Our List of 10 Attributes that Distinguish CCAS Light™ Software
1. User Empowering
CCAS products transcend the "user-friendly"
concept: they are user-empowering, initiating
the uninitiated, reassuring the efforts of
mid-level staff, and solidly supporting the
most seasoned professionals. We maintain that
there should be - and is - no difference
between accounting software for "expert" and
"novice" users. Nothing is served in this
distinction. Software is either complete or
it isn't. Complexity is no more than the
characteristics of, or differences in, the
nature of transactions from organization to
organization. So Light's interface is the
same - inductive, straightforward and clear -
no matter the nature of your operations. And
it handles your most complex requirements
with ease.
2. Field Proven Project Costing Peformanance and DCAA Compliance
CCAS products focus on the needs of all
service firms: Government Contractors and any
activity or project-centric
organization...even Doctors, Lawyers and
Staffing Specialists. Our products meet the
requirements of these industry sectors and
the requirements of management, accountants,
external accountants and auditors (Defense
Contract Audit Agency, etc.) fully, equally
and simultaneously. As a result, companies
using CCAS products can address any and all
financial and cost reporting requirements as
the need arises, without the need to install
specialized "modules" or otherwise revamp or
acquire new accounting software or software
"add-ons".
3. A Complete Solution with Fully Integrated Electronic Timekeeping
Light, our financial and project cost
accounting software, includes embedded and
fully intergrated Internet electronic
timekeeping. Our electronic timekeeping
software meets or exceeds the stringent
requirements of management...and the Defense
Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). The most
complete, fastest and easiest Internet
electronic timekeeping software available,
our C'estTime* electronic timekeeping is
configured and ready-to-go at the same moment
that your Light books have been fully
configured. Time data recorded electronically
is simultaneously available to Light
accounting users, project managers,
external/client project managers (should you
so choose) and company management.
4. Comprehensive Labor, Payroll and Benefits Accounting and Analysis
Light and C'estTime provide the most complete
Labor and Payroll management capabilities
available. From recording of timesheets to
processing of payrolls, all is handled with
the completeness and accuracy that is
hallmark of CCAS products. As a result, the
inevitable data entry errors that occur are
always easily identified and handled, and
complete audit trails are always maintained.
Additionally, with C'estTime activated,
managers have access to comprehensive Project
Manloading (the process of assigning staff to
projects) - an unprecedented level of
functionality that is unique to CCAS. Labor
utilization and analysis is up-to-the-second,
offering unparalleled control over your key
cost component.
5. Virtually Automatic Reconiliations of Critical Balance Sheet Accounts
Light seamlessly incorporates real-time,
virtually automatic, in-line reconciliations
of key Balance Sheet accounts. Accrued
salaries payable and actual payrolls are
automatically reconciled. Fixed assets
transactions recorded in the General Ledger
for any and all fixed asset accounts are
automatically reconciled to listings in our
Fixed Assets Cycle. Your most critical and,
heretofore, unmanageable, accounts are
brought to their knees. All Company cash
accounts are available for the fastest, most
intuitive, reconciliations possible.
Additionally, project costs incurred are
constantly reconciled to costs billed,
eliminating the possibility of overlooking
billable costs, regardless of when they are
recorded in your books. This is the way "it"
was meant to be...
6. Self-Generating Accounting System Policy and Procudures Manual
Our products provide all the tools for
automatic maintenance of your Accounting
System Policies and Procedures Manual. For
each General Ledger account - and for each
"Cost Type" and "Cost Group/Pool" established
- we provide core data which users can
supplement with their own notations and
instructions. The aggregation of this
information is available as a printed
document suitable for management and any
external auditor - and is also presented
whenever our context sensitive Help system is
called.
7. A True Cross-Platform Solution
CCAS products are cross-platform, fully
supporting Windows XP through Windows Vista
and Macintosh OS X 10.2 through Mac OS X
10.5. Serve and access our applications from
either platform, or any combination of these
platforms, for true ease of implementation
and user access.
8. "Cycle" Based Completeness
CCAS products are Cycle driven, instead of
the limitation generating "modular" design
approach. As a result, CCAS Light and
C'estTime are uniquely configurable and
maintainable. Virtually any financial
reporting need can be satisfied at any time -
including those not contemplated in your
initial configuration. Our proprietary design
approach is without precedent in the world of
accounting.
9. A Well-Conceived Foundation and User-Centric Focus
A well-conceived and solidly constructed
foundation is key to the expandability and
potential of any system. Our products have
been developed with future growth - including
expanded functionality available via the
Internet or your Intranet - as a foremost
consideration. As a result, we can easily
advance our products with the same ease that
users operate and maintain our systems. We
are constantly reviewing potential
enhancements and are ready at a moments
notice to implement those that meet our
criteria, and the criteria of our users. We
understand the needs of business. Our users
are, of course, intimately familiar their own
needs and desires. Working in combination,
CCAS products advance naturally, with the
satisfaction of our users being our ongoing,
and foremost, objective.
10. Designed for the Enterpise (all of it)
CCAS products are designed for the
enterprise...the entire Company. By design,
and fully complemented by the granularity of
our system's built-in security features, the
System Administrator can enable varying
levels of user access across your network.
Executives can access cash balances, account
receivable and payable agings,
up-to-the-minute indirect cost rate
computations, financial statements, job cost
performance...and more. For those users that
do not choose to enable C'estTime with their
purchase, any of the company's staff can be
allowed to enter timesheets - but will not
see pay rates or other sensitive data during
this process. Project managers can be granted
access to data key to managing their
activities. In brief, CCAS products are
designed to by used, and used "hard". We are
in pursuit of the same thing: the most
effective and profitable business operations
possible...
Why CCAS Accounting Software?
We believe that Light2 and C'estTime represent the best financial and project cost accounting software products available today - at any price. Focusing on the needs of companies whose principal product is services (any and all kinds of services), our software provides a framework that helps insure that accounting operations will consistently generate exceptional results...with a minimum of staff effort.An order of magnitude more powerful than off-the-shelf accounting software - and the software offered by the Goliaths of the accounting world - CCAS products surpass all that has come before. Our products "out-think, out-easy and out-class them all". And we are committed to maintaining this position. That our software is the least expensive of the enterprise accounting solutions on the market - from any and all perspectives - is but an additional benefit that CCAS users enjoy.
Our broad-based experience, and that of our users as well, has helped us shape a family of accounting software products that are at once uniquely approachable, and powerful. Should you find our listing of distinguishing characteristics a bit difficult to correlate to your current software, don't be surprised: we have quietly implemented features and capabilities not even contemplated by the vast majority of the accounting software establishment.