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Pastel PARTNER 2009 - Small to medium sized businesses
Pastel Partner provides the ideal combination of
power, innovation, flexibility, rapid processing and ease-of-use for small to
medium sized businesses. It is feature rich and robust in a multi-user
environment, with multi-currency capability and a highly intuitive interface.
Pastel Partner allows you to add modules to your core accounting
application as your business grows. This means that you can tailor Pastel
Partner according to your specific business needs.
There are two new exciting add-on modules in Pastel Partner 2009.
Pastel Bank Manager
eliminates the process of manually capturing transactions from your bank
statement. Simply download your bank statement into Pastel and let the system
automatically update your books.
Pastel Cash Manager
is a debtor’s management system that‘s suitable for any business in any
industry that seeks to optimise their debtor’s collection process.
To view information on the Pastel Partner add-on modules, please
click on the relevant module below.
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FEATURES
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No. of Users°
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Multi-users, 1 up to 20
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No. of Companies*
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Unlimited
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Database required
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Pervasive
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Support/Upgrades**
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Yes
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° Users can be purchased in increments according to your
needs. Additional users can be purchased from Pastel. One user license
equates to the loading of Software onto one PC.
* Requires Inventory module
** Purchase on an annual basis from your local Pastel Business Partner.
Comparative table of Product Range
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BASE
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Xpress
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Partner
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Evolution
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Number of Users
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1-3
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1-20
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1-250+
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Number of Companies
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Number of Financial Years
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2
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2
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5
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User Defined Fields
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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General Ledger
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Segmented GL Accounts
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No
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No
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Yes
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Cash Books
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6
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30
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Unlimited
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Customers
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Quotations
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Invoices
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Suppliers
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Purchase Orders
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Inventory
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Yes
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Yes*
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Yes
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Segmented Inventory Items
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No
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No
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Yes
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Import Cost Allocations
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Project Tracking/Cost Centres
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Report Writer
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Stationery Customisation
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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ADD ON
MODULES
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Multi-Currency
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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Business Intelligence Centre
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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Receipting (Cash & Bank
Manager)
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No
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Yes*
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No
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Time & Billing
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No
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Yes*
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No
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Point-of-Sale
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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Pastel Retail
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Serial Number Tracking
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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Multi-Store
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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Job Costing
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Bill of Material
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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Manufacturing
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Mobile
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Lot Tracking
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Fixed Assets
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Yes*°
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Yes*°
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Yes*°
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Payroll
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Yes*°
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Yes*°
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Yes*°
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ACT!
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No
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Yes*
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No
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CRM Basic
(Contact Management)
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*
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CRM Premium
(Contact Management)
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No
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Yes*
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Yes*°
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Sales Force Automation
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No
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No
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Yes*°
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Pricing Matrix (Disc. Matrix &
Vol. Disc.)
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No
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Yes
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Yes*
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Customer Acc. Consoldations
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Customer Credit Risk Mngnt.
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No
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No
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Yes*
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Annuity Billing
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No
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No
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Yes*
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eBusiness & eBilling
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No
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Yes
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Yes*
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*Purchase as an add on module
°Purchase as a stand-alone module
Pastel Partner System requirements
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HARDWARE
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Single User
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Minimum
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Pentium III
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Recommended
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Pentium IV 2GHz or Higher
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OPERATING SYSTEM
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Minimum
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Windows XP, 2000
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Recommended
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Windows XP, 2000
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RAM
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Minimum
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128MB
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Recommended
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256MB or Higher
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SCREEN RESOLUTION
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Minimum
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800 x 600
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Recommended
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1024 x 768
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Requirements for all Users: CD-Rom
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