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Casual Articles - Small Business Management Software Review - AvailSuite Standard and AvailSuite Personal
The pen is mightier than the sword, only in one circumstance: You have to write something that skewers someone.If you fail to write, then bullying, force, and all of the other primitive tactics of the barbarians succeed.Just this week alone, I experienced two rejections that were senseless, and ego-driven.For a very short time, these setbacks bothered me, consuming some of my consciousness. But I thought, hey, I have better things to do with my thoughts, my attention, and my emotions, than to give them over to bozos!So, I wrote two articles, one about each circumstance.And you can’t imagine how much better I feel!I vented my spleen, vanquished my vitriol, and valiantly did a lot of other “V” things, as well.You get the point: I got that corrosive crud out of my system, flushed it away with my words.You can, too.Write what you feel, what moves you.See the general point that’s lurking in your very specific, private experience, and then share it.You’ll help yourself while you’re helping others.To me, there’s nothing as enjoyable as impassioned expression. It simply ma
Production. This is a module to manage employees and all expenses you made to provide your services. You can enter/view all information about an employee such as name, address, photo, working days and time, hourly rate and/or monthly wage; add new task or time card – all in one window. Employees could submit time spent reports using Time Cards functionality. This is very useful feature to track working time so you can always be certain that every employee’s time claim was accurate. Employees could have various level of access. If you want your technician to view tasks and submit his/her time cards, you must specify his/her login name and password in “System access” tab of employee card.
Receivables and Payables. AvailSuite`s accounting functions are very basic, so for more complicated accounting you need to have additional software like QuickBooks. In account receivables module you can analyze your customers` debts as well as all invoi
The Only Possible Solution… Is to work out a sound family budget, at least equaling income with expenses, but that takes time and besides, the flood is in our living-room, so we have to do something quick. Rake up some cash, increase income and reduce expenses, but… how?Immediate Cash Going to ask a friend for a few bucks to pay a bill would be an easy way out, but eventually we will end up by losing that friend. One of the best ways to get immediate cash is to rig up a garage sale with things you don’t need any more or at least just yet. There will be time in the future to purchase them again if you really want it that badly. To make a louder noise in the neighborhood, one or more of your neighbors could join in.Anything you can sell that will avoid the expense that using it brings to you, will also be of great help: An extra car, an old fishing row boat, you name it. Your main concern now is to gather cash and get by with the least family suffering. A Spare RoomYou can also consider renting out the extra room, even if it is until the emergency is over. Students coming in from the
Standard and Personal version are built on the same code base, allowing for instant upgrading or quick migration between them. This supports business growth and allows staying with the same program and avoiding retraining of staff.
Help & Support Options
A new software product requires some time for learning even how to start working with it. AvailSuite quick start wizard provides excellent assistance during the process of setting up company information, adding employees and customers, creating orders and invoices, entering payments, and running reports. You can choose “Show me” tutorial movie or “Do it for me” option. The quick start wizard could be accessed at any time by clicking on “Quick Start” button in the main menu. This built-in assistance feature and traditional Help (press F1 button to access) are very useful. Free unlimited email support is provided for both Personal and Standard versions.
Ease of Use Functionality
Main menu provides seven general areas of work: Sales, Production, Receivables, Payables, Inventory, Reports, and Calendar.
AvailSuite offers several customization features that enable users to set up layouts of navigation panel and pages. You can hide groups of main menu or replace them with a small icon and view only those that are used frequently. All pages can be customizable in the same way – you can add or hide columns, change their places, sorting them, grouping data etc. For instance, Customers view could have 1 or 21 columns.
Sales. This is Customer management module where you can click on a client and immediately view or add new orders, tasks, invoices, payments, service history and next task date, default discount, billing address, notes and so on in a single window. The system provides excellent assistance with a workflow, for instance, if you add an order, you will be asked about creating a task for this order, and then you can schedule your appointments. Recurring Task Wizard will assist you with scheduling recurring appointments. You can set very flexible recurrence pattern, like "every 3rd Friday each month", or "on Monday and Thursday every 2nd week".
If you want to work with your customer base, you can view your recurring appointments to be done in the next 7 or 10 days and send reminders for service to your customers by email. View one-time jobs performed within last month to make the list of customers you want to call and schedule next appointment.
All orders have a status, so they could be viewed as Draft orders, Complete Orders, Negotiated Orders, Canceled Orders, and On Hold Orders. Also you can quickly get some statistic data about orders sorted by customers or by month.
