The E&A Forum is where end users can exchange ideas and information in a peer to peer (P2P) environment. The forum is open to all E&A customers who have a Preferred Professional Services Agreement (PSA) in effect with E&A.

Accessing the forum is easy:

1. Go to www.earnestassoc.com and select Forum from the top nav bar.
2. Click on Register if you have not already registered for the forum.
3. Complete the form and click the Register button.

Note that your request must be approved by an E&A administrator. This is a human process so there will be a delay in our response to you. When you do receive the email confirming that your request has been approved, please follow the instructions to login to the forum.

Categories in the Forum include:

• Infor10 Distribution Business (SX.enterprise)
• Infor10 Distribution Express (FACTS)
• Infor10 ERP Express (VISUAL)
• Infor ERP TakeStock
• PDS

Experience the Power of F9 Financial Reporting to learn how F9 provides an affordable, customizable financial reporting tool that dynamically links general ledger data to Microsoft Excel and is available for all the Infor Distribution ERPs including Business (SX.e), Express (FACTS), and TakeStock.

If you know Excel, then you know F9! Excel users already know how valuable spreadsheets are for financial reporting. F9 can quickly leverage that value by delivering your general ledger data directly to Excel through a link to the most current information, with no exports or manual entries required.

F9 software:

• Dynamically links to GL
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• Automates the scheduling and distribution of reports
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We know businesses need their most critical data, their general ledger, instantly accessible at all times. F9 financial reporting solutions are easy to implement (within three days or less), easy to learn (4 hours of training) and easy to maintain.

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Infor10 Distribution Business (SX.enterprise) Tips & Slices: Keyboard Shortcuts

A great way to increase productivity on Infor10 Distribution Business (SX.enterprise) is to learn keyboard shortcuts. Reduce the amount of time spent moving from the keyboard to the mouse by trying some of these handy tricks! 

• With any windows application, you can always hold down the ALT key along with the underlined character in the menu bar to access that drop-down menu from the keyboard. The same is true for SX.enterprise!
• In addition, from any program within SX.enterprise you can return to the Navigator by simply hitting <CTRL> <HOME> and you will return to this screen.

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Infor10 Distribution Express (FACTS): Job Stream

Job Stream is available on every Infor10 Distribution Express (FACTS) system. Job Stream enables you to pre-define reports with their appropriate settings, and then run these reports as needed on a repetitive basis.

Good candidates for Job Streams include reports that are run weekly for the sales force and reports that are run at every month end prior to closing. Follow the easy steps below to implement Job Stream.

1. The first step is to go into each report and set up a Report Template (covered in last issue of FACTS Tips & Slices). Include the email addresses in the template if you intend to email the reports with the Email module.

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Infor ERP TakeStock Tips & Slices: Sales Analysis Exports to Excel

E&A frequently fields requests from Infor ERP TakeStock customers concerning how to export their Sales Analysis data to Excel in a way that takes advantage of the many analysis tools offered by Excel; including colorful charts and graphs, pivot tables, data sorts, etc.

The Export to MS Excel feature found on the SA Reports menu allows you to quickly and easily export sales analysis data to Excel. This feature is very similar to using a TakeStock report template. Simply choose the filters, sorts, and fields you want to see in your Excel worksheet and click RUN. All of the data matching your criteria is sent directly to Excel! As with report templates, you can save your selections by name and re-run the export as needed without having to make the selections each time you need to export the data.

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Earnest & Associates (E&A) has announced today that it has acquired John Genter Associates (JGA) of Downingtown, Pennsylvania.  The combined company will employ approximately 70 and provide information technology (IT) services to over 300 businesses nationwide.

E&A and JGA business consultants have marketed Infor enterprise software to the wholesale/distribution and manufacturing industries for over 30 years.  The combined company  will remain focused on helping small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) implement Infor software and related technologies to help increase their productivity and profitability. 

E&A president Tim Earnest explained why JGA was an attractive fit. “With the addition of JGA’s consulting expertise and loyal customer base, E&A can strengthen its leadership position within the SMB market space,” explained Tim.  “E&A employs one of the strongest talent pools to be found among privately-held, vertical market-focused technology companies in the mid-Atlantic states.  Our services include business consulting, data backup and recovery, help desk, hardware and network support, online education, software implementation and more.”  

“Tim Earnest and I have often collaborated on executive councils within the industry over the past 20 years,” commented John Genter, who will become a business consultant at E&A. “I am certain that JGA’s customers will enjoy gaining access to E&A’s technical resources and value-added services.  I am excited about the possibilities for growth – both for our clients and ourselves – that are made possible by this combination,” he said.

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About Earnest & Associates (E&A)

E&A is a professional services firm dedicated to helping companies increase their productivity and profitability through the implementation of information technology.  E&A is one of the largest services companies in North America dedicated to supporting Infor products including Infor10 Distribution Business (SX.enterprise), Infor10 Distribution Express (FACTS) and Infor10 ERP Express (VISUAL) with over 400 installations nationwide.  E&A has eight offices located in Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland (headquarters); Cleveland, Ohio; Greensboro, North Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; Miami, Florida; Richmond, Virginia; and Springfield, Illinois.