Orchid Partner News - November 2019

The latest news and tips for selling to and supporting the 5000+ businesses who rely on Orchid’s Sage 300 add-ons every day.

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Budgeting & Forecasting

How realistic is it to lock down budgets a year or more out, in a world where the earth seems to be constantly shifting beneath our feet?

Our latest news article explores this theme, and the move towards 'continuous forecasting' so we can quickly respond to rapidly emerging risks and opportunities.

Orchid's Info-Explorer and Optional Tables are tailor made to assist with budgeting and forecasting. Our December webinar will also have a budgeting focus.

Read our latest News Article: Budgeting in the new Age of Uncertainty

v2020: Orchid's Sample Data & Object Model are now available from the Product Downloads page of our website, completing our v2020 release.
EFT Processing: You can now create A/R Refund and Zero-Value Receipt Batches. See our 'What's new in PU2' article for details.
Info-Explorer: Our latest PU includes performance enhancements that speed up the Writeback feature when doing budget spreads.

Extender: We've created 2 new articles to help you easily find key information - Extender Resources & Tips (Getting Started) and Extender Resources & Tips (Advanced).
Notes: Tips & tools for Converting Sage Notes to Orchid Notes
Document Management Link: How to add documents to the DML folder using the Add button, or by drag & drop.

All Modules: With many customers upgrading to Sage 300 v2020, here are some Upgrade Tips for Orchid modules.
Document Management Link: We've made improvements to our article on Troubleshooting issues with drag & drop.

Webinar Wednesday:

18-Dec: Take a deep dive into Info-Explorer Writeback. E.g. build up a detailed budget in a cube, then write it directly back to your Sage 300 database.

Other Events:

1-3 Mar: Join us at TPAC 2020 in Richmond, BC, Canada
12-14 May: Look for our stand at Sage Summit (US) in Orlando, Florida

See our Events page for details, and follow our Twitter account for event announcements & updates.

Award Winners:

Congratulations to MicroChannel, Thrive Technologies and Octane Systems for winning Sage's Australian Partner Awards for 2019.

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