The program allows you to "check out" customers in seconds. It supports bar code readers, bar code printers, electronic cash drawers, customer pole displays and receipt printers (40 and 80 column dot matrix AND laser receipt printers).

The MicroBiz software has an "apparel matrix" that gives you the ability to track all your sizes, colors or styles for each item in inventory.

If you are looking for better ways to get your clerks to increase their sales dollars, MicroBiz's item scripts give your clerk valuable information for add-on sales. These item scripts can be customized to give your clerks recommendations on products that complement the item being purchased.

Automatic Vendor Notification, when enabled, automatically e-mails vendors with stock levels and purchase requirements, eliminating the need for purchase orders.

You can automatically create flyers, sell sheets and web pages for items in inventory, including product descriptions, pictures and pricing. With the auto e-mail function, you can send flyers and sell sheets to customers by e-mail automatically!

Both of these software products include a "report writer" that allows you to design your own reports and mailing labels. The possibilities are unlimited.

MicroBiz can handle the sale of items that are in Kits (an example might be a package item that has 15 or even 50 sub-components); Services, like a "service visit" which could be billed by the hour; and Serialized Items, such as major appliances (like refrigerators)

What are you selling? Where are your profits? Does every item in inventory make you the same amount of money? If your business is like most, the 80/20 rule applies: 80% of your profits come from 20% of the items. Find out which 20% is the most profitable, and which 20% is actually losing money for you.

Customer retention is an important part of your business. Regular mailings to customers assures your success. The software supports mailing labels in a variety of formats. You can choose customers to mail based on ZIP code, recency of purchase, highest purchases and even customers who have been inactive for a period of time. It is a known fact that it is six times more costly to get a new customer than to keep an old one. Why not do some mailings to past customers?

If you extend terms to your clients, you'll want the features we've built in. You can assign a credit limit to each customer (and password protect it to prevent anyone else from changing the limit). Each month you can automatically run statements and include finance charges. Account statements can be run on a laser printer on blank paper - or you can use preprinted forms on a laser or dot matrix printer. We've even included options such as the ability to suppress statements for clients with a balance below a certain amount, such as $10 or less.

* This feature is not included in the Easy Business Version.

The MicroBiz software's credit card option acts as your personal authorization company. You will have direct access to your bank to get quick and easy credit card authorization, checking account funds guarantee and ATM/bank card withdrawals. At the end of the day you will have a printed report of all of these transactions. It even transfers deposit proceeds electronically! This means the money you charge to your customer's credit cards is immediately transferred into your business bank account. Eliminate those tedious credit card slips forever!

MicroBiz offers over 100 different vendor databases to make it easier to get started.

With our direct interface between e-mail programs and work screens, you can e-mail invoice, quote, invoice in-progress and purchase order information to customers straight from the work screen.

Select fields to browse in both product and customer lookup screens to suit customer needs without paying the high price of customized software.

The software stores a history of every sale made and keeps it forever. You can review it at any time.

The software supports a number of different sales taxes, and can handle both taxable and non-taxable items. It even does Tax by Area for those parts of the country that require such reports.

Which of your employees made the most gross profit for the business? Is it the same one who had the highest sales figures??? Maybe not. All employees are human beings and some produce more than others. Not all employees should be paid equally. Certainly, your top performers expect higher rewards for their contribution. But calculating commission reports by hand can make a grown man cry! With a computer system, commission reports come out automatically.

All kinds of inventory reports can be produced and they can be filtered by department, vendor and more. You can even print out inventory counting lists.

• Maximum number of customers - over one million
• Maximum number of products/services - over one million
• Maximum number of stations at one site - unlimited
• Years of customer history - unlimited
• Hard disk space required - 4 GB "Free Space"
• Windows version runs on Windows 98se, 2000 Pro. or XP Pro
• Minimum RAM 128 MB; Suggested RAM 256 MB
• Intel Pentium 800 MHz or faster.