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SAMPLE
REQUIREMENTS TEMPLATE
For specifying accounting software requirements, vendor response and evaluating vendor response
Accounting Software
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOC) - SAMPLE
Accounting Software Requirements
For information only
Number of criteria
1 GENERAL LEDGER 330 criteria
1.1 Chart of accounts

1.2 General ledger configuration
1.3 Budgeting and forecasting
1.4 Period-end journals
1.5 Period-end processing
1.6 Year-end processing
1.7 Consolidation
1.8 Business taxation calculation
1.9 Electronic filing of accounting returns
1.10 Statistical allocations
1.11 Management accounts
1.12 Cost analysis
1.13 Product and service analysis
1.14 Customer analysis
1.15 Additional public sector general ledger requirements
1.16 General ledger reports
2 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 221 criteria
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2.1 Supplier master file and set up
2.2 Transaction details
2.3 Additional USA accounts payable requirements
2.4 e-accounts payable
2.5 Data entry
2.6 Data validation
2.7 Invoice / order matching
2.8 Non invoiced payments
2.9 Payments
2.10 End of period processing
2.11 Documentation
2.12 Accounts payable reports
3 EMPLOYEE EXPENSES 134 criteria
3.1 On-premise or cloud system

3.2 System configuration
3.3 Expenses processing
3.4 Expenses payments
3.5 e-Expenses
3.6 Corporate credit / payment cards
3.7 Travel management
3.8 Employee expenses reports and analysis
4 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SCHEME (UK) 63 criteria
4.1 Set up and registration

4.2 Sub contractor records
4.3 Job details
4.4 Payments
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4.5 CIS reports and documentation
5 PURCHASE ORDER PROCESSING 366 criteria
5.1 Procurement set up options

5.2 e-procurement options
5.3 Purchase planning
5.4 Requisitions
5.5 Quotation requests
5.6 Purchase orders
5.7 Order amendment
5.8 Employee self service (without recourse to procurement)
5.9 Contracts
5.10 Purchase daybooks
5.11 e-procurement integration with suppliers
5.12 Supplier portal
5.13 Supplier self service
5.14 Supplier managed inventory
5.15 Par inventory and inventory replenishment
5.16 e-procurement integration with customers
5.17 Expediting
5.18 Receipting / goods received
5.19 Returns to supplier
5.20 Electronic payment
5.21 Purchase order documentation
5.22 Purchase order analysis and reports
6 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 223 criteria
6.1 Customer master file
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6.2 Receive payments
6.3 Invoice / payment matching
6.4 Credit notes
6.5 Credit control
6.6 Invoice query management
6.7 Search and enquiry
6.8 Customer access to accounts receivable via the internet
6.10 Accounts receivable documentation
6.11 Accounts receivable analysis and reports
7 SALES ORDER PROCESSING 415 criteria
7.1 Proposal management

7.2 Quotation management
7.3 Prices
7.4 Cross-selling and up-selling
7.5 Contracts
7.6 Order processing
7.7 Sales daybooks
7.8 Fulfilling orders
7.9 Product configuration
7.10 Delivery
7.11 Customer portal
7.12 Integration with website / shopping carts
7.13 Customer self service access to sales orders
7.14 Sales order data exported to e-commerce website
7.15 Website product catalogue
7.16 Sales order data imported from e-commerce website
7.17 e-commerce payments
7.18 Cash sales and trade counter
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7.19 Customer returns / RMA (Return Merchandise Authorisation)
7.20 Sales order documentation
7.21 Sales order analytics and reports
8 INVOICING 79 criteria
8.1 Invoice types and methods

8.2 Invoice creation
8.3 Utility billing
9 JOB / PROJECT COSTING 93 criteria
9.1 Job / project static data

9.2 Project planning and management
9.3 Quotations, orders and budgets
9.4 Job variations
9.5 Income and costs
9.6 Job costing invoicing
9.7 Job costing reports
10 INVENTORY 157 criteria
10.1 Inventory item master file

10.2 Barcodes
10.3 Transactions
10.4 Inventory locations
10.5 Sales prices
10.6 Additional details - batch items
10.7 Additional details - single items
10.8 Inventory item levels
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10.9 Inventory item values and cost prices
10.10 Inventory stock counts (stock takes)
10.11 Lot (batch) control
10.12 Inventory reports
11 CASH BOOK 98 criteria
11.1 Bank accounts

11.2 Transactions
11.3 Electronic banking
11.4 Bank account reconciliation
11.5 Cash flow planning
11.6 Cash book reports and enquiries
12 FIXED ASSETS 229 criteria
12.1 Asset records

