SBIC (Pro version and Standard version) ships with many preset, pre-formatted reports. While we have done our best to make the data available in an appealing format, we realize that each of our clients may have specific reporting needs not met by our standard reports. For this reason, SBIC Pro allows you to modify the layout for any of our standard reports. Do you want to add your company logo to your invoices and reports? Or how about print your invoices or PO's on pre-printed forms? With the Report Maker included with SBIC Pro, you can easily change the report layouts to make such things happen.

Along with modifying any existing SBIC report, the Pro version also lets you create new reports from our preset data sources. For example, a Packing Slip uses generally the same information as an invoice (less the item prices and totals). Therefore, the Packing Slip report that ships with SBIC is nothing more than an additional report layout linked to the "Invoice" data source. With this functionality, you can create several reports for each set of information. Different Invoices for different customer types, different report styles for different printers, etc..

When creating the reports for SBIC, we had to be careful to make sure each report is capable of being printed out nicely on almost every type of printer. This means we were not able to create our reports with color. With RyTech's Report Maker included in SBIC Pro, you can add colors, images, etc. to your reports and make them even more impressive.

As your inventory becomes larger or more complex, you will probably turn to barcodes as a method of increasing your efficiency and saving enormous amounts of time. SBIC Pro has a special data entry mode (available through the Project Settings) that converts various user interface elements in the program to a more barcode-friendly entry mechanism. One example would be when adding an item to an invoice. With this mode turned on, you can configure your barcode scanner to scan directly into the available item number field. SBIC will work with both a tab and carriage return as terminating characters (tab is preferred). For invoices, there is even a rapid-entry mode that does not require you to verify quantity or selling price.

Many of our clients also desire to integrate their accumulated inventory or customer information into other software packages. For this reason, SBIC Pro provides the ability to export your data to an industry standard Microsoft Access database. The exported database is created from a template database located in the SBIC program directory, and has all the existing table relationships setup. This also provides you with the ability to modify the template database to add reports, queries, etc. to show up in all your exported projects.

Finally, SBIC Pro allows you to quickly email selected customers with a single button click. This saves you the time of having to lookup the customer in your address book or retype the entire email address.