2005 ERP Survey Comparison

The CAmagazine2005 Accounting and ERP Survey

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Question glovia.com Microsoft-Axapta Oracle E-Business Suite

PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial / Supply Chain

Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2

Product glovia.com Microsoft-Axapta Oracle E-Business Suite


Management Epicor Enterprise

Vendor Glovia International Inc Microsoft Oracle Oracle Epicor Software

Version 7.1 3 11i 10 8.9 7.3.5

Contact

Name P Wood Nancy Teixeira Patti Vernon Patti Vernon Boris Znebel

Telephone 310-563-7000 905-363-8440 905-501-2262 905-501-2262 905-829-7003

E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Website www.glovia.comwww.microsoft.com/busines

ssolutions/axapta/ www.oracle.com www.oracle.com www.epicor.com

Cost (Canadian dollars)

Licence based Average cost per user $4,000 $6,500 $3,000 Average no. of users 80 45 30 Average cost $320,000 $292,500 $90,000 Ratio - average implementation cost/licence cost 2.00 1.50 0.75 Average implementation cost $640,000 $438,750 $67,500 Total licence based $960,000 $731,250 $157,500ASP (Application service provider) based Average setup or fixed fees Average annual fee / user Average no. of users Average fees - year one Average implementation costs / average fees - year one Average implementation costs

Prepared by 180 Systems

Owner

180 Systems

http://www.180systems.com/


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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2 NPV over 5 years (discount rate of 10%)

Applications (Yes/No/Third party/Future date)Financial

General ledger Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Financial reporting Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Accounts receivable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Accounts payable Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fixed assets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multicurrency Yes Yes Yes Yes YesDistribution Order processing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Purchase order Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Warehouse management Yes Yes Yes Yes YesManufacturing Discrete Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Process No Third party Yes Yes No Make to stock Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Make to order Yes Yes Yes Yes YesProfessional services automation No Yes Yes Yes YesProject costing Yes Yes Yes Yes YesTime billing No Yes Yes Yes YesCanadian payroll No Future date Yes Yes Third partyUS payroll No Third party Yes Yes Third partyHR No Yes Yes Yes Third party

Contact management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Customer relationship management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Business intelligence Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Business performance management No Yes Yes Yes YesNot-for-profit No No Yes Yes Yes



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POS (point of sale) No Third party Yes Third party Yes

Profile

World head office El Segundo, USA Redmond, WA, USA Redwood Shores, CA, USA Redwood Shores, CA, USA Irvine, CA, USA

Canadian head office None Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Oakville, ON, Canada

No. of customers - worldwide - all products 1000+ 261,000 20,000+No. of customers - worldwide - this product 1000+ 4,850 9,000+No. of customers - Canada - all products 20 800+No. of customers - Canada - this product 20 700+Revenue 2004 - CAD - all products $830M $280MRevenue 2004 - CAD - this product $150MRevenue 2003 - CAD - all products $700M $215MRevenue 2003 - CAD - this product $130M

Target market Average revenue/customer (CAD) $125M - $1B >$100M $75MAverage no. of employees/customer 250 - 2,000 200

Industry classification based on The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - see www.naics.com/info.htm#Structure for more about NAICS (approximate % of implementations)

11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 2% 21 Mining 1% 22 Utilities 2% 23 Construction 5% 31-33 Manufacturing 100% 15% 42 Wholesale trade 6% 44-45 Retail trade 5% 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 3% 51 Information 10% 52 Finance and insurance 10%



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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 0% 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services 15%

55 Management of companies and enterprises 5% 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 61 Education services 1% 62 Health care and social assistance 5% 71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 5% 72 Accommodation and food services 4%

81 Other services (except public administration) 1% 92 Public administration 5% Total 100% 100%

Technology

Database (approximate % of implementations) Microsoft SQL Server 0% 90% 100% Oracle 100% 10% 100% Pervasive SQL IBM DB2 Sybase Informix Access Btrieve Proprietary FoxPro mySQL Progress

Other Total 100% 100% 100% 100%Networks supported (approximate % of implementations) Microsoft 25% 100% 99% Linux 1% Unix 50%



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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2 AIX 23% Novell Netware 1% 1% IBM AS/400 (OS/400) IBM S/390 Other Total 100% 100% 100%

Development tools used to build application PRO-IV SuperlayerIntegrated development environment - MorphX VSA, C#, C++

Integration to other contact management or customer relationship management systems - which? Siebel

Future integration to Microsoft CRM. Axapta has

its own fully integrated native CRM solution All Our own

% of application available from browser not including use of Citrix 100% 100% 40% Expected date for Web-based version not using Citrix Now N/A Now Available now Dec-05XML support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

% of application XML enabled 50% 100% 100% 100% XBRL (eXtensible business reporting language) support Yes Yes Yes Yes YesAvailable from application service provider Yes No Yes No Approx. no. of implementations 200 0

Limits

Maximum size of g/l account no. 20 characters Unlimited Unlimited Segment-based 32



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Maximum size of inventory code 30 item 6 revision = 36 Unlimited Unlimited 18 30

Maximum no. of levels in bill of material Unlimited 55 Unlimited Unlimited

Maximum no. of warehouse locations Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited

Generic features

Response (6-0): 6=In current release; 5=In next 6

months; 4=Minor modification or workaround;

3=Third party; 2=In next year; 1=Major mod. or

workaround; 0=Not available



3=Third party; 2=In next year; 1=Major mod or workaround; 0=Not

available




available




available




availableCustomization Add user-defined fields to screen 4 6 6 6 6 Customer maintenance screen 6 6 6 6 6 Invoice header screen 6 6 6 6 6 Invoice detail screen 6 6 6 6 6 Without changing source code 6 6 6 6 6French version Screens 6 6 6 6 6 Reports 6 6 6 6 6 Forms such as an invoice 6 6 6 6 6 Documentation 6 6 6 6 6Multiple companies Automatic balancing of intercompany 6 6 6 6 6 Purchase order automatically becomes sales order 6 6 6 6

Share inventory across separate databases 6 6 6 6 4 Share vendors across separate databases 6 6 6 6 4Multicurrency By transaction currency 6 6 6 6 6 By home currency 6 6 6 6 6 By operational currency 6 6 6 6 6Password security By company 6 6 6 6 6



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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2 By menu 6 6 6 6 6 By function ( view, add, change, delete) 6 6 6 6 6 By field 6 6 6 6 4

By account code segment (e.g., department) 6 6 6 6 4Workflow Online review and approval of transactions 6 6 6 6 6 Alerts on pending and late activities 6 6 6 6 6

FinancialAttach analysis codes to transactions 6 6 6 6 G/L account determines whether transaction code is applicable 6 6 6 6 6Attach analysis codes to account segments 6 6 6 6 0Allocations Based on percentage 6 6 6 6 6 Based on actuals 6 6 6 6 6

Cash flow projections based on A/R and A/P 6 6 6 6 6Consolidation Create new entity and post j/e's to it 6 6 6 6 6 Foreign currency translation 6 6 6 6 6 Summary or detailed transactions 6 6 6 6 6

Source acct. can be different than target acct. 6 6 6 6 6

Across entities with different fiscal year ends 6 6 6 6 6 Ownership 6 6 6 Date sensitive 6 6 6 6Financial reporting Rows and columns can be defined 6 6 6 6 6 Cell overrides 6 6 6 6 6 Provisional reporting (before posting) 6 6 6 6 6 Drill-down to transaction details 6 6 6 6 6 Trend analysis showing rolling 12 months 6 6 6 6 6Import journal entry from Excel 6 6 6 6 6Multiple segments in chart of account 6 6 6 6 6 Validate each segment 6 6 6 6 6National accounts for A/R 6 6 6 6 6Real-time update from subledgers 6 6 6 6 6



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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2Statistical accounts 6 6 6 6 6

DistributionBar coding Print labels 6 3 6 6 6 Scan receipt 6 3 6 6 6 Scan picking 6 3 6 6 6 Scan physical count 6 3 6 6 6 Radio frequency (RF) data collection 6 3 6 6 6Bill of materials 6 6 6 6 6Blanket orders 6 6 6 6 6Canadian sales tax - GST, PST & HST 6 6 6 6 6 Option to compound sales tax 6 6 6 6 6Colour size matrix for apparel distribution 0 6 3 0 6Commissions Split commission 2 ways 6 6 6 6 6 Split commission 3 ways 6 6 6 6 6 On paid invoices 6 4 6 6 6Costing Average 6 6 6 6 6 FIFO 6 6 6 6 6Landed cost Based on std. percentages 4 6 6 6 6 Based on actuals 6 6 6 6 6Deposits on order 6 6 6 6 6eCommerce Business-to-business commerce 6 6 6 6 6 Consumer-to-business commerce 6 6 6 3 6 Real-time interactive order processing 6 6 6 6 6 Credit card processing 4 3 6 6 6 Real-time item availability checking 6 6 6 6 6 Order acknowledgement 6 6 6 6 6 Advance ship notice (ASN) 6 3 6 6 6 Invoicing 6 6 6 6 6EDI supported Order placement 6 6 6 6 6 Order acknowledgement 6 6 6 6 6 Advance ship notice (ASN) 6 6 6 6 6 Invoicing 6 6 6 6 6Forecasting



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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2 Based on minimums and maximums 6 6 6 6 6 Based on economic order quantity 6 4 6 6 6 Based on projections 6 6 6 6 6Kits 6 6 6 6Multiple locations 6 6 6 6Pricing flexibility Multiple price lists 6 6 6 6 6 Price level by customer 6 6 6 6 6 Quantity breaks 6 6 6 6 6 Price specials for a given period 6 6 6 6 6Replenishment 6 6 6 6 6 Generate suggested purchase order 6 6 6 6 6Requisitions 6 6 6 6 6RMA tracking 6 6 6 6 6Serial no. and lot tracking 6 6 6 6 6Transportation optimization 0 3 6 3 4Warranties 6 3 6 6

ManufacturingAutocad integration 6 3 6 6 6Assembly process 6 6 6 6 6Colour size matrix for apparel manufacturing 0 6 3 3 6Engineering change management 6 3 6 6 6Forecast demand Based on history 6 6 6 6 6 Using statistical forecasting algorithms 6 6 6 6 6 Based on customer forecasts 6 4 6 6 6Labour performance 6 6 6 6 6Master scheduling 6 6 6 6 6Material requirements planning (MRP) 6 6 6 6 6Multisite production on same database 6 6 6 6 6Multiple levels in bills of material 6 6 6 6 6Product configurator 6 6 6 6 6 Rules based 6 6 6 6 6Product routing 6 6 6 6 6Production scheduling 6 6 6 6 6 Bar coded data collection 6 3 6 3 6Quality control tracking 6 3 6 6 6Reverse bill of materials for disassembly 6 4 6 4 6Shop floor control 6 6 6 3 6



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Management Epicor EnterpriseTier 1 1 1 1 2Work orders 6 6 6 3 6

Name one to five unique or very important features of your product

Unique/important feature no.1

Ability to support multiple manufacturing modes

simultaneouslyEase of use, intuitive

application

Oracle applications assist businesses in everything from running supply chain operations to selling, and

providing customer service

Provides Web services integration with multivendor

and homegrown applications and can be easily configured and

adapted to meet the most unique customer

requirementsServices Oriented (.NET)

Architecture

Unique/important feature no. 2

Control and track an item from design through

manufacturing to maintenance

Version Layer Technology - ensures ease of upgrade

and modification portability to future releases

Open architecture and single data model allow

applications to be deployed as individual modules,

business flows, or as an entire integrated suite

Supports a very broad choice of technology

infrastructure32 languages & 140

countries


Allow multiple companies to operate in own currency in

single installation

Functionality - Both broad and deep out of box

functionality, including balanced scorecard

Customers have the option of letting Oracle experts

manage their Oracle software so that their own IT staff can focus on high-

value activities.

