both internal development and cooperative development with ISVs in the ACCPAC CRM Development Partner Program. The ACCPAC CRM Development Partner Program is unique because it enables ISVs to work with not only the ACCPAC CRM application, but through it, the other ACCPAC end-to-end applications such as accounting, human resources, warehouse management, e-commerce, and point of sale as well as hundreds of modules from more than 400 ACCPAC Development Partners.
Through these combined solutions, ACCPAC and its development partners are able to optimise the degree of fit and the magnitude of success that clients can experience with their CRM system.
ACCPAC CRM Development Partners have the opportunity to significantly expand their business through the benefits of this program. Benefits include:
SDK and Documentation: ACCPAC provides a software development kit and comprehensive documentation.
Marketing: ACCPAC works with each partner closely to help define and support the value proposition for the customer and provide marketing opportunities to the ACCPAC reseller channel.
Technical Support: On-going support for partners helps their growth and continued success. Development and on-going technical support is available throughout the life of the partner relationship.
Training: Developer-specific training ensures that Development Partners understand the depth of ACCPAC CRM and the capabilities inherent in the full suite of ACCPAC end-to-end applications.
ISVs who have recently joined the ACCPAC CRM Development Partner Program include: Abrige, Access Accounting eSolutions & Services, Accounting Software Professionals, Advanced Applications Inc., APEX Business Solutions LLC, BAASS Business Solutions, Berlan Systems Inc., Caron Business Solutions, Compass Enterprise Solutions, e2e Business Management Solutions, Full Capacity, Harwood Consulting Inc., iCube Info International, iHello, Implanciel Inc., Inaplex Limited, Integrated Tech Inc., InTime Solutions Inc., Manufacturing Information Systems, Inc. (MISys), MBC Solutions, Net@Work, Online Computer Systems, Orchid Financial Systems, Paragon Consulting Group, Inc., Planet Earth Projects Inc., Poly-Asia (China) Co Ltd, Sidler Clarke Inc., Softkey Microsystems, STG Computer Systems Inc., Tactec Pty Ltd, Toucan Interactive, and Quality Directions.
Learn More
For more information on the ACCPAC CRM Development Partner Program, email crmdeveloper@accpac.com, visit www.accpac.com/beapartner, or call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand.
About ACCPAC and The Sage Group, plc
ACCPAC International, Inc., part of The Sage Group family of companies, provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, Simply Accounting, and ACCPAC Messenger Series. For more information about ACCPAC, ACCPACcrm.com and our other products, call 1800 262 620 (Australia)/0800 904 409 (New Zealand), or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com.au or www.accpaccrm.com.

Accpac announces immediate support for IBM DB2 stinger

2004-05-05T13:14:00Z

ACCPAC International, Inc., a Best Software company, part of The Sage Group, plc, announced today its support of the forthcoming version of IBMR DB2R, code-named Stinger, as part of its continuing business partnership with IBM. ACCPAC will provide full support for the new database, which IBM today opened for beta testing, to clients of ACCPAC CRMT, and ACCPAC Advantage SeriesT and ACCPAC Pro SeriesT accounting systems. ACCPAC clients have already been benefiting from IBM DB2 Universal Database since ACCPAC began shipping it as the standard database included with these applications in February 2003.
"Stinger is an impressive upgrade that clearly shows IBM's commitment to the SMB market," said ACCPAC Vice President of Product Management, Craig Downing. "In particular, the focus on automating administrative tasks gives small and mid-size businesses high data reliability without high administrative attention. This is a very attractive combination for ACCPAC clients who are focused on running their business, not managing their technology infrastructure."
Several key features in this new version of DB2 offer compelling value to small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) using ACCPACR end-to-end business management applications, including:
. Autonomic computing for self-management tasks such as data backups;
. High availability with automatic fail over protection;
. Ease of administration features, and;
. The freedom to run on multiple platforms.
"Our efforts around DB2 are all about simplifying and automating many database deployment and maintenance activities, so companies can focus on business goals that drive greater returns from their technology investments," said Jonathan Prial, Vice-President, Marketing, IBM Information Management. "ACCPAC is helping its customers achieve those goals by enabling its software to take advantage of DB2's new capabilities."
Autonomic computing
Because SMBs typically have fewer resources to dedicate to the ongoing maintenance and oversight of their database, it is vital that the database be capable of 'taking care of itself.' ACCPAC clients can benefit from new Stinger features including the Health Centre, which ensures that, in the event something is about to go wrong such as an 'out of disk space'situation, the database draws attention to the issue, and makes suggestions to minimise potential problems and maximise performance. Automated Backup with Policy Management enhancements allow back ups to be handled automatically. Clients no longer need to worry about running the back up themselves or sitting in front of the computer when back ups are happening.
High Availability enhancements
High availability enhancements keep the database and applications up and running full time, especially important in today's interconnected and on demand world. The ability to automatically 'fail over' onto a standby server in the event that a hardware or network failure should occur, or during scheduled maintenance, ensures that companies are always in production.
Ease of administration
With IBM DB2 Stinger, ACCPAC clients will benefit from easy-to-use administration tools, automated database configuration, and simplified memory management.
Freedom of Choice with multiple platform support
Stinger offers ACCPAC clients a solution that is not only extremely price competitive, but also provides leading technology and unmatched freedom of choice regarding the computing platform on which to operate their database. Clients can choose to deploy the database on the platform that is right for them -- for example, MicrosoftR WindowsR on AMDR or IntelR processors, or 64-bit LinuxR or IBM OS400 on the PowerPCR. Clients who choose ACCPAC and DB2 are free from being locked into one vendor's technology infrastructure.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, and ACCPAC CRM are available from ACCPAC Solution Providers worldwide, with a 3-user license for IBM DB2 included free of charge. To locate an ACCPAC Solution Provider, call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com.au
About ACCPAC and Best Software
ACCPAC International, Inc., a Best Software company, part of The Sage Group, plc (London: SGE.L), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers' competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC CRMT, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeamT, ACCPAC Advantage SeriesT, ACCPAC Pro SeriesT, ACCPAC HR SeriesT, ACCPAC Business Analysis SuiteT, ACCPAC eTransactR, ACCPAC ExchangeT, ACCPAC Warehouse Management SystemT, ACCPAC ePOSP, ACCPAC InsightT, Simply AccountingR, and ACCPAC, Messenger Series.
ACCPAC is part of Best Software, whose parent company, The Sage Group, plc (London: SGE.L), supports over three million customers worldwide and has revenue of US$815 million. For more information, please visit www.bestsoftware.com and www.accpac.com.au
Copyright C 2004 ACCPAC International, Inc. All rights reserved. ACCPAC, the ACCPAC logo, and the ACCPAC product names set forth above are registered trademarks or trademarks of ACCPAC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Retailers ring up new sales with ACCPAC ePOS

