Microsap for Uk sage line 50 users along with WInjit launches accurate cash flow projections and planning that is integrated with the accounting system like Sage line 50 , Snapshots’ Cash flow projections allows you to analyze your receivables and payables as per reported by the accounting system. Based on the projections done, company would be able to plan out their action and help to manage their cash flow.

• Cash flow projection integrated with accounting system
• Easy planning of cash flow
• Graphical Representation of Cash flow
• Integrated with calendar

1. From the Customers window, choose the required customers. To print labels for all of your customers, click Clear to de-select any highlighted customers.

2.   From the Customers window, click Labels.

The Customer Labels window appears, listing all of the label layout templates currently available.

3.   From the list displayed, select the label layout template you want to use.

4.   Specify the output you require by selecting one of the options from the drop-down list: Preview , Printer , File or Email .

5.   Click Generate Report.

You can also use the Customer Labels window to create edit and delete customer labels.

What are the types of price list support in Sage line 50 ?

Special Customer Price 

Sometimes you may want to give a particular customer a special price for one of your products or services; for example, if your business uses negotiated prices. You can set up special prices for your customers using the Pricing Structure facility on each product record.

Customer Price Lists 

There may be times when you want to sell your products or services to different groups of customers at a different price. This is done using customer price lists, which associate products at a given price to a group of customers. For example, you could set up a retail price list for the majority of your customers, and a trade price list for your business customers. Prices can be fixed, or related to the sales or cost price of your stock items.

Supplier Price Lists 

You can create and maintain a list of prices for the products that you buy from a single supplier. If you buy the same product from a number of different suppliers, you can compare supplier prices. You can then use the price lists to buy at the most competitive price.
If you buy products from a supplier who uses a different currency, you can maintain prices for those products in the supplier’s own currency.
When you create a purchase order, the price of each product is taken from the supplier’s price list.

There are a variety of ways that you can use the Pricing facilities.  

Sage (UK) has provided a very useful guide to survive your payroll year end. It is useful in the sense it gives proper steps and sugggestions to performing a smooth year end payroll.

This is a very helpful guide to all employers who collect data at the year end relating to all payments to its employees. Necessary steps for submitting dat to the HRMC has been provided in this guide.

You may download the guide from http://support.sage.co.uk/default.aspx?page=22&did=24023e6b-b44c-43af-868c-1c8bcd01a33b

SageCRM wants to improve the efficiency and total cost of ownership for midmarket companies in need of customer relationship management software.
Sage North America, part of The Sage Group, announced SageCRM v6.2, a user-friendly CRM system that helps deliver a low total cost of ownership for small and medium-sized businesses. Version 6.2 includes features such as pre-configured and customizable screen themes, an expanded editor for multilingual e-mail campaigns and an enhanced graphical view for managing relationships between multiple contacts.

“Sage CRM Solutions help businesses take full advantage of the automation and customization efficiencies technology makes possible,” said Sage CRM Solutions North America Senior Vice President and General Manager David van Toor. “SageCRM v6.2 specifically lets organizations outfit their CRM systems to support the unique business environments they compete in, access critical financial and operations data through extensive ERP integration, and, overall, run their businesses more effectively.”

Some of the other enhanced capabilities are a new branding toolkit, simplified address management which operates on a single screen, and enhanced integration, including additional sales data synchronizations, Outlook(R) integration, and administrator management improvements.

Pricing for a standalone SageCRM system begins at $599 per user. SageCRM v6.2 is currently available as a standalone CRM system and as part of the Sage Accpac Extended Enterprise Suite, although the company says it will be available in the Sage MAS 90 and 200 Enterprise Suite later this month.

Dashboard is a software application for use on Windows (XP & Vista) desktops and is used to organise other smaller applications known as widgets. Using Dashboard, users are able to activate and add widgets, remove and arrange them to suit their viewing needs. 

What is a widget?

Widgets are small applications developed by Elev8 as enhancements to Sage Evolution and used to extract pertinent information, displaying it in real-time to the user. Do you want see at a glance how your sales are doing this month or keep track of your P&L? Well Elev8 have a widget. 

Who needs Dashboard?

