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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Since the
March meeting our SIGs have received details of the Minor Business
Enhancements (MBEs) their votes selected for Q2 2002, and a new listing of
MBEs for Q4 2002 to be voted on. To support our newly formed Reporting
Special Interest Group (RSIG) we have made changes to the Members Club web
site, including an RSIG navigation button in the header and included a web
page for their use.
 It
had been the intent to hold back to back SIG group meetings during the
course of the June 2002 meeting, the Sage presentation and subsequent
discussion on the Way Ahead took longer than expected and we cut the first
session. The idea is a good one and should enable attendees to attend more
than one SIG meeting during the course of the day, we will attempt this
again.
Sage
provided support at each of the SIG meetings
Distribution Special
Interest Group (DSIG) -
was
host to the SOP/POP Awareness Day in May, and some time was taken up
discussing the outcome of this session already reported. There were some
questions raised my members, including requests for enhancements. These
were dealt with by the Sage representative, and have been included in the
online Q & A report.
Visit the DSIG web page
 Finance
Special Interest Group (FSIG)
- from
the list of topics suggested at the March meeting, the subject of
Archiving was selected (there is a lot of information in the FAQ pages
of the Members Club web site on this subject. - Ed.). The points being
highlighted were the improvements in system performance that can be gained
by having a quality archiving procedure in place. Such a process does not
lead to a loss of information as some believe, its all down to methods
adopted and the control factors employed.
FSIG at their August meeting will be looking at G/L
Account Structures with Gordon Hancock of UHB showing how they manage
their structures - SES have been asked to provide a system, and Gordon
will be using his own data. On the subject of G/L FSIG will be hosting an
Awareness day in October covering both G/L and G/L Reports.
Visit the FSIG web page
 Manufacturing
Special Interest Group (MSIG)
- discussion
took place around some questions previously submitted by W.Lucy & Co.
details of the questions and the responses will be found in both the
Members Club Discussion Forum, and the online Q & A report for the
meeting. Discussion also took place regarding the SES support for the
Manufacturing Suite or lack of it as the case may be. The suggestion was
made that where enhancements are required, these should be submitted via
the reseller channel, an SES Log No obtained and details reported back to
MSIG. The MSIG secretary could circulate this to MSIG members who could
throw support behind the request at the time of MBE or Road Map
discussion.
Visit
the MSIG web page
Reporting
Special Interest Group (RSIG)
 -
the
initial meeting of this group got off to a good start. One of the first
tasks was to establish the tools that members actually used. Action is
being taken to find out from members the problems they have with the tools
they use, and to address this by either promoting awareness sessions or
product enhancements.
The group have asked Business Objects to do a live
demonstration with SES data at their next meeting, and have asked ISTUG to
run an Awareness Day on the SES Report Writer. This request is currently
being evaluated and a possible presenter found to cover the session -
likely to be May 2003. Everyone has a reporting issue of some sort, maybe
its simply getting a report, or maybe its obtaining better information
from the SES Data Files. Whatever the tools you use, you need to be a
member of this group.
Visit the RSIG web page.
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