German-Malaysia Institute replaces its Dynamics Nav with Sage 300 ERP. V. 2012.

Press Release:  21 November 2014

German-Malaysian Institute (GMI), a joint venture between the Governments of Malaysia and Germany. GMI is governed by a 10-member Board of Directors comprising representatives from the governments, public and industrial bodies. The institution was set up as a Company Limited by Guarantee whereby the founders are Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and the Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC), and its implementing agencies are MARA and German Technical Corporation (GTZ). GMI had its first student enrollment in 1992 and the growing number of enrollment prevails.

The institute provides a broad-based engineering education, with opportunities for specialization and self-directed learning and development. GMI offers diverse training programs and services consisting of full time diploma programs, a pre-university program (A-Level), skills upgrading technical courses, train-the-trainers programs, and industrial consultancy and services.

Problem
For its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, GMI had relied on Navision ERP from Microsoft. But over time, the solution grew “obsolete” as newer versions of NAV is being release. The institute experienced numerous inefficiencies using the current Dynamics Nav system, but it ultimately came down to a lack of business insight and tedious, manual processes. And by that point, and to fuel its next phase of growth GMI have to decide whether they were to upgrade to the latest version of Dynamics Nav or get a new ERP system entirely which may cost them more or less the same amount.”

Solution
After considering its options, including upgrading to the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, GMI decided to engage CareWare Systems to implement the Sage 300 ERP  v. 2102 because of her track records and domain experiences in the educational sector. Moreover the Sage 300 ERP has the most installed based in the private universities & colleges in Malaysia and is a proven and robust ERP systems.

Current GMI will install the entire Financial Suites; operational & purchasing suite on its campus on it Local Area Network System. CareWare will also customized the solutions to suits some of its unique needs.

The solution also fits in well with the institute’s plans for national expansion. “Sage 300 ERP has the capabilities to support our business on a national scale; we could customize and expand it to meet any changing requirements,” explains GMI. “We also felt that there was considerable support for the solution from Sage Premier Partner CareWare Systems Sdn Bhd.” 

Careware, Sage Manufacturing ERP Specialist, Announced Today Sage 300 Shop Floor Control Module Is Now Available

Careware, Sage Manufacturing ERP Specialist, Announced Today Sage 300 Shop Floor Control Module Is Now Available.

Petaling Jaya- November 15, 2014. CareWare Systems Sdn Bhd, is an award wining Sage Business partner who has received the Top Manufacturing ERP Expert, Excellence Award for the Sage 300 range of manufacturing modules announced the availability of a NEW Sage 300 Manufacturing modules Shop Floor control that integrate with its flag-ship product Sage 300 ERP 2012 >. Sold & supported by CareWare who specialises in Sage manufacturing solution, it is fully integrated with the Sage 300 ERP financial and logistics modules.

Sage 300 ERP Manufacturing Modules

Shop Floor Control (S/C)

Sage 300 ERP - The Manufacturing Shop Floor Control (S/C) module allows users to record time entries and shop transactions of MO operations. It provides detailed production data captured between the releases to receipt of MO order quantity. Shop transactions include the setting up of the work stations to the actual runtime and receipt of operation output. In addition, S/C also tracks the occurrence of station downtime (e.g. machine breakdown) and occasional in direct stoppage (e.g. meetings).The Shop Floor Control (S/C) module effectively replaces the production logs with an online system linked to the MO data for Manufacturing. The S/C provides management with operation status updates and periodic operation efficiencies and work station utilization data.

It will work hand in hand with other Sage 300 manufacturing modules as:
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Manufacturing Order (M/O)

Sage 300 ERP - Manufacturing Order module (M/F) is an easy-to-use manufacturing solution for small to medium-sized enterprises. Its design is fully integrated with Sage 300 ERP Finance and Logistics modules. Simple yet powerful, it enables an efficient manufacturing operation flow covering material purchase, processing manufacturing orders, work in progress, routing cost calculation, material consumption, material scrap and item substitution and order closeout. The design of the Manufacturing Order module is conceptualized to fully accommodate users’ business processes needs and expectations.

Production Planning (P/P)

Sage 300 ERP - Production Planning module (P/P) is an easy-to-use production scheduling and materials requirement planning solution. It makes full use of the manufacturing and BOM information in the Manufacturing Order (M/F), sales information as contained in Sage 300 ERP O/E, stock data within Sage 300 ERP I/C and purchase information in Sage 300 ERP P/O. With the Production Planning module, Sage 300 can now truly generate full blown basic MPS and MRP plans.

