The right choice for a growing SME looking to consolidate software packages
August 16, 2017

The right choice for a growing SME looking to consolidate software packages

Jeff Looby, CPA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

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
Best suited for an asset light medium sized business. Not appropriate for a small business, or a business with many fixed assets, particularly if those companies already have appropriate supply chain management software in place. Best for a company that is trying to reduce the number of people within finance and accounting department.

Sage 100cloud Feature Ratings

Accounts payable
8
Accounts receivable
8
Primary and Secondary Ledgers
10
Journals and Reconciliations
8
Standardized Processes
10
Billing Management
10
Cash and Asset Management
10
Travel & Expense Management
1
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
8
Period Close
7
Inventory tracking
9
Automatic reordering
9
Location management
9
Pricing
9
Order entry
9
Credit card processing
9
Cost of goods sold
9
Order Orchestration
9
Dashboards
9
Standard reports
9
Custom reports
9
API for custom integration
7
Plug-ins
8
Role-based user permissions
9
Single sign-on capability
9
Budgeting and Forecasting
8
Project Costing
8
Cost Capture
8
Capital Project Management
8
Customer Contract Compliance
6
Project Revenue Recognition
6
Fulfillment Management
9
Warehouse Workforce Management
10
Production Management
8
Forecasting
9
Inventory Planning
9
Performance Monitoring
9