Here you can also create invoices. As far as the system keeps info of all your customers, so when you create a new invoice, their billing information is automatically included, and you can specify the tasks they need to pay for from the drop-down list. Invoices could be customized. To include your company logo and set up the text to be printed on the invoices you must fill out company settings form and then all this information will automatically appear in your documents. All documents may be printed or emailed to clients as PDF files directly from the system.
Production. This is a module to manage employees and all expenses you made to provide your services. You can enter/view all information about an employee such as name, address, photo, working days and time, hourly rate and/or monthly wage; add new task or time card – all in one window. Employees could submit time spent reports using Time Cards functionality. This is very useful feature to track working time so you can always be certain that every employee’s time claim was accurate. Employees could have various level of access. If you want your technician to view tasks and submit his/her time cards, you must specify his/her login name and password in “System access” tab of employee card.
Receivables and Payables. AvailSuite`s accounting functions are very basic, so for more complicated accounting you need to have additional software like QuickBooks. In account receivables module you can analyze your customers` debts as well as all invoi
A journey from the page to the stageI promised as President of the North Carolina Storytelling Guild, that I would do a monthly article on a topic of interest to storytellers. If I didn’t promise, then I meant to. And please don’t rope and tie me if I forget a month. But I will do my best to ramble on a somewhat regular basis on the lessons that I have learned as a professional storyteller. I do not claim to be a master by your definition. I do claim to have made a lot of mistakes along the way and feel it my duty to keep others from making them too. So look at this article (not too closely, good grief, I can’t be the grammar expert too) as encouragement, advice, and mutterings from a fellow storyteller. Sometimes you will already know everything in the article and more, and sometimes it may seem overwhelming. Just read it and email me if you have any questions or glowing compliments. If you have any complaints send them to Sylvia Payne. (Just kidding. Get over it. I do that a lot when I write. And I never can remember whether the period goes in or out of the parenthesis. Don’t tell me, I’ll only forget.) Today’s topic is creation.S
Help & Support Options
A new software product requires some time for learning even how to start working with it. AvailSuite quick start wizard provides excellent assistance during the process of setting up company information, adding employees and customers, creating orders and invoices, entering payments, and running reports. You can choose “Show me” tutorial movie or “Do it for me” option. The quick start wizard could be accessed at any time by clicking on “Quick Start” button in the main menu. This built-in assistance feature and traditional Help (press F1 button to access) are very useful. Free unlimited email support is provided for both Personal and Standard versions.
Ease of Use Functionality
Main menu provides seven general areas of work: Sales, Production, Receivables, Payables, Inventory, Reports, and Calendar.
AvailSuite offers several customization features that enable users to set up layouts of navigation panel and pages. You can hide groups of main menu or replace them with a small icon and view only those that are used frequently. All pages can be customizable in the same way – you can add or hide columns, change their places, sorting them, grouping data etc. For instance, Customers view could have 1 or 21 columns.
Sales. This is Customer management module where you can click on a client and immediately view or add new orders, tasks, invoices, payments, service history and next task date, default discount, billing address, notes and so on in a single window. The system provides excellent assistance with a workflow, for instance, if you add an order, you will be asked about creating a task for this order, and then you can schedule your appointments. Recurring Task Wizard will assist you with scheduling recurring appointments. You can set very flexible recurrence pattern, like "every 3rd Friday each month", or "on Monday and Thursday every 2nd week".
If you want to work with your customer base, you can view your recurring appointments to be done in the next 7 or 10 days and send reminders for service to your customers by email. View one-time jobs performed within last month to make the list of customers you want to call and schedule next appointment.
All orders have a status, so they could be viewed as Draft orders, Complete Orders, Negotiated Orders, Canceled Orders, and On Hold Orders. Also you can quickly get some statistic data about orders sorted by customers or by month.
Here you can also create invoices. As far as the system keeps info of all your customers, so when you create a new invoice, their billing information is automatically included, and you can specify the tasks they need to pay for from the drop-down list. Invoices could be customized. To include your company logo and set up the text to be printed on the invoices you must fill out company settings form and then all this information will automatically appear in your documents. All documents may be printed or emailed to clients as PDF files directly from the system.
Production. This is a module to manage employees and all expenses you made to provide your services. You can enter/view all information about an employee such as name, address, photo, working days and time, hourly rate and/or monthly wage; add new task or time card – all in one window. Employees could submit time spent reports using Time Cards functionality. This is very useful feature to track working time so you can always be certain that every employee’s time claim was accurate. Employees could have various level of access. If you want your technician to view tasks and submit his/her time cards, you must specify his/her login name and password in “System access” tab of employee card.
