I am a Simply Accounting by Sage Certified Consultant and Development Partner. Besides providing Simply Training and Support to a wide range of clients, I develop reporting solutions utilizing Simply and the Microsoft Office© suite. I have been a user of Simply since its Bedford days in the ‘80s.
As well as being a partner in a bookkeeping practice, managing partner of a real estate investment group and providing controller services to a number of clients, I am also an active contributor to the Simply Forum.
I look forward to the opportunity to provide my thoughts on life and technology in the accounting community. If you have questions or ideas let’s hear about them and we’ll discuss them.
May 2009 - Posts
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Label it my favourite office machine
I've must confess, I love technology and things techie.
My favourite places to shop are camera shops, electronics stores and office supply places. The computers and laptops in our household outnumber the inhabitants and TVs run a close second. A couple of years ago our son yelled up the hall that Mom could just come down and talk rather than using MSN - funny, but you get the picture. My partner refers to my computer as my mistress "Miss Chips". Yes, I love technology but I also like it to work properly.
Office equipment that saves time and causes NO frustration is very important in our office. Productivity is constantly reviewed and output must be of the highest quality. Professional looking reports and correspondence go a long way to establishing and maintaining credibility with clients.
In our office we make sure that all correspondence is proof read, reports look absolutely professional and mailings are first class. We believe in consistency to stay organized, Client files are organized in a certain seqence and always labelled. It makes the office less chaotic and it all kind of makes sense when you think about it.
For years, we have fed sheets of labels in a laser printer, fought paper jams, thrown out countless label sheets with a dozen or so unused labels in the centre, messed up countless envelopes due to incorrect settings, worn out printers and worst of all wasted a lot of time.
Okay, you say, I must have a problem - this guy's way too particular. I disagree, its all about image and meeting your clients expectations.
About a year ago, we purchased a Dymo Turbo 400 label printer and it has got to be one of the most beautiful pieces of equipment I have used. It works every time and it is fast. it works with Simply, Outlook, Word and even address tables in Excel. Besides mailings and file labels, we have since found other production uses for our clients. Barcoding, product labelling and shipping labels are but a few uses that you can perform, often utilizing Simply as the data source.
We have found that we can do most labelling jobs with two label sizes so spend the extra bit to buy a model with dual spools so that you don't have to constantly switch sizes.
Finally, I cannot recall ever being frustrated with it - definitely my favourite!
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