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October 16, 2008
Syscon Founder Named to Twenty Influential Women in Business for 2008
Syscon Founder Named to Twenty Influential Women in Business for 2008 October 16, 2008, Hinsdale – Catherine Wendt, Vice President and co-founder of Syscon, Inc. has been named as one of the twenty “Influential Women in Business” for 2008 by The Business Ledger of Suburban Chicago. This is the 11th “class” of women to be […]
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February 17, 2008
Tip – Creating a secure signed check form
Tip – Creating a secure signed check form Last Tested with Sage Master Builder Version 13.2.0.3 With our larger clients, there can be hundreds of checks generated at a time for both payroll and accounts payable. Naturally, people want to create a digitally signed check form to avoid having to physically sign the checks, but […]
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January 19, 2008
Tip – Printing Large Quantities of W2 Forms
Tip – Printing Large Quantities of W2 Forms We have quite a few clients that print hundreds of W2’s for their employees. Using Adobe to print the W2’s makes the process work better and avoids the hassle of collating hundreds of forms. 1) Purchase your W2’s in sets. Typically, we use the 2 up, 6 […]
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January 17, 2008
Bug – Accounts Receivable Invoice Listing Fails
Bug – Accounts Receivable Invoice Listing Fails Bug: Last tested with Master Builder version 13.0.2.3 Here is one to file under bizarre and cool. We ran into this one yesterday at a client that just upgraded to Master Builder version 13. This bug seems to have been introduced with version 13 of Master Builder and, […]
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January 15, 2008
A Method to Generate Complex Reports
A Method to Generate Complex Reports Do you – as a Master Builder user – have to spend a lot of money to automate very complex reports such as certified payroll reports? Well, the answer is “maybe not.” Here is an alternative to expensive custom reporting that your organization may be able to do with […]
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December 19, 2007
Bug – When posting SR Invoices – Insufficient Stock Errors
Bug – When posting SR Invoices – Insufficient Stock Errors December 19, 2007 Updated 2/17/08 Bug: Last tested with Master Builder version 13.1.0.2 Update Note: This bug was documented in the Sage Knowledgebase on 2/6/08 with KB13441. The Service Receivables module (screen 11-2) is designed to handle the sale of parts from an inventory. Here […]
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December 13, 2007
Tip – Quirky Queries
Tip – Quirky Queries Queries are one of the best features of Master Builder. In case you don’t know, queries are found on most screens under either “File | Find” or – alternatively – by clicking on the binoculars icon. Queries are a way to get a list of records according to criteria you select […]
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December 12, 2007
Tip – Those Pesky Image Files in Report Designer
Tip – Those Pesky Image Files in Report Designer Certain problems occur in using Master Builder where I don’t have time or the interest in finding out why the problem exists or the most elegant solution, I just find a way to work around it. This is one of those problems. Anyone who had done […]
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December 10, 2007
Tip – Open Checks from a Prior Year
Tip – Open Checks from a Prior Year Prior Year Items to be reviewed before Closing a Year During the Closing Process at the end of the company’s year, any entries to the Cash Accounts that have not been cleared during the Bank Reconciliation process are rolled over to the new year as open items. […]
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December 09, 2007
The History of Master Builder Software
The History of Master Builder Software Sage Master Builder (SMB) software has an interesting history. Like many software products that serve specific industries, Master Builder was conceived by someone in the industry who was just trying to run their business better. Dan Smith – the founder of Master Builder – is a great story teller […]
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