Accelerate Your Success with v5'6

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• Accelerate Your Success with v5.6

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Get Your Voice Heard

• Sage Accpac New Releases are Based on Requests
  from You!
• Enhancement Ideas
• Areas of Business You Need to Automate
• New Tools or Functionality
• Improve Current Features
• http//www.sageaccpac.com/feedback
• Email sageaccpacpm_at_sage.com
• In-Product Survey
• Customer Site Visits
• Customer Interviews
• User Centered Design Labs

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Whats New Highlight

• Sage Accpac Version 5.6
• Customer-Centric Release
• Focus on Top Customer Requests
• Minimal Disruption
• Optimize Upgrade Experience
• Look Forward to
• Better Inventory Management
• Proficient Bank Reconciliation
• Faster Decisions with Improved Visibility Into
  Your Business

New Ways to Save Time and Become More Productive,
Make Faster - More Strategic Decisions, and
Effectively Manage Your Business Introducing
Sage Accpac Version 5.6

• Growing Your Business through Streamlined
  Operations that Save Time and Increase
  Productivity
• Confident and More Cost Effective Deployment

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Better Inventory Management

• Finish Every Day Tasks Faster
• Valuation Report Improvements
• Inquiry Selections Passed Directly to Reports
• Improved Integration to Sage FAS
• Track More Information
• New Internal Usage Form
• Additional Costing Transaction Creation
  Options
• Posting Dates for Transactions
• Improve Traceability and Quickly Find
  Information
• Item Inquiry and Drill-down Functionality
• Serialized Inventory and Lot Tracking Revamp

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Finish Everyday Tasks Faster

• Inventory Valuation Report
• Crucial to Month-End Process
• Snapshot of Inventory Activity
• Performance Greatly Improved
• Quickly Pass Inquiry Parameters Directly to
  Report
• Sales Statistics Inquiry/Report
• Transaction History Inquiry/Report
• Transaction Statistics Inquiry/Report
• Improved Integration to Sage FAS for Better Fixed
  Asset Tracking

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Track More Information

• Internal Usage Form
• Record Transactions for Internal Use of Inventory
• More Control and Accurate Tracking
• Additional Costing and Transaction Creation
  Options
• Better Control Over Posting Performance
• More Up-to-Date Information
• Posting Dates for Transactions
• Specify Posting Dates in Addition to Document Date

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Improve Traceability and Quickly Find Information

• Item Inquiry and Drilldown Functionality
• Revamped Serialized Inventory and Lot Tracking
• Save Money with Newly Integrated and Improved
  Serial Number Lot Tracking
• Gain Tighter Control of Stock Levels
• Efficiently Manage Product Recalls and
  Charge-backs
• Enables Fast and Accurate Serial/Lot Tracking,
  eliminating costly mistakes and allowing you to
  get your work done faster

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Serial Number Lot Tracking
Now Fully Integrated to Inventory Control, Order
Entry and Purchase Order
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Mask Structures Warranty Codes
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Serial Lot Costing Methods
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Serial and Lot Optional Fields
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Proficient Bank Reconciliation

• Simplified to Increase Efficiency
• Single-page Reconciliation
• Quick Popup for Book Balance Calculation
• New Bank Security Resources
• Quickly Reconcile Bank Entries
• Distribution Sets
• Improved Reversal Process
• Better Reporting for More Insight on Your Cash
  Position

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Simplified Bank Reconciliation

• More Straightforward and Automated Reconciliation
  
• Reconcile your Accounts Faster then Ever Before
  and Get Through Month-End in Record Time
• Fast and Accurate View of Your Cash Position
• Better Insight into Cash Flow through Improved
  Reporting
• New Look and Feel based on Customer Request and
  Competitive Benchmarking

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Reconcile Statements Summary
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Reconcile Statements - Reconciliation
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Bank Entry and Bank Distribution Sets
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Bank Transfers
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Reverse Transactions
Improved Reversal Process Reverse Both Payments
and Receipts Quickly and Accurately!
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Transaction History Inquiry
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Improved Visibility for Better Decision Support

• Enhanced Reporting
• Top User Requested Enhancements in Modules
• Optimized and More Options
• Save Parameters Easily
• Quickly Export to Microsoft Excel
• Sage Accpac Intelligence
• New Business Intelligence Application
• Included with Report Manager User License

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Core Accounting Reports

• Accounts Payable Reports
• Vendor Transactions
• Aged Cash Requirements
• Aged Payables
• Aged Cash Requirements
• Check Sorting
• Accounts Receivable Reports
• Customer Statements
• Aged Trial Balance and Overdue Receivables
• Customer Transactions
• Check Sorting
• General Ledger
• Trial Balance
• New Options on Transaction Listing

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Operations Reports

• Inventory Control
• Item Pricing Form
• Transfer Slip Form
• Purchase Order
• Purchase Order Action
• Purchase Order History
• Print Posting Journals
• Receiving Slips
• Return Form

