What s New in Sage MAS 500 Version 7.2 May 2008
Overview of 7.2 Continued Technology Leadership:.NET and Office 2007 New Reporting and Data Integration Solutions Business Insights Dashboard Data Import Manager New Shipment Management Solution StarShip Freight Usability Enhancements: Warehouse Automation Project Accounting Sage MAS 500 Office - Memo Manager Business Insights Explorer Third Party OEM and Sage Product Updates 2
Technology Leadership Using the Latest Development Platforms.NET used to write 2 new applications: Business Intelligence Dashboard Data Import Manager Leverage New SQL Server Technologies SQL 2005 SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) used for Data Import Manager Latest Client Operating Systems Microsoft Vista with UAC (User Access Control) support Improved Desktop Productivity Office 2007 Support Microsoft Project 2007 Data Migration supports MAS 90 and MAS 200 v4.05 3
New Modules
Business Insights Dashboard Customizable dashboard of key performance indicators (KPIs) Uses.NET technology Replaces current dashboard tool, eexecutive, and implements existing KPIs Delivers ad hoc query capabilities with Business Insights Explorer (BIE) Individual task security by KPI and Explorer task Add custom web parts Add common URLs Allows personalization by user 5
Business Insights Dashboard cont. Embedded Business Insights Explorer (browser version) Ad-hoc query and drill-down Personalized settings assigned by Administrator BI Dashboard Licensing Free to all Sage MAS 500 7.2 users Additional Business Insights Users can be purchased separately 6
Data Import Manager Provides a robust database integration mapping application Uses.NET and SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) technology (requires SQL 2005) Includes a mapping wizard that contains detailed knowledge of Sage MAS 500 database schema Supports one-time or regularly scheduled integrations Imports a variety of transaction and master file formats Sage MAS 90 or 200 (up to v4.05) SQL Server, Access, Excel, ASCII, Delimited (CSV), XML Update existing records Customers Vendor Items and Pricing Add line to Open Orders Import definitions can be exported and transferred to other computers Over 60 types of imports can be performed with Data Import Manager 7
New StarShip Freight Module Integrates efficient packing and an automated process into fulfillment of larger shipments Supports less than truckload (LTL) and truckload (TL) shipments Displays transit time and freight charges Reduces shipping costs with a rate shopping featuring using FreightQuote.com carriers, customer-negotiated rates, or a combination of both Prints Bills of Lading (BOL) Recommends an auto-pack based on previous shipments Freight charges and tracking information added to invoice Will be released after the initial launch of v7.2 8
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Usability Enhancements
Warehouse Automation Links MAS 500 user login to handheld login Allows picking on the handheld for orders using the quick pick process Supports pick by order or pick by shipment Improved warehouse workflow options Can require customer number to be entered Can require scan each for picks and packs Improves inventory accuracy Automated emails to back office personnel Completion of pick (from pick list, sales order or shipment) Posting of purchase order batch Improved error messages on rejected scans Handheld (DCD) Activity Report audit trail 11
MAS 500 Office Memo Manager Allows users to enter memos, attachments, URL links Now available in all master file and transaction level records Replaces the current attachment functionality Allows memos to be associated with multiple entities (i.e., View/Edit Invoice and Maintain Customer) Some memos can be linked to one entity and viewed in another related entity (i.e., Enter Invoices and View/Edit Invoices) Provides inquiry access to memos via a new Active Memos preview option in BIE 12
MAS 500 Office Templates Available in all data entry tasks Leverages Microsoft Office Mail Merge functionality Create templates within Word MAS 500 user is taken directly to Word Merge wizard Drag and drop MAS 500 data fields to the document For spreadsheets, export data to Excel Supports Office 2007 Save multiple templates for future use 13
Business Insights Explorer Previews New Where Serial Number Used previews Allow customers to identify where a given serial number has been used Inventory Transactions, Shipment Lines, Customer Return Lines, Stock Receipt Lines, Vendor Returns Lines, Work Order Transactions New Active Memos previews Vouchers, Invoices, Work Orders, Projects, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders 14
Project Accounting Enhancements Flexible billing for outside service expenses and other non-resource related expenses Enabled for Time & Material portion of projects Supports billing by an item s standard cost, standard price, or actual cost Enhanced drill down from General Ledger into transactions related to projects 15
Documentation Enhancements HTML help Multi-media tutorials Shared index and shared search across all modules Print an entire book of related Help topics 16
Multimedia Tutorials Initial set of Multi-media tutorials included with 7.2 Introduction to Sage MAS 500: Navigating the Desktop Customizing the Desktop Entering Data Working with Memos Learning About Lookups Viewing Inquiry Data Working with MAS 500 Office Printing Reports and Lists Discovering Additional Resources Business Insights Dashboard: Introduction to Business Insights Dashboard Adding Content to a Dashboard Editing Content on a Dashboard Creating a Shared Dashboard Viewing Data in Explorer 17
Third Party and Sage Products Sage Products Sage Abra HRMS v7.6 Sage FAS 500 v2008.1 NOTE: To fully comply with the new U.S. Federal Economic Stimulus Package, you will need to install FAS 2008.1 and then apply the Economic Stimulus Service Update to bring FAS up to 2008.1.1 Sage Timesheet v9.7 Third Party OEM Products Crystal Reports v10.0 Microsoft FRx v6.7 SP 9 StarShip Parcel v9.9.3 StarShip Freight 10.0.1 18
Retirements Sage MAS 500: Version 6.3 December 31, 2009 retirement of all technical support and product updates Final tax update will be delivered in January 2010 Version 7.0 May 31, 2009 retirement of all technical support and product updates Recommend customers upgrade to new version 7.2 eexecutive Replaced by Business Insights Dashboard FRx 6.5 Note: Microsoft is retiring support & product updates in June 2008 Recommend upgrading to FRx 6.7 19
Release Timing Date May 22, 2008 May 22-23, 2008 June 2-4, 2008 Milestone New Customer Orders Autoship to Partners (including SDK and Source Code) Autoship to Customers on Maintenance 20