The 11th annual Third Party Advantage Conference will take place on March 3-5, 2013.

11th Annual TPAC Conference March 3-5, 2013

Click here to download the Attendee List for TPAC 2013. 

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TPAC is hosting a CUSTOMER DAY - just for you!

We’ve taken the requests, desires & demands of the TPAC community to heart and are proud to announce the addition of a FULL DAY CUSTOMER DAY - the last day of TPAC 2013 - Wednesday March 6th, 2013

Based on the community’s feedback, needs & requests, this day is business partner-centric: it allows for quick, focused presentations on the main topics identified as crucial, and dedicates the bulk of the time for attendees to meet and discuss with dealers involved in those topics (see agenda below).

Business Partners:

    *get customers back on plan

    *invite busy guests to “drop in” to sessions pertinent to their needs only

    *show your clients new pieces and other add-ons

    *extend your operations packages to include more functions

    *connect your clients with your development partners

    *use Sage’s focussed information sessions to your and your clients’ best interests

    *take sole proprietorship of a “topic table” and showcase your area of expertise

 

Development Partners:

    *get access to End Users to sell products

    *gain exposure to Business Partners to sell Dealer Plans and promote Dealers’ products and services

    *take advantage of the opportunity to develop strategic partnerships with other Development Partners across the Sage 300 ERP/CRM/HRMS/BI spectrum

    *enjoy access to Sage executives in your area of business

 

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Sage Session Abstracts

Sage Introductory Session  - Sage 300 ERP - 9:00 – 9:30 AM – Donal De Paor

Sage 300 ERP Overview

In this session we will share our product strategy and roadmap, with details on upcoming product releases.  Join us to learn about the exciting future of the Sage 300 ERP solution

Focus Session – CRM – 11:00 – 11:15 AM - Travis Taylor

Sage CRM – Solving business challenges

Why CRM?  In this short session we will discuss how Sage CRM can help you to solve your biggest business challenges by helping your staff to be more productive, efficient and focused on your customers.

Focus Session – Third Party Products & Services –2:00 – 2:15 PM – Doug Ash

Creating the End-to-End System

This session will examine all the extra services and products available (and being exhibited at Customer Day) that will extend your Accpac solution into an end-to-end system.

Focus Session – Human Resources & Payroll –2:00 – 2:15 PM – Donal de Paor

The Power of People Data: Further strengthen your business with Sage 300 ERP plus Sage HRMS

Improve alignment between your people and your business objectives and continue to invest in your people, the company’s strongest and most competitive asset. Sage HRMS seamlessly connects to Sage 300 payroll to bring your payroll to life in the eyes and minds of each and every employee within your organization. Expand your Sage 300 ERP solution with Sage HRMS, and start making more effective strategic decisions, and begin leveraging HR knowledge/data, processes, and systems in order to achieve an optimal return on employee investment (ROEI).

Focus Session – BI – 3:00 – 3:15 PM – Guillermo Tellez

Sage Intelligence Reporting - Powerful, flexible financial reporting and beyond…

This powerful reporting tool gives you out of the box and/or customized, on demand reports in the familiar environment of Excel.
If you are looking to quickly and easily create multi-year and multi-budget reports, you won’t want to miss this brief session! We’ll also touch on ways to manage organizational reporting and the powerful Report Distribution feature. You will learn:

Why Sage Intelligence is a smart choice for your business and how having the proper information can solve your business struggles.

How Sage Intelligence can solve your reporting gaps and improve your access to information.

Why you should be considering Sage Intelligence for your business. (Hint: You already own one license).

Exhibiting Development Partners

http://www.sageaccpac.com/

 

Sage ERP Accpac is an award-winning business management solution built on world-class architecture. Designed for companies of all sizes, Sage ERP Accpac provides the foundation for an integrated suite of end-to-end business management applications, including customer relationship management (CRM), human resources management, business intelligence (BI), warehouse management (WMS), point-of-sale, e-commerce, and hundreds of vertical solutions.

