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TPAC offers a multitude of informative sessions by the top ACCPAC Development Partners.  Following is a list of the sessions being offered by this year's Gold and Silver Sponsors.

21st Century Systems

Session 1: Extending ACCPAC CRM with 21st Century Systems’ Components

Time: 10:10 - 11:00

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A, Level 1

Description:

This session is for ACCPAC CRM Solution Providers who want to ensure that every proposal is a winner. Participants will identify opportunities by learning the power of extensions. We will showcase our latest versions of exciting and powerful extensions to ACCPAC CRM:

• Time & Billing 2.5

• TeamWRX Self-Service Portal

• CRM OE

• CRM Catalogue Shopping

• CRM to Advantage Series Multi-company and Ship-To Synchronization

All 21st Century Systems extensions are compatible with ACCPAC CRM 5.6 and Advantage Series 5.2.

Session 2: Integrating With ACCPAC CRM using 21st Century Systems’ Framework

Time: 4:40 - 5:30

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description:

Come to this session and learn how Integrate your Public Website to CRM in less than 15 minutes! This is an overview of the 21st Century Systems series of integration tools including:

• CRM Enhanced Web Integration Framework

• CRM and MS Exchange Contract Integration

• CRM Communication FileIt Automation

• CRM Event Manager

Also in this session we will introduce are new CRM Business Partner program with incredible opportunities for every ACCPAC CRM Solution Provider to earn unlimited licensing revenue and earn top margins on services such as data migration, data repair and the best image enhancing service available. Don’t take our word for it, listen to what one of our CRM Business Partners has to say:

"Our client was at their wits end on some support issues involving their CRM installation. 21st Century Systems were able to assist us in solving all of these issues. In one hour, they rectified what had been taking weeks to resolve! The value to our client of their support and how well our reputation was enhanced is priceless" (J. R. Schilling, Turner Schilling, LLP, Denver CO).

ACCPAC

Session 1: What's New with ACCPAC ePOS 5.2

Time: 1:30 - 2:20

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A, Level 1

Description:

ACCPAC ePOS 5.2 is better than ever! With a sophisticated array of new features and functionality, ePOS 5.2 is designed to provide unparalleled flexibility and POS solutions. Version 5.2 includes enhanced security capabilities, support for multicurrency and multi tills, easier deployment capabilities eliminating the need for iConnect and IIS, and much more. With so many new features, ACCPAC ePOS 5.2 is faster and easier, helping business succeed like never before!

Session 2: ACCPAC CRM 5.6 in Action

Time: 9:00 - 9:50

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description:

ACCPAC CRM 5.6 is an exciting new release of our award winning Customer Relationship Management Solution. This session will focus the significant new enhancements throughout the application, including Integration with popular calendar and email systems, reporting enhancements, Fax Integration, Advanced Customization Wizard, CTI Solution using TAPI, additional database support, and system wide feature and function enhancements. Come see the many new features that set ACCPAC CRM apart from the competition!

BatchMaster Software

Time: 2:30 - 3:20

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon B, Level 1

Description:

Over the past two decades, BatchMaster Software has become the premier global provider of end-to-end ERP solutions for mid-market process manufacturing and distribution operations. We will discuss how BatchMaster addresses the entire breadth of process manufacturing requirements with:

• Formula & Inventory Management
• Laboratory Analysis
• Production Planning
• MRP/MPS
• Batch Sizing
• Multiple Units of Measure
• Serial/Lot Tracking
• Compliance Reporting
• Quality Control
• Costing
• Sales
• Purchasing

BatchMaster Software is dedicated to the ACCPAC channel and will also discuss how our experienced team can help extend your customers CRM usage through customizations and with Time and Billing.

CI.COM

Session: Sales & Process Automation Experts

Time: 11:10 - 12:00

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description:

The team at CI.COM are experts at automating the sales process within an ACCPAC environment. Commission Tracker is a complete commission system that allows commission calculations on Gross Margin, Gross Margin percentage, Cash Receipts and Gross Sales. Payments can be aged based on invoice or cash receipt dates and linked to Accounts Payable. Mobile Sales Person allows sales people to add new customers and new orders to Advantage Series via Palm Pilots or Pocket PC’s. All Customer information including Order Status can be downloaded to these hand held devices to keep busy sales professionals armed with the most up-to-information.

CI.COM also provides complete custom programming services for all ACCPAC solutions including CRM. If you have clients with special requirements, CI.COM has proven methodologies to deliver top quality programming services at very competitive rates.

COSS Systems, Inc.

