Auto Parts Stores
Your auto parts store has unique accounting requirements, just as auto mechanic shop has, and Cougar Mountain has decades of experience providing them. Its no longer enough for your accounting software simply to do the books for you electronically. Your software must be a tool to help you better manage your business and make the important decisions that help your business grow. It must provide answers to the questions every business manager should be asking.
You need a professional accounting system that will:
You need a professional accounting system that will:
Cougar Mountain has been providing growing businesses with accounting software since 1981. Bring the front and back-office together - from the cash registers up front, to the supply clerk in back, to the manager sitting in the office
Save time and effort managing your auto parts inventory
Automatically convert bulk quantity prices for individual sale using Buy/Sell Conversion formulas
Provide fully customizable product naming and cataloguing
Import and update stock items and pricing from a spreadsheet, or another program
Manage customer accounts via work orders, invoices, layaways - and send out customer statements via email.
Generate purchase orders automatically, as determined by the quantity on-hand
Includes robust reporting abilities and dashboards to keep you informed of what is going on with your business
Integrate with your website for real-time tracking of online sales
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Partial Feature List
Advanced, multi-tiered security system that allows system rights to be established for users by application and function, reduces opportunity for employee theft and errors
Integrated modules so that posting in one automatically updates all; saves you time and decreases errors
Drill down and quick lookups. Find customer information, including buying history, instantly, increasing customer satisfaction and saving time
Set-up Wizard walks you through company set-up, asks all the right questions, explains the process and helps you complete steps in the right order; saving time and reducing errors
Enhanced Chart of Accounts set-up allows users to choose from five company types and more than 60 different types of businesses. Save valuable set-up time, because module preferences, a chart of accounts and hundreds of codes are loaded automatically
Process customer payments and make payments to vendors via electronic funds transfer. Reduces paperwork; speeds up your accounts payable and accounts receivable
One step backup can be sent to hard drive, floppy discs or other removable media. Safeguards irreplaceable data
Unlimited history storage. Saves customer history for the timeframes you establish
Assign specific tasks to specific printers; and designate default printers within modules. You choose who (one or many) gets reports
True networking capability with the option to run single or multiple-batch processing. Saves time, reduces errors, allows inter-departmental and company cooperation and efficiencies
Universal Bridge imports transactions from external files into General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory and other modules. You dont have to enter data more than once; simplifies the move up from another accounting package
System-wide notepads to enter special instructions, notes on customers, products and sales staff
Customizable, user defined reports that you can print to file, dot-matrix, laser or your fax/modem software, even to email. Create your own or choose from a list of customizable reports, including statements, invoices and receipts
Inventory Management
Manage millions of inventory stock items
Multiple costing options are available to track the value of your inventory - LIFO, FIFO, Standard and Weighted Average
Highly versatile inventory system allows serialized inventory items, lot numbers, alias stock items
Multi-location inventory supported - to keep track of all your inventory in more than one store
Inventory item import / export supported
Global price changes
Updating price changes via a spreadsheet
Stock pricing schemes can be set up by cost or by price, markup or margin. Set item cost by price breaks, multi-pack, coupon/buy down, promotions, discounts, or price level. Even set up special pricing schemes for special customers
Attach images to each stock item to speed checkout - the clerk can verify item against the stock item image while checking out the customer
Download stock item quantities from handheld scanning devices.
Use bill of materials processing to build kits and sell assemblies. Attach non-inventory items to stock items, so when the stock item sells, the non-inventory item appears, too. Great for delivery charges, setup fees etc.
Link a non-inventory item or service to a stock item so when the item sells, the service also appears on the sale.
Inventory Reports include the Inventory Stock List Report, Master Stock Report, Physical Inventory Count Worksheet, Price Book Catalog, Understock Report, Overstock Report, New Promotional Sales Report, On Order Report, Back Order Report, On Hand Report, Valuation Report, Control Report, Labels, History Report, and Movement Report
Customer Management
Print any message upcoming sales, special greetings and promotions on statements.
Create custom statement formats for preprinted forms or plain paper statements.
Clear, easy-to-understand AR Customer Statement identifies the details of payments being applied to invoices, even those that have already been purged from the AR Statement.
