Top 10 Sage 100 Enhancements for Every Organization
July 31, 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, leveraging the right tools and technologies is crucial for sustained success. Sage 100 offers a range of enhancements designed to streamline operations, boost productivity, and drive growth. These enhancements are tailored to meet the diverse needs of modern businesses, providing robust solutions for everything from document management to multi-currency transactions.
Whether you’re looking to improve your financial reporting, enhance customer service, or streamline your inventory management, the Top 10 Sage 100 Enhancements offer powerful tools to help you achieve your business objectives. Let’s dive into these game-changing improvements:
Top 10 Enhancements for your organization
#1 Sage 100 Enhancement: InstaDocs
The first and only embedded document management solution designed specifically for Sage 100.
InstaDocs stands out as the exclusive, tailor-made document management solution for Sage 100, complete with Microsoft OneDrive integration. This innovative system enables the seamless storage, viewing, and retrieval of electronic documents directly within Sage 100, streamlining access to relevant business records.
Enhancing productivity through features like keyword tagging, Master Search, and automated PDF storage of financial documents in designated directories, InstaDocs sets the benchmark in its field. It is celebrated as the top document management tool, adaptable to any industry, and essential for improving operational workflows and security.
Instadocs modules
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Lot/Serial Number
- General Ledger
- Inventory Management
- Job Cost
- Production Management
- Purchase Order
- Payroll
- RMA
- Service Center
- Sales Order
Key Benefits
Master Search
Cloud Storage
Document Tagging
Security
Easy Access
Paperless Office Integration
#2 Sage 100 Enhancement: Multi-Currency
For businesses that conduct transactions involving different national currencies.
The multi-currency modules facilitate transactions, custom financial reporting, printing, auditing master files, and numerous other options across any designated base currency and foreign currencies. This powerful currency solution is tailored for businesses with global reach, whether operating internationally or managing multinational entities.
It converts distribution modules to allow data entry and reporting in multiple currencies, permits transaction entry in any defined currency, and prints reports in any currency using any exchange rate. The solution ensures financial data integrity, streamlined multi-currency processes, and compliance with regulatory requirements across borders.
Multi-Currency modules
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Bank Reconciliation
- Multi-Currency Base Module
- Inventory Management
- Sales Order
- Purchase Order
- RMA
- Auto Download of Exchange Rate
- Bank of Mexico Rate Download
Key Benefits
Base Currency Configuration
Seamless
Integration
FASB 52
Compliance
#3 Sage 100 Enhancement: multi-company
A streamlined method to consolidate data across multiple Sage 100 companies.
DSD Business Systems offers 26 different solutions for Sage 100 designed for Multi-Company processing. These DSD Enhancements have been available for three decades, providing users with additional functionality for interaction between multiple Company Codes in Sage 100.
The Multi-Company products offered by DSD are categorized into four main groups, each addressing specific needs for users with multiple companies in Sage 100. Each category serves a distinct purpose in facilitating multi-company operations within Sage 100, ranging from inter-company transactions to data synchronization and consolidated reporting across multiple company codes.
mULTI-COMPANY modules
- APMU - Multi-Company Accounts Payable
- GLMU - Multi-Company General LEdger
- GLAC - G/L Account Copy by Company
- GLCN - Multi-Company Financial Consolidation
- APMR - A/P Multi-Company Reporting
- And Much More
Key Benefits
inter-company
processing
Company consolidation
enhancements
Consolidated reporting &
Inquiry enhancements
synchronization
enhancements
#4 Sage 100 Enhancement: Multi-bin
Engineered uniquely for Sage 100, delivering elevated warehouse inventory management functionalities.
The DSD/ScanForce Multi-Bin Advanced Module equips Sage 100 with sophisticated warehouse inventory management capabilities. It facilitates multi-bin tracking by warehouse, product line, or item code, enabling granular inventory control.
Users can define allocation rules, bin restrictions, and perform transfers seamlessly. Automated allocations during picking and data entry streamline operations. This module offers structured bin location management, lot/serial expiration tracking, auto-generated bins, location types, and quantity thresholds. It provides multi-company enhancements and selective module access.
Multi-bin modules
- Multi-Bin Basic
- Multi-Bin Advanced
- Multi-Bin Work Order
- Multi-Bin Service Center
Key Benefits
flexible
transfers
auto-bin
generation
easy
setup
Granular
Restrictions
Structured
Locations
Multi-Level
Enablement
#5 Sage 100 Enhancement: APCB
Enabling Cash Basis Expense Recognition Aligned with Check Issuance.
The APCB enhancement shifts Sage 100’s AP module to cash basis accounting, expensing invoices when checks are issued instead of on Invoice Journal posting. APCB integrates with Manual Check Entry, Check Entry, and Purchase Order modules. Each company can be set as cash or accrual basis.