Receivables and Payables. AvailSuite`s accounting functions are very basic, so for more complicated accounting you need to have additional software like QuickBooks. In account receivables module you can analyze your customers` debts as well as all invoi
If you have a problem with your Hewlett Packard or IBM product in Singapore, simply take it to the Post Office and they will forward it to the repair center at no charge.When it’s repaired and ready to collect, the Post Office will return your machine to your home or office, or back to the Post Office location of your choice.You can even pay for repairs at the point of delivery if they’re not covered by the manufacturer’s guarantee.This is a good example of win–win partnership between technology companies and a government agency resulting in better service for customers like you.Watch for more ‘cross-border, cross-town’ partnerships between government, commerce, education, medicine, neighborhoods, communities and even spiritual institutions as everyone becomes more creative and customer-focused.Key Learning PointOld boundaries can become open borders for creative cooperation. If working together produces more convenience or value for the customer, then pursue the new partnership with vigor.Action StepsIn which industry, agency, association or institution do you work? Which organizations are c
Sales. This is Customer management module where you can click on a client and immediately view or add new orders, tasks, invoices, payments, service history and next task date, default discount, billing address, notes and so on in a single window. The system provides excellent assistance with a workflow, for instance, if you add an order, you will be asked about creating a task for this order, and then you can schedule your appointments. Recurring Task Wizard will assist you with scheduling recurring appointments. You can set very flexible recurrence pattern, like "every 3rd Friday each month", or "on Monday and Thursday every 2nd week".
If you want to work with your customer base, you can view your recurring appointments to be done in the next 7 or 10 days and send reminders for service to your customers by email. View one-time jobs performed within last month to make the list of customers you want to call and schedule next appointment.
All orders have a status, so they could be viewed as Draft orders, Complete Orders, Negotiated Orders, Canceled Orders, and On Hold Orders. Also you can quickly get some statistic data about orders sorted by customers or by month.
Here you can also create invoices. As far as the system keeps info of all your customers, so when you create a new invoice, their billing information is automatically included, and you can specify the tasks they need to pay for from the drop-down list. Invoices could be customized. To include your company logo and set up the text to be printed on the invoices you must fill out company settings form and then all this information will automatically appear in your documents. All documents may be printed or emailed to clients as PDF files directly from the system.
Production. This is a module to manage employees and all expenses you made to provide your services. You can enter/view all information about an employee such as name, address, photo, working days and time, hourly rate and/or monthly wage; add new task or time card – all in one window. Employees could submit time spent reports using Time Cards functionality. This is very useful feature to track working time so you can always be certain that every employee’s time claim was accurate. Employees could have various level of access. If you want your technician to view tasks and submit his/her time cards, you must specify his/her login name and password in “System access” tab of employee card.
Receivables and Payables. AvailSuite`s accounting functions are very basic, so for more complicated accounting you need to have additional software like QuickBooks. In account receivables module you can analyze your customers` debts as well as all invoi
One of the ways that most people go about Power Levelling is not with a World of Warcraft Power Levelling Guide at all, but instead they pay someone to power level for them! This to me, is a bit strange as you have paid for the game and are paying a subscription so why let someone else have all the fun!So you do not have to go to these measures I have written this article as a very quick World of Warcraft Power Levelling Guide to show you it does not have to be that difficult to level up!The main thing to remember with any World of Warcraft Power Levelling Guide is that the main aim is on power levelling through the levels as quickly as possible so the dungeons and instances within the game you may miss.If you are looking to experience the game as a whole and enjoy World of Warcraft for everything it has to offer then a World of Warcraft Power Levelling Guide is probably not for you.The first thing you should concentrate on is having enough gold as to make your ways through the levels quickly with any World of Warcraft Power Levelling Guide you will need to upgrade your weapons and armour quite often. Always make sure y
All orders have a status, so they could be viewed as Draft orders, Complete Orders, Negotiated Orders, Canceled Orders, and On Hold Orders. Also you can quickly get some statistic data about orders sorted by customers or by month.
Here you can also create invoices. As far as the system keeps info of all your customers, so when you create a new invoice, their billing information is automatically included, and you can specify the tasks they need to pay for from the drop-down list. Invoices could be customized. To include your company logo and set up the text to be printed on the invoices you must fill out company settings form and then all this information will automatically appear in your documents. All documents may be printed or emailed to clients as PDF files directly from the system.
Production. This is a module to manage employees and all expenses you made to provide your services. You can enter/view all information about an employee such as name, address, photo, working days and time, hourly rate and/or monthly wage; add new task or time card – all in one window. Employees could submit time spent reports using Time Cards functionality. This is very useful feature to track working time so you can always be certain that every employee’s time claim was accurate. Employees could have various level of access. If you want your technician to view tasks and submit his/her time cards, you must specify his/her login name and password in “System access” tab of employee card.
