Market Overview

While ERP solutions were designed to consolidate data management - ‘one version of the truth’. Businesses seem as badly ‘integrated’ as ever before
Many companies still take up to 9 days each month to close the accounts and report

Tough market conditions have refocused efforts on integration and getting more from their current systems
Reporting, stock optimisation,CRM

The main challenge/opportunity for organisations ‘getting their house in order’ is to make use of new technologies and standards - enabling integration beyond organisational boundaries
Collaboration

Market Overview

57% Mid Market Businesses expect to increase purchases via the internet next year

69% of all UK Medium Businesses purchased goods and services over the internet - up from 46% in 2001

Most popular products

Printers &Peripherals 60%

PC Networking Software 57%

Computing/electronic products 55%

Publications (Books) 50%

E Commerce 48%-75% will use secure on line transactions. B2b will become dominant 57% by 2006

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Sage is one of the World’s Largest Software Companies

Sage - 2003

Sage is an International Business

A Sage solution for every business

So why can Sage succeed ?

1.37 m UK registered companies

Sage has 500,000 UK customers

60,000 new customers every year

Vertical Market Examples ……….

Supply Side Integration

Buy Side Integration

Electronic Trading Documents

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Are you focussed ?

By this time next year 8 out of 10 mid market companies will be focussed on improvements in electronically integrating both supply and customer transactions.

Source ( Supply Chain Management White Paper 2003)

XML Printing Example

Integration possibilities

XML offers a standard format and a simple programming model

Wide adoption in the EAI marketplace

Emerging standards and bodies

Write your own ‘print renderers’

Produce reports in HTML for ‘web’ publishing

Integrate with email and other media for document transfer

Richer, plain paper printing

Simple XSLT transformations

Use Internet Explorer to view the XML file !

XML Printing - Summary

XML Printing has been released in Line 500 Version 5.0

In addition to existing print spooling functionality

Some infrastructure changes have been made

Ability to print existing spool files in XML mode

Richer print output formats leading to better presentations

Modify fonts, attributes, etc

The basis for excellent integration possibilities

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Information anywhere, anytime

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Finance

Benefits at a glance

Operational and strategic information readily available

Provides tight financial control with full visibility of costs committed before expenditure is incurred

Includes powerful reporting tools and evaluation of market trends to assist informed strategic decisions

Manages your cash flow through close budget control and efficient purchase requisitioning

Supports international business with multi-language, multi-currency, multi-company features

Includes extended support for your credit management teams

Lowers your administrative costs by increasing user productivity

Distribution

Manufacturing

Benefits at a glance

Powerful resource management

Maintain maximum productivity, with efficient shop-floor management

Supports configure-to-order, manufacture-to-order and batch engineering

Controls associated material, inventory and processing costs

Monitors and reports on issues and events on the shop floor to maintain maximum productivity

Eases the complexity of managing your own resources and subcontractors

Supports you in meeting the requirements of broad markets or individual customers

Services

Benefits at a glance

Keep on top of multiple projects

End-to-end contract management

Helps you manage and bill for after-sales service

Provides sophisticated project accounting and project management

Delivers sophisticated control in managing and accounting on a project basis

Supports a range of billing scenarios including cost plus and staged payments

eBusiness

Benefits at a glance

Improve internal efficiency

Maximise customer service

Trade with your customers 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world

Offer direct and easy remote access to business information from anywhere in the world

Provide your customers with unrivalled service with the latest product pricing, descriptions and stock information the moment it is updated

Provide employees with a tailored desktop solution for easy access to business information, applications and resources

CRM - Sage SalesLogix

Dependable CRM tool for medium and large businesses

Over 3,500 customers world-wide

Full integration with Sage Line 500

Easy to use - makes everyone productive immediately - getting buy-in from the users

Easy to implement - a fast solution that can be implemented immediately

Modular - a flexible solution that fits and grows with your business

Affordable - the quicker you can implement a system the quicker you will see a return on your investment

"The complete integrated business solution"

The complete integrated business solution


		While ERP solutions were designed to consolidate data management - ‘one version of the truth’. Businesses seem as badly ‘integrated’ as ever before Many companies still take up to 9 days each month to close the accounts and report
		Tough market conditions have refocused efforts on integration and getting more from their current systems Reporting, stock optimisation,CRM
		The main challenge/opportunity for organisations ‘getting their house in order’ is to make use of new technologies and standards - enabling integration beyond organisational boundaries Collaboration


57% Mid Market Businesses expect to increase purchases via the internet next year
69% of all UK Medium Businesses purchased goods and services over the internet - up from 46% in 2001
	Most popular products
		Printers &Peripherals 60%
		PC Networking Software 57%
		Computing/electronic products 55%
		Publications (Books) 50%
E Commerce 48%-75% will use secure on line transactions. B2b will become dominant 57% by 2006


	1.37 m UK registered companies
	Sage has 500,000 UK customers
	60,000 new customers every year
	Vertical Market Examples ……….


	By this time next year 8 out of 10 mid market companies will be focussed on improvements in electronically integrating both supply and customer transactions. Source ( Supply Chain Management White Paper 2003)


	XML offers a standard format and a simple programming model
		Wide adoption in the EAI marketplace
		Emerging standards and bodies
	Write your own ‘print renderers’
		Produce reports in HTML for ‘web’ publishing
		Integrate with email and other media for document transfer
		Richer, plain paper printing
		Simple XSLT transformations
		Use Internet Explorer to view the XML file !


	XML Printing has been released in Line 500 Version 5.0
	In addition to existing print spooling functionality
	Some infrastructure changes have been made
	Ability to print existing spool files in XML mode
	Richer print output formats leading to better presentations
		Modify fonts, attributes, etc
	The basis for excellent integration possibilities


	Benefits at a glance

	Operational and strategic information readily available
	Provides tight financial control with full visibility of costs committed before expenditure is incurred
	Includes powerful reporting tools and evaluation of market trends to assist informed strategic decisions
	Manages your cash flow through close budget control and efficient purchase requisitioning
	Supports international business with multi-language, multi-currency, multi-company features
	Includes extended support for your credit management teams
	Lowers your administrative costs by increasing user productivity


	Benefits at a glance

	Powerful resource management
	Maintain maximum productivity, with efficient shop-floor management
	Supports configure-to-order, manufacture-to-order and batch engineering
	Controls associated material, inventory and processing costs
	Monitors and reports on issues and events on the shop floor to maintain maximum productivity
	Eases the complexity of managing your own resources and subcontractors
	Supports you in meeting the requirements of broad markets or individual customers


	Benefits at a glance

	Keep on top of multiple projects
	End-to-end contract management
	Helps you manage and bill for after-sales service
	Provides sophisticated project accounting and project management
	Delivers sophisticated control in managing and accounting on a project basis
	Supports a range of billing scenarios including cost plus and staged payments


	Benefits at a glance

	Improve internal efficiency
	Maximise customer service
	Trade with your customers 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the world
	Offer direct and easy remote access to business information from anywhere in the world
	Provide your customers with unrivalled service with the latest product pricing, descriptions and stock information the moment it is updated
	Provide employees with a tailored desktop solution for easy access to business information, applications and resources


	Dependable CRM tool for medium and large businesses
	Over 3,500 customers world-wide
	Full integration with Sage Line 500
	Easy to use - makes everyone productive immediately - getting buy-in from the users
	Easy to implement - a fast solution that can be implemented immediately
	Modular - a flexible solution that fits and grows with your business
	Affordable - the quicker you can implement a system the quicker you will see a return on your investment