Sage ERP Accpac offers high performance, advanced functionality, and unmatched freedom of choice. You can choose the features, technology, and deployment options you need today, and can easily customize and enhance your system as your business needs evolve. Plus, Sage ERP Accpac provides a transparent, bi-directional data flow between all parts of your system—customer-facing, partner-facing, and employee-facing—empowering employees, delivering a consistently superior customer experience, and lowering overall cost of ownership.

Sage ERP Accpac helps businesses operate more efficiently and profitably through better control, tighter integration, and enhanced visibility. Available in three robust editions (Sage ERP Accpac 100, 200, and 500), Sage ERP Accpac works both on-site and hosted over the Web, and can easily accommodate the changing needs of your growing organization.

http://www.sageaccpac.com/ | (604) 207-9480 | Richmond, British Columbia

http://www.acdevware.com/ACDEVPOS.phtml



"Actively Developing Software for your business and accounting needs."

Through the innovative application of technology, combined with practical  knowledge and accounting needs. ACDEV Software develops applications  offering simplicity, functionality and value with seamless integration  to established accounting systems.

ACDEV Software’s experience with hundreds of retail locations around the world is helping retailers maximize profits by better management of  resources, processes and reporting.

- True seamless integration to Sage ACCPAC ERP.
- Simple and easy to use for retail, wholesale and basic order taking.
- Scalable: single to multiple locations and lanes.
- Flexible pricing: Price Lists, levels, volume, promotional pricing, etc.
- Multiple processing methods: Online, Offline, Passive, Summary
- Extended Loyalty profiles and Gift Card processing.

http://www.acdevware.com/ACDEVPOS.phtml | (416) 207-8837 | Toronto, Ontario

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Established in 1985, Altec is a leading provider of integrated document management software for the SMB (Small to Medium-sized Business) marketplace.  Altec’s Sage Accpac doc-link™ imaging and workflow software is the Exclusive Endorsed Document Management Solution for Sage. Sage doc-link is tightly integrated to Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) to address such paper intensive processes as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Sales Order Processing. Sage Accpac doc-link electronically captures, workflows, routes and archives business documents and reports to reduce handling costs and improve communication. Combining best practices, state-of-the-art technology and sound implementation methods into an affordable package has made doc-link the document management choice among financial accounting software users.  

Altec is an international company with over 13,000 customers and is positioned as the dominant supplier of IDM solutions and paper based systems in the markets it serves. Altec has integrated solutions for Sage MAS 500, MAS 200 and MAS 90, Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) and PFW; Microsoft Dynamics Solutions including GP, SL, AX and NAV; SAP Business One Software, SAP Business One American Express Edition; and Epicor Enterprise.

 doc-link:  integrated, affordable and scalable imaging and workflow solutions for SMB organizations.

http://www.altec-inc.com/  | (800) 997-9921 | Laguna Hills, CA

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Autosimply’s Manufacturing Order (M/F) module is an easy-to-use manufacturing solution for small to medium-sized enterprises who produce Make-To-Order and Make-To-Stock finished goods.  Simple yet powerful, AutoSimply M/F provides for a comprehensive manufacturing workflow covering Bill of Material (BOM) maintenance, order entry, work-in-progress (WIP) tracking, routing-based costing, material substitution, subcontracting and reworking.  Seamlessly integrated to Sage 300 ERP Inventory Control (I/C), AutoSimply M/F provides for one item master maintenance and one item stock balance and history.  Built using Sage 300 ERP's SDK and designed specifically for Sage 300 ERP, AutoSimply's M/F module is truly the manufacturing solution for Sage 300 ERP.

 

AutoSimply also has an Inventory Planning module to help Wholesale Distributors manage Inventory movements affected by Purchasing and Sales transactions.

http://www.autosimply.com/  | +852 2366 8396 | Hong Kong

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Sales tax is hard. AvaTax™ makes it easy.

Agile, successful companies focus on their core business and outsource complex, administrative functions – such as payroll and sales tax management – to the experts.

