# Consco

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{{Short description|US software development firm}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Consco Enterprises Inc.
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| type = [Public](/source/Public_company)
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|CNSO}}
| products = Software
}}

'''Consco Enterprises Inc.''' was a [software development](/source/software_development) firm headquartered in [Edison, New Jersey](/source/Edison%2C_New_Jersey), United States, in the early to late 1980s.

==Products==
Consco's primary product dubbed ''Consolidation'', was based on pegboard [accounting](/source/accounting) principles and designed to generate complex quarterly and annual [tax reports](/source/Tax_return_(United_States)) for large multi-national corporations. Pegboard systems were and are still sold nationwide by "Control o fax" in [Waterloo, Iowa](/source/Waterloo%2C_Iowa).

The main ''Consolidation'' product was later packaged with other Consco financial applications, such as ''Currency Conversion'', which added functionality. The package was named Accounting Information System, or AIS.{{cn|date=April 2026}}

==Clients==
Some AIS clients included the [Ford Motor Company](/source/Ford_Motor_Company),<ref>{{cite journal |date=14 June 1982 |title=Major Car Maker Opts for Flexibility of General Ledger System as Standard Equipment |journal=Computerworld |volume=16 |issue=24 |page=108 |issn=0010-4841 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucRgVedP1QYC&dq=Consco+Enterprises&pg=RA1-PA108 |accessdate=24 March 2013}}</ref> [Campbell Soup Company](/source/Campbell_Soup_Company),<ref>''[The Philadelphia Inquirer](/source/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer)'' Financial Section Apr 26, 1984</ref> [Miles Laboratories](/source/Miles_Laboratories),<ref>[PR Newswire](/source/PR_Newswire) July 18, 1984</ref> [LTV Corporation](/source/LTV_Corporation),<ref>[PR Newswire](/source/PR_Newswire) July 16, 1984</ref> [Owens-Illinois](/source/Owens-Illinois),<ref>[PR Newswire](/source/PR_Newswire) May 31, 1984</ref> [Texaco](/source/Texaco),<ref>[PR Newswire](/source/PR_Newswire) November 14, 1984</ref> [Pennzoil](/source/Pennzoil),<ref>[PR Newswire](/source/PR_Newswire) May 13, 1986</ref> The [Tennessee Valley Authority](/source/Tennessee_Valley_Authority) and [Cummins Engine](/source/Cummins_Engine) Company.

Consco's shares were traded on [NASDAQ](/source/NASDAQ) under the symbol CNSO. An unrelated company, CNS Response, now uses that symbol. In 1988, the company sold its product line to [Computer Associates](/source/Computer_Associates).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-6375772.html |title= Consco sells product line to Computer Associates. (Consco Enterprises Inc., Computer Associates International Inc.) |date= May 26, 1988 |work=press release |accessdate=27 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In May 1984, Seymour Altucher was the company's chairman.

==See also==
* [Atria Software](/source/Atria_Software)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.os-monitor.com/ On-Premise Employee Monitoring Software]

Category:Defunct companies based in New Jersey
Category:Software companies based in New Jersey
Category:Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
Category:Defunct software companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Middlesex County, New Jersey

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