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Sage Summit Registration Is Open

Brian Rice — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:50:51 +0000

There may be no better exposure to MAS 90 and MAS 200 than attending Sage Summit. Of course it take a full week including travel to and from Atlanta, GA, but you will find yourself surrounded by great resources. There are four days of learning with guided learning tracks if you choose to focus on one area:

Mastering the Essentials
Becoming a Power User
Exploring Integration
Looking Ahead at Product Futures
Administering and Implementing Your System
Report Writing Essentials
Business Building

Registration is open. If you have thoughts about Sage Summit, share them in the comments. Let me know what you think (good and bad) or if you are considering attending.

Sage’s Customer Conference

Brian Rice — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:20:35 +0000

Sage Summit, the annual end-user conference for products like ACT!, Peachtree and of course MAS 90 and MAS 200 is scheduled for November 9-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

I haven’t had an opportunity to attend Sage Summit in the past but my experiences at the latest vendor conferences, Sage Insights, have been outstanding. To sign up for emails about Sage Summit, just fill out this form.

If you have been or are thinking about going, let us know in the comments.

Use Your Reporting Tools

sfarkas — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:31:41 +0000

Spreadsheets are great for calculating interest but they are not an effective way to generate reports. Use your software. Today every business management software package has some kind of custom report writer available, yet many businesses are creating their business critical reports using Excel. Learning your system’s custom reporting tool and creating your reports using these tools will provide companies with huge return. Once custom reports are created, and all transactions are completed for that accounting period, then reports are generated at the touch of a button and the report contains actual data. Spreadsheet reports require too much time for data entry, possibility for data entry error and probability of formula corruption. Spreadsheet reports lack timeliness, integrity and the ability to reproduce historical reports.