By Darren Bayley
This blog entry is part of a series of entries dealing with the new features in Sage 200 2010.
Some of the new features we will be covering in this series are
- New Report Designer
- New Bill of Materials Module
- Purchase Order Processing - new authorisation methods, receive text lines
- Sales Order Processing - despatch dates, single carriage lines
- Stock - stock-takes and retrospective valuations
- Project Accounting improvements
In this particular blog video I'll be covering the changes to the Project Accounting module
- Workspaces
- New Reports
- Purchase Order Authorisation
- Timesheets and expenses entry filtering for resources and projects
The video runs to about 8 minutes.
Should you require any further information then please contact me ( darren.bayley@gccinnova.co.uk), your account manager or use one of the general contact methods of sales@gccinnova.co.uk or 01452 371441
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By Darren Bayley
This blog entry is part of a series of entries dealing with the new features in Sage 200 2010.
Some of the new features we will be covering in this series are
- New Report Designer
- New Bill of Materials Module
- Purchase Order Processing - new authorisation methods, receive text lines
- Sales Order Processing - despatch dates, single carriage lines
- Stock - stock-takes and retrospective valuations
- Project Accounting improvements
In this particular blog video I'll be covering the changes to the Bill of Materials module, which is a complete redesign of the module
- Look of the new screens and design
- Machine, Labour, Tools, Drawings registers
- Operations - Sub contract if necessary
- Costing of Builds
- Multiple Warehouses
- Trial Kitting - rolling into allocation, Sales and Purchase orders
The video runs to about 12 minutes.
Should you require any further information then please contact me ( darren.bayley@gccinnova.co.uk), your account manager or use one of the general contact methods of sales@gccinnova.co.uk or 01452 371441
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By Darren Bayley
This blog entry is part of a series of entries dealing with the new features in Sage 200 2010.
Some of the new features we will be covering in this series are
- New Report Designer
- New Bill of Materials Module
- Purchase Order Processing - new authorisation methods, receive text lines
- Sales Order Processing - despatch dates, single carriage lines
- Stock - stock-takes and retrospective valuations
- Project Accounting improvements
In this particular blog video I'll be covering the changes to the purchase order processing module
- PO Authorisation new rules
- Multiple Bands
- Multiple Authorisers
- Based on order created by
- Web access authorisation
- Notifications Log
- Receive text items with stock items
- Analysis Codes
The video runs to about 10 minutes.
Should you require any further information then please contact me ( darren.bayley@gccinnova.co.uk), your account manager or use one of the general contact methods of sales@gccinnova.co.uk or 01452 371441
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By Darren Bayley
This blog entry is part of a series of entries dealing with the new features in Sage 200 2010.
Some of the new features we will be covering in this series are
- New Report Designer
- New Bill of Materials Module
- Purchase Order Processing - new authorisation methods, receive text lines
- Sales Order Processing - despatch dates, single carriage lines
- Stock - stock-takes and retrospective valuations
- Project Accounting improvements
In this particular blog video I'll be covering the changes to the stock module
- Retrospective stock valuation
- Multiple stock takes for one location
- Stock takes by bin/shelf (location within the location)
The video runs to about 5 minutes.
Should you require any further information then please contact me ( darren.bayley@gccinnova.co.uk), your account manager or use one of the general contact methods of sales@gccinnova.co.uk or 01452 371441
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By Darren Bayley
This blog entry is part of a series of entries dealing with the new features in Sage 200 2010.
Some of the new features we will be covering in this series are
- New Report Designer
- New Bill of Materials Module
- Purchase Order Processing - new authorisation methods, receive text lines
- Sales Order Processing - despatch dates, single carriage lines
- Stock - stock-takes and retrospective valuations
- Project Accounting improvements
In this particular blog video I'll be covering the changes to the sales order processing module
- Analysis code operation changes
- Raise an order for only an "additional charge"
- Change the despatch date at despatch time
- Change exchange rates at print invoice
The video runs to about 5 minutes.
Should you require any further information then please contact me ( darren.bayley@gccinnova.co.uk), your account manager or use one of the general contact methods of sales@gccinnova.co.uk or 01452 371441
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By Darren Bayley
This blog entry is the start of a series of entries dealing with the new features in Sage 200 2010.
Some of the new features we will be covering in this series are
- New Report Designer
- New Bill of Materials Module
- Purchase Order Processing - new authorisation methods, receive text lines
- Sales Order Processing - despatch dates, single carriage lines
- Stock - stock-takes and retrospective valuations
- Project Accounting improvements
In this particular blog video I'll be covering miscellaneous items such as
- Ability to file your VAT return online from 2010 itself
- A look at the new workspaces added and the new charting workspace
- Saving draft bank reconciliations to be finished later
- Changes tohow analysis codes work, enabling easier reporting
The video runs to about 9 minutes.
Should you require any further information then please contact me ( darren.bayley@gccinnova.co.uk), your account manager or use one of the general contact methods of sales@gccinnova.co.uk or 01452 371441
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By Darren Bayley
Sage 200 2010, released end June 2010, introduces a new report designer. We will be hosting some webinar sessions during summer 2010 to introduce you to this new designer plus some of the other new features in 2010. If you would like to attend one of these webinar sessions then please email jenny.evans@gccinnova.co.ukSome of the new features of the designer are:
Reporting Layer & ExtensionsA layer between the report writer and the database tables which pre-links the tables allowing easier understanding of the underlying database and where to get your data from. You can also add other tables (from other databases if required) through a graphical link area.
