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What's New for 2012?  Sage Branding Change

  • Sage Timberline Office is becoming Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate  (launch in Summer 2012)

  • Sage Master Builder is becoming Sage 100 Contractor  (launch in Spring 2012)

  • Sage Timberline Enterprise is becoming Sage 300 Trade Specialty  (launch in Fall 2012)

  • Sage MAS 90 is becoming Sage 100 Standard ERP  (launch in Fall 2012)

  • Sage MAS 200 is becoming Sage 100 Advanced ERP  (launch in Fall 2012)

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Sage MAS 90 Reaches the Cloud

Sage ERP MAS 90 Online FAQ's  [DOWNLOAD]

Keep your eye in the sky because Sage ERP MAS 90 Online is currently scheduled to be released the fourth week of November. This release will provide small businesses the ability to get up and running quickly while still getting many of the known strengths of the on-premise Sage MAS 90/200 product line. Can you use your existing customized reports or create new reports within Sage ERP MAS 90 Online? Certainly. Your customized reports are supported within the Sage ERP MAS 90 Online environment. 

Included is a powerful suite of modules ranging from financial and accounting, business intelligence, reporting, and operations, to distribution and light assembly. With the benefits of the cloud, this solution is ideal for an organization with a workforce spread across multiple locations, enabling mobile flexibility, and the ability to centralize key functions like accounting and operations on a standardized back-office solution. Your Sage MAS 90 Online system and corporate data are kept secure with hosting and management in an extremely secure data center with high levels of redundancy, backup, and monitoring. 

Sage MAS 90 Online enables you to get your system up and running quickly with affordable monthly payments for the system which includes backup services, access to the Knowledgebase, and basic support. Call CPA Technology at (610) 862-1998 for more details.

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Sage Timberline Office Version 9.8 - Early Fall Release

IMPORTANT!Sage Timberline Office 9.8 Fall 2011 Release Brochure  [DOWNLOAD PDF]
                           
Sage Timberline Office 9.8 HR Documentation Manager Brochure  [DOWNLOAD PDF]


The improvement of speed in starting up applications and tasks in v9.8 will save you hours in a week so you can spend your time more efficiently.  Field reporting in Project Management, security improvement, along with Sage Installation Manager enhancements are other features to look forward to in the new release, scheduled for launch early Fall 2011.

Enhancements included in this release work hard—delivering improved results in the following areas:

Credit Card Management—Do you make purchases or pay open invoices with credit cards? With this release, credit card management has been streamlined into a smooth process that will save you loads of time. Now it’s easier to enter and reconcile credit card payments and statements. Plus you can record an open invoice as paid via electronic funds transfer.

Workforce Management—You asked for enhancements that would improve the way you manage workers. You got them. This release includes 70 customizable human resources forms to help manage hiring, discipline, evaluations, and more.

Software Performance—Applications and tasks start up significantly faster. Added stability across Sage Timberline Office will help keep your system running at peak performance.

Usability and Administration—Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest difference for your organization. This release includes loads of these “little things,” including a live support chat link, improved upgrade process for Document Management, Estimating line item attachments, a server migration tool, journal auto-filing and optimized printing, installation improvements, enhanced inquiries, and more.

Look for more enhancements coming in 2012.  Sage is looking to extend credit card management into broader electronic payment processing in Timberline Office.  Continued enhancements in Accounting and Property Management, and improvement in business intelligence and forecasting tools are in the works as well.
 

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The Next Generation of Sage Timberline Office Estimating Software

The long-anticipated SQL Server-based Sage Timberline Estimating (11.1) is now available (on demand). Of course, the current version of Sage Timberline Office's Estimating software will continue to be supported.  The new Sage Timberline Estimating solution will have an updated and modern user interface as well as some new features not in the current Estimating software.  Along with it comes a fresh user interface focused around tasks and workflows for increased productivity and a Pervasive to SQL Server Migration tool.

For current Timberline Office Estimating customers on a current support plan, you can choose to continue on your current Estimating software and receive updates as you do today, or you can opt to migrate to the new Sage Timberline Estimating software (SQL Express) for free.  If you decide to migrate but are not on a current support plan, by signing up for a support plan today, you’ll be eligible for the free migration to the new Sage Timberline Estimating solution.

For more information on Sage Timberline Estimating, give our office a call at (610) 862-1998.


New Product Release - Sage Timberline Enterprise


[Download Sage Timberline Enterprise FAQs]

Are your business needs complex, yet you require a single-source solution that is easy to install, implement and maintain?

An industry leader with over 35 years in construction, Sage introduces their newest, innovative robust business management solution developed especially for mid-sized contractors needing a single-source solution to streamline complex processes through all departments of their business and increase productivity company-wide. 


