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252031 2004-07-13 10:26:00 I am looking for some financial software with a strong emphasis on job costing. The business is bigger than can be handled with MYOB, Quick Books and the like. I have had a look around and can't find much for the middle size business. Does anyone know af anything? wotz (335)
252032 2004-07-13 12:01:00 Have you tried looking at SAP software, caters for businesses of all sizes, though I understand that depending on what you want, it can be a bit pricey.

http://www.sap.com
Bam Bam1 (5649)
252033 2004-07-13 13:06:00 Crikey! I wouldn't recommend any sort of ERP software (such as SAP, JDE, Oracle etc.) for any large business, let alone a mid-sized business - pretty soon the software will be running your business rather than the other way round.

IMHO MYOB is a joke and how they every got to their current market share I'll never know. There is a local software developer with their own financial software which includes a job module - I can't vouch for it because whilst I have used their software (for 8 years now), I haven't used the job module (yet). The software is Moneyworks, it is good, more intuitive than MYOB, much easier to use, their developers listen to your suggestions and they have online downloads etc BUT it is still a software for a small business (same target market as MYOB). I wouldn't recommend Pascal (modular), Exonet (terrible!), NZ Accounts (amateur) - can't speak for Prophet or Sage. Moneyworks got a good review recently in the NBR here (www.nbr.co.nz)

The Cognito web site is here : www.cognito.co.nz

HTH
andrew93 (249)
252034 2004-07-13 13:16:00 I know of one company that installed SAP, at a cost of $37 million. Another company spent $100 miilion and yet another $150 million and still counting. godfather (25)
252035 2004-07-13 13:18:00 ... and then they uninstalled it!!!
:D
andrew93 (249)
252036 2004-07-13 13:19:00 ummmmm...............................yea.......... ....................what he said............................................. ggyy (4384)
252037 2004-07-13 21:53:00 I have used Prophet for several years and it is very flexible. A little complicated to set up, at least the original DOS version was. But once you have the hang of it, it becomes a very useful tool. You can either purchase the software outright (at a cost of $2-3000 depending on configuration) or pay a monthly lease. There is also compulsary membership to the customer benefits plan with upgrades and support which costs another grand. The Fasttrak lease plan offers the software and CBP combined for a monthly fee.

I have no experience with the job costing module, but I know it integrates seamlessly with the other modules including Attache's new payroll system.
Sb0h (3744)
252038 2004-07-13 22:09:00 >www.easybooks.co.nz

Might not be exactly what you are looking for; but might be worth a look.
jcr1 (893)
252039 2004-07-13 22:21:00 You could have a look here...

www.reboot.co.nz
Dolby Digital (160)
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