SAP Business One 8.8 now includes Crystal Reports as standard

Converting raw business data into meaningful information that can be acted upon remains an ongoing challenge for most small businesses. Few reporting tools have the functionality to not only gather data from isolated systems but also to transform that data into a format that is useful for employees, managers and businesses.

As a result, businesses are often compelled to cobble together reports from multiple date sources that have been imported in an ad-hoc manner from various applications. In addition to this problem, most small businesses have limited IT resources and are constantly looking for ways to make it easier for their employees to create, manage and distribute reports.

SAP Business One with Crystal Reports is a powerful and dynamic reporting solution that helps users design, explore, visualise and deliver compelling reports and information covering the entire business.

Complemented with integration to the Microsoft Office products and a focus on data security, SAP Business Ono and Crystal Reports allow users to choose from a variety of report formats and to control access to information displayed. Together, SAP Business One and Crystal Reports provide comprehensive reporting functionality that allows businesses to get a crucial insight into all parts of their business.

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Sage 200 2010 is out now and boasts nearly 400 wish list changes

This latest version of the Sage 200 Suite strengthens Sage’s offering to the mid market sector.
Sage has listened closely to feedback from customers, utilising wish lists and focus groups, as well as adding new features which support those trends in the lower mid-market which are relevant to its customers.
The Sage 200 2010 release focuses on three key areas:

• Accessibility – Gartner identified hyper speed and hyper connectivity as key emerging trends in the lower mid-market software sector. Sage has addressed this by improved integration and accessibility of information within a business, providing improved internal capability with one view of the customer, enabling users to make smarter and faster decisions.
• Information Management – Sage 200 2010 will bring in the second phase of Sage’s ongoing Information Management strategy.  Making information within the Suite more available to users in their day-to-day roles.
• Customer Satisfaction – Sage are continuing to listen and action their customers and Business Partners feedback/requests. Sage have implemented many points on the Sage 200 wish list (equating to almost 400 items within the wish list), including a number relating to closing the gap between the Sage 50 Suite.

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'Available to promise' is now standard in SAP Business One 8.8

With the release of SAP Business One 8.8 comes one of the most anticipated new features, Available To Promise (ATP).

ATP enables users to look forward with inventory projections based on production or purchase orders, enabling complete control over inventory through increased transparency into current and future stock availability.
Improve customer service by making accurate commitments as to when a product can be delivered and eliminate the risk of stock shortages.

• Complete inventory control
• Improved customer service
• Eliminate stock shortages
  

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FREE TRIAL - SAP Business One Usability

Download the SAP B1 Usability for 20 days absolutely free!

Why not see how you can empower your staff to make the changes they’ve always wanted in SAP Business One absolutely free of charge for 20 days. Changing the layout of every window in SAP Business One, hide un­used fields, create shortcuts, create mandatory fields and much more. Contact Tom for more information.

Sage 200 on your Blackberry or Iphone

Due for release later this year, Sage 200 v2010 will incorporate the latest smart phone technology, Sage 200 Mobile.

The Sage 200 mobile user will be able to access Sage 200 on the move via smart phones such as Blackberry’s or iphone’s. Sage 200 Mobile will empower key filed based employees with the following functionality; customer details, account history, sales order processing, stock items and supplier details.

SAP Business One is now available for Windows 7 & Windows R2 Server

Starting with the following versions, SAP Business One works with Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit editions)

• SAP Business One 2007A SP01 PL07 (800.232.07)
• SAP Business One 2007B PL15 (860.039.15)
• SAP Business One 8.8 PL06 (880.225.06)

Starting from the following versions, SAP Business One works with Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Server (32-bit and 64-bit editions)

• SAP Business One 2007A SP01 PL08 (800.232.08)
• SAP Business One 2007B PL15 (860.039.15)
• SAP Business One 8.8 PL07 (880.225.07)

You should always contact the helpdesk before making any changes to your infrastructure.

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Want SAP Business One on your Iphone? You've got it!

January 2010

Accounting and financial information from the SAP Business One financial management system are now directly accessible from your Apple iPhone.

Designed for sales reps as well as sales, marketing or finance executives, this app allows you to access customers, sales order transactions, accounts receivable statements, item master and item warehouse information. The sales transactions include quotations, sales orders, sales invoices, back orders and returns. Tight integration with other iPhone features, such as e-mail and Google maps, will provide you with the ability to communicate effectively with your corporate office about any of your accounts.

To see how the new app works, follow the link below. Want to know more? Send us an email
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD_nltUuP6A

Switch-to-Sage Offers are now available!

January 2010

Sage Business Software : Competitive Switch Discount
Customers of Access Accounting, Iris Exchequer, Pegasus Opera, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and SAP Business One receive 30% discount off the Platform, any Financials or Suite users and FYM

Sage 200 Suite User Trial
20 day trial of Sage 200 Suite consisting of Financials and CRM modules for 10% of new price
Expires 31st March 2010

Sage CRM Solutions : Competitive Switch Discount
A 20% switch discount offered to all customers moving from a competitive CRM product to Sage CRM.

Terms and conditions apply

All offers expire 31st March 2010

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Sage BI is now FREE!

November 2009

Business Intelligence has reached a new level of importance for businesses. The data generated from mid-market applications is at an all-time high, but simply storing vast amounts of data and reporting in the traditional way does not provide effective intelligence. To be useful, Sage 200 reporting needs be dynamic and provide detailed credible information.

BI solutions are seen as a means to turn information into an asset on which better decisions can be made. CIOs are increasingly required to invest in technologies that drive business transformation and strategic change. The fact that BI is a top priority shows that CIOs see BI as part of the answer, and, they believe that BI can improve decision making and operational efficiency, which in turn drives the top line and the bottom line.

What can you achieve with Sage 200 BI?

• Identification of historical trends
• Investigation of anomalies
• Informing strategic decision making
• Reflection and analysis

*Sage 200 BI requires users to be running the latest version of Sage 200. Consultancy charges apply.

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See inside your order to cash process with one FREE Crystal Reports user for SAP Business One.

November 2009

Order to cash (OTC) involves all of the steps that transform customer interactions into the numbers on your bottom line. Practically every company must engage in OTC activities, from quoting and ordering to shipping and billing. Many companies don't have clear visibility into these most basic of workflows because their OTC processes are too manual – too soiled. One process in particular that few companies are able to manage effectively is the reporting and analytics required to oversee all of OTC. The result is an incomplete financial picture of the business.

See How Sales Becomes Revenue:
The Crystal Reports family of offerings is the enterprise reporting solution that enables you to see inside your OTC processes to discover if and how your organization is meeting its financial objectives. With this information, you can better determine where to focus and coordinate efforts to lower costs and increase revenue.

Some of the OTC information that is visible through Crystal Reports:

• Contact to sales order
• Sales lead data, including the number of leads and their costs
• Qualification or lead conversion ratio
• Quote data, including gross margin and average discount
• Closing data, including win/loss ratios and time-to-close/sales cycles
• Order fulfillment
• Order-to-delivery performance data, including the number of orders; new or open orders; errors; and promised delivery dates
• Costs of shipping
• Returns and disputes
• Invoice to cash
• Metrics, including the number and value of invoices created, sent, and disputed
• Cash received
• Accounts receivable and days outstanding.

With Crystal Reports, you can create all of these OTC-focused reports, as well as reports that associate OTC metrics with inventory levels, marketing campaigns, and more.

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