2004-02-25T18:31:00Z

ACCPAC has announced the release of ACCPAC ePOS v. 5.2 point of sale (POS) system. The software enables retailers to manage their POS operations securely over the Internet with complete integration to ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting. The systems Internet-based approach provides a high degree of flexibility, especially for multiple-site operations, while remaining cost-effective, and easy to administer.
ACCPAC ePOS 5.2 enables retailers to easily link POS registers at multiple retail locations to the head office over the Internet -a single installation of the ACCPAC ePOS server connects ACCPAC ePOS registers at both local and remote locations. This Internet-based approach makes register setup simple and cost-effective. ACCPAC ePOS also provides real time integration with back office accounting for single point transaction management, and its on-line and off-line modes ensure uninterrupted transaction processing should Internet availability become compromised.
New with version 5.2, ACCPAC ePOS also enables retailers to:
Handle transactions in multiple currencies; even rounding up where required as in Australia where pennies are no longer used;
Easily manage multiple tills at POS registers for fast cashier changeover; For example, sales transactions for the a.m. clerk can be kept in an ACCPAC ePOS electronic till or virtual cash box dedicated to that cashier, while transactions are processed in the p.m. clerks electronic till, once that clerk starts his/her shift. Each clerk maintains a separate total, eliminating the need for time-consuming, manual cash register transitions and helping to prevent till errors.
Handle complex inventory barcode schemes such as those for multiple part products.
It also offers advanced security:
New, variable encryption technology to prevent another system or hacker from processing transactions. The ACCPAC ePOS Server verifies the next transaction and credit card numbers during Register activation, ensuring that previously used or duplicate numbers from inactive or stolen registers cant be used. Users can configure security by Company, Register and Rights, and password protection is provided in both offline and online modes.
"Our goal is to provide SMBs with an excellent POS application, made even better through its use of the Internet and tight integration with surrounding business applications," said ACCPAC Senior Vice President (Pacific), Daithi Holden. "With ACCPAC ePOS 5.2, were providing more operational flexibility, full integration to the back office, bulletproof transaction processing, and much higher security. Additionally, since ePOS uses the Internet, SMBs can now benefit from the centralised management and real time transaction processing that larger retailers have enjoyed for years - and at a price they can afford."
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC ePOS is available now from ACCPAC Solution Providers worldwide starting at an SRP of AUD$2,760 for the Server component and AUD$1,380 for the Register component.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM Sales Team, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.