Total ownership experience – corporate-wide initiative to

transform all aspects of owning enterprise software Integrated CRM (own)



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Full support for project based manufacturing and

after service

Customization - the solution offers a rich development environment to meet your specific business needs

Oracle Daily Business Intelligence applications

provide hundreds of prebuilt reports and, analytic

capabilities for all Oracle applications. A data

warehouse is not needed for this

Leverages best practice enhancements including intelligent self-service,

embedded analytics, XBRL and XML capabilities, and

instant messagingReal-time warehouse

integration


Extensive reporting; comprehensive ad hoc

query capabilities

With Oracle's Data Hub products, users can

synchronize information centrally to get an accurate, consistent 360-degree view

of the company's dataSystem-based controls for

compliance - internal controls such as workflow, 3-

way matching, and commitment control are all built right into the system Preconfigured data cubes



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QuestionTier

Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website


Licence based Average cost per user Average no. of users Average cost Ratio - average implementation cost/licence cost Average implementation cost Total licence basedASP (Application service provider) based Average setup or fixed fees Average annual fee / user Average no. of users Average fees - year one Average implementation costs / average fees - year one Average implementation costs

Intentia Application SuiteJD Edwards

EnterpriseOne JD Edwards WorldMicrosoft - Navision Professional edition

Microsoft-Great Plains Professional edition

2 2 2 2 2

Intentia Application Suite JD Edwards EnterpriseOne JD Edwards WorldMicrosoft - Navision Professional edition


Intentia International Oracle Oracle Microsoft Microsoft

5.1 8.11 A8.1.6 4 8

Richard J Thompson Patti Vernon Patti Vernon Steve Croth Nancy Teixeira

519-679-0810 905-501-2262 905-501-2262 905-363-8796 905-363-8440

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

www.intentia.com www.oracle.com www.oracle.comwww.microsoft.com/busines

ssolutions/navision/www.microsoft.com/busines

ssolutions/greatplains/

$2,000 $6,000 $6,00050 25 25

$100,000 $150,000 $150,000

1.50 1.00 1.00$150,000 $150,000 $150,000$250,000 $300,000 $300,000

$25,000$2,400

20$73,000

1.50$109,500



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QuestionTier NPV over 5 years (discount rate of 10%)


General ledger

Financial reporting Accounts receivable Accounts payable

Fixed assets MulticurrencyDistribution Order processing Inventory Purchase order Warehouse management Manufacturing Discrete Process Make to stock Make to orderProfessional services automationProject costingTime billingCanadian payrollUS payrollHR

Contact management

Customer relationship management

Business intelligence

Business performance managementNot-for-profit




2 2 2 2 2$714,546

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Third party Third partyYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes No Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes Yes Third party Yes



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QuestionTier

POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office

Canadian head office

No. of customers - worldwide - all productsNo. of customers - worldwide - this productNo. of customers - Canada - all productsNo. of customers - Canada - this productRevenue 2004 - CAD - all productsRevenue 2004 - CAD - this productRevenue 2003 - CAD - all productsRevenue 2003 - CAD - this product

Target market Average revenue/customer (CAD)Average no. of employees/customer


11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 21 Mining 22 Utilities 23 Construction 31-33 Manufacturing 42 Wholesale trade 44-45 Retail trade 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 51 Information 52 Finance and insurance




2 2 2 2 2

No Third party Third party Third party Yes

Stockholm Redwood Shores, CA, USA Redwood Shores, CA, USA Redmond, WA, USA Redmond, WA, USA

London, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada

3,500 261,000 261,000350 44,900 38,400685

$437M $830M $830M$40M

$410M $700M $700M$7M

$200M >$50M >$50M250 100 - 500 100 - 750

5%1%

62%31%1%



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QuestionTier 53 Real estate and rental and leasing 54 Professional, scientific, and technical services

55 Management of companies and enterprises 56 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 61 Education services 62 Health care and social assistance 71 Arts, entertainment and recreation 72 Accommodation and food services

81 Other services (except public administration) 92 Public administration Total

Technology

Database (approximate % of implementations) Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Pervasive SQL IBM DB2 Sybase Informix Access Btrieve Proprietary FoxPro mySQL Progress

Other TotalNetworks supported (approximate % of implementations) Microsoft Linux Unix




2 2 2 2 2

100%

2% 40% 100%10%

88%

60%

100% 100% 100%

2% 100% 100%

10%



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QuestionTier AIX Novell Netware IBM AS/400 (OS/400) IBM S/390 Other Total

Development tools used to build application

Integration to other contact management or customer relationship management systems - which?

% of application available from browser not including use of Citrix Expected date for Web-based version not using CitrixXML support

% of application XML enabled XBRL (eXtensible business reporting language) supportAvailable from application service provider Approx. no. of implementations

Limits

Maximum size of g/l account no.




2 2 2 2 2

88%

100% 100% 100%

YesC++ & proprietary development tool

RPG & proprietary development tool

Proprietary (C/Side) + integration tools C++

No

No - A fully integrated CRM module is available in J.D. Edwards EnterpriseOne No

Fully integrated + MS CRM (future)

Integration to Microsoft CRM

100%100% (with SP1 release

scheduled this fall) 100%

Already released Available now Now available Sep-05 N/AYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

100% 100%

100% (XML port tool available to create XML

documents) 100%

Yes No No Yes YesYes Yes Yes No Yes100

56 26 26 20 66



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QuestionTier

Maximum size of inventory code

Maximum no. of levels in bill of material

Maximum no. of warehouse locations

Generic features Customization Add user-defined fields to screen Customer maintenance screen Invoice header screen Invoice detail screen Without changing source codeFrench version Screens Reports Forms such as an invoice DocumentationMultiple companies Automatic balancing of intercompany Purchase order automatically becomes sales order

Share inventory across separate databases Share vendors across separate databasesMulticurrency By transaction currency By home currency By operational currencyPassword security By company




2 2 2 2 2

28 26 26 20 30

99 25 25 50 Unlimited

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

6 4 1 6 66 4 1 6 66 4 1 6 66 4 1 6 66 6 0 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 4 36 6 6 4 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6



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QuestionTier By menu By function ( view, add, change, delete) By field

By account code segment (e.g., department)Workflow Online review and approval of transactions Alerts on pending and late activities

FinancialAttach analysis codes to transactions G/L account determines whether transaction code is applicableAttach analysis codes to account segmentsAllocations Based on percentage Based on actuals

Cash flow projections based on A/R and A/PConsolidation Create new entity and post j/e's to it Foreign currency translation Summary or detailed transactions

Source acct. can be different than target acct.

Across entities with different fiscal year ends Ownership Date sensitiveFinancial reporting Rows and columns can be defined Cell overrides Provisional reporting (before posting) Drill-down to transaction details Trend analysis showing rolling 12 monthsImport journal entry from ExcelMultiple segments in chart of account Validate each segmentNational accounts for A/RReal-time update from subledgers




2 2 2 2 26 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 0 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 3 66 6 0 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 0

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 4 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 64 4 6

6 0 0 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 4 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6



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QuestionTierStatistical accounts

DistributionBar coding Print labels Scan receipt Scan picking Scan physical count Radio frequency (RF) data collectionBill of materialsBlanket ordersCanadian sales tax - GST, PST & HST Option to compound sales taxColour size matrix for apparel distributionCommissions Split commission 2 ways Split commission 3 ways On paid invoicesCosting Average FIFOLanded cost Based on std. percentages Based on actualsDeposits on ordereCommerce Business-to-business commerce Consumer-to-business commerce Real-time interactive order processing Credit card processing Real-time item availability checking Order acknowledgement Advance ship notice (ASN) InvoicingEDI supported Order placement Order acknowledgement Advance ship notice (ASN) InvoicingForecasting




2 2 2 2 26 6 6 6 6

6 3 3 4 36 3 3 6 36 3 3 6 36 3 3 6 36 3 3 6 36 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 1 3 3

6 6 1 4 66 6 1 4 66 6 1 4 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 4 6

6 3 3 6 36 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 36 6 6 3 36 6 6 6 36 6 6 4 36 6 6 6 36 6 6 6 3

6 6 6 6 36 6 6 6 36 6 6 6 36 6 6 6 3



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QuestionTier Based on minimums and maximums Based on economic order quantity Based on projectionsKitsMultiple locationsPricing flexibility Multiple price lists Price level by customer Quantity breaks Price specials for a given periodReplenishment Generate suggested purchase orderRequisitionsRMA trackingSerial no. and lot trackingTransportation optimizationWarranties

ManufacturingAutocad integrationAssembly processColour size matrix for apparel manufacturingEngineering change managementForecast demand Based on history Using statistical forecasting algorithms Based on customer forecastsLabour performanceMaster schedulingMaterial requirements planning (MRP)Multisite production on same databaseMultiple levels in bills of materialProduct configurator Rules basedProduct routingProduction scheduling Bar coded data collectionQuality control trackingReverse bill of materials for disassemblyShop floor control




