IFPS-Personal: The future for spreadsheet packages?

Article Abstract:

IFPS-Personal from Execucom is financial planning and decision-support software for a microcomputer with 512K of memory and a hard disk. IFPS-Personal retails for $895. IFPS-Personal is based on Execucom's mainframe version of its Interactive Financial Planning System, and is praised as being innovative since it: allows programming in English; is not procedural (meaning variables can be entered and defined in any order); provides 'goal-seeking' options that allow break-even analyses to be performed without complicated equation-writing; features excellent graphics; and can be used for financial and accounting purposes, strategic planning efforts, inventory management decision-making, or acquisition-divestiture analyses. The personal computer spreadsheet package is occasionally be difficult to use, but its potential usefulness outweighs these inconveniences.

Analysis, Microcomputers, Product/Service Evaluation, Product introduction, Financial planning, Financial software, Business budgets, Decision support systems, Managerial accounting, Spreadsheets, Spreadsheet software, Controllership, Execucom Systems Corp., IFPS-Personal (Computer program)

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Manufacturing on a shoestring: Armor Premier software

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Armor Systems Inc's Armor Premier family is a set of related vertical market software products that enable small manufacturers to automate their materials management systems. The software package provides several useful modules that can be used to address various accounting problems associated with the different aspects of materials management. Perhaps the most popular of these modules is that which deals with inventory control. This particular module can, on its own, be used for most material management problems. The modules are sold separately as single-user systems and have a suggested retail price of $695. The system is flexible and can be easily switched to MS-DOS or UNIX/XENIX operating systems with only slight modifications.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Product information, Inventory control, Armor Systems Inc., Armor Premier (Integrated accounting software)

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The construction solution

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Computer Associates International's Construction Solution (CS) software package can help any small- to mid-sized construction firm which needs a new financial management system. CS is made up of six of the nine accounting modules in the Easy Business Systems Plus series. Each module provides personal instruction manuals, sample data, input formats, and system programs. A minimum of 128k is required for the base system, and up to 640k for the whole package. A hard disk system should be used, with storage capacity of at least 6.5mb for the system and help text programs. Subsystems described include: accounts payable, job costing, and inventory control and analysis.

CA Inc., Construction Solution (Computer program)

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