Session 1

Time: 4:40 - 5:30

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon C, Level 1

Session 2

Time: 10:10 - 11:00

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description: 2 Sessions

We recognize your needs as a reseller to build a healthy business while tending to the critical needs of customers and prospects. We know how important it is to build the long-term relationships that serve both your customers and your organization. This session will explore how you can do just that with COSS-ACCPAC manufacturing solutions. We’ll start with the most flexible, feature-rich manufacturing solution for ACCPAC and look at:

• Advanced features such as a Parametric Configurator, Advanced Planning and Scheduling, real-time Data Collection, .net wireless pocket PC technology.

• Partnering options designed to suit your organization according to your goals for growth in the manufacturing market.

C-TEC

Time: 11:10 - 12:00

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 2, Level 2

Description:

This is a must-attend session if you have ever lost a sale because you couldn’t get ACCPAC to meet your clients' needs or if you have ever had to say to a client “ACCPAC can’t do that!” We specialize in personalizing the ACCPAC system to meet 100% of our clients' needs. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about our newly released modules: Retail Order Entry (basic point-of-sale) System, PO to AP for MISys, NMS to ACCPAC Project and Job Cost conversion service, AutoCDI Data Integrity Checker and A/R Reinvoicer. These are just examples of our work meant to show you what we can do to help you keep your customers happy.

Data Habitat

Time: 4:40 - 5:30

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A, Level 1

Description:

Join us for this exciting session and learn about the most user-friendly and high-performance reporting platform available in the mid-market: DataHabitat Enterprise Edition. You will see the incredible performance of DH Cubes against a sample database with 500,000 invoice line items! You will also get a feeling of how easily one can modify our data warehouse framework. And finally, how this solution will make your offerings more compelling, thus increasing your ACCPAC sales!

Dingosoft

Session: Bells and Whistles for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Time: 4:40 - 5:30

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

Come and see how easy it is to install, use and support the Dingosoft Utilities Series™ products which provide a bundle of useful add-ins for each ACCPAC module. Too many to mention here but includes Bank Utilities™ which adds full-featured batch processing of misc payments and receipts with tax tracking and simultaneous A/P invoice/payment entry into Bank Services, and I/C Utilities™ which includes single screen item entry/import and unlimited document attachments to master files. Developed in pure ACCPAC SDK and following all ACCPAC standards, our products provide seamless integration, short learning curve and require very little (if any) support.

Dynamic Software Solutions

Session: eAnalytics Portal-Real Business Intelligence

Time: 11:10 - 12:00

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

DSS has developed a Business Intelligence Suite that will help your ACCPAC clients analyze the details of their business, identify problems sooner and focus their attention on the most profitable aspect of there business. Help your clients get intelligence that enables them to be more effective in meeting there customer expectations and building better relationships. e Analytics Portal is a complete set of dynamic views and reports integrated directly with ACCPAC's data. The built in integration provides immediate OLAP access to ACCPAC data and along with the predefined views clients can create as many reports or map views of the data to meet there changing requirements.

eXtend Systems Corp.

Session: Wanted: Clients and Business Partners who want to profit from eCommerce and CRM. No Experience Necessary.

Time: 3:40 - 4:30

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

Revenue growth has now replaced cost cutting according to 80% of corporate executives in a recent IBM Business Consulting Services survey. Yet, though they sense an economic rebound, only 13% feel very confident about their organizations' abilities to exploit growth opportunities.

In this session we will cover how your clients can leverage their web site and CRM to participate in this growth. After reviewing our next generation eXtend eCommerce solution, we will discuss the revenue opportunities available to you not only at the time of sale, but on an ongoing basis as you help your clients augment their own sales and support staff in these highly specialized areas.

Iciniti Corporation

Time: 3:40 - 4:30

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 2, Level 2

Description:

This session is targeted at owners and sales professionals, and looks at exciting new products from Iciniti that will help Partners drive new business.

eCommSuite.NET: Learn the features, benefits and hot keys for selling Iciniti’s newest, robust and fully integrated eCommerce solution. eCommSuite.NET offers you and your clients a highly customizable web-store that operates from either a remote located environment or in-house.

Credit Card Payment Pro: Simply “takes the work out of getting paid” for companies that accept credit cards. Learn the key features and how to demonstrate this time saving product.

Sample product will be made available for all who attend.