2 2 2 2 26 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 4 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 1 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 3 1 4 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 2 3 66 6 6 6 66 6 1 3 36 6 6 0 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 3 3 66 6 3 3 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 3 36 6 6 6 66 6 6 3 36 6 6 6 6



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QuestionTierWork orders








2 2 2 2 26 6 6 6 6

Attributes can be attached to any item

Order Activity Rules - Allow for complete flexibility in

setting up of sales & purchasing activities

Easy to implement and maintain

Fully integrated comprehensive business intelligence (OLAP) tool

Excellent Financial Reporting and adhoc query

capabilities

True multicompany multicurrency through entire

system Ideal mid-market solution Low TCO Ease of use

Business Intelligence delivered through MS SQL

Reporting Services

Very good in mixed-mode - discrete, process, repetitive Integrated CRM Web interface

End-to-end business functionality Ease of use



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QuestionTier






2 2 2 2 2

Fashion, Food & Beverage, and Service/Rental industry

focus Integrated MaintenanceIncredible depth and breath

of functionality


Comprehensive customization and integration tools

100% JAVA, totally Web-enabled

Designed for rapid deployment and ease of

administration

Built for the IBM iSeries platform, offers small businesses a reliable,

functionality-rich, Web-enabled environment for

world-class management of plants, inventories,

equipment, finances, and people

Multi-currency, Multi-language, Multi-location;

This solution is designed to meet the needs of global

businessesTightly integrated with other

Microsoft products



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QuestionTier




2 2 2 2 2



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QuestionTier

Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Microsoft-Solomon Professional edition

Momentis Fashion System ™ mySAP All-in-One SunSystems eXFM AccountMate SQL/MSDE

2 2 2 2 3



Microsoft Momentis Systems Inc. SAP AG Systems Union Inc.AccountMate Software

Corporation

6 Rel. 6Versions vary by vertical

industry 1.2 6.5

Steve Croth Ketty Munk - Executive VP James Dever/Steve Ernst Maureen Campbell Donna DeRosa

905-363-8796 514-939-2306610-661-2161/ 650-849-

5168 416-644-5553 415-884-6548

[email protected] [email protected]@sap.com/stev

[email protected]_campbell@syste

msunion.com [email protected]

www.microsoft.com/businesssolutions/solomon/ www.momentis.com www.sap.com

www.sunsystemsamericas.com www.accountmate.com

All mySAP All-in-One implementations are

licensed directly to SAP through reseller partners.

$6,000 $5,000 $4,000 $7,000 $3,15025 50 50 10 20

$150,000 $250,000 $200,000 $70,000 $63,000

1.00 0.75 1.50 1.25 0.25$150,000 $187,500 $300,000 $87,500 $15,750$300,000 $437,500 $500,000 $157,500 $78,750



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General ledger



Contact management






2 2 2 2 3

Yes Third party Third party Yes Yes

Yes Third party Third party Yes YesYes Yes Third party Yes YesYes Third party Third party Yes Yes

Third party Third party Third party Yes Third partyYes Yes Third party Yes Yes

Yes Yes Third party Yes YesYes Yes Third party Yes YesYes Yes Third party Yes Yes

Third party Yes Third party Yes Yes

Yes Yes Third party Third party Third partyThird party Yes Third party Third party Third party

Yes Yes Third party Third party YesThird party Yes Third party Third party Third party

Yes Third party Yes Third partyYes Third party Yes Third partyYes No Third party Yes Third partyYes Third party Third party Third party Third partyYes Third party Third party Third party YesYes No Third party Third party Third party

Yes Yes Third party Third party Yes

Yes No Third party Third party Yes

Third party Third party Third party Yes Third party

Yes Third party Yes Third partyYes Third party Yes Yes



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QuestionTier

POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office








2 2 2 2 3

Third party Third party Third party Third party Third party

Redmond, WA, USA Montreal, QC, Canada Walldorf, Germany Farnborough, UK Novato, CA

Mississauga, ON, Canada Montreal, QC, Canada Toronto, Calgary Toronto, ON, Canada Novato, CA, USA

261,000 125 91,500 50,000 120,00014,600 6,300 10,000 48,000

95 500 1,500 3,600100 300 1,600

$830M $150M$250M

$700M $150M$85M

$25M - $250M $75M - $100M $30M - $250M $50M - $1B $5M - $500M75 - 250 50 50 - 750 20

40%55%5%



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Technology





2 2 2 2 3

100%

100% 70% 80% 100%15%

5%100% 100% 100%

100% 70% 90% 85%

30% 10%



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Limits




2 2 2 2 3

15%100% 100% 100% 100%

C++, Visual Basic, VBA, COM Model C++

The development environment comprises MS Windows, MS SQL Server, Micro Focus NetExpress,

Java with Jbuilder and C++ with Visual Studio.

SunSystems Connect and Transfer Desk are

developed to provide a SOAP/XML interface. Visual FoxPro 8, Crystal 8.5

Microsoft CRM, on contact Yes Pivotal, AscentFull integration with

INFOtrac for AccountMate

25% 100% None 60% 5%

NA 12 months TBAYes Yes Yes Yes No

100% 100% 95% N/A

Yes No Yes NoYes No Yes Yes No

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GL = 10, sub acc. = 25, sub seg. = 8

10 segments, 20 characters each

COA 15 characters alpha numeric 30



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QuestionTier








2 2 2 2 3

8 segments, 30 characters 24 alphanumeric 20 character 40 20

25 2 levels Unlimited 99 1

Unlimited Unlimited no practical limit Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

6 4 3 6 66 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 0

3 6 3 6 63 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 60 3 6 6

6 3 6 1

6 6 3 4 1

6 6 3 4 14 6 3 4 1

6 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 6



31









2 2 2 2 34 6 3 6 66 4 3 6 64 4 3 6 6

0 0 3 6 6

6 0 3 6 46 6 3 6 3

6 3 3 6 6

6 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 6

6 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 4

6 3 3 6 6

0 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 6

6 3 3 6 6

6 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 6

6 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 06 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 64 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 66 3 3 6 66 6 3 6 56 3 3 6 0



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2 2 2 2 36 3 3 6 6

3 6 3 4 63 6 3 3 63 6 3 3 66 6 3 3 63 6 3 3 36 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 63 6 3 3 6

6 6 3 6 36 6 3 6 36 6 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 66 4 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 56 6 3 6 56 4 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 63 5 3 4 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 46 6 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 46 6 3 6 46 6 3 6 6



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2 2 2 2 36 6 3 6 46 5 3 6 43 6 3 6 46 3 6 66 6 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 4 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 65 6 3 6 46 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 60 4 3 4 10 0 3 4 6

3 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 63 6 3 3 63 3 3 1

6 6 3 3 63 6 3 3 40 6 3 3 46 0 3 3 43 0 3 3 43 6 3 3 66 6 3 3 66 5 3 3 43 0 3 3 63 0 3 3 46 0 3 3 43 0 3 3 43 6 3 3 66 5 3 3 46 0 3 3 63 0 3 3 4



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2 2 2 2 36 6 3 3 6

Seamless integration from Solomon Project

Accounting to MS Project Fully Web enabled

Fixed Price Implementations important

for SMB customersRobust & Flexible Analysis

Capabilities

Source code available, even for System Manager; allows customization to fit user's business and not the other

way around

Automated workflow

Complete Sourcing & Demand Solution which

includes PDM

Pre-configured by industry to contain key industry-

specific processes

Fully integrated Enterprise Planning, Forecasting and

Budgeting

Fully integrated Customer Relationship Management

(CRM)

Embedded EDI module

E-business suite - Vendor, Customer and Sales Force

Connect

Support of open standards leads to higher level of integration throughout

enterprise

Fully integrated PSA (Professional services automation system)

Scalability, security and stability as backed by a MS

SQL engine/database



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2 2 2 2 3

Tightly integrated to Microsoft Sharepoint Portal

ServicesE-Mail Alert notification for

exception reporting

Level of support and customization available

from SAP partner program

Specialized Solutions for Financial Services, Not-For-

Profit & Hospitality Industries.

Easy to use with the standardized naming of

forms, tables, menus and functions; very intuitive

design

Ease of use

Critical path management and workflow management

functionality

Part of mySAP Business Suite allows for easy

upgrade migration

International capabilities with Low Total Cost of

Ownership, Fast to deploy and Low Risk

Large Third party support so that AccountMate can fit

almost any industry



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2 2 2 2 3



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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Adonix X3 Carillon CBS-System Compiere Erp/CRM Exact Globe Enterprise3 3 3 3 3

Adonix X3 Carillon CBS-System Compiere Erp/CRM Exact Globe Enterprise

Adonix Carillon Financials Corp.CSB System International,

Inc. ComPiere, Inc Exact Software

1.38 10 V4.2 2.5.2.c 360

Bill Owens Larry R. Pettit Adam Nancarrow K Pink Trudy Amendola

724-933-1327 972-437-2230 800-852-9977x213 1-888-218-5717, ext. 6778

[email protected] [email protected]@csb-

system.com [email protected]

www.adonix.com www.carillon.us www.csb-system.com www.compiere.org www.exactsoftware.ca

Yes Open Source$2,500 $4,000 $3,000

30 20 30$75,000 $80,000 $90,000

1.25 0.75 1.00$93,750 $60,000 $90,000$168,750 $140,000 $180,000



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Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


Yes No Yes Future date YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes NoYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes No YesNo Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes No Yes YesNo Future date No Third party Future dateNo Yes No Third party YesNo Future date Yes Future date Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes No Future date Yes



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office







Third party Yes Yes Future date

Paris, France Richardson, TX Germany Portland Oregon Delft, The Netherlands

Montreal, QC, Canada (reseller) Toronto, ON, Canada Cambridge, ON, Canada

9,000 1,600 Open source so is Unknown 160,0001,200 1,600 10,000

30 11 4007 11 35

$150M $80M $344.63M$150M $80M$100M $74M $334.87M$100M $74M

$20M - $300M $200M $5M - $20M $20M250 10 - 200 50

YesYes

80% Yes 90% Yes20% Yes 5% Yes

5%YesYes YesYes



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Technology




Yes

Yes Yes

Yes

YesYes YesYes YesYesYes

Yes

100% 100%

70% 65% 5% 95%30% 25% 5% 90%

80%2%

10% 2%2%

5%

2%

2%100% 100% 100% 100%

70% Yes 70% 100%Yes 10%Yes



41






Limits



30%Yes 20%

100% 100% 100%

Adonix 4GL/Toolset PowerBuilderProprietary + ANSI

compilers Visual Basic

CRM is fully integrated Yes No none N/A

100% 0% 20% 80% 50%Adonix X3 is already Web-

native Dec-06 already there N/AYes Yes Yes Yes

20% 100% 30%

No Yes YesNo No No

1600

Unlimited 32 13 Digits 400 08/09/2008



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20 characters 40 13 Digits 30