Manufacturing Order Lot Tracking (M/L)

Sage 300 ERP - Manufacturing Order Lot Tracking Add-on (M/L) module fully integrates with our Manufacturing Order (M/F) module and with the lot/serial tracking features of the Sage 300 Inventory Control (I/C) modules. It allows warehouse personnel to define lot/serial tracking information for materials issued,returned and received in the warehouse. By integrating with the Inventory control module, M/L minimizes end user workload in keeping track of lot records. Users now have only one stock balance to keep and one lot/serial tracking record to update. All lot/serial balance and history records are kept within Sage 300 I/C.
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About CareWare:CareWare is the top Premier Partner of Sage Asia and, was awarded the Sage Manufacturing Expert – excellent award in 2013, Asia Top Sage Premier Partner of the Year 2007-2008 and 2014 has been Helping Businesses Grow since 1988.
For moreinformation: www.careware.com.my  Email: sales@careware.com.my
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Sage Vision Asia Conference 2014 Awards & Achievements

October 25, 2014

The Sage Vision Conference 2014 is an event that recognizes exemplary contributions and innovative solutions from Sage Asia partner’s community. 

 Penang — October 25, 2014 — At the Sage Asia Conference 2014, held at Hotel Equatorial, Penang,  Sage Asia Pte Ltd recognize and honour Sage Business partners from around Asia for exemplary performance.

At this awards night, CareWare Systems Sdn Bhd was recognised as the Asia Top #1 Sage Premier Partner 2014 at the recently held Sage Annual Conference & Awards ceremony in Equatorial Hotel, Penang.
The award was presented by Sage Asia Managing Director, Mr. Gee Sing Low to CareWare on this auspicious event night.

"Receiving the Sage Asia Top #1 Partner Award for the Asia region is an honour for CareWare Malaysia," said Robert Tan Managing Partner of Careware Systems Sdn Bhd.

"This recognition of our capability across the entire Sage Business Solution - ERP/CRM suites is an outstanding result for us Malaysian and demonstrates the uniquely focus & technical excellence we have in our team. We thank Sage Asia Pte Ltd for recognising our team who worked with dedication and commitment in providing business solutions and excellent customer service.  We also thank all our valued customers who place their trust in CareWare as their implementation partner and providing us business opportunities."

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About CareWare Systems

Through its partnership with Sage, CareWare Systems helps small and mid-size companies in Malaysia reach productivity levels at the top of their respective industries. CareWare represents a variety of business management software including Sage 300 ERP, SageCRM, and Sage 300 Manufacturing Software. For companies interested in growth, profitability and superior software support, CareWare is the Sage business partner for you. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.careware.com.my/.

Multiple Awards won by CareWare Systems Sdn Bhd.

IS YOUR COMPANY GST READY ?

How to be GST Ready for your company?

1.      The Software – Track record and Malaysia GST compliancy

Selecting software that has been used worldwide usage which has GST/VAT for years, rather than first timer software written for GST.

Needless to say that Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage Accpac) has track records in GST/VAT since its DOS day till now in many countries worldwide.

But Malaysia GST scenario is unique and difference from other countries because has give exemption to many essentials goods in Malaysia rather than just a flat rate.

The Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage Accpac) has received accreditation from the Royal Custom of Malaysia as “Malaysia GST Compliance”.











2.      The Vendor -Implementation and set-up.

Careware's  team of consultants and support personnel’s, apart from being certified Sage 300 ERP Consultants were send for a ten days intensive courses by Charted Tax Institute of Malaysia (CTIM) with a full day examination.

3. CareWare valued added services to support your company GST efforts.

1. We will help you in the Installation and training and support of Sage 300 ERP for Software readiness.

2. Our Sage 300 ERP GST consultants will help implement and set-up the necessary structure and reporting needed for submission.

GST Return •      GST return is a statement used to account for the tax to the Customs Department.

•      The form is essential to enable any input tax to be claimed from Customs Department.

•      The GST return is required to be furnished to the Director General not later than the last day of the month following the end of taxable period
•      Cos would have to make an application for GST using prescribed form GST – 03

 

Inti International University & Colleges upgrade to Sage 300 ERP 2012 for Malaysia GST compliances.

Inti International University & Colleges upgrade to Sage 300 ERP 2012 for Malaysia GST compliances.

Press Release: 5 May 2014

The upcoming proposed 6% Goods and Service Tax (GST) will equally apply to Inti Group  from April 1, 2015 as Parliament approves the GST bill which was debated in the March/April 2014 session.

Realizing that early preparation is very important since April 1, 2015 date will soon be here, INTI International University and INTI International Colleges (A part Laureate International Universities network) has taken the early steps in upgrading to Sage 300 ERP v. 2012. This version is accredited by the Royal Customs of Malaysia.

According to its spokesman, we have done the following in early preparation for the GST as we are a large organization. We believe early preparation is the key to a smooth transition and operation for the entire Inti Group.

