Thursday, February 26, 2009

In The News:

MISys Technical Support Price Change. Effective April 1, 2009 the following price changes will take affect:

Priority Support (unlimited telephone support for MISys SAE or MISys SBM) - $180/month

Standard Support (48-hour email support for MISys SAE or MISys SBM) - $90/month

Peer Support (forum-based technical support for MISys SAE or MISys SBM from other users and Team MISys volunteers) - FREE!

The effect of these changes is to unify the support offering for MISys SAE and MISys SBM.

Current holders of Upgrade Subscription Plans for MISys SAE will receive FREE STANDARD SUPPORT as one of their plan benefits.

If you have any questions about how these adjustments affect you, or to purchase an Upgrade Subscription Plan for MISys SAE, please contact MISys Customer Service at 802/457-4600.

MISys Versions Supported. With the recent release of MISys SAE version 5.5 and MISys SBM version 3.0, users are reminded that technical support is provided for the current version and one previous version. If you don't have the current version, don't get left behind. Contact MISys Customer Service at 802/457-4600 for help on choosing the right upgrade path.

Sage Insights Pre-conference Training. This is a reminder of the two-day training event scheduled for May 10 and 11 in Nashville, just prior to the opening of the Sage Insights 2009 Conference. Sage Partners attending Insights 2009 should take advantage of this opportunity to learn all about MISys Small Business Manufacturing and its tight integration with Accpac ERP and Peachtree Accounting. We have posted an online agenda and registration form. Again, this workshop is not open to end users, but is being held exclusively for Accpac and Peachtree business partners. The hotel meeting room has limited capacity and the workshop is expected to sell out early. You can save $100 per attendee by registering before March 15, 2009.
Renewed Appeal for MISys Mini-reviews. We still need some more MISys manufacturing software users and dealers who are willing to take a few moments to write just a few words about their experience with our software. Won't you PLEASE help us out? Click below if you are using (or selling): MISys Manufacturing for Sage Accpac ERP. MISys Small Business Manufacturing for Sage Peachtree (or Peachtree Quantum) Accounting.MISys Small Business Manufacturing for Sage Simply Accounting.
Those of you who grace us with a brief review of our software will earn the enduring appreciation of all the MISys staff, especially those of us who are still making tuition payments for our children.
Dateline Woodstock:

Toward the end of February each year, Vermonters begin to think that in just three or four months, the snow will melt and the trees will bud out. It will be Spring! Depending on where you live, you might think of 3-4 months as a long, long time to wait. But here in Vermont, there is much to be accomplished in such a very short time. For example, next week Vermonters are almost entirely absorbed in Town Government, with the official Town Meeting Day occurring on the first Tuesday of March. Woodchucks (citizens of Woodstock as they are affectionately known) will be meeting on Town Hall next Saturday to hear reports from each department of the Town Government and to consider the proposed budget for the 2009-2010 tax year. In your town you may not know who decided to buy that new fire engine, or the new road grader. But here in Woodstock, when a new piece of equipment shows up, we all know why it was purchased, what it costs, and what it will be used for. That's because, the previous year at Town Meeting, we, the townspeople, haggled over the expenditure, often for several hours. And haggling isn't reserved for large expenditures either. We are equal-opportunity hagglers and, for example, last year spent nearly an hour discussing how funds from the Road Maintenance Sinking Fund could be tapped to purchase a new set of box wrenches for Highway Department. (By the way, we don't actually have any highways in Woodstock, but we call it that just to allow for future expansion. Besides, the Dirt Road Department just doesn't have the same ring of importance.) Woodchucks are keenly aware that every appropriation they approve will have a measurable impact on their tax bill. Fortunately, Bill Jarvis, who made the pitch for the new box wrenches, had prepared and effective PowerPoint presentation and the matter passed handily with a floor vote of nearly 83%. Here in Woodstock, the larger issues, such as approving the multi-million dollar high school budget, is reserved for paper balloting the following Tuesday, the actual Town Meeting Day. They call this an Australian Ballot. Now we have quite a few Australian friends, but we have never figured out what is Australian about making a black mark inside a box on a paper ballot and shoving the whole thing into a machine resembling a backwards Xerox machine. Smaller items, such as an upgrade for the Town's copy of PowerPoint, are usually passed on a show of hands. As you watch the US Congress in action, you may think to yourself "It's a good thing they don't use the Vermont method to hammer things out." But then, we would argue that here in Woodstock, we're nearly as productive.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

In The News:

Sage Insights Pre-conference Training. MISys is pleased to announced a special training workshop geared to the needs of Sage Accpac and Sage Peachtree dealers. This two-day event is scheduled for May 10 and 11 in Nashville, just prior to the opening of the Sage Insights 2009 Conference. This workshop will not be repeated at TPAC, so Partners attending Insights 2009 should take advantage of this opportunity to learn all about MISys Small Business Manufacturing and its tight integration with Accpac ERP and Peachtree accounting.

For your convenience we have posted an online agenda and registration form. Again, this workshop is not open to end users, but is being held exclusively for Accpac and Peachtree business partners. The hotel meeting room has limited capacity and the workshop is expected to sell out early. You can save $100 per attendee by registering before March 15, 2009. Why not do it today?

Urgent Need for MISys Product Reviews. Sage Software has launched a terrific new website designed to help end users and business partners locate industry-specific solutions for Sage products, including Accpac, Peachtree, and Simply accounting.

In order to be effective, the site needs product reviews from existing customers. So this is an UNABASHED APPEAL to MISys manufacturing software users and dealers who are willing to take a few moments to write some brief (<500 character) comments about their experience with our software.

Click here if you are using (or selling) MISys Manufacturing for Sage Accpac ERP. Our friend Jim Hargreaves has posted the first review, but with thousands of active users, we REALLY NEED to hear from more of you.

If you are using MISys SBM with Sage Peachtree Accounting click here. There is growing interest in MISys SBM on the part of the folks at Peachtree and their dealers so any encouraging words will be appreciated.

Finally, click here if you are using MISys Small Business Manufacturing with Sage Simply Accounting. Simply is a Canadian product but there is an enthusiastic base of users up in the Great White North many of whom are searching for a legit manufacturing component for their Simply accounting.

PLEASE, please take a few moments to post your review. We (especially those of us still paying our kids' college tuitions) will be eternally grateful!

Reminder to Clear Physical Inventory Variance. Whether you are using MISys SAE or MISys SBM, you are reminded to clear the Physical Inventory Variance at the start of each fiscal year. If you missed doing this on January 1st, there's no time like the present. Go to Housekeeping Reset Statistics.

MISys SBM User Group Meeting. This week's MISys SBM User Group Meeting will convene on-line this Wednesday (2/11/09) at 2:00pm Eastern. There is no charge for this meeting, but you must pre-register by contacting MISys Customer Service at 802/457-4600 for the required login credentials.