February Winter Webcasts Offered Exclusively from CMS

To register for any of these upcoming webcasts, please call Michelle at 860.399.4215 x.202 or via e-mail mlaudano@cmsct.com

Tuesday, February 6th 1:00 pm The Next Big Thing: Sage Mobile Solutions

Thursday, February 6th 3:30 pm Sage 100 ERP Marine Edition with POS

Tuesday, February 18th 3:30 pm eCommerce & Leveraging Sales Tax Technology

Tuesday, February 25th 3:30 pm Sage CRM

Wednesday, February 26th 11:00 am Sage 100 ERP Marine Edition with POS

Thursday, February 27th 3:30 pm EDI for Sage 100 Trading Partner Focus

Unveiling the Next Big Thing: Sage Mobile Solutions Sage Mobile Sales, Sage Mobile Services and Sage Billing and Payment. Learn how these cloud based solutions work together to bring real benefits to your business and improve the customer experience. Sales reps can close bigger deals, service technicians are empowered with information on the go, and your back office will experience reduced days sales outstanding all with these easy to use products.

Integrated eCommerce & Leveraging Sales Tax Technology No time is better than now to integrate e-Commerce with your Sage 100 ERP system! Get your B2B / B2C web presence out there and increase your customer base and sales. Learn about built in processes of taking orders on the web and automatically bringing those orders into your in-house order fulfillment process. You will also learn how today’s technology can help simplify sales tax. A great tool to have considering pending legislation could dramatically change sales tax requirements for remote sellers (including online businesses). Join us for this live webinar to learn how the latest technology for Sage 100 can help you build your sales, increase your internet presence and streamline sales tax.

Sage 100 ERP Marine Edition with Point of Sale Are you a Marine company looking for that perfect software to run your business? Now you can have it all! Sage 100 ERP Marine Edition is an industry leading business solution with the functionality that you need to operate more efficiently. The fully integrated robust financial system links all the critical sectors of your business with: Parts, Service, Repairs, Storage, Dockage & Moorings, Fuel Dock, Contracts-summer and winter, and Store and Counter Sales. Join us for a live webinar on how Sage 100 ERP Marine Edition can help your Marine business excel.

How Sage CRM Can Help You Not Just Manage the Changing Customer Dynamic But Nail It! Customers today expect companies to know what they want and when they want it. They want to be heard and to influence the decision making. Customer relationship management (CRM) is much more than a Sales Force Automation tool. It is also marketing automation and customer service software which helps a business understand their customers as well as potential prospects' needs and requirements and enables them to effectively get closer and "connect" with them.

EDI for Sage 100: Fully integrated, easy to use electronic data interchange (EDI) software solution The MAPADOC mapping utility enables end-users to easily update maps on the fly. Learn about the unique EDI mapping wizard for inbound purchase orders (850) and outbound invoices (810) which cuts mapping time by over 75%. When trading partners institute new rules, you will be ready. MAPADOC allows mapping to/from Sage 100 ERP fields, preset variables and user defined fields (UDFs). You can assign cross-reference values and perform pre-processing and post-processing data format conversions. Available cross-references include item, ship to, ship via, warehouse address code and UPC code. With this product you can dramatically cut data entry time and costs by eliminating duplicate entries, have improved communication with trading partners and integrate seamlessly with Sage 100 ERP.

Do Not Forget to File W2 and 1099 Forms Before the Deadline

DEADLINE: January 31, 2014

It's that time of the year again! Yes, it is time to generate your W-2's and 1099's and the deadline is fast approaching. These documents must be mailed out or hand-delivered no later than January 31st.

BOOK Your Consulting Time Now

Don't delay! Book your appointment today for assistance in generating your W-2's and 1099's.

Hand Deliver or US Mail

Whether you want to hand deliver or US mail, our CMS consultants are here to assist you. CMS will ensure that you have all the complete and necessary information and that your forms are completed properly for distribution.

Electronic Filing

We are also here to help you file electronically. Our CMS consultants are specialized in using Sage 100 ERP eFiling powered by Aatrix.** With this add-on you can streamline your tax reporting process with Sage 100 ERP Federal and State eFiling and Reporting. Now you will have the power to eliminate manual form creation and save time by choosing from over 250 federal and state forms for Unemployment, Withholdings, New Hire reports, W-2s, W-3s, and 1099s. The best feature of eFiling powered by Aatrix is that the form that will appear on your screen won't be blank- much of the information will already be filled out for you by your Sage 100 ERP system. View and edit the information easily on your system, and once you've verified it's the way you want it, the form is ready to print or eFile. Once you eFile, you'll receive an email confirmation that the file was received. The form is processed and sent to the appropriate agency using an approved method. Going paperless has never been easier and CMS is here to guide your through.

