By Mike Hart
The following is a typical scenario in the evolution of a small manufacturing business.
Every company needs accounting software to invoice customers, pay the bills, collect money, and run financial statements. When a company starts up and is small in size, it uses a low end software package such as QuickBooks or Peachtree because it performs these basic functions well and is low cost. .
The manufacturing side of the business gets by using the basic inventory, sales order, and purchasing modules offered by the accounting system and augments them with spreadsheets to handle manufacturing requirements.