Sage, in partnership with Avalara, can address your sales tax challenges with Sage Sales Tax, Powered by AvaTax. It’s the fastest, easiest, most accurate and affordable way to calculate sales tax; manage exemption certificates; file returns; and remit payments across multiple tax regions. Our tax decision engine determines rates based on 100,000+ taxability rules in 11,000+ taxing jurisdictions and instantly applies them to each transaction.

AvaTax provides seamless, integration with 100+ ERP, accounting, e-commerce, and retail POS systems such as Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor, QuickBooks, Exact, Netsuite, Infor and many others. The AvaTax SDK makes it possible to integrate AvaTax with any e-commerce or accounting application.

Thousands of businesses large and small rely on Avalara to make sales tax compliance less taxing. Learn more at www.avalara.com.

http://www.avalara.com/  | (877) 780-4848 | Bainbridge Island, WA

Bi-Metrix

 

BI-Metrix's solutions combine the power of Microsoft Excel and a financially intelligent multidimensional model to facilitate data analysis and greatly simplify the creation of reports. With Windows and web-based capability, it lets you rapidly access, slice-and-dice, drill into, compare, and chart your company's information all within Excel's familiar spreadsheet environment. With BI-Metrix's solutions, you will maximize your existing investment in your ERP system and Microsoft Office for truly integrated reporting, analysis and dashboarding.

http://www.bi-metrix.com/  / (877) 820-7125 / Toronto, Ontario

http://www.biznetsoftware.com/


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BizNet Software®, Inc. is a market leader for Microsoft Excel® in-memory business reporting and business intelligence.  BizNet's Excel® Business Information Suite is the most innovative and intuitive reporting solution on the market.  It creates a user-friendly, drag & drop user environment with live, real-time access to the most accurate and current data.  BizInsight’s™ unique ability to provide dynamic, multi-dimensional drill downs to detailed information based on what the user is exploring provides a level of business insight not found with other reporting tools.  BizNet’s Sage 300 ERP reporting and analysis Content Packs provide a pre-built integration of GL, AP, and AR modules, allowing users to build their reports within minutes.  For publishing, BizNet Broadcast allows users to create an automated information delivery system to all users in the organization.  Recipients can receive timely, actionable management reports in the formats and methods they prefer.  Newly added features such as conditional formatting, scheduled alerts, and password protection of workbooks are also available.

BizNet Software currently has over 9,000 users with over 200 partners in over 26 different countries and has been selected as the top FRx replacement by top industry analysts. 

http://www.biznetsoftware.com/ | (888) 803-5227 | Dallas, TX

http://www.dataself.com/



Dataself Corporation helps mid-size organizations improve their performance by  providing critical information about business operations and trends.  DataSelf targets forward-thinking decision makers that want to improve  business productivity. Our solution helps managers quickly and easily  figure out what is working as planned, what is adding or subtracting the most value to business. Getting the right answers on a timely manner  allows decision-makers to spend more time managing the right  initiatives.

Over the years the DataSelf BI solution has grown into a complete,  end-to-end reporting platform that is highly customizable and requires  no programming to make changes to the mostly wizard-driven software  components. Our solutions integrate best-of-breed and off-the-shelf  software components designed to work with many mid-market business  applications. DataSelf BI packages include an industry-standard, open  data warehouse framework, multi-dimensional OLAP data cubes, and  hundreds of reports addressing operations and critical trends in  mid-size organizations.

http://www.dataself.com/  | (408) 351-3560 | San Jose, CA

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Edisoft was founded in 1995 with the vision of providing unparalleled EDI solutions that would enable small and medium-sized businesses to connect and trade easily with their trading partners. Edisoft set out to develop a product that would integrate full-featured EDI functionality directly into major accounting and ERP software systems. Edisoft assembled an International team of EDI and software experts in its Toronto headquarters and embarked on an intensive R&D program. The result was the Edisoft Merchant family of products, a complete EDI solution engineered to work seamlessly with the native databases of the most popular accounting systems.