Lasata Software

Session 1

Time: 11:10 - 12:00

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A, Level 1

Session 2

Time: 3:40 - 4:30

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description: 2 Sessions

Vision for ACCPAC offers a major advance in Reporting, Business Intelligence, Analytics and Alerting software. Vision enables quick client uptake with minimal training or technical skill. This presentation will show how Vision from Lasata Software- the author's of F9- can be used to extract decision-making information from ACCPAC's database, using familiar Microsoft Office-style commands and procedures, reducing learning time and speeding up return on investment. User tools enable summary and detail reporting, with progressive and definable drilling into ACCPAC's information.

MISys

Session 1: Introduction to ACCPAC Advantage Series Manufacturing

Time: 11:10 - 12:00

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon C, Level 1

Description:

With thousands of systems installed in over 40 countries, the MISys Manufacturing System has become known around the world as the ACCPAC Advantage Series Manufacturing System. With the recent release of version 5.2, MISys Manufacturing is better than ever. If you aren’t ready to say “Yes!” to the next manufacturing prospect you encounter, don’t miss this comprehensive overview of the MISys Manufacturing System version 5.2, which includes new functionality to support purchasing in a global economy.  All attendees get a FREE dealer evaluation copy of MISys version 5.2 -- now including the new Custom Configurator!

Session 2: Custom Configurations for ACCPAC Order Entry

Time: 2:30 - 3:20

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

For the past 20 years, the MISys Manufacturing System has been known around the world as the ACCPAC Advantage Series Manufacturing System. Now MISys, Inc. has expanded its horizons with the recent addition of a Rules-based Configurator, which integrates directly with ACCPAC Advantage Series Order Entry. In this information packed session, we’ll see how Custom Configurator makes Order Entry more powerful and more useful than ever before. Are you ready for a profitable year installing ACCPAC software? Attend this session and get up to speed on MISys Custom Configurator.

MJD Software

Session: What is new at MJD Software

Time: 1:30 - 2:20

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 2, Level 2

Description:

An overview of what is new and exciting at MJD Software, including such things are our new I/C Host Interface, updated MJD Nexus with multiple location and multiple company support; as well as new hand-held applications we have created over the last year.

Norming Software International Ltd.

Session: What’s new in Norming Asset Management 5.2

Time: 1:30 - 2:20

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description:

The session will demonstrate the newest features of Norming Asset Management 5.2, and introduce how Norming Asset Management 5.2 makes a complete asset management solution.

Orchid Systems

Session 1: What’s new in Return Material Authorization and Repair Tracking

Time: 10:10 - 11:00

Date: Monday, April, 26

Room: Salon C, Level 1

Description:

Reduce the risk of losing deals to the competition due to the lack of specific functionality within ACCPAC! Come along and see how Orchid’s modules continue to extend ACCPAC Advantage Series and have helped close those large deals.

In this session we will be covering what’s new in Return Material Authorization and Repair Tracking. Version 5.2 enhancements include:

• Repair Tracking and Billing
• Templates
• Duplicate Credit Note checking
• Item Return Policies
• Serialized Inventory Integration
• And more …

RMA is fully ACCPAC SDK compliant providing database choice, VBA automation, Web access and more.

Session 2: Introduction to Budget and Information Management and Inter-entity Transactions

Time: 2:30 - 3:20

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 2, Level 2

Description:

Reduce the risk of losing deals to the competition due to the lack of specific functionality within ACCPAC! Come along and see how Orchid’s modules extend ACCPAC Advantage Series and have helped close those large deals.

In this session we will be covering Budget and Information Management and Inter-entity Transactions. Budget and Information Management has helped to close strategic deals and Inter Entity Transactions was recently responsible for closing a 107 concurrent user ACCPAC Advantage series deal so you can’t afford to miss this session!

These modules are fully ACCPAC SDK compliant providing database choice, VBA automation, Web access and more.

PereSoft

Session: Cashbook, RecXpress and EFTXpress 5.2

Time: 2:30 - 3:20

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon C, Level 1

Description:

Come and see the exciting new features Cashbook (maintains your bank account and organizes your cashflow), RecXpress (automatic bank reconciliations) and EFTXpress (electronic funds transfer processing) version 5.2 has to offer.

Amongst a host of new features Cashbook 5.2 now supports the DB2 database platform, interfaces to ACCPAC Project & Job Costing and offers full integration to ACCPAC Users, Security and Fiscal Calendars. RecXpress 5.2 allows users to select which transactions form the bank statement import file to generate in Cashbook. We are also launching EFTXpress 5.2 which will create an EFT file in the specific format your bank requires for processing EFT payments. EFTXpress will also import Reference Numbers generated by the bank when processing the EFT payments to facilitate bank reconciliation with RecXpress.