12.2 Asset acquisition
12.3 Asset disposal
12.4 Asset types
12.5 Asset valuations
12.6 Additional public sector fixed assets requirements
12.7 Capital expenditure budgeting and forecasting
12.8 Capital Projects
12.9 Asset tracking
12.10 Depreciation
12.11 Capital allowances (UK)
12.12 Lease asset accounting
12.13 Asset insurance
12.14 Additional international fixed assets features
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12.15 End of year processing
12.16 Fixed assets reports
13 ADVANCED ANALYTICS & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE 163 criteria
13.1 Analytical system

13.2 Dashboards
13.3 Data visualization
13.4 Self service
13.5 Mobile business intelligence
13.6 Enterprise search
13.7 Balanced scorecards
13.8 Business activity monitoring
13.9 Predictive analytics
13.10 Decision support
13.11 Data mining
13.12 Online analytical processing (OLAP)
13.13 Data warehouse
13.14 Extract, transform, load (ETL)
14 COMMON REQUIREMENTS ACROSS ALL MODULES 550 criteria
14.1 Workflow
14.2 Alerts
14.3 Social Media
14.4 ESS (employee self service)
14.5 MSS (manager self service)
14.6 Employee portal
14.7 Euro / European Monetary Union
14.8 Multi company, currency and lingual capability
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14.9 Legislation, regulation and taxation
14.10 Enquiry
14.11 Reporting
14.12 Documentation and forms
14.13 Compliance
14.14 Additional public sector / governmental compliance requirements
14.15 Compliance - Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)
14.16 VAT / sales and purchases taxes
14.17 Integration
14.18 Building links to other systems
15 SYSTEMS OPERATIONS 211 criteria
15.1 Reliability
15.2 Operational efficiency
15.3 System performance
15.4 System design
15.5 Screen design
15.6 User productivity assistance
15.7 Data processing and systems control
15.8 Data volumes and quality
15.9 Security
15.10 Back up and recovery
16 TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS 298 criteria
16.1 Application software

16.2 Windows
16.3 Browsers
16.4 Database
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16.5 Operating system
16.6 Network
16.7 Cloud services / SaaS (Software as a Service)
16.8 ASP (Application Service Provider) services
16.9 Internet
16.10 XML and XBRL
16.11 Hardware
17 SOFTWARE / SYSTEM SUPPORT AND SERVICES 103 criteria
17.1 Sources of support

17.2 Quality accreditations
17.3 Vendor / support organisation expertise and reputation
17.4 Implementation assistance and services
17.5 Training
17.6 Maintenance and support
3733 total criteria
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logo for Accounting Software Issued on: <insert date>
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Vendor
Ref Functional Requirements C W Response
Columns B, C, D & E for your system requirements

Section / Software Module
Columns F,G & H for vendor response to your requirements

1 General ledger
2 Accounts payable
3 Employee expenses
4 Construction industry scheme (UK)
5 Purchase order processing
6 Accounts receivable
7 Sales order processing
8 Invoicing
9 Job / project costing
10 Inventory
11 Cash book
12 Fixed assets
13 Advanced analytics and business intelligence
14 Common requirements across all modules
15 Systems operations
16 Technology requirements
17 Software / system support and services
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Extra Evaluator 1 Evaluator 2 Evaluator 3 Evaluator 4 Evaluator 5 Evaluator 6 Evaluator 7 Evaluator 8

Vendor Response Comments Costs $ Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
mns F,G & H for vendor response to your requirements
Columns J to AF for your evaluation of the vendor response
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Average Evaluated Target Difference Difference Evaluator 1 Evaluator 2
Score WS WS WS WS % Comments Comments
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Evaluator 3 Evaluator 4 Evaluator 5
Comments Comments Comments
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Vendor
Other Sections:
Cost Data
Analysis
Worksheet Set Up
1 GENERAL LEDGER
Top 330 criteria included within this section
2 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
3 EMPLOYEE EXPENSES
4 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SCHEME (UK)

5 PURCHASE ORDER PROCESSING

5.1 Procurement set up options
3 criteria included within this section Default format settings (as
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5.2 e-procurement options
27 criteria included within this section
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5.3 Purchase planning N 1 Select

