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Pro Series 5.0i
Overview
SBT Pro Series 5.0i is a landmark release of the industry’s
most advanced Microsoft-based accounting software. Pro Series is packed with new
features that make tracking, viewing, printing, and analyzing information easier
than ever before.
Proven Windows accounting for
the 21st Century
If reliability and security are important to you, look to SBT Pro Series
for financial software you can trust. The first mid-range accounting software to
run under Windows, Pro Series is now in its fourth Windows release. It's more
widely tested, more commonly implemented, and more thoroughly developed than any
other Windows software of its kind.
Year 2000 certification
Chances are, your company has a Year 2000 accounting compliance problem.
More than five million businesses in the United States are affected. Pro Series
provides a solid solution, with Year 2000 certification built right in. Dates
are automatically sorted and aged correctly, with no additional data entry
effort! With Pro Series, you’ll leapfrog your competitors and move smoothly
into the next century.
100% Microsoft leading edge
technology
Pro Series is the only product of its kind that’s based exclusively on
Microsoft’s Visual Developer Studio. You get the advantage of Microsoft’s
extensive research, development, and testing in every Pro Series package. Unlike
other products that rely on proprietary languages and databases, Pro Series
delivers a fully tested standard that’s accepted around the world. Industry
standard means reliability, consistency, and a solid product future.
Choices: Windows and beyond
Pro Series is developed for companies that want to use technology as a
competitive advantage. SBT’s continuing investment in research and development
ensures a future rich in new features and capabilities that will provide your
business with better information and control. Choose the operating system you
prefer Windows 95 or Windows NT. Choose your network: Microsoft NT®, Novell®,
or Lantastic®. You even have your choice of preprinted Pro Series forms or
flexible laser printed forms. Pro Series provides full integration with
Microsoft Office, most popular spreadsheets, databases, and
charting/presentation programs.
Industry applications work with
Pro Series
Because Pro Series makes source code available, it’s the perfect
development platform for industry specialists. Working with SBT, these experts
have created complimentary software that adapts the Pro Series for hundreds of
specialized applications. You’ll find compatible software for:
- Manufacturing
- Kitting
- Job Costing
- Time Billing
- Service Calls
- Many more!
Plus, there are dozens of smart utilities that do everything from budget
management to detail drill-downs. With Pro Series, you’ve got access to a
whole world of professional tools tailored for your business.
Electronic commerce
As business transactions move to the Internet, your accounting software
has to keep pace. SBT pioneered electronic commerce with modules
that can take orders right off the world wide web and turn them into Pro Series
transactions. Plus, you can use SBT's Internet connection to register
products, survey customers, and send (and track) billing and notices. The
savings in transaction costs can be significant, even for smaller companies.
Real information, real time, any
time
With the Pro Series Business Status Report, you can check vital company
measurements in real time. It’s like a thermometer for your business. Check
your AR balance, AP balance, month-to-date sales and cost of goods even see
projected totals for the month (or any other period). Pro Series also provides
browsers that give you unlimited data access the way you want to see it. Display
any information, in any order, customized for any user. You assign the
permissions and security codes, so you’re in full control.
Unlimited customizability
SBT pioneered open architecture for accounting software and has years of
experience delivering solutions to customers around the globe. Open architecture
means you can easily change the source code, forms, and reports. You get maximum
control over your accounting system and its growth path. And as your business
evolves, you’re never “locked in” because SBT’s complete flexibility
keeps your options open.
Some products promise “customization” but deliver nothing more than minor
screen and report changes. With Pro Series, your software is truly modifiable.
