Overview of the SouthWare Excellence Series™

SouthWare is a Business Management System (BMS) capable of operating businesses from $5 million to $200 million in annual sales.  With a focus on distribution and service related industries the Excellence Series also offers modules for Job Costing and Fixed Asset tracking and powerful report generator called ReportMate.®

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SouthWare frequently replaces Real World, SBT, OMD, CYMA, Peachtree, Quicken, Quickbooks, Solomon, Profit, Accountmate, Armor Premier, Champion, Businessvision, Avista, Impact, Great Plains, Open Systems, Cougar Mountain, Daceasy, Fourgen, MYOB, Abacus, and many others. It runs on Windows 95, Windows NT, Unix, AIX, Xenix, HP-UX, Linux, RS-6000 (RS/6000) SUN, and many other operating environments. Many auxiliary items of hardware have been integrated. These include bar code readers, bar code printers, hand held compuers from Telxon and Norand. An interface to IC Verify enables it to process credit card orders in real time. It allows an excellent Inventory system to be driven with terminals running POS (point of sale) in parallel with order entry and job cost. It has provision for total quality management (TQM) measurement and goal setting. The whole system produces over 300 standard reports. It is written in Acucobol, an extremely portable and powerful version of Cobol 85, Installation options include the ability to run Oracle, Informix, Sybase, SQL, Sequel Server, and ODBC compliant. Serial Number Tracking, HAZMAT, Hazardous Material Tracking, Multiple Location Inventory, Flexible Stock Numbering, Alternate Stock Numbers, Substitute Stock Numbers, Replacement Stock Numbers, 30-Character Stock Numbers, Related Stock Numbers, Obsolete Stock Numbers, New Stock Numbers, Vendor Stock Numbers, Long Stock Numbers, SKUs, SKU, BOM, Batch Mixing, Formula Based Costing, Formula-based costing, activity-based costing, Bar Coding, Bar Code Readers, Bar Code Key-entry, Drill-down, Bill of Materials, bill-of-materials, Kitting, Kits, kit-oriented, Multi-level assemblies, multi level assemblies, multi level BOM, alternate bill of materials, assembly history, assembly histories, make to stock, MRP, Material Requirements Planning, Light Manufacturing, Make-to-Stock manufacturing, JIT MFG, JIT manufacturing, ODBC, Client Server, Client/Server, subassemblies, subassembly, assembly, Batch Mixing, Formula Based Costing, Formula-based costing, activity-based costing, Order Processing, Order Entry, Purchasing, Computer-Aided Purchasing, Purchasing Management, Automated Purchasing, Automatic Purchasing, Inventory Management, Inventory Control, Purchasing for Inventory, JIT Purchasing, MRP Purchasing, Job Purchasing, Job Costing, Bill of Materials, BOM Management, Procurement, Purchase Contract Management, JIT Management, MRP Management, Cash Management

SouthWare's Published Mission:
. . . to honor God and serve people by helping businesses achieve excellence.

   Level  of  Need     SwiftMate™ Operating Environment (Required)
 High   Med    No   Menu, Help, Security, Breakouts, Mail, Schedules, Objects, Filters, Macros

Inventory / Sales Series

H    M    No   Order Entry  (A/R req’d)
H    M    No   Shipping Interface
H    M    No   Inventory Control
H    M    No   Assemblies (BOM) Work Order
H    M    No   (Automated) Purchasing
H    M    No   Point of Sale
H    M    No   Rental Department - For Profitable Rental Returns

Service Management Series

H    M    No   Service Orders(A/R req’d)
H    M    No   Service Invoicing
H    M    No   Contract Management
H    M    No   Equipment Servicing

General Accounting

H    M    No   Accounts Payable
H    M    No   Accounts Receivable
H    M    No   A/R Invoicing Adapter
H    M    No   Collections Adapter
H    M    No   General Ledger
H    M    No   Cash Flow Ledger
H    M    No   Payroll
H    M    No   Job Cost - For Construction, Light Manufacturing, Installations
H    M    No   Fixed Assets

Enhancements

H    M    No   ExecuMate II™ - Real Time Financials with drill down to details
H    M    No   SalesMark® - Integrated Contact Manager / drill into histories
H    M    No   ReportMate™ - Design your own reports. Add them to the system.
H    M    No   Forms Adapter™ - Customize invoices, checks, statements, etc.
H    M    No   ImportMate™ - Import old records or automate external input.
H    M    No   Extended Data™ - Add fields and search keys anywhere!
H    M    No   ExcelReport™ - Set Quality Goals, build relationships, improve service
H    M    No   DOC Transfer™ - Exchange electronic documents via trading partners
H    M    No   Work Flow™ - Re-Program without Source or "rev-locking"
H    M    No   NetLink™ - Link Your Business to the World fo E-Business
H    M    No   International Transactions - Doing Business In a World of Currencies



SouthWare is a business management system that is capable of operating businesses from around 5 million to $200 million in annual sales. It is especially well suited to distribution and service related industries. Even though it offers a rich selection of over 300 standard reports, it has many features that make it easier to learn and easier to use than the other "HIGH-END" systems with which it compares. It is completely modular but still thoroughly integrated. It runs on a broad base of operating environments and platforms. See how well SouthWare compares . . .    

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