Course Descriptions
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Core Applications
Introduction to Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 and Library Master
Library Master introduces the student to the Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 product, covers the Library Master module including setup and utilities, and reporting through the Report Master. A discussion of how to best use, navigate, and customize module screen presentations will be included.
General Ledger and Custom Financials
General Ledger includes account maintenance, all types of G/L transactions, budgeting, reporting and period end processing, and importing and exporting of information. An overview of the FRx report writer will also be discussed.
Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable includes maintaining vendor’s data, entering invoices, processing checks (including voids), reporting and period end processing, and 1099 procedures. Forms maintenance will also be discussed.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable includes maintaining customer master data, entering invoices, cash collections, account adjustments, and reporting and period end processing. Also, setup of invoice formats will be discussed.
Payroll
Payroll includes the setup of employees, earnings and deductions, and payroll processing. Learn to track vacation and sick-leave, and review all payroll reporting including quarterly reports and period-end processing.
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Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Wholesale Distribution
Inventory Management
Learn to set up inventory items, item-pricing options, and sales kits. Perform inventory reconciliation with physical counts. You will also learn the benefits of the inventory reports to track stock and turnover and to utilize sales history.
Sales Order Processing
Learn to enter a sales order, convert a sales order to an invoice, perform inquires, and track back orders. The Sales Order integration with the Inventory and Accounts Receivable modules will also be discussed.
Purchase Order Processing
Learn how to enter purchase orders, receive goods and invoices, return goods, the benefits of Purchase Order reports, and to track open Purchase Orders and expected deliveries. The integration with Accounts Payable and Inventory will also be discussed.
RMA
The RMA module was designed to track and process returns by providing all the necessary data about the return. This course is divided into discussions of concepts, activities, review, and a lab. The Return Merchandise Authorization module provides a means to enter, track and resolve customer returns. It provides a link between Inventory Management and Sales Order. It handles activities for receiving returned items from the customer and shipping replacement items to the customer. In addition, it will handle activities for shipping returned items to the vendor and receiving replacement items from the vendor. RMA’s can then be analyzed to look for trends in returns for particular items or return reasons.
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Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Manufacturing
Inventory Management for Manufacturing
Maintain precise control and safeguard your inventory. Learn to set up inventory items, enter and update transactions, obtain timely and accurate information on inventory location, movement and valuation, and use special tools to count and update physical inventory.
Bill of Materials
Learn to easily create and maintain detailed bills of components, and produce more accurate and informative reports. All aspects of the Bill of Materials application will be explained in detail – required setup, various types of bills, and options available for production and sales order entry.
Work Order Processing
Learn how to have complete control over your manufacturing with a full understanding of all manufacturing application capabilities and the ability to accurately track the entire process through routings, scheduling and more.
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Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Job Cost
Learn to create estimates and convert them to jobs, job maintenance, direct cost postings, job billing using contract pricing, and time and material methods. Job Cost and its integration with the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Inventory Management, Payroll and Purchase Order Processing applications will be a major focus. A general understanding of the Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 For Windows system is recommended.
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Infor Global Solutions F9
Introduction to Infor Global Solutions F9
Upon completion of this course, participants will know how to: install and configure Infor Global Solutions F9, utilize the online help documentation, create and copy GL and NGL functions, use BSPEC in order to enhance GL and NGL functions, use the DESC, SDESC and CODATA functions, build spreadsheets using the Lists facility, use Report Wizard to create a wide variety of reports automatically, use the Analyze and Drill functions to diagnose problems and to explore the source of various balances, use the GLTRAN function to create reports on periods other than fiscal periods, use Budget Write Back to create and maintain budgets and write them back to the accounting system, and create any financial report imaginable, including but not limited to: multi-period income statements, departmental income statements, cash flows, pro forma books, etc.
Advanced Infor Global Solutions F9
The participant must have taken the Infor Global Solutions F9 Fundamentals course, or be able to prove possession of the skills described above. Exposure to macros and/or Visual Basic would be beneficial.
Upon completion of this course, participants will know how to: create and use Financial Entities, use the WGL and WDESC functions to create and maintain budgets, forecasts and pro forma books, use Artificial Segmentation in order to support user defined accounts segmentation, utilize View Manager and Report Manager for production reporting, be able to customize the spreadsheet including the creation of new toolbar buttons, use Silent Running in macros and VB to create Executive Information Systems, customize the spreadsheet and automate often repeated actions, and get more out of your spreadsheet than you had thought possible.
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Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Customization Tools
Custom Office
Learn the three main Custom Office features - entity attachments to Excel worksheets and Word documents, Visual Postmaster, and Customizer. A thorough understanding of the Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Library Master, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable is recommended.
