Systems Union, the author of the SunSystems, is a leading provider of mid-market client/server financial and business software. Its product range, FMS SunSystems, is a global financial and business software suite offering an open architecture for flexibility and integration.

SunSystems is designed to meet the business needs of multinational subsidiaries, mid-market multinationals and public sector organisations. It is a client/server solution running on both SQL Server and Oracle.

FMS SunSystems V5

The Financials module delivers ledger accounting and budget control, while additional options for corporate allocations and an asset register enhance the breadth of the offering. In addition, budgeting is brought under control with Budget Management.

Key Features:

- Single integrated ledger, combining analysis and functionality of nominal, sales and purchase ledgers, cash book and analytical/project ledger
- Flexible transaction and account analysis making a simple ledger set up
- Open periods to match posting and reporting requirements of the organization
- Support for multiple budgets
- Dual base-currency, providing full euro and GAAP support
- Sophisticated and flexible ledger inquiry function
- Automated payment terms functionality to calculate due dates, etc.
- Standard text for attachment to transaction types and data records
- Multi-currency asset register
- Flexible depreciation - up to 10 methods available per asset
- Asset notes system for tracking histories and life cycles
- Powerful reporting for increased control of fixed assets
- Journal authorisation
- Simultaneous windows
- Integration with Vision

Allocations

The Corporate Allocations module usually automates the allocation of central costs to operational departments, though it may be used for other allocation purposes.
Facilities summary

- Support for apportioned and fixed percentage allocations, fixed amounts and iterative charging
- Full support for inter-company processing
- High degree of flexibility to define allocation structures for each organization
- Posting options with tight controls
- Comprehensive audit trail to trace all allocations in full

Fixed Assets

SunAccounts has an integral fixed assets register. Do away with separate or spreadsheet based systems and get:

- Asset management, including budgets, status, disposal, depreciation, financial analysis and ledger management
- Budgeting, forecasting and taxation values - Diary system for enhancement, disposal and part disposal
- Dual currency asset value
- Full audit reports
- Online ledger update
- Powerful reporting tools
- Range of international depreciation methods
- Separate depreciation for each currency
- Status, listing and journal reports
- Up to 110 characters available for asset coding
- Up to ten budget ledgers
- User defined transaction types

Inventory Management

SunSystems 5 provides the capability to manage inventory, ensuring full visibility of product, intermediate and raw material items, while also delivering lot and batch control. The Inventory module comprises Inventory Management and Inventory Traceability, with additional options, Costing, delivering Landed Costing and Cost Analysis, and Product Profiles. The solution enables greater control over inventory levels, without forfeiting essential customer service levels.

Debt Management

Cash flow is of paramount importance, now more than ever in this economic climate. Therefore a good credit control system is an essential part of business accounting procedure.

Avoiding bad debts and minimising late payments are essential parts of solid credit management. A single source of the truth between your customers and your credit control can only help improve your cash position.

Infor FMS SunSystems Collect is a debtor management module offering unparalleled credit management and debt collection functionality. Through analysis of debtor days and cash flow, close monitoring of debtors and the ability to track collection are benefits quickly achieved.

Purchase Management

SunSystems 5 delivers powerful facilities to manage and simplify the purchasing process. The Purchasing module provides components for Purchase Invoicing, Purchase Management and Budget & Commitment Control. In addition, there are options for Advanced Pricing and for Product Profiles, delivering profiling specifically for suppliers. The solution delivers the ability to analyze and report on a comprehensive database of supplier information, in order to improve buying power. The Purchasing module can also be used with SunSystems iPOS Purchase Requisitioning to provide a full procurement solution.

Sales Management

SunSystems 5 provides full sales order management through its Sales module, which delivers complete functionality for Sales Invoicing and Sales Management. In addition, there are options to deliver profiling specifically for customers, and advanced pricing. The solution ensures that organizations can streamline the sales, order and distribution operations, in order to deliver high levels of customer service.


Contract & Service Billing for Infor FMS SunSystems is designed for recurring contract invoicing, recurring service invoices and ad hoc invoices.