4/26 I'm looking for software that can do the following. Anybody know
of such a package for a small business?
1. Track customers' data and their order history. Plus I need to
enter customized data fields that can be searched. E.g, "list
all customers who ordered XYZ".
2. A way to combine information from a arbitrary number of customers.
E.g., "list all order from all customers from such date to such
date".
3. Some minimum accounting functionality. Accounts payable, accounts
receivable. Simple stuff.
I'm doing all this stuff in Excel. And it's getting hard to manage.
I need like a small database with a customizable front-end. But with
a lot of small-business functions preconfigured. Thanks.
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\_ Used to do this in Access. It is Easy(tm) but not worth the effort
compared to either PeachTree or QuickBooks Pro. Both do full
accounting, rudimentary customer management, and full order mgmt.
\_ I was also going to reccommend peachtree, just as long as you don't
ever intend to become a big (or even medium) sized company, 'cause
peachtree is definitely a small business only system (or was 6 yrs
ago when i last used it. Things might have changed.
\_ How about UNIX based systems? Anyone? Ones that will work with
a postgress backend database maybe? or should i not hold my breath?
\_ I'm looking at PeachTree and QuickBook web sites. They are also
offering online version of the products. Like QuickBase. It keeps
customer information in their database and you use a web browser
to access it. Anybody used it? Comments?
\_ QuickBooks easily does this for you. It isn't the most
sophisticated piece of software, but it works. From what you
describe, you do not need QuickBooks Pro. And you could perhaps
use QuickBooks for the Web, although it only works on Windoze and
only works with Internet Explorer (yes, they are lame... don't even
get me started). And if you want QuickBooks for cheap ($50), I can
get it to you. -phale |
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