MASTER is a family of Ukrainian software solutions for accounting and management. Choosing a product name does not determine how your accounting team will operate. Map the required functions, organisational structure and integrations to a specific configuration. Practical implementation starts with that mapping.
Describe accounting areas and their owners
Establish which entities, warehouses and departments will use the system. Separately describe purchasing, sales, payroll, fixed assets and other required areas. Each needs sample documents, approval rules and a list of reports rather than abstract preferences.
Assign responsibility for creating documents, checking postings and closing periods. This distinguishes missing functionality from an undefined process. Verify modules and hosting options against the supplier’s current offer instead of assuming all products have identical scope.
Prepare reference data and opening balances
Agree identifiers for counterparties, products, accounts and contracts. If sales and accounting name the same item differently, create a mapping table. It must be understandable to the employee who later searches for a document, as well as the import developer.
During the test import, compare balances across agreed dimensions. Check units, currency, dates and outstanding settlements. A document with an unknown contract must not silently attach to an arbitrary counterparty; isolate such records for correction.
Test a complete working scenario
For a hypothetical trading company, test receiving stock, a partially paid sale and a return. Reconcile documents, inventory, debt and the report in sequence. The accountant separately verifies accounting treatment, since successful technical storage does not prove it is correct.
If data comes from CRM or a store, record the source of every field. Receiving the same order again must not create another sale. Errors need a visible status and an owner, rather than an unnoticed file on the integrator’s computer.
Organise access, training and support
Grant permissions by working role. Warehouse staff should not receive accounting administration privileges just to handle one document. Test backup and restoration in the chosen environment, including required files and configuration.
Base training on the company’s documents. Hand over instructions for routine actions, error correction and support contacts. Close the first period against an agreed checklist; plan customisations and updates separately so accounting rules do not change unnoticed.
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