Fixed Asset System Software Success - Sage FAS Custom Case Study

Catawba Valley Medical Center - Since 1967, Hickory, N.C.-based Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has built strong relationships with the people, businesses, and communities throughout the state's Catawba Valley. The region's largest not-for-profit community hospital, it has 258 beds, 15 physician practices, and 1,100+ employees, and its centers of excellence include mother & child services, comprehensive cancer care, rehabilitation, and neurosciences.

Illinois Tool Works - Greg Strohmeyer manages tens of thousands of fixed assets for Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW), a conglomerate of more than 350 diverse manufacturing companies around the world. After a thorough search, he chose to manage those fixed assets with FAS Asset Accounting from Sage Software.

Keystone Education - Based in Nashville, Tenn., Keystone Education and Youth Services meets the educational needs of more than 3,000 troubled youths in 13 states. The organization has earned a reputation as a national leader in the field of education, treatment, and juvenile justice. Working in partnership with school boards, physicians, judges, managed care providers, social workers, parents, and local, state and federal agencies, Keystone applies its expertise to tailoring cost-effective solutions as unique as each individual need and situation.

MountainView Regional Medical Center - Completed in August 2002, MountainView Regional Medical Center brought a new, state-of-theart facility to Las Cruces and Southern New Mexico. With a $32 million budget to purchase 2,000+ assets prior to opening, MountainView wanted a system in place to properly record and monitor its property right from the start. In order to facilitate the acquisition and tracking of these assets, it selected FAS Asset Accounting, Sage Software's industry-leading fixed asset accounting and management solution.

Round Table Pizza - Heavy-duty ovens. Warming equipment. Salad bar fixtures. Booths, ordering counters and cash registers. The capital assets in just one Round Table Pizza restaurant boggle the mind. Multiply that more than a hundredfold, and you've got an idea of the challenges faced by Denise Mattson, tax manager at Round Table's corporate headquarters in Concord, California.

Sisters of Charity Health System - The Sisters of Charity Health System is a leading health care provider based in Lewiston, Maine. Its facilities include a 233-bed acute-care facility, the state's largest nursing home, an independent living center for the elderly and disabled, and an Occupational Health Services Center that provides worksite services to businesses.

Sunpower - Sunpower, Inc., an engineering research and development (R&D) company whose products meet the growing needs for energy efficiency, CO2 mitigation, low temperature cooling, and clean compression, has been in business for 27 years. The world leader in free-piston Stirling engines, coolers, and linear compressors, Sunpower's innovative technology is both cost-effective and environmentally friendly.

Utah Paperbox Company - Founded in 1922, Utah Paperbox Company (UPB) is a vertically integrated packaging and boxes manufacturer, offering a full line of paperboard packaging solutions, creative designs, and prepress services. Maintaining more than 280,000 square feet of facility space, and employing more than 200 people, the company manufactures rigid paper boxes, folding cartons, lithographic laminated corrugated boxes, and point-of-purchase displays.

Mill's Corporation - The Mills Corporation is a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, develops, leases, manages, and markets 15 retail destinations in 13 states, totaling over 19 million square feet. Employing more than 1,350, Mills-owned facilities house major department stores, specialty retail outlets; off-price retailers; category-dominant stores; and dining and entertainment options. This type of infrastructure comes with several advantages, namely $3.9 billion in tenant sales. However, with the accompanying base-building construction, retail tenant build-outs, and intricate SEC and IRS reporting requirements, Mills also has business and financial challenges.

Pepsi Cola, Jamaica - For most of the 20th century, soft drinks in Jamaica were bottled by the manufacturers of Red Stripe Beer. At the turn of the millennium, the soft drinks division was spun off and became Pepsi-Cola Jamaica, Ltd., a subsidiary of PepsiAmericas in Memphis, Tenn. PepsiAmericas is the second largest Pepsi-Cola anchor bottler in the world, manufacturing and distributing more than 100 different flavors and brands in nine countries.

