We have some users that operate like a service bureau offering financial services to other organizations. The primary focus of these users is Accounts Payable, Payroll and General Ledger. However, Inventory Control including Purchase Orders is used by one of these service bureaus. Accounts Receivable has also been used.

Offering these financial services to multiple companies using PROMPT is not a complex setup as each company is set up in a different sub-directory and there is no limit to the number of companies you can have. On this web site under Support and the subject "Application Support Memo - How to do a specific task" we have a free predefined procedure that explains how to set up a new company in a sub-directory.

PROMPT General Ledger comes already setup with a chart of accounts and a balance sheet and two types of income statement (variance and percentage of sales) but the flexibility of PROMPT allows you to build your own chart of accounts and financial statements if desired. Or you can simply add to the existing chart of accounts and financial statements to expand the structure provided with the system.

Also, we have a unique financial services user that operates a development organization is a large city and uses PROMPT Data Tools to run the entire operation. Their application software was all developed for them to their specifications because their business is unique and does not fit a package.

This user has learned how to use these tools to modify their software. For example they took on an entirely new and large project recently and developed their own unique subsystem to track all of the financial and other transactions involved in this project without a single support phone call to us for assistance.

This PROMPT user has the ultimate in flexibility and internal control over their automation and they have no IT staff whatsoever. They are IT.