99 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited

Unlimited Unlimited 7 Digits Unlimited 9999




available




available




available




available




available

6 6 6 4 46 6 6 4 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 2

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6

6 6 4 46 6 4 4

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6



43







Adonix X3 Carillon CBS-System Compiere Erp/CRM Exact Globe Enterprise3 3 3 3 36 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 4 66 6 6 6

66 6 6

6 6 6 66 6 4 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 2 6

6 6 4 6

6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6

6 6 4 6

6 6 6 4 46 66 6 4 4

6 6 6 4 66 6 6 2 66 6 6 2 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 66 6 6 66 6 6 6 6



44



Adonix X3 Carillon CBS-System Compiere Erp/CRM Exact Globe Enterprise3 3 3 3 36 6 6 6 6

6

6 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 66 6 3 56 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 4 6 6 60 0 6 3

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 5 66 6 6 5 6

6 6 6 5 66 6 6 5 66 6 6 5 6

6 6 6 66 6 6 36 6 6 63 4 6 56 6 6 66 6 4 66 6 4 66 6 6 6

6 4 6 3 36 4 6 3 36 4 6 3 36 4 6 3 3



45



Adonix X3 Carillon CBS-System Compiere Erp/CRM Exact Globe Enterprise3 3 3 3 33 6 6 5 63 6 6 5 63 6 5 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 66 4 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 5 66 6 6 6 63 6 1 36 0 6 6

64 6 0 3 36 6 6 3 60 0 3 32 6 0 3 6

3 6 3 33 6 3 33 6 3 66 6 3 66 6 3 66 6 3 66 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 0 3 66 0 3 66 6 6 3 66 6 6 3 66 6 6 3 66 6 3 54 6 6 6 66 6 6 3 6



46






Adonix X3 Carillon CBS-System Compiere Erp/CRM Exact Globe Enterprise3 3 3 3 36 6 6 6 6

Advanced toolset allows system to be easily tailored and configured to customer needs without programming

changes

Multiple periods and years can be open at once in

Accounting Traceability and COOL Multilingual

Multi-dimensional GL structure - resource-centric

accounting & analysis

Fully integrated ERP with option to add WMS module,

all written in the same toolset

Available-to-sell quantities instead of "in stock" inventory amounts

Slaughterhouse and Yield management Change anything anytime

Consistency of view, simplicity, integration points

with MS office

Web-native design … runs using a Web browser

Comprehensive security by users, windows and tabs Paperless HACCP Open Source

Integration with other products - built-in XML

server, wholescale integration



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Industry-specific functionality for process manufacturing industries

Executive Desktop module - up-to-the-minute

comprehensive graphic data for the executive in one

dashboard window Recipe optimization Low cost of ownership

Adaptability - countries, currency, legislation, GAAP

compliance

Also supports discrete manufacturing in CTO, MTO and mixed mode

environments, as well as distributors

Custom enhancements built into the core system for

seamless upgrades Route accounting Easily customized



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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Logix

Made2Manage® Enterprise Business

SystemMicrosoft-Great Plains

Standard editionMicrosoft-Navision Standard edition

Microsoft-Solomon Standard edition

3 3 3 3 3

Logix



Standard editionMicrosoft-Navision Standard

editionMicrosoft-Solomon Standard edition

Enterprise Logix LLCMade2Manage Systems,

Inc. Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft

8 v.5.51 (SP1) 8 4 6

Frank Hamelly David Morse Nancy Teixeira Steve Croth Steve Croth

321-726-9210 317-249-1266 905-363-8440 905-363-8796 905-363-8796

[email protected]@made2manage.co

m [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

www.enterpriselogix.com www.made2manage.comwww.microsoft.com/busines

ssolutions/greatplains/www.microsoft.com/busines

ssolutions/navision/www.microsoft.com/busines

ssolutions/solomon/

$1,585 $5,000 $5,000 $5,00030 15 10 10 10

$47,550 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000

0.75 1.00 1.00 1.00$35,663 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000$83,213 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000



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Logix





3 3 3 3 3

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


No Yes Yes Yes Third partyYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Third party Third party Yes Third party

Yes Yes Yes No YesYes Yes Third party No Third partyYes Yes Yes No YesYes Yes Yes No Third partyNo Yes Yes No YesYes No Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Third party Yes Yes YesNo Third party Yes Yes YesYes Third party Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No Third party

No Yes Yes No YesNo Yes Yes Third party Yes



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office






Logix





3 3 3 3 3

No Yes Yes Third party Third party

Melbourne, FL Indianapolis, IN Redmond, WA, USA Redmond, WA, USA Redmond, WA, USA

N/A N/A Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada

2,000 261,000 261,000 261,0002,000 38,400 44,900 14,600104104

$830M $830M $830M

$700M $700M $700M

$15M >$10M >$10M $5M - $25M50 100 25 - 100 25 - 100 25 - 150

50% 100%



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Technology



Logix





3 3 3 3 3

50% - Telecommunications services

100% 100%

100% 60% 60% 40% 100%

30%

10%60%

30%

10%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%



53






Limits


Logix





3 3 3 3 3

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

VBA VB.NET, C++ C++Proprietary (C/Side) +

Integration ToolsC++, Visual Basic, VBA,

COM Model

None - proprietary - integrated SalesLogix

Integration to Microsoft CRM

Fully Integrated + MS CRM (Future) Microsoft CRM

10% 75% 100%100% (with SP1 release

scheduled this fall) 25%

N/A N/A N/A Sep-05 N/AYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

100% 100% 100%

100% (XML Port tool available to create XML

documents) 100%

No Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes Yes No Yes

20 25 characters 66 20GL = 10, Sub Acc = 6, Sub

Seg = 3



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Logix





3 3 3 3 3

60 25 characters 30 20 1 Segment, 30 Characters

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 50 25

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

4 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

0 0 6 6 30 0 6 6 30 0 6 6 60 0 6 6 0

0 6 6 3 0

4 0 3 3 0

6 0 3 4 46 0 6 4 4

0 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 60 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6



55







Logix





3 3 3 3 36 6 6 6 46 6 6 6 66 0 0 6 4

0 6 0 6 0

6 6 6 3 64 6 6 6 6

0 0 6 6 6

0 6 6 6 60 0 6 6

6 0 6 6 60 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

0 6 6 6 00 6 4 6 60 6 6 6 6

0 6 6 6 6

0 6 6 6 00 0 6 60 0 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 60 3 6 6 66 3 6 6 66 3 6 6 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 60 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6



56



Logix





3 3 3 3 36 6 6 6 0

6 6 3 4 36 6 3 3 36 4 3 3 36 6 3 3 64 6 3 3 36 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 4 6 6 66 4 6 6 60 0 3 3 3

6 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 60 6 6 4 6

6 6 6 6 60 0 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 4 6

5 6 6 3 60 6 3 3 60 6 6 3 60 0 3 3 35 6 3 3 64 6 3 3 64 6 3 3 06 6 3 3 6

6 6 3 3 04 6 3 3 04 6 3 3 06 6 3 3 0



57



Logix





3 3 3 3 36 6 3 3 66 6 3 3 66 6 3 3 36 6 6 4 66 6 6 6 6

0 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 0 6 06 6 0 6 06 4 6 6 56 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 60 3 3 4 06 6 6 6 0

6 6 6 3 36 6 6 6 60 0 3 0 36 6 3 0 3

6 6 3 0 04 6 3 0 36 6 3 0 06 6 0 0 66 6 3 0 36 6 3 0 36 6 6 0 66 6 6 6 66 6 3 0 34 6 3 0 36 6 6 0 66 6 3 0 36 6 3 0 36 3 3 6 66 4 3 0 66 6 3 0 3



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Logix





3 3 3 3 36 6 6 0 6

Flat pricing structure - no per user licences, no per

module fees

Excellent financial reporting and adhoc query

capabilities Ease of use

Seamless integration from Solomon Project

Accounting to MS Project

Comprehensive, integrated functionality Ease of use

End-to-end business functionality Automated workflow

Service management - industry leading

Full upgrade path to Microsoft Great Plains

Professional edition

Easy upgrade path to Navision Professional

edition

Scalable: easy migration path to Solomon

Professional edition



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Logix





3 3 3 3 3

Developed with user and administrators in mind - intuitive to implement,

maintain and use

Comprehensive customization and integration tools


Tightly integrated to MS Sharepoint Portal Services

Extremely rich serial no. and lot tracking

Tightly integrated with other Microsoft products

Multicurrency, multilanguage,

multilocation; this solution is designed to meet the needs

of global businesses Ease of use



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Logix





3 3 3 3 3



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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Multiview Financial Software OpenMFG ERP Suite Orchestra pour PME Sage Accpac 500 ERP Sage MAS 500

3 3 3 3 3


Multiview OpenMFG Concepts industriels 2000 Sage Software, Inc. Sage Software, Inc.