Don't Stress

Our CMS consultants are here to assist you. Just book your time now to ensure you meet the January 31st deadline!

Schedule your consulting time today.

Call Michelle Laudano at 860.399.4215 x.202

**Please be advised that Aatrix eFile pricing will apply in addition to any professional services provided by CMS.

Effortless EDI: Free webcast on January 22nd at 3:30 pm et

Last Chance...

Free webcast on THIS Wednesday, January 22nd at 3:30 pm ET

In the world of EDI for Sage 100 ERP, the right solution can go a long way to improving your bottom line – and MAPADOC EDI for Sage ERP can turn you into an EDI expert in no time with simple to use software that is robust in handling your EDI needs. Plus, MAPADOC is delivered by a team of very smart EDI experts.

MAPADOC is a fully integrated, easy to use electronic data interchange (EDI) software solution for Sage 100 ERP (f/k/a Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200) that will:

• Dramatically cut data entry time and costs by eliminating duplicate entries
• Improve communication with trading partners
• Integrate seamlessly with Sage 100 ERP
• Reduce mapping time by over 75% by allowing end-users to quickly and easily create their own maps for integrated documents

Learn about the benefits of MAPADOC and how using the wrong EDI solution can drag your business down. The right EDI solution is your chance to deliver your product to your suppliers more efficiently and to make your suppliers even more thrilled to do business with you. Making you more money!

If you are using EDI currently or thinking about EDI for the future, this is one webcast you can't afford to miss. Register today with Michelle at 860.399.4215 x202 or via e-mail at mlaudano@cmsct.com

Manufacturers & Distributors: A Checklist for Evaluating Mobile Sales Apps to Best Fit YOUR Needs

Your company has decided take the lead this year in your industry and plans to modernize your sales team by equipping them with smart phones and tablets that do more than automate email, calendars and address books. Ownership has given the green light to you as the sales manager to find and acquire the best mobile apps for your business that actually integrate with your ERP system. Excited? You bet you are? Nervous? More than a little, because even though you have spelled out the goals and calculated the ROI, you don’t want to get this investment wrong. Frankly, if it doesn’t work you are going to have a lot of explaining to do.

Decision points abound, but the field of mobilized ERP for sales people is not rife with how-to-guides and requirements checklists, so we hope you will find this useful. Can we guarantee that you will find the perfect fit for your distribution needs? No, but we do know that the more informed you are the more likely your project with succeed.

Mobile Snap Shot
■Confirm that your ERP / CRM system has integrations with mobile apps available out-of-the-box. Remember that a mobile app designed to “integrate with any ERP” means it’s not designed to integrate primarily with your ERP.
■Integrates Customer info
■Integrates Inventory info
■Allows mobile selling
■Enables B2B mobile self-service
■Accepts customer payments
■Provides survey management
■Allows photo tagging
■Enabled for route management
■Automates order delivery
■Optimized for tradeshow selling
■Supports bar code scanning
■Provides credit card swipe support
■Determine basis for pricing (user-based, device-based, by company, etc.)

Goals for Mobile

■Increase / accelerate revenue
■Flexible option for employees
■Customer self-service option
■Improve customer service
■Speed up Order-Delivery-Payment process
■Steam line processes
■Eliminate redundant processes
■Increase / accelerate revenue
■Flexible option for employees
■Customer self-service option
■Improve customer service
■Speed up Order-Delivery-Payment process
■Steam line processes
■Eliminate redundant processes

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Sales Tax Changes in the New Year

2014 is here, and so are quite a few sales tax changes. Connecticut even has a few to offer, including new online filing requirements, and a revocation of Special Notice 92(19) that may impact use tax for mail order sellers. To help save you the tedious task of looking up significant sales tax-related changes that are taking place this month, our partners at Avalara have put together a guide to state sales tax changes in the new year. Please contact Michelle at 860.399.4215 x.202 or Lisa at 860.399.4215 x.216 to get your copy.

And what about the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (MFA)? The MFA was a bill passed by the Senate in 2013 that could give states the authority to make remote businesses collect sales tax, including those who conduct business over the internet, via phone or mail order catalog. While the MFA has languished in the House, remote sales are exploding and the rise of online shopping has cut into state and local sales tax revenue. As a result, many states are looking for ways to impose sales and use tax collection requirements on out-of-state retailers.

While the impact of Connecticut’s revocation of Special Notice 92(19) remains to be seen, and it is hard to guess what changes may be in store for later in 2014, it is wise to be prepared. An automated sales tax solution, can help companies prepare for changes on the horizon. For more information, join us for one of our upcoming webinars co-hosted with Avalara:

• Pt 1: “Profile of a Sales Tax Audit: Who’s Next?” Tues, Jan 14th, 3:30pm

• Pt 2: “Leveraging Technology to Simplify Sales Tax” Thurs, Feb 13th, 3:30pm