Softline ACCPAC recently announced the availability of Accpac Insight 5.4, a new version of the company's analysis and business intelligence (BI) tool for small and medium-sized businesses.
Designed for use and integrated with Accpac ERP (1) (enterprise resource planning), Accpac Insight utilises key business data contained within Accpac ERP, and is ideal for employees in remote offices and disparate departments who need to manage, distribute, and collaborate this data from a single, unified source.
It allows users to quickly capture and integrate information into meaningful reports and securely distribute them across an entire company on demand. Accpac Insight helps business owners dramatically improve reporting performance, make more informed decisions, and respond rapidly to ever-changing business conditions.
Accpac Insight 5.4 offers an improved "out-of-the-box" user experience, with more sample reports to choose from, more Accpac ERP data to access, and more queries for analysis.
Version 5.4 is even easier to use and navigate than previous versions, with an improved wizard-driven report design, and simplified processing of sales data with many functions now incorporated into fewer modules. Accpac Insight is truly a comprehensive solution for an organisation's reporting, analytics, budgeting and consolidation requirements, offering robust performance, plus excellent scalability via its data warehouse component.
"Accpac Insight 5.4 is a tremendous analysis and business intelligence tool for small and medium-sized business clients," says Jeremy Waterman, MD of Softline ACCPAC. "Its simplified user interface, combined with extensive drill-down capabilities, new reporting options, and some cutting-edge underlying technology make this application an invaluable, comprehensive business management planning and forecasting tool for our Accpac ERP clients."
Improved reporting, filtering
Accpac Insight 5.4 has a new report design "wizard", with custom criteria filters that offer users greater flexibility and control to extract the specific types of data they want to generate various reports for.
Cross-module drill-down is also now available, along with customisable screens, custom ribbons for Microsoft Excel 2007, and the ability to type in whatever values are desired, instead of having to pick from a pre-populated list.
The Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) filter setup has also been simplified in version 5.4, with multiple data sources now available in a single profile. For example, multiple Accpac ERP source databases can now be brought into one single data warehouse, providing companywide, consolidated reporting, plus there are many more tables to extract data from.
Consolidation of modules for better ease of use
With version 5.4, Accpac Insight combines the previous author for data warehouse and author modules into a single, new author module, and the previous viewer for data warehouse and viewer modules into a single, new viewer module.
Other modules include data warehouse, enterprise budgeting, consolidations, alerts, and Web deployment server.
Forward-looking architecture:
Like Accpac ERP 5.4, Accpac Insight 5.4 is dual-core processor compatible, with the ability to run in 32-bit compatibility mode on 64 bit "next generation" processors from Intel and AMD, affording users key IT investment protection. Additionally, it is Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Vista compliant, and supports IBM DB2 v9, 64 bit configurations of Microsoft SQL Server, plus the 64 bit version of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Availability:
Accpac Insight 5.4 is now available from authorised Softline ACCPAC business partners across South Africa.
(1) Accpac Insight requires the installation of Accpac ERP (100, 200 or 500 edition), which is sold separately.
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Softline ACCPAC is a global provider of business management solutions, including financial, distribution, service management, retail, warehouse management, manufacturing and CRM to the mid-range market. Its solutions are delivered to 130 countries exclusively through its global network of solution providers, including over 150 throughout Africa. Softline ACCPAC's product line includes: Accpac ERP, Accpac CRM, Accpac RMS, Accpac Warehouse Management System and Accpac Insight.
Softline
Softline is a leading provider of accounting, payroll and CRM software solutions to small, medium and large sized companies. Founded in 1988 by Ivan Epstein, Alan Osrin and Steven Cohen, Softline was established during the formative years of the software industry and listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa in February 1997. Softline expanded to establish a strong position within its area of focus in South Africa and Australia.
Focused on the development of accounting, payroll and CRM software solutions, Softline has a 16-year track record as a market leader. The group has a broad range of products offering users a variety of software solutions to run their businesses efficiently. Softline's leading brands include Softline Accpac, Softline Enterprise, Softline Pastel (Accounting and Payroll) and Softline VIP. The combination of the group's product offerings provide Softline customers with comprehensive, well-branded accounting, payroll and CRM software solutions.
In November 2003, Softline was acquired by Sage Group, an established FTSE 100 company. The group includes market-leading businesses throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, South Africa and Australia, supplying business software to the small, medium and large sized business community.
Softline has a solid track record of profitability and cash generation. The group delivers quality accounting, payroll and CRM software solutions that improve the efficiencies of businesses around the world.
Sage
The Sage Group, an established FTSE 100 company, is a leading supplier of accounting and business management software solutions and services to 5.2 million small and medium-sized clients worldwide. With over 13 000 employees, the Sage Group comprises market-leading businesses throughout Europe, United Kingdom, North America, South Africa and Australia. Its products and services are sold through a global network of 23 000 reseller partners, 40 000 accountants as well as directly to clients from Sage companies throughout the world. For the financial year ending 30 September 2006, the group's revenue grew by 22% to lb935.6 million and the operating profit rose by 18% to lb235.8 million.
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