7/29/13 SWK Insider www.swktech.com/sites/default/files/newsletters/swk/11-5/swk_insider.html 1/4 BROWSE CONTENT May 2011 Jeff's Letter Prepare for the Future by Staffing Up Product Focus DCWarehouse + MAPADOC = Seamless Shipping With RealTime Technology New Case Study: MAPADOC Keeps dreamGEAR at the Top of its Game Sage Summit 2011: Roll Up Your Sleeves for an Unmatched Learning Opportunity Service Focus A Few Words From the Help Desk Departments HR Advisor Training Classes May 2011 Welcome to the May 2011 edition of the SWK Insider Prepare for the Future by Staffing Up By Jeffrey D. Roth, CEO So the first quarter of 2011 was pretty good, huh? Compared to 2009 and 2010, most of us are feeling cautiously optimistic (lately). Things aren't great (yet), but we're all a bit more positive, right? Whether this has happened to your company already or if better times are still around the corner, listen up! At some point we all have to staff up and prepare for what's ahead. In a professional services firm like SWK, this is important and the timing of it is nothing short of critical. Many wait to staff up until it's too late and refuse to properly prepare. This helps cash flow, but usually it has a very negative side effect: being rushed when hiring someone you really need, and need quickly. What usually transpires is that you hire someone who isn't exactly what you need (strategically), but fills a shortterm need. Read more about staffing up DCWarehouse + MAPADOC = Seamless Shipping With RealTime Technology With rising fuel costs, increasing overhead and an everchanging economy, it is more than important now, than ever, to maintain and relay accurate information in your supply chain.
New Case Study:MAPADOC KeepsdreamGEAR at the Top ofits Game
Sage Summit 2011: Roll Up Your Sleeves for anUnmatched LearningOpportunity
Service FocusA Few Words From the HelpDesk
Departments
HR Advisor
Training Classes
May 2011
Welcome to the May 2011 edition of the SWKInsider
Prepare for the Future by Staffing UpBy Jeffrey D. Roth, CEO
So the first quarter of 2011 was pretty good,huh? Compared to 2009 and 2010, most of usare feeling cautiously optimistic (lately).Things aren't great (yet), but we're all a bitmore positive, right? Whether this hashappened to your company already or ifbetter times are still around the corner, listenup! At some point we all have to staff up andprepare for what's ahead. In a professionalservices firm like SWK, this is important andthe timing of it is nothing short of critical.
Many wait to staff up until it's too late andrefuse to properly prepare. This helps cashflow, but usually it has a very negative side effect: being rushed whenhiring someone you really need, and need quickly. What usuallytranspires is that you hire someone who isn't exactly what you need(strategically), but fills a short-term need.
Read more about staffing up
DCWarehouse + MAPADOC = SeamlessShipping With Real-Time TechnologyWith rising fuel costs, increasing overhead and an ever-changingeconomy, it is more than important now, than ever, to maintain andrelay accurate information in your supply chain.
organizations using Sage solutionsExpert answers to specific product questionsTechnical direction on how best to implement and optimize yourSage solutionsTrends, insight and guidance from thought leaders in yourindustryProduct roadmaps and insider knowledge on new features andenhancements
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A Few Words From the Help Desk
It's spring, a time for change and we have some changes of our ownto share with you. The new 2011 941 form has been released for thefollowing Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 versions:
Version 4.40.01 through 4.40.04 (included in the newlyreleased 4.40.05)Version 4.30.17 through 4.30.21 (included in the newlyreleased 4.30.22)Version 4.20
For Version 4.05 and 4.10, no new payroll updates are being releasedas these versions are being retired at the end of September, 2011.Please contact Debbie Berndt @ 973-758-6128 to discuss yourupgrade options or if you are on Version 4.30, service update 16 orlower to schedule a service update to your current release.
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HR Advisor
Human Resource Insights from Kathleen Weiss
HUD Zone Hiring to Avoid Discrimination
Dear Kathleen:
I need to hire, but to qualify for HUD zone, I need to hire people wholive in two specific towns near my business. Can I run an ad sayingthat only those who live in these two cities need apply? Am I openingmyself up for lawsuits?
SWK is the only Sage Reseller in the greater New York area that has aSage Authorized Training Center. We offer classroom training inLivingston, NJ, as well as on-site and Web-based training solutions.
For a complete list of courses, including content, dates and costs, visitour Training Center.
