PFW General Ledger

Comprehensive financial information with the control, power and flexibility that enables you to adapt to your organization's changing needs.

It goes without saying that to survive in today’s competitive environment, businesses need financial information that is accurate, complete and timely. To get quality financial information, you need a General Ledger that gives you the control, power and flexibility to adapt to your organization’s changing needs. You need Platinum for Windows (PFW) General Ledger. entr

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Features

Complete Integration

	Seamlessly integrated with all other PFW applications, such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Purchase Order, Sales Order, Project Costing, & Bank Book
	Spreadsheet Import Utility allows import from Lotus 1-2-3 or Microsoft Excel.
	Integration with 3rd party tools such as FRx financial reporting extender.

Flexible & Powerful Cofiguration

(with "User-defined" being the key word)

	User-defined chart of accounts structure with up to 32 characters with 30 segments.
	User-defined transaction & account types.
	User-defined journals.
	User-defined period dates with up to 366 periods per year.
	User-defined controls for processing & balancing options.
	User-defined batch control totals.
	User-defined contol over the amount of detail the system maintains.
	User-defined earnings controls.

Complete Control of Your Chart of Accounts

	Automatically generate additional departments.
	Set up the system to handle consolidations, even among companies that organize their charts of accounts differently.
	Set automatic elimination entries for intercompany transactions.
	Set simplified intercompany & intracompany expense reallocation.
	Inactivate accounts.

Designed for Your Global Marketplace

	Enter transactions in any currency directly into your G/L accounts.
	Allows multiple currencies to be an intrinsic part f your financial reporting.
	Post a combination of currencies & your home currency
	FASB 52 & International 21 Guideline compliant. (The true gauge of a global ready general ledger)
	Calculate gain/loss on currency translation & consolidation from foreign subsidiaries.

Easy, Accurate and Quick Data Entry

	Validate all required information while entering data.
	Graphical User Interface designed for fast data entry.
	Toolbar buttons for frequently used actions to speed the data entry process.
	Batches offer control totals to ensure accuracy.
	Look-up screens eliminate the need for paper lists of account numbers, journal codes, etc.
	Recurring & Automatic transaction templates provide accurate & efficient transaction entry.
	Data entry screens can be customized without having to program. Fields can be renamed, set to be required, set to view only, or removed entirely.
	Automatic user-defined instructions can be set for data entry fields.

Audit Activity with Fast Account Inquiry and Drilldown

	PFW Explorer enables quick location of the information you need by allowing ranges on dates, accounts, transaction types, currencies, & balance types.
	Even after finding the right range of information the Drilldown can be used to get to the complete source document. No other G/L on the market gives you more capability.
	Transaction threading assigns unique identifiers to each transaction providing a clear audit trail for every transaction.

Streamline Lenghty Closing Times

	With every posting PFW updates the period-to-date & year-to-date account balances and distributes the earnings appropriately. Thus, many of the operations needed at the end of the month are automatically performed.
	This also allows more up-to-the-minute review of accounts throughout the normal period instead of cramming that analysis in at period end.
	Previous period need not be closed in order to post transaction into the next period giving more flexibility and time for analysis.
	Keep transaction history indefinitely. Any purging of data is performed at YOUR discretion.

Comprehensive Financial Reporting

	The date, time & user ID for every transaction posted is kept by PFW.
	Full set of reports to provide the information needed.
	FRx is included automatically with PFW to provide the best option for financial reporting.
	Reports can be printed, viewed on screen, saved to disk, or emailed.