In Phase 1, we upgrade our software to the GST compliance version of Sage 300 ERP v. 2012 for Software readiness. We will do the necessary hardware and installation and data migration to the Sage 300 ERP v. 2012. 

In the 2^nd Phase we will engage CareWare’s CTIM (Charted Tax Institute of Malaysia) certified consultants to implement, set-up and customized any specific forms & reports to support our GST submission. This will includes both local and overseas transactions involving goods, services and financial & intellectual property transactions. It will be important to classify on the output side (ie. sale/revenue) all the supplies into standard or zero rated or out of scope or exempt supplies as each has different implications. The exempt and out of scope supplies are not taxable supplies but the zero rated supply is a taxable supply without GST. On the input side (ie. acquisition), the key issue is whether the input tax can be recovered.

We have for now a total of  eighty three (83>) concurrent users and two hundred (200) names users from its Subang Jaya Campus,  and remotely access from all colleges/schools will log-in via internet (Private Cloud) from remote sites to its central locations.

Sage 300 ERP enabled a seamless process and interaction between back office finance, operation and purchasing that is greatly enhance, with Sage 300 ERP 2012 for a centralized solution that would enable integration within and between the different educations business units.

About CareWare Systems
Through its partnership with Sage, CareWare Systems helps small and mid-size companies in Malaysia reach productivity levels at the top of their respective industries. CareWare represents a variety of business management software including Sage 300 ERP, SageCRM, and Sage 300 Manufacturing Software. For companies interested in growth, profitability and superior software support, CareWare is the Sage business partner for you. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.careware.com.my/.

This blog news is for informational purposes only. CAREWARE & SAGE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS SUMMARY.

Truwater Cooling Towers Sdn Bhd, Chooses CareWare to implement Sage 300 ERP Project & Manufacturing Systems for its groups of companies.

Truwater Cooling Towers Sdn Bhd, Chooses CareWare to implement Sage 300 ERP Project & Manufacturing Systems for its groups of companies.









Leading Manufacturer of Industrial & Commercial Cooling Towers Embraces Efficiency and Agility with Sage 300 Unified ERP solution.

Petaling Jaya, April 4, 2014 – Careware Systems Sdn Bhd, a leader in Sage 300 business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, and projects, organizations, today announced that Truwater Cooling Towers Sdn Bhd., a leading manufacturer of Industrial and  commercial HVAC equipment, has selected the Sage 300 next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to support growing operations and technology innovations worldwide.

Truwater is a manufacturer specialized in the wet and hybrid type cooling tower. In the last 20 years, Truwater has constructed very highly efficient and environmentally friendly cooling towers for the air-conditioning, power generation, biomass co-generation, petrochemical, chemical, oil & gas, steel mills, food and other processing industries. Truwater projects span across diverse industries in heating and cooling applications across the building spectrum--residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings worldwide.

Prior to selecting Sage 300 ERP, Truwater used a legacy system that could no longer support increased operations due to a combination of in-house applications; accounting software and spreadsheets.

 TruWater has evaluated no less than five (5) ERPs solutions and the finalist was MS. Dynamics AX versus Sage 300 ERP (Premium edition)

A spokesmen says’ “We want an ERP platform to fully take care of our operations that comprises Sales, project, maintenance & manufacturing which is form one single source and platform. In the selection process, CareWare impressed us with its Domain Knowledge and Sage 300 ERP Project capability won the day”.

CareWare teams were able to put forward a credible solution during the POC demo and pitched Ms Dynamics Ax to win. Dynamics AX is certainly a strong manufacturing solution but was not able to shine during the demonstration as the emphasis’ of TruWater is on  the Project Costing & Tracking functionalities. Moreover TruWater was an engineer to project manufacturer with only a small percentage in the make to stock model.

Somehow the Dynamics AX team was unable to put their act together and show TruWater the strength of it software. With this in mind & due diligence in preparation, CareWare teams were able to present a complete Project & manufacturing systems on a single platform closest to Truwater needs.

 The final consensus of the evaluation team was that of Sage 300 ERP Premium is a better fit and with its ease of use will propel them for our next phase of growth.

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About CareWare Systems
Through its partnership with Sage, CareWare Systems a Premier partner of Sage, helps small and mid-size companies in Malaysia reach productivity levels at the top of their respective industries. CareWare represents a variety of business management software including Sage 300 ERP, SageCRM, and Sage 300 Manufacturing Software. For companies interested in growth, profitability and superior software support, CareWare is the Sage business partner for you. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.careware.com.my/.

 

Sage 300 Manufacturing available for Small Medium Industry

Careware, Sage Manufacturing ERP Specialist, Announced Today Sage 300 Manufacturing Module Is Now Available

Sage 300 ERP 2012 (formerly Sage Accpac ) is the latest release in six years, and Sage 300  is used by more than 50,000 customer worldwide and today remains the most installed ERP for the midsized ERP  in Malaysia.