http://www.edisoft.com/ | (866) 637-4268 | Toronto, Ontario

eRequester

 

eRequester is a purchase requisition, approval routing, purchase order and expense management system. It allows companies to define and implement standardized purchasing practices, which streamline and manage supply chains. eRequester integrates with leading accounting systems, and is available either installed on premises or SAAS.

eRequester offers a core system for web-based purchasing with optional modules for Expense Management, Budget Checking, Receiving, Inventory Management, Request for Quote, Mobile, Project Accounting, Multi-Currency, Payment Requests, Punchout (to vendor websites) and accounting system integration.

http://www.erequester.com/  | (206) 256-0771 | Seattle, WA

 

http://www.iciniti.com/


Iciniti Corporation began building web stores for Sage Accpac in 1999. 12 years of leading edge technology. 12 years of integration, and 12 years of innovation - all culminated in eCommSuite 5. eCommSuite 5 seamlessly melds Sitefinity CMS (Content Management System), Iciniti Store, Order Reader, Customer Portal and Credit Card into the most powerful, customizable, feature rich and flexible ecommerce solution available for Sage ERP Accpac users.

Many companies talk about CMS but Iciniti delivers. By building Iciniti Store 5 inside Sitefinity CMS (over 8,000 installs worldwide) Iciniti has changed the field. Now, from a single site you can manage your eCommerce, blogs, news, RSS feeds, events, videos, images and even newsletters. You will not find a better, integrated eCommerce solution anywhere.

Our newest product, Iciniti Integration Server offers two-way integration between Accpac and virtually any existing web store. Using jQuery and AJAX to pull information from Accpac, and XML to write orders into Accpac; Integration server allows a company to preserve their investment in an existing web store. All while getting the latest in two-way integration.

No matter what your eCommerce needs – Iciniti has a solution for you.

http://www.iciniti.com/ | (519) 432-9599 | London, Ontario

http://www.industrios.com/


IndustriOS is a proven, robust, feature-rich, manufacturing operations system seamlessly integrated with Sage ERP Accpac with a single inventory to manage serving make-to-order, make-to-stock, assemble-to-order, configure-to-order and mixed mode manufacturing environments. INDUSTRIOS is scalable allowing small and mid-sized manufacturers to start with the basic functionality they need and add functionality as their business grows and evolves. INDUSTRIOS seamlessly integrates with Sage ERP Accpac modules including GL, AR, AP, System Manager and Payroll Services and supports for standard, average, FIFO and actual costing models.

INDUSTRIOS has the most powerful analysis tools available to manufacturers (Manufacturing Cost Analysis, Purchase Price Analysis and Inventory Activity Analysis) running Sage ERP Accpac.  Standard features include serial/lot tracking, user-defined fields, robust online inventory, customer and vendor queries and email integration. For those companies that have a need for bin tracking, serial/lot tracking at the component level in an assembly, MRP Forecasting (demand and supply), shipping integration, pre-invoicing, intercompany orders, or blanket sales, INDUSTRIOS has these features and more. INDUSTRIOS – Manufacturing a Better Bottom Line.  It’s just that Simple.

http://www.industrios.com/ | (905) 829-2525 | Oakville, Ontario

http://www.misysinc.com/



MISys Manufacturing continues to be the most complete manufacturing solution for Sage ERP Accpac. 

This Industrial Strength software is a modular system that scales easily  to meet the needs of manufacturers of all sizes.  MISys Manufacturing  provides Production Scheduling, Materials Requirement Planning, Shop  Floor Control, Serial/Lot Tracking, Multi-Location Warehousing and many  more robust features. 

MISys Manufacturing software is constantly updated to meet the evolving needs in the market place.  MISys Manufacturing was introduced in May of 2010 and will be introducing major upgrades again in 2012.  MISys  Manufacturing already integrates with Sage ERP Accpac v6.0, and will  continue to make sure the integration works in the future for versions  6.1 and beyond.

Become a MISys Business Partner to meet the needs of your manufacturing  clients.  As a partner, MISys will supply you with the marketing, sales  and technical support you need to win deals and make your customers  successful.  Visit www.misysinc.com/partner for a full description of  the partner programs.