ACCPAC Launches Advantage Series 5.2 Project and Job Costing With Integration to Microsoft Project

2004-02-02T17:44:00Z

ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), has announced the release of ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.2 Project and Job Costing, which adds new integration with Microsoft Project and more flexible accounting, budgeting, and ease-of-use enhancements. Project and Job Costing shares the Web-accessibility features of all ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting modules and delivers the freedom of choice in operating systems and databases that the entire series offers.
Project and Job Costing provides small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) with the tools to manage simple or complex contracts and jobs. This latest release offers:
Integration with Microsoft Project for improved controls;
Support for retainage accounting;
Budgeting capabilities for improved estimating and performance tracking;
Ease-of-use enhancements, including colour coding for project status, and;
Greater security.
Integration with Microsoft Project for improved management controls
Users can integrate ACCPAC Advantage Series Project and Job Costing with Microsoft Project for more control over scheduling with the flexibility to update data in either product. Start and end dates as well as quantities that are entered in Microsoft Project are updated in Project and Job Costing. Users can import or export contracts to and from Project and Job Costing. Synchronisation is also supported; newly created projects and resources are synchronised between the products, as are changes to estimates and the task percentage complete status.
Retainage
New support for retainage accounting enables businesses to improve cash flow analysis through accurate accounting of customers retained amounts in accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit notes or debit notes. This new feature allows users to manage any amounts retained on the original invoice and to automatically invoice as the retained amounts are due to be paid by a customer or to a vendor. Integration with ACCPAC Advantage Series Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable modules provides access to Aged Retainage reports. The reports allow users to print an aged listing that identifies when retainage is due to be invoiced or is overdue.
Budgeting capabilities for improved estimating and performance tracking
Users can now set up budgets for costs and revenues for each contract, project, and category of project. The increased budgeting flexibility assists finance and accounting departments in preparing rolled up budgets, revenue forecasts and a benchmark for project performance.
Ease-of-use enhancements
Enhancements throughout the software are designed to simplify processes, reducing time needed to track details and improving information retrieval for quicker decision processes. Among these features is new color-coding that provides instant status recognition of a project. In addition, the new Adjustments form provides a fast way to revise quantities as well as cost and billing amounts while the software automatically calculates adjustments amounts.
Greater Security
Timecard security can now be set up for each employee enabling system users to maintain their own time card records, securely. Clients will benefit by allowing employees to enter their own time cards, reducing the workload of system and project administrators.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.2 Project and Job Costing is available in ANZ from ACCPAC Solution Providers at an SRP of A$2,760.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM Sales Team, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.
Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Canada, India, Ireland, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 6,500 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com, www.accpaconline.com or www.simplyaccounting.com.

ACCPAC beefs up security& simplifies order management with New Advantage Series 5.2

2003-10-09T14:22:00Z

ACCPAC Australia Pacific, Inc., a provider of end-to-end business management applications to the small and middle-market, has announced the local availability of version 5.2 of its award-winning ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting system.
This latest version provides small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) with dozens of functional enhancements throughout the system including improvements in the Order Entry (OE), Inventory Control (IC), and Purchase Orders (PO) modules that make it even easier to manage the entire order processing cycle. Additional enhancements in the System Manager (SM) module give administrators even tighter control over the security of the entire accounting system.
"Advantage Series continues to provide small and mid-size businesses with exceptional value," said ACCPAC Australia Pacifics Senior Vice President, Daithi Holden. "In addition to providing our customers with the freedom to choose from a variety of industry leading databases and to deploy on Microsoft or Linux operating systems, with version 5.2 we're offering our customers a powerful new feature set that can significantly improve their order management processes, plus unprecedented security controls for additional peace of mind."
Advanced Order Management - Faster, Easier, More Flexible
Order management has been significantly improved throughout ACCPAC Advantage Series OE, IC and PO modules with a focus on ease of use even while supporting the more complex needs of fast-growing and larger organisations.
New features support entering orders, shipments and invoices separately, so businesses can allocate various components of the order process to different company personnel. For example, order entry clerks can enter customer orders, while warehouse personnel record shipments and accounting personnel process the invoices. Security protocols can then be attached to each process so that only the assigned personnel are permitted to perform their specific OE function.
Some of the additional order and inventory management enhancements in ACCPAC Advantage Series version 5.2 that can significantly improve order processing include:

