> "Clothes Call" > Cookin’ the Books-The Right Way > A Rags-To-Riches Tale > Services with a Smile “Sue,” the owner of a new women’s clothing store based in Stamford, knew more about fashion than accounting software or point-of-sale systems.    Our Mission: Install QuickBooks Point-Of-Sale and QuickBooks Financial software in her Stamford based store to organize store operations. We ordered and installed two computer workstations running QuickBooks Point-Of-Sale and QuickBooks Financial software. Sue’s Stamford store opened on time—with trained sales personnel—allowing her to focus on store merchandising and promotion.   Now, using her daily sales information from her point-of-sale system, Sue continues to fine-tune merchandise selection   to improve store profitability. Train store personnel to perform such sales operations as:      Receive merchandise from vendors      Print labels to affix to merchandise.      Scan merchandise      Process sales receipts      Take credit card payments      Process merchandise returns      Process gift cards Train staff to set up inventory items and enter purchase orders in QuickBooks Create end-of-day accounting controls and train your bookkeeper to use QuickBooks for general ledger accounting The menu at this Greenwich restaurant was delicious but the older accounting software was as stale as yesterday’s rolls. Instead of daily business results,   eatery management had to wait until the end of the month to get a profitability snapshot. Our Mission: Convert the old DOS-based   accounting system to QuickBooks Pro. Mission installed QuickBooks and trained the Greenwich restaurant staff to the new software. We also designed Microsoft Excel templates   to summarize daily sales, cash and credit card receipts as well as miscellaneous receipts and disbursements. Just desserts! With its automated and streamlined daily accounting process, this restaurant now “closes its books” every day.   As side dishes, accounting system data-collection and data-entry is easier, more accurate and timelier. Plus, management can   view the month-to-date business activity, cash flow, and profitability at any time. The improved accounting processes also built   the foundation for proactive cash management and revenue/cost analysis. Install flexible, integrated QuickBooks Pro software Train management and staff to perform simple daily functions Convert existing software Improve accounting and financial processes Increase operating flexibility Install software templates for payroll and inventory data entry A women’s clothing manufacturer in Westport has early designs on success. But cash flow issues threaten to fray the company at the seams.   Our Mission: Install a QuickBooks system that can overcome seasonal shortfalls and enables management to become more   proactive with all phases of its business. We discovered that many inventory transactions at the Westport facility are recorded incorrectly, which distorts gross profit computations. Furthermore,   the company’s QuickBooks system also fails to classify certain expenses as cost of sales, which also distorts gross profit.   Using our QuickBooks expertise, we corrected and reorganized the company’s accounting records to make the accounting   system more transparent. The company can now accurately track both cash flow and business profitability with a Mission-installed system that provides a   twelve-month rolling forecast highlighting profitability issues and cash requirements. It also offers early warnings to management,   allowing it to address developing needs promptly and to ensure secure company growth. Forecast profitability analysis and cash flow Install customized, flexible, integrated QuickBooks software Train management and staff to perform simple daily functions Convert existing software Improve accounting and financial processes Increase operating flexibility There’s a glitch in the system. Due to fast growth, a successful Greenwich software developer fell more than a year behind in its day-to-day   accounting. Along with this accounting shortcoming, the company is also late filing tax returns and faces heavy penalties.   Our Mission: Straighten out the accounting mess and place the Greenwich company back on solid financial ground. Using its QuickBooks expertise, Mission resolved accounting trouble by implementing effective day-to-day accounting procedures.   With records now up-to-date, we reconciled bank statements and updated accounts payable and accounts receivable records.   With everything in order, the company produced financial statements suitable to filing the delinquent tax returns. Hello efficient accounting—goodbye IRS! With our help, the company solved its accounting woes, brought its regulatory filings   up-to-date—and stopped the IRS penalties. We also trained the company’s office manager to enter day-to-day transactions   in QuickBooks, thus ending the company’s dependence on outside bookkeepers. Mission also continues to review   monthly accounting records and to assist management with financial and tax-planning issues. Install flexible, integrated QuickBooks Pro software Allow your company to become proactive with cash management, cost control, and tax planning Train management and staff to perform simple daily functions Deliver accounting controls Convert existing software Improve accounting and financial processes Increase operating flexibility