Receivables and Payables. AvailSuite`s accounting functions are very basic, so for more complicated accounting you need to have additional software like QuickBooks. In account receivables module you can analyze your customers` debts as well as all invoi
Building an effective ecommerce web site demands that you have a basic level of web site creation experience and a working knowledge of HTML.How to gain suitable experienceThe best way of obtaining experience of web site creation is to just jump in and play around with some practice sites before you attempt to build your first ecommerce web site.There are several free HTML editors available on the web or, if you are already familiar with the Microsoft Office applications, then you may want to buy Microsoft FrontPage as you will find the user interface quite familiar.Basic ecommerce web site designThe design of your ecommerce web site should be in keeping with your business niche. For instance, a professional, clean approach for formal businesses such as investment and insurance; or a friendly, funky feel for a matchmaking site.You only need to do a search on Google to see what sort of designs work for the highly ranked ecommerce web sites in your niche. If the market is competitive too you can assume that these designs have been tested for their effectiveness.Effective keyword res
Production. This is a module to manage employees and all expenses you made to provide your services. You can enter/view all information about an employee such as name, address, photo, working days and time, hourly rate and/or monthly wage; add new task or time card – all in one window. Employees could submit time spent reports using Time Cards functionality. This is very useful feature to track working time so you can always be certain that every employee’s time claim was accurate. Employees could have various level of access. If you want your technician to view tasks and submit his/her time cards, you must specify his/her login name and password in “System access” tab of employee card.
Receivables and Payables. AvailSuite`s accounting functions are very basic, so for more complicated accounting you need to have additional software like QuickBooks. In account receivables module you can analyze your customers` debts as well as all invoices and payments sorted by customer and by month. On accounts payments screen you will see payments to your vendors and employees and invoices from your vendors grouped by status as Drafts, Negotiated, Completed, Cancelled, and On Hold.
Inventory. AvailSuite Standard now offers support for multiple warehouse locations, with the ability to track vendors, purchase orders and all products you have, their location, warranty information, on-hand quantities, price and so on. Using the Vendors module, you can quickly review your buying history, credit limit and discount offered, and all about vendors – their contact info, grace period, terms, and price list.
This feature is more than tracking your inventory. AvailSuite notifies you on a shortage of items in stock when saving an order. Also you can view a list of products, the quantity of which is less than a given threshold value. You can create and print Purchase Orders, track their status and your payments, view POs grouped by vendor or by month.
Reports. This is one of the things you need business management software for. AvailSuite provides about 40 reports about all aspects of business, allowing owners to have key information at their fingertips. Users have one-click access to Profit & Loss report, P&L comparisons, payables aging, purchase orders or whatever items are needed. A menu groups all available reports by various categories such as Sales reports, Receivables reports, Payables reports, Inventory reports. All reports can be exported into PDF, XML, XTML, Word and Excel for further modification.
Calendar. This is the one of the distinguished AvailSuite`s features, very flexible and easy to use. It allows scheduling appointments directly on the Calendar screen and coordinating technicians` workload, so you can view all tasks of all your technicians in one screen or view only personal schedules. After an appointment is on your calendar, you can set up an alert to remind you when the appointment is approaching.
AvailSuite's Calendar has all the point-and-click and drag-and-drop capabilities to easy scheduling. You can move tasks from one day to another day with a single mouse movement or re-assign them from one person to another. Resizing task bar will change the task's duration. Double-clicking on the task bar opens a screen with complete task details. On the same screen you can view all unassigned tasks. Once the scheduling is done, you can print the daily job lists for employees and get them started.
Expandability
Tiny business should strive to become a large one, so an easy upgrade path is needed. You've got it. Starting with one license if AvailSuite Standard, you can buy some additional ones, and AvailSute will work in multi-user mode. Adding new users is just a matter of buying the appropriate number of user licenses.
If you outgrow AvailSuite Personal, moving up to another product requires little effort. So whether or not you'll stay small, AvailSuite Personal is the best way to start. No other business management software fits so well with micro businesses and start-ups.
Data migration
New users can import existing data (customers, vendors, services, and inventory) from their legacy software using Microsoft Excel files. A wizard makes the tedious setup process palatable. If your software can’t save data in Excel files, try to send an inquiry about migration process to BusinessWare Tech`s support team. Currently they run a promotional campaign and offer data migration for free.
Customization inquiries
One of the most common errors is that software customization and adding new features would be very expensive so it’s useless to ask about it. Have you ever thought that on the other side there is a software product manager who’s thinking about the same new features but he doesn’t add them to software development plan because “No one asked about them”? So please ask all what you want. That manager is waiting for your feedback and she/he will appreciate it.
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