5.3.1 Advanced purchase planning N 1 Select
5.3.2 Planning for individual products and product groups N 1 Select
5.3.3 Synchronised planning for multiple production levels N 1 Select
5.3.4 Multiple calculations of inventory safety levels N 1 Select
System generated purchase order quantities, based on inventory held, sales
orders, works orders, forecast sales, number of purchase orders, lead times,
5.3.5 reorder levels, economic order quantities N 1 Select
5.3.6 Configurable calculations to identify the optimum way to source products N 1 Select
plus 15 more criteria included within this section
5.4 Requisitions N 1 Select

Create manually, input into purchase order processing, with configurable
5.4.1 authorisation level validation or, N 1 Select
Create online (self service, subject to security levels, limits by value, funds
5.4.2 available, budget, product group, suppliers, normal order level) N 1 Select
Multiple requisition authorisation levels and rules, including requiring one or
5.4.3 multiple authorisations N 1 Select
5.4.4 Single requisition for multiple items N 1 Select
Support inventory and non-inventory product requisitions, and service
5.4.5 requisitions N 1 Select
5.4.6 Create requisition when supplier is unknown N 1 Select
5.4.7 Minimal data entry eg: N 1 Select
5.4.7.1 - product description, code and quantity or N 1 Select
5.4.7.2 - product / item name without code or N 1 Select
5.4.7.3 - suppliers item code or N 1 Select
5.4.7.4 - part of code, or part of words, or mix of both and N 1 Select
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Vendor
plus 15 more criteria included within this section Sample Vendor Responses (drop down
menu), Comments and Extra Costs - for
5.5 Quotation requests illustration purposes only
5.6 Purchase orders Y 3 YES

5.6.1 Automatic creation of purchase orders from requisitions or RFQ's Y 3 YES
5.6.2 Fast manual creation of order from quotation request, requisition or template Y 3 YES
5.6.3 Old order / part order duplication, plus edit facility Y 3 YES
5.6.4 System suggested item reorders, quantities, suppliers, with manual overrides Y 3 YES
5.6.5 System suggested best prices, suppliers by item, or default to last price paid Y 3 YES
5.6.6 Automatic tracking of item purchase price history Y 3 YES
5.6.7 View recent purchases by item and by supplier Y 3 YES
Multiple supplier volume discounts eg by order, spend amount, price / quantity
5.6.8 breaks, per annum and dates available Y 3 YES
5.6.9 Support and track multiple types of supplier rebates Y 3 YES
5.6.10 Automatic internet / extranet scan for latest / best prices Y 3 FR
Automatic warning when another supplier offers lower price (than the chosen
5.6.11 supplier) Y 3 YES
5.6.12 Single or multiple 'purchase order books' each with own order number series Y 3 YES
5.6.13 Each purchase order book related to own inventory location Y 3 YES
5.6.14 Automatic date, time, user ID stamp on order editing Y 3 YES
5.6.15 Configurable purchase order headers, lines, default values and other details Y 3 YES
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Sample Average Scores, 0.00 Sample Difference WS %, with

Evaluated / Target / Difference conditional formatting - for
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Vendor
Supplier details, from supplier database eg name, address, order to address,
5.6.16 supplier product codes, payment terms, factor details Y 3 YES
Order data transferred from requisition eg description, quantity, due date, user
name / location, general ledger codes, and job costing or fixed asset codes,
5.6.17 where relevant Y 3 YES
5.6.18 Product or item details eg codes, descriptions, supplier part numbers Y 3 YES
5.6.19 Input price limits, or maximum prices prepared to pay for each item Y 3 YES
5.6.20 Multiple supplier minimum purchases Y 3 UD
5.6.21 Multiple units of measure Y 3 MOD
5.6.22 Purchase in different units from which inventory item is held or sold in Y 3 YES
5.6.23 Order consolidation Y 3 YES
5.6.24 One quotation / requisition, to one / many orders Y 3 YES
Orders allocated to multiple cost centres and jobs including multiple charge
5.6.25 codes Y 3 YES
5.6.26 System allocated (or manual) purchase order number Y 3 YES
5.6.27 Calculation of weight or number of packages Y 3 YES
5.6.28 Unlimited number of lines per order, plus line value and order total Y 3 YES
5.7 Order amendment

5.8 Employee self service (without recourse to procurement)

5.9 Contracts
5.10 Purchase daybooks
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Vendor
5.11 e-procurement integration with suppliers N 1 Select

