There's plenty of flexibility to deal with employee exemptions, multiple bank accounts and automatic cheque numbering. Various printer types are supported to produce professional- quality payroll cheques, and 3D colour graphs depict payroll activity for reports. Online help is surprisingly good. It might not compete with the slick processes of fully fledged accounts and payroll programs, but for fledgling companies with their first employees, Payroll Store is an excellent small-business tool. If you need to find someone, you simply launch the Employee Detective to get the status of individuals, departments or all employees.
Individuals can leave phone messages for each other.
Scotland Yard is suitable for small to medium-sized offices. Provided you can persuade employees to divulge their whereabouts and keep it updated, it'll let you find the people you need quickly. Also ideal for larger companies needing to monitor employee movements for time and motion studies. SmartTracker Inventory 97 is a database application that'll hold an accurate and convenient record of anything you value, from business assets to personal and household items. The straightforward and intuitive interface has nearly 30 toolbar buttons to access, browse and add to your data.