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The ICINITI webstore is a fully integrate Sage ERP Accpac Webstore with full eCommerce and content management system functionality.  Setting up and creating the basic website/webstore can be down in less then a day by those with experience. 

Create Categories with subcategories broken down the same way it is setup in Sage Accpac.

Item Pricing and Sales are automatically adjusted on the website when setup in Accpac.  The website pulls in date ranges for sales that are setup in Accpac, price lists that are customer dependent and will display pricing in their price list currency.

Products can be displayed in an Array or list.

The Product pages include “Customers that also bought this bought…”, Similar Items, Product Documentation, Product Ratings & Reviews (can be turned on or off)…

Shows the clients Sage Accpac Details with Open Invoices, Transactions and Payments…

Reorder with a single click of a button. Credit Card payment page that PCI Compliant.

Security dependent on Roles and logins, Clients, non-clients and sales reps.  You don’t need to create new pages. 

Sales people can use it to manage the account to place orders, see open invoices, check a specific customers pricing, check on inventory…

Non-clients can, if you would like, setup their own account that will go directly to Accpac with any terms you want, most likely zero credit, or just keep them as web clients with no account in Accpac, just a ship to.  All information is entered by the customer.  If you would like to select those that get setup with a new customer in Accpac then you can direct them to a credit application page and they can apply.

The basic Suite comes with the Credit Card Application, the Content Management and the Webstore.

You can extend the functionality of the suite with a Sales Rep Desk, Integration to eBay and Yahoo stores, item variations grids, assembly configurator (like on Dell – custom kitting), & Crystal Reports.

Some templates…  www.free-css.com

The Sage ERP Accpac Product Roadmap show some new exciting enhancements and outlines the expected release dates!  Sage ERP Accpac Version 6.1 will be released early in November of 2011!

Sage ERP Accpac Version 6.1 is a very exciting release as the Order Entry module will now be fully accesable through the Accpac’s new web portal.  Accpac Version 6.1 will also support Firefox, Safari and Chrome Browsers, Hyper-V, Pervasive 11 (but you should really be considering MS SQL – especially with the competitive upgrade pricing). 

Also outlined in the Sage ERP Accpac Product Roadmap Update is:

Sage ERP Accpac Product Update 1 – expected in Q1 of 2012 and will include the Inventory Control and Purchasing Web Client (full access through the web portal)

Sage ERP Accpac Product Update 2 – expected in Q2 of 2012 and will include the Accounts Receivable Web Client (full access through the web portal)

Sage ERP Accpac Product Update 3 – expected in Q3 of 2012 and will include the Accounts Payable and General Ledger Web Client (full access through the web portal)

Sage ERP Accpac Version 6.2 Product Release - expected in Q4 of 2012 and will include Approval Workflows, Payroll Web Client, and much more…

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Sage University   - Online Courses on Sage Accpac Intelligence and much of the Sage ERP Accpac Extendend Enterprise Suite 

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View Sage ERP Accpac Intelligence Report Designer Video 

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Everything you want to know about Sage ERP Accpac Intelligence

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Why is Sage selling a Microsoft product?  These days the tech industry is all about coopetition; a basic principle described in Game Theory by John Nash where competitive companies cooperate. “What is best for the group is best for an individual in the group”.

Microsoft SQL has become the database of choice for Sage ERP Accpac, and many other Sage products, as it is fast and efficient.  What more details?  Talk to our techy, programmer, IT Ninja Matt@Unisoft.net and he will chat your ear off for days about why this combination provides superior environment. Ask him about Accpac with Pervasive or just about any other DB and you might as well run for the hills. So what is the deal anyways…

Sage is reintroducing Sage ERP Accpac with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Runtime Edition (available for 32-Bit and 64-Bit) with a new competitive pricing model. This comes bundled with Sage ERP Accpac and its related applications and the capability is guaranteed.

Any of our Sage Accpac clients that would like to migrate from one of the competitive databases listed below is now able to for the low, low price of $75/CAL!

Competitive Databases: IBM, Oracle, Sybase, FoxPro, Pervasive, MySQL and ProvideX

Any new client can purchase the bundled Microsoft SQL Runtime Edition for Sage ERP Accpac for $175 per user CAL. For customers with 30 or more users, the “Per Processor” license is more cost effective. Per Processor licensing is now $5,000.

* Business Care on all Competitive Upgrade CALs are based on the Full Cost of $175/CAL.

  What you need to know about the Microsoft SQL Server Runtime version:  

• Is MS-SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition bundled with the Sage ERP Accpac.
• Can be used for Sage ERP Accpac, SageCRM, any other Sage Accpac-related applications, and any application integrating with Sage ERP Accpac.
• Is technically identical to the full MS-SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition including all the same database administration tools and same performance with no restrictions on database size.
• Is NOT the same as the free MS-SQL Express edition.
• Has restricted use rights and terms that can only be used for Sage Accpac-related applications or any application that is integrated with Sage ERP Accpac or SageCRM.

If you have any other questions, please contact Scott@Unisoft.net / 604-926-3398 or refer to the new FAQ document.

Move beyond simple financial reporting to an intelligent reporting and analysis solution that allows you to consolidate information from across your entire ERP system.  Join us and learn how Sage ERP Accpac Intelligence (Intelligence), an easy-to-use 100% Microsoft Excel®-based solution:

- Gives you access to your entire business’s data, not just General Ledger data
- Allows you to reduce month-end close time by eliminating the creation, running and distributing of manual reports
- Allows you to run real-time reports, on demand
- Allows you to easily manipulate information to fit your business needs
- Allows you to drill down deeper into business-critical data so you can analyze current and future trends

Already integrated in Sage ERP Accpac, Intelligence will revolutionize your business reporting and give you instant visibility of trusted real-time information from across your business to make insightful decisions.

Please note seats are limited!

Register Now for the Sage Accpac Intelligence Webinare

Check out the new Sage ERP Accpac Intelligence Report Designer demo to see how to revolutionize your financial reporting:

Join us for the Sage ERP Accpac 6.0 Experience on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 in Vancouver, BC.

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Sage ERP Accpac has been a smart choice for the management of your business. It provides best-in-class products that allow you to extend the reach of your business. Join us at this seminar to see how the latest release, Version 6.0 will help you further expand your business horizons. You will see a live demonstration of the new functionality, including how you can:

• Enable collaboration, mobility and interoperability
• Improve productivity
• Envision success
• Get the information you need, faster
• Accelerate growth and lower total cost of ownership
• Save time on month-end processes

Click here for more info or here to register

Sage Accpac ERP’s Mining Solution is a the leading business managment software for mining corperations. Today, a modern, competitive mining corporation has new technology challenges that necessitate data integration across all departments. Through a combination of web technologies, real-time processing, and intelligent reporting Unisoft’s Sage Accpac ERP Mining Solutions provides a complete solution for mining corporations the entire mining cycle, from exploration and feasibility, to development, to production and sales.

• Do you struggle to connect financial and production data? 
• Is your system able to quickly analyse costing at the shaft,  process and sub process level?
• Does your fixed asset management integrate effortlessly with your accounting, comply with IFRS/SOX, while scheduling maintenance and repairs?
• Do you waste time and energy trying to produce production reports on simply things like the cost-per-ounce and cost-per-meter over various periods of time?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions Unisoft can help. Take a look at the Mining Solution developed for Sage Accpac ERP: http://www.unisoft.net/industry/mining or contact Scott@Unisoft.net.  604-926-3398