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Software Features - General Ledger

DESIGN & LAYOUT

  • Accounts may have up to four (4) segments or up to 40 characters total.
  • Account Periods – utilize up to 13 accounting periods each year.
  • Custom reporting with calculated fields and summary levels.
  • Screens with easily accessible “Tabs”.
  • Drill Downs on fields.
  • Flags for warnings.Tracking.
     
    Features and Functions
    Printing Reports

General Ledger Screenshots
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FEATURES & FUNCTIONS: back to top
  • Budget Maintenance Utility
    • Enter next year’s budget in the current year!
    • System stores original budget creation date!
    • System stores last update date!
    • Tracks vendor average delivery time!
    • Tracks vendor Performance quality, Lead time, and damaged goods !
  • Chart of Accounts: Intuitive with many features
  • Check Reconciliation
  • Currency Translation
    • Conversion rates are set globally!
    • Currency exchange rates can be entered manually!
    • Default currency can be set by vendor!
    • Foreign currency can automatically be converted to the home currency!
    • Support s multicurrency in all financial information !
    • Unlimited number of currencies supported !
  • Cost centers – Define individual cost centers for pinpoint financial reporting.
  • Dynamic Link” with other programs like Excel.
  • End Of Period Utility
  • G/L Entries & Posting: Intuitive screen with many features, such as:
    • Allows input to new period before prior period is closed!
    • Allows posting to be done to several periods at once!
    • Automatic accruals
    • Batch creation available – to accommodate data searches later.
    • Closed Period – Once a period is closed, additional posting can be prevented!
    • Display all necessary information easily including chart of accounts.
    • GAAP – Supports Generally Accepted Accounting Principles!
    • Hard Close not required !
    • Multiple G/L Account transaction posting.
    • Multiple Years of entries.
    • Recurring entries – supported with default setting options!
    • Reversing entries – supports Entries which automatically reverse!
    • Soft Close – supported!
    • Soft Close Secured – Ability to post transactions into soft closed periods secured!
    • Sort data entries by posting periods
    • Sort data entries by any field on the screen.
    • View GL entries for selected account numbers.
    • Voids
  • Listing Maintenance Utility: Differentiating between variable and fixed accounts etc.
  • Multi-Company Supported!
    • Ability to eliminate internal transactions!
    • Apply accounts payable invoices across multiple companies in one transaction!
  • Open and Close Options:
    • Individual Accounting Periods.
    • Reopen Last year, post entries, and re-close.
  • Project/Cost Center Accounting!
    • Capture Time, Expenses, and Materials!
    • Create budget by project task/cost center!
    • Financial reports available by cost center!
    • Job pricing based on one price of a complete bill of materials!
  • Recurring Journal Transactions
  • Ratios/Variances: Calculate any ratio easily and automatically through a Report Writer
  • Separate Profit and Loss Statements for different locations.
  • Sort Data in columns by clicking on Column Headings .
  • Sub-Ledger Reports.
  • View transactions on screen and easily sort by clicking column headings
PRINTING REPORTS: back to top
  • Any report that you want with the Report Writer .
  • Budgets - Reports customer returned goods based on claims held invalid by vendor (RGA/RMA supported)!
  • Business Ratios!
  • Division, Regional, Branch financials can be created!
  • Export data to Spreadsheet, Database, or other source!
  • Financial Reporting: Data available Quarterly or Yearly
    • Balance Sheet
    • Cash Flow!
    • Changes in Financial Position!
    • Consolidated financial statement from separate companies!
    • Historical comparison financial statements!
    • Income Statement
    • Prior year financial statements!
    • Retained Earnings!
    • Shareholder Equity & Unrealized Foreign Exchange.
  • Financial Report Writer:
    • Ability to define column formats!
    • Ability to define row formats!
    • Ability to link columns and row formats!
    • Ability to include or exclude departments!
    • Drill down to transaction detail is supported!
  • Financial Report: Column options:
    • Current month’s Actual vs. Budget!
    • Current month as a percentage of 100% line!
    • Current month percentage comparison with budget!
    • Percentage comparison of current month this year with previous month!
    • Prior month Activity and Balance!
    • Year to date Current year vs. Prior year vs. % to budget!
  • Historical comparison financial statements!
  • Request reports for a date range other than period dates!
  • Income Statement – Comparative this period vs. last years period
  • YTD vs. Last YTD

 
 

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