User's Manual

SAGE MAS 500 VERSION 7.2 PRE-RELEASE GUIDE

A set of new options will allow warehouse managers to require handheld personnel to scan items

and enter the customer number when picking or packing an order. This process will ensure a more

accurate picture of the customer’s inventory situation prior to processing new orders.

Project Accounting

New Expense Billing Option for T&E and FP+ Projects

A new billing option from Accounts Payable will provide project managers with the ability to bill

outside service expenses and other non resource related expense by the items standard cost,

standard price or actual cost thus giving customers added flexibility when invoicing their clients

based on the type of expense being incurred. This new billing option for accounts payable

expenses is enabled for Time and Material projects as well as any T&M portion of a Fixed Price

plus project.

Enhanced Drill-Down from General Ledger

Accounting personnel and other finance operations evaluating revenues and expenses associated

with various activities across the business will now have the ability to view any project related

transaction associated with the GL transaction such as timesheets, expense claims and project

transactions. This new visibility provides the finance department the precise information they

require when they are reviewing trends or anomalies within the business.

Sage MAS 500 Office Update

From the initial release in 1996, Sage MAS 500 has consistently been lauded as a leader in

providing a robust integration with desktop productivity tools including Microsoft Office. Sage MAS

500 Office is one of many entry points provided within Sage MAS 500 that allows users to publish

entity and transaction information directly with Microsoft Word and Excel. In addition, a strong

attachment capability provided a method for assigning customer and supplier correspondence,

internal instructions and other various documents associated with the given task.

Sage MAS 500 version 7.2 includes a significant update within Sage MAS 500 office by providing a

richer user experience when developing Office templates, as well as re-aligning the document

attachment capability within a much improved memo management facility. New and existing users

will benefit immediately from the ease of use features. Moreover, a dedicated tutorial included with

the 7.2 release will highlight the key capabilities included with memo management and creating

office templates.

Memo Management Enhancements

The Memo management option currently available in a small subset of tasks, such as customer

and vendor maintenance, has been added to all tasks that previously contained the Sage MAS

500 Office toolbar option. Each memo created will be automatically assigned to the given task such

as the voucher, customer or invoice. A new attachment feature within the memo manager window

will allow users to attach documents within a predefined network share or local drive. The memo

manager icon on the toolbar will automatically change in appearance if a memo has been assigned

making it easier for the user to identify.