Accounting Software Library - Enterprise Edition Software
Product Description
Welcome to the world of The Accounting Library. Put quite simply, this powerful computer program and accompanying two volume, 500+ page, set of manuals has been designed to assist companies:
- define their accounting software requirements in as much detail as appropriate,
- compare those needs against the best products on the market,
- rank each product according to how close it matches the user's requirements,
- select the best-suited product,
- install and implement that product effectively and finally
- reorganize and reenergize their accounting and business management processes.
Rather than spending countless hours creating a basic needs definition from scratch, trying to determine which products might be appropriate candidates, and trying to determine which products seem to meet their needs, The Accounting Library gives users a proven methodology and database by which all of this can be accomplished far more rapidly and accurately than possible using any other approach. The Accounting Library has helped thousands of companies select software since 1989, either directly or through the nearly 1,000 resellers and consultants who are our subscribers.
The Accounting Library can be purchased in one of three different configurations (Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition and Modifiable Edition). The Enterprise Edition contains a database of 150+ products ranging from entry-level systems such as QuickBooks Pro and Peachtree up to products such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle and other Tier 1 and Tier 2 enterprise products. We asked each vendor 4,000+ questions covering all of the core financial and distribution applications as well as manufacturing and multi-currency accounting.
The Enterprise Edition has been designed to serve the needs of mid-sized to very large organizations whose needs tend to be more complex than those businesses whose needs are fairly straight forward and therefore would be served more effectively by our Standard Edition. That's why there are 1,500 more questions and roughly 35 more products.
If you are interested in learning more about the differences between the Standard Edition and the Enterprise Edition, I would suggest that you review the two linked pages:
The Enterprise Edition costs a very reasonable $750. If you had to create a needs definition from scratch, that process would require many hours. Why not save this precious time and then some by using our template instead?
If you are not sure which product best suits your requirements, we suggest that you start with the Standard Edition. However if you need detailed questions concerning manufacturing or multi-currency accounting, those questions are contained only in the Enterprise or Modifiable Editions. In order to assist our subscribers who are on the bubble between the Standard Edition and the two higher-end products, the Standard Edition CD contains the questionnaire (in Word format or an Excel spreadsheet) for the Enterprise Edition so that you can see the difference between the two.
If your needs are even more complex or unique to your industry niche, you may be served more effectively by using our Modifiable Edition. This powerful tool starts with the same database of products and questions as the Enterprise Edition, but gives users the ability to change the questions.
- You can add as many additional questions as necessary.
- Export the revised questionnaire from the analysis program and send it to as many vendors as you like regardless of whether they are in the database or not.
- This revised questionnaire itself is a computer program that each vendor will install.
- This Vendor Program includes all of your questions as well as a help file for each question so that the vendor can understand exactly what you require in detail.
- If the vendor is already in the database, the Vendor Program will also include all of their current responses to the original questionnaire.
- Once the vendor has completed the RFI/RFP questionnaire, they can export it and simply e-mail it to you.
- All you have to do is import the vendor's responses and carry on with you analysis.
- The process is really that simple and you will save hundreds of hours of your precious time because we have already done all of the hard work for you.
The analysis program is no more than a tool to help you define your requirements, and determine which products you should examine in more depth. It should not be used to make a final purchase decision. Only you can make that final purchase decision. The program has been designed to assist you define your requirements by listing many features, functions and reports found in the leading products. Many companies, particularly smaller organizations, have found that the features list actually helps them define what they need by presenting both specific features and processing methodologies they may not have considered prior to purchasing The Accounting Library.
The program itself is only as accurate as your needs definition. If you don't take the time to define an accurate representation of your requirements, or select requirements just because they are available, or don't analyze each finalist in sufficient depth to confirm its applicability, the analysis will be flawed, perhaps fatally flawed. Use the program to help you define your needs and narrow your field of focus, but use it wisely. You are the only person who has an intimate knowledge of your organization sufficient to determine which product is best-suited.
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