Integrate your eCommerce website with MAS 500 using Website Pipeline.

Blytheco and Website Pipeline can help you improve your business by increasing sales to current customers, gaining new customers, and improving your cost structure. Integrating an eCommerce website with your MAS financial software can contribute to achieving these goals.

Our integration can pull all your MAS customers, pricing, tax schedules, inventory levels, etc. into the website. In addition, the website can use any design, there are hundreds of other modules available, and custom development can be done if required for your application. An ecommerce website integrated with MAS 500 can be ready in less than 30 days.

Features of our integrated website solution include:

• Orders placed on the website are transferred directly to your MAS 500 company file, ready for processing. No double keying of data.
• Customers can place orders and access account, order, shipping information, etc. 24/7. This reduces the load on your customer service group and allows customers to do business with you on their schedule.
• Sales Dashboard - allows your sales people to view their customer's orders and to place orders for their customers.
• Syndicated/Branded websites - to leverage your unique content, product catalogs, etc.
• Store/Dealer locators - make it easy for customers to find you.
• SEO Tools - to make your products and content more search engine friendly which can lead to more customers.

To learn more about Website Pipeline, join us for a free webinar on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 1:00pm Eastern Time. Register here.

For more information, contact Blytheco - send us an email, or give us a call at 800.455.1368, extension 2500.

ERP Events

Online Event: Go Beyond Paperless With ACOM Solutions

Go Beyond Paperless... with affordable, quick-start document management bundles... built right into your Sage screens!

Did you know that the average employee spends almost $5,000 worth of their time annually just searching for documents? How much time and money would you save if every authorized person in your organization could quickly access all their relevant documents electronically, right from their Sage Application screens?

ACOM Sage-integrated EZContentManager is user-friendly and intuitive, quick to implement (usually 2-3 days), and provides a very fast payback (usually less than 6 months).

Join ACOM and Blytheco for a 30-minute educational webinar, with software demonstration, to see how this Document Management Solution provides one-click document access, right from your Sage screens.

Webinars are held monthly. Sign up here.

Switch to SalesLogix or SageCRM!

Now is the time to make the switch to Sage CRM Solutions!

Many Salesforce.com (and other CRM brand) users have reported to us that they are unsatisfied with their system deployment for a variety of reasons, including:

• Limited deployment options and risk of external hosting.
• Weak integration to key tools like Outlook and accounting/operational systems.
• Lack of deep functionality in marketing automation, mobile capabilities, and reporting.
• Unfriendly user interface.
• And more.

If you are thinking about making the switch, you are not alone.  A Nucleus Research study suggested that 38% of companies using Salesforce.com are considering moving to another solution.

For a limited time, Blytheco is offering an unprecedented 60% off the price of SalesLogix or SageCRM for Salesforce.com customers, as well as discounted product maintenance for two years.

As a matter of fact, we’re offering this promotion to customers using MANY competitive CRM products. If you are using any of the following products, you can receive 60% off the price of SalesLogix or SageCRM, plus discounted maintenance for two years. This offer is only valid through March 31, 2010.

• Salesforce.com
• Microsoft CRM
• SugarCRM
• Goldmine
• Maximizer
• Seibel
• Pivotal
• Onyx

Sage has four times as many CRM customers as Salesforce.com, and has 20 years more experience in the business solutions market. With 30 years in business, Blytheco has the deep and wide business solutions experience to identify your needs and implement a cost-effective system that helps  you meet your business goals.

For more information about this offer, read the press release.  Visit our website to learn more about the features of SalesLogix or SageCRM.  Call us at 800.455.1368, extension 2501 (or email solutions@blytheco.com) for details, to review case studies of companies who have made the switch, or for a free demo.

Tips: Recalculating Fiscal and Inventory Calendar Period Balances

Use the following query to recalculate Inventory Management balances:

Start Query Analyzer, and specify the Sage MAS 500 application database (generally MAS500_app).

Run the following query:

• SET NOCOUNT ON
• DECLARE @P1 int
• EXEC spimRecalcPeriodHist null, 2, @P1 OUTPUT
• IF @P1=1
• PRINT 'Recalculation Successful!'
• ELSE
• PRINT 'Recalculation Failed

For more details, contact Blytheco - send us an email, or give us a call at 800.455.1368, extension 2500.

Make the most of your system!

Longtime Blytheco client Currey and Company used to devote hours of staff time entering customer orders into their Sage ERP system. Sales representatives for the high-end lighting distributor regularly attended large industry trade shows, taking orders from customers in a standalone order system and bringing them back to the office to be processed manually.

Blytheco recognized their need for a smoother order process and developed an interface between the trade show system and the ERP system. The integration saves more than two weeks of order entry time and improves order accuracy.

Regardless of the system you use or how you use it, Blytheco consultants have the experience and expertise to provide creative solutions to your business challenges. How can Blytheco help you save time and money?

Inside Blytheco...Employee Profile

Sally Brown is Blytheco's Director, Client Administration.

