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Simply Orders: Open Source Edition - MS Access Order Database

Simply Orders is an MS Access Order Database / Access Order Template, developed based on the needs of product-based small businesses, looking for an order management database to enter orders, print and/or email order confirmations, keep track of what orders/products they need to send, print or email professional looking despatch notes and invoices and keep track of when they are paid.

As an Access Order Template it comes with all the usual benefits of having your own Access order database, without having to spend months starting from a blank screen. Fully customisable and includes the full Access MDB file with all source code.

Like any Access database, it is sharable on a network with no additional cost per user, and links easily with Word, Excel and Outlook. It also has the built-in facility to email invoices and reports as pdf attachments.

Please see the buy page for pricing

Order Database in Access

• Works with MS Access 2003 or later

• Can be shared on a network – no additional cost per user

• Changes can be made quickly and cost effectively – Open Source Edition comes with the database template (MDB file), which you can customise to your own business needs

• MS Office integration – email orders and reports with Outlook, export order data to Excel; mail-merge with Word

Start Today, Minimal Setup and Learning Curve

• Clear visual layout –  easily and quickly see what orders and products you need to despatch today, this week, this month, etc
• Takes seconds to install – database is packaged with professional installation software
• Attach copies of saved emails, files or scanned documents to order
• Displays order values in the currency set in Windows Control Panel.

Manage Your Business

• Access Order Management Database - Print or Email Professional Looking Order Confirmations, Despatch Notes, Returns Labels, Invoices / Credit Notes and Customer Statements (email requires MS Outlook)

• Track Customer Payments and Credits

• Record Full or Partial Invoice Payments

• Calculate Sales Tax / VAT

• See, at a glance, customers’ contact details, account balances and full transaction histories

• Setup customer specific standard discount rates and payment terms

• View, print, email or export to Excel – sales, % on-time delivery, order lead-times, returns / credits raised, what you’re owed (aged debtors) and how many working days on average each customer takes to pay.

Access is installed on most user’s PCs as part of the Microsoft^® Office suite (but a free “run-time” version is available if not – see our FAQ on the support page)

Need Customisation To Suit Your Business?

No problem, we can also develop custom additions for you. Please contact us with your requirements for a quote.

Want To Build A Custom System Yourself?

Starting with Simply Orders: Open-Source Edition as your MS Access Order Template can save months of your time!  The core business processes that most companies need are already included - you can add your own forms, reports, etc to customize around your business. 

Learn how to program in Microsoft^® Access Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) by viewing the programming behind Simply Orders’ forms to see how it works (all program routines include notes to help understand what each step is doing, see sample).  See it in action, then look at the VBA to learn how it works.