CFOComprehensive Financial Optimizer

ACCPAC CFO™ is a powerful financial diagnostic toolthat takes the guesswork out of your business planningprocess. Using sophisticated goal seeking and “what-if”style business analysis, CFO helps you identify the impactof every business decision – in advance!

Designed for small to medium size enterprises, ACCPACCFO delivers enterprise-strength financial diagnostics at an entry-level price. With CFO, you can thoroughlyanalyze your choices, make informed decisions based onprobable outcomes, model the results of every decision,and move ahead with the assurance that you are going inthe right direction.

Transform your financial statements into a one-page scorecardACCPAC CFO enables you to assess your business performancefrom one easy-to-read screen. This unique one-page “scorecard”instantly reveals the health of your business. With CFO, youcan quickly evaluate and communicate your company’s finan-cial position and strategic goals, detect hidden problems andmake informed business decisions.

ACCPAC CFO empowers you to: ■ Understand the financial implications of specific business

decisions.■ Identify the most effective use of your financial resources.■ Measure the profitability of every business goal.

Make Informed Financial Decisions – Before You Act!

Count on ACCPAC CFO when you need answersto complex business questions like these:■ What are the best-case and worst-case results of

launching a new product line or service this year?

■ What will be the overall impact of a price increase, if it reduces sales volume?

■ Would reducing prices in order to increase volume be the best strategy?

■ How can we significantly improve cash flow over thenext twelve months?

The unique features of ACCPAC CFO include:■ “What-if” analysis

For example: How would cash flow change if youreduced your outstanding accounts receivable averagefrom 70 to 60 days?

■ “Goal seeking” on resultsFor example: What strategies can you employ toimprove your cash flow from ($325,000) to break-even?

■ Variance reportingEasy-to-read graphical screens display the relationshipbetween the Profit and Loss Statement and yourBalance Sheet.

■ Graphical presentationsCFO graphically presents each of your key perform-ance measures – allowing instant evaluation of multiple strategies.

■ Comprehensive reportsCFO prepares a full range of useful reports from yourfinancial data.

“ACCPAC CFO is easy to use and allows decision makers to

quickly see the results of any scenario on the balance sheet,

income statement and statement of cash flows. It truly provides

value and eliminates many of the risks associated with the use

of a traditional spreadsheet.”

L. Gary Boomer, CPA, CITPCEO, Boomer Consulting, Inc.

ACCPAC CFO

A Foundation for Strategic PlanningACCPAC CFO provides a framework for in-depth quantitativeanalysis that can be used to make targeted business decisions.The goal-seek capability helps you achieve your strategic business goals by identifying the most sensitive financial variables and displaying them in priority order.

Improve Communication of Your Strategic Goals ACCPAC CFO graphically presents key performance measures,allowing instant evaluation of multiple strategies – the ultimatetraining for non-financial managers. The easy-to-read screenshighlight each performance area and identify improvementopportunities.

Convert your clients’ balance sheets and income statements into meaningful one-pagefinancial scorecards.

CFO allows you to make multiple changes to your performance measures and instantly seethe cumulative effect on your business.

CFO provides graphical representations of key performance indicators that are easy tounderstand – and fully interactive.

ACCPAC CFO is a valuable tool for demonstrating the effectsmall improvements can have on overall business success. Witha single click of the mouse, you can instantly review the resultsof changes to your financial variables. This flexibility lets youfine-tune your business planning based on the potential impactof every decision.

ACCPAC CFO enables in-depth analysis and goalseeking by immediately generating the followingmetrics:■ Gross Margin ■ Profitability ■ Net Profit/Sales■ Working Capital■ Current Ratio■ Total Liability/Equity■ Equity/Total Assets

■ Balance Sheet Performance ■ Cash Flow■ Borrowed Funds■ Cash after Operations■ Debt-to-equity Ratio■ Return on Capital Employed■ Business Valuation

Understand Your Choices

Detailed analysis at your fingertips ACCPAC CFO provides a wide range of onscreen analysisreports that give you an in-depth look at the performanceof your business. Essential onscreen reports include:

■ Variance between current and prior periods■ Sustainable growth cycle■ Cash Report■ Profit-to-cash Report■ Marginal Report■ Cash Wastage

Flexible Data IntegrationACCPAC CFO is designed to seamlessly integrate with yourACCPAC Advantage Series™ or ACCPAC Pro Series™ GeneralLedger. Alternatively, CFO can be used as a completely stand-alone application, allowing you to manually enter your summa-rized Income Statement and Balance Sheet data. You also havethe option to import data directly into CFO from Microsoft®

Excel spreadsheets and leading “write-up” packages.

Integrated BudgetingWith the Roll Forward feature, you can prepare a budget orforecast in just two keystrokes. From the one-page scorecardscreen, you can review target goals for your income statementand balance sheet. Once you have decided on your high-levelgoals, one more keystroke lets you roll those changes forwardinto next year’s financials. It’s really that easy!

In-depth ComparisonACCPAC CFO also delivers an integrated family of powerfulanalysis and budgeting tools. The optional ACCPAC KPI™

(Key Performance Indicators) module enables detailed compar-isons between financial models, the addition of user-specificvariables and benchmarking of results with data from prioryears or similar organizations. With KPI, you can develop in-depthcompany-to-company and division-to-division comparisons –allowing you to thoroughly analyze the business performance ofyour entire organization. You can extract and consolidate theinformation needed to create benchmark data sets in minutes.

KPI presents detailed comparisons between different sets of financial information.

Maximize Your Strengths

CFO provides a wide range of reports that are easy to create.

ACCPAC End-to-End Business Management Applications

ACCPAC empowers mid-market enterprises with a complete suite of end-to-end business management applications.

Requirements ACCPAC Solutions

End-to-End Business Management ApplicationsACCPAC – Your Foundation for

ACCPAC end-to-end business management applications arespecifically designed to effectively extend your business to theWeb. Integrating powerful front-office e-business capabilitieswith back-office accounting and fulfillment, ACCPAC providescompanies with the solutions they need to extend their busi-nesses to the Internet quickly and affordably. From establishinga Web store, to processing orders with warehouse fulfillment orproviding employees, customers and partners with real-timeWeb access to critical information, you can tap the full powerof e-business with ACCPAC – when and where you choose.

When it comes to ACCPAC products, there’s no “wrongchoice.” All ACCPAC solutions are designed to meet your mostimportant purchasing criteria: ease of use, convenience andcost. Regardless of whether you run a small office or a largeenterprise, ACCPAC offers a range of end-to-end business

Visit ACCPAC at www.accpac.com or www.accpaconline.comfor more information about ACCPAC end-to-end business management applications.

ACCPAC advanced accounting systems are the heart of our end-to-end business management applications –and your business success. With an ACCPAC accounting system as the engine that powers your business,you get integrated solutions, flexible deployment options, advanced customization features and investmentprotection.

ACCPAC offers end-to-end business managementapplications in the following areas:■ Accounting and Operations■ Customer Relationship Management■ Manufacturing■ E-commerce■ Internet-based EDI■ Warehouse Management■ Human Resource Management■ Hosted Application Services

management applications that deliver superior performance andcomprehensive investment protection. ACCPAC investmentprotection allows you to upgrade as your business requirementsevolve with preferred pricing, powerful data conversion toolsand minimal re-training – saving you time and money.

System Requirements: Current system requirements can be found at www.accpac.com/products/system_requirements.asp

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