Sage Business Partner, Plus Computer Solutions enhances data integrity and security by integrating Process Scheduler to Canco Cranes’ Sage 300 ERP system.
Burnaby, British Columbia — April 27th, 2012 - Canco Cranes is a leading manufacturer of overhead cranes and material handling equipment. For more than 35 years, the North Vancouver Company has been engineering, building, installing, and servicing equipment for customers around the world. For more than a decade, Canco Cranes has relied on one ERP solution – Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage ERP Accpac) expertly supported by Plus Computer Solutions.
Recently, Plus Computer Solutions implemented Process Scheduler from Orchid Systems. The add-on solution for Sage 300 ERP enables Canco Cranes to schedule when its ERP data is checked and backed up and to schedule the automation of other processes, such as General Ledger consolidation exports and imports. In addition, Process Scheduler maximizes system resource usage by enabling the company to perform these tasks automatically while the system is not being used. “Process Scheduler has worked really well for us,” says Craig Hammond, sales rep for Canco Cranes. “It gives us a great deal of confidence in the integrity and security of our data.”
Sage 300 ERP is delivering the value the company has come to expect from Sage software solutions. “We are getting very good value out of our Sage 300 ERP system,” concludes Hammond. “It saves us time and helps ensure the accuracy and integrity of our data. I feel that the software has definitely paid for itself and is now delivering a measurable return on our investment.”
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December 14, 2011
Bob Scott’s Insights Names the 2011 VAR Stars
Middletown, NJ – Progressive Media Group’s Bob Scott’s Insights (www.BobScottsInsights.com) has selected Plus Computer Solutions as a winner of its 2011 VAR Stars award. One hundred resellers are selected each year for this honor.
2011 VAR Stars have a practice involving the sale of mid-market financial software and while most derive significant revenue from other sources, accounting software is the core to their business.
Revenue is not a factor in selection and VARs are not rated. The No. 1 and No. 100 members of this list have equal standing. Factors taken into consideration included growth, industry leadership and innovation. There are very large and very small dealers in this list. An effort was also made to selects resellers who represent a broad range of products.
This year, VAR Star candidates were asked what they have done to respond to the economic conditions. Several common areas emerged from those VARs who commented (not all provided this information.) Few of these were surprising, but all are important.
They are as follows:
- Diversifying product lines.
- Holding onto talent.
- Maintaining or increasing marketing budgets.
- Performing mergers and acquisition.
Bob Scott’s Insights provides the mid-market reselling community with news and analysis giving them insight into the issues that affect the business of resellers and vendors alike. It informs and entertains, giving this critical market a quick-and-easy read that is both instructive and interesting.
For more information on Plus Computer Solutions contact us or call 604-420-1099
Media Contact: Lisa Toner
Email: lisa@plus.ca
Sage Authorized Partner, Plus Computer Solutions, receives prestigious award for the third time.
Burnaby, British Columbia — November 3, 2011
Plus Computer Solutions Ltd. has been named to Sage’s distinguished President’s Circle for 2011, a distinction given annually to business partners and national consulting partners generating the highest sales revenue during the previous fiscal year. This is the third year the company has achieved this status.
“I am extremely proud to name Plus Computer Solutions to the President’s Circle in the top sales category,” said Tom Miller, Vice President - North American Channel Management at Sage. “The President’s Circle is awarded to those business partners who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to Sage, and a passion for the customer and the Sage Software Solutions they provide. Plus’ dedication to providing incredible value and an outstanding customer experience makes them a valuable member of our Partner community, I wish them continued success in 2012.”
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May 31, 2011
Plus is happy to announce the release of our latest ERP success story.
Plus Computer Solutions has implemented a long-term scalable business management solution based on Sage ERP Accpac for PLH Aviation Services, a successful corporation specializing in the management of airport refueling operations. Plus Computer Solutions is a premier Sage Authorized Partner specializing in the Sage ERP Accpac and SageCRM family of products.
PLH Aviation Services chose Sage ERP Accpac as its business management solution shortly after its inception in 1988, and engaged Plus Computer Solutions as its business partner in 2000. Over years of expansive growth, the solution has scaled to meet the needs of PLH Aviation, adapting to its changing demands.
Glen Mund, president of Plus Computer Solutions, said: “While the typical company changes business management software every seven years, PLH Aviation has been able to leverage its technology investment over decades, saving countless dollars in conversion costs. This is possible thanks to the broad flexibility of Sage ERP Accpac and its expansive suite of modules and companion products.”
As its business needs have changed, PLH Aviation Services was able to expand its use of the software, adding new modules and new functionality. For example, it added the Multi-Currency module to support its sister company’s operation because it deals in US dollars. The sister company of PLH Aviation Services, located outside of British Columbia, can access Sage ERP Accpac remotely and perform their own data entry of accounts payable and sales invoices.
