Attaché 7 PowerLink
Extend Attaché and take control of your business

Attaché PowerLink adds a wide range of features that improve control over the operational aspects of your business. Automate functions you've been performing manually or via another system and benefit from immediate productivity gains. With a wealth of powerful customisation features, PowerLink has the flexibility to mould to almost any business need.

Improve control over processes – powerful features designed to help run your business.

CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Streamline marketing activities with Customer Relationship Management and have all customer dealings at your fingertips.

• See all customer interactions on one screen and sort/filter to see the details you need
• View customer's sales history on-screen (Product Sales Totals, Top 10 products, etc.)
• Store customer documents and create over 160 custom fields to hold additional data
• Create unlimited Contacts per customer, within unlimited departments
• Send emails to one recipient or create mass emails e.g. newsletters or marketing promotions

CRM (customer relationship management) Fact sheet (PDF)

Job, Project and Time Costing
Manage the project cycle from estimating and budgeting through capture of costs to final billing.

• Define cost and charge out rates per activity, allowance, employee/employee group
• View labour and materials and access notes, emails, quotes and invoices via the job masterfile
• Store documents such as contracts/specifications and create over 80 custom fields to hold extra data
• Approve transactions prior to invoicing, and hold or edit invoices prior to updating debtors
• See a high level view of all jobs; filter by employee, job department or completion status
• Customise standard reports and on-screen enquiries to meet your needs

Job, Project and Time Costing Fact sheet (PDF)

Manufacturing/Bill of Materials
Streamline production processes, improve inventory control and manage your costs.

• Create formulae / kits with build instructions; unlimited sub-assemblies and components
• Check that stocks of components are adequate prior to committing to a build
• Track batch / serial numbers of finished goods and component items
• Set production levels to defaults based on historical sales plus specified increase/decrease
• If building to order, create quotes then convert to manufacturing requisitions.

Bill of Materials/Manufacturing Fact sheet (PDF)

Reports Designer
Powerful SQL-based graphical reporting tool designed for use with Attaché.

• Report on data in PowerLink, Attaché, external databases, or a combination
• Customise reports, create new reports and design on-screen enquiries
• Define report categories for easy management, e.g. Sales, Accounts, Management
• Automatically convert reports to PDF format or send to Microsoft Word/Excel
• Access a comprehensive, free library of customisable reports

Reports Designer Fact sheet (PDF)

Solution Builder
Add almost limitless customisation ability to your Attaché/PowerLink system.

• Add tables and databases linked to your Attaché/PowerLink data; e.g. employee training history
• Create custom fields and screens to meet your data entry requirements
• Control behaviour of fields, e.g. password required to change Sales Rep code
• Automatically send emails when events happen, e.g. when a low-margin order is entered
• Send and receive files across the Internet, e.g. upload Attaché product pricing to your website

Financial Controller
Archive monthly reports and check your Attaché reconciliation at a glance.

• One screen shows any variances — no need to post to General Ledger first
• Check your Attaché reconciliation at any time to monitor problem areas.
• All checking reports (Aged Trials etc.) can be accessed from one screen.
• Reports can be linked to a module (Suppliers, Customers etc.) and sorted for easy access.
• Preview reports to screen and archive for easy retrieval at a later date.

Cash Flow Forecaster
Generate an accurate month-by-month cash flow report.

• Create a cash flow budget using historical data, Attaché budget or copy from a spreadsheet.
• Enter timings for each account to reflect cash movement, e.g. 60-day debtor accounts.
• Use Group Keys to present the information in the way that best suits your needs.
• Produce summary or detailed cash flow reports.
• Automatically convert reports to PDF format or send to Microsoft Word/Excel.