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Affordability and price is something that is important to all of us.  Whether we are shopping for new clothes or looking to buy a car, cost is always a factor.  But to what extent does price matter?  I think the old saying; “you get what you pay for” has a lot of merit to it.  Buying an inexpensive product that doesn’t work well does not make sense to me.  That is why I believe the main goal to purchasing anything is getting a lot of value for the money you spend. This is especially true when it comes to purchasing a manufacturing, distribution, or accounting software application for to run your company.  Business software can be expensive but we certainly don’t want to put something “cheap” in place when it is going to handle the way our business is running day to day.  When you find an application that works well and is affordable to boot, you have a platform to grow your business successfully. That is what you get with Sage’s MAS90 Extended Enterprise Suite.  Along with being very affordable for the value you receive, Sage will offer 0% interest on 3-5 year financing.  And don't forget that there are other affordable applications that The Attivo Group can offer at 0% interest for 3-5 year financing.  The Attivo Group will also work with you on the payment for the implementation services.  How great is that for a small to mid-sized company looking to grow their business! Purchasing Sage’s EES is like buying a car that is pretty, gets good gas mileage and is reliable every day of the week.  And doesn’t buying something like that make it even sweeter when purchasing that product won't put us in a financial bind!

QuickBooks Enterprise Suite Version 10 has some basic manufacturing assembly capabilities, many manufacturers find that they need more advanced inventory, purchasing and manufacturing planning capabilities than what QuickBooks Manufacturing offers. One of the best solutions out there for extending QuickBooks for Planning and Manufacturing is MiSYS Small Business Manufacturing Software. Here are some of the key reasons why MiSYS might make sense for you: Flexible and easy to use MRP. Using MiSYS MRP, you can consider the sales orders and inventory quantity on hand in QB during it's recommendations without having to rekey that data into MiSYS. MiSYS MRP also lets you use inventory forecasts during Material Planning before generating MRP so it can consider actual and planned demand. When MRP makes 'buy' or 'make' recommendations you can control what quantity MRP will recommend based on: - 'Never' means never automatically recommend to build this item meaning you control the planning for this item - 'Zero' means build enough to meet current demand. - 'Minimum' means build enough to maintain the minimum quantity on hand defined for this item. - 'Reorder' means build enough to reach the reorder qty defined for this item Link Sales Orders to Mfg. Orders: If you are a make to order environment you can link Manufacturing orders to a QB sales order during the MRP run for manufacturing. The quantity produced will then be transferred to QB and automatically fulfill this sales order. Raw Material Consumption: MiSYS gives you the choice when it comes to raw material consumption on a BOM. Raw materials can either be consumed per planned quantity of the parent or by actual quantity of parent produced. Costing Choices: MiSYS supports Average, Standard, LIFO and FIFO costs, while QBES only supports Average Cost. Add/Change Components: Manufacturing orders give you the flexibility to make one-time changes to what is being manufactured whether it is raw material quantities or adding additional raw materials. Scrap Transactions: You can also record scrap transactions against manufacturing orders to more accurately reflect what materials and quantities were actually consumed during the manufacturing process. Download a FREE trial Version and try it for yourself.  You can either use the demo data included with the trial version, or you may create your own company with up to 100 inventory items.  MiSYS offers free online demonstrations, and excellent training sessions to get you started.  And as experts with MiSYS Manufacturing software, Attivo can help you complete your implementation and provide the local consulting and support that you need.