Microsoft Office Small Business Management Edition 2006 Upgrade Description:

Small businesses face the daily challenges of managing their sales, marketing, and financial processes. There are a wide array of tools to help small business owners tackle these problems, but tools cost time and money, and because they often come with long learning curves, they can reduce your short-term efficiencies dramatically. Microsoft Office Small Business Management 2006 is a comprehensive management solution, based on familiar Microsoft Office applications, that is designed to address the needs of small business management with a single, easy-to-use, integrated solution.And with some of the industry's most robust accounting tools, and featuring Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update and Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006, there's no time better than now to upgrade to Microsoft Office Small Business Management 2006.

Employees can easily create quotes and invoices, which are automatically transferred to the accounting program. View larger

Integration with Word makes it easy to create professional-looking documents to communicate with customers, vendors, employees and partners. View larger

A centralized Activity History tool provides comprehensive information so every employee can effectively respond to customer inquiries. View larger

The Company Home page provides a centralized, customizable view of critical business information. View larger

Featuring the familiar Microsoft Office interface, Small Business Management 2006 includes Microsoft Word 2003, Excel 2003, Publisher 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Access 2003, Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update, and Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006. In short, Small Business Management 2006 puts all of your business data in one place, giving you a comprehensive look at your business, and helping you to make better-informed decisions using the tools that you are already familiar with.

Because of its familiar look and feel, the learning curve for Small Business Management 2006 is small. Also, with a seamless integration across Office 2003 programs, accounting data can be easily shared, and users can process information using programs they already know. You can also export accounting documents, such as quotes, invoices, and purchase orders, to Word 2003 easily to create customized, professional-looking documents, or export any one of more than 60 reports to Excel 2002 and 2003 for further analysis.

A unique feature of Small Business Management 2006 is it's integration with Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager and Small Business Accounting 2006. You can create quotes and invoices in Outlook and simply link them to Small Business Accounting 2006 to update company financials, and then export them to Word to customize with a personal message and the company logo. This helps save time and reduce errors that arise from data re-entry. And when you need to create executive business reports, all financial data and lists can be exported to Excel, retaining all formatting and formulas, for further analysis. This allows companies to use the power of Excel to create different views of data to enable informed, intelligent business planning and decisions.

Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update gives authorized employees a complete view of critical customer data. This includes not only business contacts and communication history, such as e-mail messages, notes, appointments, opportunities, and documents, but also financial status for each customer. Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update also includes 20 customizable, pre-formatted business reports. This helps small businesses keep track of the sales pipeline, account histories, and neglected accounts to respond quickly to customers and be more responsive to their needs. And when its time to take customer information on the road, you can enable your staff to access critical customer data on their Pocket PCs and update their customer information when they return to the office.

When a company's finances are powered by Small Business Accounting 2006, the business owner and manager have a central resource to help manage transactions with customers, vendors, and employees; manage inventory and banking activity; monitor jobs; and create and track quotes, orders, purchase orders, invoices, and statements. Real-time information is available quickly, allowing authorized employees and managers to get a complete view of changes to accounts as they occur. With Small Business Accounting 2006 driving finances, business owners and managers can get help to more accurately forecast sales, revenue, and cash flow, and plan for the future of their company. By using Small Business Accounting 2006, creating cash flow forecasts are easier than ever.

The integration of the accounting software and customer management program with Office allows people to share data with other employees and streamline their day-to-day customer and business tasks. Yet this doesn't mean that every employee has equal access to company information. With the software's control features, you can restrict access to sensitive data without compromising efficiency or work-flow.

In short, Small Business Management 2006 is a solution that fits the unique needs of every small business. Regardless of whether your business is growing rapidly, or whether is just needs a simpler and more efficient process, this integrated software package provides all of the tools you will need to finish your tasks quickly, keep on top of the big picture, and have more time to spend on what matters most to you.