Course Descriptions
Sage MAS 90 for System Administrators – 4 Hours
This four hour course provides system administrators with the training they need to manage their Sage MAS 90 or Sage MAS 200 system. Topics covered include:
- Setting up the companies
- Defining users and setting security
- Setting up task menus and user preferences
- Setting up sales tax
- Using the Business Insights Reporter and customer report features
Introduction to Sage MAS 90 – 3 Hours
Getting started with Sage MAS 90 or Sage MAS 200 has never been easier. This three hour course provides all the basics a new user needs to begin navigating the system and prepares them to attend the application specific processing training they will need for their job. In this class, students will learn:
- How to navigate in Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200
- Various options available for printing and formatting reports
- Settings that can be set specific to your User ID
Processing in Sage MAS 90 General Ledger – 4 Hours
This four-hour course provides the General Ledger Specialist responsible for entering journal entries with the skills they need to complete their job efficiently and accurately using the Sage MAS 90 or Sage MAS 200 General Ledger module. After attending this course students will be able to:
- Enter general journal entries using real life scenarios
- Enter transaction journal entries, recurring entries, allocations and saved journal entries
- Identify ways to increase your efficiency when processing entries in the General Ledger
- Identify appropriate reports to use when faced with the need for specific information
- Print standard financial statements and other required reports
Processing in Sage MAS 90 Accounts Payable – 4 Hours
This four-hour course provides the Accounts Payable Specialist with the skills they need to complete their job efficiently and accurately using the Sage MAS 90 or Sage MAS 200 Accounts Payable module. After attending this course students will be able to:
- Enter a variety of Accounts Payable invoices using real life scenarios
- Identify and enter appropriate transactions adjusting invoices
- Accurately determine cash requirements using the features available in the system
- Process payments to vendors using a variety of methods
- Reconcile your Accounts Payable to the General Ledger
- Identify appropriate reports to use when faced with the need for specific information
Processing in Sage MAS 90 Accounts Receivable – 4 Hours
This four-hour course provides the Accounts Receivable Specialist and/or Sales Representative responsible for entering invoices with the skills they need to complete their job efficiently and accurately using the Sage MAS90 or Sage MAS 200 Accounts Receivable module. After attending this course students will be able to:
- Enter a variety of Accounts Receivable invoices using real life scenarios
- Identify and enter appropriate transactions for adjusting invoices
- Accurately estimate cash flow based on receivables using the features available in the system
- Process payments against your customer's accounts using a variety of methods
- Reconcile your Accounts Receivable to the General Ledger
- Identify appropriate reports to use when faced with the need for specific information
Processing in Sage MAS 90 Payroll – 4 Hours
This four-hour course provides the Payroll Specialist with the skills they need to complete their job efficiently and accurately using the Sage MAS90 or Sage MAS 200 Payroll module. After attending this course students will be able to:
- Enter and process payroll transactions
- Calculate and process payroll checks
- Correct errors in payroll processing
- Process common payroll exceptions
- Identify appropriate reports to use when faced with the need for specific information
- Print and verify the appropriate tax and deduction reports
Inventory Management – 7 Hours
Successful inventory management starts with these important insights into setting up your Inventory Management System, including how to enter inventory items, kits and transactions and how to use these tools to count and update your physical inventory. To give you a well-rounded foundation of knowledge, we will also discuss integration issues and reporting options.
Sales Order Processing – 7 Hours
Now you can access the information you need, when you need it, for smoother flowing sales order processing. This targeted course focuses on setup, daily processing, reporting and period-end processing. You'll save time and money using these powerful features!
Purchase Order – 7 Hours
This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to keep more accurate records of important purchase transactions, make better purchasing decisions and access vital purchasing information when you need it. In just one day, you'll be able to streamline your purchase order and payable entries operation with new-found knowledge about setting up the Purchase Order system, creating various purchase orders, receiving items and learning different reporting and inquiry options for added efficiency.
Introduction to Crystal Reports – 15 Hours
Make customized reporting your calling card to expanded opportunities with this valuable course that teaches you how to link tables, sort, group and select records to ensure presentation-quality reports that really stand out. Learn how to use the basic formulas within your report to calculate, evaluate and manipulate data. You'll be amazed at how quickly you can create your own reports based upon your company's unique reporting requirements.
FRx for Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 – 15 Hours
This hands-on class provides a basic understanding of the features and functionality of Microsoft FRx. Learn how to link to external worksheets, and create financial reports combining mutiple Sage MAS90 companies. By learning the ins and outs of this report writer, you can design presentation-quality financial reports that provide insights in to your business and support for your decisions.
Prerequisite: Experience navigating through the Windows operating system with a mouse and prior experience using the Sage MAS 90 General Ledger module.
Customizer – 7 Hours
Here's a big boost for your daily productivity…a class that shows you how to create customized user-defined fields, User-defined tables, and modify screens to your specifications. You'll become proficient at integrating Sage MAS 90 programs with other Office tools such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
Prerequisite: Experience navigating through the Windows operating system with a mouse, prior attendance of an Introduction & Library Master training class or equivalent knowledge and an understanding of the Sage MAS 90 data structure.
