Bennett/Porter News
Welcome to the latest edition of our Bennett/Porter newsletter! At Bennett/Porter, “People Inspiring Solutions” is more than just a tagline – it’s the driving force behind everything we do. Our personable approach and exceptional customer service make us the ideal partner for your business, providing tailored digital solutions for your enterprise, HR, and IT needs. Dive in to discover updates curated specifically to your business needs. Feel free to utilize the Quick Links below to jump directly to the news that interests you.
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Acumatica News
Acumatica Open University: Learn. Practice. Share.
Don’t know where to start learning about Acumatica? Perhaps you need a little more practice to take it to the next level or you’re ready to show everyone you’re a pro.
LEARN.
No problem, Acumatica Open University offers learnings paths for newcomers, solution consultants and software developers to learn about the cloud-based ERP solution.
Acumatica’s Open University is completely free and always current.
PRACTICE.
Consistent practice leads to improved performance and results. Acumatica Open University delivers up-to-date learning tools, such as job aids and short guides, that are used on a daily basis to help you master the craft within your position in company.
There’s no need to search online for Help each time you need to do a task; simply download and use for your specific role:
- Finance Management
- Accounts Payable Clerk
- Accounts Receivable Clerk
- Controller
- Orders and Inventory
- Inventory Clerk
- Shipping Clerk
- Receiving Clerk
- Warehouse Manager
- Support and Services
- Customer Service Representative
- Service Consultant
- Service Manager
- Marketing Management
- Coordinator
- Marketing Manager
- Telemarketing Manager
- Sales Management
- Sales Operation Manager
- Sales Manager
- Sales Representative
- Prices & Discounts
SHARE.
As one of the world’s fastest growing cloud ERPs, opportunities may arise for individuals with a dependable Acumatica skill set who can contribute value to their role or position. Get recognized, demonstrate your knowledge and initiative to your company, or prepare yourself for the next chance.
Get Started with the Acumatica Open University Today
Just use your Acumatica credentials to log in to Acumatica’s University site and start learning.
Get an in-depth look at Acumatica’s training site with course A150 Getting Started with Acumatica. Acumatica’s user interface, navigation, search, reports, dashboards, and other essential functions are introduced in this multi-session overview without a sign in.
Reach out to us today to discover how Bennett/Porter and Acumatica will give you the tools to grow and transform your company.
Sage 100 News
Just a quick update this month from us where Sage is concerned! We’ve been informed Sage has purchased an application that will provide (when it is released!) a customer portal, where your customers can dial into their customer accounts, see the invoices you’ve billed to them, and pay those invoices right from the portal using a credit card. (We’re not sure if ACH payments can be made this way or not, but we’re suspecting that will be added if it isn’t in the first release.) The product is currently being called “Sage Network App” and is in beta testing with several Sage Resellers right now. The product is expected to be released with V2025 next year, and as the application is further developed, we’ll let you know what is happening with it and how the beta testing is doing. Make sure you’re signed up to receive our monthly newsletter to make sure you don’t miss a thing!
People Savvy HCM News
With over 2,600 employees supported on People Savvy HCM, our HR and Payroll teams think a great deal about time. Specifically, we think about the best way to record time that employees spend working. At a bare minimum, businesses should be capturing time via an electronic means. Manual methods of recording time are vulnerable to error and fraud, both of which easily equate to increased compliance risk and lost revenue. In fact, the American Payroll Association estimates that time clock fraud costs U.S. companies as much as 7% of their annual payroll.
Among the numerous electronic methods that exist (ID numbers, badges, fingerprint readers), one stands far in front of the pack in all categories and is our indisputable preference for time-keeping: facial recognition software running on a tablet. Here are a few reasons why we recommend this solution to all our customers – and why it’s the most popular time-keeping solution among our clients.
Speed and Accuracy
Every second spent by an employee struggling to clock in/out is a second of lost productivity, additional costs, and mounting frustration by employees, managers, and payroll administrators. When employees can punch in quickly, that means the process is easy. And when those punches don’t need to be corrected by managers or payroll processors, that means the tool is accurate. Our facial recognition solution provides both advantages, with almost instantaneous clocking and data that approaches 100% accuracy.
Dependability
Equipment breaks. That’s just a fact. The critical thing is to minimize downtime. Because this system is a cloud-based app that runs on a base model iPad, any downtime because of hardware problems is limited to however long it takes to pick up a new iPad. In fact, clients keeping an extra tablet on hand can keep such crises to a matter of minutes. And because facial recognition clocking is nearly contactless, the hardware endures minimal wear and tear by employees. We have had these clocks deployed in agricultural and manufacturing environments for years, and we’ve never yet seen one have to be swapped out. What’s more, if the Internet signal goes down, employees can just keep punching. The tablet will hold the punches locally until a connection is restored and they can be uploaded.
Security
It’s not just a time-clock, either. Our facial recognition stations can double as visitor registration and access control points. Does your facility have unattended entry points with minimal traffic? Rather than paying someone with a clipboard and pen to twiddle their thumbs 90% of the day, a kiosk can prompt visitors to register for entry and even match them up to a list of known, approved visitors. Then and only then will a door be unlocked for access. Frictionless entry can also be deployed for internal employees, allowing individuals access to secure areas they need to get to (and keeping them out of the ones they don’t).
Economical
Rather than purchasing expensive clock hardware and software that require maintenance and time-consuming upgrades (not to mention eventual replacement), facial recognition clocking runs as a lightweight tablet application accessible at a low-cost monthly per employee subscription fee. You only pay for the employees who clock in within any given month. Considering that the average company loses 4.5 hours per employee, per week to time theft, the cost of a system that prevents buddy-punching may in fact pay for itself.
Managing employee time is a fundamental aspect of business health. If your organization is interested in improving its time keeping abilities, and everything that goes along with it, reach out to us today for a free consult.
Managed IT Services News
More Than Just Troubleshooting
When many people hear “Managed IT” or “Managed Services Provider,” they immediately think of some faraway helpdesk that they just call when a printer breaks or something isn’t running—but a well-rounded Managed IT provider like Bennett/Porter is so much more than just troubleshooting.
Even if you have an in-house help desk or team, a Managed Services Provider can provide valuable support and planning advice or even help you find the best option for solutions you’re already looking for!
“You don’t know what you don’t know” is a sentiment that’s extremely true in IT and security. With a variety of expertise and experiences—and an array of clients across a wide swath of industries—BP’s Managed IT team can help identify spots and services you might be missing or where you might be vulnerable.
- Microsoft 365: There are dozens of licenses and add-ons. We have certified experts that can help make sense of what you have, what you can do, and what you need.
- Backup and Disaster Recovery: Planning is a critical piece of keeping your business safe. We’ve seen—and used—a lot of different platforms. Your local servers might be backed up, but is your Office 365? Email? Let us help you make sure you’re using the best product and the best redundancy to keep your business safe!
- Security: Multifactor authentication, phishing testing and training, spam filtering, and firewalls.
- Email migrations: Most in-house system administrators do this once if at all. We’ve done dozens. If you’re looking to move off your old on-premise email server to Microsoft 365/Exchange Online, let us help get you there faster and smoother.
Reach out to us today to discover how Bennett/Porter’s Managed IT Services will give you the tools to grow and transform your company.
