Features

• Easy-to-use interface
• A powerful scheduling system
• View, print, publish, or email any schedule or report
• Keep track of time-off requests, sick days, and vacation
• Easily produce work schedules by shift, department, or location

Reviews (1)

What an easy and flexible system!
Visual Staff Scheduler PRO made scheduling my staff easy. After setting up my employees (by entering their names and positions), I defined the shifts that I use. My retail store is open form 8 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday, so I have a variety of shifts throughout the day (from 4-hours to 10-hours in length). VSS PRO was flexible enough to let me define my own shifts.

With that information entered into the program, I was able to easily schedule my employees by selecting a shift and assigning it. Once I was finished scheduling my first month, I used the requirement rows and coverage totals to tell if I was over or under scheduled by day and shift.

When my schedule was finished, I easily generated reports for all of my employees. Not only could I view and print calendars for each employee, I could print a monthly staff schedule to post so everyone would know who is coming in and when.

Lastly, I actually figured out a way to better manage my employees' vacations through Visual Staff Scheduler PRO. Because the schedule has no ending date, I can pre-schedule vacations as far into the future as my employees ask. Now vacations are on a first-come-first-served basis. AND, I can now look back in time to see who had the previous holidays off so I can give the next holiday off to someone else who deserves it. ... Read more

Features

• Export to MS Word for additional editing capabilities
• Easy-to-use, step-by-step approach to business planning
• Over 1,000 indexed business-plan samples to get you started
• Hundreds of business start-up resources and tips
• Create cash plans, balance sheets, financial ratios, and more

Reviews (5)

The Program works great!!!!
I used Ulitmate Business Planner to get the money I need to build my hotel. The lending institute was very pleased with the layout of the business plan, on how easy it was to read and follow. I would recommend this software to anyone. If you want to save your self some time, this is the program to get.

Going to try it anyway...
... even though a quick linguistic entropy analysis might suggest that all three 5-star reviews were written by the same person. Hmm.

This is the same software used by QuickBooks
I currently use another software program by Atlas Business Solutions called Customer Appointment Manager for our practice and became aware of Ultimate Business Planner through their website. As a CPA, I run into clients who need business plans all the time. I recently purchased QuickBooks Premier 2004 only to discover that Ultimate Business Planner is a "beefed up" standalone version of what's included in QuickBooks Premier (Atlas Business Solutions and Intuit must have some sort relationship). I recommend Ultimate Business Planner to all my clients. It's easy to use and does a fantastic job. Since Ultimate Business Planner was chosen by Intuit, I know it has to be the best business plan software on the market.

Excellent Software
I use this software with my clients who are applying for business loans.The product is very easy to navigate and the financial section is easy to use and prints out professional graphs, charts and spreadsheets that are banker friendly.It is very easy to navigate through the sections and is a definite improvement from the previous version.I recommend this to anyone who is serious about writing a business plan whether they have experience writing a plan or not.

helped us expand our business
Ultimate Business Planner helped my partner and I get the money we needed to expand our business. It helped us determine what to say in each section of our plan, and it guided us through our financials. Once we were finished, we printed out a professional looking business plan that included several useful charts and graphs, which we presented to our banker for a loan. We would recommend this software to anyone creating a business plan for the first time. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Staff Files 3.0
I am the HR Manager for a company with 50 employees. After having documentation in many different locations, I decided to look to see if any companies made HR software. I was looking for software that would be very easy to use, was not time consuming to learn, and had many features that we need at our company. Staff Files was the software I purchased.

Some of the features I love: 1. Auto Accruals for keeping track of vacation or sick time. Yes, it will automatically calculate sick/vacation time and does the work for me! 2. Ability to display my employees picture and important documents - resume, I-9, time off request forms, etc. 3. It will also remind me of work anniversaries or when someone needs to update certification. 4. Track wage information, when pay increases/decreases have been made, current wage information. 5. Variety of reports available from general employee to staff reports. I can also create additional reports through MS Access. 6. The flexibility to define categories, notes, departments & locations to meet our company's needs. 7. Sort/Filter function so I can get the reports I need with the right group of staff.

This program is as thorough as it gets. Staff Files has made my job and life so much easier. At the click of the mouse, I can have all of the employee info I need instead of rustling through mounds of paperwork. If you are looking for HR software, this is the one to purchase. It is inexpensive, keeps employee information in 1 easy to find location, easy to use, and saves time.

Staff Files has been a great investment for our company and would recommend it to anyone! ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Exactly what I expected
This product is a dream come true!It really helped me out as a beginning direct marketer with a small business.With the 2,000 data records to start with, which averages about 4 cents per name.This is much cheaper than the other mailing list guys, and the additional value is that I have access to this data beyond the 2,000 downloads for look up and research capabilities.If I need more names to down load, I just call up infoUSA as it clearly indicates on the box it came in, and order more at a great price.This has been a valuable tool for my business.

