How Chemical Companies Can Formulate
a Future-Proof Workforce
Embracing technology creates a culture that attracts and retains the best and brightest The American workforce — and its employers — has undergone transformational change over the past two-plus years. The chemical industry has felt the effects of these changes…
Reports & Dashboards: One at a Time
The following question was asked at a recent BI conference: “I’ve been looking at Analytics software and noticed that some apps have just a few reports, some have a couple hundred, and others come with thousands. How many reports do…
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All Heroes Wear KPIs: 5 Steps to Becoming a Financial Reporting Superhero
How do you measure success? In a commercial environment, you can gain a competitive edge by making sure that your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are informed and agile, much like Superman chasing a villain. But what makes someone a financial…
Addressing the Challenges of Conventional Reporting
A business’ success is highly dependent on its ability to act proactively and make critical decisions in a timely manner. Businesses are more complex than ever and as organization’s grow, so too does their data. This data is not only…
Using Reporting Trees in Sage Enterprise Intelligence
Reporting trees help define the structure and hierarchy of your organization. A reporting tree is a cross-dimensional hierarchical structure that is based on the dimensional relationships in your financial data. It provides information at the reporting unit level and at…
How Chemical Companies Can Mitigate the Impacts of the War in Ukraine
Earlier this year, as the world economy continued reopening, the US chemical industry was poised for a strong recovery. But just when chemical companies thought they could catch their breath, Russia sucked the air out of the room. How the…
Plumbing the Depths of Analytics Software
Have you ever watched the construction of a new house? It seems to go so slowly at first—often taking weeks (if not months) to lay the foundation, connect to a water source, bring in electricity, and so on. And then—seemingly…
Workflows for Stock Accounting Interface and WIP Accounting Interface Errors in Sage X3
In this blog post we will show you how to create a workflow that will email log files when errors occur in either the Stock Accounting Interface or the WIP Accounting Interface. Accounting Interface errors occur when, for example, an…
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Hawks Nest Condominium Association Slashes Payment Processing Times with Fortis and Sage 300
Hawks Nest Condominiums, a 61-unit condominium complex occupies a prime stretch of real estate on the Lake of the Ozarks. Each unit is part of the Hawks Nest Condominium Association, which collects dues from homeowners and manages the upkeep of…
Accounting for an Invoice in Sage X3 When the Goods Haven’t Been Received
Finance departments spend a lot of time determining which items need to be accrued for at the end of a period. In the majority of cases, the reason for an accrual is because goods/services have been received but not yet…
ERP for SMBs: Can You Afford Not to Invest in Next Gen ERP?
The acronym ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is used as a hypernym to represent any kind of software used in the running of a business and therefore many think they are running ERP when in fact they are not. Inexpensive and…
Next-Generation ERP — What It Is and Why It Matters
Five Hallmarks of Next-Gen ERP Applications
Most legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) can trace their roots to applications rooted in the 1990s. While vendors have rebranded and re-marketed them, and added some new functionality, it’s hard to hide that the technology predates the digital age. These…
What’s New in Sage X3? Exploring V12 2022 R1
Sage recently released Sage X3 Version 12 2022 R1 with some nice new features and enhancements to existing features. In this blog post, we’ll review the capabilities delivered by some of the key new features & enhancements in this latest…
How to Reopen a Closed Fiscal Year in Sage X3
It is a common practice to need to post a financial entry to a closed fiscal year. In Sage X3, you can easily reopen a fiscal year, but you must edit your new period (NP) journal entries before you do…
