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MAS90 and MAS200 v4.4 Product Update 5: SVTRNA Bug Advisory

May 6, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

One of our most used hidden utilities within MAS90 and MAS200 is a program SVTRNA. What the program does is allow you to copy master data (no financial totals only names, descriptions, addresses) from the accounts payable, accounts receivable or inventory modules of an existing MAS90 or MAS200 company code into a brand new code.

This is super helpful when establishing a new company within MAS that is virtually a mirror image of an existing one and which will make use of all (or virtually all) of the same customers, vendors or inventory.

One of my 90 Minds Consulting Group colleagues just noticed that on version 4.4 product update 5 that when he copied over inventory data he was also receiving a little more than he bargained for. Normally only the master information for each inventory item would copy (description, product line, etc). It appears there may be a bug in v4.4  product update 5 which results in some totals (quantities on hand) also transferring if you use the SVTRNA utility.

This isn’t a huge issue – except according to my colleague there’s no way to fix the totals by using the Visual Integrator module. So if you’ve made a data transfer using SVTRNA into inventory and hadn’t thought to keep a backup – you could find yourself in a bit of a pickle.

Your best bet when making copies of data is to always make a complete backup of your MAS data BEFORE attempting the transfer (here’s one way that Sage recommends).  We’ll update you with more information on this as we hear about it.

90Minds

Filed Under: Sage 100 ERP, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: 90minds, bugs, copy, svtrna

Need MAS 90 Help – Ask90Minds

February 25, 2011 by Wayne Schulz

Have a quick question about Sage ERP MAS 90 or MAS 200 (as well as Epicor, Sage ABRA, Sage Accpac, Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, Sage MAS 500, SageCRM, SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics, Navision, SAP, Open Systems or Traverse) – visit the new question and answer site founded by the 90 Minds Consulting Group.

The 90 Minds Consulting Group is an affiliation of 27 independent consulting firms comprised of over 400 individual employees spread across:

Birmingham, AL
Aliso, CA
San Diego, CA
San Jose, CA
Larkspur, CO
Denver, CO
Watertown, CT
West Hartford, CT
Glastonbury, CT
Ocala, FL
Sandy Springs, GA
Kaneohe, HI
Ottumwa, IA
Elkhart, IN
Sharon, MA
Traverse, MI
Cassopolis, MI
Duluth, MN
Springfield, MO
Grand Forks, ND
Holmdel, NJ
Akron/Cleveland, OH
Brunswick, OH
Corvalis, OR
Portland OR
Waynesboro, VA
Kirkland, WA

The group formed in 2005 and monthly shared in excess of 500 messages between members who provide feedback to each other on support issues around the products that they work with.

Now that shared knowledge is available to you — at no cost.

The web site — Ask90Minds accepts questions from any user on the web (you can login by creating an account, using your Facebook login or using a Twitter login).

To ask a question simply navigate to the http://www.ask90minds.com home page.

Ask your question and it will instantly be sent to the 90 Minds Consulting Groups internal communication system (Socialcast) via RSS feed. Here all of the 90 Minds members are immediately notified of every question that is submitted on the Ask90Minds site.

The next time you have a quick ERP question – give the Ask90 Minds site a try.

Ask90Minds.com

Filed Under: Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: 90minds, ask90minds, help, mas90 help, questions

AccuPOS and MAS 90 – quick review

September 22, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

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Are you looking for a point of sale system for Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200? Here’s a quick review done by 90Minds member Bill Pfahnl based on an implementation of AccuPOS and MAS 90 that he was recently involved with.

The integration link is straightforward and works with VI to import a daily sales totals for each till and an invoice in S/O Invoice Data Entry – all automatic. The invoice summarizes total sales for each inventory item along with the total money collected as the deposit amount for clearing later (tender summary) so the invoice should always be net zero. A special POS customer is set up for these invoices. You can also sell to MAS 90 customers (with or without terms) and those sales will import as their own invoice.
Accupos is an award winning Point Of Sale, Inventory Management and Time Clock solutions worldwide for users of QuickBooks, Peachtree by Sage, Simply Accounting by Sage, Sage MAS 90 and 200, and Line 50 by Sage.

The software is a Sage Endorsed Solution which means it has been tested and verified by Sage and is marketed by them.

Follow the link below to read more of Bill’s initial first impressions and see how he liked AccuPOS and the integration to MAS 90.

Link: 90Minds – Accupos for MAS 90 – first look and review and Sage’s AccuPOS Info Page

Filed Under: Add Ons, Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: 90minds, accupos, mas200, mas90 4.3, point of sale

MAS90 grandfathered users save big on Extended Enterprise upgrades

April 9, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

sage-extended-enterprise-suiteUPDATE 5-4-2009: In a highly unusual (and unfair) move Sage today voided all quotes issued for this promotion. There was no advance warning save for a 5 pm email. Worth noting that Sage had AGGRESSIVELY promoted this to their end users both by recommending that their Business Partners offer the deal and also by direct calls out to qualifying MAS 90 and MAS 200 users.  Due to the low cost involve – the pricing was met by numerous inquiries from VARS as to “whether it was right”. Therefore any outstanding quotes by Sage have been voided. We find this practice unfair and unusual.

Sage Here’s a promotion from Sage that expires June 30, 2008 that’s left a good number of resellers scratching their heads and muttering “wow, this seems too good to be true”.

Several people in my 90Minds Consulting group have been talking about this upgrade offer that Sage current has on the table. The offer applies specifically to a class of MAS 90 or MAS 200 users who are referred to as “grandfathered”.