6.4 1.2 Version 2.7 5.3 6.3

John Leslie Ned Lilly Jocelyn Drolet Sales DepartmentStephen Moore (editorial

contact)

781-245-2700 757-461-3022 819-696-3763 800 945 8007 949-790-2040

[email protected] [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected]

[email protected]

www.multiviewcorp.com www.openmfg.comwww.ConceptsIndustriels20

00.com www.accpac.com www.bestsoftware.com

$3,500 $3,120 $2,500 $3,59320 15 20 10

$70,000 $46,800 $50,000 $35,930

0.75 1.00 1.00 1.00$52,500 $46,800 $50,000 $35,930$122,500 $93,600 $100,000 $71,860

$0 $0 $250$1,250 $400 $1,860

10 20 6$12,500 $8,000 $11,410

1.00 0.25$12,500 $0 $2,853



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3 3 3 3 3$94,770 $30,326 $54,293

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Third partyNo Yes Yes Third party YesNo Yes Yes Third party YesNo Yes Yes Third party YesNo Yes Yes Third party YesNo Yes Yes Third party YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes Yes Third party Yes

Third party No Yes Yes YesThird party No No Yes YesThird party Yes Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes Yes No

No Third party Yes Yes Yes

Future date Yes Yes Yes Yes

Future date No Yes No YesYes No No No



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office







3 3 3 3 3

No No Third party Yes Third party

Ottawa, ON, Canada Norfolk, VirginiaNewcastle upon Tyne,

United Kingdom

The Sage Group plc, North Park, Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE13 9AA

Ottawa, ON, Canada Montreal, QC, Canada Trois-Rivières (Québec) Richmond, BC

2600 Skymark Avenue, Bldg 3, Mississauga, ON

L4W 5B2, Canada

700+ 4.5M More than 4.5M700+ 40,00090+ More than 500,00090+ >20 11,000 27

$50M - $5B $18M $5M - $100M Up to $250M $20 - $500M250 - 10,000 50 100 10-999 500

Multiview is in 40+ industries. Their product

was designed to integrate to all the popular ERP

applications

3%4% Yes2%2% Yes Yes27% 80% 100% Yes Yes12% 15% Yes Yes5% 5% Yes Yes5% Yes Yes1% Yes Yes10% Yes Yes



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Technology




3 3 3 3 32% Yes Yes

3% Yes Yes

4% Yes Yes

2%3% Yes10% Yes Yes1% Yes Yes

2% Yes Yes2%

100% 100% 100%

90% 28% 100100% 5% 1%

63%8%

5%

100% - PostgreSQL - open source Providex

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

98% 60% 100% 85% 100%20% 12%

2%



65






Limits



3 3 3 3 3

2%1%

20% - Mac OS X100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Oracle Forms, C++, Visual Basic, Java

Qt - multiplatform framework for C++, www.trolltech.com VBA, VB, ActiveX, ASP

C++, VB, C, HTML, ASP, ActiveX

Visual Studio including VB and C++

Multiple open source options, ACT Yes - all

Sage Accpac CRM 5.7 (formerly ACCPAC CRM

5.7) Saleslogix10% - In Q4-'05 all

Multiview accounting applications will be Web

enabled 50% 100% 99% 5%

Oct-05 n/a naYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

100% reports only 100% 100% 40%

Yes No Future date Yes YesNo Yes Yes Yes Yes0 100

622 Unlimited Unlimited 45 100



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3 3 3 3 3

20 wide alphanumeric Unlimited Unlimited 24 30

NA Unlimited UnlimitedWill be unlimited in version

5.4 Unlimited

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 99 Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 46 4 6 6 6

0 5 6 60 5 6 60 5 6 60 5 6 0

6 6 2 0 6

0 6 4 6 6

6 6 4 06 6 4 6

6 5 6 6 66 5 6 6 66 5 6 6

6 6 6 6 6



67








3 3 3 3 36 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 3 6

6 6 6 6

6 6 6 3 36 6 6 6 6

6 5 6 6 6

6 5 6 0 66 5 6 6 6

6 5 6 6 66 5 6 3 6

6 5 6 6 666 6 6 66 5 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 4 6 6

6 4 4 6 63 6

6 6 3

6 6 6 6 66 0 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 5 4 6 66 5 5 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 5 6 6 66 6 6 5 6



68




3 3 3 3 36 2 1 6 6

00 6 6 6 50 6 6 6 50 6 6 6 50 6 6 6 50 5 6 6 50 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 60 5 4 3

0 6 6 6 60 5 6 6 60 5 5 3

6 6 6 6 66 4 6 6 6

0 6 4 6 60 6 4 6 66 6 6 6

4 5 6 6 60 5 6 6 61 5 6 6 60 5 4 6 3

6 6 6 60 6 6 6 60 6 6 6 60 6 6 6 6

0 6 5 6 30 6 5 6 30 6 5 6 30 6 5 6 3



69




3 3 3 3 36 5 6 6 60 5 6 0 60 5 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 4 6 6

6 6 6 63 6 6 6 66 6 6 60 6 5 3 66 6 6 6 60 4 0 30 2 0 3

0 4 6 30 6 6 3 60 5 4 30 6 6 3 600 6 6 3 60 0 6 3 60 5 6 3 60 6 6 3 60 6 6 3 60 6 6 3 60 6 6 3 60 6 6 5 60 5 6 3 60 2 6 30 6 6 3 60 6 6 3 60 6 6 3 50 4 6 3 30 6 5 5 60 6 6 3 6



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3 3 3 3 30 6 6 3 6

a ENGLISH

Financial reporting flexibility, real-time date driven

systemClient and server run on

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Orchestra pour PME (Orchestra for SME) allows management at all levels to

consult in real time on all pertinent information (strategic, tactic and

operational). These graphs, trends, etc. allow

management to make quick decisions for the greater

benefit of your organization Freedom to choose database, operating

system, how deployed

Business Insights Explorer for inquiry, analysis and data entry tasks. A Data

Centrix workflow

Transparency - ability to drill down to any detail from financial reporting or the

applicationsOpen source (free)

PostgreSQL database

Orchestra pour PME includes a sophisticated product configurator that

can respond to the needs of almost any made to order

company

Foundation for an end-to-end suite of applications including award-winning

CRM

Item catalog lookup allows for a user defined

organization of items into a tree structured lookup

Ability for end users to create ad hoc reports

without any IS resources

Source code provided, enhancements integrated

into main product

Easy to use, quick to implement, friendly and intuitive interface. The

whole system is very robust and the manufacturing

system is very sophisticated. Unequaled wealth of functionalities to systems costing 5X and

even 10X more

Unlimited optional fields allow you to track

information specific to your business

Built from the ground up on Microsoft SQL Server. Has absolutely no heritage of other database formats



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3 3 3 3 3

Integration capabilities for importing and exporting data. There is a defined

process for accepting data into the Financial system,

following the same validation logic and rules as

user entered data

Powerful manufacturing functionality, with simple,

clean interface

Progressive system. You can begin with one or two

modules and add the other modules progressively

Right-sized for your business - via 3 different editions (100, 200, 500)

World-class customer service - each client has a designated support person and project manager. The client has access to the

customer support person directly. Project Managers

are all CAs or MBAs

Integrated free, open source OpenRPT report

writer

The finite scheduling module is completely

integrated to the manufacturing system. It contains more than 30

priority rules, visual Gantt chart, etc. This level of integration allows for an

unprecedented level of new possibilities Numerous reporting tools

for skills ranging from beginner to advanced

FRENCH

La Suite Orchestra pour PME permet aux cadres de

passer en revue des données d'affaires clés

quotidiennement. L'examen des données d'affaires permet de prendre des

décisions plus éclairées et de faire évoluer l'organisation.



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3 3 3 3 3La Suite Orchestra pour

PME est doté d'un configurateur de produits

d'une conception novatrice pouvant répondre aux besoins de toutes les

entreprises produisant sur mesures avec ou sans

option.

Facilité d'utilisation, apprentissage rapide, interface conviviale et intuitive, application

extrêmement robuste doté d’un système de gestion

manufacturière très évolué. Richesse inégalée des

fonctionnalités comparable à des systèmes coûtant 5X

et même 10X plus.

Système évolutif. Une entreprise peut commencer avec un ou deux modules de la suite et ajouter les

autrres modules en fonction et au rythme des besoins.

Le module de planification à capacité finie (finite

scheduling) est complètement intégré à l'application ce qui lui confère un niveau de convivialité inégalé. Il

contient plus de 30 règles de priorité, Gantt chart, etc.



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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



SAP Business One SYSPROThe Financial Edge for

Canada WinMan AccountMate LAN3 3 3 3 4


Canada WinMan AccountMate LAN

SAP AG Syspro Software Ltd. Blackbaud Canada TTW INCAccountMate Software

Corporation

SAP Business One 2004 SYSPRO 6.0 Issue 9 7 7.39 6.5

James Dever/Steve Ernst Sales Jeff Shatford Nick Ellermann Donna DeRosa610-661-2161/801-645-

4662 888-259-6666Direct: 905-853-9064 Cell:

416-520-4111 800-339-0791 415-884-6548

[email protected]/[email protected] [email protected]

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

www.sap.com www.syspro.com www.blackbaud.com www.winman.com www.accountmate.com

$2,500 $3,000 $4,72515 30 7

$37,500 $90,000 $33,075

1.00 1.00 0.25$37,500 $90,000 $8,269$75,000 $180,000 $41,344



74



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Contact management






Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


Third party Yes Yes Yes Third partyYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Third party Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Third party Third party Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Yes Third partyYes Yes No No Third partyYes Yes No Yes YesYes Yes No Yes Third party

Third party Yes Yes No Third partyYes Yes Yes Yes Third party

Third party Yes Third party No Third partyThird party Third party Third party Third party Third partyThird party Third party Yes Third party Yes

No Third party Future date Third party Third party

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Third party

Yes Yes Yes Future date Third partyNo Yes Yes No Yes



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office








Third party Yes Third party Future date Third party

Germany Sunninghill, South Africa Charleston, SC, USA Leesburg, VA Novato, CA, USA

Toronto & Calgary Burnaby, BC, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada Winnipeg, MB, Canada Novato, CA, USA

91,500 12,000 13,000 250 120,0006,000 12,000 3,900 200 72,000500 1,120 730 15 3,600100 1,120 120 10 2,000

$64M$64M$60M$60M

< $500M $5 - $250M $5M - $30M $1M - $100M10 - 300 10 - 1,000 50 7

1%1%5%30% 90%42% 5%14% 3%1% 2%



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6%

30%41%13%

16% - Religious, foundations, & other

0%100% 100% 100%

98% 20% 98% 50%1%

1%1% 1%

80%100%

50%100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

69% 100% 98% 85%5% 1%17%



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0%3% 1%6%

15%100% 100% 100% 100%

C++

MS Visual Studio & .NET ASP .NET, MicroFocus Net Express, Magic Software,

XML, Business/COM Objects Visual Basic Visual Studio .NET Visual FoxPro 8, Crystal 8.5

None SYSPRO CRM The Raiser's Edge None Yes, Goldmine

None 5% 20% 0% 0%

Unknown Available N/A Never TBAYes Yes Yes No

N/A 55% 100% N/A

No Yes Yes No NoYes Yes Yes No NoN/A 10

10 segments, 20 characters each 45 Unlimited 32 30



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20 character 50 32 20

Unlimited 15 Unlimited 1

Unlimited 1035 Unlimited Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

6 6 4 6 66 6 1 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 0

6 6 1 6 66 6 1 4 66 6 1 4 66 0 0 0 6

3 6 6 6 1

6 6 6 1

1 6 0 6 11 0 1 6 1

6 6 6 66 6 6 66 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6



79








Canada WinMan AccountMate LAN3 3 3 3 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

