SCORING MATRIX

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SCORING MATRIX

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Small business manager (MS Great Plains) Oracle Small business Suite
Customer payment tracking Apply payment of cash, check, credit Yes
Expense tracking Within Purchases feature Yes
Ledger functioning Yes (includes quick journals) Yes
Detailed Trial Balance Yes
Budgeting Import/export with excel via wizards
Invoicing Yes Yes
Batch processing Yes
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Feasibility criteria Wt Web strategy Pro 4.0 Marketing plan pro 4.0 Marketing Builder Interactive 2.2
Technical feasibility System requirements Program run-in/used 20 10 Windows 95,98,NT,Me,2000 Works with Business Plan pro Marketing plan pro PC with internet access Familiarity with Excel for tables Windows 95,98,NT,2000 Windows 95,98,NT,2000
Economic feasibility 64.99 69.99 44.99
Operational feasibility Step-by-step plan creator Sales forecasting/budgeting 15 5 Step by step instructions with examples Develops strategy Wizards walk through process Has excel ready tables for forecasting Step by step instructions Easy to edit documents
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Alternative Benefits Drawbacks Anticipated costs Potential for growth
Do nothing None Failure to capitalize on potential of a comprehensive pre-LCCN database None None
Develop an in-house database Database could be tailored to meet specific requirements Very labor intensive for relatively small gains Thousands of man-hours to create and populate the database Poor
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Importance level Marketing Pilot solution Palo Alto Plan Pro Plan Magic Mkting BRS Consultant Package BRS Plan Write
Cost 4 N/A 300 85, for 5 users 1195 130
User friendly 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Updatable capabilities 4 Yes Yes, when available Yes N/A N/A
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Feature Low cost Medium cost High cost
Price Under 1000 1000 - 3000 Over 3000
Create Work orders X X X
Track inventory X X X
Network ready up to 5 users X X
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Attachment III Shopping Cart Software Matrix
Features Yahoo Merchant Starter SmartCart Pro ShoppingCart Pro
Secure Online Transactions Email list manager and mailer Inventory Control Features Yes Yes Yes
User Friendly Coupon Module Sales and Traffic Summaries Privacy of Customer Information Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cost 39.99/Mo 1.5 Trans. Fee 49.99/Mo 69.99/Mo
10-8 weekdays
9-5 weekdays
24/7
Support
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Attachment IV Point of Sale Software Matrix
Features Do Nothing (Quicksell 2000) Retail Management System Retail Management System with Headquarters
Communicates with other retail locations Can handle multiple queries NO NO YES
Uses SQL database data less prone to error NO YES YES
Recommended by Girl Scout National Org. NO YES YES
Cost 0 1,300 per terminal 4,000 Up to 5 locations
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
LIMITED
Support
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Software Matrix for Security Form Solutions Software Matrix for Security Form Solutions Software Matrix for Security Form Solutions
Software
Criteria Verity LiquidOffice FormArtist Custom Software OmniForm FormDocs
Cost          
120 Users 22,125.00 899.99 10,200.00 3,495.98 1,749.90
300 Users 36,500.00 899.99 10,200.00 3,495.98 2,998.95
Unlimited Users (Site Liscense) Government discount available, Negotiable on case by case basis 899.99 10,200.00 3,495.98 2,998.95
Ability to Print Forms Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ability to Save Forms Before Submittal Yes, save in users profile for easy retreival Yes, via self-contained emailable program Yes Saving in Omniform format, Word, and editable PDF available Save in FormDocs format, or export to text.
Time it takes to make new form 20-40 min 20-40 min 1 hour or more 20-40 min 20-40 min
Existing Form Conversion? Yes No No Yes Yes
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Excel MySQL Access
Cost None 69.95 None
Completes Necessary Task No Yes Yes
Ease of Learning Yes No Yes
Efficient No No Yes
User Friendly Yes No Yes
Customizable Yes Yes Yes
Updateable Yes Yes Yes
Maintenance of System Yes No Yes
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Database System Scoring Matrix
Product Cost Pros Cons
MySQL FREE Open Source, Excellent Performance for small to medium sized applications, Widespread Industry support, Reliable No built-in support for a Graphical User Interface (can be achieved via 3rd party software)
Microsoft Access 199 per license Friendly Graphical User Interface, Widespread Industry support Only good for small applications, buggy (Microsoft product), Cost involved, Not as powerful as other RDBMS packages
HypersonicSQL FREE Good Performance, Open Source, Solid reliability, Free Not in widespread use compared to MySQL and Access, less support available
Preferred Solution
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