Summary of Benefits to Users of The Accounting Software Library

Selecting accounting software is no picnic for users, regardless of whether you are looking for a moderately priced system or one costing in excess of $1,000,000. If you do not invest sufficient time organizing and managing this critical process; if you do not determine in advance what you need to do well as an organization and how your information system will help you achieve these strategic and operational objectives; if you do not make sure the system you will purchase will meet these requirements; if you do not prepare your organization for this whole process of change and train them how to use the new system effectively and efficiently, there are no guarantees the system you select will have any measurable effect on your long-term profitability.

While we cannot be with you in person to help you achieve all of these objectives, The Accounting Library is our surrogate. First, there is no way you could create a basic needs definition from scratch without investing hundreds of hours of your precious time and that of many people in your organization. We have done all of that for you with the result that your investment in The Accounting Library, even the Modifiable Edition, will be repaid many times over. Second, we have provided you a complete methodology by which you can complete your software selection project with greater accuracy and therefore greater confidence. Your investment in The Accounting Library can be justified quite easily.

• It makes sound economic sense to purchase The Accounting Library.
• What is the cost of your time and that of your staff if you were to spend hundreds or thousands of hours trying to do what we have already done for you?
• We keep up with the ever-changing financial management industry and present to you suggested features with which you may be unfamiliar thus reducing the chance that you will not take advantage of current functionality simply because you did not even realize that such power existed.
• The accuracy of your analysis will be improved dramatically because we have provided you with a template needs definition that covers all of your potential requirements in depth.
• What is the cost of failure should you select the wrong system?
• Even if you are already working with a consultant, doesn't it make sense to secure a second opinion, or do a lot of the work yourself so your consultant will understand better exactly what it is you need?
• If you are going to spend $1,000, $5,000, $15,000, $150,000 or even $2,000,000 for a new accounting system, why not invest $395 (or even $1,295) making sure the system you select is really the best one for you and your employees?
• You have everything to gain, and nothing to lose.

You have everything to gain, and nothing to lose.