Genesis Total Solution
8 Reviews 4/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★An ERP software featuring asset management, financial reporting, and inventory control.
Product Overview
Genesis Total Solution is an ERP software for medium to large businesses. The platform includes a Fixed Assets Depreciation module, allowing multiple depreciation schedules and detailed reporting. Its General Ledger system manages fiscal periods flexibly and generates extensive financial reports. Additionally, Genesis Total Solution provides advanced inventory classification and multiple costing methods.Pros
- Fixed assets depreciation module supporting multiple schedules and comparative reporting
- General ledger with flexible period management
- Inventory control with multiple costing methods
Cons
- Initial learning curve due to complexity of features
- Cost-prohibitive for smaller businesses
- Some users desire a more modern UI
Target Market
Medium to large businesses across various industries with complex accounting, payroll, and inventory management processes.About Genesis Total Solution
Genesis Total Solution Applications is an ERP software compatible with Windows, Linux, Unix, and MPE. It offers extensive application modules for accounting, distribution, and production.
Genesis Total Solution Key Features
Accounts Payable
- Vendor setup by division with address, payment, and discount terms
- 1099 information collection and form printing
- Interfaces with GL and Purchasing modules
- Posting invoices for any open GL period
- Default GL accounts for invoice speed posting
- Recurring invoice processing
- Vendor factoring available
- Memo data fields for vendor info storage
- Check processing in various formats with stub
- Overflow reports to prevent check waste
- Processing pre-paid checks matched to received invoices
- Manual and electronic funds processing
- Various reports including open payables, aged payables, activity, and more
- Online vendor account queries
- Check reconciliation (optional)
- Check and invoice history storage
Accounts Receivable
- Invoice generation from Order Processing data
- Customer setup with payment terms, contacts, billing/shipping info
- Invoices posted to General Ledger, Receivables, and sales history
- Payments allocation for invoices
- Calculation and posting of finance charges
- Online customer queries
- Invoice review from history
- Reporting: customer receivables, aging, sales analysis, and more
Fixed Assets Depreciation
- Setup and management of fixed assets
- Calculation of up to five different schedules for each item
- Automatic tax method selection based on class and item life
- Reports for schedules comparison, GL, bought and sold, net gain/loss
- Tracking capabilities by responsible party, location, region, etc.
General Ledger
- Flexible setup of fiscal year periods and data processing
- Posting to work file for entry verification
- Posting to monthly file for financial statement reporting
- Storage of data in history files
- Standard, prior period, reversals, recurrings, and general journal postings
- Interfaces with other modules
- Reporting options include balance sheet, income statement, trial balance, and more
- User-defined reporting function
- Data import/export capabilities
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Drill-down function for source of postings
Human Resources
- Add-on module to Payroll
- Addresses non-gross to net issues
- Workman compensation, EEOC, education, reviews, and more
- User-defined fields for each employee
- Online inquiries and ad hoc reporting
Inventory Control
- Setup of raw materials and finished goods with classification
- Multiple units of measure
- Four costing methods
- Integration with other modules
- Physical counts and data collection
- Reporting: activity, availability, valuation, and more
- Multiple warehouses and locations tracking
- Pricing options
- Online item queries and lookup tables
Order Processing
- Customer order processing and product shipment
- Integration with Accounts Receivable, Inventory, and GL
- Order entry with availability checks
- Customer credit and order/payment history
- Various order entry and shipping screens
- Picking tickets for item selection
- Order completion options
- Reports: open, closed, partials, on hold, and more
- Order history access and lookup tables
Payroll
- Employee setup with various earnings, deductions, and taxes
- Employee grouping for entry, processing, and reporting
- Manual or automated posting
- Payroll calculation and reversal
- Checks or direct deposits
- Customizable pay stubs
- Extensive reporting options
- Direct deposit electronic transfers
- GL integration
- Vacation and sick pay accruals
- 401K and cafeteria plan processing
Production Control
- Bill of material setup for manufactured items
- Processes, labor costs, and overhead cost tables setup
- Work orders creation
- Cost calculations for labor, material, and overhead
- Materials tracking and cost updates
- Yield and efficiency tracking
- Planning section for forecasting and material requirements
- Equipment availability check
Purchasing
- Vendor, buyer, GL interface, and buying classifications setup
- Requisition system for request approval
- RFQs, quotes, and substitution capabilities
- Purchase order entry and modification
- Receiver option for item acceptance
- Inventory item posting to Inventory
- History of recurring orders
- Receipt matching to AP invoices
- Multiple delivery dates on PO
- Online queries and lookup tables
Security
- Access control for all modules
- User-specific passwords and IDs
- Master operator system maintenance
- Entry tracking and auditing
Ship4u
- Web-based retail order and fulfillment solution
- Suitable for mail orders, web orders, and call center fulfillment
- Used by 3rd party fulfillment businesses or for in-house customer orders
- File import capability
- Call center functionality
- Interfaces with popular shipping vendors (UPS, Post office, Fed Ex)
- Web-based accessibility
- Remote hosting option available
- Monthly fee for hosted service (ASP)
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User Reviews of Genesis Total Solution
We made the decision to move forward with Genesis for our fixed asset needs. The main reason was the simplicity of the program; not overly complicating the process. We had reviewed several options prior to Genesis that were simply overkill. The pricing was also in line with our expectations. Many of the other optins we reviewed (CCH, Thomson Reuters) we found to be very expensive.
Genesis Total Solutions is a 30 year old program that is showing its age. The demonstration showed it was NOT user-friendly as, in order to use it efficiently, one has to memorize a bunch of codes. The reports generated showed no thought to an ease of understanding. From the BRIEF look we were awarded, they appeared, for lack of a better word, ugly. And since price was one of the considerations I mentioned in our needs I was very disappointed to find Genesis was almost twice the price we are paying now for Quickbooks Enterprise.
We have been working with Genesis Total Solution for 2 years. They have great support - we have had great support everytime we’ve needed it. The software is not in the cloud. So far we are fine with it. It is very economical, which is one reason why we chose them.
It is a little antiquated but you know, it isn’t a bad software. I’m getting used to it now though. Genesis has been running pretty smooth for us. We’re using it strictly for checkwriting. We don’t have any general ledger or anything. Genesis Total Solutions has been pretty good for us.
I was a 20 plus year user on Quickbooks but with no on premise option availble for my current version, I had to look at alternative solutions. Genesis was an overall good program but in the end I wasn’t fully confident in their bank reconcilliation features and I preferred a little nicer interface.
We’re working on implementation right now. The software I had was compliant other than W2s for 2022 so we’re trying to get everything setup for the switchover. Very happy with support. Being a small shop, obviously the cost stood out to us.
The hard thing is after having used software for almost 30 years, its been a little bit challenging in the fact that it feeds opposite of what my software does. One feeds from the bottom up and one feeds from the top to the bottom. And so, it’s been completely opposite to what I’m used to for 30 years. That’s been the only challenge.
They’ve been good to work with on that and we’re getting through everything so its setup right.
My accounting needs are very limited but I can see that the program is a versatile platform than can accommodate a wide range of applications
The fact that it allows the user to implement the program without being constrained by a “user friendly” interface. Bill provided excellent and immediate customer support.
I suspect that the reason I liked it may be a disadvantage to some users. A basic knowledge of accounting (mine is very basic) is probably necessary to quickly understand the program
Still trying to get used to it. It’s very helpful for inventory which is mostly what we use it for. Our restaurant manager and kitchen manager use it mostly for inventory.