Pivotil

Session 1: Achieving peak performance just got a whole lot easier.

Time: 3:40 - 4:30

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A, Level 1

Description:

Come and see why more than 40% of ACCPAC's Premier Solution Providers have adopted Pivotil methodologies, business management guidelines, project software and other products/services.

Here is what just three of our members have to say ...

“Within 60 days of applying the remuneration guidelines that Pivotil provided us, we increased the productivity of consultants by 115%. They’re making more money, and so is the company.”

"The methodologies from Pivotil are impressive. They give us the professional and intellectual edge we were looking for. Our total Pivotil Academy fees were recovered on the first project that we applied the methodologies to."

"With a major project that we recently completed, the services were double the original estimate. Using Pivotil risk management methodologies, we have been able recover 100% of billings. This would never have been possible using our old approach.”

... and there are more that are just as impressive!

Pivotil provides a range of "best practice" products and services, which will assist you in building a profitable services organization on a sustainable basis.

We will also be presenting our new project management software solution PivotCENTRAL, which will revolutionize the way in which you run and manage your business. We will also take you through some success stories during this session.

Session 2: Increasing sales ... substantially!  This sales process has been used in the closing of over 600 sites with an ACCPAC software value in excess of $5 million.

Time: 8:00 - 8:50

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description:

Selling competitively and improving your sales closing rate is a fundamental measure of your future success. So much time, effort and money is put into the marketing to attract a lead, only to be lost in the sales cycle.

This session will provide practical, real world tips on how to plan and execute your sales process to maximize your sales efforts. This session will cover the process from the first contact to the signed deal.

RedTail Solutions

Time: 3:40 - 4:30

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon C, Level 1

Description:

RedTail Solutions will present the RedTail Transaction Manager, their outsourced EDI service for ACCPAC Advantage and ACCPAC Pro. RedTail will present a brief background of the status of EDI in the mid-market, give an overview of how the RedTail EDI service works, how it complements ACCPAC Exchange as a product offering to your customers, the marketing and implementation support you receive as a RedTail business partner, and most importantly, the benefits it will provide to you AND your customers.

SalesCentrix

Time: 2:30 - 3:20

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A, Level 1

Description:

Do you have prospects seeking a cost-effective way to take on-line orders from field-based salespeople, agents and customers? Have they decided they’ve done enough double-data entry of quotes, orders, shipments and invoices? Check out SalesCentrix. A hosted product catalog and quote and order system for small and mid-size manufacturers and distributors, SalesCentrix integrates to ACCPAC Advantage Series to complete the full quote-to-cash lifecycle and make inventory levels from ACCPAC IC available to salespeople. With SalesCentrix, even small companies can enjoy the competitive advantages of an integrated, automated system for efficiently generating quotes and orders, then turning them into cash.

SoftKey MicroSystems

Session: GIMS - Grid Manager for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Time: 2:30 - 3:20

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description:

Join us and learn about the technical characteristics of GIMS 5.2A Grid Manager for ACCPAC Advantage Series.

A full demonstration of GIMS will display seamless integration with ACCPAC Inventory Control, Order Entry and Purchase Order, ePOS and WMS modules.

Come see how this multidimensional grid system offers great opportunities to ACCPAC Business Partners for selling ACCPAC end-to-end solutions to the diverse and interesting marketplace of apparel, footwear and similar soft goods like carpets, jewelry, picture frames, etc.

Systronics

Session 1: Trade Finance for ACCPAC Advantage Series & Trade Job Costing for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Time: 1:30 - 2:20

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon B, Level 1

Description:

Trade Finance for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Trade Finance® 5.2A is an SDK application, which allows the user to track and maintain Letters of Credit and other trade related Operations. Trade Finance® 5.2A updates vendor payments, bank charges and retained margins in AAS SM, GL & AP modules, interfaces with PO & OE and supports electronic document attachments.


Trade Job Costing for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Trade Job Costing® 5.2A is an SDK application, which captures information and electronic documents about a wholesale trade deal and updates related financial and operational transactions in AAS. In most common deals, merchandises are not physically processed through inventory, but are purchased from vendors and shipped to customers directly.

Session 2: Field Extender for ACCPAC Advantage Series & CashWorks for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Time: 8:00 - 8:50

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

Field Extender for ACCPAC Advantage Series

Field Extender® 5.2B is an SDK application for the creation and maintenance of unlimited optional fields and electronic documents, and their attachment to AAS transactions, at Batch, Entry and Detail Line levels. Field Extender® is an excellent tool for creating advanced reports and managing electronic documents.