Faster data entry with recognised manufacturer's numbers. The system now recognises and maps manufacturer's item numbers to IC item numbers, including UPC codes, ISBN numbers, and shortcut codes that can be used to speed up data entry. The OE and PO modules allow users to enter the manufacturer's item number instead of the IC item number when processing transactions.
Improved quote management. Users can keep and reuse quotes, include all or just some of the details of the quote on a new order, and include multiple quotes on a single order.
Enhancements to shipment and invoicing relationships. OE clerks can include multiple orders on a single shipment and include multiple shipments on a single invoice. In addition, users can specify the shipping method for each item to allow items shipped with the same method to be grouped and printed on the same packing slip, and specify the shipment tracking number for each detail.
Simplified order creation and management. Users can create an order by simply selecting and copying details of existing customer orders. They can also now commit a quantity to a specific order to ensure the quantity is guaranteed to be available for shipping and specify a discount on each detail of an order, shipment and invoice.
Improved inventory distribution. Users can now disassemble master items that have been built from components in a bill of materials, and return components to inventory as separate items. They can also transfer inventory directly and immediately between locations, or transfer goods via goods-in-transit locations to reflect more accurately the movement of goods between locations.
In addition to these enhancements in the order management cycle, the new ACCPAC Advantage Series v5.2 General Ledger module provides new features that further improve transaction management and reporting. Among these are security by GL account and segment; a new function to easily reverse posted transactions; performance enhancements in the financial reporter; and the ability to print/send financial reports to multiple destinations, including e-mail.
Advanced Security Controls
ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.2 features an improved System Manager module, with enhanced administration features that provide even more security throughout the accounting system. Administrators can force users to enact password changes at intervals determined by the administrator, set requirements on the structure of passwords required to access the accounting system (e.g., require a mix of letters and numbers), enforce password length and prohibit users from re-using the same passwords.
Version 5.2 also contains new user-specific security options including: forcing the user to change their password at their next log-on; prohibiting the user from changing their password or allowing their password to expire; restricting users' log-on days and times; and disabling a user's account.
When deploying ACCPAC Advantage Series over the Web, a single administrator can easily implement all of these functions globally, regardless of the number of users and/or locations.
Security has also been stepped up in the GL module, where access can now be restricted by account code and even account code segment. Only those users predetermined to have rights to the account or to the segment can view, enter or print GL transactional data.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.2, Enterprise Edition, is available now from ACCPAC Solution Providers at an SRP of AUD$2070 per module, with Corporate and Small Business Editions available soon. To locate an ACCPAC Solution Provider, call 1800 262 620, or visit www.accpac.com.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers' competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.
Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 7,000 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com and www.accpaconline.com.

ACCPAC ships new Pro Series 7.2

2003-10-09T14:04:00Z

ACCPAC Australia Pacific, Inc., a provider of end-to-end business management applications to the small and middle-market, has announced to its channel at its annual partner event in Sydney - the local availability of version 7.2 of the ACCPAC Pro Series accounting and manufacturing system.
Among the extensive new features in this version are international accounting support for Goods and Services Tax (GST) and a series of new productivity-enhancing wizards designed to accelerate shipping and inventory forecasting processes. ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2 is also compatible with other ACCPAC solutions, offering small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) an integrated end-to-end business management suite that includes accounting, manufacturing, CRM, HR, Warehouse Management, e-commerce, EDI, and enterprise-wide reporting.
Modules for both Editions of ACCPAC Pro Series, Small Business and Enterprise, are being upgraded. Now all of these modules can be run on the Microsoft SQL database, in addition to Microsoft Visual FoxPro. IBM DB2 support, already available for ACCPAC Pro Series 7.1, is slated for version 7.2 in calendar Q4, 2003.
"Businesses are constantly seeking choice and flexibility in their critical business management applications," said ACCPAC Australia Pacifics Senior Vice President, Daithi Holden. "ACCPAC Pro Series continues to deliver an extensive feature set in a package that can be fully customised to fit their individual needs, reinforcing our strong commitment to provide the freedom of choice that empowers our customers with solutions capable of meeting those needs."
New Internationalisation and General Accounting Features
ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2 now fulfils the taxation needs of international companies with new Goods and Services Tax (GST) support. Multiple GST builds on the standard VAT method of taxation by allowing users to assign multiple tax codes to a single line item. This enables ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2 to be configured and customised for use in foreign countries or locales that have specialised line item tax requirements.
General accounting enhancements include support for alphanumeric account codes in the General Ledger for greater flexibility, and with version 7.2, users can now defer invoicing during shipment, plus combine shipments from all or just selected invoices into a single, consolidated invoice.
New Wizard-Driven Features and Other Productivity Enhancements
With a strong focus on improving productivity for users, ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2 offers a range of enhancements, from new wizard-driven processes to extensive improvements in printing options and reporting features.
The new Inventory Item Forecasting Wizard can project the demand for an item, by location, and estimate a new order point and order quantity. Users can then update the system, replacing their current order point and quantity with the newly estimated values.
The new Quick Ship feature is also wizard-driven and enables users to easily ship multiple sales orders simultaneously by entering one bulk sales order command.
More flexibility in printing options is also included in version 7.2, with users being able to print or view orders and invoices upon creation, or when making any changes. The new Print icon allows users to print sales orders, invoices and purchase orders immediately after saving them or when editing them. By using the new Edit Sequence command when printing, users have the flexibility to edit the line sequence of sales orders, purchase orders and invoice line items for improved presentation to clients.
ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2 also features several new capabilities for attaching files to customer, inventory and other information entries. For example, users can now hyperlink attachments, enabling them to attach spreadsheets, correspondence and other documents to customer files. Picture files can now be added to inventory items. In addition, the ACCPAC Pro Series Message Centre has been enhanced to enable bulk message delivery, including file attachments.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2, Enterprise Edition, and ACCPAC Pro Series 7.2, Small Business Edition, are available now from ACCPAC Solution Providers at an SRP of AUD$2070 per module for the Enterprise Edition, and AUD$1380 per module for the Small Business Edition. To locate an ACCPAC Solution Provider, call 1800 262 620 or visit www.accpac.com.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers' competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM SalesTeam, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.
Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 7,000 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com and www.accpaconline.com.

