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• 7 Reasons You Should Choose Sage X3

  Changing to new business management software is an important decision. To make sure a new system will meet your expectations, you need to go through a rigorous ERP selection process and see which vendors offer the software that best meets your requirements. Sage X3 may not meet 100% of your requirements – it’s not magic, after all – but you won’t want to start your ERP selection proces...

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• 4 Common Misconceptions About Acumatica

  Acumatica leads the ERP market as an innovator offering one of the few full-featured ERP platforms native to the cloud. Many misconceptions abound regarding the Acumatica platform and its capabilities, however, so this post addresses the four most common misconceptions about Acumatica and clarifies how your business can benefit from Acumatica’s cloud-based ERP platform and application ...

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• Register for Our Sage X3 Tips, Tricks, & Tactics Webinar on August 17!

  You use Sage X3 every day, but we’re willing to bet you aren’t making the most of the multitude of features Sage X3 offers – which is why we’re hosting a webinar with tips, tricks, and tactics to help you be a better Sage X3 super user or administrator.

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• Trade Promotion Management – Using Sage X3 w/o Third-party Solutions

  In our last blog about trade promotion management (TPM), you’ll learn how to use Sage X3 to manage TPM business needs without customizations or interfaces with third-party solutions. By no means does this solution cover all the functionalities that a customization or third-party solution would cover, but it does handle all the accounting and reporting needs. 

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• Trade Promotion Management for Sage X3

  We wrote about trade promotion management in part 1 of this blog series; in part 2 we wrote about a custom-built TPM solution for Sage 100. In this blog, we’ll discuss an integration done between Sage X3 and a third-party TPM solution.

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• Trade Promotion Management for Sage 100

  One of Southeast Computer Solutions’ first experiences with trade promotion management (TPM) was several years ago with a client that sold pet care products to big box retailers. This company had been a strong user of Sage 100 for many years but found that it required a substantial amount of time and money when creating and tracking promotions.

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• Trade Promotion Management – An Overview

  Trade promotion management (TPM) is a set of processes and tools that allow a company to manage trade promotions. A trade promotion is a marketing campaign directed at wholesalers and/or retailers instead of to the end users of a product or service. For example, a wholesaler/retailer may receive a special price or discount for a product or product group for a specific period in additio...

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• Automating Shipping in Sage X3

  In this blog, we’re highlighting another one of Sage X3’s great features: automating tasks. This is an important feature because it allows you to automate the tasks a human would generally do.

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• Pick Ticket Security in Sage X3

  Sage X3 is a highly scalable solution – it can adapt to companies with as few as ten users and enterprise companies with thousands of users.   One of the reasons Sage X3 is so flexible is that it allows companies to process transactions from a single screen, such as in the sales order, or it can be configured to segregate duties for larger organizations. In the latter case, one empl...

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• How to Use Automatic Journals in Sage X3

  If you’re a Sage X3 customer or a consultant, you’ve surely heard of the infamous automatic journals!   In most ERP systems, there’s a placeholder in the module setup screens where you define where a specific transaction will post. For example, a customer invoice will post to the AR account defined in the Accounts Receivables module setup screen or a receipt of goods will go to the s...

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• 5 Things to Consider Before Investing in Business Management Software

  Business management software is a vital enabler for growing businesses, as it provides fast and seamless information flows, deep business insights, operational structure, and many other benefits across the functions that drive revenue and profits. Due to the mission-critical nature of the software, any company should plan carefully before pulling the trigger on this important investmen...

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• Personalizing General Parameters in Sage X3

  Did you know there’s a function in Sage X3 that gives you access to all user-centric parameter values? As a reminder, parameter values are parameters that can be managed at multiple levels (folder, legislation, company, user) that are driving the behavior of the application. For example, depending on parameter values, users will see a default entry transaction screen in the journal en...

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• 4 Processes That Will Improve with an Upgraded ERP

  It may not seem like the best time to upgrade your ERP system, but if you consider the improvements updated software could offer your business, you’ll realize it's actually the perfect time.   Here are four processes that will improve with an upgraded ERP.

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• The Difference Between Sage 50 and Sage 100c

  There are many differences between Sage 50 and Sage 100c. In fact, the two are so different that you can only make a meaningful comparison based on your business goals, not feature/function specifics. This post explains why.