1 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 46 6 6 6 3

6 6 6 6 6

6 0 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 4 64 6 6 6 4

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 61 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 06 0 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 16 0 6 6 0



80




Canada WinMan AccountMate LAN3 3 3 3 44 6 6 4 6

6 6 3 6 64 6 3 6 64 6 3 6 64 6 3 6 63 6 3 3 36 6 3 6 64 6 3 4 66 6 6 6 66 6 3 6 63 0 3 4 4

4 6 3 6 34 6 3 6 36 0 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 6

6 6 3 4 16 6 3 6 14 6 3 6 6

3 6 3 6 63 6 3 4 63 6 3 6 63 3 3 6 43 6 3 6 63 6 3 6 63 6 3 3 43 6 3 6 6

3 6 3 3 33 6 3 3 33 6 3 3 33 6 3 3 3



81




Canada WinMan AccountMate LAN3 3 3 3 43 6 6 6 43 6 6 6 43 6 6 6 44 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 6

6 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 16 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 61 6 3 6 44 6 3 6 26 6 3 6 61 5 3 6 36 6 3 4 2

0 6 0 3 16 6 0 4 63 0 0 4 41 6 0 6 1

3 6 0 6 63 6 0 6 40 6 0 6 43 6 0 6 43 6 0 6 46 6 0 6 60 0 0 6 66 6 0 6 43 6 0 6 63 6 0 6 43 6 0 6 43 6 0 6 46 6 0 6 64 6 0 6 46 0 0 4 64 6 0 5 4



82







Canada WinMan AccountMate LAN3 3 3 3 46 6 0 6 6

Built-in alerts and approval procedures Low cost of ownership

Track and report at the project level with Project,

Grant & Endowment Management module 00% native .NET develope

Source code available, even for System Manager; allows customization to fit user's business and not the other

way around

Unlimited User-defined fields and User-defined

tables

Exceptional breadth and depth of functionality/price

ratio

Up-to-the-minute analysis with Dashboard - an on-screen tool that analyses data, giving a snapshot of

financial status Lean manufacturing

Scalability, security and stability as backed by a MS

SQL engine/database

Fully integrated environment on single

server

Integrated & ready-to-install ERP, CRM, APS and

Ecommerce

Do-it-all budgeting: perform everything from simple

annual budget creation to advanced salary and benefits budgeting Fully Integrated CRM

Easy to use with the standardized naming of

forms, tables, menus and functions; very intuitive

design



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Reporting tools: "Drag & Relate" and "XL Reporter"

Solid company with more than 25 years' experience

and 12,000 companies

Integration with The Raiser's Edge(R): Reduce

duplicate data entry and link gift records to account

balances Integrated product

configurator

Large third-party support so that AccountMate can fit

almost any industry

Built-in CRM

Extensive software options addressing individual client

requirements

Comprehensive Reports: Share timely, accurate

information with stakeholders and quickly create reports within the

systemPowerful integrated

reporting capabilities

Modular system; add modules and functionalities

as your company grows



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85

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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Adagio Accounting Blue Link EliteBusinessVision 32 SQL

Client-Server EditionConnected Precision

Accounting COSS Manufacturing 4 4 4 4 4



Accounting COSS Manufacturing

Softrak Systems Inc.Blue Link Associates

Limited Best Software Accountek Solutions, INC COSS Systems Inc.

8.0A 10.02.06 6.4 5.02 Version 5.8

Andrew Bates Mark Canes, CA-IT Sales Department Scott Archer David Gallagher

604.736.3741 905-660-0599 800-945-8007 888-678-5856 x 224 905-362-5020 x 229

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@coss-

systems.com

www.softrak.com www.bluelink.ca www.businessvision,com www.accountek.com www.coss-systems.com

$750 $1,200 $899 $675 $2,0004 15 10 10 15

$3,000 $18,000 $8,990 $6,750 $30,000

1.00 1.00 0.75 0.75 1.00$3,000 $18,000 $6,743 $5,063 $30,000$6,000 $36,000 $15,733 $11,813 $60,000



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Yes Yes Yes Yes Third party

Yes Yes Yes Yes Third party Yes Yes Yes Yes Third party Yes Yes Yes Yes Third party

Third party Yes No No Third party Yes Yes Yes Yes Third party


Third party Yes Yes Yes YesNo Third party Third party Yes Yes

Third party No Yes Yes YesThird party Yes Yes Yes YesThird party Yes Yes Yes YesThird party No Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Third party No Third partyYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Third party Yes Yes

Third party Third party Yes Third party Third partyThird party Third party Yes Third party Third partyThird party Third party No No Third party

Future date Yes Yes Yes Third party

Third party Yes Third party No Third party

Third party Third party Yes No No

No Third party No NoYes No Third party Yes No



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office









Third party Yes Yes No Yes

Vancouver, BC, Canada Toronto, ON, Canada Richmond, BC, Canada8000 Jane Street, Tower B,

Suite 103, Concord , ON Mississauga, ON, Canada

Toronto, ON, Canada Richmond, BC, Canada

8000 Jane Street, Tower B, Suite 103, Concord , ON,

Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada

16,000 550 40,000 650-690 4,000 users5,000 430 10,000 650-690 4,000 users7,000 480 32,000 325 2,500 users2,500 400 9,000 345 2,500 users

$1 - $2.5M $2M - $5M $1 - $2.5M $2M - $5M $1 - $2.5M $2M - $5M $1 - $2.5M $2M - $5M

$1.5M - 100M $20M $0.5M - $50M $5M $2M - $10M 10 - 100 20 10 - 100 20 - 30 10 - 250

2% 1%1% 1%

2% 10% 8%2% 30% 13% 100%5% 72% 30% 25%4% 15% 20% 5%

4% 1%5% 0%4% 5%



88




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10%

15% 4% 10% 5%

10% 2%

5%20% 2%10% 15%5% 1%

10% 4% 1%6% 0%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

50% 20%10%

100% 10%10%

50%

100% 20%30%

100%100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

40% 99% 40% 35% 90%40% 40% 10%



89






Limits





20% 1% 20%

65%100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Delphi, C++Visual Basic, MS SQL-

Server, Access Microfocus Cobalt Omnis Studio 4.1 Microsoft Visual Studio

Goldmine through 3d party, Outlook through OLEDB Goldmine, Maximizer

Goldmine, Outlook, Maximizer, ACT! NO ACCPAC CRM

0% 5% 0% 5% 0%

N/A N/A N/A Custom only Dec-05No Yes No Yes

0% 20% 0%

No Yes No NoNo Yes No No

>2000 0

12 14 24 9



90

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16 25 15 15

1 Unlimited 9 5

Unlimited Unlimited 99 99




available




available




available




available




available

6 4 6 6 66 4 6 6 66 4 4 4 66 4 6 4 66 4 6 4 6

0 0 0 0 60 0 4 4 66 6 4 4 60 0 0 0

0 6 0 0 6

6 6 3 0 6

0 6 3 0 60 6 0 0 6

6 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 6

6 6 6 6 6



91









Accounting COSS Manufacturing 4 4 4 4 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 60 4 0 4 4

0 4 0 0 4

0 2 6 1 60 5 5 1 0

0 4 4 6 3

0 4 0 0 30 4 4 0 3

6 4 6 4 34 6 0 6 3

2 3 4 6 3

6 6 5 6 34 6 6 6 34 6 6 6 3

0 6 0 6 3

4 6 0 0 30 6 6 0 36 6 6 0 3

6 6 4 6 36 3 4 0 36 3 0 6 36 3 6 0 36 6 5 4 36 4 0 6 36 6 6 6 36 6 0 6 34 6 6 6 30 6 6 0 3



92





Accounting COSS Manufacturing 4 4 4 4 44 6 0 0 3

3 6 6 4 63 6 6 3 63 6 6 3 63 6 4 3 63 3 3 3 66 6 6 6 60 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 63 6 3 1 6

4 6 3 6 64 6 3 6 66 6 3 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 4 0 66 6 4 6 6

3 6 6 0 33 0 6 0 03 6 0 1 03 3 3 0 03 6 0 4 03 6 6 4 03 3 6 4 03 6 6 4 6

3 3 3 4 63 3 3 4 63 3 3 4 63 3 3 4 6



93





Accounting COSS Manufacturing 4 4 4 4 46 6 6 6 64 4 3 0 64 4 3 0 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 5 4 63 6 3 6 63 6 3 6 63 5 3 6 60 6 4 4 60 6 6 6 60 3 0 0 00 6 4 6 0

0 6 0 0 60 6 6 0 60 6 3 1 63 0 0 0 6

3 0 3 0 60 0 3 0 63 0 3 0 60 0 3 0 63 0 3 0 63 0 3 6 60 0 3 0 63 6 6 6 63 6 0 0 63 6 3 0 60 0 3 0 63 0 3 0 63 0 3 3 63 0 0 0 63 5 6 6 40 0 0 4 6



94








Accounting COSS Manufacturing 4 4 4 4 40 6 3 2 6

Financial statement designer combines formula and formatting power of a

spreadsheet with drag-and-drop simplicity

Workflow manager for sales order processing - with

graphical health indicatorsAffordable - sold complete as 18 integrated modules

Only SME true multiuser Macintosh product in

CanadaReal-time job costing,

tracking and scheduling

Simple form designer allows custom forms without

Crystal Reports Designer complexity

Handles all sales taxes in Canada, US, UK, Ireland

and many other jurisdictions Real-time data posting

Cross-platform simultaneous access from Mac and Windows - non

browser based

Integration with financial software and CRM software

to provide an end-to-end solution

"Copy everything" minimizes repetitive data

entryDrill-down capabilities - to

original G/L entryExpandable - seamless

upgrade pathEase of maintenance and

implementation

Parametric configurator builds product

configurations and production plans using a multilevel decision tree



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Batch orientation between modules (except order

entry/inventory)Advanced backorder

management / fulfillmentRobust multiple currency

capabilities

Prompt, personal and knowledgeable technical

support

Windows product developed exclusively as a

manufacturing solution reflecting business

processes from the shop floor

Proprietary database provides security of data with Crystal Reports and

other reporting tools available, including single

click export to Excel

Unified A/R Collection function reduces average

collection periodCustomizable with the

optionional CustomPack13 years of ongoing

development and supportUse of .NET technology for

Web applications



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97

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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Dynacom Enterprise SQL Edition eWholesale™ Foundation 3000 IndustriOS

