Review of BizAutomation.com - 2011

BizAutomation.com
888-249-1670
www.bizautomation.com

From the June 2011 Review of SaaS Accounting Systems for Small Business

BizAutomation.com is a comprehensive business management suite comprised of fully featured multi-business accounting, sales, distribution and inventory modules. It was designed and built to be an online system and offers strong ecommerce and partner management portals. Multi-layer project management, task management, business process automation and marketing functions are also included, as well as tools for a variety of additional industries.

 Best Fit:
Multi-site manufacturing, distribution and especially e-commerce businesses with increasingly complex needs, including CRM, order fulfillment and robust inventory.

Basic System Functions:
BizAutomation is centered around the user’s customizable home dashboard. This tool highlights the key areas of business activity related to each user’s role (e.g. sales, management, accounting, shipping, etc.). End-user customizations can be made with drag-and-drop tools.

At the top level, management can view key business indicators, budgeting performance, forecasted results, prior period comparisons, sales performance versus goals, aging, as well as current assigned tasks and scheduling. Security is role based, with users only able to access functions to which they are assigned. Primary navigation tabs at the top permit quick navigation to each area of the business for which the user has access rights. Customizable sub menus appear for each of the main tabs, and can be customized to include links to frequently used tools and features. The program also offers search and advanced search utilities that can look for data throughout the program, including transactions, notes and invoices.

User roles are assigned during initial system installation and vendor-guided setup. The chart of accounts can be created either by using standard templates or with custom account configurations.

Specific industry-focused features include the following:

• project management with unlimited sub-components/tasks with parent task dependencies;
• portals for customers and partners;
• multi-part and multi-warehouse inventory;
• work order management;
• bill of materials for manufacturing; and
• fund accounting capabilities for governments and nonprofits.

BizAutomation is exceptionally suited to e-commerce businesses, with fully integrated web stores that have features like preserving URL integrity on all pages, and strong reporting and integration with all areas of the program.

This fully web-based system can be used on Mac or PC, with support for all major browsers, as well as web-enabled smartphones and tablets, although no specific mobile apps have been designed for it yet.

Core Accounting Capabilities:
BizAutomation offers full GL, AP and AR, with support for multiple companies and subsidiary units, including departmental and geographical. With the system’s OmniBiz function, it can also perform inter- and intra-company accounting processes, including consolidations. It has extensive multi-currency capabilities, with integrated conversion tools and functions for realized gain and loss due to fluctuations. It also can be deployed into multiple languages, including English, Chinese, French, Spanish and German.