Tempel Steel Company - Tempel Steel is the world's largest producer of magnetic steel laminations used in the electrical and electronic industries. Tempel has full manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and China. The company's original system for managing fixed assets became inefficient and outdated. Installed on a mainframe, the system was inflexible and required a programmer for all reporting purposes. Once a depreciation report was distributed, it could no longer be recreated or run a second time. "I can remember one time when a new employee tossed the depreciation report, thinking it could be duplicated," says Connie Dovichi, senior accountant. "It took months for us to restore the assets and depreciation numbers to the prior year."

Beckley, West Virginia: FAS Gov 100 Asset Accounting - With a population of approximately 17,254, the City of Beckley, W. Va., serves as the hub of Southern West Virginia, with a trade area of more than 200,000 people. The completion of Interstate 64 and Interstate 77 have solidified this city's position as the medical, educational, governmental, commercial, and service center of Southern West Virginia.

City of Slidell, Louisiana: FAS Gov 100 Asset Accounting - Located at the southeastern tip of St. Tammany Parish, in Louisiana's famous Ozone Belt (known for its clean air and water), the city of Slidell is quiet, friendly, and brimming with southern hospitality. With a population of more than 25,000 and annual revenues of $30 million, the city holds many festivals, is home to a swamp with elusive alligators, and features delightful shopping, fine dining, and excellent accommodations. Many of the qualities that make Slidell a great place to visit also make it a great place to live.

Hamblen County, Tennessee: FAS Gov 100 Fixed Assets - Some of the deeds in Hamblen County, Tennessee, date from the days of Davy Crockett, its most famous native son. So assigning a value to fixed assets owned by the county is no easy task. Since its founding after the Civil War, its fixed assets have all been tracked the old-fashioned way, on paper.

Cattaraugus County, New York: FAS Gov 100 Fixed Assets - Located in western New York State, in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains, Cattaraugus County was formed on March 11, 1808, but did not have enough voters to organize a county government until 1817. Today, it encompasses 1,334 square miles, with a total of 32 towns and 14 villages. Full of beautiful mountains, lakes, and countryside, Cattaraugus County is an ideal place to live, visit, or vacation.

School District, Palestine, Texas: FAS Gov 100 Fixed Assets - A century ago, the town of Palestine was one of the more important railroad hubs in eastern Texas. Today it is better known for its beautiful dogwoods, water sports, and peaceful lifestyle. More than a year ago, Palestine had a Texas-sized problem managing its fixed assets. "We were trying to use EDP business software to stay on top of fixed asset inventory and depreciation, and it kept giving us error messages," says Lisa LeMon, assistant director of business services. "We didn't like the reports we were getting, and we couldn't rely on the data. We were pretty frustrated."

Collier Mosquito, Florida: FAS Gov 500 Fixed Assets - The mission of Florida's Collier Mosquito Control District (CMCD) is to serve the community by suppressing pestiferous and disease-carrying mosquito populations to a tolerable level in the safest, most economical manner. The District carries out its mission while utilizing a variety of methods in a way that minimizes potential effects on people, wildlife, and the environment.

American Red Cross, Tulsa Chapter: FAS Nonprofit Asset Accounting - The Tulsa Area Chapter of the American Red Cross helps residents in 15 Oklahoma counties prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Last year, volunteers responded to 579 home fires, assisting families with clothes, food, replacement medications, a hotel stay and the first month's rent at a new home. Also, the chapter taught more than 18,000 people the lifesaving skills of CPR, first aid and the use of an automated external defibrillator. Children are taught water safety, first aid, and how to be safe when home alone, along with disease prevention and emergency preparedness. At the Red Cross, there is no such thing as a small disaster, they want everyone to be prepared.

El Centro Del Barrio: Sage FAS Nonprofit - "We need to get Sage FAS Nonprofit Fixed Assets." Not many employees are gutsy enough to ask for a specific software package when they begin a new job. But that's exactly what Christopher Heiser did when he started working as senior accountant at El Centro del Barrio (ECDB), a federally qualified healthcare facility in San Antonio, Texas.