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Dear ,
Welcome to the Spring 2009 Edition of Advent News.
Since the start of this year, the Advent Team has been working to develop solutions to help our customers maximise their software investments and to help cut costs. Examples of such developments can be seen in our case study section as well as in the section which profiles the range of Advent Modifications available for Sage 200.
Have a browse through the brochure to see if any of the additional modules can help you reduce costs and/or improve efficiencies - essential in the current climate.
We have been also working hard to offer our customers an improved customer service, from training to support and from project management to implementation. See our support section for tips and ideas on how you can get the most from your Sage system.
If you have any questions or comments on any of the features in this issue of Advent News, please do not hesitate to contact us. We always welcome any feedback!
Best regards,
Cormac Kehoe
Marketing Executive
P.S. Save €500 with Advent's Referral Programme - details coming soon!
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In the Spring
Issue of Advent News:
Additional Modules
for Sage 200
Introducing
Sage 200 2009
Case Studies
from Advent
Product Profile:
ACT! by Sage
Latest inspHire
News
Customer Support Section
Easter Opening
Hours
Deals Done
by Advent
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Additional Modules Available Exclusively from Advent
Advent's Development Team has been working over the last number of years to compile a suite of additional modules and modifications for Sage 200 to help our customers maximise their software investment by cutting costs and increasing efficiencies. The Suite of Modifications developed by Advent includes:
- Head Office Invoicing Module
- Tiles Sales Module
- Calculation of WEEE Charges on Electrical Goods
- Smart Invoicing - Sales Counter Invoicing
- Unique Customer Order Number Checking
- Stock Transfer between Warehouses
- Incremental Second Reference Number on Supplier Invoices
- Fourth Schedule VAT
- Nominal Replication Routine
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And Coming Soon from Advent:
- Direct Debit Generations
- Sales Analysis Reporting Tool
- Recurring Supplier Invoice Routine
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For more information on all of the above modifications and the benefits, please click here to download the brochure.
We are also delighted to launch a Fixed Asset Register module for Sage 200. Designed specifically as an additional module for Sage 200, Fixed Assets integrates fully with Sage 200 financial ledgers to give users a simple solution to manage their fixed assets. Fixed Assets for Sage 200 ensures:
- Users can easily manage their audit trail
- A more reliable & robust solution than Excel
- Fast depreciation postings
- All assets are set-up in a consistent manner with consistent depreciation calculations
- Better control of fixed assets
For more information on the Fixed Asset Register for Sage 200, please click here to download the brochure.
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Product News: Introducing Sage 200 2009
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Sage 200 2009 is the latest version of Sage 200. Replacing version 5.1, Sage 200 2009 is the most advanced version of the Sage 200 platform and now includes multi-user access to Sage 200 Financials and Sage CRM, making it quicker and easier for Sage 200 users to get set-up on Sage CRM. Sage 200 2009 has been developed around the top wish list items and has been designed to improve end-user satisfaction and usability.
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So what's new in Sage 200 2009? Below are the enhancements for Sage 200 Financials & Commercials modules. For a full list of the new features for all modules, please click here.
- Workspace Designer: designed to give you business critical information ‘at a glance’ on your desktop. Their design makes it quicker and easier to access related information. The designer tool enables you to configure user defined workspaces to meet specific requirements, allowing each individual user to have a customised workspace;
- Sage Payment Solutions Integration: you can now quickly and easily record credit card transactions against orders and invoices, from within Sage 200. This eliminates the need to do two separate transactions in separate applications, improving efficiency and reducing the margin for human error;
- Deposit Handling: ensures compliance with the VAT regulations around deposit handling. Also reduces credit control error as the payment is apparent on the customers account when the payment is received;
- Create Purchase order from Sales Order: allows you to configure Sage 200 to buy and sell stock in your required units, whilst offering guidelines on setting up units to get the best results for your business;
- Web-based Help Files: the new format provides more functionality and flexibility than the format supplied in previous releases.