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May 9, 2011
This year marks an important milestone for Plus Computer Solutions as we celebrate our 20th anniversary. This 20 year milestone gives us a chance to reflect on our past achievements and highlights as we envision the road ahead for Plus.
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Honoring the past:
In a world of globalization, where everything and everyone seems to be within six Facebook friends of separation, we at Plus find it hard to imagine how we managed in those early days where we once operated without email, cell phones or wireless devices.
1991 was quite the year to look back on. During that year:
- A pack of 5.25 floppy disks sold for $29.99 in 1991, now you can find a pack on eBay for around $4.99
- Apple released their Macintosh powerbook 100, which sold for $2,500 USD
- 100 million personal computers were shipped in 1991, in comparison to over a billion in 2010
- Our Prospect Marketing Coordinator Lisa Toner was 3 years old
- Business was conducted with pagers, phone booths, and fax machines.
- Terminator 2 hit #1 in the box office and earned $204 million
- (Everything I do) I do it for you by Brian Adams was the #1 song
Mitch McNicol, Sales Manager at Plus, reflects back to his early days of working at Plus and how data repairs and technical support were originally accomplished. “In the early days of working at Plus, we used to have one of our consultants or even a courier pick up and drop off floppy disks for data repair. We used to have a stack of floppy disk on our desk waiting for data repair.” says Mitch McNicol.
The daily operations at Plus relied heavily on phone, faxes and couriers, with all consulting and software upgrades conducted onsite, communications with consultants on the road were accomplished via pagers and telephone booths. Like many businesses, our company embraced and invested in technology as it became readily available.
Wendy Gorrie, General Manager, a look at the past:
Our appointment booking procedure used to consist of customers calling the office, the consulting schedule consisted of a hair appointment style book, a pencil and eraser.
The tools of our trade have changed significantly since my beginnings at Plus, where the height of technology was a pager a package of 3.5” disks and a phone booth. Now we are able to connect to our customers anywhere using anything from traditional telephone to Ipad’s. Transferring data is as easy as plugging in a portable thumb drive, the days of going for lunch while our Lotus 123 worksheet recalculated on the 286 with 64 mb of ram are gone.
During the past 20 years Plus has been a winner of the prestigious Accpac International Dealer of the Year award in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999 and reaching the Sage Presidents Circle in 2006 and 2007.
Present:
This past year has been a year of many accomplishments and achievement for Plus. We have once again celebrated earning top awards in our industry with the 2010 Accounting Technology Pacesetter Award, 2010 Var Stars, Altec Partner Excellence Award and CDN Channel Elite Awards Finalist. Plus was also named “Best in Class” Partner by Sage, qualified for Sage’s 2010 “President’s Circle,” Maintained Top 10 NPS Scores in North America, and received an A+ from the Better Business Bureau.
By partnering with companies over the years to uncover issues and areas where Plus solutions can add value, Plus utilized its staff expertise in our affiliate network and new avenues for clients to access its services. Additionally, Plus’ evolution to the social media realm has provided existing and potential customers with immediate information on company events and new services.
Plus continually adds updated versions and support features. Just in time for our 20th anniversary, the company added our client centre to our support infrastructure. Our Client Centre was introduced to service current customers through the process of logging tech support cases, checking case history, updating TSP contracts and answering questions customers may have along the way.
This is also the year that marks the official launch of Sage ERP Accpac 6.0, the first in a series of releases that will transform the software into a fully web-based interface. While Accpac was originally developed to be an on-premise application, Sage is now working towards transforming it into a completely web-based product.
The Future:
“To celebrate 20 years in business is significant for our company and we are very proud to have reached this milestone,” says Glen Mund, President of Plus Computer Solutions. “We are incredibly grateful to our talented and hardworking team members who have helped shape our company in what it is today. Our customer satisfaction levels continue to rank in the top 10 in North America as measured by Sage, Many customers have been with us since Day 1 we thank you for your ratings and your loyalty.
We expect that technology and ERP system will change more in the next 20 years than they did in the last 20 years. Plus plans to be on the leading edge of these changes and help our customers take advantage Software as a Service applications we expect will become the norm and will change how and where Small and Medium sized business access their accounting and business applications forever. Using critical applications via the web and mobile devices, with any time anywhere seems like a pipe dream but in reality it is just around the corner. The conceptual change seems dramatic but in reality it is not as serious as it looks. Plus will help its customer manage this change so they are able to stay competitive and grow through the next technology revolution.