Introduction to Financial Reporting Extender (FRx)
This hands-on class covers the installation and company setup of FRx, management reporting tree, catalog of reports, and transaction detail. Increase your financial reporting capabilities by interfacing with this enterprise-wide financial reporting product.
Crystal Reports
This class covers the basics of creating and customizing reports using Crystal Reports® for Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200. Design presentation quality reports with ease using existing Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 data. A working knowledge of the Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 system is recommended, and proficiency with the Windows environment is strongly recommended, as well as a familiarity with the Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Data File Structure.
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Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Additional Courses
4.2 Upgrade Workshop
If you are upgrading from version 3.7, 4.0, or 4.05, you'll experience all the new enhancements that have been added to the General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Sales Order modules, the power of the new Business Insights Explorer and the new enhancements to Accounts Payable. By the end of the course, you will be able to: use the new features in Library Master and Business Insights Reporter, take advantage of the new security features, access administrative tasks through the innovative, new Manage Your System feature, leverage new grid entry in Accounts Payable, use the new features in General Ledger, leverage new grid entry in General Ledger transactions, learn how to take advantage of the expanded budgeting, implement the improved account structure, learn the new Credit Limit Checking features, understand the new Batch Processing and History Retention features, learn the new grid entry features as well as other enhancements made in the 4.1 release, develop new views with Business Insights Explorer, and learn changes to Customizer.
Technical Support
This course focuses on support training for the Sage MAS 90 and the standard version of Sage MAS 200. Become proficient with the entire Technical Reference and Support Guide, learn how to troubleshoot system messages and use support utility programs with confidence. Acquire an array of problem-solving tools and skills, address technical questions relating to error handling and correction, and develop a working knowledge of Repair Menu programs to repair damaged files and how to utilize online support.
Advanced Crystal
Learn how to use sub-reports and complex formulas to generate new reports or enhance existing ones. Learn how to link multiple tables together in a single report. Create sub-reports for customizing, learn complex tables using various types of joins, modify forms and utilize graphical features for better presentation of data.
Data File Structures
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 Data File Structure provides the basis to use Visual Integrator, Crystal Reports, and Visual Postmaster. Learn the directory structure of Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200, how to use the TRSG to read the file layouts, and how information is stored and updated to Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 files.
Visual Integrator
This two-day class enables the students to use the features of this new module to seamlessly connect Sage MAS 90 and any open database with ODBC. Recommended for all Import Master module users as well as those who regularly construct custom reports using Crystal Reports. Learn how to create, import and export job. Convert data to Sage MAS 90 from accounting systems that supports the VI import data file formats. Hands-on activities allow students to create, import and export jobs using various file types.
Business Alerts
This course will teach the experienced Sage MAS 90 or Sage MAS 200 reseller how to set up and configure Business Alerts. You will then learn how to create simple alerts and move on later in the class to more complex alerts. The concepts learned in this class will allow you to go back and create your own alerts based on your customers' business needs.
Advanced Microsoft FRx Desktop
This is the complete learning experience for professionals desiring a deeper knowledge of report writing using FRx Desktop with Sage MAS 90 or Sage MAS 200. Building off of the basic skills learned in Intro to FRx Desktop you will learn how to create more complex, customized financial reports by combining data from Sage MAS 90 and other applications, such as Microsoft Excel. By the end of the course your will be able to: Create advanced calculations, Perform multiple company consolidations, Define a report using reporting trees, and Examine the administration and security features.
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Business Works Gold General Accounting
Introduction and System Manager
Maximize your productivity, save valuable time and avoid frustrating hassles by learning how to successfully navigate and take control of your system. Attendees will learn how to utilize all of the system functions, whether printing reports, creating a company, implementing security, defining systems preferences or more.
General Ledger
Learn how to generate up-to-minute financial reports and statements, use departmental accounting for up to 99 departments and customize your General Ledger system to your company's specifications.
Accounts Payable
This course will show you how to rapidly access vendor information, save critical time by entering "on-the fly" vendors during transaction entry and save and manage money by selecting invoices and printing checks, based on reports produced with "as if" dates.
Accounts Receivable
You will learn all of the important fundamentals including setup options, entering customer data, invoice entry and how to define standard price levels.
Payroll
This class will dramatically increase your understanding of how to set up your payroll system and identify all of the parameters for generating payroll checks quickly and efficiently, as well as maintaining all the earnings and deduction data necessary for the proper governmental reporting requirements.
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF CPE SPONSORS, CPE CREDITS WILL BE GRANTED BASED ON A 50-MINUTE HOUR.
*NASBA Certified CPE Credits
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