Exact has introduced Exact JobBoss CAD Bill of Materials Import v2. The company says the product has advanced features and functions that enable manufacturers to quickly convert complex CAD BOM data in to production requirements. The system can capture data from a single or multi-level BOM structure and import that data into JobBOSS as quotes and jobs. Advanced data mapping and import capabilities allow multiple source files to be used in building a job or quote in JobBoss.

NetSuite has announced an updated payroll service to be released early next year. The company says that its next generation features a payroll interface that validates all leave, payroll and salary data; full gross-to-net calculations; support for check printing, pay cards and direct deposit; enhanced payroll workflows that handle extremely large transaction volumes; and employee self-service, expense tracking integrated into ERP.

Avalara has issued a major update to its Trustfile tax return software. The company claims the new version can cut the time needed to prepare sales tax returns to as little as five minutes. With a cloud version made available this year, the latest edition provides businesses with fully populated signature-ready tax return forms based on uploads of their sales and tax collection data in .CSV format.