For more information about our company and services, visit www.plus.ca
About Plus:
Plus Computer Solutions is one of the largest Sage ERP Accpac, SageCRM, Sage HRMS, and Sage FAS solution providers in North America. Their excellent reputation for taking care of their clients has earned them multiple awards. Since 1991, Plus Computer Solutions has worked with thousands of clients who have benefited from Plus’ depth of experience and expert knowledge of business processes and implementations. Plus Computer Solutions guarantees its clients will receive exceptional value from their solutions as a direct result of the company’s innovative products and methodologies. For further information about Plus Computer Solutions visit: www.plus.ca
Our goal isn’t to be the biggest, simply the best!
About Sage North America:
Sage North America offers leading business management software and services that support the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.5 million small and mid-sized business customers in North America. Its parent company, The Sage Group plc (London: SGE.L), supports 4.7 million customers worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web site at: www.sagenorthamerica.com or call (866) 308-2378.
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Best wishes from:
“Plus Computer Solutions has been one of Sage’s longest-standing and most successful business partners, which is a testament to their focus on delivering the highest quality experiences to our mutual customers. Congratulations to all of our friends at Plus on their 20th anniversary.”
Laurie Schultz, GM Mid Market ERP Solutions,
Sage Business Solutions
Plus Computer Solutions is a valued Sage business partner who over their 20 years in business has developed and maintained a reputation for providing outstanding service to the North American Sage community. Plus continues to set the bar very high by consistently performing at the top in sales and customer satisfaction. We congratulate Plus on their 20 year anniversary and look forward to another 20 years of success serving the Sage family of customers.
Tom Miller, Vice President - Channel Management
Sage Business Solutions
In my over 20 years of experience in this industry there are few partners who understand how to capture and create value for their customers in the way the Plus Computer Solutions does. What’s more there are even fewer that have the passion for helping small and medium sized business succeed in the marketplace. I congratulate Wendy and Glen and their entire team on 20 years in business. Best of luck and here’s to another 20!
Ed Kless, Senior Director, Partner Development and Strategy
Sage Business Solutions
We have been working with Plus for the past 20 years. Thanks to Plus we have stayed connected with little down time. They have always been there, if only a small IT problem to a full database crash. They have travelled a number of times to our site which is 2000 km from Vancouver. Congratulations to the staff and management of Plus on this anniversary. Keep up the good work.
Doug Swallow, President/CEO
MSS Ltd
As a long time customer of Plus Computer Solutions we would like to congratulate you on your 20th Anniversary and thank you for your tremendous support," said Filomena Nalewajek CEO of Canuck Place Children's Hospice. "Your technical expertise make sure our accounting systems operate flawlessly ensuring we maintain the highest level of transparency, accountability, and financial responsibility for our donors and the children and families on our program.
Thomas Marshall, Communications & Marketing Coordinator
Canuck Place
April 25, 2011
Plus is happy to announce the release of our latest mining success story.
Plus Computer Solutions has implemented a complete business management solution based on Sage ERP Accpac for TintinaGold Resources Inc. (TSXV: TAU), a growth company focused on the exploration and discovery of precious and base metals. Plus Computer Solutions is a premier Sage Authorized Partner specializing in the Sage ERP Accpac and SageCRM family of products.
As a company with an aggressive growth trajectory, TintinaGold sought a scalable, powerful ERP solution that would sustain its current operations and support its future expansion. They had been using QuickBooks®, but their multi-company, multi-currency operation had outstripped the capabilities of that program.
Wylie Hui, CFO for TintinaGold Resources said, “We needed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system capable of aligning with our business processes and growing with us. We spoke to several other similar companies to see what they were using and found that a lot of them were having success with Sage ERP Accpac.”
After deciding on Sage ERP Accpac, the company then interviewed two vendors before selecting Plus Computer Solutions. “Plus Computer Solutions impressed us; they have lots of experience with mining companies, so they quickly understood our business model and our vision,” Hui said. “Their support and implementation services are excellent — and we like their fair and affordable fixed price model.”
The solution implemented by Plus Computer Solutions delivers the expanded functionality required by this publicly-traded corporation, including: role-based security; detailed audit trails; GAAP, FASB, and IFRS compliant operations; multi-currency, payroll, and a component that provides secure digital signatures on accounts payable checks.
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To read the TintinaGold Resources Inc Success Story, click here
March 11, 2011
Plus is happy to announce the release of our latest success story.
Plus Computer Solutions today announced another successful implementation of SageCRM, this time for PNI Digital Media, the leading innovator of online and in-store digital media solutions for major retailers. PNI Digital Media enables on-demand production of personalized products using consumer-generated media. The PNI Digital Media Platform enables consumers to easily order photo prints, personalized gifts, business printing collateral, stationery, and more. Plus Computer Solutions is a premier Sage Authorized Partner specializing in the SageCRM and Sage ERP Accpac family of products.
PNI Digital Media sought to centralize the administration of its trouble tickets and support calls. It evaluated several customer relationship management (CRM) systems before deciding on SageCRM.