Integrated Office Accounting

4 4 4 4



Dynacom Technologies Inc.Magic Information Systems

Inc. Softrend Systems Inc. IndustriOS Software Inc IOA Software

9.1 9.4 Build 45d 3 Version 2.75 4

Yanick Turcotte Ted Hoffman Mr. Sandy Milne Eva DeGasperis Jim Hollohan

1-800-565-2266, ext. 208 905-738-9650 x 222 604-980-1419 1-905-829-2525 x 207 [email protected]

a [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

www.dynacom.com www.magic-info.com www.softrend.com www.industrios.com www.ioasoftware.com

YES$1,435 $1,500 $5,000 $2,500 $995

7 10 5 15 10-Jan$10,045 $15,000 $25,000 $37,500 $9,950

0.75 0.50 0.25 1.00 0.75$7,534 $7,500 $6,250 $37,500 $7,463

$17,579 $22,500 $31,250 $75,000 $17,413



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4 4 4 4

Yes Yes Yes Third party Yes

Yes Yes Yes Third party YesYes Yes Yes Third party YesYes Yes Yes Third party Yes

Third party Future date Future date Third party YesYes Yes Yes Third party YesYesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Future date YesYes

Third party Yes Yes Yes YesThird party No Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes No No YesYes No Yes Future date YesYes No Future date Third party YesYes Yes Yes Third party Yes

Future date No Yes Third party YesThird party No Future date Third party No

Yes Third party Yes Yes Yes

Yes Future date Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes No Yes

Third party No Future date NoYes Yes No No



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office








4 4 4 4

Yes No Future date No Yes

Montreal, QC, Canada Toronto, ON, CanadaNorth Vancouver, BC,

Canada Oakville, ON, Canada Toronto, ON, Canada

Montreal, QC, Canada Toronto, ON, CanadaNorth Vancouver, BC,

Canada Oakville, ON, Canada Gander, NFLD, Canada

150,000 200+ 22 3,000100,000 100+ 22 500 3,00025,000 200+ 20 3,00015,000 100+ 20 50 3,000

$0 - $1M$0 - $1M$0 - $1M$0 - $1M

3 - 10M Up to $100M $19M $20M $550,000 - $10M10 to 25 27 75 1 - 500

5%5%5%

Yes 5%Yes 10% 50% 90% 20%Yes 90% 45% 20%Yes 10% 5%

5%Yes 5% 5%

3%



100




Technology





4 4 4 42%

3%

3%

2%2%2%3%5%

100% 100% 100% 100%

5% 10%

10% 100%

95% 100%90%

90%100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

35% 90% 100% 100% 98%



101






Limits




4 4 4 4

10% 2%

65%100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

VB & C++ eDeveloper, VB, C MS Visual Studio C++Magic, Visual Basic, Delphi

and Crystal Reports

Ours Yes, ACT!!

System is fully integrated and contains these

applications. However, integration with GoldMine is

available No Yes

5% N/A 10% 0% 0%

Jun-05 N/A 31-Dec-06Yes Yes Yes No

10% 10% 10% 0% 0%

No No No No NoNo No No No No

6 8 6 36 Unlimited



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4 4 4 4

20 20 17 30 Unlimited

1 10 20 Unlimited

Unlimited 35 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

6 4 6 6 66 4 6 5 64 4 6 6 66 4 6 6 66 0 6 6 6

6 0 0 0 66 0 0 1 66 4 0 1 66 0 0 1 6

5 0 4 6 6

3 6 6 6 6

3 6 4 1 63 0 4 1 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 4 6

6 6 6 6 6



103









4 4 4 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 4 0 6

6 0 6 0 6

4 0 6 0 64 0 6 4 6

4 6 6 6 6

4 0 6 6 64 0 6 6 6

4 6 6 64 6 6 6

4 0 6 6 6

3 6 6 56 6 6 56 6 6 5

4 6 6 5

4 4 6 56 0 6 66 6 6

6 0 6 6 66 0 6 6 60 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 64 0 6 6 60 6 6 60 6 6 6 60 6 6 6 66 6 6 4 66 0 6 6 6



104





4 4 4 43 6 4 6 6

6 6 6 6 56 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 63 3 4 6 26 6 6 6 63 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 63 0 6 4 6

4 0 6 6 64 0 6 6 44 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 2 66 6 6 2 65 6 6 6 5

4 6 6 24 0 6 24 6 6 25 0 5 24 6 6 24 6 6 24 3 6 24 6 6 2

4 3 6 6 64 3 6 6 64 3 6 6 64 3 6 6 6



105





4 4 4 43 5 6 4 66 5 6 4 24 5 6 4 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 64 6 6 64 0 4 64 0 6 6 66 6 6 6 63 0 6 3 63 0 4 2 6

60 1 4 46 6 6 63 0 6 4 43 0 0 2 4

3 2 6 4 43 2 6 0 43 2 1 6 23 0 0 6 43 0 2 4 43 0 2 6 63 6 6 6 43 6 6 6 63 0 4 6 43 0 1 6 43 0 2 6 43 0 2 6 43 0 1 6 43 0 2 6 43 0 1 2 43 0 1 6 4



106








4 4 4 43 6 6 6 6

The only accounting software in the world capable of advanced customization without

having to modify the source code

Designed specifically to meet the needs of

wholesale distributors Seamlessly built-in EDI

Customer relationship management module

provides advanced account and prospect management

with integration to operations, finance, RMA, quoting and MS Outlook.

Not a third-party applicationCustomization to customer

requirements

Affordable

Detailed FIFO costing with unlimited cost factors (other costing methods supported

as well)Gordon Graham system of

inventory management

Advanced reporting capabilities provides auto-distribution of forms and

reports via fax/e-mail internally

Amount of functionality unmatched in price range

SQL or AccessTrue multicurrency

throughout

Built-in fax/email server linked to Contact

Management and Sales Orders

MRP functionality and integration with forecasts

Multitiered, departmental accounting



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4 4 4 4

Bilingual

Comprehensive & easy to use landed/delanded cost

handling

Totally unified business solution w/ user-friendly

interface

Advanced sales order fulfillment capabilities

including line level ship to definitions, shipment

planning, complete EDI integration and consolidated

invoicing Integrates fully with Microsoft products

More than 100,000 copies sold

Fully customizable to match client specific requirements

Softrend has flexibility to accommodate almost any

business model or customer requirement with

Foundation 3000

Data collection capabilities support RF technology for

shipments, physical inventory and production

reporting. Additional transactions to be available

in the near future

Based on dollar to functionality ratio, best product on the market



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4 4 4 4



109

QuestionTier

Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



MDKS InfinityMicrosoft Small Business

FinancialsMinotaur Business

System NetSuiteProven Solutions

Accounting4 4 4 4 4


Financials Minotaur Business System NetSuiteProven Solutions

Accounting

MDKS Microsoft Minotaur Software Ltd. NetSuite, Inc. Canam Systems

2.5 8 6.5 10.5 5

Michael Stranz, CA Steve Croth Judith Kirkness Sean Rollings Scott Pritchard

519-888-0700 905-363-8796905-458-7575, 1-800-668-

1284 650-627-1009 877-712-2626

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

MDKSgroup.com

www.microsoft.com/businesssolutions/smallbusinessfin

ancials/ www.minotaursoftware.com www.netsuite.com

$2,000 $800 $145 $1,440 $50010 3 20 15 10

$20,000 $2,400 $2,900 $21,600 $5,000

1.00 1.00 0.50 0.75 1.25$20,000 $2,400 $1,450 $16,200 $6,250$40,000 $4,800 $4,350 $37,800 $11,250

$5,988

15$5,988

0.75$4,491



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Contact management







Accounting4 4 4 4 4

$45,167

Third party - ACCPAC/Navison Yes Yes Yes Yes

Third party - ACCPAC/Navison Yes Yes Yes Yes


Third party - ACCPAC/Navison Yes No Future date Yes

Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes No Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Future date YesYes No Yes Future date YesYes No Yes Future date YesYes No Yes Future date YesNo No No Yes YesNo Third party Yes Yes YesYes Third party No Yes Yes

Third party - ACCPAC Third party Yes Third party YesThird party - ACCPAC Yes No Yes YesThird party - ACCPAC No Yes Yes Yes

Third party - MS CRM / Act! No Yes Yes Yes

Third party - MS CRM / Act! No Yes Yes YesThird party - MS Bus

Intelligence Yes Third party Yes Yes

Third party - ACCPAC CFO No No Yes YesNo No Third party Yes



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QuestionTier

POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office









Accounting4 4 4 4 4

Yes Third party Third party Third party Yes

Waterloo, ON, Canada Redmond, WA, USA Brampton, ON, Canada San Mateo, CA, USA Barrie, ON, Canada

Waterloo, ON, Canada Mississauga, ON, Canada

18 Automatic Road, Brampton, ON, Canada L6S

5N5 Mississauga, ON, Canada Toronto, ON, Canada

275 261,000 250 7,500 600225 38,400 100 7,500 350265 N/A 240 600220 N/A 96 350

>$2M $830M>$300K>$2M $700M

>$500K

$20M $5M + $50M $250,000 - $50M10 5 - 25 50 50 75

2%2%

20%30% 75% 12%15% 25% 25%

2%40%

10%



112




Technology






Accounting4 4 4 4 4

5% 1%

1%

1%1%12%

1%

20%

100% 100% 100%

100%100%

100%

95%

5%

100% - MSDE, SBS100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

100% 100% 100% 100%100%



113






Limits





Accounting4 4 4 4 4

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

vb.NET C++VC++, Borland, Sun Java,

VS.NET Java VB, HTML, AcitveX, VBA

MS CRM; ACT! None Have our own module No Microsoft Outlook

5% 100% 100% 0%

Sep-05 N/A Jun-06 PresentNo Yes Yes Yes No

100% 100% ?