5.11.1 Integration with supplier catalogues N 1 Select
5.11.2 Direct link to multiple supplier's product items / service(s) catalogues N 1 Select
5.11.3 List approved suppliers N 1 Select
5.11.4 Users / buyers define the design and control the supplier catalogues N 1 Select
5.11.5 Choice of catalogue contents eg N 1 Select
- catalogues to contain all suppliers items for sale, or selected items relevant to
5.11.5.1 the purchasing organisation N 1 Select
5.11.5.2 - standard online catalogues available to all users or N 1 Select
- unique / tailored catalogue for each business buyer, user or requesting
5.11.5.3 location N 1 Select
- one (or common) item category / description / code used for multiple
5.11.5.4 suppliers N 1 Select
5.11.5.5 - multiple UOM N 1 Select
Users able to see product items / service(s) which are available from approved
5.11.6 suppliers N 1 Select
5.11.7 Comparison of equivalent items / services N 1 Select
Full product / service details held in supplier catalogues, or links to full details
5.11.8 on supplier website N 1 Select
5.11.9 View up-to-date prices and negotiated discounts N 1 Select
Facilitate supplier access to and regular updating of supplier catalogue(s) for
5.11.10 which it is responsible, subject to authorisation eg: N 1 Select
5.11.10.1 - amend item(s), prices, discounts, terms, UOM N 1 Select
5.11.10.2 - amend full item details, multimedia or links to details on own website N 1 Select
5.11.11 View real-time item availability and delivery schedules N 1 Select
Product / service cost benchmarks to help users make informed decisions
5.11.12 regarding best prices N 1 Select
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5.12 Supplier portal

5.13 Supplier self service

5.14 Supplier managed inventory

5.15 Par inventory and inventory replenishment

5.16 e-procurement integration with customers

5.17 Expediting
5.18 Receipting / goods received N 1 Select

5.18.1 Items received with / without a purchase order N 1 Select
Fast search facilities of order details eg quantities ordered / outstanding, date,

5.18.2 location, user name / location, buyers name, any text directed to 'Goods In' N 1 Select
5.18.3 Batch or single order confirmation N 1 Select
Batch handling function eg for assignment of batch numbers, own and supplier
serial numbers, best before dates, supplier references, inventory labels,
5.18.4 barcodes, QR codes, lot numbers N 1 Select
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5.19 Returns to supplier

5.20 Electronic payment

5.21 Purchase order documentation

5.22 Purchase order analysis and reports

6 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
6.1 Customer master file
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6.2 Receive payments N 1 Select

6.2.1 Centralised or decentralised payment receipting, state: ________ N 1 Select
6.2.2 Support multiple payment receipt methods eg: N 1 Select
6.2.2.1 - EFT, BACS, direct payments, direct debit, cheque, cash N 1 Select
- debit card and credit card payments - both online and offline (eg by
6.2.2.2 telephone, or at counter) N 1 Select
6.2.2.3 - lockbox / remittance processing N 1 Select
6.2.2.4 - cash transmissions from bank, for e-commerce / credit card sales N 1 Select
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6.2.2.5 - online payment systems eg PayPal N 1 Select
6.2.3 Support payments into multiple bank accounts / multiple cash drawers N 1 Select
6.2.4 Automated or manual payment receipt entry N 1 Select
6.3 Invoice / payment matching N 1 Select
Invoices automatically imported from feeder systems eg Sales Order Processing,

6.3.1 e-commerce website / credit card sales, or separate invoicing system, or N 1 Select
6.3.2 Batch input or manual invoice data entry N 1 Select
6.3.3 Invoice transactions entered net (excluding) or gross (including VAT / sales tax) N 1 Select
Flexible, automated transaction matching eg by oldest invoice or finance
6.3.4 charges first, by period, invoice range, cash reference, invoice reference N 1 Select
Automatic matching of e-commerce / credit card sales orders with cash
6.3.5 received N 1 Select
Configurable matching tolerances and automatic write off if within tolerance
6.3.6 amount(s) N 1 Select
6.3.7 Manual invoice / payment matching N 1 Select
6.3.8 Isolate discrepancies from matched items N 1 Select
6.3.9 Multiple invoices settled with a single payment N 1 Select
6.3.10 Automatic allocation of partial and overpayments N 1 Select
6.3.11 Credit note match against invoice N 1 Select
6.3.12 Adjustments, discounts, write-offs and doubtful debt provisions N 1 Select
6.3.13 Un-match and re-instate original transactions N 1 Select
6.3.14 Invoices transferred between accounts (subject to authorisation) N 1 Select
6.3.15 Track payments received N 1 Select
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Flexible calculation of interest due on late payments - by invoice, statement

6.3.16 balance, percentage or fixed amounts, manual adjustments, cancellation N 1 Select
6.3.17 Unique transaction number (prohibiting duplicates) N 1 Select
6.4 Credit notes

