Epicor announced today that Fluid-Bag Ltd is going to implement Epicor 9. They shortlisted their search to three products but in the end went with Epicor.
The common theme is once again is the ease of use, dash boarding and how easy it is to customize without messing with the source code.
See the press release below:
Epicor ease of use wins. Flexible Container moves forward with Epicor 9
Below are two videos explaining the details of the new Sage MAS 200 SQL 4.45. This is a completely new SQL product for the MAS product line relative to the old MAS 200 SQL 3.74. It uses the business framework and is much faster and more efficient due to the normalized data structures used within MAS200’s Business Framework introduced in 4.0.
The first video is a powerpoint and presentation on the solution and the second is an actual product demonstration.
Note that this version is ONLY available for sale to new MAS90/200 customers. You cannot buy it if you currently run MAS90/200. This is because they haven’t written a data migration utility yet.
In addition it only works with Business Framework modules. This means if you depend on either payroll, work order, MRP (Material Requirements Planning), or Job Cost, even when the conversion is available, this won’t work for you.
Currently there is no integration with Sage CRM (i.e. Extended Enterprise Suite), fixed assets and it is not yet compatible with Sage MAS Intelligence or FRx. This means you financial reporting will be limited to the standard financial reports in the GL.
Sage should have most of these issues (other than the old modules that we don’t believe they are ever going to upgrade) addressed in version 4.5 which is slated for Q3 2011.
SAP Just released this new document on version 8.81 which just went to Ramp Up (Sort of a public beta). There are many features to improve localization etc, but the major broad functional enhancements are:
Here is the full document:
In SAP Business One version 8.8, Patch Level 12 introduce the new Cockpits engine. It also includes previews of the forthcoming dashboards which are available to demo but aren’t tuned for production yet.
Now SAP Business One is easier than ever to use and this new capability is free to all users who are current on maintenance. SAP continues to deliver strong value for annual maintenance fees with exciting new technology.
Click below to view.
Do you process credit cards? Do you use an integrated solution with Sage MAS90 or MAS200?
Sage North America has recently created a portal specific to this issue. Starting on July 1, 2010, all companies that store, process or transmit cardholder data must be PCI-DSS compliant. These new standards were created by an industry board (PCI Security Standards Council) to facilitate global adoption of consistent data security standards. It’s also known as PA-DSS.
I’m sure you’ve heard about the almost daily cases of companies computers getting hacked and credit card information being stolen. In older versions of MAS90/200, credit card data was merely stored like any other data and displayed on the screen for all to see. An employee could easily make note of these numbers or extract them to a file for illicit purposes. Over the years Sage has cracked down on how this data is both stored and displayed to make it more secure, including encrypting the data and only showing the last 4 digits of the number.
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