These users purchased MAS 90 or MAS 200 prior to October 1, 2003. During this time Sage was not charging annual maintenance on user licenses so the users have not be subject to any per user license fees.

Start Saving Money On Maintenance In Year Two

The offer is as follows.

Grandfathered users can upgrade to the Sage Extended Enterprise Suite (comprised of MAS 90 or MAS 200 + SageCRM + Sage FAS) for a one time license transfer fee of $500 per user.  Their maintenance for each user will be only $150 per year – which in nearly every instance is a huge savings over what the company would have been paying previously.

Here’s the math as worked out by our 90Minds Consulting Group in an email exchange from late yesterday:

From: 90Minds
Date: Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Subject: [sageresellers] New Pricing on Grandfathered accounts for EES?
To: sageresellers@yahoogroups.com

Just got off the phone with our install base salesperson at Sage and she enlightened me on the special promotional maintenance pricing for accounts moving to EES that are in grandfathered status (purchased sometime before some date in 2003). It seems too good a deal to be true, but she said she had questioned her superiors on it 3 times and they confirmed it. So here are the details as I understand them:
Basically the new maintenance fee for all grandfathered accounts is $150 per user (MAS 90, not sure what MAS 200 will be). This means a company currently grandfathered and owning a 5 user MAS 90 license for core and distribution is probably paying about $2,000 or so for annual maintenance. With this promotion, they can move to EES ($2,500 one time migration fee) and their annual maintenance changes to $150 per user or $750! This means that for roughly an extra $1,200 this year ($3,250 vs the 2,000 they would have paid for maintenance on their current license) they get CRM, and they will get that $1,200 back in Year 2 in reduced maintenance. Starting in year 3 they are saving $1,200 every year and they get to keep CRM.
EES maintenance for a 5 user MAS 90 migration had previously been somewhere just over $2,100 annually, so at $750 it represents a decrease of over $1,300! If it were a 10 user grandfathered, the EES maintenance had been over $4,100, now it is only going to be $1,500, a savings every year of over $2,500 – forever!
This was such an outrageous difference and so un-Sage like that I specifically said that clearly this $150/user charge must only apply to users after the first 5, but I was told specifically no, it applies to all! The catch is that if they add licenses at anytime, the maintenance on those licenses are at normal maintenance pricing.
I have asked for this in writing before we start quoting, but was curious if anyone else has had this conversation with someone at Sage?

My first reaction was that this offer was too good to be true and that there must be a mistake somewhere.

But then two more consultants replied that they’d been offered the exact same promotion and it was explained in the same manner.

Sage’s followup explanation to the promotion seems to confirm that users who owned MAS 90 or MAS 200 prior to 10/1/2003 can probably save quite a bit of money by upgrading to Sage Extended Enterprise. This upgrade requires no data conversion and until you implement the SageCRM or SageFAS  there’s no retraining.

Every MAS 90 or MAS 200 customer who qualifies should be looking into this promotion and talking to their Sage Business Partner about the promotion.

Here’s the final scoop from Sage (received via email on 4/8/09) which seems to confirm the earlier email exchanges:

Through the end of Q3 (June 30th, 2009), you can migrate existing MAS 90 or 200 “Grandfathered” customers to Sage MAS 90 or 200 Extended Enterprise Suite, and offer a flat, per-user annual EES maintenance fee of only $150 per existing user! In most cases, we have been finding that customers can migrate to EES and enjoy lower annual maintenance than they are currently paying! During tough economic times, this may be critical to customers who are struggling! Please make sure to highlight the following benefits when speaking with your clients:
1. Reduce your current annual maintenance and enjoy additional modules and features!
2. Manage your business more effectively with a complete 360 degree view of your business!
3. Streamline costs and enhance customer relationships with full CRM functionality!
This promotion would apply to Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers who purchased their system prior to October 1, 2003, and are currently on a “Grandfathered” status. Please note: the $150 per user fee applies to existing users only. Standard EES maintenance rates will apply to new add-on users. The promotion does not include maintenance on modules and extended solutions outside the EES product suite.
In addition, we have added more dates to our webcast schedule, so please encourage your customers to register for our live Extended Enterprise suite webcasts!

via: 90Minds Consulting Group

See Also : Frequently Asked Questions about Sage Extended Enteprise for MAS 90 and MAS 200

Filed Under: Sage 100 ERP Tagged With: 90minds, extended enterprise, mas200, Sage 100 ERP, sage promotions

Follow Sage Insights 2009 on Twitter

March 11, 2009 by Wayne Schulz

Sage North America has created an official Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com/insights09) for their upcoming Insights 2009 reseller conference held May 11-14, 2009 in Nashville TN.

Twitter is a short messaging (maximum of 140 characters) service that allows users to casually communicate with each other – usually in the form of brief updates that tell what the user is doing.

The short message feature is ideal for conferences where it’s often difficult to find people or learn about newly added sessions  other users recommend attending.

Search Twitter for Insights 2009 Conference News

If you’re not on Twitter (which is free) – you can still read the messages coming from the conference. There are two methods for doing this – and neither require that you create an account.

The best way to follow the conference is by using this #insights09 Twitter Search link.

The second way you can follow  conference news is by viewing the official Sage Insights Twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/insights09

Wayne Schulz on Twitter

Schulz Consulting owner Wayne Schulz is on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/mas90guru

via: 90 Minds

Filed Under: Productivity, Sage software, Twitter Tagged With: 90minds, insights09, mas200, sage, Sage 100 ERP, sage insights conference, sage north america, twitter, Wayne Schulz

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