6.5 Credit control N 1 Select

Full access to all or specific customer and sales information, subject to
6.5.1 individual security levels N 1 Select
6.5.2 Flexible credit terms N 1 Select
6.5.3 Credit limits at individual and group customer level N 1 Select
Automatic credit warning when customer or group customer, is near or over
6.5.4 credit limit N 1 Select
6.5.5 Temporary credit increase and dates temporary credit available for N 1 Select
6.5.6 Access credit rating agencies over the internet N 1 Select
6.5.7 Hold credit rating details N 1 Select
Hold other (publicly available) customer information eg annual accounts,
annual returns, SIC (standard industry classification) codes, registered
6.5.8 addresses, auditors and directors details N 1 Select
6.5.9 Configurable invoice, credit note and / or global aging criteria N 1 Select
6.5.10 Multi level aging for multiple invoice accounts N 1 Select
6.5.11 Support multiple debt chasing methods N 1 Select
6.5.12 Full control of the severity / content of dunning (payment reminder) letters N 1 Select
6.5.13 Unlimited number of different style dunning letters N 1 Select
6.5.14 Dunning letters produced on specified trigger dates N 1 Select
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Configurable inclusion or exclusion of specific customers and / or specific
6.5.15 details for dunning letters N 1 Select
6.6 Invoice query management N 1 Select

Integrated query management diary, with unique query reference numbers,
6.6.1 status, dates, reminders N 1 Select
Hold multiple invoice query and debt collection telephone and email scripts for
6.6.2 employee use N 1 Select
6.6.3 Access to unpaid invoices, problem accounts / customers N 1 Select
6.6.4 Record queries / disputes against specific invoices or customer accounts N 1 Select
6.6.5 Unlimited free format text for users to add their own comments N 1 Select
Unlimited dates eg invoice due date, date customer said would pay when last
6.6.6 contacted N 1 Select
6.7 Search and enquiry

6.8 Customer access to accounts receivable via the internet


6.10 Accounts receivable documentation

6.11 Accounts receivable analysis and reports
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7 SALES ORDER PROCESSING

8 INVOICING
9 JOB / PROJECT COSTING

10 INVENTORY
10.1 Inventory item master file
10.2 Barcodes
10.3 Transactions
10.4 Inventory locations

10.5 Sales prices

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10.6 Additional details - batch items
10.7 Additional details - single items

10.8 Inventory item levels

10.9 Inventory item values and cost prices

10.10 Inventory stock counts (stock takes)

10.11 Lot (batch) control

10.12 Inventory reports

11 CASH BOOK
12 FIXED ASSETS
13 ADVANCED ANALYTICS & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
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14 COMMON REQUIREMENTS ACROSS ALL MODULES

14.1 Workflow
14.2 Alerts N 1 Select
14.2.1 Use within any part of the accounting system including monitored external data N 1 Select
Configurable, event-based analytic agents that automatically detect problems,
14.2.2 threats or opportunities N 1 Select
User defined alerts set up to monitor user data changes, incoming emails, other
business applications, database and operating system changes that could affect
14.2.3 the accounting system N 1 Select
14.2.4 Unlimited number of events / conditions N 1 Select
Automatically trigger events (when change detected) eg send message, activate
14.2.5 other applications or business processes to resolve issues N 1 Select
14.2.6 Quickly send messages, to provide timely / relevant information N 1 Select
14.2.7 Suite of amendable standard alert messages, attachments, reports and links N 1 Select
14.2.8 Configurable, alert message templates N 1 Select
14.2.9 Single or multiple items of data / messages combined into a single alert N 1 Select
Automatically inform users real-time with alerts sent to desktops, laptops,
14.2.10 smartphones, any mobile device, email, fax, pager N 1 Select
14.2.11 Integrated SMS / text messaging N 1 Select
14.2.12 Send messages to multiple recipients, multiple devices N 1 Select
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14.3 Social Media
14.4 ESS (employee self service)

14.5 MSS (manager self service)

14.6 Employee portal

14.7 Euro / European Monetary Union

14.8 Multi company, currency and lingual capability

14.9 Legislation, regulation and taxation

14.10 Enquiry
14.11 Reporting
14.12 Documentation and forms

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14.13 Compliance
14.14 Additional public sector / governmental compliance requirements

