Breakfast and lunch was served while attendees learned about the following topics:

• What’s new in MAS90 and MAS200 4.4
• Product update 4.4.1
• Custom Office and Customizer Scripting
• Synergistic Software’s Purchase Agent add-on
• Valogix Inventory Replenishment Solution
• The Clients First hosted backup solution.

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Here is a sneak peek overview of Purchase Agent by JobOps which has just been released as a standalone component of the popular Job Ops manufacturing suite for MAS 90 and MAS 200:

Purchase Agent automates the purchasing process by analyzing your supply and demand for inventory. Based on this information it creates a filterable grid to allow the purchase agent order review the demand, modify the information and automatically create purchase orders from it.

In the past, this program was called “Component Exception Manager” and was a major part of the ordering process for Job Ops program.

But now Job Ops has pulled  this functionality out of JobOps and reengineered it to work without JobOps in base MAS90.

Here are some screen shots.

Main Purchase Agent Generation Screen.

With this information it creates a work file of on all the inventory demand based on Sales Order and MRP forecasts, EOQ or by max stock.

And allow you to filter by any of the following items

This is by Vendor

It also will allow you to scroll to additional info

It also allow you to drill down on the item inquiry screen or see the demand generated for the item.

It will also allow you to review purchase history by item

Once you decide you can actually change the Vendor, price or quantity right on the screen

Once you decide to order it will create the Purchase orders

You can either a New PO, add to a PO that has not been printed or create an on hold PO

Once the PO is generated the demand is removed from the grid.

Normally the Job Ops Program costs between 5K to 20K based on modules and users.

This Program is available standalone without JobOps and retails for about $1500. The demo does a pretty good job of reviewing the product. Let me know if you are interested in seeing it.

© 2009, Wayne Schulz. All rights reserved. Formed in 2005. the 90 Minds Consulting Group is a collaboration of 100 Sage partners who independently join together online in a 24 x 7 private communication network to solve difficult issues for their customers. The group is not affiliated with Sage and our collaboration provides for unparalleled member access to early warnings of bugs and other issues which members in turn are encouraged to use to provide an exceptional customer experience.

The latest version of the popular job management software package Job Ops has just been released in version 4.3 format. This new update is compatible with the latest Sage MAS 90 and 200 accounting software which was released in June 2008.

Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 contains a Job Costing module which is adequate for many small job tracking situations. However if your company wants to get more in depth with job tracking, then you should consider JobOps.

One of the key features which has proven atrractive is JobOps ability to begin the job process with a quote. Starting in Sales Order, work tickets are fashioned from their original quote status. This is a step that standard Sage MAS 90 and 200 doesn’t provide and one of the key reasons that over 600 Sage MAS 90 and 200 users have turned to Job Ops for increased Job Management flexibility.

We also have clients that migrate to JobOps due to the configurator module which enables the creation of a product from a much more complex matrix of possible options and materials.  Once this product has been created, it can be fully integrated into the job management function of the software.

Some of the key features of JobOps for Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200:

Estimating

• Re-use past quotes to create new ones
• Combine bills of material, routings, labor and services to create a detailed cost roll-up
• Automatic update of material costs
• Product configurator assists with selecting options and calculating final price

Sales Orders & Work Tickets

• Fast conversion from quote to sales order
• Generate work tickets automatically
• Check availability of material prior to release
• Product documentation and procedures can be attached to job ticket
• Automatically create item price via product configurator

Job Planning

• Verification of quote accuracy and pricing
• Material availability
• Purchasing shortages
• Production scheduling
• Track estimates (current versus revised)

Field Service & Dispatch

• Service ticket creation
• Scheduling dispatch board
  

  

• Customer contracts, equipment history, warranty tracking
• Preventive maintenance orders
• Integration to Microsoft Outlook
• Dashboard

Product Configurator

• Quickly configure custom product estimates
• Generate a bill of materials and routing
  

  

• Graphical rules based wizard eases data entry
• Update pricing automatically based upon configuration
• Smart part numbers to uniquely identify a newly configured part
• Web enabled for remote configuration entry

For more information on Job Ops for Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 please download this full color PDF brochure that contains additional details. We will happily provide you with the names of consultants we know in your area who can assist with implementing Job Ops for Sage MAS 90 and 200.

© 2009, Mark Chinsky. All rights reserved. Formed in 2005. the 90 Minds Consulting Group is a collaboration of 100 Sage partners who independently join together online in a 24 x 7 private communication network to solve difficult issues for their customers. The group is not affiliated with Sage and our collaboration provides for unparalleled member access to early warnings of bugs and other issues which members in turn are encouraged to use to provide an exceptional customer experience.