Archive for October, 2011

Business One 8.82 Provides Business Management Improvements

Recently, SAP released Business One 8.82 addressing specific product needs for small businesses. Business One software is an efficient management tool providing complete company functionality.

Business One software leads to greater profitability

Business One integrates all core functions, eliminating the need for multiple modules. By capturing information on a single system, information is instantly accessible. This eliminates duplicate data entry, costs, and other errors. Freeing the company from day-to-day minutiae allows you to spend more time on moving your business forward. Multiple departments are efficiently maintained, such as: accounting and financials, sales and customers, purchasing and operations, inventory and distributions, and administration. Information is streamlined and profitable growth is accelerated.

Business One’s software creates quotes, enters orders, tracks sales opportunities, initiates marketing campaigns (by using templates for mass emails) and provides support for customer service contracts and warranties. Its workflow-based alerts trigger automatic responses when important business related events occur, keeping you continuously updated on company progress.

New version, new perks!

Business One 8.82 improvements are easily adaptable to meet changing business needs. For example, their customer service management (CRM) application allows companies to develop and manage multichannel marketing programs. Or, the configuration wizard guides users through essential settings with an assortment of application areas.

Other great features includes the “pick and pack process,” which allows better management and support for back-order functionality. Also, this allows greater flexible material requirements planning (MRP) and achieves effective long-term business planning.

Keeping in line with MRP, the chain process has also improved. Small businesses have greater control and flexibility over MRP parameters, which allows better inventory levels. In addition, improved weekly display options allow for better forecasting capabilities.

Businesses can record blanket agreements to reflect long-term sales or purchasing agreements that have been negotiated with business partners. Sales or purchasing documents can then be linked to blanket agreements and used for quantity reservation, revenue forecasts and capacity planning. Blanket agreements are involved in cash-flow calculations, MRP runs and the procurement process.

SAP Business One 8.82 is available through starter packages and subscription-based hosting options.

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VAI Enhances S2K Analytics with Financial Business Intelligence Capabilities

New Comprehensive Dashboards Help Companies Make Educated Financial Decisions

Ronkonkoma, N.Y. – October 25, 2011 – VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.), an award-winning ERP software provider, today announced the release of its enhanced S2K Analytics solution, a comprehensive, web-based Business Intelligence (BI) tool designed to drive smarter, faster business decisions. This upgraded tool features ten new financial management dashboards that provide an in-depth view of financial data from all levels of the organization.

Designed to meet the needs of VAI’s customers, regardless of size or industry, S2K Analytics integrates with S2K Enterprise and features automated reporting and dashboard capabilities that give customers big-picture visibility into their revenue and profitability. The new dashboards provide at-a-glance insight into a company’s financial performance, allowing for customization and consolidation of data that can then be used to make educated decisions. With the enhanced S2K Analytics, VAI customers can:

  • View balance sheets, and P&L statements
  • Analyze profitability of their business
  • Monitor procurement and expense management
  • Create ad hoc self-serve inquiries
  • Build reports and dashboards as well as share information with others
  • Integrate S2K Analytics with Excel
  • Collaborate on and contribute to new reporting needs
  • Access information through a web browser, including mobile devices
  • Compare past financial performance

“VAI is excited to offer an even more comprehensive BI tool to our customers,” said Joe Scioscia, vice president of sales, VAI. “We are committed to continually innovating our products in order to provide our customers with best-in-class software that streamlines business processes and creates cost efficiencies. The upgraded S2K Analytics will undoubtedly enhance our customers’ ability to use the information gathered through our ERP software to make even more effective, real-time business decisions.”

About VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)

VAI is an award-winning software developer and an IBM Premier Business Partner. Designed for the mid-range market, S2K Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Suite is used by a wide variety of mid-sized companies worldwide, with a number of clients in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, food and related service industries. Advanced applications such as Warehouse Management Systems, EDI, CRM, Business Analytics and e-Business provide companies the power to leverage their information technology investment. VAI is headquartered in Ronkonkoma, New York, with branch offices in Miami, Orlando, Chicago and Oroville, California. For more information, please contact Diane Dady at 800-824-7776, ext. 236 or visit www.vai.net.

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