Moving from Sage 50 Accounts to Sage 200Benefits of upgrading your software

Sage 200:Software that grows with your business

Over the years, many of our Sage 50 Accounts customers have upgraded their software to meet the needs of their growing business and Sage 200 has been the next natural step for customers wanting to move to a more powerful solution. Sage 200 builds on the functionality of Sage 50 Accounts, bringing together your back-office systems to provide a complete view of your business at your fingertips.

Right time to upgrade to Sage 200?

If you find that your business needs are changing and that Sage 50 Accounts is no longer meeting all of your requirements, it may be time to upgrade.

We understand that it’s not always clear that you need an upgrade of course. It can be a minefield choosing the right solution for your business even when you’ve decided that an upgrade is what you need.

To take the pain out of the decision making process, simply follow the diagram below, which guides you through the key characteristics of both Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 200 to help you define the product that’s right for you.

At Sage, we understand that your business is constantly evolving and as you change and grow, you need to be sure that your software is continuing to meet your requirements. If you find that you need more from your software, we’re here to help you find an alternative solution that’s the ideal fit for your business.

Sage 50Employees:

1-50Turnover:

Under £1mUsers:

Up to 10

Under 100,000 transactions and unlikely

to grow in next 1-2 years

Single UK site with simple processes

Sage 50 Accounts

Sage 200Employees:

1-200+Turnover:

£1m - £20mUsers: 1-50+

Over 100,000 transactions or a growing

business

Requires: different

cost centres or multiple locations

Sage 200 On premise

or Online

Requires: warehouse

management or the ability

to track stock by batch/serial

number

Sage 200:The smart choice for your business

More than just accounts software

Sage 200 offers small-medium or growing businesses, a scalable solution that offers more than just accounts software. Whether you need a bespoke solution to reflect more complex processes or have offices or warehouses across multiple locations, Sage 200 gives you one solution to effectively manage your finances and customers.

Sage 200 is more than just accounts software, offering a full financial accounts package combined with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and

Business Intelligence as standard. Giving you the tools to easily manage your customer accounts and providing in depth analysis tools so you can see what’s profitable and what’s not at a glance and keep track of your best customers, with easy sight of who to target with new offers and when.

Add modules or users as you need with options for Commercials (with stock, POP and SOP), Project Accounting (with timesheets and expenses) and Bill of Materials or Manufacturing for those businesses with industry specific requirements.

So why choose Sage 200 as your next solution? As an existing Sage 50 Accounts customer, we know you value flexible software that helps to drive your business forward. Sage 200 is an award-winning*, customisable solution that builds on that concept. It is designed to help you share data easily, drive smarter working between departments in order to achieve cost benefits and achieve outstanding customer service at all times.

Module and functionality overview

Module Functionality Sage 200 On Premise

Sage 200 Online

Financials The essential financials package to manage your cashflow with the 4 key ledgers

Included as standard

Included as standard

Commercials Stock, POP and SOP, price lists, price book and managing your supply chain Optional Optional

Business Intelligence

Powerful trend analysis and intuitive reporting. Simple to create your own reports and dashboards

Included as standard

Workspaces For data mining and reporting. Use simple dashboards and customisable views to find the information you need, specific to your role

Included as standard

Included as standard

Customer Relationship Management

For sales and marketing automation, pipeline management and marketing campaigns

Included as standard

Project Accounting

For managing projects and customer/supplier relationships. View profitability and easily view costs v budgets at a glance

Optional Optional

Web user (online)

Read only access to data within a workspace. Enter, print and authorise timesheets and expenses (links with Sage Payroll). Authorise Purchase Orders

Optional Optional

Bill of Materials For simple manufacturing processes Optional Optional

Manufacturing For complex manufacturing processes - full Manufacturing Resource Planning solution

Optional*Winner of the Software Satisfaction Awards 2011 for Business Intelligence Reporting Tools.

Sage 200:Flexible options for your business

Sage 200 On premise versus Sage 200 OnlineAvailable on both on premise or online platforms, with flexible module and payment options, you have the ultimate choice over the best Sage 200 solution for your business. You can even scale up or down your user and module requirements depending on peaks and troughs of your business demands. For instance, you can start small at one user and scale up to 50 or more as your business grows. You also have the option to pay monthly which is available for both versions of Sage 200.

