Forest Products Accounting
Overview

 The quality of your business decisions is dependent on the quality and accessibility of
information. Unlike many businesses, the forest products industry has some very unique information
requirements. Forest Products Accounting is both sophisticated and flexible enough to meet those requirements.

The system is a 32-bit full-featured integrated accounting system designed specifically for the forest products industry. The system provides real-time financial information and solutions. The advanced Windows design provides an open architecture based on industry standards. The system is available in single and multi-user versions for Microsoft(r) Windows 98 Second Addition, 2000, XP and Servers 2000 and 2003 operating systems.

Why Forest Products Accounting?

  • Your Company will be working with a company founded, headquartered, and operated in the USA.
  • Your Company will be working with people who understand both the accounting and the forestry/lumber-end of your business.
  • Your Company will be working with a company who is committed to the forest products industry, and will continue to be available for maintenance, support, training, and system updates. We have a proven track record in the forest products industry, having developed a system that has been successfully implemented nationwide.
  • Your Company will be working with a complete software solutions provider for the forest products industry.

Powerful Reports!

Forest Products Accounting provides you with very powerful and comprehensive reports. Reports are designed and presented using Crystal Reports, the award-winning Windows-based report writer. Use the custom reports included in the system, or create your own reports with the report writer. The financial information available provides you with a real-time decision-making tool to help you in the day-to-day operations as well as long-range planning.

Easy to Use!

Forest Products Accounting is easy to install, and easy to use. Your staff won't be overwhelmed implementing our system and will be productive within hours after the installation.

System Wide Features
  • Multiple companies and divisions
  • Multiple pre-defined check formats
  • Password Security
  • Full screen editing and comprehensive error detection
  • Unlimited file sizes
  • View reports on the screen or print on paper
  • Comprehensive on-line help system
  • All transactions are tracked by a g/l account number

Miscellaneous Features

Unlimited number of:

  • Tickets
  • Job Codes
  • Inventories
  • Producer
  • Units of Measure
  • Tracts
  • Mileage Rate Table
  • Customers
  • Owners
  • Vendors
  • Products
  • Rate Masters
  • Categories
  • Destinations
  • Bank Accounts

  • On-line inquiry by date range of volume and dollar amounts for producers, owners, customers, destinations (mills), inventories, and tracts
  • Conversion factors for converting from one unit of measure to another (tons to cords, cunits to tons, etc.) at tract level by product
  • User-defined mileage rate tables containing miles and rates
  • User-defined rate masters containing destination, producer, and owner rates along with effective date
  • Methods of rate table payments include rate per unit of measure, rate per mile, flat amount per load, percent of destination gross, percent of truck gross, and rate per unit mile
  • Tracks insurance information and expiration dates on producers, haulers, and equipment
  • Prints checks for producers, haulers, owners, and vendors
  • Supports up to thirteen user-defined accounting periods
  • Compare volumes and rates for two different units of measure for producers, stumpage owners, and destinations
  • Tracks revenue by truck for company trucking
  • Producer's default rate table, job code, unit of measure, and rate automatically added to new tracts

Settlement Processing/Deduction Features

  • Individual or group processing of producer and owner settlements and checks
  • Settlements can be selected by load or post date
  • Automatic calculation of severance taxes, worker's compensation and other deductions
  • Automatic distribution of owner payment amounts by percentage for estate members
  • Produce trial settlements before processing final settlements
  • Net pounds print on the producer trial settlement to help verify the accuracy of the settlement
  • Unlimited number of deductions for producers and owners
  • Deductions by the product, unit of measure, flat amount, percentage, or one-time deduction
  • Total volume for ticket is shown for tickets with multiple products
  • Deduction balances are automatically maintained and the system automatically stops the deduction at zero balance
  • Edit deductions during the trial settlement processing