Sage 100

We have a client in the Chemical Dependency Treatment business that uses a medical billing package for Sales and Sage 100 for the rest of their Accounting and Payroll needs. They have two internal Book and Sundries stores for the patients that currently run AccuPOS against Quick Books. They would like to switch AccuPOS to work against the existing Sage 100 system. Based on what I have seen in various posts on 90 Minds, to integrate properly with Sage 100, AccuPOS will need the Visual Integrator, Sales Order, Accounts Receivable and Inventory modules. I have seen where Sage includes the Visual Integrator module with the purchase of AccuPOS but am unsure if they would give it to a client that has AccuPOS if they purchased the other three modules. On the surface this project doesn't seem very cost effective because the client doesn't own any of the above modules. I have asked the client to think about adding Purchase Order and using it and Inventory for handling all the supplies used in the clinic. We have a client with a group of medical clinics that uses the Purchase Order Requisition feature to help control group purchasing and distribution of material to their various clinics. I assume that AccuPOS or Sage provides Visual Integrator jobs for the integration. Sales Order would be useless for this client except to process the daily invoice from each POS register. Has anyone had enough experience to know if the VI jobs could be modified to update AR and IM independently (or perhaps Inventory and General Ledger instead)? Any comments or insight would be appreciated.

@JohnBroadfoot I don't have any experience with AccuPOS but I have worked with Point Solutions and their POS. It has the ability to work as a stand alone POS solution. As such, it can manage inventory within the application and reduce the need of the interface down to just AR and GL. You have to process receipts of goods in the POS and AP in MAS. This leads to the need to reconcile inventory and purchases clearing between the two apps but it prevents you from having to buy the distribution modules. VI would still be required unless Point Solutions has migrate their integration to leverage BOI. The contact at Point Solutions is Mike Gill. (214) 420-5144 x 103. mike.gill@pointsolutionsllc.com There was a discussion on POS last week that had references to another product supported by a 90M member. You might search for that discussion string as well.

That would be this one: https://90minds-com.socialcast.com/messages/13816494?ref=stream Stay tuned for further details...

I spent some time looking at AccuPOS for a client project. As a POS it does well, but the pricing, especially for annual support, and the requirements made the whole proposition difficult to sell and implement, so we dropped it. I'm convinced the only reason it's an endorsed solution is that no other vendor is willing to pay Sage for that distinction. POS is so rare a requirement with most Sage 100 clients, my recommendation is to find the package that does POS the best within the budget, and then review how it integrates, since there are many levels and methods to accomplish that.

Thanks you all for replying. I had been looking for alternatives to the HT/SWK solution earlier and @JohnHoyt had mentioned the high price and high maintenance in an earlier thread and I quit looking at it at that time. Then, out of the blue, I received this request. I am more or less associated with the back end of the client's business and was not even aware they had AccuPOS and internal retail outlets. Apparently, they have been making journal entries from QB to MAS for several years. Sage's prices for AccuPOS appear to be about twice those on the AccuPOS web site, which I guess covers the cost and then some of the Visual Integrator, just in case you haven't already bought it. I will be interested in finding out what the client paid for it and what the maintenance is. I needed to find out if there was a way to handle this in the way the client asked, but unless they are really interested in the idea of getting their clinic inventory into Sage 100, I agree the best approach is to look for a product that will do just what they need for their retail operation. It is likely to be considerably less expensive. I will look at Point Solutions and am also looking forward to the session on October 22nd that @Therese Logeais set up with Harold Westover.