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Pastel XPRESS - Small Businesses

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Key features:
No. of Users	1 up to 3
No. of Companies	up to 3 available

Pastel Accounting Xpress is perfect for businesses that operate a simpler accounting environment. Whether you're a start-up, small business or even a larger turnover operation, you don't need to have accounting or bookkeeping skills to use it. It's an intuitive, user-friendly accounting solution that lets you manage the numbers with ease and confidence.

You'll be able to access detailed, pinpointed analyses and reporting at the touch of a button. Pastel Xpress helps you manage your accounts effectively so that you can get on with the job of running your business. And when your business grows significantly there'll be no disruption to accounting systems when you expand to more sophisticated products in the Pastel range.

Pastel Xpress is QUICK and EASY to set up

Setup Assistant
Use Pastel's Setup Assistant to create a fully working company in minutes. Answer a few simple questions, select from one of Pastel's fully customisable templates, then tailor them to your business on-the-fly. Here are some of the fully customisable templates Pastel has to offer:

Service • Retail • Body Corporate • Construction • Garage / Service Station • Farming • Hotel • Non Profit Organisation • Real Estate Agent • Food and Beverage • Church Accounts • Club Accounts • Professional Services • Medical Practitioner • School Accounts

Assistants
By following a few simple instructions and answering basic questions you will be able to complete tasks more quickly and easily with Pastel's assistants. For example, Pastel has an assistant that helps you adjust the selling prices of your inventory items with minimum time and effort.

Customers
Pastel's flexible customer account setup allows you to configure parameters per customer. For example you can set individual trading and settlement terms and select the e-mail and /or print option for invoices and statements. Create as many customers as you need - Pastel's high performance database won't slow you down as your customer base grows.

The System Navigator & Toolbar
The combination of Pastel's graphical interface, user friendly system navigator and toolbar, keyboard shortcuts and standard menus makes finding your way around Pastel simple and intuitive.

THE PERFECT BALANCE - Pastel Xpress is a POWERFUL financial tool designed for EASE OF USE.

Invoicing
Entering invoices is logical and intuitive. The on-screen invoicing template form is a mirror of the physical invoice. Save time, ensure accuracy and control back orders by linking quotations, sales orders and invoices.

Age Analysis
Pastel Xpress' age analysis provides you with crucial information about your customers and suppliers. It lets you see outstanding balances, aged analysis and assists you in prioritising collection of overdue amounts.

Inventory Items
You can create product and service type items. Use service items to bill consulting hours and maintenance contracts. You can prevent individual items from being subject to line or invoice discount.

E-mail Documents
You can e-mail invoices and statements directly from Pastel Xpress to your customers. In addition e-mail items such as newsletters, marketing information and aged payment reminders. All reports are available in an optional HTML format, compatible with most Internet browsers.

Note Facility
With Pastel's Note Facility you can link multiple notes and external documents to any master file record. In Inventory, for example, you can attach specifications, brochures, drawings and pictures to an item.

Microsoft® Office Integration
Pastel integrates your general ledger, customer and supplier data with Microsoft® Office. Personalise communication by utilising the mail merge and e-mail merge capabilities. Reports can be opened in Excel and Word. Customer and supplier contact information can be exported to Outlook. Compatible with Microsoft® Office 2000 and XP.

Graphics
A picture is worth a thousand words. Use Pastel's graphic reporting feature to display business critical information in a graphical format. For example, view trends in customer sales, inventory movement, expense allocation and more.

Financial Ratios
Pastel Xpress allows you to analyse your company's performance using standard financial ratio analysis and even tells you how to interpret the ratios. For example, ratios like Customer Days and the Acid test provide insight into how well working capital is managed.

Financial Reporting
Pastel Xpress produces standard financial reports automatically. You don't have to be an accountant to produce these reports or to see whether you are making money. Use Pastel Xpress' powerful reporting facility to assist you in understanding the financial situation of your business.

Download the Pastel Xpress Brochure

For further information regarding Pastel Xpress please call 021 – 436 8603