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• 5 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Accounting Software

  Basic accounting software packages help small businesses organize their bookkeeping and accounting functions during the early years. But as businesses grow, those small packages will create operational issues that will necessitate the move to a broader, more powerful system.   This blog post discusses five signs you've outgrown your accounting software solution.

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• How to Use SSL in Sage X3

  Many companies that use Sage X3 choose to have their Syracuse Web Server exposed to the internet for ease of access – no VPNs or remote desktop services to use – but making the connection open to the public internet exposes your web server/data to attack. Security is a necessity, as organizations need to keep their data private and secure.

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• What Questions Should You Ask Before Choosing Accounting Software

  Accounting software companies are continuously improving their software; leading vendors have worked hard to offer small and midsized businesses (SMBs) the same types of solutions that enterprise-sized companies use at SMBs price points.   Given the extensive feature sets of today’s accounting systems, you need to ask better questions than any other time you’ve purchased new software...

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• 5 Tips for Migrating to Sage X3

  Sage X3 provides advanced, all-in-one ERP with industry-specific depth and new technologies for intuitive usability – the driving success at many companies. To maximize the value your business gains from Sage X3, you should be well prepared for the migration.   Use the following 5 tips for migrating to Sage X3.

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• The 8 Most Common Project Management Mistakes

  When a company implements an ERP system, one of the most important things to do is assign an in-house project leader. It’s common for companies to use the service provider as a consultant, which isn’t bad, but that consultant should always work with a liaison from within the company purchasing the software – someone with the authority to make decisions and guide internal employees thro...

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• The Put-away Plan in Sage X3

  Does your company handle imports? If so, you’re faced with many challenges.   When receiving full container loads, for example, it’s difficult to receive all of it efficiently and on time; it doesn’t help that GAAP rules dictate that you record these products in your general ledger (GL) the day the containers hit your dock.

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• When Sage 50 Isn't Enough: Upgrading to Sage 100c

  While users of Sage 50 enjoy the ease-of-use and functionality of the system, Sage 100c offers new levels of capability and the extended features that better serve as a foundational system for growing companies. This post highlights why Sage 50, despite its strong performance, should be upgraded to Sage 100c at organizations that are growing or that need to enable more users in differ...

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• Search Index Management in Sage X3

  One of the great new features Sage X3 introduced with Version 7 is the search function that allows you to look through your data and find relevant information.

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• 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Accounting Software

  Small and midsized businesses (SMBs) have a variety of options when choosing accounting software. As you evaluate solutions for your company, avoid the common pitfalls that undermine the potential value and ROI gained from an implementation.   Assuming you have limited IT and accounting resources, you’ll want to set your sights on simplicity, both today and as your business grows. Th...

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• Automate the Carrier of a Sales Order or Shipment on Weight in X3

  Recently, Southeast Computer Solutions was asked to develop a tool to select/default the carrier on either the sales order or shipment based on the weight of an order.   For this to work, some setup is required, including customization to define a matrix so customers can enter parameters to be checked against the weight of the order.

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• Why is Extensibility in an ERP System Important?

  Extensibility is a process where the implementation of technology takes future growth into consideration. Unfortunately, many ERP software publishers focus more on selling software and less on helping drive the future growth of their customers. Entrepreneurs of small to medium-sized businesses (the lifeblood of the economy and perfect candidates for mid-market ERP systems) often have a...

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• Dimensional Accounting in Sage X3

  Traditional ERP systems frequently use a segmented chart of accounts, which means that all the reporting elements are part of the overall account, with a separator for each segment. This approach results in many different accounts. To track three sites, five cost centers, and five product lines, for example, you’d need 75 account code combinations – and you’d end up with a lengthy and ...

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• Why It’s Time to Migrate to Sage 100c

  Users of Sage 100 love their software and the functionality of the system. With Sage 100c, they can enjoy the same solution and code base while gaining even more from simpler licensing, broader functionality, and a modernized UI.   Sage 100c represents a modernization of Sage 100 and is Sage's clear statement to the market that Sage 100c is a definitive, long-term solution at a compe...

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• Why You Should Migrate to Acumatica Now

  By now, we're all familiar with the major cost savings provided by cloud ERP: zero upfront infrastructure costs, reduced IT support, eliminated software licensing, and virtually no maintenance and support costs.   Beyond the cost advantages of the cloud, small and medium-sized businesses need other mission-critical, operational advantages from their ERPs. Acumatica has responded with...