What Are Custom Accounting Software Modules and Why Does Your Business Need Them?

Are you still forcing your business to work around your accounting software instead of the other way around? If your answer is yes, you are not alone. Many businesses running on a hybrid legacy accounting system face this exact frustration. 

The good news is that custom accounting software modules exist precisely to solve this problem, and Samco has been building them for over 37 years. 

Here is everything you need to know.

What Are Custom Accounting Software Modules?

Before diving into why your business needs them, it helps to understand exactly what custom accounting software modules are.

Your core accounting system handles the essentials like general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, and billing. Custom modules are add-ons that give your business unique functionality beyond what a standard system provides.

Samco has spent over 37 years developing a large selection of these add-ons for clients across industries. The feature your business needs may already exist—if you require custom features, it is possible. Samco has already done something similar, and it is available for your system. It is simply a matter of purchasing the right add-on to unlock the unique functionality you need.

Your Software Should Work for You and Not the Other Way Around

Here is a question worth asking: Is your accounting software making decisions for your business that should be yours to make?

This is one of the most common frustrations businesses face when running on a rigid hybrid legacy accounting system. The software ends up dictating how the business operates, rather than supporting it.

Samco has made customization a large part of its business and takes pleasure in assisting clients in making their computer systems work for them, rather than dictating how they need to run their companies. That single commitment is what separates a custom module solution from any off-the-shelf accounting product.

When the software fits your business, rather than forcing your business to fit the software, your entire operation moves on your terms, not the software’s.

Get Creative With Your Data: The ODBC/XDBC Toolkit

The ODBC/XDBCC Toolkit is a purpose-built custom module for Samco’s Power Accounting software system that shows just how creatively a hybrid accounting system can work with your data.

Utilizing existing 64-bit ODBC support built into Windows 7 to 10, the ODBC/XDBC Toolkit makes your data files available to applications such as Crystal Reports, Microsoft Office, MS Query, and GoldMine.

Here are some of the creative things you can do with it:

• Pull sales figures into Excel for fast, flexible analysis
• Query your database from a website to support e-commerce operations
• Produce elaborate, full-colour reports with Crystal Reports
• Export data for third-party applications to connect your accounting system with the rest of your tools
• Create custom letters using your customer data and Microsoft Word
• Import customers into GoldMine for prospecting
• Use MS Access to create your own custom application that works directly with existing Samco data

These are just a few ideas of what is possible—and they demonstrate exactly why a customizable hybrid accounting system opens up capabilities that a standard accounting tool simply was not designed to offer.

Every Customisation You Buy Is Maintained Forever

One of the most important things to know when investing in custom add-ons is what happens when the system updates.

With Samco, the answer is straightforward. When you purchase a custom add-on, Samco maintains it through every new version and every new release. Your customization does not disappear when the platform evolves—it is carried forward with it.

This commitment is backed by the CAMP (Customer Application Maintenance Program). Your enrollment in CAMP keeps your entire system up-to-date, including any customization Samco has done for you.

That means the custom functionality your business depends on today remains fully intact through every upgrade and every new release Samco rolls out.

Still Running RealWorld? Samco Has Not Forgotten You

If your business is still running an old version of RealWorld Accounting Applications, Samco has just the solution for you.

RealWorld was one of the most powerful modular accounting systems in North America for many, many years — and Samco was its major Canadian distributor, with a full U.S. version also available. When RealWorld was discontinued, Samco made a deliberate choice: keep all of its functionality available within Samco Power Accounting.

Here is what moving forward looks like for your business:

• Your data files are fully converted to run on the modern Samco Power Accounting system with a more user-friendly GUI interface
• Your years of history and data are retained—today’s premier accounting system carries your full records forward
• Your team will not have to learn the software all over again—many of the screen versions will feel very familiar
• The upgrade moves you onto a modern, GUI-based hybrid accounting system built to support your business well into the future

And to make the decision even easier, Samco moves existing RealWorld users forward at upgrade pricing—because, as Samco puts it directly, why lose all of your investment when a better path forward is available?

Ready to Make Your Accounting System Work for You?

Custom accounting software modules are not a luxury — they are the practical difference between software that holds your business back and software built around how your business actually runs.

With over 37 years of custom programming experience, a large library of existing add-ons, the CAMP maintenance guarantee, and a proven upgrade path for hybrid legacy accounting system users, Samco gives your business exactly what it needs.

Explore Samco’s custom modules and find out which add-ons are already available for your specific business needs at 

samco.com/customized-modules