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How To Make Business Intelligence Pay!

Practical Guide for Manufacturers and Distributors

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In this easy-to-read guide, you'll learn:

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How to collect data from multiple locations and get a bird's-eye view of your entire business.
How Business Intelligence can help you solve your toughest regulatory problems.
Proven ways to control bottlenecks and fulfillment problems.
Secrets of identifying key business strengths - and weaknesses.
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BusinessWorks

Sage BusinessWorks bridges the gap between off-the-shelf bookkeeping software and high-end financial management systems.

Sage BusinessWorks Accounting is the ideal software for small businesses that have outgrown their current accounting software. instead of paying for complex features that go unused, you get software that has been designed specifically for growing small businesses. Sage BusinessWorks gives you the power to run your growing business with maximum efficiency with features that include:

Award -winning ease of use

Over 250 built-in presentation-quality management reports

Multi-user networking capabilities

11 fully integrated modules to automate a wide-variety of business processes

Seamless integration with Microsoft® Office, Crystal Reports® and other popular business applications.

Complete audit trail functionality

If you are looking for a powerful, yet affordable accounting system that can grow with your business, BusinessWorks is the answer.

Bright Alternatives can customize and integrate Sage Software systems to form a complete business management solution that improves efficiency across your operation. Join us and discover how a customized solution can breathe new life into your bottom line.

Peachtree

Have you ever wanted to edit an invoice or delete a particular field that doesn't apply? For example you don't need the "Ship to" field.

You can edit invoice forms in Peachtree:

Select Reports, Accounts Receivable from the Menu Bar.
Scroll down and double-click on the folder “Invoices/Pkg Slips”
Highlight the form you want to change, i.e., “Invoice Plain”
Select DESIGN from the Tool Bar
Peachtree opens the form in the design window.
Right click on the field you do not want to print on the form
Select Delete
Select the SAVE button when you are through making changes

Then save and rename the form

QuickBooks

Do you know how to create an employer report that shows limits and balances of sick and vacation hours?

Choose Reports.

In QuickBooks 2000 and later choose Employees & Payroll. In QuickBooks 99 choose List Reports Employee.

Choose Employee Contact List (Contact List in QuickBooks 99).

Users of QuickBooks 2001 and later, choose Modify Report. Users of QuickBooks 99 and 2000 choose Customize.

Remove Phone, SS No., and Address from the report by removing the checkmark. QuickBooks 99 users skip the next 3 steps.

Users of QuickBooks 2003 and 2004, remove Gender from the report by removing the checkmark.

Scroll down the Columns list to Date of Last Check (Last Pay Period End in QUickBooks 2002 and 2003).

Select Date of Last Check to add the column to the report. (Last Pay Period End in QuickBooks 2002 and 2003).

Scroll down the Columns list to Sick Limit.

Select Sick Limit to add the column to the report.

Add more columns to the report by selecting Sick Rate, Sick Accrued, Sick Used, Vacation Limit, Vacation Rate, Vacation Accrued, and Vacation Used.

Users of QuickBooks 99 and 2000:

a. choose OK to close Customize Report.

b. then choose Format.

Choose Header/Footer.

In Report Title enter Employee Sick/Vacation Hours.

Choose OK to close Header/Footer.

Users of QuickBooks 99 and 2000 choose OK to close Format Report.

Choose Print.

Choose Landscape.

Select the checkbox 'Fit report tp 1 page wide'.

Choose Preview.

Choose Print.

Choose Memorize.

Choose OK to save the memorized report name as Employee Sick/Vacation Hours.

Organize Your Contacts
ACT! is a single, central repository for critical contact and customer information captured across your business. It enables you to access detailed contact and customer information, manage calendars and activities, capture all customer communications, track opportunities through the sales process, and report on overall effectiveness.

Track complete customer data: contact details, notes and history, appointments and to-do items, documents, and new opportunities.
Populate 60+ pre-defined fields including Name, Company, Phone, Address, Web site, E-mail, and ID/Status, or add your own.
Enter virtually unlimited date- and time-stamped notes and history. View a list of notes and/or see the entire contents of a note with split-panel note preview.
Create Company Records and view a roll-up of notes, history, and opportunities tied to contacts at those companies.
Use the Groups feature to easily organize, communicate, and schedule with related contacts.
Attach documents directly into Activities, History, or Documents tabs. Even when you are in Microsoft Word and Excel , you can attach documents and spreadsheets to ACT! contacts so it’s easy to quickly locate presentations, proposals, quotes, and more.
Create notes, history, activity, and opportunity details using Rich Text Formatting that supports colors, bullets, graphics, URLs. Customize your layouts, including changing colors, adding logos, and moving relevant field displays for greater visibility so ACT! is unique to your business.

Call us today if this is what you need 603-382-0025.

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Featured Recipe

Sue's Coconut Shrimp with Curry Dip

1 pouch shaker chicken coating mix

1 cup coconut, toasted

1/2 tsp. curry powder

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

1 lb. shrimp, fresh or frozen, thawed

1 egg beaten

Combine dry ingredients. Dip shrimp in beaten egg, then into coating mixture. Bake 10-12 minutes @ 400°.

Curry Dip

1/2 cup ranch salad dressing

1/4 cup orange marmalade

1 tsp. curry

2-3 drops hot pepper sauce, if desired.

Stir together. Refrigerate until ready to use.

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