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18 Feb

Financial leaders in mid-sized organisations face pressures in delivering timely insights amid complex operations. Manual reporting often leads to inefficiencies and hidden costs. Sage Intacct automates reporting, enhancing decision-making and operational performance. By implementing this platform, organizations achieve real-time visibility, improved productivity, and strategic focus, essential for growth and success....

19 Dec

Australian organisations face increasing pressure to make faster, more informed financial decisions. Sage Intacct provides a comprehensive cloud-native financial management platform that delivers immediate visibility and insights. The platform's sophisticated capabilities address the key challenges faced by modern finance teams through several innovative approaches....

11 Nov

Sage Intacct adds enhanced reconciliation tools, customizable AR statements, and a new REST API, supported by new training resources and certification programs. Martus introduces improved budgeting features with drag-and-drop functionality, while AssetAccountant expands lease management capabilities. Velixo Excel reporting brings automatic data refresh and modernized interface updates....

04 Nov

With increasing demands, CFOs need to be more agile than ever A new Foundry survey identifies myriad challenges finance managers face, from data integrity and security to lost productivity caused by manual processes. For example, 59% said the time they spend on accounting, compliance, and the financial close inhibits their work...

12 Aug

In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficiency in accounting operations is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge. Sage Intacct, a leading cloud-based financial management solution, offers a suite of tools designed to streamline financial processes and enhance operational efficiency. Here’s how Sage Intacct can transform your accounting operations: 1. Automated Workflows One of...

09 Aug

The release highlights include the following: Accounts Payable Automation Streamline AP purchase invoice entry by automatically creating draft AP purchase invoices from AP purchase invoice documents that you email or upload. Sage Intacct automatically identifies the supplier and fills in the AP purchase invoice details for you, attaching the source AP purchase invoice document for reference. Ask us about how you can save time and money...

17 May

Revolutionising Financial Consolidation in the Hospitality Sector The hospitality industry is on the cusp of a financial revolution. The traditional role of corporate accounting as the custodian of financial data is undergoing a transformation, driven by the need for more agile, accurate, and consolidated financial reporting. This white paper delves into...

15 May

The release highlights include the following: Purchasing Pay for services with blanket purchase orders - Using the purchase order workflow, you can now convert purchases of billable services by price to draw down an approved blanket purchase order amount. Cash Management Run a reconciliation match sequence report - you can run a pre-built report...

04 Mar

In today's digital landscape, safeguarding financial data is crucial, given the increasing prevalence of cyber threats. Recent incidents, such as privacy breaches affecting Optus, highlight the vulnerability of sensitive information. To address these challenges, cloud-based solutions, such as Sage Intacct, offer robust security features, ensuring financial data protection without burdening...

16 Feb

The release highlights include the following: Cash Management Bank feed transaction dating - You can now control the dating of bank transactions based on the time zone of a bank account. This avoids time zone anomalies that can occur with bank transaction dates and transactions generated from creation rules. Reporting - Financial Version history...

30 Aug

If you are running a small or medium-sized business, you might think that enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is too expensive, complex or unnecessary for your needs. However, ERP software can offer many benefits for businesses of any size and industry, such as: Integrating various functions such as finance, inventory, sales...

04 May

One of the primary challenges faced by organizations is the time-consuming process of consolidating financial data from disparate spreadsheets and systems. Sage Intacct simplifies this process by providing dimension-driven reporting, which allows users to analyze real-time business performance by business drivers without managing a complex chart of accounts. This feature...

01 May

As we kick off 2023, we are filled with optimism for brighter days ahead after the tumultuous past few years that have affected individuals and businesses worldwide. It is great to recognise Sage's work in listening to our customers, partners, and industry leaders through conversations and events like Sage Transform....

15 Aug

SMEs can take advantage of efficiencies and cost savings. Whether you're curious about implementation or compatibility with existing processes, now is the time to take the next step towards a digital future for your business. eInvoicing is the fast, easy and secure way to send and receive invoices between buyers’ and suppliers’...

24 Dec

At the close of another year the team at Accsys Consulting would like to wish you and your families a safe and joyous holiday, and all the best for the New Year. Our office will be open until Friday 24th December and then closing over the festive season, reopening on Tuesday...

23 Nov

Gone are the days when invoicing meant lots of paperwork and many hours spent entering data. Advances in digital tech have ushered in the era of e-invoicing, which enables businesses to send invoices directly from one organisation’s financial systems to another.  The move to e-invoicing has been happening for some...