The Invoice to Payment and Payment to Invoice Reports compare various payments and invoices to aid customer service and troubleshooting efforts.
Easily print out customer mailing labels.
Define a special discount when receiving payments.
Apply one payment to as many as 250 invoices.
Use Hot Key lookups by customer name or number, or quickly view detailed customer file information, including credit limit, collection status, finance charges, YTD charges, and YTD payments.
Enter a virtually unlimited number of customers and transactions.
Track customers open credits.
Place customers on hold for credit, and warnings will automatically appear in Order Entry.
Create custom statement formats for preprinted forms or plain paper statements.
Clear, easy-to-understand AR Customer Statement identifies the details of payments being applied to invoices, even those that have already been purged from the AR Statement.
The Invoice to Payment and Payment to Invoice Reports compare various payments and invoices to aid customer service and troubleshooting efforts.
Easily print out customer mailing labels.
Define a special discount when receiving payments.
Apply one payment to as many as 250 invoices.
Use Hot Key lookups by customer name or number, or quickly view detailed customer file information, including credit limit, collection status, finance charges, YTD charges, and YTD payments.
Enter a virtually unlimited number of customers and transactions.
Track customers open credits.
Place customers on hold for credit, and warnings will automatically appear in Order Entry.
Assign credit limits to customers and warnings will automatically appear in Order Entry when limits are exceeded.
Process finance charge calculations. Specific finance charges can be assigned to individual customers.
Customer reports include: Customer List Report, Customer Labels, Master Report, Collection Report, Aged Analysis Report, Control Report, History Report, Customer Statements
Vendor Management
Manages all your bills within a single module
Write checks to your vendors
Track and organize your vendors - know exactly how much is owed by the company, to whom and for what
Automatically print out vendor labels
Track your credit card activity used to pay vendors
Set up Electronic Fund Transfers
Includes many detailed reports; financial reports, history reports, and control reports - can even create new custom reports
Automatically generate your tax forms, like 1099s
Vendor reports include: Quick Vendor List, Vendor Master Report, Aging Report, Total Debt Report, Cash Requirements Report, Control Report, Overdue Report, Prepaid Report, Future Liability Report, History Report, Monthly Balance History Report, 1099-MISC, Magnetic Media 1099-MISC, GL Expense Distribution Report, Dated Invoice Payment Report
Write checks to your vendors
Track and organize your vendors - know exactly how much is owed by the company, to whom and for what
Automatically print out vendor labels
Track your credit card activity used to pay vendors
Set up Electronic Fund Transfers
Includes many detailed reports; financial reports, history reports, and control reports - can even create new custom reports
Automatically generate your tax forms, like 1099s
Vendor reports include: Quick Vendor List, Vendor Master Report, Aging Report, Total Debt Report, Cash Requirements Report, Control Report, Overdue Report, Prepaid Report, Future Liability Report, History Report, Monthly Balance History Report, 1099-MISC, Magnetic Media 1099-MISC, GL Expense Distribution Report, Dated Invoice Payment Report
Business Reporting
One of Cougar Mountain's biggest benefits is its reporting capabilities - get detailed up-to-the-second knowledge of how the business is running.. Hundreds of reports can be generated from the built in reports, and others can be customized yourself. Financial reports, sales reports, vendor or customer reports to name a few are quickly produced. Drill down into the data with a single click. Financial and Sales dashboards that visibly show you the health of your company.
The powerful reporting capabilities of Cougar Mountain Accounting allow you to obtain up-to-the-minute reporting to stay on top of sales and inventory with realtime sales reports by item, salesperson, register, cash receipts, and credit.
Print your edit reports of orders when youre ready by setting the date and time range you desire. For example, print out this mornings invoices or a quotation from yesterday.
Send customer statements via email with just a couple clicks.
Determine commission payments with the Sales by Salesperson report.
Invoices will show whether the transaction is a Hold, Quote or Work Order.
Show non-inventory codes included in the sale with Salesperson Report and Profit Margin Reports.
Up-to-the-minute tracking on cash/charge receipt, sales tax, salesperson and department reports.
Maintain detailed sales history information, including gross profit per invoice.
