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Current
Promotions
Sage Software is offering promotional pricing
on a variety of modules and upgrades. All of the below
promotions expire December 31, 2007. Please call an
account manager for more
details.
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Save
20% on the Direct Deposit Extended Solution for
Accounts Payable or Payroll
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50% off any Paperless Office Extended Solutions
Enhancement
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Multi-Company General Ledger bundle - Save over
$7,000.00!
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20% Savings when you buy the Sage MAS 90 and
200 Payroll Module
Authorized Training
Center
View detailed information about our
Authorized Training Center on our website. Find out
about our authorization and certifications, class
descriptions, fees, prerequisites, information on our
policies, and your CPE credit eligibility.
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Our
Clients Are Talking About Us...
We want to thank all of you that have
sent us reference letters or been references for us
over the years. It is the greatest compliment to us
when you share your postive experiences with us and our
other clients. We take great pride in our
level of customer service, industry and technical
knowledge and our ability to partner with you to
solve real business issues. Our goal is to have
every client so pleased with the service we provide
that they write a reference letter! Read this
month's featured reference
letter.
If you want an opportunity to be
featured in our news, please put one of your
positve experiences with us down in writing and mail it
to us.
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Taking A Look
Inside...
Barb
Adrian
Certified Software
Consultant
Many of you have had the
pleasant experience of working with Barb – her
professionalism, empathetic nature & a keen ability
to problem solve makes her well sought after! We
agree that she is an essential part of our team.
Barb’s background encompasses a variety of experience in
customer service, technical support, software
implementation and application training. She has
expanded the skills and knowledge she brought with her
to include training and certification on many of the
Sage MAS 90 and 200 modules and is a Certified Trainer
at our Authorized Training Center. In
addition, Barb is currently in training for
certification on ACT! By
Sage. | |
Please note our new contact
information. Our phone and fax numbers have
remained the same, however our email addresses and
extensions have changed.
Bob
Jacob, x 458
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HR Compliance – Learn How To Protect Your
Business
Do you know how to avoid costly
lawsuits, fines and penalties? You and your company need
to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and laws in
compliance, and Sage Abra* wants to
help.
Attend Sage Software’s Complimentary
Lattes Webcast:
No matter your level of compliance knowledge, you’re
bound to learn from Sage Software’s informative Webcast,
“HR Compliance ...learn how to protect your
business.” This free, hour-long learning
opportunity will be presented by David N. Goldman,
Esquire, the managing shareholder of Littler Mendelson’s
training division – the Legal Learning Group. Littler
Mendelson is the largest law firm in the country
exclusively devoted to representing management in
employment, employee benefits, and labor law
matters.
Mr. Goldman will share with us the five key areas of
compliance every professional should know. Combining
legal updates and the latest trends and advice from The
Legal Learning Group, this session provides take-away
tools you can use every day:
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The new face of discrimination, harassment and
diversity
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Technology and the growing area of privacy
law
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Managing employees' medical and family
issues
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Wage and hour - why every hour
counts
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Ethics as an HR issue
*This Sage Software
training course does not constitute legal advice. Ask
your attorney about how Sage Compliance Trainer can aid
your company with legal
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End To End EDI - What's It All
About?
Automated Business Solutions and
Kissinger Associates have teamed up to present a
complimentary educational webinar about EDI.
If you are new to EDI (Electronic Data
Interchange) or would like a refresher - this will be a
great opportunity to understand the basics of EDI and
what EDI can do for your company.
Please join us:
To learn more information and to
register for this Webinar, please contact Mary
Jo Geary.
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Phishing Schemes and Email
Fraud
As you are probably already
aware, online fraud has become so prevalent in this age
of technology. As the tools for combating online
fraud continue to improve, so too does the
sophistication of fraudulent email messages and web
sites. Understanding the techniques to perpetrate
online fraud will help you to avoid becoming a
victim.
What
is
Phishing? | |
Sage Abra Suite v7.6 and Sage
Abra HRMS v8.3 Now
Available
The
new releases include a variety customer-requested
enhancements and modifications to Abra eRecruiter, Abra
Benefits Enrollment, Abra HR, Abra Payroll, Abra
Attendance, Abra Link, Abra MAS 90 Link and Abra
OrgPlus. You’ll also benefit from these new fetaures and
more:
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Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility
Both Sage Abra Suite v7.6 and Sage Abra HRMS v8.3 are
compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista. Earlier
versions of Sage Abra are not anticipated to be
compatible with Vista
and are not supported as such.
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EEO-1 Reporting Changes Abra HR
has been updated to collect and report on job
categories and employee ethnicity as needed to support
the 2007 EEOC category changes. Abra HR provides the
code table and report changes necessary to support the
new EEO-1 categories on which employers must report
effective September 30, 2007.
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Complex Passwords The
ability to create and accept complex passwords up to
10 characters in length which support uppercase,
lowercase, alpha, numeric and some special
characters.
Download
the brochure about the new release enhancements.
If you have any questions or would
like assistance with the upgrade process, please contact
Tom
or Carrie. | |
Please
welcome our new clients:
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Big Game Tree Stands
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MICO,
Incorporated
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SCS-AIM
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Stresau Laboratory
Thank you for choosing to work with
Automated Business Solutions for your business
management solution needs. We look forward to working
with you.
If you know of
anyone who could benefit from the products we sell and
services we provide, please contact Judy Peterson or
Mary
Jo Geary. | |
Before you know it, the
2007 year will come to an end, which means that your
business must perform closing procedures and make filing
preparations for taxes. Get started now by taking steps
to help prepare and make the process easier for your
company.
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Buy your Tax
Forms now. We offer special “Early
Bird” discounts on year-end forms such as W-2s and
1099s. -
Year-End Classroom
Training
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Schedule An
Appointment: Take time now to secure an
appointment if you would like us to assist you with
your closing procedures. We can help download
and install any needed program updates and work with
you step by step through the closing procedures.
As more information comes
available, we will be publishing additional tips and
needed information regarding year-end processing and
preparation.
Contact Kathy
Preston or Mary
Jo Geary for more information on year-end
promotions, classes, appointments and
tips. | |
Who should attend the Visual
Integrator class for Sage MAS 90 and 200?
- Controllers
- IT professionals
- Accounting staff
- Department Managers
You’ll be amazed at how well you can
create import and export jobs with this targeted
training that includes many hands-on activities. Learn
how to create and use ODBC data sources, how to convert
data to Sage MAS 90 or 200 ERP from accounting systems
that support the Visual Integrator import data file
formats, and how to define calculation expressions,
assign runtime variables and create conditional
expressions. For more detailed information about this
class, please visit our website www.ABS-MN.com.
Pre-requisites:
Proof of attendance in the Data File Structure training
class.
Our next class is scheduled for November 8
– 9, 2007. There is limited space available.
Please contact Kathy
Preston with any questions. To register, please
visit www.sagesoftwareuniversity.com.
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Sage Abra HRMS
Users: When to use OK,
Cancel or Apply
In Sage Abra HRMS, what is the
difference between the "OK", "Cancel" and the
"Apply" buttons? Which button is more efficient to use
when you are in Panels and which is more efficient to
use in an Action Step? Click
here for full
details. | |
Sage MAS 90 and 200
Users: Administrator
Logon
New to Sage MAS 90/Sage MAS 200 in Version 4.0 is the
Administrator Logon. If Role Maintenance is accidentally
edited in a way that locks all users out of Library
Master, the issue can be resolved by logging on with the
Administrator Logon and changing Role Maintenance. This
also allows the IT Department to have Administrator
access without data access in case a user is locked out.
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