What’s the best small business accounting software? One that does so much more.
Whether you have outgrown Quickbooks or Peachtree by Sage, or you need to replace an old, inefficient and expensive accounting system, Sage MAS 90 accounting software is something you should consider as a powerful tool to help you manage all of your businesses operations -- not just accounting.
You are reading this page because your current system is holding your company back. So you already know that your new system must have reliable database operations, flexible reporting, input-it
-once data collection, and a vendor with responsive technical support when you need it (which should not be often!). We’d add only two things to this list: a program that works the way your business processes flow (more of an “operational control system” than “accounting”), and a solution that has strength to grow in directions that your company will likely go (“buy for today, but plan for tomorrow”).
Sage MAS 90 ERP and Sage MAS 200 ERP meet those criteria easily. Produced by a constantly profitable company (www.sage.com) with $1.5 billion in revenue from companies like yours, these solutions are solid, seasoned, highly flexible financial and operational solutions for Light Manufacturing, Wholesale Distribution and Oil Field Services firms. Sage MAS 90’s power (Sage MAS 200 for larger firms) derives from rock solid accounting reliability and easy to use functionality in inventory control and management, purchasing control, and flexible ordering and invoicing. It continues with advanced features in shipment processing, bar coding, e-commerce on the web, EDI and a paperless office.
Specialized capabilities in job cost accounting software.
Do you track revenue and costs by the job? A “job” might be your process for manufacturing to an order (instead of to stock), providing a service to a customer that include some products, rentals and supplies in addition to the personnel, installing product purchased by customers, or managing service calls and dispatch. If so, then you are probably not satisfied with the way your current accounting system handles these needs.
The JobOps job cost accounting extension lays a full-featured job/project bidding and management functionality on top of the basic Sage MAS90 features. Working through a “work ticket” for each order, JobOps’ interface lets you easily generate quotes based on past similar jobs or from templates, so the result is far more than guesswork. When you win the job, that quote becomes the job that works its way through your purchasing, production, billing and service process. And at any time during the process you can easily see where the job is, how much it has cost so far, and compare it to budget.
This means that you will win more projects, manage their profitability and delivery with less effort, and deliver outstanding after-sale service profitably. Oh, and unlike many “job management systems,” this one is part of an accounting system, so you are assured that the debits and credits are always right, and you NEVER do any redundant data entry. Isn’t that what you want from your job cost accounting system?
Specialized capabilities in wholesale distribution software.
You already have a good idea of what your wholesale distribution management system needs to include: everything that causing your firm pain and frustration now! You might have problems with system response and reliability. Or you need to let more users have access to parts (but not the sensitive parts!) of the system. You might be spending way too much time keeping inventory straight and paying vendors. Or maybe you need to beat your competition with webbased e-commerce and customer service or an integrated CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system. Maybe you need to streamline your inventory management with bar coding or enable remote salespeople or offices.
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 do all of that and more. It is designed for the needs of wholesale distributors like you. From shipping/receiving to sales to purchasing to accounting, it is easy for all of your people to use, because Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 have processes that match theirs. It is an “operations control and customer service system” as much as it is a “small business accounting system.” And yet the general ledger entries are always correct, and the reporting is first rate.
Need Sage MAS90 accounting software? Work with an authorized Sage MAS 90 reseller to get up to speed quickly with flexible job cost accounting software and wholesale distribution software. The power of Sage MAS90 is the reason we believe it’s the best small business accounting software.
