Software offers integrated HR/payroll solution.
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Abra HR for MAS 90 Link v4.0 features simplified set-up processes and tools. It works with MAS 90 and MAS 200 Payroll, allowing SMBs to streamline workflow and eliminate double-entry of common information. Software also enables transfer of employee information from Abra HR to MAS 90/200 Payroll, ability to link benefits premiums to payroll deductions, and integrated attendance management.
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Best Software Announces Redesigned Abra HR for MAS 90 Payroll Link
Abra HR for MAS 90 Link Version 4.0 Allows SMBs to Take Advantage of Tightly Integrated HR/Payroll Solution
St. Petersburg, Fla. - November 18, 2003 - Best Software today announced general availability of Abra HR for MAS 90 Link version 4.0, which features tighter integration, simplified set-up processes and tools, and a new Windows XP user interface. The addition of these features to the Abra HR for MAS 90 Link supports the company's strategy of allowing for easy integration of its accounting, human resources and CRM product offerings.
MAS 90 and MAS 200 are two market-leading accounting packages offered by Best Software, and Abra HR is part of Abra Suite, the company's premier mid-market HRMS application. The latest version of the Abra HR for MAS 90 link, which works with both MAS 90 and MAS 200 Payroll, allows small and mid-sized businesses to take advantage of a truly integrated HR/payroll solution, streamlining workflow and eliminating double-entry of common information.
"We created this enhanced link, with tighter integration between MAS 90 Payroll and Abra, to help simplify the workflow between the two solutions - just as we've done for many of our other core products, including Abra Payroll and MIP, FAS Gov and MIP, and FAS and Peachtree," said Mary Doizé, general manager, Abra. "MAS 90 offers a broad range of feature-rich solutions, including core accounting, e-commerce, payroll, and financial reporting. Abra Suite, when used with the Abra HR for MAS 90 link, becomes the natural workforce management extension for the MAS 90 and MAS 200 systems with payroll."
More specifically, Abra HR for MAS 90 link provides:
· Set-up and maintenance of MAS 90/200 Payroll information in Abra HR. Employee information required by MAS 90/200 Payroll, such as pay rate and frequency, tax withholding and marital status, can be entered and maintained in Abra HR, along with all other non-payroll employee information. Workflow is streamlined and double-entry of common information is eliminated.
· Transfer of employee information from Abra HR to MAS 90/200 Payroll. Information about new employees and changes made to existing employee data in Abra HR transfers seamlessly to MAS 90/200 Payroll, ensuring up-to-date and accurate information.
· Integrated Benefits Premiums and Payroll Deductions. Changes in employee benefit premiums in Abra HR are automatically linked to employee deductions in MAS 90/200 Payroll to ensure the correct amounts are deducted from employee paychecks.
· Integrated Attendance Management. When time-off is entered in MAS 90/200Payroll, Abra Attendance collects the detailed absence transactions for each employee for detailed management and analysis of attendance patterns.
· Automatic Abra HR employee initial load. Abra HR is automatically populated with employee data from MAS 90/200 Payroll when Abra HR is installed to an existing customer's MAS 90/200 system.
"The Abra HR for MAS 90 Link reduces errors and centralizes all employee data changes," said Gary van Wingerden at Bennett/Porter & Associates, Inc., a Best Software business partner representing Abra, ACT!, MAS 90 and MAS 200, MAS 500, MIP Fund Accounting, and Peachtree. "Additionally, it's a great tool for implementing Abra HR in companies that currently use MAS 90 and MAS 200 Payroll."
Abra HR for MAS 90 Link is compatible with both MAS 90 and MAS 200 versions 3.71 and 4.0, and is available immediately from Best Software business partners. New or existing customers of Abra HR for MAS 90 Link can receive the updated version at no charge. For more information about Abra Suite, MAS 90, and Abra HR for MAS 90 Link, please visit bestsoftware.com/products.
About Best Software
Best Software offers leading business management products and services that give more than 1.7 million small and mid-sized customers in North America the insight for success throughout the life of their business. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports 3.1 million customers worldwide and has revenue of approximately $890 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, MIP, Peachtree, SalesLogix and Timberline, among many others. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.bestsoftware.com or call (866) 308-BEST.
