What accounting software is on every desktop

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What accounting software is on every desktop?

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Excel
• Access
• Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word
• Browser software (e.g. Internet Explorer)
• Other Quicken, Peachtree, QuickBooks, Microsoft
  Business Solutions-Great Plains, ACCPAC, Simply
  Accounting.

Carol Yacht, Author
Accounting Software on Every Desktop
August 10, 2004
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Todays Objective
Use technology in accounting
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Software Integration
Financial
Spreadsheet Database Accounting
Computer Acctg.

• Accounting courses

Managerial Cost
Report Generation CRM
AIS
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Accounting Software on Every Desktop
August 10, 2004
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General Ledger Software
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Accounting Software on Every Desktop
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General Ledger System
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Accounting Software on Every Desktop
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Systems Software

• Why?
• Mid-market
• Database model
• Manufacturing and project accounting
• Internal control
• Security
• Customization
• Academic alliances

PeopleSoft
SAP
MS Bus. Sols.- Great Plains
MAS 90
NetLedger
NetSuite
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Accounting Software on Every Desktop
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Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains 8.0
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Why technology matters

• In the context of a concerted effort to innovate
  the accounting curriculum, information systems
  matter.
• Paul Steinbart, AZ State University
• 2004 AIS Educators Conference

Carol Yacht, Author
Accounting Software on Every Desktop
August 10, 2004
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Lets look at some software.
Carol Yacht, Author
Accounting Software on Every Desktop
August 10, 2004