ACCPAC restructures Australian organisation for local growth and up-market ambition

2003-09-24T18:10:00Z

ACCPAC Australia Pacific, Inc.*, a provider of end-to-end business management applications to the small and middle-market, today announced it has restructured its Australian/New Zealand channel and sales teams to bolster its commitment to its channel-only sales strategy. The move is also designed to boost ACCPACs already-successful bid to expand not only within its traditional SMB stronghold, but to dominate the mid-market with its integrated enterprise accounting and business systems.
The strategic move follows several major wins for ACCPACs integrated accounting, HR, CRM, e-commerce and warehouse management systems in Australia and New Zealand. It has this year scored major projects at The Australian Crime Commission, Chanel (Australia and New Zealand), Imerys and Monyx (Monash University), and also extended its successful partnership with The Melbourne Storm and Luv-a-Duck.
Martin McCaffery, formerly ACCPACs local sales director, has been appointed director of business development. He is now responsible for recruiting new channel partners focused on financial systems and general IT systems integration. Mr. McCaffery will also focus on recruiting partners knowledgeable in the CRM field to help boost revenue for the award-winning ACCPAC CRM customer relationship management solution.
Sydney-based Sascha Ambrose, formerly business development manager (Northern Territory), is now account manager Australia/New Zealand. He is chartered with driving ACCPACs channel sales strategy, managing the companys revamped partner programme for Australia/New Zealand, and assisting resellers with sales initiatives, training and product queries.
Meanwhile, Melbourne-based Kim Olson, formerly business development manager (Southern Territory), has been appointed strategic sales executive. She is tasked with helping the companys channel partners better service major customers and boost their revenues in the lucrative and fast-growing arena of integrated business systems. To this end, she will spearhead major sales drives into the regions larger organisations, helping to deliver larger, enterprise-level deals for ACCPACs channel partners.
* ACCPAC Australia Pacific, Inc.is part of ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM Sales Team, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, ACCPAC Insight, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.

Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Canada, India, Ireland, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 7,000 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and its products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com, www.accpaconline.com.

Australian-developed project and job costing module expands ACCPAC advantage

2003-08-08T14:42:00Z

ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), announced today the availability of the new Australian-developed Project and Job Costing module for its award-winning ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting system. Already, the product has been snapped up by several Australian companies, and has been fully rolled out at the Australian Crime Authority which first trialled the new module here last year.
This latest module provides small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) with the tools to manage estimates, track progress and control costing and billing on projects, from the simplest to the most complex. ACCPAC Advantage Series Project and Job Costing helps SMBs improve quote speed and accuracy, determine which jobs are profitable and better manage their resources across all projects. This new module is designed for project managers in construction, engineering, architecture, legal, and any other professional or service industries.
As a module of ACCPAC Advantage Series, Project and Job Costing inherits the many benefits of the advanced architecture of Advantage Series, including the ability to deploy over the Web and the freedom of choice to run on either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems and on a variety of industry leading databases.
Project and Job Costing fully integrates with all four editions of ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting software (Discovery, Small Business, Corporate and Enterprise). Its integration with ACCPAC Advantage Series Payroll improves timecard management for better overall cost management and collection/billing. Because the software is Web-deployable, employees can enter timecard information and managers can access vital project information with anytime, anywhere access, whether from a central office, remote office, home or job site.
Project and Job Costing offers a host of key customer features and benefits, including:
Powerful Estimating Capabilities
In addition to providing business owners the ability to assign staff, material, subcontractors, equipment, miscellaneous items and overhead to each project, Project and Job Costing allows them to set up complex estimates by specifying the quantity, unit cost and billing rate for each of these elements. This eliminates guesswork and time-consuming paperwork, and enables company owners and project managers to pursue only those projects that make the most business sense.

Complete Contract Management
With Project and Job Costing, SMBs have broad flexibility to track contracts in the way that best suits each contract. Three levels of detail are supported-contract, project, and category-and multiple contracts, projects, and categories can be tracked. Among other flexible tracking and costing features are:
The ability to change naming conventions for detail levels to reflect terminology standard to a particular industry;
A selection of project types: time and material, cost plus and fixed price;
Completion tracking: total cost percentage complete, category cost percentage complete, labour cost percentage complete, billings and costs, project percentage complete, completed contract, completed project or accrual;
Cost types: labour, material, equipment, miscellaneous, overhead and subcontractor;
Status tracking: estimate, approved, open, on hold, complete and closed.
Flexible Billing Management
Project and Job Costing automatically creates customer invoices based on outstanding transactions that are due to be billed. This allows users to review the generated billings for the customer and make any necessary changes before updating the ACCPAC Advantage Series Accounts Receivable module. Business owners can transfer inventory items to a contract and bill a customer for inventory used, and return unused items back to inventory for availability on other projects. As equipment is used within a project, businesses can record the billing rate of the equipment to easily bill the customer for usage.

