ERP software makes it possible for businesses to achieve process automation –freeing staff to focus on more complex initiatives that require personalized attention. This tends to increase productivity and worker output, as well as reduce operating and overhead expenses.  ERP also does away with the idea that efficiency should be broken down into changing one department at a time.  The right ERP program produces cross-departmental coordination and workflow execution as teams and divisions begin to operate as a single, cohesive unit.  A new found ability to increase information consistency and accuracy is also created by ERP solutions. No longer will companies experience “multiple versions of the truth” – incorrect and inconsistent information across the business. Previously, it was possible for customers to get two different answers to a billing question if the accounting department and the contact center access two different databases.  

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Sage ERP Software Reviews, Part II

The center of many of today’s best-selling ERP software applications is the ability to oversee total financial management, which allows accounting staff members to more effectively track net cash flow, accelerate and manage order to cash cycles, and better negotiate and execute purchasing agreements.  Good ERP software systems also help companies to take advantage of both human and financial resources, by tracking inventory and other off-site or remote stock, and significantly improving workflow management through better planning, mapping, and executing the major processes that impact the business.  

While the benefits of ERP software systems was once believed to be affordable only for the largest of enterprises, as ERP software vendors began to focus their efforts on the small and mid-market businesses, more and more companies began to incorporate ERP solutions.

One of the vendors that saw the untapped market opportunity existing with smaller enterprises was Sage.  A Sage ERP Software Review reveals that Sage is dedicated to sustaining the needs and challenges of small and midsized businesses by offering leading business management products and services for this size company. Since 1980, Sage has delivered easy-to-use, scalable, and customizable software for accounting, customer relationship management, human resources, merchant services, time tracking, and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit, and real estate industries. In fact, Sage’s ERP solution suite is targeted toward small companies with around twenty-five employees and revenues that start at five million dollars, and midsized companies with up to five-hundred employees with revenues reaching one-hundred million annually.

To begin with, Sage offers Sage ERP MAS 90, 200, and 500. Sage ERP MAS products provide a broad selection of integrated applications including robust accounting as well as light manufacturing and distribution capabilities.

Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 are designed for companies that need more in-depth capabilities than what accounting packages can offer. Both of these software solutions focus on fast implementation of systems that address individual departmental needs; powerful business insight, reporting tools, and customer relationship management; low IT management requirements;  powerful personalization and customizations that are simple to apply; low cost of ownership; intuitive, user-centered design; and large partner channel and third-party community. And Sage ERP MAS 500 is meant for small or mid-sized distributors and light manufacturers.

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kristine H