White Papers: Financial Management

Guide to Choosing an Accounting System

Do any of these describe you and your organization?

• You are a fast-growing company and need a system that can grow with you.
• Your company has outgrown its current system.
• Your processes have changed the way you do business.
• You’re using DOS software.
• You’re using a PC-based spreadsheet (Lotus™ or Microsoft® Excel) or an introductory accounting package (QuickBooks®).
• You’ve got a legacy system – some "old iron” customized for your organization —which people may not necessarily like, but they understand and can use without much effort.

Learn how to select a business management system to meet your business needs, mesh with your existing business practices and adapt to technological innovations.

From Bean Counter to Business Strategist: The Changing Role of the Accountant
Economist Intelligence Unit – The Economist

Accountants are increasingly taking a hands-on approach in guiding company operations and formulating business strategy. Learn which technological tools to use and how to apply them.

Growing pains: Expansion Strategies for Small Firms
Economist Intelligence Unit – The Economist

Essential guidelines for finance managers of small companies aiming to expand their businesses.

A Nonprofit’s Guide to Choosing an Accounting System

This guide will aid you in the evaluation of your organization’s accounting needs and the selection of an accounting software system that best meets them. Learn the differences between a fund accounting system and a commercial accounting system.

Front to Back Office Integration

Find out how integration-ready solutions within the Sage Accpac Extended Enterprise Suite can seamlessly connect business processes, applications, and data to 1) manage customer relationships more effectively, (2) reduce costs, and (3) increase profitability over the long term.

37 New Ideas for Growing Businesses

With the speed of globalization, industry convergence, and technological change, business owners are waging competitive battles on many fronts: streamlining business processes, leveraging new technologies, and building value across the enterprise. If your organization is facing challenges like these, you need a paradigm for evaluating what’s best for your business.

Fund Accounting vs. Commercial Accounting for Nonprofits

Why growing nonprofits need true Fund Accounting for secure financial management. Understand what a true fund accounting system can do.

Striking a Healthy Workplace Balance
Economist Intelligence Unit – The Economist

Work to live, not live to work by implementing a more efficient business management software system that can automate a range of processes.

Sage How-To's of Financing

Is your business bound by cash-flow constraints? Key Equipment Finance can give you access to the technology financing required to help you realize the full potential of your business by breaking down large technology acquisitions into fixed, monthly lease payments.

Making The Move: What To Do When You’ve Outgrown QuickBooks

37 essential tips for evaluating and purchasing new accounting software that can grow with your business.

Understanding Business Intelligence and your Bottom Line

Learn what BI tools you really need to drill down and extract the key performance data that will make your company more efficient and profitable. Consider leveraging your existing technology to find cost-effective, easy-to-use BI solutions that integrate with your Microsoft Office Suite.