Top 5 Reasons to Take Advantage of Product Update 6 for Sage 100 ERP

Product Update 6 has been released for all Sage 100 version 4.5 users and is now available for customers that are current on their Sage100 maintenance to download from the Sage Customer Portal.

It is always wise to stay current on updates for an ERP system. Updates provide hot fixes and enhancements that usually resolve those strange anomalies that you may be running into with the system.  Although it is not required, oftentimes updates build upon each other or are required for other updates and fixes. Staying current on updates may also make upgrading a smoother process!

With that being said, here are just a handful of some of the items fixed or enhanced through product update 6 that may be relevant to you:

1) Accounts Payable:

• An ERROR 41 AP_VENDOR_BUS.PVC 382 no longer occurs when running Period End Processing for Accounts Payable.

2) Accounts Receivable:

• The message "Data is not selected for report printing" during Statement printing for Balance Forward customers where a Finance Charge is the only remaining balance, no longer occurs.
• The AR Trial Balance Report total no longer changes after running an AR Period End for Balance Forward Customers.

3) Bill of Materials:

• Costed Bill of Materials Report Selected Bill option "round extended quantity for Integer Unit of Measure" now rounds the sub-bill correctly. 
• Bill Disassembly Entry for Purchased Items, now updates inventory cost detail correctly, also.
• Costed Bill of Materials- Extended Cost now Calculates for Sub Bill within Option Bill.

4) Inventory Management:

• The message “A General Ledger account that was found is not on file” no longer occurs when updating the Inventory Transaction Journal. 
• Physical count entry is now retained for active items that have inactive bills of material.

5) Payroll

• Quarterly 941 Printing has been modified with the 2013 changes to IRS Form 941.
• When a Payroll entry has multiple Tips Reported earnings lines after Recalculating Deductions the Tips Reported deductions are no longer duplicated in the entry
•  There is no longer a difference on the Employee Totals Verification report when an employee has Additional Medicare Taxes.

If you would like assistance installing Product Update 6 for Sage 100 version 4.5 or have any questions about the updates, please log a support ticket with ASI at ASISucceed.com.

Jenn brings to ASI a unique background in accounting and business.  With not only technical and functional experience but project management skills as well, Jenn has fundamental knowledge of all the phases of an implementation project.  She has worked as an end user as well as a consultant, giving her the perspective to understand system “pain points” and know how to analyze and present solutions.  Her project expertise includes: Software Implementations and upgrades, Distribution / Inventory, Client Server Applications, Business Process Reviews and Optimization, as well as System Analysis and Design.  She also has experience in logistical project planning as well as technical experience with Crystal Reports and SQL. Part of Jenn’s upgrade experience also includes upgrading Sage 100 Providex clients to Sage 100 SQL.  To contact Jenn or find out more about what her team at ASI can do for your business visit ASISucceed