The
Accounting Library
The Accounting Software Library is
an easy to use but powerful computer-based software selection program
which can help you:
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Understand how this whole accounting software
selection process should be organized.
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Build as detailed a needs definition as required
by selecting from a comprehensive list of up to 4,000 features,
functions and reports that users and consultants have indicated
to us should be considered.
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Compare your requirements against a wide range
of products.
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Determine which of the up to 150 products in our
database are best suited given your unique needs.
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Analyze the functional strengths and weaknesses
of each product.
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Select that one product with which you can form
an efficient and effective partnership.
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Prepare yourself for the process of installation
and implementation.
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Analyze and improve every aspect of your organization
to make sure that you are operating at top efficiency and effectiveness.

Who should purchase The Accounting Software Library?
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Users: Regardless
of whether you are a small company or a Fortune 100, The Accounting
Software Library will help you organize this whole process and
save you hundreds of hours doing so.
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Consultants:
Join our 700+ consulting subscribers who have found that The Accounting
Software Library can help you add real value to the services you
offer. If for no other reason using a tool such as The Accounting
Software Library will make each engagement more efficient because
it will reduce your non-billable hours significantly.
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Resellers:
We have even created a special edition of The Accounting Software
Library that helps resellers look and act more like a pure consultant
and therefore distinguish themselves from their competition. If
you are looking for a competitive advantage, we have the answer
for you.
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Educators:
If you teach students how to manage the consulting process, we
offer special pricing for educators including unlimited free updates.
Why should you invest in The Accounting Software
Library?
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Regardless of your organization's size the process
of selecting a new accounting system will be extremely time consuming.
At worst it can prove to be the most traumatic process you or
anyone else in your organization will ever face.
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We will give you a template needs definition
that will enable you to literally save hundreds of hours as you
struggle to specify exactly what your require. Why should you
spend so much time creating a needs definition when we have already
done that for you?
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The value of the time you save in this process
alone will exceed your investment several times over.
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We will provide you with instant access to a
whole host of leading products thus eliminating the necessity
for you to duplicate the research we have already done.
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Our program will enable you to compare your needs
against each of these products and determine which ones are best
suited and why. You could do the same thing manually or with a
spreadsheet, but that process will take you another hundred hours
or so.
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We will help you understand exactly how this
whole software selection process should be organized and managed.
You could hire an outside consultant to teach you the same thing
but why not spend your precious resources on other projects. Even
if you do hire a consultant, using The Accounting Software Library
will enable you to tell this person exactly what you require in
more detail than they would have expected.
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In the end The Accounting Software Library is
like insurance. Regardless of what method you use to select your
next accounting system, you should utilize the best tools available
and The Accounting Software Library is just such a tool.
Program Features
Create Your Needs Definition
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You can install the analysis program and create
your first needs definition in less than one hour.
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Install the needs analysis program in less than
1 minute.
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Define your requirements by selecting from a
comprehensive list of features, functions and reports.
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Every question contains its own help file so
you will understand exactly what the question means.
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The consultants' edition contains a demonstration
version that can be installed on your client's computer.
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Assign a value from 1-9 to indicate which features
are more important than others.
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You do not have to answer all of the questions;
just those in which you have an interest.
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Specify critical requirements that must be met
or the product will be eliminated by the program.
Specify Analysis Options
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The real power of The Accounting Software Library
lies in how the program compares your unique requirements against
each product in the database.
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Define how the vendor's responses will be interpreted
by the program.
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Specify a price ceiling to restrict the analysis
to only those products in your price range.
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Restrict the analysis to only those products in
which you have a specific interest.
Generate and Analyze Reports
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The Accounting Software Library contains a comprehensive
reporting system that helps you determine which products come
closest to meeting your requirements, their relative and specific
functional strengths and weaknesses, and how they compare against
each other.
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Needs Definition Report:
Review and verify your needs prior to running the analysis.
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Basic Ranking Report:
The program will rank each product according to how well it meets
your needs.
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Module and Subsection
Report: The program will determine not just the percentage
of needs met for each product but how well each module and significant
areas within each module meet your needs.
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Question Report: You
can compare your needs line by line against selected products
and determine exactly how each product meets each requirement.
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Features Absent Report:
Ask the program to show you the needs that selected products cannot
meet.
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Eliminated Product Report:
Ask the program to show you why specific products were eliminated
because they did not meet requirements you had identified as critical.
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Product Report:
Examine all of the features for a single specified product or
compare two or more products side by side (no needs definition
required).
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Vendor Information Report:
Obviously we will provide you with detailed contact
information for each product and vendor.
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