In-Depth Inquiry Capabilities
ACCPAC Advantage Series Project and Job Costing provides SMBs with the ability to review the current state of each of their projects through centralised inquiry capabilities. Items such as project status, profitability and estimate-to-actual comparisons can be reviewed, and business owners can drill down to the originating transactions without having to comb through piles of paperwork or conduct difficult, time-consuming electronic data searches.

Timecard Processing
The Timecard User option enables a business owner to easily have his or her employees manage their own time billing records from any location (job site, office, home or elsewhere) by entering timecards using an Internet browser. The owner or designated payroll administrator can then approve employee timecards and expenses before updating ACCPAC Advantage Series Payroll. With this feature, users can update revenue and cost estimates at any time, with a full audit trail of the changes, plus choose when to recognise revenue based on GAAP requirements and the companys business needs.
Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Advantage Series Project and Job Costing is currently available from ACCPAC Solution Providers throughout Australia and New Zealand starting at an SRP of A$2,760/NZ$3175 for the module. To locate an ACCPAC Solution Provider, call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand or visit www.accpac.com.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC CRM, ACCPAC CRM Sales Team, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.

Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Canada, India, Ireland, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 6,500 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com, www.accpaconline.com or www.simplyaccounting.com

ACCPAC launches new Simply Accounting 2003

2003-07-01T19:13:00Z

ACCPAC Australia Pacific Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), announced today the local release of Simply Accounting 2003, the new version of its integrated accounting program for small businesses. Simply Accounting 2003 gives small businesses a complete accounting system, including e-commerce features, for as little as AUD$110/NZ$130. The Simply Accounting 2003 Pro version adds multi-user, multi-currency, and time billing capabilities for as little as AUD$209/NZ$250.
A major upgrade from previous versions, ACCPAC Simply Accounting 2003 includes the features most requested from a base of over 360,000 registered users worldwide.
Small business owners can spend more time growing their businesses with the dozens of new features and enhancements in Simply Accounting 2003, including:
New Simply Webstore for integrated e-commerce;
New Departmental Accounting (Pro version);
New security features;
New reporting enhancements;
New General Journal enhancements, and;
New time-saving features.
"Small businesses dont have the luxury of expensive consultants to explain or manage their accounting, or create a presence for them on the Internet-they need affordable software thats easy to use, accurate, and gives them a clear picture of their business," said Daithi Holden, ACCPACs senior vice president Australia Pacific. "Weve designed Simply Accounting 2003 to be the best value accounting software for small business - a complete, secure accounting system that business owners can be confident in using day in and day out."
New Simply Webstore for integrated e-commerce
Simply Webstore offers businesses an inexpensive and fast entry to online selling, enabling users to build a complete business-to-business and business-to-consumer Web store in a matter of hours, using any of over 60 supplied store templates.
Unlike typical webstores that operate independently of the accounting system, Simply Webstore understands Simply Accounting data, so no extra integration effort is needed -inventory in Simply Accounting 2003 automatically presents itself in Simply Webstore and sales transactions made at Simply Webstore go directly into Simply Accounting 2003 without re-keying.
Because Simply Webstore is managed online through an ACCPAC hosted software facility, it doesnt require users to set up sophisticated hardware and software in their offices. A low monthly fee of US$35 for the service ensures cost-effective e-commerce capability. ACCPAC also offers optional services to assist with domain registration, setup and design for businesses that want to simplify their e-commerce even further. Simply Webstore works with both Simply Accounting 2003 Basic and Pro versions.
Departmental Accounting The new Departmental Accounting capability in Simply Accounting 2003 Pro enables detailed reporting of up to 100 departments within a company. Simply Accounting 2003 Pro uses segments in the GL account codes, enabling true Departmental Accounting and reporting throughout all accounting modules.
New security features
Simply Accounting 2003 security can now be assigned to the record and journal level. This release also incorporates increased password security and a new check log report that allows small business owners to keep tight control and monitoring of their internal accounting. Equally important, Simply Accounting 2003 retains a full-time audit trail, ensuring accounting integrity automatically.
New reporting enhancements
Simply Accounting 2003 allows users to sort and display information based on the users preference and easily change report-viewing options without having to close and re-open reports. Date range selection for ad-hoc reporting has also been streamlined with pop-up calendars and drop-down lists. In addition, users can now easily produce reports in HTML format for viewing over the Internet.
New General Journal enhancements
With Simply Accounting 2003, users can now track tax details through the General Journal module. They can also store additional transaction detail and view additional comment fields in each journal entry.
New time-saving features
Simply Accounting 2003 includes many new time-savers such as the ability to assign a revenue account to specific customers for faster data-entry. Users can now also quickly access the Microsoft Windows calculator from the Simply Accounting toolbar, easily edit sales tax information in the sales journal and attach user-definable fields to transactions.
Conforming to all requirements of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), ACCPAC Simply Accounting has long been popular among accountants and small business owners alike.
"Its clear that ACCPAC has done their homework with Simply Accounting 2003," saidCallum Skeet, Managing Director of Queensland-based CKRT Business Strategies.
"The product never loses sight of the need to be simple and quick to use, yet it has the querying power and reporting flexibility usually only found in larger systems - to provide busy managers with exactly the financial and management information they need, whenthey need it."
Pricing and Availability
Simply Accounting 2003 Basic and Pro carry RSRPs in Australia of AUD$110 and AUD$209 respectively and in New Zealand of NZ$130 and NZ$250. Both products are available now directly from ACCPAC by calling 1800 222 040 or by visiting www.simplyaccounting.com/aus, and are also be available at Mail Order Software.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC eCRM, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS , Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.
Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Canada, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 6,500 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com, www.accpaconline.com or www.simplyaccounting.com.