Built on a high performance and secure Microsoft SQL platform, Sage Timberline Enterprise integrates your accounting, operations, estimating and service management processes, so you can maximize your company’s productivity and have greater visibility into your business.
  With Sage Timberline Enterprise, dispatchers can check inventory and order parts from their dispatch board. Project managers can see responses to RFIs, transmittals and submittals. Accounting staff can set up jobs simply by selecting from a list of estimates.

Features:
-  Robust API functionality for heightened adaptability
-  Industry-leading Estimating solutions helping to improve the estimating process for more accurate and profitable estimates and bids
-  Intuitive and easy-to-use Workspaces that provide interactive inquiries
-  Full integration between Purchasing, Inventory, Service Management, and accounting applications eliminating the need to enter information more than once
-  An optional Service Management application centering around a new state-of-the-art Dispatch Board
-  An open design providing integration with a variety of third-party applications (remote/mobile solutions, alert & notifications software, MICR check printing software and more!) [read more...]

 

For assistance with the installation of your Sage software upgrades, give CPA Technology a call today at (610) 862-1998.

 

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Sage MAS 90/200 v4.5 To Be Released Fall 2011

Sage MAS 90/200 version 4.5, featuring new customer-requested enhancements (across Payroll, Accounts Receivable, and Sales Order) is scheduled to be released in Q4 2011. Customers upgrading to 4.5 will be eligible to receive a FREE SageCRM user License and a FREE Sage CRM Service License and installed base Sage MAS 90/200 customers will have the option to move to Sage MAS 200 SQL with the release of v4.5.

Listed below are the new features and functionalities that version 4.5 has to offer:

  • National Accounts Management 

  • Additional Payroll Deduction Calculation Methods 

  • Deduction Recalculation in Payroll Entry 

  • Deduction Calculation Based on Earnings Type 

  • Payroll Data Entry Importing 

  • Enhanced Benefit Accrual 

  • Automatically Create Purchase Orders from Sales Orders 

  • Price Level By Customer and Product Line 

  • Pricing Flexibility for Total Item Quantities 

  • Item Pricing By Total Quantity 

  • Distribute By Lot and Serial Number 

  • Maintain Split Commissions by Customer 

  • Commission Rate Table by Salesperson, Customer & Item 

  • Enhanced Sale Order Integration with Job Cost 

Sage ERP MAS Intelligence will be enhanced in v4.5 to include Reporting Tree capabilities, additional sample reports, and compatibility with the Sage ERP MAS 200 SQL product. FAS Fixed Asset Accounting will also be compatible with v4.5 Sage MAS 200 SQL.

All (36) enhancements that have been provided through Product Updates for v4.4 will be included in the 4.5 release, as well.


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Sage Master Builder Version 16 Enhancements Released  
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Sage Master Builder Version 16 Enhancements Released

     
Give your team the edge they need to be successful—a business management solution that eliminates barriers to your financial information. Now, with Version 16, Sage Master Builder gives you more of the integrated tools your team needs to work smarter, faster, and more cohesively than ever so you can more efficiently manage the complexities of running your construction business with:
  • A simplified and more intuitive report writing wizard that lets you generate and customize reports in fewer steps.
  • More efficient contact management that allows you to quickly manage, edit, and sort multiple contacts, even when dealing with contacts from the same company.
  • New and improved Microsoft Excel integration that makes customizing spreadsheets easy and more accurate than ever because both values and formulas are automatically exported to Excel.
  • More sophisticated report writing capability that lets you dig deeper into your data while allowing you to present it in more useful ways

Sage Master Builder Version 16 includes comprehensive reporting, efiling, and payroll capabilities. Plus, it enables you to easily integrate estimating, production, scheduling, accounting, and analysis data in one convenient and easy-to-access location that takes your team’s efficiency to an entirely new level.

 

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New Comprehensive and Industry-Specific Databases Help You Make the Most of Timberline Estimating

  [DOWNLOAD BROCHURE]

All too often, users of Timberline Estimating decide to make the investment in Estimating - but choose to tackle the task of building a database on their own.
Unfortunately, many times these decisions may result in the Estimating product being underutilized.

Have you ever felt your Estimating processes could be improved or your company is missing opportunities to bid more work? If so, here’s some good news!

Sage Construction and Real Estate is proud to make available a new suite of databases. Databases offered are:

  • Advanced Assembly Composite Database
  • Advanced Assembly Concrete/Masonry Database
  • Advanced Assembly Commercial Database
  • Advanced Assembly Residential Database
  • Advanced Assembly Site Work Database
  • Advanced Assembly Starter Database

Developed to get your team up and running quickly, these databases are a welcome addition to the current database offerings.

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