Sage Software is rebranding products to focus on the Sage brand.  Classic Sage products names i.e. Peachtree, Accpac, Abra, MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 500, Master Builder, Simply Accounting, and Timberline will no longer be used.  These historic well known brand names will be disposed by 2013 in favor of a new numbering Sage product brand based on market segment.  Please find a complete list of the current/former names and the new name to replace them here:  Sage Products Name Grid

This is no doubt an ambitious rebranding strategy that will work out in the long run for Sage products.  For example, it is my experience exhibiting in a MAS 90, MAS 200 booth at several vertical industry related tradeshows the attendees often don't recognize the MAS 90 or MAS 200 name, but do recognize the SAP booth or Epicor booth in close proximity. 

Sage has tried for a long time to get brand recognition in the US for the Sage name.  U.S. products like Peachtree, Accpac, Abra, MAS 90, MAS 200, Timberline, and Master Builder do have brand recognition without the Sage association.  I believe this rebranding strategy will go a long way in the minds of our customers and future prospective customers.  Hopefully this Sage numbering standardization  brand strategy to leverage the universal Sage name accross all brands will transcend the Sage brand association and increase awareness resulting in growing market share.  I also hope the warm and fuzzy Peachtree association will maintain it's peachy appeal as Sage 50 U.S. edition replaces the brand.

I am looking forward to a prosperous future marketing Sage 100 ERP, formally MAS 90 MAS 200.

Are you struggling with webforms?  Do you need an EDI solution that:

• Eliminates manual data entry tasks
• Connects your warehouse or 3PL
• Automates order fulfillment
• Speeds your order-to-cash cycle
• Reduces chargebacks and deductions
• Lowers cost per EDI transaction

If you are considering an EDI solution to work with your MAS 90 MAS 200 ERP system please consider RedTail EDI.  Redtail EDI is not EDI software loaded locally on premise that you have to manage.

RedTail sits between mid-Sized suppliers and retailers to offer EDI (Electronic Data Interchange and GDS (Global Data Syncronization) in the cloud.

Please watch our MAS 90 EDI Webcast here:

If you are a MAS 90 or MAS 200 customer and you supply large retail firms you probably are all too familiar with EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).  Your customers are under pressure to reduce their purchasing business processes and require you to adhere to their EDI standard. Your customers need to eliminate the user errors and manual processes associated with data entry. 

If you are dissatisfied with your current EDI solution, or need MAS 90 EDI or MAS 200 EDI what EDI software package do you turn to? Do you need EDI software that is installed on your servers or do you need an EDI service that is completely managed like RedTail EDI?

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Find out how to achieve world-class EDI trade compliance without being an EDI expert. Suppliers that sell to retailers must constantly increase efficiency to stay competitive. See how cloud-delivered, managed EDI services improve your performance with lower costs. In this webinar you will learn how RedTail EDI: Integrated with Sage ERP MAS 90-200

• Eliminates manual data entry tasks
• Connects your warehouse or 3PL
• Automates order fulfillment
• Speeds your order-to-cash cycle
• Reduces chargebacks and deductions
• Lowers cost per EDI transaction

About RedTail Solutions

RedTail Solutions delivers cloud Managed Services for trading partner collaboration to mid-sized suppliers in the retail, grocery, and medical products supply chains. RedTail’s Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Global Data Synchronization (GDS) solutions enable our customers to optimize logistics operations and trade compliance performance. RedTail’s cloud Managed Services seamlessly integrate with Sage ERP systems to accelerate the order-to-cash cycle, reduce costly errors and chargebacks, and ensure timely product data synchronization. RedTail’s network of 800+ trading partners collaborates securely over the internet to deliver products to businesses and consumers worldwide. For more information, visit our preferred EDI service provider.

"Beam me up Scotty" is a catch phrase in modern English.  It means to get me out of here.  The Star Trek television series made this phrase popular back in the 1960's. 

Star Trek takes place several hundred years in the future.  In the show people can be teleported to other places.  The Starship Enterprise has become one of the most famous ships ever.

So what is the difference between StarShip Shipping Software and and the Starship Enterprise?

Actually they have two words in common "Star" and "Ship".  While the Starship Enterprise can teleport humans, StarShip shipping software can expedite the shipment of your packages right from your MAS 90/MAS 200 accounting system thereby automating your warehouse processes and eliminating duplicate data entry.

We recently held a webcast in regard to Starship shipping software for MAS 90 and MAS 200.  Please see below for more information regarding StarShip's integration with MAS 90 and MAS 200.

Shape-up and Ship-out!  It sounds like something my mother would say.  We are really talking about shipping software and it's no joke.  It is a serious matter.  If you have something to sell and a customer buying you want your product to make it there.  Eliminate the manual data rekey process with automated shipping software.  Let's face it your customers want quick access to their shipping data information in order to track their products in route. 

To learn more please sign-up for our MAS 90 Integrated Shipping Solution webinar on Friday, January 27, 2012!

• Do you have to deal with 1099 reporting?
• Do you want to automate this onerous task and decrease your risk of IRS audit!

Today’s  electronic payment options allow business to accept and disburse funds as needed without mailing checks and depositing funds at the bank.  Why is this important to a business?  Because vendors and customers want flexibility in payment methods and they expect the same from their vendors and customers.  Being able to accept credit cards with Sage Payment Solutions speeds up the process of being paid by customers so product can be shipped earlier or the service can be rendered sooner. 

Sage Payment Solutions has the added benefit of being in the Sage software family of businesses and integrates directly into many of Sage’s Enterprise Resource Planning software such as Mas 90 and 200.  However, a customer of Sage Payment Solutions is not required to use a Sage ERP package.

With Sage Virtual Terminal, merchants can directly interact and process transactions.  This secure website is the merchant’s gateway to processing and reporting credit and/or debit card transactions.  In addition, Sage Payment Solutions has the added functionality of converting paper checks into ACH deposits into your bank account.  With Sage Payment Solutions armed with these options, a business is flexible and accommodating to how a customer wishes to make payment.    

There are a couple options when it comes to barcode Scanning and automation of your warehouse processes in Sage ERP MAS 90 and Sage ERP MAS 200.  Last week we co-hosted a webcast with Scanco, a preferred Sage Software barcode solution vendor, entitled "Save Time and Money by Improving Warehouse Efficiency".  According to Scott Yoder of Scanco there are five common "pain points" a barcode scanning solution like Scanco can alleviate:

1. Long Count Times
2. Overstaffing
3. Inaccuracies
4. Delays
5. Errors

Please watch our 7 minute summary presentation to learn more!

• Are you in the wholesale distribution business?
• Do you want to eliminate duplicate data entry?
• Do you want to eliminate errors in the data collection process?
• Do you want to improve customer satisfaction through quicker response times?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above please join us for our complimentary 60 minute webcast, Thursday, August 18 at 10 AM CT.

• When most inventory mistakes are made
• When most inventory mistakes are made
• What common mistakes are most expensive
• What processes take too long