ACCPAC Launches New Advantage Series 5.1 with IBM DB2 Universal Database Included

2003-05-29T02:26:00Z

ACCPAC International, Inc., the accounting and business software subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), has announced the release of version 5.1 of its Web-based ACCPAC Advantage Series accounting system. The new release includes dozens of functional enhancements, plus new component packaging and pricing designed to make it easier and more cost-effective for mid to small-size businesses to create economical business management solutions aligned more closely to their exact needs.
All editions of ACCPAC Advantage Series (Enterprise, Corporate, Small Business and Discovery) are being upgraded, providing improved Web-services integration, expanded database support and performance improvements, as well as functional enhancements for international markets and overall ease-of-use. In addition, Multicurrency, National Accounts, and Optional Fields and Validation Tables have been newly packaged as optional modules across all editions. Module pricing has been reduced by up to 40%, making Advantage Series more affordable for more businesses than ever before.
With version 5.1, ACCPAC is also the first accounting software vendor to include, at no additional charge, the IBM DB2 database with its software.
"Advantage Series has provided small and mid-size businesses with the freedom to choose from a variety of industry leading databases and to deploy on Microsoft or Linux operating systems," said ACCPAC senior vice president Australia/Pacific, Daithi Holden. "Were taking that freedom of choice a strong step further in version 5.1 with new packaging and pricing options designed to enable our customers to buy what they need, when they need it and to do so affordably. And since were including DB2 server and three DB2 user licenses at no charge, the value proposition for our customers is even stronger."
New Modules Offer SMBs Freedom To Choose
With ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.1 the Multicurrency, National Accounts, and Optional Fields and Validation Tables functions are now available as optional modules across all four editions for increased customisation flexibility. Pricing of select core modules has been reduced up to 40%. Prices in the Enterprise Edition, for example, have been reduced by 40% for the System Manager and up to 25% for accounting modules. This combination of reduced module pricing and more choice in selecting options enables customers to build systems that are even better suited to their specific accounting needs and are ultimately more cost-effective.
IBM DB2 Universal Database Now Included in Every System Manager
Through an agreement with IBM, ACCPAC now includes IBM DB2 Universal database and three user licenses in every Advantage Series 5.1 System Manager module, for all editions. DB2 is a Web-ready relational database management system delivering leading capabilities in reliability, performance and scalability. IBM reports more than 60 million DB2 users from 400,000 companies worldwide.
Expanded Database Support Across All Editions
ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.1 now offers support across all four editions for the full range of database options that was previously available only for the Enterprise Edition. In addition to DB2, clients of ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.1 can now choose from Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server or Pervasive.SQL 2000 databases.
Dozens of Enhancements Throughout All Modules
Advantage Series 5.1 modules have been upgraded with over 75 features requested by clients and Business Partners around the world, including:
A SOAP (Simply Object Access Protocol) interface to business object code throughout the product to enable easy Web services integration
The ability to import and export in XML format
Enhancements to Bank Services
Advanced tax management options
Sophisticated search/find capabilities
Enhanced drilldown capabilities
Significant ease-of-use enhancements across all modules

Pricing and Availability
ACCPAC Advantage Series is available from ACCPAC Solution Providers starting at an SRP of $495 AUD per module.
About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), provides small and mid-size businesses a broad range of end-to-end business management applications designed to enhance customers competitive advantage. Product lines include ACCPAC Advantage Series, ACCPAC Pro Series, ACCPAC HR Series, ACCPAC Business Analysis Suite, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC Exchange, ACCPAC eCRM, ACCPAC Warehouse Management System, ACCPAC ePOS, Simply Accounting, FAXserve and ACCPAC Messenger.

Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Canada, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Middle East, the Netherlands, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 customers and more than 6,500 channel partners in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information about ACCPAC and our products, call 1800 262 620 in Australia/ 0800 904 409 in New Zealand, or visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com, www.accpaconline.com or www.simplyaccounting.com.

