Overall Satisfaction with Sage 100 ERP
Sage 100 is being used across the entire organization. We recommended the implementation of Sage 100 because it allowed the organization to benefit in three key areas: (1) Simplify financial dashboards, (2) integrate supply chain reporting to the financial reporting, and (3) automate repetitive financial processes. In more detail, these three key areas were addressed by Sage 100 in the following ways: (1) Prior to Sage 100, the organization created and managed budgets using Microsoft Excel. This was less than ideal because spreadsheet budgeting is prone to errors and the inability to easily and automatically integrate with other departments or budgets. (2) Prior to Sage 100, the organization was unable to manage any aspect of the supply chain until invoices had been received from vendors, which could often be 20-60 days after placing the order. (3) Sage 100 has allowed the organization to automate approximately 35% of financial accounting and reporting processes which has saved the organization 1.5 FTE per annum.
- Simplifying financial dashboards and reporting
- Automating financial accounting and reporting processes
- Supply chain reporting and management
- Not ideal for fixed asset heavy businesses because Sage Fixed Assets is separate software
- Significant set-up time on automated processes. Would not make sense for a small business
- Could be cost prohibitive for a smaller business
- Saved 1.5 FTE in finance and accounting department
- Reduced reliance on error-prone spreadsheet budgeting and reporting
- Eliminated the need for additional inventory and supply chain software packages