No Yes No No YesNo No No Yes Yes

7500+ 3

12 25 characters, 5 segmentsUsually max. 20, but could

be increased 25 characters 40



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QuestionTier









Accounting4 4 4 4 4

24 30Usually max 20, but could

be increased 60 characters 25






available




available




available




available




available

6 6 6 40 6 4 6 46 6 4 6 46 6 4 6 46 6 1 6 0

3 4 0 03 4 0 63 6 0 63 6 0 0

2 3 4 4 6

2 3 4 6 4

2 0 1 0 42 0 1 0 4

6 0 6 6 66 0 6 6 62 0 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 6



115










Accounting4 4 4 4 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 62 3 4 6 4

2 3 4 6 6

2 0 4 6 62 0 4 6 6

6 0 4 6 6

6 0 4 6 66 0 4 6 6

6 6 4 6 66 6 4 6 6

6 6 4 6 6

6 6 1 6 66 0 4 6 66 6 4 6 6

6 6 4 6 4

6 6 6 6 46 6 1 66 6 1 6 6

6 6 6 6 46 6 6 6 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 46 6 6 6 66 6 4 6 66 0 6 6 62 6 6 6 6



116






Accounting4 4 4 4 42 6 6 6 6

6 0 6 6 66 0 6 2 66 0 6 2 66 0 6 2 66 0 6 2 46 0 6 4 62 6 6 6 66 6 6 66 6 6 6 61 0 4 6 6

4 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 62 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 64 6 6 6 6

6 6 6 2 66 6 6 2 66 6 6 2 6

6 0 6 6 36 0 3 6 36 0 6 6 34 0 1 6 34 0 6 6 34 0 6 6 34 0 6 5 34 0 6 6 3

6 3 6 0 36 3 6 0 36 3 6 0 36 3 6 0 3



117






Accounting4 4 4 4 46 0 6 6 66 0 4 0 66 0 6 0 66 6 6 6 66 0 6 6 6

6 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 0 6 0 66 0 6 64 0 4 6 64 0 6 6 64 0 6 6 66 6 6 6 62 0 4 0 34 6 6 1 3

2 0 0 0 36 0 6 0 30 0 4 6 36 0 4 0 3

6 0 6 0 30 0 4 0 36 0 6 0 31 0 6 0 31 0 4 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 4 0 36 0 4 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 6 0 36 0 4 0 3



118









Accounting4 4 4 4 46 0 6 0 3

0

Latest technologyExtensive reporting

capabilities

Disassembly manufacturing for meat and other

processing

NetSuite is the only integrated business

application that provides end-to-end business

process management out of the box Unlimited multiuser

Best customer support Ease of useMultiple level lot controls for

traceability and cost flow

NetSuite is the only SMB solution that provides

integrated CRM, ERP and e-commerce No licence fees

Fixed fee for everything

Upgrade path with simple migration to Great Plains Std and Great Plains Pro

Purchase order landing factors for tracking and

reconciling input costs such as freight, brokerage,

storage, etc.

NetSuite is the pioneer and leader in providing

companies with real-time dashboards Multicurrency



119

QuestionTier






Accounting4 4 4 4 4

Wireless warehouse/mfg at great price

Simple and affordable implementation

Accurate tracking of cost variances and cost history

NetSuite is the first and only suite of applications with customization that carries forward seamlessly with

upgrades Completely customizable

Ease of use yet powerfulTightly integrated with the other Microsoft products

Powerful reporting capabilities for user defined sales, financial and other

reports and enquiries

NetSuite has more than 1,000 companies running

their e-commerce business on our product CaseWare integration



120

QuestionTier




Accounting4 4 4 4 4



121

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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



Quantus SoftwareSage MAS 90, Sage MAS

200SouthWare Executive

Series Visual Streamline WinFDS4 4 4 4 4



Series Visual Streamline WinFDSiHPN Business Systems

Inc. Sage Software, Inc.SouthWare Innovations,

Inc.Streamline Information

Systems Ltd. Mulvany Attard Associates

7.2 4.05 11 7 Version 4

Larry R. ArcherStephen Moore (editorial

contact) Pierre-Yves Paré Norm General Michael Benedick

204-478-1308 949-790-2040 1-866-410-2420 Ext. 313 800-387-3209 Ex - 204 905-889-6939 x211

[email protected]

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

www.quantussoftware.com www.bestsoftware.com www.southware.com www.streamlineis.com www.mulvanyaa.com

$2,800 $1,500 $2,00015 15 10

$42,000 $22,500 $20,000

0.75 1.00 0.25$31,500 $22,500 $5,000$73,500 $45,000 $25,000



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Contact management







Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


No Yes Yes No YesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Third party Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes No YesYes No Yes No YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Third party Yes Yes NoYes Yes Yes Yes NoYes Yes Yes Yes No

Third party Yes Yes NoThird party Yes Yes No NoThird party Yes Yes No No

Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Third party No

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes YesNo Yes No



123

QuestionTier

POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office









Third party Third party YesYes - for distributors, not

retailers

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

The Sage Group plc, North Park, Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE13 9AA Auburn, AL, USA Brantford, ON, CanadaRichmond Hill , ON,

Canada

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

2600 Skymark Avenue, Bldg 3, Mississauga, ON,

Canada L4W 5B2 Brantford, ON, Canada Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

83 >4.5M 200 5083 180 4361 >500,000 190 4061 300 170 40

$650,000$650,000$730,000$730,000

$23M $5M - $150M $3M - $20M43 90 25 35

Yes100% Yes 25%

Yes 100% 75%YesYesYesYes



124




Technology






Yes

Yes

Yes

YesYes

Yes

100% 100% 100%

5% Yes 90%YesYes

100%YesYes

YesYes 100%

95% - Providex Yes 10%100% 5% 100% 100%

80% 100% Yes 100% 100%20% Yes

Yes



125






Limits





YesYesYes

Yes100% 100% 100% 100%

MS Visual Basic/C++ Providex and DelphiMicrosoft.net, Magic

eDeveloper Providex

NoneACT!, SalesLogix, Sage

CRMMicrosoft CRM, Act, Maximizer, Goldmine

0% 5% 15% 10%

Dec-06 Jul-05 TBDNo Yes Yes No

0% 30% 0% No

NoYes - Through FRx Financial Reporting No No

No Yes No No0 50

20 32 10 4 numbers



126

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32 15 30 9 alphanumeric

Unlimited 99 Unlimited Unlimited

Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited




available




available




available




available




available

6 6 6 4 46 6 6 6 46 6 6 4 66 6 6 4 66 6 6 0 0

4 0 3 4 04 0 3 4 04 0 3 6 04 0 3 4 0

6 6 0 4

6 6 6 6

6 4 6 46 4 6 4

6 0 6 6 66 0 6 6 66 0 6 6 6

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Series Visual Streamline WinFDS4 4 4 4 46 6 6 6 66 6 6 6 66 6 6 4 6

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6 6 6 46 4

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6 6 6 6 4

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128





Series Visual Streamline WinFDS4 4 4 4 46 6 6 4

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129





Series Visual Streamline WinFDS4 4 4 4 46 3 6 6 66 3 6 6 46 3 6 6 46 6 6 66 6 6 6

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Series Visual Streamline WinFDS4 4 4 4 46 6 6 6 6

Mfg/purchase planning

Multigrid entry. Allows for primary entry grid and

personalized grid through drag and drop interface Workflow

Drill down to source documentation

We develop and customize the code in-house

Integrated plant scheduling/material

Wizard-based report creation tool. Guides user through a logical view of data without database

knowledge TaskWise Workflow managementWe are food software

specialists

Integrated CRM Portals Service work order married

to distribution

Each customer has a personal support person not

a call center



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Sales-driven system notification Data query tool Real-time inventory control

We focus and understand small to mid-sized food

companies

Integrated AccountingAccounting Independence

from distribution processingSpecial price structure for

smaller companies



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Product

Vendor

Version

Contact

Name

Telephone

E-mail

Website



QuickBooks 2005 Simply Accounting Pro5 5

QuickBooks 2005 Simply Accounting Pro

Intuit Canada Best Software

2005 2005

Chris Wilkinson Sales

780-450-5878 1-800-773-5445

[email protected]@bestsoftwar

e.com

www.quickbooks.ca or www.accountant.intuit.ca www.simplyaccounting.com

Yes$200 $279

2 1$400 $279

$0 $0$400 $279



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General ledger



Contact management





Yes Yes

Yes YesYes YesYes Yes

Yes NoYes Yes

Yes YesYes YesYes YesYes No

Third party Third partyThird party Third party

Yes Third partyYes Third party

Third partyYes YesYes YesYes Yes

Third party YesThird party No

Yes Yes

Yes No

Yes

Yes YesYes Yes



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POS (point of sale)

Profile

World head office







Third party Third party

Mountain View, CA, USA Vancouver, BC, Canada

Edmonton, AB, Canada Vancouver, BC, Canada

15M4M

>400,000>300,000

1 to 50

YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes



136




Technology




Yes

Yes

YesYesYesYes

Yes

Yes

Yes

95% Yes



137






Limits



95%

Proprietary C/C++

Yes- www.marketplace.intuit.com

Available via Webex www.oe.quickbooks.com

(US)Yes Yes

Certain online functions 1%

No NoYes

7



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31 14

5 UnlimitedClasses have a limit of

10,000




available




available

6 66 66 66 66

6 66 66 66 6

3

6 6

3 43 4

6 66 66 6

6 6



139







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6 0

6 06 6

6 0

6 06 0

6 66 6

6 6

6 66 66 6

6

6

6 63 63 06 66 66 66 666 06 6



140



QuickBooks 2005 Simply Accounting Pro5 50 0

3 33 33 33 33 36 66 06 66 63 0

3 63 66 4

6 63 0

3 03 63 6

3 63 63 66 63 63 63 03 6

3 03 03 03 0



141



QuickBooks 2005 Simply Accounting Pro5 53 03 03 0

65

6 66 63 03 66 06 060 06 00 00 0

0 36 63 33 3

3 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 63 33 33 33 33 33 33 63 3



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Real-time audit trail: delete entries to clean up the detail ledger, while safeguarding

them in the audit trail Full-time audit trail

Integrated payroll allows you to quickly and

accurately provide payroll. Calculates the source

deduction check for you

Simple, "all in one" home screen design makes it

easy for new users

Reports are built in so there is no 3rd party applications

to learn

MS Access database makes customization and

custom reporting easy



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Reports are fully customizable and can be

updated on the fly

Built-in form designer for easy customization of forms

such as invoices, cheque stubs and statements

Integrates with more than 200 third-party applications

Setup wizard makes getting your company up and

running a snap



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Documents

2005 ERP Survey Comparison