- Click Here to Download a Sage 50 to Sage 200 Upgrade Guide
- Click Here to Download a Line 100 to Sage 200 Upgrade Guide
- Click Here to Download the Sage 200 2009 System Requirements
If you would like a demonstration of Sage 200 2009, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Case Studies from Advent
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Through software development and expert consultancy services, Advent are constantly striving to help our customers to maximise their investment in the solutions we provide. To demonstrate this, we have developed several case studies to showcase how Advent has helped such customers and how we can help similar customers to achieve their business goals.
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Click on the links below to read how Advent has helped a sample of our customers through software development and consultancy services:
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Product Profile: ACT! by Sage
In today's challenging business environment, staying close to your customers is key to business success.
- How does manage its customers?
- Does proactively search for new sales in this challenging environment?
- Are your staff members aware of all communications made with customers?
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If you have thought these questions before and could not answer, perhaps now is the time to think about ACT!, a simple contact management software solution from Advent.
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ACT! helps small- and mid-sized companies to easily manage their customers and prospective customers. ACT! users can record existing and new customers' contact details, all communications with them, their buying history & preferences and can send out marketing information to them using simple mail merge letter or emails.
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The benefits of ACT! include:
- Centralise customer contact information
- Track sales leads and closed sales
- Manage and track marketing campaigns
- Record all communications with customers for company-wide knowledge sharing
- Integration with Sage 50 accounts software to reduce multiple data entry
- Full integration with Microsoft Outlook means e-mails can be recorded against the corresponding contact
- Use ACT! on the move:
- ACT! for Web: Access ACT! via local intranet or broadband connection through a web browser. Keep your data safe on a secure server;
- ACT! for Mobile: Access your contacts via laptop, PDA, Blackberry or iPhone.
- Products lists can be set up in ACT!, which allows users to automate quotations and sales reports
- Mailing lists can be automates using ACT!'s dynamic groups, which can in turn be used for either mail merging or e-mail merging in minutes
- Organise and coordinate user diaries and tasks
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For more information ACT!, please click here to download a brochure. If you would like to see how ACT! can benefit , please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Latest inspHire News
With the current economic environment making return on investments critical, Advent would like to keep our inspHire customer up-to-date on the latest developments within the software.
inspHire Office Edition Build number 449 is the latest version of the software and includes several new features which we believe will be of benefit to our customers. Just some of the features included in Build 449 are:
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New and updated database tables
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New and updated reports
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New system and user options
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New sales options for hire contracts
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A days-utilised service
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New sales order processing
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If you would like more information on these and the other features included in Build 449, please click here to download the New Features Guide.
We would also like to make dBASE inspHire users aware of the following notice:
Build 449 will be the last supported build for customers using a dBASE platform. To take advantage of any new features that will be included in subsequent versions of inspHire Office Edition, you will need to upgrade to an SQL platform. Please contact Advent on 01-8223 200 or sales@advent.ie about upgrading your inspHire system to an SQL platform.
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Customer Support Section
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As your Sage Business Partner, Advent are constantly striving to give you, our customer, the best possible service. To help you maximise the service we offer, we would like to bring a number of items to your attention:
- Year-End Consultancy Services: as you will be aware from a letter sent last month, we are now offering our Sage Line 100, Sage MMS and Sage 200 customers an improved Year-End Consultancy Service. If you would like to read a copy of the letter again, please click here.
- Sage 200 Financials Month-End Checklist: to help Sage 200 Financials users with their Month-End routine, Advent Support have drafted a Month-End checklist to help make Month-End run as smoothly as possible. To download the checklist, please click here.
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Easter Opening Hours
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The Advent Support Desk will have the following opening hours during the Easter Break:
Thursday 9th April: 9.30am-5.00pm
Friday 10th April: Closed
Monday 13th April: Closed
Tuesday 14th April: 9.30am-5.00pm
The Advent Team would also like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy and Pleasant Easter break!
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Deals Done by Advent
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The Advent Team is delighted to announce the following companies as new customers. We look forward to working with them to provide real solutions that meet their requirements.
- Busch Ireland
- EUROSPAR Dunmore
- SPAR Community Stores Ltd.
- Supermac's
- Westport House & Country Park
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