Visit www.misysinc.com for a full tour of the software, or call Terry Merrill at 802-332-8029 to become a new business partner.

http://www.misysinc.com/ | (802) 457-4600 | Woodstock, VT

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Net@Work is a full service IT and business consultancy specializing in business management systems. An award-winning Sage Software Partner / VAR, Net@Work is certified in and represents the full product portfolio of Sage ERP, CRM and HRMS solutions. Other core areas of expertise include: Content and Document Management Systems, Microsoft SharePoint, Web Development, Integrated eCommerce and comprehensive IT and network services.  

The Net@Work Enterprise Content Management (ECM) team provides solutions that help increase your effectiveness by providing quick access to documents and implementing workflow and automation.

Their product ConnectPoint for Sage 300 (and other ERP) gives you the ability to link Sage software with leading ECM products such as Microsoft SharePoint and FileBound, allowing for the seamless access of documents directly from within Sage ERP.

Net@Work’s Partner Alliance Program provides VARS and others an opportunity to extend their product and service portfolio in a quick, inexpensive way. With various partner levels, from simple referral through partnered implementation, it is a strategic way to increase practice revenue without increasing risk. When you identify a prospect or client whose needs cannot be satisfied by your solution portfolio, join the Alliance for the ability to offer the full suite of Sage applications, ECM, Microsoft SharePoint, Web Development / eCommerce, IT services and more. You’ll never have to turn away another opportunity, or lose a client you couldn’t offer the right solution.

www.netatwork.com    netatwork.com/ConnectPoint    netatwork.com/Alliance  | (800) 719-3307 |  Offices Across North America

normingblue

 

Norming has been named Development Partner of the year in China and South Africa several times . They specialize in helping Sage 300 ERP customers manage and secure their key physical and monetary assets.

Asset Management Suite
Companies who purchase, lease, build, maintain, depreciate, rent and track movement of physical assets can use Norming’s Asset Management suite. There are 4 components to the suite consisting of Asset Accounting, Asset Maintenance, Asset Leasing and Asset Tracking for creating and maintenance of bar codes.

Norming Resource Manager
Organizations with employees working off-site on project based jobs, incurring reimbursable expenses and/or providing services to customers are candidates for the NEW Resource Manager suite from Norming Software. Resource Manager is a Windows SDK based Time, Expense and Leave tracking system fully integrated into Sage 300 ERP Project Job Cost, US & CDN Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and General Ledger. Timesheet, Expense and Leave entry and approvals can be done via Web Portals running standalone or in the Sage 300 ERP portal. This solution supports workflow based authorizations for time, expense and leave with multiple levels of approval and SMTP email notification for Requests, Approvals and Rejections. Typical companies using this solution are engineering and advertising firms, temporary employment services and large companies with remote sales forces.

Security Suite
Norming also offers a suite of security solutions to enhance Sage 300 ERP’s security in Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bank Services, Inventory Control, Order Entry and Purchase Orders. These modules limit users to viewing only authorized master file or transaction information in Sage 300 ERP screens and reports.

http://www.norming.com/ | +86-10-58692950  | Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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The 2011 and 2012 winner of Sage’s Gold Development Partner of the Year, Orchid Systems offers 6 fully integrated products for Sage 300 ERP which includes: 1) Return Material Authorizations and Repair Tracking (sold as a Sage 300 ERP “core” module), 2) Inter Entity Transactions (Single and Multiple Company) and IET TRADE, 3) Information Manager Suite (NEW Document Management Link, Notes, Info Explorer, Data Views, Report Runner, Supplementary Data, Excel Add-In), 4) Process Scheduler, 5) EFT Processing and 6) Bin Tracking.