ACCPAC Launches Low-Cost, Internet-Based B2B Transaction Exchange for SMEs

2002-08-23T21:00:00Z

ACCPAC International, Inc., the accounting and eBusiness software subsidiary of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), has announced the release of ACCPAC Exchange, the first Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) offering to integrate mid-market accounting applications with IBM Business Exchange Services, delivering low-cost EDI transaction documents over the Internet.

ACCPAC Exchange is designed to enable small and mid size businesses to overcome the significant cost and infrastructure obstacles typically associated with traditional EDI value-added networks (VANs) and to easily create inexpensive trading communities with their suppliers and customers. ACCPAC Exchange integrates with ACCPAC Advantage SeriesT and ACCPAC Pro Series accounting systems.

ACCPAC Exchange consists of software and services that deliver affordable Internet-based EDI processing. Businesses use the ACCPAC Exchange Transaction Manager to send and receive business transactions to other businesses-such as purchase orders destined for a supplier-via an EDI data transfer service hosted at ACCPAC OnlineT, ACCPAC's application hosting facility.

ACCPAC Online uses IBM Business Exchange Services to manage this low-cost, Internet-based transaction delivery. IBM Business Exchange Services acts as a central data transfer manager for EDI transactions, transmitting the data either exclusively through the Internet or, when required, by accessing traditional EDI networks. This flexible transaction delivery insulates businesses from the complexities of dealing with multiple EDI networks, while enabling them to electronically trade with not only traditional EDI VANs, but also Internet-based trading communities.

"EDI has long promised compelling business benefits but the high cost and complexity of traditional EDI offerings has placed those benefits out of reach for most small and mid-size businesses," said ACCPAC's senior vice president, Australia/Pacific: Daithi Holden.

"ACCPAC Exchange leverages the Internet to provide a simple, secure and affordable alternative to traditional EDI services. We've combined over 20 years of IBM experience in EDI and over 20 years of ACCPAC experience in accounting applications to bring mid-market businesses the benefits of EDI that large companies have enjoyed, but at a fraction of the cost."

The cost for the complete service can be as little as A$140 per month in Australia/$NZ$170 per month in New Zealand. IBM research statistics estimate potential savings of up to 69% using the ACCPAC/IBM system, compared to traditional EDI exchanges alone. Businesses who have avoided courting customers with EDI requirements may now rethink their strategies.

"ACCPAC Exchange enables companies to quickly and inexpensively reach trading partners without the added cost or infrastructure hassle of dealing with multiple VANs," said Jim Gant, vice president, global offerings, e-business hosting services, IBM Global Services. "This gives companies of any size the means to realize the cost-benefits of an 'e-business only' model by creating their own virtual trading communities."

Businesses can use ACCPAC Exchange to adopt pure Internet-based EDI right away, or, as the market evolves, gradually adopt Internet-based EDI while benefiting from a lower cost alternative to the traditional EDI fees they may already be paying. The system's connectivity with traditional EDI networks ensures a smooth transition, while integration with the ACCPAC accounting solution provides for rapid implementation and increased operating efficiencies.

ACCPAC Solution Provider Burcom Consulting of Edmonton, Alberta is implementing ACCPAC Exchange for SunFresh Farms, a wholesale fresh foods company faced with an EDI implementation deadline by a major grocery chain. "ACCPAC Exchange gives us the fast, cost-effective means to get up and running with EDI that we needed to comply with a key customer," said Rowena Simon, Controller with SunFresh Farms of Edmonton, Alberta. "Together with our ACCPAC Solution Provider, Burcom Consulting, we evaluated several options and found nothing that compared to ACCPAC's tight integration and low cost."

Pricing and Availability - Australia and New Zealand
ACCPAC Exchange is available immediately. ACCPAC Exchange Transaction Manager carries an RRP of: A$8,100 in Australia; NZ$9,800 in New Zealand. Options for Advanced Shipment Notices and file mapping to match vendor or supplier standards are also available. Transaction fees for ACCPAC Exchange start at A$140/NZ$170 per month in Australia/New Zealand respectively, a fraction of the cost of traditional EDI services.

About ACCPAC
ACCPAC International, Inc., a subsidiary of Computer Associates (NYSE: CA), empowers medium-sized enterprises through a broad range of end-to-end e-business solutions designed to enhance competitive advantage and increase profitability. Award-winning product lines include ACCPAC Advantage SeriesT (Enterprise Edition, Corporate Edition, Small Business Edition and Discovery Edition), ACCPAC Executive Series, ACCPAC Pro SeriesT, ACCPAC eTransact, ACCPAC eCRMT, ACCPAC Warehouse Management SystemT, ACCPAC Business Analysis SuiteT, ACCPAC HR SeriesT, Simply Accounting, FAXserveT and Simply BitWare.

Based in Pleasanton, Calif., USA, with offices in Asia, Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Canada, India, Mexico, the Middle East, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, ACCPAC has more than 500,000 registered clients and 5,000 business partners in more than 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com and www.accpaconline.com.