New! in Pro Series 5.0i
With the newest release of Pro Series, you’ll find exciting new
features modern businesses need. SBT routinely collects the latest
“wishlist” items from customers and consultants, then builds these features
into new product upgrades. In addition to the thousands of features users
already appreciate, Pro Series 5.0i adds:
- Object Oriented Technology and 32-bit Architecture
- Complete support for Windows Printing
- Advanced Windows Help with On-line Documentation
- Improved spreadsheet formatting using MS Excel as an OLE
- Automation Server
- Optional Large Fonts
- Cost at Location
- Serialized Inventory
- Advanced Approve to Pay
- More options for 1099s
- Flexible Commission Calculation
- As of Aging for AP/AR
- Expanded User Privileges/setup
- Partial Drop Shipments
- Powerful New Browsers
- New Pricing Options
- Calendar selection for dates
- Payment Terms of Choice
- Export using OLE in Pro 5.0
- Multicurrency transaction processing
A Full Suite of Modules
All Pro Series modules are fully integrated for maximum efficiency and
reliability.
General
Ledger
All the general ledger and financial reporting capabilities your
business needs. Post entries to current, previous, and future periods from any
SBT application. Define account numbers of up to 24 digits. Track information
for multiple cost centers. Generate statistical reports. Designate customer
account groups. Consolidate information from multiple companies and periods.
Export data to spreadsheets and databases.
Accounts Receivable
A complete billing and accounts receivable system with extensive sales
analysis reports. Instantly displays 24-month customer sales and 36-month item
sales histories and graphs. Supports unlimited ship-to addresses per customer,
tracks and reports sales tax, flags customer credit limits, and computes
finance charges.
Accounts Payable
Everything you need to manage your business expenses efficiently.
Writes checks and tracks credit, discounts, partial payments, and recurring
obligations. Includes vendor and payable inquiries along with an extensive
library of expense analysis reports. Transfers credit card transactions to
track each purchase by vendor.
Purchase Orders
A complete purchase order processing system with real time tracking,
automatic updating of vendors and inventory account balances, extensive
reporting capabilities, and reconciliation of receipts and invoices. Offers
high-quality purchase orders on a laser printer as well as labels for all your
vendors.
Sales Orders
Generates, schedules and maintains sales orders and backlogs. Prints
pick lists and UPS C.O.D. tags, and provides drop shipment with a wide variety
of analysis reports, including transaction summary, open order, order by
salesperson, and real-time status. Creates invoices automatically when linked
to Accounts Receivable.
Inventory Control
Automatically tracks inventory balances, serial numbers, lots, and
product line information. Supports LIFO, FIFO, Average and Standard Cost
methods. Extensive reporting provides all the information to analyze, control,
and track your inventory. Offers unlimited pricing methods, including
customer-specific pricing.
Multicurrency
Multicurrency provides a comprehensive means for maintaining
various global currencies and exchange rates in your accounting system.
Transactions throughout the system are translated from the currencies and
exchange rates you define. Multicurrency tracks your foreign
currency trading partners and handles all the transactions and reporting for
you. Multicurrency requires GL and AP to be installed.
Payroll
Calculates and maintains payroll and labor distribution for hourly,
salaried, commissioned, and per-unit employees. Payroll includes direct
deposit capabilities and tax calculations for all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Each year’s SBT Payroll Tax
Subscription service must be purchased annually to maintain the current forms,
calculations, and deduction information.
Job Cost
Job Cost is a fast, flexible accounting tool for project and
job cost management. Multiple levels of transaction detail and
billing methods provide required flexibility for different kinds of companies
and projects. By tracking costs associated with a job or project,
management can monitor labor and material directly associated with the job and
indirect hidden costs involved in the project to ensure the job or project is
profitable.
Report Writer powered by FoxFire!
Unlock the data in your Pro Series accounting system. Our
award-winning report writer creates custom queries and reports fast and easy,
without programming. Designed for all levels of user, Report
Writer is extremely intuitive and allows you to create reports, labels, and
more.
WebTrader
WebTrader delivers the forms and tools to record sales, process orders,
and collect additional customer information over the Internet. It
supports secure transaction processing via encryption and adds records to the
Pro Series database with no additional data entry! WebTrader also tracks
unprocessed email, incomplete orders, and failed confirmations so you stay on
top of customer service.
ProAlert
Keep tabs on key business indicators with automated email notification.
