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Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

mary.girschbock@cpapracticeadvisor.com

Mary grew up in Chicago, graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business. A former QuickBooks beta tester, Mary’s work has appeared in The Motley Fool, The Blueprint, and Property Manager.com. She currently writes a monthly accounting and technology-related blog for PLANERGY, and ghostwrites several blogs for various software companies.

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Firm Management

2020 Review of Canopy Practice Management

Designed for accounting firms of any size, Canopy offers complete project management, time and billing, document management, and client management capability. Canopy is completely cloud-based, so users can access the application from anywhere at any time.

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Firm Management

2020 Review of Empire Suite

Empire Suite is a cloud-based application that offers several solutions: Empire TIME, Empire EXPENSE, Empire CALENDAR, Empire RESOURCE, and Empire TIME OFF. All products are designed to work together to create a robust management solution.

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Firm Management

2020 Review of OfficeTools Cloud and OfficeTools WorkSpace

OfficeTools from AbacusNext offers two practice management solutions: OfficeTools Cloud and OfficeTools WorkSpace. OfficeTools Cloud combines CRM, project and due date tracking, time and billing, and document management into a single, cloud accessible ...

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Firm Management

2020 Reviews of Practice Management Systems

While traditional time and billing has been the backbone of most practice management applications, today, most practice management applications also include CRM, project management, and financial management modules as well, providing firms with ...

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Small Business

2020 Review of Inventory Management Programs

If you or your client is in the business of selling products, be sure that you’re managing one of your most important assets properly by investing in inventory management software today.

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Hardware

2020 Review of WASP Inventory Cloud

WASP Inventory Cloud from WASP Barcode Technologies is best suited for mid-size and larger retail businesses that are also looking for sales, purchasing, and production capability. WASP Inventory Cloud also offers an on-premise solution for those that ...

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Small Business

2020 Review fo Zoho Inventory Management

Zoho Inventory Management is part of Zoho’s suite of applications that are designed for small to mid-sized businesses. Zoho Inventory is cloud-based, and it includes an app for both iOS and Android devices.

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Small Business

2020 Review of inFlow Inventory Software

inFlow Inventory is well-suited for retailers, distributors, and online merchants of any size. inFlow is available as a cloud application, although there is a basic version that can be installed on desktop systems if desired. inFlow is scalable, with ...

Small Business

2020 Review of EZOfficeInventory

EZOfficeInventory offers online asset tracking and inventory management and is a good fit for businesses with a large number of internal assets or inventory that needs to be tracked. EZ Asset Inventory is not a good fit for retailers or online sellers.

Small Business

2020 Review of Fishbowl Warehouse

Fishbowl Warehouse is an on-premise inventory management application that is designed to seamlessly integrate with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, and Xero, though it can also be used as a stand-alone inventory management application if desired.

Small Business

2020 Review of Acctivate Inventory

Acctivate Inventory management software is designed to be used exclusively with QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online applications. Along with advanced inventory management capability, Acctivate also includes purchasing, customer service, and ...

Small Business

2020 Review of Asset Panda

Asset Panda is a cloud-based asset management application that is suitable for businesses of any size that have a high number of internal and company assets that need to be tracked and managed properly.