Archives: April:2011

For heads-down data entry, effective use of the shortcut keys, icons and buttons found in Sage ERP Accpac can provide a big productivity boost. The shortcuts, icons, and buttons that are available on a particular form will be different depending upon the type and purpose of the form. For example, the G/L Batch List and the Finder let you view columns of data, while the G/L Journal Entry and Currency Rates forms let you enter and edit data. Here we list the shortcuts available in various parts of the system.

Product Update 5 (PU5) is now available via a compact download from Sage Online. Anyone on a current software maintenance plan can download the update. It delivers significant value to Sage ERP MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 4.4 users.

Accounts Receivable is the largest or second-largest asset of most businesses. Significant cash is tied up in AR, generating associated financing or opportunity costs.  At the same time customers are paying more slowly or defaulting due to economic conditions and substantial staff effort and other expenses are required to collect outstanding receivables. This represents a tangible and measurable cost to a business – and an opportunity for savings.

Every year we are asked to pay an annual software maintenance fee for our business software to the publisher, usually Sage Software. This is not unique to Sage; all major software publishers require annual maintenance fees. You may have wondered at one time or another why you are required to pay this fee and how doing so benefits you.

In this post we will review the steps required to process write offs in accounts receivable and accounts payable. We will also explain how a closeout transaction is created in work order transaction inquiry