14.15 Compliance - Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)

14.16 VAT / sales and purchases taxes

14.17 Integration
14.18 Building links to other systems

15 SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
15.1 Reliability - the Accounting software should: N 1 Select
15.1.1 Be totally reliable N 1 Select
15.1.2 Consistently and predictably perform the required accounting system functions N 1 Select
Provide internal system controls to ensure accuracy, integrity and completeness
15.1.3 eg N 1 Select
15.1.3.1 - data input and accuracy checks N 1 Select
15.1.3.2 - validation N 1 Select
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15.1.3.3 - authorisation N 1 Select
15.1.3.4 - data processing - accuracy, completeness and security checks N 1 Select
15.2 Operational efficiency - the Accounting software should:

15.3 System performance

15.4 System design N 1 Select
15.4.1 Consistent system commands, navigation and operation, across all applications N 1 Select
15.4.2 Configurable menus, screens, views, reports, fields, tabs, tables, scripts, lists N 1 Select
15.4.3 Configurable field properties eg name, length, position N 1 Select
15.4.4 State maximum field lengths required: ________ N 1 Select
15.4.5 Easily amend or update customisation N 1 Select
15.4.6 Configurable design using 'drag and drop' / 'copy and paste' functions N 1 Select
15.4.7 Tailor system design and functionality to mirror existing or enhanced processes N 1 Select
15.4.8 Configurable macros to automate routine activities N 1 Select
15.4.9 Simultaneous access to all screens by all concurrent users N 1 Select
15.4.10 Multiple user defined 'free format fields' for additional information N 1 Select
15.5 Screen design

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15.6 User productivity assistance N 1 Select
15.6.1 Fast, flexible and user friendly data entry / system navigation N 1 Select
15.6.2 Mouse or keyboard operation N 1 Select
Navigate within the accounting system via menu bars, drop down menus, pop
up menus, function key short cuts, desktop short cuts, icons, tool bars, fast
15.6.3 paths, favourites, scroll backwards and forwards, hyperlinks N 1 Select
15.6.4 Full access to all system functions, subject to individual user security profile(s) N 1 Select
Enable accounting system users to have the information they need in their
15.6.5 desired formats N 1 Select
15.6.6 Multi-tasking ie multiple applications / windows open at a time N 1 Select
15.6.7 Auto complete - predictive completion of partially input information N 1 Select
15.6.8 Link files and / or add descriptions to individual items N 1 Select
15.6.9 Context sensitive help on screen N 1 Select
Screen prompts and messages that are clear and helpful eg requesting input,
15.6.10 identifying input validation errors or processing errors N 1 Select
User documentation that is comprehensive, clearly written and laid out, and
15.6.11 easy to use N 1 Select
15.7 Data processing and systems control N 1 Select

15.7.1 System available 24/7 or, N 1 Select
15.7.2 System available for a restricted time per working day eg 7 am to 11 pm N 1 Select
15.7.3 Data and information available immediately, on demand, via internet / intranet N 1 Select
15.7.4 Direct data input and tasks carried out over the internet N 1 Select
15.7.5 Validation checks eg account code validation, input data type, limits N 1 Select
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Control features to ensure completeness and accuracy of data input eg batch
15.7.6 control totals, rejection of unbalanced journals, interface controls N 1 Select
15.7.7 Real-time update, or batch update N 1 Select
Standard system messages eg warnings, error messages if process fails,
15.7.8 automatic alert if interface job fails, with explanatory text to assist users N 1 Select
15.7.9 Failover support N 1 Select
15.7.10 Support multiple server stages eg development, production N 1 Select
15.7.11 Indefinite retention of all system data, until archived / purged N 1 Select
15.8 Data volumes and quality

15.9 Security
15.10 Back up and recovery

16 TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
17 SOFTWARE / SYSTEM SUPPORT AND SERVICES

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COST DATA (In the full template, Cost Data is located in row 5500)
Top Cost data excluded from this sample
ANALYSIS
Sample Vendor Response data -
for illustration purposes only.
(Calculations disabled)
VENDOR RESPONSE ANALYSIS
Response Description - The requirement is: Count
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e Vendor Response data -

stration purposes only.
ations disabled)
Percentage %
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YES Met and supported in the current standard version of software 3259
CUS Met with some customisations eg screen configuration, report writer or query 228
TPS Met / supported via third party software (already integrated with the standard software) 162
FR Available in a future release, with a known release date or version number 44
MOD A modification (chargeable) eg enhancement, development or source code change 22
UD Under development - a future release (free) with no known release date 12
NA Not available / not supported 6
The vendor should have selected one of the above options and the count should be NIL. If
Select there are any counts of 'select' the vendor has not answered all the questions. 0
Total 3733
Control total (should equal 'Total' above, if not, there is an error) 3733
Cost Comparison
Software purchase
SaaS / rental
Implementation services
Enhancements / modifications
Maintenance / support
Other charges (purchase)
Other charges (SaaS)
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87.3%
6.1%
4.3%
1.2%
0.6%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
100.0%
Sample Cost Comparison - for
illustration purposes only.
Source of costs Option: Purchase Purchase SaaS SaaS