Orchid’s solutions streamline business processes for Sage 300 ERP customers who need to 1) manage RMA’s and track and bill repair work, 2) auto-generate journal entries for Due To and Due From or Buy/Sell transactions between entities and 3) link Sage 300 ERP data with dashboards for multidimensional analysis, pictures, documents in Microsoft Sharepoint or a file server, statistics or other financial data to facilitate reporting, budgeting and forecasting, 4) schedule administrative tasks in Sage 300 ERP such as DBDUMPS, Data Integrity, posting of transactions and running programs or macros, 5) generating electronic payments or receipts and 6) tracking items by Bin within an Inventory Location.

http://www.orchidsystems.biz/ | +61 2 9925 0383 | Sydney, Australia

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Sage Accpac Point of Sale (POS) by Orion Digital Integration Inc.

The Orion Point of Sale System is a sophisticated, feature rich, Point of Sale System that is tightly integrated to your accounting data.

The Orion Point of Sale System is a flexible Point of Sale Solution that is tightly integrated with either the Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) or the Sage Simply Accounting System. The Orion Point of Sale System is the natural choice to meet your Sage 300 ERP Point of Sale or your Simply Accounting Point of Sale requirements. Orion POS is suitable for use in a small retail business through to an organization with multiple retail locations connected through Terminal Services or polled through the Internet.

The Orion Point of Sale System is a state of the art point of sale invoicing system developed to function in just about any retail organization handling whole goods inventory. The system was designed to function independently of, yet still integrate deeply with corporate accounting data.

The Orion Point of Sale System is a flexible, user friendly, easy to use point of sale system.  Orion provides Point of Sale Systems for the retail industry, Table Service Solutions for restaurant and bar needs, and is an integral element of the Property Management Solution offered by Smart Hotel Software.

http://www.odiglobal.com/   | (780) 486-1876 | Edmonton, Alberta

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Sierra Workforce Solutions is a leader in the time and attendance software, time clock systems and workforce management solution industry. We've proudly been in business since 1987, based out of Northern California, we are passionate about providing a broad range of businesses greater control over workforce productivity and improved profitability.

http://www.sierraws.com/  / (800) 822-0973 / Folsom, CA

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Don Thomson was co-founder of the original Accpac development company and Senior Vice-President of R&D at Accpac International. Don has created TaiRox, a software and services company dedicated to serving Sage 300 ERP (formerly known as Accpac) customers and channel partners. All TaiRox products have the Sage 300 ERP look-and-feel.

Utilities for Sage 300 ERP

TaiRox is well known for time-saving utility products like Copy Company, SOX User Management, Fast DBTools and SOX Backup Express. The Op Tools Bundle is a set of 10 enhancements to the Sage 300 ERP operations modules, facilitating processes like completing old purchase orders or orders, deleting old quotes and completing zero-dollar receipts.

Radically Improve Sage 300 ERP Performance

TaiRox is brought in by channel partners to tune large installations with 50 to 100 users. Modest investments in hardware and setup will typically lower average response times by factors of 2 or 3 and worst-case response times by a factor of 10. Industry standard techniques are applied to Sage 300 ERP specific situations.
 

http://www.tairox.com/ | (604) 629-0223 | Burnaby, British Columbia

xm developments

 

XM Developments is a Vancouver based company that builds, implements and hosts web sites and payment solutions that feature real-time, two-way integration with Sage ERP 300 (formerly Sage Accpac) for organizations of all kinds around the globe, including NEC, Sandler Training and the Canadian Cancer Society.

eCommerce for Sage ERP 300

Easy to Manage --  Real-time Integration – Full Featured

  • Single integration can support unique B2C and B2B sites
  • Secure real-time payments (credit card, On Account, PayPal)
  • Real-time AR Account Portal with option to pay invoices online
  • Sales Rep Portal
  • Mobile Device Support included
  • Full support of Sage ERP 300 price/tax/currency logic
  • Real-time creation of OE Orders and OE Quotes
  • Selection of professionally designed templates included
  • Support for thousands of eCommerce templates
  • Support for custom designs
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Real-time integration with leading Internet Marketing platforms
  • Built-in CMS with both WYSIWYG and HTML editing options
  • All sites load balanced and mirrored within the Amazon EC2 cloud

http://www.xmsymphony.com  www.xmdevelopments.com  www.xmoxygen.com | (604) 264-8959 | Burnaby, British Columbia

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