CashWorks for ACCPAC Advantage Series

CashWorks® 5.2C is an SDK application, integrating independently and fully with AAS. CashWorks® 5.2C supports Customer Payments, in addition to Customer Receipts, Vendor Payments, GL Receipts, GL Payments & Bank Reconciliation. Specially designed tools (Cash & Check Management Console, Realization Transaction and Receipts & Payments Aging Report) simplify transaction processing, regardless of whether they are current dated or post dated.

Technisoft

Time: 4:40 - 5:30

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon B, Level 1

Description:

Service Manager is a powerful service and job management solution for industries such as jobbing, contracting, maintenance, service, office automation, facilities management, tele-communications and most other service or equipment based organizations. Substantial enhancements have been made to both the structures and features of Service Manager. These include the module structure, user interface changes, CRM integration, mobile processing, and much, much more. This session will provide you with a wealth of information to help you promote, understand and sell the Service Manager products. We will present live, the latest features and upgrades available as well as a road map of future releases.

The Track Selling Integration (TSI) for ACCPAC CRM

Session 1

Time: 1:30 - 2:20

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon C, Level 1

Session 2

Time: 10:10 - 11:00

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 1, Level 2

Description: 2 Sessions

Q: What's the #1 reason why people purchase CRM?

A: To increase sales.

Q: What's the hottest ACCPAC product

A: ACCPAC CRM

Q: What's the hottest, most differentiating CRM product at TPAC?

A: Track Selling Integration (TSI) of ACCPAC CRM

Q: Why?

A: More than 1,000 SPs have received track selling training. By leveraging their training and increasing CRM end-user sales by 25%, TSI increases SP sales even more!

You'll discover how to combine sales process and selling methodology with ACCPAC CRM technology. Give yourself a competitive edge. You deserve it. If you want to dramatically build your business by helping clients dramatically increase their sales, this session is why you came to Vancouver!

UniDevCo

Session: UniResMan - Hotel Reservation Management

Time: 9:00 - 9:50

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon A,B,C, Level 1

Description:

UniResMan is a full featured booking, reservation and property management system for the tourism, leisure and hospitality industries. Travel and tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world where prospects are easy to find and most are dissatisfied with their current solutions. Join us to see how UniResMan provides you with the opportunity to become part of this lucrative market which has been largely inaccessible to ACCPAC Solution Providers; until now.

Session: Macros Easy

Time: 3:40 - 4:30

Date: Monday, April 26

Room: Salon B, Level 1

Description:

Macros Easy is a screen-based macro product for ACCPAC Advantage Series that will speed data input and provide assistance with on-screen forms, repetitive tasks and auditing. Developed by the authors of the Zippy products for ACCPAC Plus, Macros Easy combines the features of the Zippy products to one application. In this session we will explore the many uses for Macros Easy and you will discover how to provide huge productivity gains for your clients.

Session: Business Intelligence Products for ACCPAC

Time: 9:00 - 9:50

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

UniDevCo is one of the longest-standing ACCPAC Development Partners and has emerged as the leader in providing business intelligence for ACCPAC. Thousands of clients worldwide have dramatically increased the value they derive from their ACCPAC implementations with UniDevCo products or modifications. With a focus on providing quick and easy access to the wealth of data stored in ACCPAC and displaying it in an intuitive format, UniDevCo products deliver business intelligence to help your clients make better decisions. Please join us to find out how.

Session: Trouble Shooting UniDevCo Products - The Liz & Lloyd Show

Time: 4:40 - 5:30

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 2, Level 2

In this session our technical support gurus will impart the wisdom that they have acquired by helping ACCPAC Solution Providers install UniDevCo products in a wide variety of environments.  They have discovered solutions to many potential issues that they will share with you to save you time and money in future installs.

Visual Interactions

Session: Business Analytics – “Visualized”

Time: 1:30 - 2:20

Date: Tuesday, April 27

Room: Salon 3, Level 2

Description:

Your customers are looking for ways to use their business data to increase sales, maximize profits and build better relationships with their customer.

Transforming the data, into information, creates knowledge and delivers the wisdom to run an effective business. Your ability to help deliver business analytics at the executive, managerial and operations level, will be key to you, and your customer’s future success.

Visual Interactions will demonstrate:

  1. How Visual Interrogator™ delivers information and knowledge.

  2. The key role the solution provider plays in the customer implementation of a reporting, analysis, trends and exception based solution.
     

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