The Founding members of the Academic Software Alliance are pledged to providing you with the very best software solutions designed especially to meet the unique and demanding needs and requirements of the Academic Environment.

You may already be aware of the individual brands from the Founding members of the Alliance, namely ABS, Sage, Schoolbase and PACE~Quadpro.  in which case we hope you will want to learn more about the benefits to be had from the strategically designed integration features that exist between all the software systems that are featured in this brief introductory guide.

   Property Care

PACE - Private And Commercial Estates Limited is a market leading Estates Management business specialising in Educational property with a management team with over 17 years experience in the UK schools market.   The PACE~Quadpro "Collegiate" Computerised Maintenance Management (CMM) system has been expertly designed with the Independent School in mind.   PACE~Quadpro bring together a wealth of experience with the unrivalled functionality of Quadpro software, and allied services and professional advice from the London based Architectural group, Sprunt.

PACE have an established relationship with Furlong and have worked together to develop an integrated link between the Quadpro property works order system and the Sage 200 Purchase Ledger Module.  This obviates the need for lengthy repetative data entry and makes for more accurate, efficient communication of accounting information from the Estates department to the Bursary.

   Management solutions

Covering admissions, marketing, administration, HR, management and full teaching needs, SchoolBase® has rapidly developed a high level of respectability and growth in the Independent School sector.  Its authors in Furlong Business Solutions are adamant that it will remain easy to use and intuitive.  Each school receives a tailored solution ensuring that all reports, assessments, letters etc truly reflect the unique way in which they choose to operate.  As several schools have commented ‘At last a database that works for us rather than getting us to work for it’.

SchoolBase® has worked closely with ABS to engineer a software link enabling selective data from the core administrative database to pass easily through to the fee billing system.  It ensures a high degree of transparency whilst at the same time offering users within the academic and bursary departments a sense of independence and security.

   Finance

ABS Fee Master is a highly functional fee billing system for Independent Schools that enjoys the benefit of total integration into Sage Line 100 and Sage 200, widely regarded as the industry standards in accounting software for the UK.

Extensive research has revealed to us that Independent Schools have long wanted to use Sage software for their accounts processing, but have been largely declined this opportunity due to the lack of a suitable fee billing module in the portfolio.

Now with ABS Fee Master, schools can confidently take that first step into a whole new world of powerful accounting software that has the unique Sage blend of being feature rich and yet easy to use and implement into your own working environment.