If you are an Evolution user, then this is a product for you. No need to print reports just understand your bottom line or performance, Dashboard can show you instantly. 

What is the benefit of using Dashboard?

Real-time data live to your desktop and available at a glance. Dashboard can be used throughout your organisation to monitor your different business streams. Widgets can be activated according to each users needs. There are more useful widgets being developed all the time. 

What Widgets are available for me to purchase with Dashboard?

Currently there are six Widgets available for Dashboard;

• Sales by Sales Rep
• Sales by Customer
• Liquidity (Cash Flow)
• Stock Levels
• Gross Profit Sales
• Sales Dashboard.

For more information on the specific widgets available in Dashboard, click on a module from the menu to the left. 

http://www.elev8australia.com/general/elev8-dashboard.html 

The Sage Group, one of the business management software solutions and related products and services provider, has acquired the Pocket range of payroll and human resource management software (HRMS), and all customer contracts from Chennai-based Crystal Info Solutions. The details of the deals were not disclosed.

 This acquisition of Pocket will enable Sage enter the fast growing Payroll and HRMS space in India. It is our first acquisition in India and a step towards increasing our presence in the Indian market with a localized product and R&D facility , said Guy Berruyer, president, Continental Europe and Asia with Sage Group.

The acquisition allows Sage to offer a comprehensive solution comprising ERP, CRM, payroll and HRMS to meet the needs of the Indian SMB and mid market customers- said Berruyer. The payroll and HRMS business division will be headed by Thomas Abraham, managing director of Sage Software India Limited.  

It may be recalled that Sage had acquired Snow Snowdrop Systems Limited for an enterprise value of $17million in cash in 2007 to offer human resources, personnel and payroll management capabilities to its customers.

Hi, I have been hearing the Key Words “Credit Crunch” and “Terrorsism” over the last few days more than i have heard anything else.

I will talk only about Credit Crunch here and not Terrorism as that is not what we talk about here.  I have been brought up in a conservative indian family where credit or Loan is considered as a Curse and making expenditure or expanding business on credit is a complete NO NO.  Possibly I argued  with the elders in our family number of times against this topic.

I open this Post for a discussion and expect readers like you to post your comments on what do you think about

1. Credit Crunch Vs Liquidity Crunch ?
2. Is Credit crunch  a Myth or a Reality ?
3. Is Liquidity crunch a spill over of Confidense and Sentiments ?

The Credit Crunch Crisis has badly hit most of the UK companies. In these tough times, businesses are looking for ways and means to conserve cash.

Cutting down unnecessary cost, tight control of expenses and regular monitoring of inventory items are some of the important measures that organisations can adopt to remain in business during these tough times.

Of course, this requires the availability of key accounting information in a timely manner, for the decision makers to act accordingly.

To better equip the Sage 50 Accounts customers to address these issues, Microsap, (www.microsap.co.uk) a leading software services company and a Sage development partner, has launched a unique and effective solution – The Credit Crunch Module for Sage.

The Credit Crunch Module sits on top of Sage 50 Accounts software and uses the already available data to provide a thorough and meaningful analysis of expenses and possibly locked-up inventory assets.

The Credit Crunch Module, at present, provides two functions:

Expense Analysis

Expense Analysis uses the categorized headings already defined in Sage 50 Accounts to provide a thorough analysis of all the expenses. The various options for comparison include

• Current Month v/s Last Month
• Current Quarter v/s Previous Quarter
• Current Half Year v/s Previous Half Year
• Current Half Year v/s Previous Year same Period
• Current Year to Date v/s Previous Year to Date

The advantages of the Expense Analysis include:

• On Demand availability for real-time comparison of Expenses
• Accounting system being the primary source, data integrity and correctness is ensured
• Graphical representation for quick analysis

ABC Analysis

ABC analysis is the method of classifying items involved in a decision situation on the basis of their relative importance. The classification may be on the basis of monetary value, availability of resources, variations in lead-time, part criticality to the running of a facility, new customer parts unique to that product, and others

