Sneak Peek for Software Companies: Manage Subscription Billing, Cut Costs, Improve Efficiency with NetSuite 2020 Release 2

Sneak Peek for Software Companies: Manage
Subscription Billing, Cut Costs, Improve
Efficiency with NetSuite 2020 Release 2
By Carrie Augustine, Software Industry Principal
Monday, July 20, 2020

For software companies, managing subscription-based finances continues to be a cumbersome,
often manual operation. Meanwhile, the coming year will likely require the software industry to
find new ways to be more efficient and achieve greater business insight.

NetSuite 2020, Release 2, the second major upgrade of the year, addresses these challenges and
more. With the enhanced NetSuite platform, accounting teams can better tap into the power of
automation in order to become more efficient, improve productivity and assign team members
to mission-critical projects.

In this new release, software companies will see expanded capabilities for managing customer
accounts, posting transactions, managing international entities and handling intercompany
accounts receivable and accounts payable.

Managing Modern Business Models

   •   Improve customer satisfaction by giving customers a simple way to view and manage
       their subscriptions. MyAccount Portal is a secure, cost-effective way to give customers
       full visibility and access to their accounts, allowing companies to manage their account
       information, view order history, modify subscriptions and pay invoices.

   •   SuiteAnalytics Workbook for Subscriptions provides powerful insights on recurring
       revenue for existing and renewing subscriptions. Use the workbook template for out-of-
       the-box analytics on recurring revenue, churn, upsell, downsell and much more.
       Customize it with additional filters and data by modifying the included dataset template.
       Graphs and charts provide at-a-glance views of revenue trends and details.

•   Gain greater flexibility when creating subscriptions. Easily change billing parameters, such
       as billing schedule and billing terms, prior to activation of the subscription. There’s no
       need to start all over again with a brand-new subscription. This helps to reduce the
       number of subscriptions abandoned in the system, as the billing account isn't required
       until activation and offers flexibility to swap billing accounts if required, rather than
       having to start again with a brand-new subscription and billing account.

Intelligent Cash Management

   •   Bank reconciliations are streamlined with the added ability to automatically create and
       post transactions directly from imported bank data, thus greatly reducing the manual
       time to process and match your bank data to your books in NetSuite.

Financial and Operational Excellence

   •   Invoice grouping enables the consolidation of multiple invoices into a single invoice that’s
       delivered to the customer, and it also allows payments accepted at the group level to be
       applied to individual invoices. This reduces manual grouping, ensures accurate invoices
       and improves cash flows by decreasing days sales outstanding.

•   Intercompany cross charge automation enables accounting teams to automatically post
    cross charge transactions between subsidiaries. This automation reduces the manual
    effort and accelerates the accounting period close process.

•   You can easily net intercompany receivables and payables with a new feature that
    enables accountants and controllers to offset mutual intercompany open balances and
    auto-generate intercompany netting settlements. The result is fewer open intercompany
    transactions and reduced manual effort to manage open balances.

•   Expense report credit card integration enables the population of NetSuite expense
       module expense lines directly from American Express corporate credit card accounts
       streamlining the process, increasing user adoption and reducing data entry errors.

Learn More About NetSuite 2020 Release 2

These are just the highlights; there's much more for software companies in NetSuite 2020
Release 2 than can be covered in a single blog post. For more specifics on the complete list of
new features, be sure to read the Release Notes.

New to the release process? Learn more about it here.

Finally, be sure to request access to your Release Preview account. There, you can test and see
how the new features will work with your own data and get a jumpstart on maximizing the
impact of NetSuite 2020 Release 2.

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