Best Software Announces Update in Fixed Asset Inventory with FASTrack 3.2.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 1999-- New reporting, check-in/check-out and reconciliation features extend functionality of asset management solution Best Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST), a leading provider of corporate resource management solutions, today announced the immediate availability of FASTrack(tm) 3.2, the newest version of its comprehensive fixed asset inventory and reconciliation solution. FASTrack streamlines the asset inventory and reconciliation process with barcode technology and integration with Best Software's fixed asset management solutions. FASTrack 3.2 sharpens the tools accounting and facilities managers employ to maintain firm control of their assets. The solution's new features include: -- Faster reconciliation and reporting, which minimizes time spent reconciling inventory and producing reports. FASTrack 3.2 customers also can use the updated FAS Report Writer(tm), now with an optional add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. interface to Crystal Reports(tm) version 6.0. -- Enhanced check-in/check-out, meaning users can clearly separate checked-out assets from ongoing inventories. FASTrack 3.2 allows users to view all checked-out assets on one screen or flagged in Detail View. The check-in/check-out feature allows companies to better manage their many mobile assets. -- An electronic user guide, which boasts powerful search capabilities including hypertext hypertext, technique for organizing computer databases or documents to facilitate the nonsequential retrieval of information. Related pieces of information are connected by preestablished or user-created links that allow a user to follow associative trails across the links to speed research about the application. FASTrack enables managers to track and maintain detailed information on fixed assets fixed assets npl → activo sg fijo fixed assets npl → immobilisations fpl fixed assets fix npl → , while speeding the asset inventory process and reducing data entry errors with barcode scanning technology. The application allows users to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. information about the physical location, condition, availability and status of every asset. Managers can reconcile the inventory with the assets on their books in real-time to better monitor and control fixed assets to prevent loss, theft and misplacement mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. . "Many companies pay property taxes and insurance on assets they no longer possess because they don't have a good asset inventory and reconciliation system in place," said Betsy Ashton, director, FAS product management for Best Software. "FASTrack gives companies a better way to track and manage their assets, so they only pay those fees on the assets they actually own. We've updated FASTrack to make the entire process even easier." FASTrack 3.2 can be used as a standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. product or as part of a tightly integrated asset inventory and reconciliation solution when combined with Best! Imperativ Asset Accounting(tm), FAS Encore!(tm) or FAS(tm). FASTrack's reconciliation process automatically updates the asset information in these fixed asset management software packages. Pricing and Availability FASTrack 3.2 is available directly from Best Software or through a network of authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Best Business Partners. The software starts at $3,495 and works with standard barcode readers See bar code reader. and media. About Best Software Best Software, Inc., with offices in the US, Canada and Europe, is a leader in corporate resource management solutions, helping organizations to better manage their people, assets and budgeting processes. Its cost-effective solutions complement core accounting systems and are scaleable, supporting Microsoft(R) technology including Windows(R) 95, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R), and BackOffice(R). For more information, contact Best Software at 11413 Isaac Newton Square, Reston, VA 20190, call 800/368-2405, or visit http://www.bestsoftware.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: FASTrack, Best! Imperativ Asset Accounting, FAS Encore!, FAS Report Writer and FAS are trademarks and the Best logo is a registered trademark of Best Software, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and BackOffice are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . Crystal Reports is a trademark of Seagate Software Seagate Software was an international software corporation headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. It was a majority owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, the largest independent disc drive and related components company in the world. , Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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