Due to popular demand and your valued feedback, we are opening up the Beta portion of the Program to all Partners.
We have extended the Application deadline to July 20th to accommodate your decision to participate. If you have already applied, please ignore this email.
Please Note: There will be no incentives offered to single Partner participants that do not bring an end-user in to the program. Sorry for the earlier confusion.
Join the Sage MAS 90 and 200 Version 4.4 Beta Program!
We are now recruiting partners to participate in the beta program for Sage MAS 90 version 4.4 and would like you to join today! The scheduled beta release date is August 24, 2009.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION
Participating in this beta will give you a chance to familiarize yourself with this new release, and determine which of our joint customers will benefit from the new features and enhancements. It will also give you the opportunity to provide feedback to Sage regarding the enhancements and gain early insight into how well these new features will be received by customers and prospects. Enhancements include:
· Ability to Expand Customer No to 20
· Ability to Expand Item Code to 30
· New Physical Count Functionality
· New Business Framework Abilities in IM, PO and BOM
o Dual Grid Entry
o Batch Manager
o Memo Manager
o Add UDFs to Virtually all Tables
· View Alias Items Throughout System
· Standard Cost Adjustment with Automated GL Account Update
· Standard Cost Items Valued at $0
· Auto-Generate a Single Order for Multiple Items to Same Primary Vendor from a
Sales Order
· Drill Down & Around in Bill of Material & Where Used Inquiries
· Parallel Migration – Migrates Current Data & System Information to New Installation
INCENTIVES
Partners who bring a Controlled Release Customer will receive:
· Access to 4.4 MAS 90 Anytime Learning Courses for 1 year*
· Waive 4.4 MAS 90 Certification Fee
· Entry into drawing for a free Insights 2010 Registration
Customers involved in the Beta Program will receive:
· Access to 4.4 MAS 90 Anytime Learning Courses for 1 year*
* Must register for ATL courses within 90 days of date on beta participation certificate.
PARTNER REQUIREMENTS
All Sage MAS 90 and 200 partners are eligible to apply. Each partner must commit to bringing one customer into the beta program for controlled release participation. Space is limited, and Sage will review all applications and determine which partners and customers to enroll in the beta program. We need participants from a variety of industries. Do you have one or more customers who would like to upgrade and/or need these new features?
Requirements for participation include:
1. Complete and return the beta and/or controlled release application
2. If accepted, sign and return the non-disclosure agreement, attend the beta kick-off webcast, attend Anytime Learning Training prior to the beta start date
3. Advise Sage beta contact, Program Management Team at beta.mas90@sage.com of the scheduled installation date, and when the installation has been completed
4. Spend 5 hours per week during initial two week partner beta to familiarize yourself with the new product features
5. Customer site running live on controlled release build (not applicable to Beta-only Participants)
6. Submit weekly status reports using our online beta reporting tool each Wednesday
CUSTOMER PROFILE
We are looking for customers with a variety of system scenarios to participate in this program. Ideal candidates will meet one or more of the following system test requirements:
· Currently running on any 3.71, 4.x version of Sage MAS 90 and 200 and will migrate to 4.4
· Currently has a large Inventory data set
· Currently uses the Inventory Management, Purchase Order and Bill of Materials modules
· Currently has Lot and/or Serial Items
· Currently uses Average Cost
· Currently uses Standard Cost with Manufacturing
· Currently uses Landed Cost with Allocated Cost
· Uses Drop Ship
Note: We need to know all 3rd party add-ons and customizations that customers have before determining if they are eligible to participate. If a customer has other Sage Software Integrated Solutions or extensive customizations they are not immediately disqualified from the program.
HOW DO I SIGN UP?
Send the completed attached application to beta.mas90@sage.com.