Beware it will cost more than you think!
This software is just a money making scheme from Info Usa. When you purchase it the box says millions of names and addresses. It does have it but what it does not tell you is that after 2000 names you have to purchase an unlock code to get to the rest of them, at 4-10 cents per name. A total rip-off. Of course they do tell you this somewhere in fine print and on the licensing agreement somewhere, howver we all know once you open the software, you can not return it. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Have to pay extra for using
There is a limited number of days that this program keeps functional.There is a limit to the number of mailing labels that can be printed. Also, the program constantly advertise the company's other products. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

DataPilot allows you to import address information created on your PC to your cell phone, and to edit this information once it's there. Import up to 10,000 contacts from Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Organizer, Palm Desktop, and Symantec ACT! by means of drag-and-drop. This will enable you to maintain up-to-date records on the go, and to maintain a backup in case of a data mishap. You can also switch cell phones without losing any of your data. You will be able to quickly edit phone book data with standard commands such as add, delete, cut, and paste, and sort by a number of criteria. Security features limit access to your personal information, and a services directory provides major city listings for travel, leisure, and business services. ... Read more

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Only for Nokia 5100 and 6100
Datapilot makes products for other Nokia phones, but be fore warned that this one works only for 5100 and 6100. I found this out the hard way by ordering this for my 8200 and discovering that this box does not contain hardware to connect. ... Read more

Product Description

DataPilot is an advanced cell phone sync software solution that allows end-users to manage their contact information, access the Internet and check e-mails while on the go, personalize their mobile phone with ring tones and images and stay in sync with their appointments in Outlook or Outlook Express. DataPilot provides an all-in-one cell phone software solution for Phone Book Manager, Internet Data Connect, Ringtone Composer, Image Editor, SMS Manager and Calendar. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

DataPilot allows you to import address information created on your PC to your cell phone, and to edit this information once it's there. Import up to 10,000 contacts from Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Organizer, Palm Desktop, and Symantec ACT! by means of drag-and-drop. This will enable you to maintain up-to-date records on the go, and to maintain a backup in case of a data mishap. You can also switch cell phones without losing any of your data. You will be able to quickly edit phone book data with standard commands such as add, delete, cut, and paste, and sort by a number of criteria. Security features limit access to your personal information, and a services directory provides major city listings for travel, leisure, and business services. ... Read more

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DataPilot Stinks!
I am extremely disappointed with this product! I just installed DataPilot and used it to transfer numbers from my laptop to my phone. Unfortunately, what SusTeen's marketing BS never tells you is that the product strips out all the additional stuff your specific phone uses before it writes it back to your phone. So in my particular case, I lost all the voice recognition data assigned to each phone number. Not to mention, it does not accept special characters for "pause" or "wait" used to access voicemail. Now I am forced to go back and reedit all my numbers. This product is supposed to save you time and make it easier to manager your phone data, but all it did for me was make more work! ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

GoldMine Business Contact Manager is a software solution for team-based contact management. It can be implemented out-of-the-box, offering the same automation benefits previously available only to larger corporations, and at a fraction of the cost and time. Effectively track and improve your customer interactions through collaborative contact management and increased visibility into your sales and forecasts. Make sure the right information is available to everyone on your team, from anywhere, at any time.

Business Contact Manager lets you see the combined status of all your pending sales. See a graphical representation of the stages, close dates, and potential revenue. Link the right people and documents to the overall process. Get instant access to a complete customer view and gain visibility into all your organization's interactions with a customer.

Business Contact Manager helps you take advantage of Internet resources. The Web Data Capture feature allows you to collect leads and information requests from your Web site and link with automated processes, delivering leads to your sales team. The E-mail Center lets you send and receive messages from within GoldMine and automatically links them to a contact's record. Enhanced Outlook e-mail integration gives you the ability to manage e-mail messages from your Outlook inbox and synchronizes not only e-mail messages, but also contacts, tasks, and calendar entries. Included in Business Contact Manager are many more features to help you better manage customer relationships.

Note: This is a 10-user pack. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

GoldMine Business Contact Manager is a software solution for team-based contact management. It can be implemented out-of-the-box, offering the same automation benefits previously available only to larger corporations, and at a fraction of the cost and time. Effectively track and improve your customer interactions through collaborative contact management and increased visibility into your sales and forecasts. Make sure the right information is available to everyone on your team, from anywhere, at any time.

Business Contact Manager lets you see the combined status of all your pending sales. See a graphical representation of the stages, close dates, and potential revenue. Link the right people and documents to the overall process. Get instant access to a complete customer view and gain visibility into all your organization's interactions with a customer.