Data File Structures – 7 Hours
This valuable course provides the necessary knowledge of the Sage MAS 90 Data File Structure for efficient use of Visual Integrator, Crystal Reports and Visual PostMaster. Besides learning the directory structure, you'll also become skilled in using the TRSG to read file layouts while gaining an understanding of how information is stored and updated to Sage MAS 90 files. This is an essential class for developing the proper foundation needed for the successful use of the other Sage MAS 90 programs.
Crystal Reports - Beyond the Basics – 15 Hours
Here's your opportunity to dramatically improve your ability to create customized reports that meet your unique business needs. You will learn how to use sub-reports and complex formulas to generate new reports or enhance existing ones. Complex table using various types of joins will be discussed to hone your skills even more.
BusinessWorks Accounts Payable – 8 Hours
Gain a basic understanding of how to implement and manage the BusinessWorks Gold payables solution by attending our comprehensive Accounts Payable and Cash Management training. Participants will learn how to increase productivity from the time an invoice is received until the payment is posted to the General Ledger.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up the Accounts Payable and Cash Management modules
- Enter bank transactions and “instant checks”
- Enter vendor information “on-the-fly”
- Enter invoices and credit and debit memos
- Void, reverse and print checks
- Enter handchecks
- Understand reporting options and integration issues
BusinessWorks Accounts Receivable – 8 Hours
This course is your first step toward streamlined receivables processing and quicker invoice payments. You’ll learn the fundamentals (entering invoices and cash receipts) and go beyond the basics (repetitive invoice entry and defining price levels). With a comprehensive understanding of receivables, you’ll be poised to increase productivity and reduce processing times.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up the Accounts Receivable module
- Enter invoices, adjustments and pricing levels
- Process cash receipt transactions, deposits, and write-offs
- Calculate finance charges and print customer statements
- Perform queries and create reports for reviewing and tracking transactions
BusinessWorks General Ledger – 4 Hours
Get prepared for heads-down data entry. The General Ledger course is the ultimate BusinessWorks Gold primer, enabling you to learn time-saving skills and techniques for recording, processing and reporting on financial transactions within the GL module.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up and customize your GL to your company’s specifications
- Post various types of journal entries
- Generate up-to-the-minute financial reports and statements
- Use departmental accounting for up to 99 departments
BusinessWorks Introduction and System Manager – 4 Hours
This course serves as an introduction to the various features and functions within BusinessWorks Gold. Participants who attend will learn to navigate the system efficiently and maximize the automation and power provided by the software.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Utilize the system’s productivity-boosting features
- Create and print various forms
- Implement security features
- Set up a company
- Navigate task menus
- Generate and print reports
- Use the Backup & Restore utilities
- Rebuild data files
BusinessWorks Inventory – 8 Hours
Get prepared for streamlined inventory management and greater visibility into your operations. This course guides attendees through the major functions of the Inventory Control solution. Register today and learn the fundamental steps to setting up the module, as well as the process of tracking and monitoring inventory.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up the Inventory Control module
- Define inventory control parameters, product lines and items
- Enter receipts, issues and adjustments into the Inventory module
- Build, un-build, and unpack subassemblies
- Generate purchase orders and process purchase order receipts and returns
- Use the physical inventory utilities
- Track inventory levels, set up promotions and change prices
- Understand global price-change methods
- Generate reports
BusinessWorks Job Cost – 8 Hours
Become your company’s sought-after source for job costing and analysis. In this hands-on class, we demystify the Job Cost module and learn how it integrates with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Inventory Control, Payroll, and Order Entry.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up the Job Cost module
- Set up jobs, job codes, and job phases
- Take a job through the bid, in progress, suspended and completed phases
- Enter charges and billings to a job in progress
- Use change orders to track modifications made to jobs in progress
- Post transactions that originate from other modules into Job Cost
- Use the pre-billing worksheet, job transactions report and request for payment report effectively
- Understand and apply one or both methods of accounting for retainage
- Process payments, credit and debit memos, void checks and negative charges
- Delete jobs
BusinessWorks Order Entry – 8 Hours
Now you can access the information you need, when you need it, for smoother flowing sales order processing. This targeted course focuses on setup, daily processing, reporting and period-end processing. You’ll save time and money using these powerful features!
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Set up the Order Entry module
- Enter quotes and sales orders and convert them to invoices
- Track and fill back orders
- Post voids and returns, including returns with refunds
- Create and maintain kits
- Use the physical inventory utilities
- Run period-and year-end processing
- Generate reports
BusinessWorks Payroll – 8 Hours
Increase productivity, save processing time and gain new insights into your finances! Here’s the definitive course for dramatically increasing your understanding of how to set up your payroll system and identify all of the parameters for generating payroll checks quickly and efficiently.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Define payroll parameters, including Earnings, Deductions, and Workers’ Comp codes
- Set up pay rates, commission tables and piece rate tables
- Enter new employees and time cards into the system
- Generate payroll checks and enter handchecks
- Generate payroll tax reports and payroll tax liability checks
 Training Center's Policies
  ESC Software is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org
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