Pacifica Research™ publishes a complete line of real-time accounting software in Windows for large and small business payroll, inventory control, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
Pacifica Accounting is a general ledger based, double-entry system.
It is a Windows application which will run on any 32 bit Windows.
Pacifica is fully multi-user, and can run on a dedicated server based network (MS, Linux, NetWare…), Terminal Server, or peer to peer network.
With the new menu and dedicated workspace, a high resolution monitor is recommended.
Real-TimePacifica uses real-time transaction processing, and all modules are automatically fully integrated with other modules, including the general ledger. Every transaction you enter, every change, every bit of data is processed instantly as you enter it.
Besides, data is on line all the time. All detail remains on-line and accessible for reporting, even from prior years. This detail may be edited by operators with sufficient privilege. Pacifica does away with the concept of pre-defined fiscal periods, allowing detailed financials to print across any date range and any part of the enterprise. For instance, a financial can report on a project from beginning to end, even across a year-end.
AuditabilityPacifica is written in the C++ language, all in DLL files, and is based upon the SUMMUS relational database. Central to Pacifica are two libraries stored in SUMMUS databases. These libraries contain all of the standard screens, reports, icons and record definitions needed by Pacifica. Each company database is contained in one SUMMUS database file. Within this file is a data dictionary structure defining all of the records, indexes, custom reports and relational linkages. Records, and fields within records, can be any size necessary to contain the data. A record with little data will take less space in the database than a record with more data. In other databases, all records of one kind must be the same size.
System SecurityPacifica enables the system operator to limit each user's access to the different accounting modules. Each person is only assigned the privileges required for that employee to perform his job effectively. This security is implemented at the user level. Each user has a separate user ID, protected by a password. Each transaction is stamped with the user's ID, which allow the system operator to track the use or misuse of the system.
Fast and Easy to operatePacifica gives you fast access to your information. From locating and retrieving your records - even old records, to previewing or printing reports of all kinds, Pacifica has no competition.
Drill-down capabilities are found at hundreds of fields in Pacifica, and on most reports when previewed on the screen.
For the most streamlined data entry, the mouse is almost never required for navigating the screen, although it may be used everywhere.
Reporting SystemsPacifica has more than 80 standard reports, with many choices in the formatting of each one. Typically, the report launch parameters include date range, document range, account, vendor or customer range or selection, sort options, level of detail and page width. At most fields, you can set screen defaults for the parameters you prefer, and change them if necessary when you print. All reports can be printed to any printer, the screen, or a disk file.
Pacifica includes four separate report writers in addition to the standard reports. This is necessary because of the distinct differences in the reports and documents which are produced by these tools.
You have access to Pacifica's:
Report Writer Financial Report Writer Document Writer Inventory Label FormatterThe Report Writer builds a report program in the SPL language, it compiles it and places it on a report menu. These reports can be presentation-quality, depending on the designer's efforts, and may include:
A launch screen for user input A page heading with automatic column headings Access to all data in the
database, including derived data and results of in-line
computations In-line logic at data
selection Up to 12 levels of
sorting Unlimited
filtering Unlimited group headings,
subtotals with conditional breaks, footnotes Drill-downs on almost all data items in detail and subtotals Flexible indexing Data export capability Printer and font control
just as in any system reportThe Financial Report Writer builds a template record which drives a financial reporting engine. Financial reports may be designed with these features:
Standard templates for P&L, balance sheet and statement of cash flows are included Up to 28 columns of numeric data can be defined as balance, activity or formula All display characteristics can affect individual columns or all columns Columns can print G/L, profit center, budget or computed data Lines can define accounts or account groups by number, wildcard expression, range or type Lines can exclude accounts or account groups by number, wildcard expression, range ortype
Lines can detail or summarize profit center information Footnotes can be attached to account numbers or groups Multiple company databases can be consolidated on one financial, even from dissimilarcharts of accounts
Columns, lines and cells can utilize formulas Non-dollar information can be taken from G/L accounts and printed or used in formulas Multiple schedules can be created for one financial, and print as one or more pages Computed data can carry
forward through schedulesThe Document Writer is used to modify the appearance of invoices, order forms, packing lists, checks and paychecks. Using this tool, you can visually:
Move any printable item or hide it Change or remove the caption on any item Change column widths and number of decimals printed Turn lines and boxes on or off for plain paper documents, or add new lines, boxesand color blocks
Include logo bitmaps and set their size and position Turn on various backgrounds, such as graybar and gradient screens Select separate fonts for captions and data, and set their sizes independently Maintain several document styles at once for invoices and ordersThe Inventory Label Formatter creates inventory bar code labels in any size and configuration, based on inventory, sales orders or invoices, purchase orders or invoices or stock transfers. This visual tool is able to:
Include your selection of dozens of data items from inventory and other sources Move the items and change their size, font, orientation and color Print text, lines, boxes and borders anywhere on the label Print any text as a bar code of any size and all standard symbologies(using optional bar code fonts)
Include photos and graphics on your labels Print auto-incrementing numbers Select from many Avery standard label sheet layouts, or create and save your own Store any number of label layouts for different purposes Visually select the starting label number to print based on an Avery style number:: Modules and Add-On
Pacifica is sold and installed in modules.