Sage 200:

On Premise

Sage 200:

Online

Quick online setup

Maintain business data in-house

Cloud based online upgrades

Upgrade when required

Work easier with mobile

Use existing IT infrastructure

Available on both on premise or online platforms with flexible module and payment options, you have the ultimate choice over the best Sage 200 solution for your business.

Sage 200:Top reasons customers upgrade to Sage 200

More choice, more freedom

Choose how you want to pay - upfront or monthly. By paying monthly you can spread the cost and get started straight away. Remember, you can also pick from online or on premise platforms with minimal upfront hardware costs for the online option, meaning you can get up and running quickly. We also provide 24-7 availability and automated back-ups online for additional peace of mind.

Cost effective software that fits your business

As Sage 200 is modular, you can add or remove modules and users to suit your business needs. This means you only pay for what you use, giving full flexibility to support your business requirements.

A solution for the future

Sage 200 is built on the market-leading database technology, Microsoft SQL, so it’s robust, reliable and fast. You can have more users and transactions without slowing down operations. It grows with your business and is easy to integrate with third-party systems.

Single view of your business

Sage 200 can bring together financial management, Customer Relationship Management and Business Intelligence software all in one solution, helping your employees work more efficiently, reducing administration and data entry.

Manage stock over one or more locations

Sage 200 offers a complete inventory and

warehouse solution to help you optimise stock levels, keep costs down and deliver what your customers want. You can manage stock at different locations independently for sales and stock takes, but bring it all together for a complete view of your business.

Better stock traceability

Sage 200 provides batch traceability by serial, lot and batch numbers and use by dates. Pick and record items from a list, monitor stock movements and allocate or automatically generate serial numbers to individual items. It’s also flexible enough to work with different quantity variants, for instance, tiles bought by the pallet, stored by the box, sold by the square metre.

Flexible nominal code structure and accounting periods

Sage 200 comes with a three-tiered nominal structure, providing flexibility to report on departments as well as cost centres.

It allows you to link profit and loss and balance sheet reports to specific jobs or projects and group accounts together for more comprehensive reporting.

The software can also deal with up to 20 periods, which can be open, closed and re-opened as required. Users can control the length of the period and period structures can be set up in advance for future years.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) functionality

Sage 200 offers a Customer Relationship Management module that can help you to manage your customer relationships and offer the highest quality of service and

support. Because it works together with your accounting and sales processes, it helps you deliver joined-up customer service throughout the whole of your business.

Award winning Business Intelligence - advanced reporting

Sage 200 gives you comprehensive reporting and analysis to help you understand your business, with over 250 standard reports and layouts you can work with straight away.

Quick and easy access to key information

The Workspaces module brings key information together on one screen to give different people across your organisation the facts and figures they need at a glance. You can set them up to suit different roles and responsibilities for real-time information in an instant.

Accessible online via both the on premise and online solutions, you can keep up to speed with sales, orders as well as tap into customer information when you’re out of the office.

Advanced multi-currency capabilities

Sage 200 makes trading with foreign customers and/suppliers easy with functionality to process foreign currency transactions, monitor exchange rate fluctuations as well as financials across all ledgers and cash book.

Customers who have moved from Sage 50 Accounts have told us that Sage 200 is the backbone of their businesses. We’ve highlighted just a snapshot of their feedback to help you review your current solution.

Our Business Partners can work with you to assess your business needs. They can also tailor your Sage 200 software specifically for your business and industry as well as adapt it to work with other third-party systems.

Business Partners provide:

• Expert local knowledge

• Consultancy

• Project management

• Systems architecture

What’s more, they also offer the flexibility of face-to-face, online or phone-based support giving you the confidence of knowing there’s always someone nearby who understands your business.

As well as Business Partners, we also work with a network of over 900 independent developers who have the innovation and expertise to design, build and integrate solutions with your Sage software so that it works alongside your specific processes or industries. So if there’s something you need that isn’t provided as standard, our developers are there to help.

Sage 200:Get up and running quickly with expert local support

To help you get up and running quickly and efficiently, we have an unrivalled network of accredited Business Partners who work with you to assess your business needs and deliver a Sage 200 solution that’s just right for you.

Find out moreIf you’re interested in finding out more about Sage 200, want a demonstration or would like to chat about costs and options, contact our advisors:

Call: 01355 581 960Email: enquiries@eurekasolutions.co.uk