Business Contact Manager helps you take advantage of Internet resources. The Web Data Capture feature allows you to collect leads and information requests from your Web site and link with automated processes, delivering leads to your sales team. The E-mail Center lets you send and receive messages from within GoldMine and automatically links them to a contact's record. Enhanced Outlook e-mail integration gives you the ability to manage e-mail messages from your Outlook inbox and synchronizes not only e-mail messages, but also contacts, tasks, and calendar entries. Included in Business Contact Manager are many more features to help you better manage customer relationships.

Note: This is a 5-user pack. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

GoldMine is Great Bang for the $$ if installed properly
I must disagree with the 1 star product rating given by the man from New York.GoldMine does work very well for small to very large businesses IF properly installed by a GoldMine Partner.Many of the failed installations my company fixes are due to poor "self-installs" by customers.For a network install this is not an "out of the box" solution and planning, proper implementation AND training are keys to successful use. Partners go through extensive product certifications for a reason, to know the product and install it properly.

Goldmine 5.5
I wanted to present an example of success with Goldmine, since one of the reviews reflects an unfortunate experience with the software. Our experience has been good.

I would say Goldmine is a product rich with features, but with a rather quirky interface, probably reflecting its long history from a simpler contact manager.

We moved from Outlook to Goldmine for our email, and a home grown application for customer relationship management. The major benefit is a single interface for all client communication. The email client is not as strong as Outlook, but the templates work nicely and it all integrates into the customer database. Personally I wouldn't try and use Outlook at the same time as Goldmine, although there is a certain level of integration.

Replication is a nice feature and works very well, once you have mastered how to get started. Integration with Word 2000 works fine for us.

There are all sorts of features we haven't used, but are now starting to investigate - e.g. agents to automate processes, project management etc.

Goldmine's user interface could be improved, but for a small business it is an excellent solution for managing communications with clients and for us has been very good value.

Frontrange doesn't care about making bug-free software
I have well documented our nightmares with GoldMine 5.5 in my review for that product. After I was promised great things by Frontrange customer support, I received a full-featured demo CD of GoldMine 5.7 to try. Regretfully, none of the functionality and stability issues have been addressed in the new version. I have mentioned the following points in my review of GoldMine 5.5 and I repeat them here because the problems STILL remain!!!

1. It does not want to start up because it cannot find the "license.dbf" file! You have to hit browse and point it to the directory where GoldMine is installed. I made numerous calls to their tech support and they admitted they didn't have any clue as to what could be causing this! They suggested some changes including reinstalling and even installing GoldMine twice which really messed up my registry keys. And this happens with ALL our users!

2. It DOES NOT work with MS Office 2000 or XP/2002!! It is the most bogus claim. Allow me to elaborate: The link with MS Word is shaky at best. And that is when it gets past Norton Antivirus. For some reason, the macro that their GMLINK.DOT file uses is detected as a virus by almost any antivirus software. Even when I get it working by including it in the exception list, it crashes MS Office. I have even had to clean out GoldMine and uninstall and reinstall Office because of this wonderful link! Now about Outlook - It only works with Outlook if you are careful about what settings you choose. Otherwise it will crash GoldMine! And if you receive a message with an attachment, it does not transfer the attachment to GoldMine as promised. For example, if you received a file from a client, you have to find alternate ways to tag the file with that record.

3. This would beg the question - Why not dump Outlook and use GoldMine for all email purposes? Well, there's the issue of a VERY bad interface. The email interface in Netscape 1.0 was better than the one they have in GoldMine! Since version 5.5, some of the promised features actually work but its still prehistoric in its look. Even bad email clients like Eudora Pro have a better interface.

4. There is a whole slew of annoyances that makes you tear you hair out like you cannot have personal contacts like you can in Outlook. Calendar items when marked "finished" by you disappear. So if you went back to yesterday's tasks and checked to see what you did, its blank! If you have a Home Address for someone good luck entering that! Of course, you can configure GoldMine for that but why do I have to go to such lengths for obvious functionalities?

After our harrowing experience, despite high ratings from ZDnet labs, we have switched back to Outlook 2002 and are considering using Oracle Small Busines Suite instead. I am seriously begining to doubt the testing process of ZDNet since they seems to have gone with what the product promised rather than check the veracity of their claims.

Hope this helps someone avoid the frustations we had to face. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

GoldMine puts detailed information in front of the people who are closest to the customer: the sales and service teams. Only GoldMine tracks and itemizes the specifics of every contact interaction, including what, when, and who touches each contact. Whether information is first created in sales, customer service, marketing, or management, GoldMine gives every user access to customer-specific information. Designed for the workgroup, GoldMine bridges the gap between complex, expensive sales-force automation software and lower-end contact managers to give you high-end results at an affordable price. The end result is an internal organizational structure that has every employee working at maximum effectiveness and efficiency. ... Read more