ACT! Link ™ for Peachtree, enables small businesses to share vital customer and vendor information - from invoices, open quotes, purchases, and sales payment histories to available credit- between ACT!™ 6.0 and Peachtree® 2003.

"For small businesses, their relationships with customers, vendors and other business associates are their most precious asset," said Greg Head, ACT! general manager. "The new ACT! Link for Peachtree enables them to view and manage all of their latest customer data in real-time, whether it resides in ACT! or Peachtree, so they can give each customer the personalized attention they deserve."

"This enhanced integration between ACT! 6.0 and Peachtree is the latest offering from Best Software to help our small business customers gain the insight they need to make better business decisions," adds Doug Meyer, president and COO, Best Software Small Business Division. "By linking contact information in ACT! with financial information in Peachtree, our customers will have a more accurate, real-time picture of their customers and vendors, and therefore be able to make more sales and better manage the overall health of their business."

Benefits for Small Businesses
ACT! Link for Peachtree links the contact records in ACT! and Peachtree, ensuring that both systems contain the most current information, without the need to enter information twice, preventing inaccuracies and delays, and saving valuable time.

By linking contact information in ACT! with accounting data in Peachtree, ACT! Link for Peachtree benefits all areas of a small business:

• For the business owner, ACT! Link for Peachtree increases efficiency with better coordination between the sales and accounting functions, resulting in a more productive sales force.
• For accountants and bookkeepers, ACT! Link for Peachtree eliminates the need for duplicate data entry and ensures that the customer and vendor information residing in the contact manager and accounting software is consistent and accurate. This translates into more timely billing processes and eliminates the need for accounting to run reports or make calls on customer payment status and other customer financial information for the sales department.
• For sales teams, ACT! provides all the scheduling, detail tracking and other relationship management benefits of a full contact manager, and with ACT! Link for Peachtree they have the added ability to instantly view customer accounting information when they need it, such as quotes, open sales orders, invoices, credit limit, current balance, last invoice and payment status, and much more.

"With the integration of ACT! and Peachtree, we have easy access to customer details and history which allows us to build better customer relationships through the sharing of data," says Mike Bennett, vice-president, National & International Accounts, Fox & Hounds Ltd. "With contact management, every employee has immediate access to all of our customers' details in addition to accounting data, which allows us to better meet their needs."

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