Time: 3 years 5 years 3 years 5 years
Costs $ Costs $ Costs $ Costs $
Sub total of quoted costs from above 180000 180000

Estimated costs from above 243000 405000
Sub total of quoted costs from above 25000 25000 25000 25000
Estimated costs from above 99000 165000
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Estimated total vendor costs
Sample Cost-Score Ratios - for

illustration purposes only.
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Total costs 342000 408000 283000 445000
Cost-Score ratio Option: Purchase Purchase SaaS SaaS

(Also called price-quality ratio or lowest cost quotient) Time: 3 years 5 years 3 years 5 years
Total costs - from above 342000 408000 283000 445000
Total evaluated weighted scores - from below 24883.93 24883.93 24883.93 24883.93
Ratios (total costs/evaluated weighted Samp

scores) 13.74 16.40 11.37 17.88 Modu
Should be as low as possible purpo
disabl
SUMMARY OF SCORES - BY MODULE
General ledger
Accounts payable
Employee expenses
Construction industry scheme (UK)
Purchase order processing
Accounts receivable
Sales order processing
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Sample Summary of Scores by

Module - for illustration
purposes only. (Calculations
disabled)
Average Evaluated Target Difference Difference

Score WS WS WS WS %
719.00 2157.00 1980.00 177.00 9%

502.50 1507.50 1326.00 181.50 14%
312.00 936.00 804.00 132.00 16%
131.00 393.00 378.00 15.00 4%
787.25 2361.75 2196.00 165.75 8%
525.63 1576.88 1338.00 238.88 18%
1040.00 3120.00 2490.00 630.00 25%
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Invoicing
Job / project costing
Inventory
Cash book
Fixed assets
Advanced analytics and business intelligence
Common requirements across all modules
Systems operations
Technology requirements
Software / system support and services
Total
Track progress of evaluator
scoring - completed scorings -
for illustration purposes only.
Track progress of evaluator scoring Evaluator 1 Evaluator 2 Evaluator 3 Evaluator 4 Evaluator 5 Evaluator 6 Evaluator 7 Evaluator 8
- completed scorings Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of
Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings
Required Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed
General ledger 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330
Accounts payable 221 221 221 221 221 216 221 221 214
Employee expenses 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134
Construction industry scheme (UK) 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63
Purchase order processing 366 366 366 366 366 366 366 366 366
Accounts receivable 223 223 223 223 223 223 223 223 223
Sales order processing 415 415 415 415 415 415 415 415 415
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192.13 576.38 474.00 102.38 22%
205.00 615.00 558.00 57.00 10%
343.00 1029.00 942.00 87.00 9%
214.00 642.00 588.00 54.00 9%
474.00 1422.00 1374.00 48.00 3%
418.00 1254.00 978.00 276.00 28%
1134.63 3403.88 3300.00 103.88 3%
444.88 1334.66 1266.00 68.66 5%
659.63 1978.88 1788.00 190.88 11%
192.00 576.00 618.00 -42.00 -7%
8294.65 24883.93 22398.00 2485.93 11%
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Progress of evaluator scoring -

outstanding scorings - for illustration
purposes only.
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Invoicing 79 79 74 79 79 79 79 79 79
Job / project costing 93 93 93 93 93 93 93 93 93
Inventory 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 157
Cash book 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 98
Fixed assets 229 229 229 229 229 229 229 229 229
Advanced analytics and business intelligence 163 163 163 163 163 163 163 160 154
Common requirements across all modules 550 550 550 550 550 544 544 550 537
Systems operations 211 211 211 211 211 211 211 211 211
Technology requirements 298 298 298 279 298 298 298 284 292
Software / system support and services 103 103 103 103 103 103 103 103 103
Total 3733 3733 3728 3714 3733 3722 3727 3716 3698
Key
Green tick = completed the required number
of scorings
Amber warning = a few scorings still to do
Red cross = many outstanding scorings
Track progress of evaluator scoring Evaluator 1 Evaluator 2 Evaluator 3 Evaluator 4 Evaluator 5 Evaluator 6 Evaluator 7 Evaluator 8
- outstanding scorings Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of
Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings Scorings
Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding
General ledger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accounts payable 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7
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Top
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Employee expenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction industry scheme (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Purchase order processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accounts receivable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sales order processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invoicing 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Job / project costing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inventory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cash book 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fixed assets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Advanced analytics and business intelligence 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
Common requirements across all modules 25 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 13