Schedule WebAlert to notify you of any accounting event. Like a
"business robot" it seeks out business events and tells you what you
need to know. For example, you can automatically notify manufacturing
when inventory drops below critical levels. Or make sure the Controller
is emailed if receivables fall behind. If you can measure it, ProAlert
keeps you on top of it.
System Manager
The control center of Pro Series. Allows you to configure and customize
hardware and workstation settings, control user security, change customer,
vendor, and item numbers, create custom queries, and more. A data dictionary
stores application information and database files. Includes audit trail
reports, fiscal calendars, network phone messaging, and individual user
browser window settings.
SBT Accounting Systems
SBT has established itself as an industry leader by offering the only
family of flexible business systems that meets the specific needs of companies
of all sizes. SBT’s product lines--Small Business Accountant, VisionPoint
2000, SBT Pro Series, and SBT Executive Series incorporate industry-standard
technology that allows for flexibility to grow and adapt as your business grows.
Ready to run, easy to adapt
SBT’s award-winning products deliver solid solutions right out of the
box. And source code availability lets you adapt your software to meet your
needs exactly, now and in the future, no matter how your business changes.
Unlike the token “cosmetic” changes provided by other suppliers, SBT gives
you true customizability for unlimited flexibility and growth.
Prepare for tomorrow
SBT provides the end-of-period controls you expect. But with SBT’s
exclusive ReadyView technology, you also can look ahead and make course
corrections in real time. Instantly determine your fastest and slowest moving
products, your top customers and vendors, and most productive salespeople. And
SBT products provide immediate access to financial and operational information,
giving you up-to-the- second data about every aspect of your business. With
real-time information you make strategic decisions in time, not after the fact.
Cross the millennium with confidence
SBT pioneered a proactive solution to the the Year 2000 problem. While many
accounting software systems still have 2-digit date fields that recognize the
date “00” as 1900, all SBT products smoothly transition into the millennium.
System
Recommendations
Listed below are SBT's current systems recommendations for Pro Series 5.0
operating environments. The actual systems requirements (both workstations
and network servers) can vary significantly depending on your actual
networking environment (i.e. topology, drivers, applications software,
networking protocols, etc.).
Windows Workstations
System Hardware:
Intel Pentium, 133 MHz class computer or faster
Minimum 32MB RAM; 64MB or more recommended
Hard disk requirements: Refer to the installed Operating Software
System requirements or recommendations for single user stations.
NOTE: If installing and running Pro Series applications on a workstation,
refer to the Network server hard disk space requirements
2X CD ROM drive or faster
A Microsoft compatible mouse
3.5-inch High Density floppy disk drive
Network Interface Card (required for network installation)
Operating Software:
Microsoft Windows 95 or later; or Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Network operating software for Windows workstations
Additional Software (for Source Code Versions
ONLY)
Visual FoxPro version 5.0a
Printers:
Full HP LaserJet III or later LaserJet compatible printers (Note:
Standard drivers for HP 6P recommended.)
Full Epson dot matrix compatible printers
Network Servers
System Hardware
Intel Pentium, 200 MHz class computer or faster Memory: Minimum
128MB RAM, 256MB or more recommended. Refer to the Network Operating Software
System requirements or recommendations based on network configuration Hard
disk requirements: Refer to the Network Operating Software System requirements
or recommendations based on network configuration.
Available hard disk capacity for Pro Series: Windows Compiled: Minimum of 40 MB
for System Manager, on-line documentation, and Sample Data plus add an average
of 11MB for each application module. Add 20 MB for Payroll; Windows Source:
Minimum of 65 MB for System Manager and Sample Data plus add an average of 15MB
for each application module. Add 30MB for Payroll. NOTE: Additional hard disk
space is required for customer database files.
2X CD ROM drive or faster
A Microsoft compatible mouse
3.5-inch High Density floppy disk drive
Network Interface Card
Network Operating Software:
Novell Netware 3.12 or later
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Additional Software ( for Source Code versions only)
Visual FoxPro version 5.0a
Printers:
Full HP LaserJet III or later LaserJet compatible printers (Note: Standard
drivers for HP 6P recommended.)
Full Epson dot matrix compatible printers.