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Time for a Change
Theres a Better WayA Smarter Way!
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Sage Accpac Intelligence
Your Data Pulled Directly Into a Familiar Excel
Environment
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Strategic Planning Intelligence

• Access Business Critical Information
• Empower your staff with vital information when
  they need it!
• Puts critical information at your fingertips,
  improving collaboration and productivity
• Complex Reporting Made Easy
• Seamless integration eliminates redundant data
  entry
• Business intelligence in a familiar Microsoft
  Excel interface
• Insightful Decisions
• Sophisticated, customizable dashboards
• Transform your data into strategic
  decision-making intelligence
• Rely on Flexible Powerful Analysis
• Quickly identify and respond to trends and
  abnormalities
• Utilize multi-dimensional analysis
• Perform what-if scenarios that go beyond just
  transactional data
• Multi-National Multi-Company Capabilities
• Easily manage data from multiple companies
• Competitive edge to succeed in todays fast paced
  global marketplace
• Secure Business Integrity
• Protect your most valuable assetyour data
• Tight security ensures that your vital
  information is secure

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Freedom of Choice

• Report Manager Licenses
• Author new reports (organizing, creating,
  editing)
• Filter and aggregate data
• Set permissions/security for reports
• Report Viewer Licenses
• Basic editing capabilities (filtering and
  changing of parameters)
• Drill-down functionality on existing
  reports/templates
• For staff members who do not need to create new
  reports
• Connector Module
• Simplifies day-to-day operational tasks of
  financial managers
• Access information from multiple sources
• Consolidation of data from multiple companies
• Allows for connectivity to unlimited ODBC data
  sources
• Analysis Module
• Support business strategy and decision making
• Advanced analysis of trends and what-if scenarios
• Utilize built-in Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables
• OLAP cubes enabling multidimensional analysis

Build Your Business Intelligence Solution to Fit
Your Business
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Growing Your Business

• Save Time and Increase Productivity
• Improved Accounts Payable Prepayment Search
• Optimized Payroll Management
• Better Manage Project and Job Costs
• Quick Access to Vital Information
• Streamlined Operations
• Take Advantage of SageCRM
• Improvements on Comprehensive Integration

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Save Time and Increase Productivity

• Improved Accounts Payable Prepayment Search
• Apply Payments to Existing Purchase Orders and
  Quickly Validate the Prepayment Details
• Optimized Payroll Management
• FLSA Weekly Calculation (U.S. Only)
• Employee Security Features
• Better Manage Project and Job Cost for Higher
  Profitability
• Find and Access Project Information Faster
• Billing and Revenue Recognition Worksheets

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Quick Access to Vital Information
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Streamline Business Processes

• Utilize SageCRM User License Provided with
  Version 5.5 and Take Advantage of Streamlined
  Processes Throughout Your Business
• Solo Synchronization
• Relationships
• Salesperson Integration
• All Shipments and Receipts
• Tax Information
• Customer Price List and Vendor Contract Costs
• Serialized Inventory and Lot Tracking

• Benefits of Solo
• Access to important account contact and history
  information
• Maximize time while traveling
• Cultivate stronger sales relationships
• Improve customer service
• Update account information
• Add key account data
• Schedule activities and appointments
• Synchronize information at a later point in time

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Adopt Sage Accpac Extended Enterprise Version 5.6
with Confidence
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Confident More Cost Effective Deployment

• Easier Upgrades
• Installation/setup/upgrade process improvements
• Multi-Module Activation
• Call Home Functionality
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership
• Synchronized Release
• Proven Quality
• Confident Upgrade with No Surprises
• Field Tested
• Beta Cycle
• Controlled Release Cycle
• Run Virtualization Platforms and New Technology

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Making the Move

• Adopting a Microsoft SQL Database
• Scalability
• Performance
• Availability
• Security
• Low Cost Maintenance
• Bundled SQL Server
• User Price Same as Pervasive
• Trade-In Your PSQL User Licenses

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Further Streamline Operations

• Unmatched Freedom of Choice
• Grows with Your Business
• Choose the Sage Accpac Modules You Need
• Online or Onsite Deployment
• Augment Your System with Industry Specific or
  Third Party Solutions

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Get the Answers You Need, When You Need Them

• Access to Services, Experts and Latest Software
  Updates!
• Support for an unlimited number of casesby
  phone, chat, or e-mail
• Online access to the status and details of your
  support cases
• Payroll tax table updates with included Payroll
  Update Plan subscription
• Unlimited Anytime Interactive training courses
• 25 discount on Realtime training courses
• Free monthly live Tech Tuesday Webcast training
  classes
• Welcome to the Sage Accpac Community!
• Solutions are just a click away as you share,
  learn and network with other Accpac users and
  partners. Sage Accpac support specialists and
  knowledgeable fellow users are ready to help!
  Visit the community at http//community.sageaccpac
  .com/ today!

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