Systems operations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Technology requirements 39 0 0 19 0 0 0 14 6
Software / system support and services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 93 0 5 19 0 11 6 17 35
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For more information about the 'Accounting RFI/RFP Template'

or to buy a copy,
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SAMPLE CHARTS - comparing your evaluations of 4 vendor RFP responses
Images of the sample charts are below.
In the full product, the Charts are contained within a separate, linked Template - which is optional to use.
Template Versions contain: 49 charts (Enterprise Version), 43 charts (Professional Version) and 35 charts (Essentials Version).
Comparison of Evaluated Weighted Scores - Summary
Chart shows which vendor has the highest overall score (provides the optimum functionality) - in
this example: Vendor B (in green).
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Comparison of How Vendors Meet Your Requirements - showing which vendor best meets your
requirements (Vendor B in these examples).
Chart on the left shows how the vendors responded to your requirements, after selecting
response options from the drop down menu.
The chart on the right analyses the responses into meeting your requirements now, in the future,
may meet or not meeting your requirements.
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Comparison of Vendor Costs - Purchase vs SaaS/rental options - over 5 years
Charts compare indicative vendor costs for each option. In these examples, Vendor B has the
lowest costs for both options compared with the other vendors. And the purchase option is less
than SaaS/rental option.
Additional charts also compare vendor costs - Purchase vs SaaS/rental options - over 3 years .
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Comparison of Cost-Score Ratios - Purchase vs SaaS - over 3 vs 5 years
The lowest cost-score ratio for each time period indicates the best option. In this example, over 3
years, Vendor B has the lowest cost-score ratio for the SaaS option, whilst over 5 years, Vendor B
has the lowest cost-score ratio for the purchase option.
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Comparison of Evaluated Weighted Scores - Purchase Order Processing
Chart shows which vendor has the highest score (provides the optimum functionality) for your
Purchase Order Processing requirements - in this example: Vendor B.
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Comparison of Evaluated Weighted Scores - Purchase Order Processing (excluding Vendor Totals)
Chart excludes vendor totals, to more clearly see the component scores within the Purchase
Order Processing module.
Plus charts similar to the above 'Comparing Evaluated Weighted Scores' (including/excluding
vendor totals) for all other modules within the Accounting Software RFI/RFP Template.
For more information about the 'Accounting Software RFI/RFP Template'

or to buy a copy,
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1 GENERAL LEDGER 330 criteria

1.1 Chart of accounts

2 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 221 criteria

3 EMPLOYEE EXPENSES 134 criteria

3.1 On-premise or cloud system

4 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SCHEME (UK) 63 criteria

4.1 Set up and registration

5 PURCHASE ORDER PROCESSING 366 criteria

5.1 Procurement set up options

6 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 223 criteria

6.1 Customer master file

7 SALES ORDER PROCESSING 415 criteria

7.1 Proposal management

8.1 Invoice types and methods

9 JOB / PROJECT COSTING 93 criteria

9.1 Job / project static data

10 INVENTORY 157 criteria

10.1 Inventory item master file

11 CASH BOOK 98 criteria

11.1 Bank accounts

12 FIXED ASSETS 229 criteria

12.1 Asset records

13 ADVANCED ANALYTICS & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE 163 criteria

13.1 Analytical system

14 COMMON REQUIREMENTS ACROSS ALL MODULES 550 criteria

15 SYSTEMS OPERATIONS 211 criteria

16 TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS 298 criteria

16.1 Application software

17 SOFTWARE / SYSTEM SUPPORT AND SERVICES 103 criteria

17.1 Sources of support

3733 total criteria

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Columns B, C, D & E for your system requirements

Columns F,G & H for vendor response to your requirements

Extra Evaluator 1 Evaluator 2 Evaluator 3 Evaluator 4 Evaluator 5 Evaluator 6 Evaluator 7 Evaluator 8

mns F,G & H for vendor response to your requirements

Columns J to AF for your evaluation of the vendor response

4 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SCHEME (UK)

5 PURCHASE ORDER PROCESSING

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5.3 Purchase planning N 1 Select

5.4 Requisitions N 1 Select

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5.6 Purchase orders Y 3 YES