• “A” – items are the highest priority, the tightest control, frequent deliveries, close follow-up, and accurate records. Planning and Scheduling these parts utilize MRP (Material Requirements Planning), DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning, or EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) or other lot sizing techniques such as Lot for Lot. 10 % of the “A” items volume accounts for 70% of the total inventory value
• “B” – items are the priority when low or out of stock. Normal control is used and good records are maintained. EOQ and other lot sizing methods can be used effectively with these items. “B” items account for 20% of the total inventory value, and 20% of the inventory volume.
• “C” – items are the lowest priority, simplest method of control. Min/Max used for ordering. These parts are usually expensed, as there are no records for them. These parts represent 10% of the total value, and 70% of the volume

The advantages include

• The analysis can be carried out based on either the Rate, or the Value or the Quantity of inventory items
• You can define your own criteria for ABC analysis
• Choose the range for each of the type of groupings

Microsap along with its group company Winjit Technologies, have proven expertise in developing high end software solutions, especially for Finance and Accounting. The solutions developed are not only of the highest quality that add value to the customers but also have a huge cost advantage. Unlike any software technology company, Microsap has a robust global delivery centres that collaborate the best of the resources across the world in an optimum way without compromising on the quality.

About Microsap UK (www.microsap.co.uk)

Microsap Limited is a global software consulting and software services company established to offer services to Software Product companies (ISVs) and End-user organizations, primarily in small and medium size sector. Working closely with its customers, Microsap delivers technology solutions tailored to meet their business challenges. Microsap operates ISO certified development centres in India with its group company Winjit Technologies (www.winjit.com).  Over the past few years, it has successfully executed a number of engagements with customers in the UK , Europe, Africa and Australia .

Leveraging its technology expertise and its knowledge of business processes, Microsap has enabled its customers to create far greater value out of their investment in ERP software. With its excellent knowledge of Accounting and Finance processes and good understanding of SAGE and SAGE family products, Microsap has devised a number of innovative solutions for SAGE users. Microsap has become a Sage Development Partner in 2006 to help this cause.

Always keen on building long-term partnerships, we work closely with our customers and help them to:

• Stay ahead of the competition by early deployment of their software
• Retain all important business knowledge
• Reduce the impact of changes through process driven approach
• Create a satisfied customer base through reliable, quality software
• Leverage our offshore engagement models to optimize the development budgets

Credit Crunch Module for Sage 50 Accounts can be downloaded here

For more details, contact

Microsap Limited
Asmec centre, Eagle house,
The Ring, Bracknell ,
Berkshire RG12 1HB
United Kingdom
Phone: 01344 382 060
Fax:    01344 303 192
Email: sales@microsap.co.uk

Softline Pastel, South Africa’s leading provider of SME accounting and business solutions, is launching GoToAssist, an application that allows support staff to remotely take control of customers’ computers, to resolve any complicated support queries they may have while using the accounting software. 

Pastel is the first South African accounting software firm to offer a remote support service like this.

GoToAssist is a product from Citrix Systems Inc. – world leaders in application delivery infrastructure – that allows a contact centre agent to see what’s happening on a customer’s screen, and remotely resolve the problem.

Customers are emailed a hyperlink from which they can download the GoToAssist utility in a matter of seconds. Once the utility has been installed, the call centre agent will have access to their computer. A pop-up warning reminds customers to close any confidential documents.

“The beauty of the product is that it takes the guesswork out of resolving a customer’s query,” says Steven Cohen, managing director of Softline Pastel. “Because our support staff can see everything that’s happening on the screen, they are able to resolve the call in a much shorter timeframe – allowing the customer to get back to their work sooner.”

The GoToAssist utility is completely secure, and once the session has been closed, the agent cannot regain control of the customer’s computer. The Pastel call centre also saves a video for review and for coaching agents.

GoToAssist is available to Cover customers – subscribers to Pastel’s support service. It has been bundled with the 2009 Pastel Upgrade at no extra charge to Cover customers. There are no specific hardware requirements, although the Utility will only work on ADSL – it will not work on dial-up.

Pastel Cover is a voluntary support plan that offers unlimited telephonic and email support, free software upgrades, magazines and regular newsletters focusing on support, tips and tricks for the Pastel customer. Support is delivered from an award-winning call centre, where 145 agents take over 50 000 calls a month.