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Sage 100 Year End Tips
4 Tips for a Successful Year End 1. General Ledger Closing - While it’s a good idea to close modules in a timely fashion, the General Ledger can remain open for as long as you need while awaiting final processing (or audit adjustments) in...
Sage 100 Year End Center and Supported Versions Update
Sage has created a Year End Center that provides valuable resources to guide you through a smooth year end closing process in Sage 100 including: Year End Tips and ChecklistsVideo Tutorials and How-to ArticlesLive Chat With Tech...
Sage 100: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting & Processing
When it comes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there are a variety of questions about how to track and report data in order to remain in compliance. That’s why Sage has put together an ACA Resource Center to help you understand the...
Sage 100 Module Closing: Keeping Things In Order
A year end process in one module often writes data to another module. Therefore, the sequence in which you close your Sage 100 modules is extremely important in order to avoid the risk of damaging your data. Important: Remember to back up...
Sage 100: Creating a Copy Company for Year-End Archive/Backup
At year end, it’s useful to create an archive company using the Copy Company feature. This provides a readily accessible copy (and backup) of the current year’s data even after you perform year-end processing in your live company. To make...
Sage 100: Four Things to Note Before Closing the Books
Here are 4 things to consider as you begin closing the books on 2019 and start fresh in the new year: 1. Back Up Your Data Executing a complete backup of your database is one of the most important things you can do before starting any...
Sage 100 Payroll Update Required for W-4 Changes
Starting on January 1, 2020, every new employee and/or existing employee wishing to make federal tax withholding changes will be required to use a brand new Form W-4. Here’s why an update from legacy payroll to Sage 100 Payroll 2.0 is...
New Streamlined Bank Reconciliation in Sage 100
Each month, like clockwork, bank statements and canceled checks arrive, setting off a tedious and time-consuming reconciliation process that’s vital to ensure the accuracy of your accounting data. Luckily, this process is now a lot easier...
Getting Started With Industrial Automation
Industrial automation has experienced a radical transformation in the past decade, as much a technological shift as a result of the changing economy. In today’s world of small production runs, fast shipping, and nimble operations,...
Why It Might Be Time to Consider a Hybrid Manufacturing ERP Solution
Do you believe in ERP myths? You might not think so, but if you believe your only options for ERP solutions are a conventional on-premises solution or a cloud-based ERP, you’re subscribing to a big ERP myth. While these two might be the...
Five Real-Time Data Insights You’ll Wish You’d Known Sooner
Real-time data has become a reality thanks to cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and enhanced technology. When you understand the benefits of real-time data, you’ll never be able to go back to the days of nightly batch uploads...
The Surprising Need for CRM in Manufacturing
If you think customer service is something handled by just one department in your manufacturing business, it’s time to reframe your thinking. Customer service has expanded its scope to be in every part of the business, from sales to the...
Targeted Research Brings New Features to Acumatica 2019 R2
When Acumatica announced all the new features in the Acumatica 2019 R2 rollout, they promised increased productivity and accelerated growth. This new release did not disappoint. With exciting new integrations and enhancements, this is the...
3 Types of Metrics You Need for Measuring Warehouse Efficiency
So much of what we do centers on becoming more efficient. We call out “Hey Google” (or Alexa or Siri) so we can queue up music we like, navigate to a new place, or read the next step in a recipe without having to stop whatever else we’re...
Busting the Myths About Lean Accounting
Lean—the practice of minimizing waste to maximize value—made its first big impact in business with Henry Ford in 1913, before being improved on by a team at Toyota in the 1930s. And while it’s wildly obvious why lean is beneficial to...
5 Easy Ways to Get the Most out of Your ERP Data
Businesses are inundated with data on a daily basis, everything from financial information to website statistics. There’s so much information available to businesses, but what’s important isn’t the volume of data so much as what your...
Sage 100: 3 New Modules to Support Distributors & Manufacturers
In August, Sage announced the release of three new Sage 100 modules to support distributors and manufacturers, including Inventory Requirements Planning, Shop Floor, and Manufacturing Mobility for Barcode. Inventory Requirements Planning...
New in Sage 100: Version 2019 Release 2 (2019.2)
Sage 100 2019 Release 2 (aka Version 2019.2) is now available. This latest version of the software features a handful of global enhancements along with updates for Accounts Payable and Job Cost. Here’s a closer look at what’s new in Sage...