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Run your business from a single suite without breacking the bank!
Introducing BizAutomation - the ONLY REAL alternative to Netsuite !

- CRM
- ERP
- Financials
- E-Commerce
- Customer & Partner Portal
- E-Surveys
- E-Projects
 

CRM & ERP Software Comparison Matrix

BizAutomation Netsuite
General Features / Technology
Install & Configure on your own network  
Subscription based  service (SaaS) Q3-2007
Database Technology SQL Server Oracle
Front-end platform Web (.NET) Web (JAVA)
Integration with Microsoft Exchange & Outlook  
Manage Records by Custom Relationships & Sub-Relationships  
Group Records into Hierarchical tiers (Parent Company, Subsidiary, etc..)  
Minimum commitment contract Quarterly Yearly
Typical monthly subscription cost per user for 5 seats $49 ~$300
Typical monthly subscription cost per user for 10 seats $49 ~$200
Sales Force Automation
Account, Contact, and Opportunity Management
Activity Management with Reminders (Tasks, Events, Calendar)
Pre-event auto-reminder to parties you're calling or meeting with  
Create Action Item Templates for automating follow-up activities  
See employee availability based on teams  
Customizable Quote Generation with in-depth price management
Create Sales Orders / Invoices from Purchase Orders
Create Purchase Order from Sales Orders / Invoices
Real-time Sales related Alerts
Marketing Automation
Campaign Management with ROI
Web to Lead Capture with Routing Rules
Email Broadcast with mail merge & group templates Limited
Drip Campaigns  
Marketing Budget Center  
Web Analytics to see Lead & Customer activity on your web site
Online Survey Management with Skip Logic  
Customer Service & Support
Case Management
Online Case Capture
Knowledge Base
Email to Case  
Email History for Cases  
Add Billable / Non-billable Time & Expense from Cases to Invoices  
Assign Contracts to Cases & show balances (time, incident, or days left)  
Share Cases with Customers & Partners
Blog between employees and customers (via the portal) within a Case  
Project & Fulfillment Management
Milestone & Stage based process creation  
Stage Alerts  
Add Billable Time & Expense from Projects to Invoices  
Email History for Projects  
Share Projects with Customers & Partners
Associate Sub-contractors & Partners with appropriate roles  
Inventory Management
Quantity On Hand, On Order, & On Allocation Levels
Price Management by Customer tier (e.g. Retailer, Wholesaler, Distributor), Volume discount, and Temporary discount
Serialize Items (with unique attributes)
Product Matrix for both Options / Accessories & Attributes  
Item Kitting
Multiple Warehouse Location Management
RMA Management Q2-2008
Item Images
COGS
Inventory Replenishment with email alerts
Supply Chain Mgt. - Inventory levels to vendors via the Vendor Portal filtered by items they supply with email alerts based on reorder levels
Multiple Units of Measure
Employee Management (H.R.)
Time Sheet Entry (Billable & Non-billable time)
Set Salary and Commission Percentages
Leave Request
Employee Profile Center
Rules based Custom Tab for linking to Intranet (e.g. Sharepoint)  
E-Commerce
Product Shopping Cart Catalog
Temporary, Volume, & Relationship based discounts
Show Inventory Levels from Shopping Cart
Product Matrix
Pay by e-check or credit card
Show customers remaining credit & balance  
Messaging & Collaboration
Compose Emails Natively & Email Templates
Automatically capture Customer inbound/outbound email history
Create Project or Case from Email record  
Add scheduled calls and tasks to Outlook calendar  
Full Integration with Exchange & Outlook  
Document & Contract Management
Upload any document throughout the suite
Set document approval workflow rules  
Assign Hours, Incidents, and/or Days to Contracts  
Expose contract details through Cases and Projects  
Enterprise & Partner Portal
Expose customer specific information with customers
Share Documents, Invoices, and P.O.s with customers and partners
Let Customers and Vendors create orders
Share Opportunities, Leads, Prospects & Accounts with partners
Allow partners to share / create records with you
Allow partners to make quarterly forecasts through the portal
Assign stages within Projects to partners (e.g. sub-contractors)  
Link custom tabs to relevant content relative to group partner belongs to
Financials & Accounting
General Ledger (GL), Customizable Chart of Accounts (COA), Journal
Easy of use (similar to QuickBooks)  
Accounts Receivables (AR) & Accounts Payables (AP)
Multiple Company / Multiple Currency ready
Budget / Cost Center
Deferred Income / Revenue Recognition
Fixed Assets
COGS (FIFO)
Invoicing / Sales Orders & Purchase Orders
Transaction Templates
Scheduler for creating Recurring Transactions
Bank Reconciliation
Key financial reports - Balance Sheet & Profit Loss Statement (P&L)
Set tax % or Integrate with Tax Calculation Web Service
Check Writer
Completely Integrated with all business modules
Customization
Custom Field Wizard with various field types (Drop-down list box, Text box, Check box, Date control, Hyperlinks, Text area.)
Custom Search Results Page by employee groups  
Custom Invoices, Purchase Orders, and Proposals
Customize Tabs (add new tab, hide by group, re-label, change location)  
Customize Page Layout (Number of columns, labels, location on page)
Integrate External Application via custom smart tabs (i.e. invoke contact or company ID in link)
Customize Registration Forms (Surveys, E-commerce, Web Leads, etc..)
Enable custom fields to appear based on relationship affiliation  
 
 

 

BizAutomation.com CRM + Business Management e-business suite - Entire Module List

CRM - Customer Relationship Management .. ERP – Inventory, Purchasing .. Fulfillment / Project- Management .. H.R. –Time Sheets, Expense, Leave..
E-commerce & Order Entry .. Survey Management … PRM - Partner Relationship Management .. Contract & Document Management ..
Financials – Invoicing, P.O.s .. Enterprise Portal – Extranet .. Customer Web Traffic Analytics .. BRM Business Relationship Management ..
Contact Management Software Outlook CRM Integration Customization Customer Tracking / Web Analytics

Aug 21st 2006 BizAutomation business management software and online survey software / survey management software. It also includes many other features such as the customer CRM portal, and Enterprise Portal. Whether you're using Outlook or Outlook Web Access to manage your web based CRM

 

 

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