It’s Friday 13th – What could possibly go wrong?
Read More >It is my least favorite time of year. That time when we all get to figure out exactly how much of our hard earned money we bequeathed unto our beloved government during the previous year.
When I do my taxes I don’t think about how great that road is that I drove on to get from my home to my work. I think about how annoyed I am that on top of the taxes our Company paid and I personally paid, I still owe! It irks me to write that cheque, so this year I started to think how can we all pay less taxes? Yes, I know, we need to pay tax to have roads and health care and on and on, however, if we can minimize the taxes we pay, especially when unnecessarily, then we should!
I often wonder how well-known is the fact that the Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)-based Sage Group, Plc (LSE: SGE) is a leading global provider of business management software and services to over 6.3 million small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) worldwide.
After over 25 years in existence and with 13,400 employees worldwide, Sage reported US$2.24 billion in revenue in 2010, and the vendor touts its 28,000 business partners and 40,000 accountants’ club members.
For its part, the Sage North America subsidiary (formerly also known as Best Software in the early 2000s) has 4,000 employees and supports more than 3.2 million customers in the United States (US) and Canada (with customers in every state and province) with enterprise applications and services that cover accounting, enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), payment processing, human resources (HR) and payroll.
In addition to providing horizontal products, Sage North America caters to the specialized needs of the healthcare, nonprofit, manufacturing, and construction & real estate industries.
The North American subsidiary had US$850 million in revenues in 2010, and has 5,000 business partners and 20,000 accountants in its network. Other Sage units are Sage North Europe, Sage South Europe, and Sage AAMEA (serving Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa).
I am writing this article on my desktop and considering where I am going to find the time to do my wife's and my tax return I thought to myself how would I manage this before the advent of technology. I am not sure I could have done it or maybe I could but I would have to have given up a lot of other things to do so.
Read More >This week’s blog post focuses on Business Planning and software implementation with regards to ERP software.
Recently there have been numerous papers released by Focus Research, Inside Business Finance, SearchManufacturingERP.com, and Sage Software which focus on the different options of selecting ERP software for your company.
This time of year can be very stressful as we try to finish up the year end and tie up all loose ends. Staying calm when you are under pressure can be difficult but doing so can increase productivity and make the task at hand a little bit easier. Don’t burn yourself out. Here are a few steps you can take to escape the stress and stay calm during these pressing work activities.
There are many ways to measure past success and indeed predict your future success. The most common methods revolve around navel gazing exercises that involve a microscopic review of financial results.
The Year end is quickly approaching. Do you have a plan for the rest of your departmental budget? Don’t get caught out like so many others do. Unused budget dollars are ideal candidates for budget-makers looking to make cuts.
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