Accounting System Comparison

Upper-Mid Range Enterprise Systems

CLICK HERE! To See the Key: Functions Supported/Required: General Ledger Cash Management 3 -- -- -- Budgeting Complex Allocations -- -- -- -- Multi-Lingual Accounting -- -- 3 -- Governmental Accounting 3 -- -- -- 3 F -- 3 -- -- Accounts Payable Credit Management -- -- -- -- -- Time and Billing -- -- 3 3 3 -- Sales Analysis -- Payroll 3 -- 3 Direct Deposit 3 -- 3 3 Inventory Control Warehouse Management 3 -- -- -- -- -- 3 F -- -- Bill of Materials F Job Costing: Construction 3 -- -- -- 3 Job Costing: Service -- 3 Job Costing: Manufacturing 3 -- -- 3 3 Job Costing: Government Contractors 3 -- -- -- 3 F -- 3 Project Accounting -- -- -- Project Management 3 -- 3 -- -- -- -- Accounting System Comparison Upper-Mid Range Enterprise Systems CLICK HERE! To See the Key: Fixed Assets 3 3 3 3 Facilities/Equipment Maintenance Scheduling 3 3 -- 3 -- -- Order Entry POS/Counter Sales -- 3 3 3 -- 3 3 3 -- Contact Management 3 3 3 3 3 Customer Support Management F 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Service Contract Management -- 3 3 3 -- 3 -- -- Service Dispatch -- 3 3 3 -- 3 -- -- Document/Image Management -- 3 3 3 3 -- -- F 3 3 3 -- Workflow Management 3 3 -- -- F -- -- -- -- Manufacturing Functions Required/Supported: Assembly/Light Manufacturing Make-to-Stock Manufacturing 3 -- F Make-to-Order Manufacturing 3 -- F Work Order Processing -- -- F Inter/Intranet Functions Supported: Consumer to Business Commerce -- -- -- -- F -- F Business to Business Commerce -- -- -- F F Automatic Credit Card Validation -- 3 -- -- -- -- F 3 F Automatic Credit Check and Approval -- -- -- -- F Order Status Query -- -- -- -- F Financial/Management Report Circulation -- -- -- -- F F Accounting System Comparison Upper-Mid Range Enterprise Systems CLICK HERE! To See the Key: Client Operating System: DOS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- OS/2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Windows 3.1 + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Windows 95 Windows 98 -- -- -- -- Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 5.0 -- -- -- -- F -- F -- Server Operating System: MS Windows 95 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MS Windows 98 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MS Windows NT 4.0 -- MS Windows NT 5.0 -- -- -- -- F -- F -- Novell NetWare -- -- -- -- -- -- OS/2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX - Data General -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX - HP UX -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX - IBM AIX -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX - Sun Solaris -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX - SCO/Unixware -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNIX - Other -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Key :		Feature is provided in publisher's products.
	--	Feature cannot be met under any circumstances.
	3	Feature is provided by a third party vendor.
	R	This report can be generated but only in a Report Writer.
	F	Feature can be met by a future release of the core accounting applications.
	M	Feature can be met, but only if the product is modified.

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