My favorite thing about working for Blytheco: I am going on my 12th year with Blytheco and I have seen many changes over the years, especially in the last 4-5 years.  The best part about working at Blytheco is simple, it has been working with the employees.  We have employees all across the country and it is wonderful to work with such talented and caring people.  It is encouraging to see people reaching across the miles to help each other.  This includes sharing experiences and ideas for solving client problems to raising money for the American Cancer Society.

Describe your work with non-profit organizations: Blytheco got involved with the American Cancer Society (ACS) in 1999 when employee, Jim Lundy, was battling melanoma cancer.  Another employee, Ginger Kittinger, contacted ACS and received information on their Relay for Life fundraising event.  We signed up two teams, Blytheco Cancer Bashers as our company team and Cure Seekers as our family team.  Jim was not only a co-worker but he was my brother-in-law of 20 years until his passing 2 weeks before our first Relay.  I am proud to be the Team Captain as we continue raising money, camping out and walking the track for 24 hours at the Relay for Life, every year since then.  We have also added a third team, Kids With Hope, an all kids team made up of the children of co-workers, family, and friends.   We have raised over $70,000 in the past 11 years.   Employees across the country contribute with their donations and ideas for raising money for the cause; hand-made quilts,  motorcycle rally, company cookbook, luncheons, gift basket drawings, automatic payroll deductions, etc.   We are looking to expand the participation even further in the coming years.

Something you can’t say no to: Family is one of the most important aspects of my life and I am thankful to have most of my family close by.  Especially now that I have two grandsons, Landon and Hudson!   My favorite activities include having dinners with family, playing with the grandkids, traveling and taking walks with my husband, our annual Father’s Day picnic and Christmas Eve celebration with all of the extended family of 4 generations, and family reunions in Yosemite National Park.  In fact, my husband Mike and I will be celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary with a renewal of our vows in Yosemite in 2011.  Hmmmm, how can that be when I’m only “39”?

Winter Promotions

Stay cool this winter with a new round of exclusive client offers from Blytheco. These promotions are valid through March 31.

Customers on active maintenance or support plans can buy two modules and save 15%, or purchase three or more and save 25% to complete their Sage MAS 500 solution. Automation helps increase productivity and allows you to do more with fewer resources. Below is a sample of additional Sage MAS 500 modules that can help improve efficiency and reduce costs.

• Warehouse Automation: Use wireless handheld to scan items and improve accuracy during picking, packing, shipping, and receiving.

• Inventory Replenishment: Reduce inventory and carrying costs by optimizing order points and quantities using seasonal cycles, sales history, and lead times.

• Data Import Manager: Quickly and easily import selected data from external sources such as: third-party payroll systems, billing services, in-house databases, and more.

• KnowledgeSync Enterprise Edition: Monitor business conditions and trigger automated alerts through e-mail, fax, pager, cell phone, screen pop, and Web browser.

• Customizer: Modify standard screens and forms to match your specific business process and improve staff productivity with no programming required!

• Project Accounting: Prevent cost overruns, generate bottom-line savings by tracking actual versus estimated costs, and increase forecast accuracy throughout project lifecycles.

• Advanced Manufacturing: Spot production bottlenecks, quickly implement last-minute engineering changes, and extend visibility of the shop floor to your entire enterprise.

• MRP: Use historical data and advanced replenishment formulas to help you more easily understand current and future material and distribution requirements.

• Additional Sage MAS 500 Users: Additional users count as one module regardless of the number of users purchased.

• Sage Abra: Powerful HR and payroll solutions that enable you to automate HR and compliance activities, easily process and track payroll and attendance, and manage employee relationships.

• Sage FAS: Track tangible assets and those responsible for them, while automatically calculating depreciation and eliminating the need for offline spreadsheets.

• Sage TimeSheet: Track projects and collect data on the actual time spent and the expenses incurred on each task, along with seamless integration with Project Accounting.

• Sage Sales Tax: Automate functions ranging from jurisdiction assignment, rate research, and maintenance to reporting, returns, and remittance. (25% discount applied to Activation Fee.)

• And more!

Customers on active maintenance or support plans save $3,390 on the Budget Control Bundle

Now, managing your budget is more important than ever, and it is time to start planning for next year's budget. Save 20% on the following Budget Control Bundle that includes everything you need to optimally define, analyze, monitor, and control your budgets.

• Sage Active Planner (3 base users): Powerful enterprise-wide budgeting and planning solution
• Sage Active Planner Analyzer (3 base users): An integrated analysis tool that provides a graphical view of your budget data and lets you slice and dice it quickly and easily
• Sage Active Planner WebView (5 Web viewers): Allows remote and local users to interact and have input with your budget via their Web browser
• Sage MAS 500 Business Insights users (5 users): Enables budget contributors (who do not have access to Sage MAS 500) to view and analyze current budget status online at any time

List price $16,950 if purchased separately. Budget Control Bundle price $13,560 (save $3,390)! Also save 20% on any additional users/viewers for the bundle components listed above.

For more details on these offers, contact Blytheco - send us an email, or give us a call at 800.455.1368, extension 2500.