Products    
Alif caters to a niche market, servicing a range of clients in the hospitality industry. ALIF's software has been installed in hotels, restaurants and flight kitchens all over the country.
 
Products offered by ALIF :
 
Back Office Accounting System
Payroll System 
   
Fixed Asset Management System
Systems for Time & Attendance Recording
   
Airline Caterers ERP System
 
 
 Some of the features that are common across the products are listed below :
 
Flexible On-Line Context Sensitive Help
Powerful On-line Validity
User Friendly Queries
Version Control Report Printing
Patches Programmable keys
Security Online Calculator
Multi-user Support
Helpful Messages  
Flexible : 
The systems are designed so as to become Industry Standard Systems. However, they have a lot of Parameters that can be set as per the specific requirements of the Individual Property or for the Group as a whole. This enables the user to use a standard system but with their own individual requirements taken care of.
Powerful : 
The systems are Powerful in its scope. All requirements can fit within the parameters of the system. Reports are also designed to take care of the standard requirements. There are facilities to export the reports to Spreadsheets for further analysis.
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User Friendly :  
Actual Users with lots of experience in the specific fields have primarily designed the systems. The systems thus talk in the same language as the users are used to. For e.g. Document Nos. are called as Voucher Nos. or Employee Code can be called as Ticket No or Clock No.
Version Control :  
The systems developed are having Version Controls so that regular updates can be monitored and sent to the existing users.
Patches : 
Patches are released in between version upgrades for minor modifications so that the entire systems do not have to be updated. These patches can also do version upgrades and immediate changes.
Security : 
Security within the system is very powerful. Task Level security can be set up vis-à-vis each user. Thus the Supervisory person can control what tasks his staff can handle or which reports his staff can view or print.
Multi-user : 
The systems are truly multi-user with record level locking enabled. This ensures that all can view updates made by one operator but the data updation is restricted to one operator only.
Helpful Messages : 
At every field of input, the user gets helpful messages to prompt him along the way.
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On-Line Context Sensitive Help :
E-Help (Electronic Help) is always available on pressing the F1 key. This help is context sensitive to the module you are in at the time of requesting for the help. The entire Help Manual can also be printed out from the system.
On-line Validity :
Systems provide on-line check for valid input of data. If the user inputs erroneous code, a list of valid codes pops up. Dates within ranges, negative amount etc are also validated.
Queries :  
On-line querying can be done from any module for certain critical information. This helps the user to temporarily switch over to view/print a ledger account or employee information from the module he is currently working in.
Report Printing :  
There are quite a few options when printing Reports. Reports can be printed from any page number to any page number. Depending on the width of the report, the same report can be printed on 80/132 column stationery. Facility to print odd or even pages exists. Number of copies to be printed can also be set. Report can be redirected to any printer attached to the network.
Programmable keys :
The user can set up macros or shortcuts for ease of data entry or often-repeated tasks.
Online Calculator : 
A calculator is available on-line so that the result of calculations which are performed can be pasted into the relevant input field.
Support : 
Downloading of latest upgrades and patches can be done by the registered clients by selecting Download option from this site. However latest upgrades and patches are send through Electronic Mail/floppies/Compact disc by courier to the registered clients. We normally make at least one upgrade per annum and the upgrades are given free of cost to all registered users who continue to sign our Annual Maintenance Contracts.
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