Look Into the (Sage) Crystal Ball…For a work around
Part 1 – Pulling fields from other tables into your “work” table – without a join!! This is the first blog in a series for using Crystal Reports with Sage 100, Sage 500, and Sage X3. Problem: Whenever...
View ArticleSage 500 Supported Versions
What are the Supported Versions of Sage 500 ERP? In accordance with their software support policy, Sage regularly retires support of older versions of Sage 500 ERP in order to focus on delivering...
View ArticleA Guide to Sage 100 Payroll Options
Understanding Recent Changes and New Products Available For Sage 100 customers, the payroll landscape has changed a bit over the last few months. In this article, we’ll review these changes and take a...
View ArticleProfiting From Food Traceability Technology
Within the food and beverage industry there are a lot of misconceptions about the role technology plays in traceability. As a food and beverage producer, manufacturer, or distributor your supply chain...
View ArticleThe Sage Intelligence Cheat Sheet
With so many Sage customers that have recently begun using Sage Intelligence Reporting or plan to use it soon as a replacement for FRx, we thought it might be helpful to provide an overview of the...
View ArticleBig Data versus Big Pile of Data
Almost since the introduction of computing systems for business, there has been a sort of underlying belief by many that there is a direct correlation between the volume of available data and the...
View ArticleSage 500 vdv Customer Payment Running Slow
The vdvCustomerPayment view has been around for many versions but in Sage 500 v7.6 they made a change to this View. The change was to add Misc Cash Receipts. This is a nice addition but not if you have...
View ArticleResequence Components for Work Order in Sage X3
In Sage X3 there are times when you add unexpected material to a Work Order and after saving the Unexpected Material you notice that it is added at the top of the component list with a BOM sequence...
View ArticleForecast Outlook: Defining Accuracy is Cloudy
The steady back-and-forth, back-and-forth motion of my wipers swooshing away the “thirty percent chance of rain” from my windshield carried me back to thoughts of forecasts and forecasting accuracy. On...
View ArticleSage 500 vdvCustomerPaymentAppl Slow
The vdvCustomerPaymentAppl View has been around for many versions. In Sage 500 v7.4 there was a minor change with Customer Payments and Apply to Invoices. This was a positive change in that we had more...
View ArticleModifying a Purchase Receipt in Sage X3
Many times, after entering a Purchase Receipt in Sage X3 a user may want to modify it, especially the quantity. You first have to make sure that the stock is still in the same location that it was...
View ArticleWhat Moneyball and Supply Chains Have in Common
Author Michael Lewis captures a poignant moment during the draft preceding the 2002 Major League Baseball season. The scene was the conference room of the Oakland Athletics. The A’s had just completed...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Sage 100c
Sage introduced Sage 100c with its 2016 release. Sage 100c presents a simplified, modern user interface (UI) on a subscription-based price model. Sage 100c is still deployed on-premise but it’s UI was...
View ArticleGambling With Your Supply Chain?
“Every at-bat is like a game of blackjack. Every card that’s dealt changes the odds.” So says Paul Brand, the character inspired by Paul DePodesta in the movie “Moneyball.” The people who count cards...
View ArticleJob Cost Management for Sage 100
Looking for an integrated job management solution for your Sage 100 software? The latest version of JobOps 2016A is rich full of features to compliment your Sage 100 software and meet your job...
View ArticleAwesome Teamwork Always Wins the Day
Mike Ditka kicked off Sage Summit 2016 today by huddling the Sage Executive team and welcoming more than 2,000 Sage Partners to Chicago. RKL eSolutions is here along with more than 100 of our customers...
View ArticleStruggling to make a decision? Cloud business budgeting software can help
Reposted from Arxis Technology How long do you take to make up your mind about something? It often depends on what you are doing or buying. A 2015 survey of 2,000 people in the U.K. conducted by the...
View ArticleLook Into the Sage Crystal Ball for Conditional Joins
Part 2 – Conditional Joins in Crystal Reports ? ! ? This is the third blog in a series for using Crystal Reports with Sage 100, Sage 500, and Sage X3. Problem: What can you do when you need to join...
View ArticleLeaping the Chasm – Entrepreneurial to Enterprise
Many of the companies with which we come into contact in the course of our business are (or, were) rapidly growing companies. They were started some years earlier, and have been growing pretty steadily...
View Article5 Reasons to Upgrade to Sage 100 2016
Sage 100 Version 2016 was released in November of last year. Since then, there have also been two product updates that added additional features. If you’re running an older version of Sage 100 and...
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