Peachtree by Sage - Supporting Diverse Needs with Multiple Versions

• Peachtree by Sage First Accounting is targeted to small business with basic accounting needs in the areas of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory. Peachtree First Accounting includes more than 35 pre-defined financial and operational reports and is ideal for those businesses converting from a manual or spreadsheet-based bookkeeping system. Lists provide an at-a-glance view of records about key information like Customers, Vendors, and Employees.

• Peachtree by Sage Pro Accounting (formerly Peachtree Accounting) extends the functionality of Peachtree First Accounting by adding features such as budgeting capabilities, payroll, enhanced inventory, sales order capacity, integration with Microsoft^® Word and Excel^®, e-mail alerts, the ability to e-mail forms and reports, QuickBooks^® conversion, and an internal accounting review.

• Peachtree by Sage Complete Accounting contains all of the features found in Peachtree Pro Accounting and adds numerous capabilities, creating a robust application designed for small and growing businesses. Some of the additional features found in Peachtree Complete Accounting include: multi-user capabilities; advanced budgeting; advanced security, including an audit trail; integration with Microsoft Outlook^®, integration with UPS^® (additional setup and registration with UPS required); advanced inventory, including master items, sub-items, global price changes, and automatic creation of purchase orders; customizable pricing levels; time and billing functionality; and FAS for Peachtree, a fixed-asset tracking and depreciation calculation system.

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting is designed for those users requiring additional features and functionality not found in other versions of the Peachtree family of products. With Peachtree Premium Accounting, users have access to all of the features found in Peachtree Complete Accounting, plus many additional features including: progress billing; Crystal Reports^® for Peachtree; the ability to create consolidated financial statements from other Peachtree companies; departmentalized financial statements; serialized inventory tracking; and the ability to archive prior company data to a separate file.

• Peachtree by Sage – Quantum is the most comprehensive product in the Peachtree line and is designed for businesses that need more – more users, more capacity and more performance. Able to support up to 10 named users, Peachtree Quantum provides advanced user security and roles management, all of the features available in the Peachtree Premium line, and is bundled with a year of maintenance that includes upgrades and support.

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction is designed to meet the specific and unique needs of small construction businesses. It includes features such as: subcontractor insurance tracking, labor burden allocations, progress billing, retainage11 tracking, and expanded job costing reporting.

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Distribution is the ideal choice to meet the challenges of distribution companies. Included in the feature set are: multiple and customizable price levels; quantity discounts; global price changes; indented Bill of Materials report; support for vendor part numbers, including the ability to buy and sell by vendor part number; stock status by location report; up to 20 customer “ship-to” addresses; the ability to place a customer on credit hold; customer and vendor management detail reports; advanced kitting and assembly features; work tickets; assembly planning report; and deficient components list for assembly report.

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Manufacturing contains the functionality necessary for small manufacturers to manage the production process more effectively, to optimize investments in inventory, and to provide outstanding customer service. Among the differentiating features in this product are: advanced indented bill of materials processing; component pick list report; production scheduling report; inventory trend analysis; buy and sell in multiple quantities; and multiple costing methods, including specific identification costing for serialized items.

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Nonprofits is an affordable solution designed to meet the unique reporting requirements of smaller nonprofit organizations. Features that make it an outstanding choice for many nonprofits include: donor grantor summary list report; statements of revenues and expenditures; statements of financial position; and predefined charts of accounts for various types of nonprofit entities.

• Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting – Accountants' Edition is targeted to those accountants in public accounting or bookkeeping practices who have many different clients running many different editions of Peachtree. The Accountant’s Edition is unique in that it contains all of the features found in all of the other editions of Peachtree; accordingly, accountants need only use the Accountant’s Edition to ensure full compatibility with their clients’ Peachtree data files.

Should a company reach the point at which the Peachtree family of products no longer provides a viable solution, data can be easily migrated upstream to one of Sage Software’s mid-range products –Sage MAS 90. This industry-leading business management solution is offered in 26 separate modules, meaning users pick and choose the modules that are necessary to serve the needs of the business. Because data is converted from Peachtree to Sage MAS 90, implementation time is minimized and access to prior data is maintained. This is yet another example of Sage Software’s ability to provide powerful solutions throughout the life of a business.

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