18 Aug

ERPs are the central nervous system of a business. And in a time of AI and technical innovation, they can be a smart move. IN BRIEFERPs run multiple departments within big businesses, from accounting to supply chain and moreERPs have the option of different ownership models: on-premise or private cloud.Choosing an...

25 May

How can you do this automatically in Sage 300? How much time is wasted by your staff dealing with duplicate payments? Managers get upset as their budgets are hit with costs that can hang around until funds are recovered. Your staff are embarrassed about having to recover funds from suppliers. Then there is...

Purchasing Workflow has been providing control of your procurement cycle by ensuring all purchase orders are approved and that receipts and invoices don't exceed the approved amount. How often have you do you have to do a work around when the invoice is a few dollars over? Do you want flexibility without losing...

In these uncertain times, Accsys Consulting wants to assure our clients that we continue to be available to support you and your organisation. Our thoughts are with those affected by the COVID-19 virus and we wish them a full and speedy recovery. As I am sure you are, Accsys Consulting is monitoring the situation...

We are hiring a Systems Consultant. Do you want a dynamic team environment with inspiring colleagues. Personal growth and development opportunities. Competitive salary. Occasional interstate travel....

We are looking for someone to join our team of ERP consultants. If you enjoy helping clients solve their issues, create value and improve their performance, please apply....

Workflows are an integral part of Sage CRM, and we all know how crucial they are to any business that relies on them to perform their daily processes. In my experience as a consultant, there have been many times when users from client sites have contacted us to say that they...

Recently I was asked to hide the continue button on the ‘Case’ summary screen for one of our clients. As you can see in the image below, it is located on the top right corner of the screen. [caption id="attachment_651" align="alignnone" width="300"] Case summary screen with 'Continue' button[/caption] Since it was a...

05 May

In my last post I spoke about being able to use Crystal Reports through browsers other than IE. That got me thinking about the reporting options that are available in Sage CRM and the reasons that each of the different reporting options would be used. As I see it there...

Welcome to our new series on the Accsys Framework. This is a new add on product that is currently in development by Accsys Consulting and we are giving you a sneak peak on what is coming up. Sage CRM is a tool that can enhance an organizations business processes by handling...

Escalation Rules I.T. based solutions and I.T. software in general came about as a need to automate tasks. It allows businesses to focus more on their business objectives and not worry about the system that supports it. Escalation Rules allows the creation of automated tasks from notifications, setting values on screen,...

In the current competitive environment organisations rely heavily on information technology to automate business processes, streamline operations, manage resources, and even store yottabytes of data. If you’re an IT or an infrastructure manager or a small or medium size business owner looking to grow then researching about keeping your systems...

Recently, I needed to copy a database from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2008 R2.  Unfortunately, database backups from one version of SQL Server cannot be read by a lower version.  To work around this, I had to use the "Generate Scripts" function to first create the structure and...

A requirement that we've come across a few times now is to track when a particular field value changed and what the previous value was (e.g. when did the Assigned User change for Company record X?).  A co-worker of mine came up with a method of achieving this, that involved adding only...

Gathering user requirements is generally acknowledged to be one of the most important stages of a CRM project.  However, unearthing what users need from such a system can be difficult, if there is little guidance in the process (either from experienced, internal stakeholders or external consultants). The following tips come from...

Sage CRM allows users to customise which screen should be displayed by default, when they login.But what if you want to login to a custom screen (e.g. an ASP file)?  In that case, you need to: Open the following file for editing \CRM\WWWRoot\InteractiveDashboard\InteractiveDashboard.asp Put in a Javascript redirect for the page you would...

More specifically, this information is usually intended to be outputted as an additional column, in the Opportunity pipeline screen. [caption id="attachment_408" align="alignnone" width="300"] How the "Days in Stage" column appears in the Opportunity pipeline.[/caption] To do this, you'll need to: Modify the database view used by the Opportunity pipeline. Create a translation. Add the new...

09 Aug

If the Sage CRM plugin for Outlook is working correctly, you should see  a "File e-mail" button in your Outlook toolbar. [caption id="attachment_402" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sage CRM plugin buttons in Outlook[/caption] If not, try the following steps to get it working: Requirements Check that your PC has the required libraries installed.  In the Add/Remove...

Sage Business Solutions Australia has recently released the Sage Australia Business Index 2013 which highlights many valuable insights gleaned from their annual survey of Australian Businesses. Below is an excerpt from the study: This Sage investigation into Australia’s business confidence in 2013 confirms that business conditions have deteriorated within the past year...

Announcement of Business Name Change As our new website indicates, we have recently changed the name of our business from Longley Stapleton to Accsys Consulting. There has been no change in management and we will be providing the same products and expert services on which we have built our reputation since 1992. Our...