I’m always looking for ways to demonstrate the absurdity and inherent risk to businesses like yours who work with software consultants (or CPAs or attorneys) who bill for their time.
This past January at the international VeraSage conference, I was talking with Ron Baker about how we can more effectively get the message out that the only way for a business to know that a software consultant knows what they are doing is by having that consultant provide them with a fixed price for every project.
Ron provided a wonderful insight. The most effective way to demonstrate the absurdity of a particular idea (in this case, the billable hour) is to ridicule it.
Greg Kyte, who is a VeraSage Fellow, CPA and professional stand-up comedian, and I started working on a video lampooning the practice of billing time.
The result is Bob’s Barbecue. It is the first in a series of videos which will depict all of the many ways that the billable hour is harmful and risky for your company.
The fifth Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.4 Product Update — 4.40.0.5 — is now available. The update contains several core features and functionality enhancements in Accounts Payable, Inventory Management and Library
Master. The 2011 941 Form Update is also included in Product Update 5.
Additions include:
- Multiple Company Aged Invoice Report: Print your A/P Aged Invoice Report in a multi-company format and combine vendor information. You’ll get a complete picture of your vendors across all MAS companies, helping you identify opportunities for improving the bottom line, negotiating better volume discounts or consolidating orders to save on shipping.
- Accounts Payable Check Sorting Options. Print checks alphabetically by vendor name, not just by vendor number.
- Expense Distribution Tables. Streamline the entry of invoices in A/P when you need to regularly allocate across multiple departments.
- Security in Item Inquiry. Four new permission settings are available to further restrict users. These permissions apply to Item Inquiry and are Allow Access to All Item Inquiry Tabs Including Main and Quantity, Allow Access to Costing, Receipts and Vendor Information, Display Standard Cost Information and Display Vendor Information.
- Inactive Items. An inventory item can be designated as ‘inactive’ in Inventory Management so it can no longer be purchased or sold. If an item is marked inactive, you can process returns using RMA or a Sales Order Credit Memo, or maintain history for warranty purposes.
- Company-Specific Background Colors. Assign an easily identifiable background color for each company in MAS. This helps ensure entries are made into the correct company.
- 2011 941 Form Update.
Contact Aries Technology Group at (865) 291-0005 x721 for further information about this Product Update or to arrange a time to install the update. Thank you!
