AVAILABLE APPLETS

.STORE

■ Use your web site to gain new customers

■ Prospective customers may browse your products and services

■ With the credit card processing module,accept order and payments on-line

.ORDER

■ Your existing customers can place orderssecurely 24 hours a day, seven days a week

■ Customers can easily select products to reorder from previous shipments

■ Customers manage their own authorized users

.INQUIRY

• Customers can maintain account information such as ship-to addresses

• Customers can view available credit

• Customers can see status of their orders

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Imagine being able to offer your customers the ability to place orders, and monitor theiraccount status 24 hours a day, while at the same time allowing your employees to be moreproductive, and increasing order accuracy. The e-Business Manager module leverages the powerof the Internet to help you increase customer satisfaction, and enhance your bottom line.

The Internet is fast becoming the method of choice for transacting business worldwide: theyear-over-year growth in online commerce transactions continues to grow at a tremendousrate. Moving into the future, all of us will conduct an ever-increasing number of businesstransactions over the Internet, and applications with direct Internet functionality will be vital to remain competitive and responsive in this evolving marketplace. The e-BusinessManager module brings this capability to MAS 90 and MAS 200, in an easy to implementout-of-the box solution. While simple to implement, e-Business Manager also manages to be flexible and feature-rich, providing many customization capabilities available in much more expensive solutions.

e-Business Manager: Powerful and Affordable e-commerce for MAS 90 and MAS 200.

e-BUSINESS MANAGER

PRODUCT BENEFITS

In these examples, the Web engine resides on a separate Windows 2000 server. Depending uponnetwork configuration and system load, this component may coexist with MAS 90 or MAS 200and/or other applications.

Customer SatisfactionThe e-Business Manager module offers your customers the ability to place orders and toretrieve information about their account, such as open orders, invoices and available credit.Because the Web site is always on, customers can get information when they need itinstead of sitting on the phone or waiting for a call back.

Employee EfficiencyYour employees can use their time more efficiently; instead of typing orders into thesystem or relaying information to the customer via phone or e-mail, they can focus onother tasks. Also, because customers place their own orders, the accuracy of ordersplaced will increase.

Cost Effective The e-Business Manager module is designed to be implemented without requiring expensiveWeb or network consultants. It’s simple to set up, and can even be installed in a remotelyhosted environment if you prefer not to maintain and manage your own Web server.Best Software offers hosting services specifically designed to host the e-Business Managerapplication, allowing you to avoid the expense of maintaining your own in-house server.The modular design allows you to purchase the functionality that you need, and lets youadd functionality as your business grows.

CustomizableYou can customize e-Business Manager to fit your business in many ways. Numerousoptions within MAS 90 and MAS 200 allow you to define images and text to display on thevarious Web pages. User defined attachments may be linked to inventory items to provideinformation to site users. You can quickly and easily change the overall appearance of yoursite by applying one of the included style sheets, or, you may create your own. Advancedcustomization features, such as the ability to specify the fields, including user-defined fields,you wish to appear on the pages, are also available by using an HTML or text editor.

• Customer satisfaction — customerscan place orders 24 hours a day, andget the information they want, whenthey want it

• Employee efficiency — customerself-service frees up employees’ time for other tasks

• Cost effective — Purchase only the functionality you need, and addapplets as your business grows

• Customizable — Configure e-Business Manager to look the way you want it to

Local Network Zone InternetZone

Web Engine

Corporate Web Server• Windows NT/2000• Internet Information

Server• ISAPI Plug-in• Images and Style Sheets• Static or ASP Web Pages

Firewall or Proxy Server

ISP Network

Internet

ClientWeb

Browsers

MAS 90 or MAS 200 Server• Windows NT/2000• MAS 90 or MAS 200• e-Business Manager

• .order applet• .inquiry applet• .store applet

e-Business Manager

HIGHLIGHTSThe Accounts Payable module featurespowerful expense management capabilitiesand crucial forms and reports:■ 1099 Forms■ Accounts Payable Analysis■ Accounts Payable from Accounts■ Receivable Clearing■ Aged Invoice Report■ Cash Requirements Report■ Check Detailed History Report■ Check History Report■ Check Register■ Daily Transaction Register■ General Ledger Distribution Report■ General Ledger Posting Recap■ Invoice History Report■ Invoice Payment Selection Register■ Invoice Register■ Manual Check Register■ Monthly Purchase Report■ Open Invoice by Job Report■ Repetitive Invoice Listing■ Trial Balance

“We’ve only had e-BusinessManager running for a year,and it’s already handling 20 percent of our partsvolume, saving us more than $70,000.”

Larry DiggsDirector of Internal Operations

DNS Electronics

www.bestsoftware.com

There are two primary options for hosting an e-Business Manager Web site:local hosting and remote hosting.

Local HostingIn this scenario your corporate Web server is located within your network. Communicationsbetween the local network zone and your ISP are handled via frame-relay, DSL or anotherdedicated connection.

Remote HostingIn this scenario, your existing corporate Web site resides at your Internet hosting provider.The Internet Information Server (IIS) components of e-Business Manager reside on theBest Hosting Services network. Communications between the local network zone and thecorporate Web server are handled via frame-relay, DSL or other dedicated connection.

Local Network Zone Best Hosting ServicesWindows 2000 Internet Information ServerISAPI Plug-inImages and Style Sheets

Remote HostingEnvironmentThe Corporate Web siteresides at the Internethosting provider.

The e-Business Managercomponents reside on the Best HostingServices Network.

WebEngine Firewall

Internet

Client Web BrowsersCorporate Web SiteHosted with your Internethosting provider, or BestWebsiteCreator

MAS 90 or MAS 200 ServerWindows NT/2000MAS 90 or MAS 200e-Business Manager

• .order applet• .inquiry applet• .store applet

System Hosting Options

e-BUSINESSMANAGER

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About Best SoftwareBest Software offers leading business management

products and services that give 1.7 million small

and medium-sized customers in North America

the insight for success throughout the life of their

business. Its parent company (London: SGE.L)

supports 3 million customers worldwide and has

revenue of $815 million. For more than 25 years,

Best Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable

and customizable applications through its

portfolio of leading brands, including Abra, ACT!,

CPASoftware, FAS, MAS 90, MAS 500, MIP,

Peachtree and SalesLogix, among many others.

For more information, please visit the Web site

at www.bestsoftware.com or call 800-854-3415.