Sage 200 for your Growing Company

Sage 200 for your Growing Company Presenters and dates

Agenda • Sage in the Mid-Market • Sage 200 Suite Overview Sage 50 and Sage 200 When to upgrade • How Sage 200 could help? [demo] Managing customers and suppliers Financial control Operational control and automation Enabling your sales force Dealing with service issues Senior management Summary Next steps

Sage in the Mid Market Over 25 year’s experience. 1/3 of the FTSE 100 use our software. A network of over 160 Sage 200 certified partners specialising in business applications. Total cost of implementation and ownership is half that of its closest competitors. Sage is the 3rd largest ERP solution provider to businesses worldwide. Every postcode area has a business using Sage’s mid market solution. http://www.sageallbusiness.co.uk/

Sage 200 Suite: Delivering Business Software Infrastructure • A flexible, integrated solution for growing businesses • Software to manage all key business processes • Manage business processes across the organisation • Manage in depth “departmental” business processes • Enable departmental & cross business reporting & analysis

Sage 50 and Sage 200

When to upgrade? Scalability • Reporting is difficult • Require more users to access the system • Need to store more history (Sales, Purchase) within the system Missing Functionality • Three tier Reporting in the nominal ledger • Period Accounting • Advanced Foreign currency • Advanced Management Reporting • Multi Stock Locations / Warehouses • Batch / Serial Traceability • Pick, pack, despatch routine Growth • Business processes are increasingly complex • A need to manage and co-ordinate the whole business • A need to make strategic plans for growth using informed, accurate analysis

The customer - What we think of them without Sage 200 Support Managers view of customer Sales Representative View of Customer Is a nightmare Over 20 calls using 30 hrs of rep time Cost £1500 last month to support Is a great customer Is entitled to an additional 10% discount Has recently moved offices Financial Directors view of customer Marketing Directors view of customer 90 days past due On credit hold Phone number is disconnected Has received 5 marketing campaigns in 3 months Responded to one Total spend £40, with 5% discount Even the most sophisticated companies cannot get a simple view of their customers 7

How could Sage 200 help? • Managing Customers & Suppliers • 360 view of customer • Quick view of Multiple Records • Dealing with Foreign Transactions • Paying suppliers in different methods • Identifying credit risks quickly • Manage tasks all in one screen • Financial Control • Accounting Period Control • Cost centre & Department Reporting • Debtor & Creditor Reconciliation • Budgets

Sage 200 Suite – Demonstration

How could Sage 200 help? • Operational Control & Automation • Multi Warehouses • Batch & Serial Traceability • Despatching / Receipting Goods • Stock Takes • SOP / POP Entry • Generation of Purchase Orders • Purchase Order Authorisation • Back to Back Order Processing • Order Fulfilment • Manage tasks all in one screen

How could Sage 200 help? • Enabling your Sales Force • Managing Marketing & E-Marketing Campaigns • Diary & Task Management • Accurate Stock & Price Information • Workflow & Pipelines • Interactive dashboards • Dealing with Service Issues • Controlling Service Level Agreements • Case Management • Remote access to key data via mobile

How could Sage 200 help? • Senior Management • An MD Requires a report pack of Profit & Loss reports by Cost Centre & access to the detail • Who is the worst / best paying customers? What is the trend? • Requires a top sheet Sales Dashboard then needs to access the detail • Where am I overspending? • How are we doing compared to last year? • Where are we loosing money?

Sage 200 Suite – in summary One view of your business: • integrated Suite enabling you to streamline your business processes and accelerate business efficiency • a unique foundation of strong financials, CRM and business intelligence as standard enabling a 360 degree of your customers and your business • greater Business Knowledge throughout • highly configurable and customisable to meet your individual business requirements Improved sales effectiveness: • automated workflow and pipeline management • interactive dashboards and workspaces improve efficiency • boost productivity, reduce costs, find new customers, close sales faster and build lasting more profitable relationships • remote access to customer and opportunity information

Sage 200 Suite – in summary More responsive and improved customer satisfaction: • role-orientated workspaces and menus that enable your people to be much more productive • access data in the way you want, when you want • collaborate effectively across your wider business community • manage the complete customer lifecycle and increase customer retention Smarter business decisions: • a unified view of all your data with complete management dashboards and analysis as standard as part of the Sage 200 Suite • make informed business decisions by analysing metrics and KPIs • enables you to embrace strategic planning for business growth • more responsive with the ability to support future planning and identify opportunities

Next Steps…… For further information on how Sage 200 Suite could work for your business please contact our Customer Development Team on 01954 213999

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Sage 200 for your Growing Company