The MISys guys, Dave and Terry, just returned from the Intuit QuickBooks user Conference in sunny San Diego. With about 600 QuickBooks Enterprise users in attendance, the MISys guys got quite a wrokout showing the latest version of MISys SBM in the MISys booth. Keynote speakers Scott Cook (founder of Intuit) and Angus Thomson (VP Mid-Market), gave very inspired speeches and visions of the QuickBooks future. Many of the QuickBooks users are manufacturers and it seemed all were looking for a better solution to their manufacturing needs while keeping their trusty QuickBooks. MISys SBM of course is designed for QuickBooks. Check it out at: www.misysinc.com. Next stop for the MISys guys is the TPAC conference in August in Vancouver. See us there!

It's finally out! Version 2.0 of MISys Small Business Manufacturing starting shipping to customers this week. Version 2.0 not only provides some updates but some new features as well. MISys SBM now has Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Master Production Scheduling along with Manufacturing Orders. Check it out on our web site at http://www.misysinc.com. If you are in the Orlando area or plan on attending the Sage insights conference your can see the MISys crew at the show. It's at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando from May 13-17. If you're stuck on the west Coast you'll find us at the Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Users Conference in San Diego on June 12-15th.

The MISdys guys Dave and Terry made a trip to Intuit in Tucson to show the new MISys Small Business Manufacturing v2.0 product to the folks who make QuickBooks. MISys SBM v2.0 now includes Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Master Productions Scheduling and Manufacturing Orders. Designed for manufacturers who use QuickBooks Pro, Premiere or Enterprise editions MISys SBM provides all the features and functionality a small manufacturer needs to make QuickBooks an industrial strength manufacturing system. If your company is looking for manufacturing software go to www.misysinc.com. MISys SBM also works with Sage Simply Accounting, Peachtree and Microsoft Office Accounting 2007.

It was a long airline slog from Woodstock, Vermont to Mountain View, California for the MSys Guys, Dave Brown, Bob MacEwen and Terry Merrill, but we managed to get ourselves there despite the weather. We were anxious to show the folks at Intuit (the crafty QuickBooks makers) that MISys Small Business Manufacturing has Level 2 up and running. For those following our course of action, Level 2 includes Manufacturing Orders, Master Production Scheduling and Material Requirements Planning. Everyone seemed to be excited as we trotted out the new features and functionality. If you are a MISys SBM user or using our MISys SAE product for Sage Accpac ERP you'll want to check our website at www.misyssbm.com soon to see our posting and demos of the new items. From sunny California back to the deep freeze of New England the MISys Guys are back at work making sure Levels 2 is ready for general distribution next month. Stay tuned.

The MISys guys, Scott Beavers and Terry Merrill made the pilgrimage to Sin City (Las Vegas) for the pretigious Sleeter Conference as exhbitors. The Sleeter group has a once a year training and conference to bring QuickBooks Pro-Advisors up to date on all things QuickBooks related. Most, if not all, of the more than 400 attendees are not only QuickBooks consultants of one type or another but also Sleeter Certified Consultants. So if you are a QuickBooks user you might try the Sleeter site at www.sleeter.com for more information. While the MISys guys were making the nightly donation to the casinos as expected, during the day we were showing our MISys SBM for QuickBooks manufacturing software to the consultants looking for a manufacturing solution for there manufacturing customers. If you haven't seen the newest version yet with more whistles and bells integration with QuickBooks go to www.misyssbm.com/quickbooks and check it out. Also, the big kahunna of MISys made the trip to the Intuit campus in Mt. View California to showcase some of the new features of MISys SBM v2.0. You can't see that preview yet but stayed tuned for January 1st, 2007! Can you say MRP?

If you are a MISys end-user (the folks who love and use our software) I hope you were one of the lucky folks who took the MISys Small Business Manufacturing on-line training last week. Dave Brown, veteran of 20+ years of MISys training had a healthy group who were new to MISys SBM on the basic course. Over two days the group got to know the ins and outs of the MISys SBM system and learned the basics to get them started. If you weren't able to make it go to our web site at http://www.misyssbm.com and sign up for the next classes. All you need is a computer, phone line and preferable a high speed internet access and you can take the class even if you are still in your pj's. Don't miss the next training. If you are a MISys AAS user advanced on-line training is taking place this week. It's the next best thing to having MISys guy Dave Brown right at your place of business!

Well the MISys guys have been busy the last couple of months. Not Al and Terry per se but those crafty folks in the development department who work for pennies but come out with brilliant code. To celebrate their achievements the big boss has announced that MISys Small Business Manufacturing, known as SBM to the insiders, has a new 1.5 version just released. So as your excitment builds you should know this is no small bit of work. The new version offers QuickBooks users some dramatic new features especially for manufacturers that are make-to-stock and make-to-order types. Go to: http://www.misyssbm.com/quickbooks and sign up for the video demo. Not to be outdone by the sales and marketing group, our own Scott Beavers has returned from a successful trip to TPAC (Third party ACCPAC Conference) in Vancouver, BC where he spent a few days talking to our considerable number of business partners who not only sell MISys but Sage ERP (formerly ACCPAC) accounting. If it had been winter Scott would have taken his skis as he is known for his backcountry exploring when the rest of us would rather be inside with a warm fire. The MISys guys are pounding away getting ready for our next big event at the Sleeter Conference in Las Vegas in November. Scott and yours truly will be winging our way to sin city - hey someone has to do it! Stay tuned.