Sub Reports & Drill Down ReportsYou can now embed sub reports into another report or launch another report from within a report.
Cleaner Excel ExportDefine what can be exported to excel for a cleaner download into excel.
Calculations on CalculationsYour formulae can now include the results of other formulae without copying the entire formula over into your new field. You can also save your frequently used calculations as “snippets” to reuse later
Cherry Pick Criteria (Filters)You can add additional criteria (filters) and they can also allow you to cherry pick the items you want at run time, for example, a stock report that includes groups 1, 2, 5 and 7 but not 3, 4 and 6
Amend the Design in PreviewYou can fine tune the layout of the report when looking at the report after it has run, so you can immediately see the impact of moving fields into the correct places.
Other StuffSpellchecker, copying text in from other programs / reports, resort groups without deletions being necessary and easier field alignment. Join one of our webinars for a walk through of some of these features or get in touch if you are interested in Sage 200 2010.
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By Darren Bayley
Sage 200 allows a user to do bulk supplier payments based on invoice due dates, these payments can produce a remittance, update the ledgers and produce a file for loading into your bank's BACS payment software.
The video tutorial link below takes you through setting up your Sage to enable these payments to be made and then how to make the payments.
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By Darren Bayley
There are upcoming changes in legislation which we expect will affect the majority of Sage 200 Suite customers. From the 1st April 2010, HMRC legislation changes dictate that all companies with a turnover of more than £100,000 will have to submit their VAT returns electronically.
To comply with this change in legislation Sage has included a new feature in the Sage 200 v2010 release. This feature will provide a link to the HMRC gateway, allowing users to electronically submit and pay their VAT return online.
Sage 200 v2010 is scheduled for release in June; therefore those customers who are affected by the change in legislation may need to submit their initial returns manually via the HMRC government gateway.
Those customers who are affected by the legislation and are not upgrading to Sage 200 v2010 i.e. Sage 200 v2009 and below, Sage MMS and Line 100 customers, will need to submit their returns manually via the HMRC government gateway from April onwards.
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By Darren Bayley
Sage 200 Business Intelligence is a powerful tool to enable you to query your Sage data directly from Excel and then to "slice and dice" that data for better management decisions. The video tutorial link below takes you through setting up a report for stock sales and margins and in the process shows you some of the tools that can be used within BI.
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By Darren Bayley
Sage 200 allows you to have multiple additional information items applied to a project for project management, enquires and reporting purposes. The video tutorial link below takes you through setting up an additional information iteam and then attaching that item to a project.
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By Darren Bayley
Sage 200 allows you to have multiple financial statement layouts and reporting via cost centres and/or departments. The video tutorial link below takes you through setting up a new nominal code with multiple cost centres and departments and then adding that code to the Profit and Loss layout.
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By Darren Bayley
A question that we frequently get asked is how to run a retrospective aged debtor or creditor report in Sage 200, this blog will show you how.
I will go through running an aged debt report but it same logic applies to run an aged credit report.
Bring up the sales aging report as normal – Sales, Reports, Credit Control, Aged Debtors
 Without changing any other criteria you need to tick the box called “Retrospective” as indicated above and then select the date that you want the report to run at in “base date for ageing”. In the above example the date is set to 31 Dec 2009, so by selecting retrospective this will run a report as if it had been run on 31st Dec 2009, which means it will only include transactions, invoices, credits, receipts etc plus allocations dated before 31st Dec 2009. Should the report not equal your expected value, for example agreeing to the nominal, then what has probably happened is that you have a payment or receipt date that is different to the allocation date of that receipt or payment. This is especially common on the purchase ledger if a payment run is made prior to a month end and the transaction is dated for the next month, the allocation will be in one month and the payment in the next so there is a reconciliation difference of that amount. Allocation dates are shown at the top of the payment/receipt allocation screens, pictured below 
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By Darren Bayley
Scheduled for release in June 2010 the latest version of Sage 200 will revamp some areas to make reporting easier and also develop some new areas to add to the functionality of Sage 200.
What we know so far of the plans are:
New Report Designer
Complete change along with a reporting layer that will make finding and reporting on data much easier. There will alsobe changes to how data is stored to enable easier reporting such as how customer and supplier analysis codes work.
Purchase Order Authorisation
Improvements to this area including remote authorisation.
Sage 200 Mobile
Giving remote access to Sage 200 to remote users.
VAT Returns
On-line filing of VAT returns to meet legislative changes.
Wish List Changes
Sage are making large efforts to include customer wish list items into future releases, so make sure you tell us of any areas you'd like to see improved or added.
Some examples of wish list items that have been included in Sage 200 2010 are:
- Retrospective stock valuation
- Update exchange rates at point of invoice
- Recieve text and service items with stock
We will post more updates as we get closer to the release date, so be sure to return to the blog or use the RSS subscriptions to be notified of any updates.
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