Budgeting Software

Key Features Include:

• Three levels of accounts (general ledger accounts roll-up into financial statement reporting accounts which roll-up into ledgers.)

• Two levels of department hierarchy (sub-departments roll-up into reporting departments or divisions.)

• Turnkey setup and data file configuration with your chart of accounts and departments is available for you, all without the expense of travel to your site. Our primary discipline is accounting. We do this all the time. We can understand your problems. Let us do what we do best so you can do what you do best, managing your organization. Once your data file is initially configured, you can easily make minor changes such as adding items to the chart of accounts or adding departments. We're available for support along the way or after the fact. Let us do the heavy lifting so you can concentrate on rapidly deploying the budget system for your users.

• Multiple entries and notes to budget entries are permitted for any GL account. We believe sound budgeting principles should encourage this technique. Some systems may only look for or allow a single budget entry per GL account. With that limitation, budget detail for review and approval would be severely limited.

• Pre-load initial blank entries into the budget to avoid manual entry, and to avoid overlooking budget entries for any given general ledger item. From the user's standpoint, they only need to “fill-in-the blanks.”
• Import current year actuals and prior year actuals for informational or comparative purposes during the budget process.

• Import YTD Actuals, Prior Year Actuals, or a Forecast for reporting comparison. Create a forecast of current year actual from current YTD actuals. This extrapolated forecast can then be selectively edited down to the GL level to precisely fine-tune your current year forecast. Alternatively, create an updated annual forecast monthly by combining future months budgets with completed months actuals for a rolling forecast.

• Establish target budgets by department and ledger. Reports show comparison of targets to entries made to date by departments. Users can see target in real time as they add input.

• Issue user passwords by department so users can only make entries to their respective department budget. Restrict entries by department on your schedule to selectively limit the timing of on-going budget entries.

• Dozens of reports with many variations and filters are available. You may develop additional custom reports by linking to the Microsoft Access data tables. However, we believe the large number of standard reports makes this unnecessary.

• Create Watch List of select items for management review and discussion. Simply click off the items for review, and print off the list. Focus on the most important budget items.

• Program installation procedure is typical of most PC programs. If you can install a typical PC software program, you can install our software. We provide specific easy to follow instructions to install the data file on your server for multi-user access.

• ZeBud is an economical first step towards quickly automating your budget process. Use a familiar desktop set of tools in which you have not made a significant investment. Decide at a later time if your organization requires a more complex and costly high-end software product. ZeBud is an immediate, effective budget solution.

• ZeBud 2000
• ZeBud 2002 XP
• ZeBud 2003