Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. Releases Version 4.0 of Customer Appointment Manager Software

Fargo, ND, December 06, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS), a leading developer of small business software, is pleased to announce the release of Customer Appointment Manager® version 4.0. Customer Appointment Manager is an affordable, flexible, electronic appointment book that enables businesses to schedule and manage customer appointments more efficiently.

“Our newest version of Customer Appointment Manager really lets users take control of their appointment information. We’ve greatly enhanced the flexibility and performance of our appointment software to save our customers even more time,” said Jon Forknell, vice president and general manager of Atlas Business Solutions. “Customer Appointment Manager is ideal for any service-based business still using a paper appointment book. They’ll love how easy we’ve made their transition to a computer-based appointment system, which will help them manage and grow their business.”

What’s New in Customer Appointment Manager 4.0
Version 4.0 includes many improvements to help simplify appointment scheduling. Users now have the flexibility to setup multiple work schedules to accommodate temporary or permanent changes in employee availability. This helps to make sure appointments are only scheduled on days an employee will be working.

Daily notes can be added to each employee and viewed on-screen and on reports. Also, users can customize column widths for each employee, as well as specify the order employees and services appear to quickly view appointment information. Users can save time creating tailored marketing messages and improve customer communications by merging custom fields from Customer Appointment Manager into letters.

Improved performance allows customer lists to load faster than ever. The QuickBooks integration has been also been improved to allow users to skip inactive customers when importing customer information. An audit trail has been added to the Pro edition of Customer Appointment Manager to easily track changes made to appointments by individual users.

How to get Customer Appointment Manager
Customer Appointment Manager is available online at www.abs-usa.com or by contacting ABS directly at 1-800-874-8801 (1-701-235-5226). Customer Appointment Manager starts at only $295 for a single-user license; each additional license is just $100 thereafter. Customer Appointment Manager Pro, which includes all of the features in Customer Appointment Manager, plus additional business management tools and features, starts at $695 for a single-user license. Multi-user versions of the Customer Appointment Manager Pro start at $895 and additional licenses are $100 thereafter. Upgrade pricing for existing customers starts at only $149 for Customer Appointment Manager and $349 for Customer Appointment Manager Pro.

About ABS
Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) is a leading provider of easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, and affordable business software. Since 1991, ABS helps customers directly reduce costs, save time and streamline business processes by providing employee scheduling software, human resource software, appointment scheduling software, and business plan software. ABS software titles include: Client Appointment Manager, Customer Appointment Manager®, HR Document Maker, Patient Appointment Manager, ScheduleAnywhere®, Staff Files®, Staff Files® Pro, Ultimate Business Planner®, Ultimate Financial Forecaster®, and Visual Staff Scheduler® Pro.

Customer Appointment Manager, ScheduleAnywhere, Staff Files, Ultimate Business Planner, Ultimate Financial Forecaster, and Visual Staff Scheduler are registered trademarks of Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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