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Accpac is a vendor of accounting, Customer relationship management and business management software. Primarily serving small and medium sized businesses, Accpac attracts customers due to its use of Web Services as platform for business application deployment. Its company name is sometimes used interchangeably with the name of the products, although it is part of The Sage Groupcite web|url=http://www.sage.com/investors/announcement.php?id=21 |title=The Sage Group plc announces agreement to acquire North American business management software vendor Accpac |date=2003-12-23 |accessdate=2007-03-30] .

There are three main product lines:

* Sage Accpac ERP, a Windows based range of accounting software, available with a variety of database backends. This can run under a Windows or Linux environment [ [http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/SoftwareDirectory/softwareview.aspx?sid=ACCP63E87Bs Accounting Software 411 - Sage Accpac ERP Software Profile ] ] and has an option of being hosted by Sage. It is multi-user, multi-currency and multi-language.
* Sage Pro ERP (which used to be known as SBT Pro Series), written using Microsoft Visual FoxPro, with an available MS SQL Server backend. This product is available with source code to allow user modification.
* Sage Business Vision, an entry level accounting system sold primarily in Canada and Africa.

End to End Business Management Applications

Accpac describes itself as more than just an ERP solution, with components available to create a complete business solution integrating the front office with the back office applications:

* Sage Accpac CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
* Accpac HR Series (Human Resources)
* Sage Accpac WMS (Warehouse Management System)
* Sage Accpac Exchange (Electronic Data Interchange)
* Accpac eTransact (Online Webstore)
* Sage Accpac ePOS (Retail Point of Sale)
* Sage Accpac Insight (Business Intelligence & Analysis)
* Accpac CFO (Financial Analysis)
* Sage Accpac Hosted Services (Remote Hosting Facilities)
* Sage Exchange (Financial Analysis)

History

* 1979 Established in Vancouver, British Columbia.
* 1985 Acquired by Computer Associates
* 1996 Became an Independent Business Unit of Computer Associates
* 1998 Incorporated as Accpac International, Inc.
* 2003 Acquired by The Sage Groupcite web|url=http://www.sage.com/investors/announcement.php?id=21 |title=The Sage Group plc announces agreement to acquire North American business management software vendor Accpac |date=2003-12-23 |accessdate=2007-03-30]

Management

* Previous to 1997 - A Division of Computer Associates International
* 1997 - 1999 F. S. (Rick) Wysocki (President and CEO)
* 1999 - 2003 David M. Hood (President and CEO)
* 2003 Susan G. Sheridan (General Manager)
* 2003 - 2004 Donnat O. Lettman (General Manager)
* 2005 - 2007 Craig R. Downing (General Manager)
* 2007 - present Laurie Schultz (General Manager)

ee also

*Comparison of accounting software

*Sage Software

References

External links

* [http://www.sageaccpac.com/ The Sage Accpac Web Site]
* [http://www.sageproerp.com/ The Sage Pro ERP Web Site]
* [http://www.chensoft.com.pk/ Chensoft The Authorized Partner of Sage Accpac in Pakistan]