The Sort Rebuild utility initializes cash basis files from existing accrual data. Standard reports remain unmodified, while check forms can include GL account distributions. This enables cash basis AP accounting in Sage 100 while allowing hybrid cash/accrual setups across companies and seamless integration with core AP processes.
apcb module
- Accounts Payable
Key Benefits
Cash basis Transformation
Integrated
operations
Efficient cash
updates
#6 Sage 100 Enhancement: CIDP
Enabling Increased Decimal Precision Across Multiple Sage 100 Modules.
The CIDP enhancement allows increasing decimal precision up to six places for unit price, unit cost, and quantity fields across multiple Sage 100 distribution and manufacturing modules. It consolidates previous extended solutions for expanded numeric masks and decimal precision, providing a unified approach.
CIDP enables more accurate calculations by capturing even smallest fractional values, minimizing rounding errors and improving data integrity. This precision is crucial for businesses dealing with high-precision products or materials, enhancing operational efficiency, decision-making, and profitability analysis.
CIDP modules
- Common Information
- Inventory Management
Key Benefits
Extended
Precision
Calculation
Accuracy
Solution
Consolidation
Micro-Precision
Calculations
Unified
Enhancement
Cross-Module
Impact
#7 Sage 100 Enhancement: Advanced Security
Strengthening Sage 100 Security While Preserving Operational Efficiency.
The advancement of technology brings new security threats, making it crucial to ensure our systems are secure and safe from potential attacks. While your company has minimized security threats by installing anti-virus software and hardware firewalls, these measures can sometimes interfere with the functionality of your Sage 100 ERP program.
Advanced security provides comprehensive protection beyond basic antivirus and firewalls, safeguarding systems without disrupting operations. Our enhancements for Sage 100 mitigate risks while maintaining full functionality.
Advanced Security modules
- AP-1058 Security by Division
- BR-1003 Bank Reconciliation Security
- GL-1032 Security by G/L Sub Account
- IM-1154 Security by Warehouse
- LM-1031 User Login Activity Log
- POAT - Purchase Order Audit Tracking
- SOAT Sales Order Audit Tracking
- AR-1152 Security by Division
- AR-1157 Security For Customer/Salesperson by User ID
Key Benefits
Enhanced User
Tracking
Division-Specific
Controls
Detailed
Audit-Trails
Customizable
Protection
Uncompromised
Functionality
#8 Sage 100 Enhancement: SMSM
Enabling Increased Decimal Precision Across Multiple Sage 100 Modules.
The Service Center module is a top Sage 100 enhancement that streamlines product service and repair workflows. It maintains a centralized Service Item database, automatically tracking sale dates, customer information, warranties, and service histories for efficient repairs.
As orders progress through configurable status codes, a comprehensive service history builds, capturing labor analysis, failure codes, and customer invoices. This data drives continuous improvement of service operations. Service Center keeps businesses connected to customers, effectively managing products sold and serviced through an integrated repair processing system.
SMSM modules
- Service Center
Key Benefits
Centralized
Service Tracking
Configurable
Workflow
Billing
Integration
Streamlined
Repair Processing
Customizable
Documentation
Service History
Repository
#9 Sage 100 Enhancement: IM-1069
Date-Driven Contract Pricing Flexibility in Inventory Management.
The IM-1069 – Contract Pricing by Valid Date Range enhancement for Sage 100 Inventory Management adds three flexible contract pricing options based on valid date ranges: by customer, by price level, or by customer/price level combination. This allows businesses to establish customized pricing agreements with automatic date enforcement, ensuring agreed-upon prices are applied within defined date ranges.
The enhancement streamlines pricing processes, minimizes errors, and enhances efficiency in managing customer relationships and pricing strategies.
IM-1069 modules
- Inventory Management
Key Benefits
Date-Based
Pricing
Customer-Specific
Contracts
Price Level
Contracts
Customer-Price
Level Combos
Automatic Date
Enforcement
Integrated
Enhancement
#10 Sage 100 Enhancement: SO-1032
Empowering Your Sales Process with Advanced Deposit Options.
The DSD enhancement SO-1032 enables users to apply multiple customer deposits to a single sales order in Sage 100. This seamless process ensures that customer deposits are accurately tracked and applied, minimizing errors and enhancing overall order fulfillment workflows.
The enhancement allows deposits from A/R Cash Receipts to be applied to orders and provides defaulting logic by associating terms codes with payment types. However, it’s important to note that SO-1032 is incompatible with any third-party credit card processing applications integrated with Sage 100.
So-1032 module
- Sales Order
Key Benefits
Flexibility
Unlocked
Streamlined
Allocation
Customized
Terms
Efficient
Tracking
Simplified
Reconciliation
Compatibility
Assurance
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