Petaling Jaya- March 21, 2014. Careware Systems Sdn Bhd, a Sage 300 manufacturing software specialist, announced today the release of Sage 300 Manufacturing modules (formerly known as AutoSimply Manufacturing)  that I integrate with its flag-ship product Sage 300 ERP 2012. It run on Ms. Windows Sever and support databases such as Ms SQL, Pervasive SQL & Oracle.

Sage 300 ERP Manufacturing Modules
Launched in 2013, dedicated manufacturing modules are now available as part of the Sage 300 ERP suite of solutions. Sold  & supported by Careware who specialises in Sage manufacturing solution, it is fully integrated with the Sage 300 ERP financial and logistics modules.

Manufacturing Order (M/F)
Sage 300 ERP - Manufacturing Order module (M/F) is an easy-to-use manufacturing solution for small to medium-sized enterprises. Its design is fully integrated with Sage 300 ERP Finance and Logistics modules. Simple yet powerful, it  enables an efficient manufacturing operation flow covering material purchase, processing manufacturing orders, work in progress, routing cost calculation, material consumption, material scrap and item substitution and order closeout. The design of the Manufacturing Order module is conceptualized to fully accommodate users’ business processes needs and expectations.

Production Planning (P/P)
Sage 300 ERP - Production Planning module (P/P) is an easy-to-use production scheduling and materials requirement planning solution. It makes full use of the manufacturing and BOM information in the Manufacturing Order (M/F), sales information as contained in Sage 300 ERP O/E, stock data within Sage 300 ERP I/C and purchase information in Sage 300 ERP P/O. With the Production Planning module, Sage 300 can now truly generate full blown basic MPS and MRP plans. 

Manufacturing Order Lot Tracking (M/L)
Sage 300 ERP - Manufacturing Order Lot Tracking Add-on (M/L) module fully integrates with our Manufacturing Order (M/F) module and with the lot/serial tracking features of the Sage 300 Inventory Control (I/C) modules. It allows warehouse personnel to define lot/serial tracking information for materials issued, returned and received in the warehouse. By integrating with the Inventory control module, M/L minimizes end user workload in keeping track of lot records. Users now have only one stock balance to keep and one lot/serial tracking record to update. All lot/serial balance and history records are kept within Sage 300 I/C.
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Careware is the top Premier Partner of Sage Asia and, was awarded the Sage Manufacturing Expert – excellent award in 2013, Asia Top Sage Premier Partner Partner of the Year 2007-2008 and has been Premier Partner serving customers for over 20 years.

For more information:: www.careware.com.my  Email : sales@careware.com.my

GST with Sage 300 ERP ( Accpac )

Sage and GST in Malaysia

During the government reading of the 2014 budget, Malaysian Prime Minister Mr. Najib Razak announced a GST tax of six percent starting on April 1, 2015. This will replace the Sales and Services Tax.

Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) has been successfully implemented worldwide in countries with GDST/VAT since the DOS (Accpac Plus) days. Closer to us, neighboring countries having  successful implementation of GST with Sage 300 ERP  in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines (VAT), 

Key facts on GST Malaysia:

1.       GST Rate will be 6%

2.       Companies who will have to register are those with annual turnover > RM500K

3.       . Companies do have the option to register on voluntary basis if they fall out of this bracket. Some business will find this beneficial if they deal primarily with GST registered businesses.

4.       Registration date: 3 months prior to 1st April 2015.

5.       The Malaysian government has announced a grant that will be available to businesses that register for GST. This may be used to off-set the cost for software and or GST training (further details still to come)

How would GST impact SMEs?

1.       It will impact every aspect of the business if the business falls within the GST threshold & could impact those business that do not fall into the threshold should they purchase goods and services from those that do.

2.       It has legal implications and penalties will be imposed Business transactions must become more transparent to the government.

3.       There will be greater need to automate as GST will need to be paid quarterly or monthly dependent on business size.

4.       You can claim back GST paid by your business – but to do this you need to be GST registered and comply with the new regulations

5.       GST is not a Tax on your business – rather a consumer driven Tax that is managed by your business

Are NGOs and Charities affected by GST?

1.       The NGOs will be subject to the GST if they are involved directly in any business activity of making taxable supplies.

2.        Charitable institutions such as the institutions of disabled persons, orphanages and home for the senior citizens will not be subject to the GST where the services provided are solely for the members of the institutes only and there is no payment in return.

3.       Where the activities conducted by the charitable institutions are profit motivated, such institutions shall have to register under the GST.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Ministry of Finance, Royal Malaysian Customs.