Print to multiple printers for multi-department organizations.
Send customer statements via email with just a couple clicks.
Determine commission payments with the Sales by Salesperson report.
Invoices will show whether the transaction is a Hold, Quote or Work Order.
Show non-inventory codes included in the sale with Salesperson Report and Profit Margin Reports.
Up-to-the-minute tracking on cash/charge receipt, sales tax, salesperson and department reports.
Maintain detailed sales history information, including gross profit per invoice.
Print to multiple printers for multi-department organizations.
Sales (Point of Sale, or Order Entry)
Improved Sales Transaction window is fully customizable, and has quick access options such as lookups and shortcut keys
Sales entered by scanner or by keyboard
Many different transaction types available; invoices, holds, quotes, gift certificates, layaway, work orders, special orders, and discounts
Specialty Shop allows multi-pack sales, buy 1 get 1 promotions, coupon sales, and buy down sales
Age verification option for certain products with automatic prompt
Orders can be entered in batch mode to improve performance
Detailed reports can be viewed for each Point of Sale Register / Clerk
Strong system security helps prevent fraud
Full line of POS hardware available.
Sales entered by scanner or by keyboard
Many different transaction types available; invoices, holds, quotes, gift certificates, layaway, work orders, special orders, and discounts
Specialty Shop allows multi-pack sales, buy 1 get 1 promotions, coupon sales, and buy down sales
Age verification option for certain products with automatic prompt
Orders can be entered in batch mode to improve performance
Detailed reports can be viewed for each Point of Sale Register / Clerk
Strong system security helps prevent fraud
Full line of POS hardware available.
Support & Training
Annual Technical Support Contract
The annual technical support plan provides 2, 4, 8 or 20 hours of toll-free technical support by phone. Dedicated technical experts at our Boise, Idaho, headquarters answer your questions. Renew your technical support contract before the 30-day warranty on your Cougar Mountain product expires, or before your existing technical support contract expires, to qualify for reduced renewal rates and ensure uninterrupted service.
Training
Cougar Mountain Software offers a variety of training options to fit your needs. These include classroom training at our headquarters, on-site training at your place of business, online training by telephone, and online e-learning. Classes are offered on a regular basis in Boise, Idaho. These classes provide instruction, training and tips to get the most from your software. Online telephone training allows hands-on participation and instruction via an Internet connection. Flexible hours and customized training are an advantage to this training method.
Software Assurance from Cougar Mountain
Cougar Mountains Software Assurance provides a range of services to ensure you always have the latest version of our software products. Not only will you be eligible to receive our regular Service Packs, you will also receive any new versions of Cougar Mountain software that are released during the term of your agreement. Take advantage of new functionality as it becomes available.
Cougar Mountains Customer Service Center
At Cougar Mountain we are committed to your success, and not only with our software. Your purchase of our products and of Software Assurance gives you complete access to our online Customer Service Center. There youll find FAQs about our products, e-learning about common accounting tasks as well as extensive premium content on running your Cougar Mountain installation. In addition, we will provide you articles and links to other websites that will be useful in managing your organization.
Cougar Mountain Software offers a variety of training options to fit your needs. These include classroom training at our headquarters, on-site training at your place of business, online training by telephone, and online e-learning. Classes are offered on a regular basis in Boise, Idaho. These classes provide instruction, training and tips to get the most from your software. Online telephone training allows hands-on participation and instruction via an Internet connection. Flexible hours and customized training are an advantage to this training method.
Software Assurance from Cougar Mountain
Cougar Mountains Software Assurance provides a range of services to ensure you always have the latest version of our software products. Not only will you be eligible to receive our regular Service Packs, you will also receive any new versions of Cougar Mountain software that are released during the term of your agreement. Take advantage of new functionality as it becomes available.
Cougar Mountains Customer Service Center
At Cougar Mountain we are committed to your success, and not only with our software. Your purchase of our products and of Software Assurance gives you complete access to our online Customer Service Center. There youll find FAQs about our products, e-learning about common accounting tasks as well as extensive premium content on running your Cougar Mountain installation. In addition, we will provide you articles and links to other websites that will be useful in managing your organization.
