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Free Online Learning
2007-06-07 01:09:00 The Cougar Mountain website includes several nice training links having free accounting tutorials, books, videos, and educator materials that are sure to increase your accounting knowledge. Other Resource pages include helpful links to government websites, accounting organizations and publications, and more. Check them out - and if you know of a link that should be included, then send me ... More About: Training , Tricks , Free , Online , Learning
Support when you need it (and when you don?t!)
2007-06-04 23:26:00 When it comes to your accounting or point-of-sale software setup?the backbone of your business?how important is support to you? Cougar Mountain has been a leading manufacturer of accounting software for 25 years. In that time we?ve learned that having a great product isn?t enough?you need to have a highly-trained support staff ready to tackle any problems ... More About: Marketing , Training , Support
User Defined Fields
2007-06-01 01:13:00 A customer asks: We need to track our inventory items in a better manner. Our items have lots of different expiration dates, lots of different lot #’s, etc. Can you help us out? Kevin says: You need to set up your User Defined Field s (UDF). Most modules in Cougar Mountain have UDF fields and codes available for use, ... More About: Tricks , Fine
Inventory in Multiple Organizations
2007-05-30 17:03:00 A customer asks: We have multiple Companies created in Cougar Mountain, three organizations to track. The Fixed Assets company, the ordering company, and the selling company. BUT??.There are 3 locations for the selling portion. Books need to be kept separate, and have separate inventory. For those 3 profit centers, do they need seperate companies created within ... More About: Tricks , Inventory , Organizations , Vent , Tory
Mark Up Percentages for Inventory
2007-05-24 17:42:00 A customer asks a question about managing thier inventory: How can I get some kind of Mark Up Percentages report, so that I can pull a list of stock items with their mark up percentages - so that I can adjust my pricing? Kevin says: What you want is the Price Book report; the Price Book report will do the calculation ... More About: Tricks , Inventory , Vent , Tory
Shopping for POS software
2007-05-21 20:04:00 So you?re looking for a new POS system. Whether you?re a startup company or an established venture looking for something more feature-rich than programs like Quickbooks, choosing one that will work best for you, your employees, and the future of your business can be a stressful process. How do you know where to start? With so ... More About: Marketing , Software , Shopping , Products , Ping
Fiscal Calendar Periods - setting up a 4-4-5 calendar
2007-05-17 19:54:00 A Cougar Mountain customer asked this question: “We are a manufacturing business and since 90% of manufacturers use a 4,4,5 fiscal year, it would be nice if Cougar Mountain could offer this option. Any chance of this happening in the near future?” Kevin, a Cougar Mountain System Trainer replied: Hey! The functionality is already within the program. By default each period ... More About: Tricks , Cale , Calendar , Fiscal , Lend
Training room remodeled!
2007-05-15 22:02:00 For the past few weeks Cougar Mountain has been hard at work updating our training room so that we can offer our attendees the best training possible. We?ve installed new computers with flat panel monitors, wheeled in new chairs that are even more comfortable than the ones we had before (don?t let us catch you sleeping ... More About: Training , Room , TRAI , Raining
CMS Backup Scheduler
2007-05-11 17:24:00 Marti says: How do I set CMS to do a backup tonight after everyone goes home? There are two methods to accomplish this; set up the backup in either the CMS Backup Scheduler window for a one-time backup, or, use the Scheduled Task Wizard to set up a recurring backup. The easiest method is to use the ... More About: Tricks
Happy Anniversary to US!!!
2007-05-10 23:11:00 Today, 5/10/07, marks our SILVER ANNIVERSARY! That’s right, we’re 25 years old! Not bad for a software company. How many software companies do you know that have been around that long? All right there’s Microsoft. But there aren’t too many others. And if we were to look at the category accounting software companies — well it’s ... More About: Anniversary , Company , Happy , Happy Anniversary
What is an Integrated Accounting Software system?
2007-05-08 23:18:00 It seems to be a topical issue these days ? the true definition of an integrated system as it applies to accounting and/or point of sale software. What are the differences and benefits to having a system that is truly integrated and one that might not be? In a nutshell having an integrated accounting software system has ... More About: Software , System , Accounting , Count , Integra
Have your own ?tips & tricks? to share?
2007-05-04 18:58:00 This blog will, among other things, include tips & tricks that are intended to help you better utilize CMS. If you click the tips & tricks category in the left margin, you will be shown a list of all tips that have been posted to date. Also the top menu has a link to a tips ... More About: Tips , Tricks , Share , Have
CMS is in Wikipedia!
2007-04-27 19:19:00 CMS has our own entry in the online dictionary ‘Wiki pedia ’. It has a little historical information there you may not know. Terri CMS Marketing More About: Company
Processing Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT)
2007-04-27 00:12:00 How do I set CMS up so that I can pay vendors electronically? Make sure the Vendor is set up as a ?electronic payer.? Check the box and fill in the numbers More About: Electronic , Tricks , Transfers , Sing , Fund
User Rights: Restricting Overrides
More articles from this author:2007-04-26 01:12:00 Sandy asks: “I have a question that I hope you can help me with regarding one of my employees that processes our invoices through order entry. I am trying to see if I can restrict her rights to override a credit limit on a customer?s account. I do not see where this can be done in ... More About: Rights , Tricks , User , Over , Right 1, 2, 3 |
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