Sage Software Overview

We have been a Sage partner since 1997, and a Sage developer for nearly as long. That second part matters: when the standard product does not fit, we can change it rather than telling you to change how you work.

Where to go next

This page is the overview. Each platform has a page of its own that goes considerably further — what it does, who it suits, how an implementation runs, and how the two differ:

• Sage X3 — enterprise ERP for multi-company, multi-site and manufacturing operations
• Sage 200 — finance and commercials for growing organisations, and development around it

Sage X3 — enterprise ERP

Sage X3 suits organisations whose complexity has outgrown simpler finance systems. Typically that means multiple companies, multiple sites, international trade, or real manufacturing.

It brings finance, purchasing, inventory, sales, production and supply chain onto one platform, so the numbers people argue about in meetings all come from the same place.

• Multi-company, multi-site, multi-currency and multi-legislation as standard
• Manufacturing, MRP, quality control and traceability
• Real operational data behind reporting, rather than month-old exports
• Deploys on-premise or in the cloud

Read more about Sage X3 or arrange a discovery call to find out whether X3 is genuinely the right size for you.

Sage 200 — for growing organisations

Not every business needs enterprise ERP, and we will say so. Sage 200 covers finance, commercials, and reporting for growing organisations without the cost and change management of a full X3 programme.

Most of the businesses we move to Sage 200 are coming off Sage 50 because transaction volume, reporting demands or user numbers have outgrown it.

Read more about Sage 200.

Sage add-ons

There are a host of third-party add-ons on the market. These are the three we recommend, and they bolt onto Sage rather than replacing any of it.

• Netstock — (Sage X3 and Sage 200) demand and supply planning, for when stock has outgrown planning by spreadsheet
• PaperLess — (Sage 200) invoice recognition and approval, posting straight into the accounting system
• Mashoom — (Sage 200) CRM and quoting, with Sage 200 customers and contacts kept in step

Migrations, done properly

A bad migration is worse than an old system. Most of the rescue work we are called into follows an upgrade where data was moved but processes were not, or where modules were switched off to get live and never switched back on.

We map the processes before we map the data, and we run the two systems in parallel until the numbers agree.