There are five standard accounting modules and five add-on modules to extend the features of the standard modules.
The general ledger standard module is required. All others are optional. In each section, the standard module must be installed before the add-on can be installed.
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General Ledger and G/L+: |
| General Ledger (required) includes chart of accounts, transaction processing, journal entry, financial reporting.. G/L+ adds profit center accounting, budgeting and financial report writer. |
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Accounts Payable and A/P+: |
| Accounts Payable includes vendor list, purchase invoice entry and printing,
cash requirements forecasting, cash disbursements and check
printing, bank reconciliation, A/P aging and activity
tracking. A/P+ adds purchase order processing and printing, recurring order processing and disbursement processing. |
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Accounts Receivable and A/R+: |
| Accounts Receivable includes customer list, pricing and discounting by
customer, sales invoice entry and printing, cash receipts, A/R aging
and activity tracking. A/R+ adds sales order processing and printing and recurring order processing. |
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Inventory Management and I/M+: |
| Inventory Management includes inventory list, inventory activity and
profitability by vendor or customer, reorder by history, seasonal
history or percentage of min or max stock levels. I/M+ adds serial/lot/location capability, bill of materials and kit management, serial number and where-used tracking, bar code label printing and photo capability. | |
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Payroll and P/R+: |
| Payroll includes employee list, payroll entry and check printing, federal
and state tax table maintenance, tax and withholding reporting,
federal quarterly report and W-2 printing. P/R+ adds high-volume paycheck processing, time tickets, electronic timeclock interface, magnetic media W-2 reporting and photo capability. |
In addition, there are industry-specific modules and integrated systems available: |
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Seed Inventory Management: |
| A system designed to track the buying, selling, production, packaging and labeling of seed and grain by lot. This system changes the functions of A/P, A/R and Inventory. | |
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Pesticide Use Management: |
| A system to supplement inventory management and invoicing, to track pesticide and agrichemical applications and print legal documents required by state and federal agencies and the EPA. | |
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Point of Sale: |
| An invoicing module with interfaces to bar code readers, credit card swipes, cash drawers, pole displays and strip printers. | |
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Coffee Roaster's Inventory Management: |
| Inventory and A/R modules designed for the special requirements of coffee roasters. | |
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Sawblade and Tool Sharpening Tracking: |
| Serial number tracking and reporting for saw shops. | |
Pacifica uses or supports interfaces to these other products:
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IC Verify for credit card validation in Point of Sale. |
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Snowbound Software for image processing. |
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ClipperShip package labeling and manifest printing. |
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Trade Services for service industry inventory price updates. |
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Latham Time Clock interface to time tickets. |
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ColdFusion web application development for e-commerce. |
VARs and developers sell and support add-ons to Pacifica. Modules have been written for wholesale and warehouse inventory, machine shop job cost, short run job cost and delivery route management.
Users and developers have access to several areas where modifications and custom changes may be made in Pacifica.
The system operator may limit or modify access and privilege by menu or by screen for each user. Users with sufficient privilege may modify screens while they are operating them.
Possible changes are substantial, including:
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Change the caption on any prompt |
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Rewrite or add to the help message |
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Add or edit a list box or autolist box |
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Add or change default values for the field |
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Change input characteristics |
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Set to skip or not skip |
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Set so cursor may not enter, or keyboard is locked |
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Set to require data or require a password before change |
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Set to obscure data if user lacks privilege |
These changes are not affected by version upgrades, and may be turned off at any time.
Developers may use the visual screen generator, an integral
part of any Pacifica installation, to make much more substantial changes
to screens. This includes changing any visual or input characteristic of a
field, adding new program functions to fields, moving or changing the
order of fields, hiding unwanted fields or moving seldom-used fields to a
second or third page. These changes are normally made in a custom library
file apart from Pacifica's standard libraries and outside the company's
database. In this way, the changes are isolated and protected against
version updates in most cases, and may be easily removed.
Developers may
write new programs or modify existing ones in either the C++ or SPL
languages. SPL is a powerful compiled language designed primarily for
writing reports from a SUMMUS database, but it has many applications
besides reporting. All system reports and all reports created in the
Pacifica Report Writer are written in SPL, and the source code for all
system reports is available at no charge to developers. The SPL compiler
and interactive debugger are built into Pacifica. C++ language source code
for selected application programs is made available to developers on an
individual basis.
Pacifica Research is currently working with several clients in a limited introduction to Internet commerce. This includes EDI order processing and invoicing, preparation of HTML-formatted inventory catalogs dynamically generated by ColdFusion. Pacifica's SUMMUS Client/Server, expected in second-quarter 2002, will offer an ODBC and ColdFusion interface for interactive e-commerce.
Pacifica is engaged in developing a Windows Sockets compliant version of the SUMMUS database and accounting applications in a two-tier client/server architecture. While we feel that the SUMMUS relational database will remain the preferred server due to superior performance and a higher level of optimization with our applications, the ODBC interface provides a means of attaching Pacifica client applications to other servers, such as Access, My SQL, SQL Server or Oracle. We expect to ship an Access interface by year-end. We expect to deliver a programming interface from Visual Basic soon after, though core programming will continue to be written in C/C++.
Our plans for Pacifica Client/Server include an Internet interface for presenting catalog pages from inventory records through ColdFusion.
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