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Targeted to small and medium-size companies with $1 - $50 Million
in revenues.
Best. Best is owned by The Sage Group, which is, according
to Best, the #1 PC-based vendor of accounting and business solutions
in the world with worldwide revenues of $815 Million US, profit
of $12 Million US in 2002 and 3.1 million installations.
Price/Performance.
BusinessVision is targeted to companies with more
demanding requirements than can be met by entry level systems such as
QuickBooks and Simply Accounting. BusinessVision competes in functionality
with higher end systems such as ACCPAC or MAS-90, but at half the cost.
For example, BusinessVision offers rules-based pricing that starts with
customer specific pricing if defined, then a discount matrix by product
and customer levels, followed by a price by product. BusinessVision
includes a wide array of modules including Accounts Receivable,
Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Inventory,
Order Entry, Point-of-Sale, Sales Analysis, Payroll, Bank
Reconciliation, Purchase Order, Purchase Analysis,
and Job Cost.
Real-time processing. The general ledger is always up-to-date without
the need to run any batch process.
Integration with contact management systems. BusinessVision provides
2-way synchronization with Outlook, ACT, Goldmine, and Maximizer.
Point-Of-Sale. BusinessVision is one of the few accounting systems
that includes POS.
Customization. Customization was one of BusinessVision's shortcomings
in the past. Now BusinessVision offers CustomPack which includes WorkBook
that can be used to customize the system to meet unique requirements of
many industries and businesses - adding up to 50 new fields to each major
module. These custom fields can be used in reports or for searching
information to find the right customer for example.
Scalability. There are 4 different versions starting with the limited
version for very small companies extending up to companies that require
15-100 simultaneous users on the SQL Client-Server Edition.
All in
one package. With Business Vision, you get it all the main modules
whether you want them or not, which has benefits especially in maintaining
1 version of the system.
Crystal Reports. Crystal Reports is the leading generic report writer,
and BusinessVision uses Crystal for all reports and forms such as an
invoice. Crystal reports also have the advantage of being easily able to
transfer the report to Excel without manipulating the data.
Multiple Forms. When you generate a form such an invoice, you could
simultaneously generate multiple versions of the invoice - one for
accounting and one for shipping with prices not included.
Accounting segmentation. In December 2002, BusinessVision made
significant enhancements to the system including a general ledger account
number with 4 segments and a total length of 24 characters. Now, you can
use BusinessVision's financial report writer or F9 (popular Excel-based
financial report writer) to slice and dice operations across region,
division, product line...
Allocation. Allocation allows you to distribute 1 account across
multiple accounts on a % basis.
Multi
Currency. BusinessVision also calculates realized and unrealized gains
and losses without overly complicating the system.
Document Linking. You can attach any number of documents to customers,
suppliers, and inventory items.
Mail
Merge. You can easily generate letters or email based on dollar values
or based on a specific item sold to your customers. This can be effective
in marketing campaigns.
eCommerce. BusinessVision also provides a fully integrated website and
web-shopping solution.
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