role of accounting software in business
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Role of Accounting Software in Business
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Evaluating Cloud Accounting Software
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The Process
BACKGROUND
Getting Organized
Macro Selection Concerns
PERPARATIONSelection Process
Short Listing
EVALUATIONSoftware Demonstration
Decision Making
APPROVALSelling the decision
What the guide will do?Help your
organization get productive
quickly
Accelerate your selection team’s learning curve
Address many of the issues the selection team will encounter
Condense the best ideas in accounting system
selection into one easy-to-read publication
Provide practical guidance to
choosing the right solution
Make sure you are more self-sufficient and successful.
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BACKGROUND
Getting Organized
Your evaluation team size should be commensurate with the size and complexity of your organization.
PERPARATION
The Evolving Software selection Process.Software selection activities have evolved over the years.
Key advice:
Avoid a non-value added replacement
Find full process support
Evaluate the platform as much as the application
Make flexibility a priority Focus on the organization of tomorrow
Make accounting a real partner in the organization
EVALUATION
Evaluation phase: the software ‘demo’In the cloud world, you don’t need to call in the vendor straight away..
Get very familiar via
online resources
Consider a free trial
Document what you
saw
Review Platform and Integration
Then call in the vendors
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
APPROVAL
Contract issues
Service level agreement
Exit strategy (what happens to your data if you do not renew)
Liability issues
Performance requirements
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