founded 1983 headquarters northfield illinois key people john miller president muriel miller vp sales website www.pass port.com passport software inc. is a privately held company located in northfield illinois that manufactures and markets accounting software manufacturing software and business software to small to mid sized companies under the brand name passport business solutions . passport software inc. released their latest version of software in 2015 with annual updates . 1 passport business solutions is available in windows unix and linux versions . contents 1 history 2 manufacturing 3 see also 4 external links 5 references history edit passport software inc. was founded in 1983 by john miller bob wall and muriel spencer . as a distributor of realworld accounting software in the 1980s passport developed specialized unix accounting software . since 2000 passport software inc. has continued the enhancement and development of realworld software now called passport business solutions . the company maintains a partner channel of hundreds of partners who sell its products throughout north america and the caribbean . manufacturing edit part of passport software inc. comprises a manufacturing software division called pbs manufacturing . the software originated in 1983 as sbs a cobol based system designed by schuleter business systems inc. and later became sbs 2000 under the ownership of superior business solutions inc. in 2005 passport software inc. acquired superior business solutions inc. and sbs 2000 . 2 pbs manufacturing is used in automation of manufacturing operations such as shop floor scheduling material requirements planning inventory control and manpower planning . see also edit comparison of accounting software external links edit http www.pass port.com company website references edit cpa practice advisor . passport software releases passport business solutions version 12.00.09 . cpapracticeadvisor.com . retrieved 2011 05 12 . accounting software 411 . passport software inc. completes acquisition of superior business solutions inc. and sbs 2000 . accountingsoftware411.com . retrieved 2011 05 19 . softscout pbs manufacturing series software production management and job scheduling software directory retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title passport software & oldid 742462635 categories accounting softwarebusiness software companiessoftware companies based in illinois navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 21 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view