“We are in a growing market, and we need a CRM that can help us centralize our support and response procedures,” said André Blanchard, director of support services for PNI Digital Media. “SageCRM fits the bill. We selected Plus Computer Solutions for the implementation. Their knowledge and expertise made for a smooth implementation. It was a good decision.”
To read the whole press release, click here.
To read the PNI Digital Media Success Story, click here.
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February 7, 2011
Plus Computer Solutions is pleased to announce that Wendy Gorrie, our General Manager, has been selected by Sage Software to serve on its 2011 Business Partner Advisory Council (BPAC) and Sage Accpac Product Advisory Council (PAC).
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Members of Sage BPAC represent all Sage channel partners, providing guidance on programs and policies in order to influence the business strategy of Sage Software. BPAC meets on a regular basis with Sage management to discuss the short and long term strategy of the product, challenges and solutions.
Sage has been demonstrating unparalleled dedication to its customers and Business Partners by dedicating time and resources to these councils in order to ensure feedback from all stakeholders is sought and taken into consideration in determining their direction. Sage looks to the nation’s leading Business Partners to support the long-term success of Sage Software through validation of future plans and designs.
Business Partners selected are those who maintain a strong product knowledge based on “hands-on" involvement in Accpac implementations, and who are able to represent a broad range of customers and markets. With Wendy’s years of extensive industry experience and long-term customer commitment, she was an obvious choice!
Congratulations Wendy. We are all very proud of you!
For more information on BPAC and PAC click here
About Plus Computer Solutions:
Plus is a Sage Accounting, CRM and ERP software specialist. We partner with your organization to uncover the issues and areas where our solutions can add value! Plus is a team of skilled, service-minded people who enjoy partnering with you, our customers, to create solutions that work for your specific requirements. With an impressive list of credentials, a solid education base and a proven track record of serving thousands of organizations, our team cares about the health of your information system.
About Sage Software:
Sage Software provides business software, services and support to small and medium sized businesses. Sage is a global company with 6.3 million customers, over 13,400 employees and more than 25 years of experience working with small and medium sized businesses. Sage provides an extensive range of solutions which makes it easier for customers to manage their business processes. Sage CRM software helps to build profitable customer relationships, HR and Payroll offers a way to improve employee performance and ensure legislative compliance, software and services equip customers with the ability to run their business more effectively and overcome the challenges of today’s business environment.
November 22, 2010
For the third year running, Plus Computer Solutions was chosen by the editors of Accounting Technology as a Technology Pacesetter. And, for the second year in a row, the company has been selected as a member of the 2010 VAR Stars, an annual listing published by Bob Scott’s Insights, a publication of the Progressive Media Group.
Accounting Today magazine awards the Technology Pacesetter award annually to 100 organizations that market financial midmarket applications. Seth Fineberg, Accounting Today’s technology editor, said, “As the economy begins its recovery, today’s leading resellers and consultants of accounting technology have earned their place on our Technology Pacesetters list of top-flight accounting and ERP VARs, not simply by selling the latest software, but by being able to offer essential, often new, services to their clients and focusing more on key vertical markets.”
VAR Stars is a group of 100 organizations that are being honoured for their accomplishments implementing mid-marketing financial software. Revenue is not a factor in the selection of VAR Stars, rather, winners are chosen on a variety of factors including growth, industry leadership, and innovation.
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October 26, 2010
Customers of Plus Computer Solutions from across British Columbia gathered this week in Burnaby, BC for Plus’ 3rd Annual Business Success Conference. As always, the gathering was an opportunity for networking and learning, the road ahead for Sage, and the capabilities to strengthen one’s own personal and professional skills via presentations, interacting with staff and networking.
This year’s conference deliberations were informed by a number of high profile guests such as Robert Johnson from Sage, author of the book “Kick Your Own Ass,” Robert Lavery from Robert Lavery and Associates, and Neil Sorensen from Stonefield Query, just to name a few. While numerous sessions were devoted to Business related topics, a central topic generating sustained interest from customers was – “The road ahead with Sage ERP Accpac v 6.0.” Erik Kaas from Sage touched on the vision and direction for Sage ERP Accpac v 6.0 and its capabilities of delivering an overall better user experience and lower total cost of ownership.
Overall, the conference was a huge success and many important topics were presented in front of a large audience. The caliber of presenters at our conference was remarkable and many new ideas were mentioned regarding Customer Loyalty and Business Intelligence. The audience was greatly invested in the tips and tricks session held by our own Bonnie Wittmeier, and many important inquires into the speaker’s topics were discussed. More than 80 people attended this all day event and the team at Plus are already in preparation to make next years' event even bigger and better!
Keep your eyes open for more info on next years' conference as we get closer to the date. It is going to be one you will NOT want to miss!
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