Sage is an ERP software leader Head Quartered in UK and is a subsidiary of Sage Group Plc. It is the 3rd largest supplier of ERP behind SAP & Oracle. It supplies ERP solution mainly to small and medium business and to a little extent to large businesses. It mainly focusses on industries such as Healthcare, HR & Payroll, Construction/Real Estate, Payment Processing, Accountancy, Manufacturing, Retail, Automotive, and Not for profit Organizations. The ERP variants include– Sage 100 ERP, Sage 500 ERP, Sage 300 ERP & Sage ERP X3. The advantage about Sage is that it is easy to implement & use solutions.
The different variants available and a brief description about their capabilities are given below
Sage 100 – For small to midsized company looking for financials plus operations management
Sage 300 – For small to midsized company looking for strong financial functionality
Sage 500 – For midsized to large company with a focus on manufacturing or distribution
Sage ERP X3 – For midsized to large manufacturer or distributor, looking for help with financials with the option to add operations, multi-site, multi-company, and multi-language utilities
Sage 300 Online – For small to midsized services company looking for a prepackaged cloud-based business management solution
The main modules available in SAGE ERP are Purchasing, Sales, Manufacturing, Inventory, Customer Services and Finance.
The applications supported in the various Modules are listed below:
Finance
Financial Accounting
Receivables
Payment Management
Cost Accounting
Investment Accounting
Controls
Consolidated Reports
Manufacturing
Discrete/Process Manufacturing
BOM
Work Schedule
MRP
Quality Assurance
Capacity Planning
Technical Data Configuration
Purchasing
Materials Requirement
Budget Monitoring
Supplier Enquiries
Purchase Orders
Outsourcing
Multi Stage Signature Control
Contracts
Inventory