Jim I did some research on accounting packages a few years back. We use Dynamics (Great Plains). BUT - we decided on that prior to Great Plains being bought by the "Evil Empire". The pricing structure is completely different now, so I don't know how they compare today. I looked at Macola at the time, and I liked Dynamics much better partly because of the customizations that could be done to fit our needs. Dynamics is an "accounting package" - Macola was more known for their manufacturing modules; the accounting part was added later.
I started in accounting. The other thing I liked about Dynamics was they didn't rename things so "non-accounting" people could use the software. A debit is a debit and a credit is a credit. Some packages use the terms "increase amount" and "decrease amount". It was one of those little things that irritated me! (Oh there are many...that's just one!) Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Jim Limburg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 1:59 PM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Off Subject: Accounting Packages G-Day all I was kinda hinted to by my boss that he would like to have another accounting package. Take in mind he's an accountant and yes money is the real issue. We are currently using Macola, and he's really not happy entirely with it, but it does save records for many years, and does the majority of what we need. I know he's stated that he only uses the OE / Invoiceing, the AP, AR, and GL sides of the Macola package we have. What other options are there on the market. Keep in mind this info. 1. We have approx 15 users at most. 4-6 at corp, 2-4 at another, and ?? at another site. 2. We have several company locations.. We are Corp offices and have several companies under us so it will have to run at at least 3 sites. The main Corp site is also the same as the Main subsidiary company. 3. One of things we like about Macola is we can do OE at one of our subsidiary companies and then transfer databases to our Corp to to billing and such. 4. We want to be able to get data in and out easily for other purposes which is mostly reporting. 5. Cost of course is the main issue. We are not a big company, yet we are not a pure Mom & Pop store either. Thanks for any feedback Jim Limburg
