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Sage Software Offers Small & Medium-Sized Businesses More Efficiency, Higher Productivity Gains With Sage Pro ERP Version 7.5
Latest Version Offers Easier Access to Key Business Information, New Business Productivity Tools, Sage Payment Solutions Integration, and Improved Manufacturing Modules
| Source: Sage Software, Inc.
PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - June 24, 2008) - Sage Software announced today the launch of
Sage Pro ERP 7.5, the latest version of the company's award-winning
business management solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
that demand a high degree of customization and flexibility in their
enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Version 7.5 includes many
user-requested features, providing new tools to improve business
productivity and provide easier access to critical business information.
Expanded drilldowns in reports are now available, with more customer and
vendor maintenance access added to an updated dashboard. Integration with
Sage Payment Solutions is also now offered for easy, more efficient
handling of customers' credit card payments. The manufacturing modules in
Sage Pro ERP 7.5 have been simplified to make them more user-friendly, with
new
time-saving features that can further help increase productivity.
"Sage Pro ERP 7.5 continues this product's heritage of serving the needs of
SMBs who have unique requirements that demand a customizable ERP system,"
said Sam Hunter, Sage Software senior vice president and general manager.
"This new version offers additional tools and enhancements to help these
businesses operate even more efficiently and further maximize their
productivity -- it's a very flexible and customizable system available at a
very attractive price point."
Sage Pro ERP is a powerful, highly customizable business management
solution that features modifiable source code (200 edition), a scalable
architecture, choice of operating systems (Microsoft® Windows® or
Linux®), and a complete set of optional, integrated manufacturing
modules, plus integration with other Sage Software end-to-end business
management applications and services, including customer relationship
management (CRM), human resources, fixed asset management, warehouse
management, payment processing, and various 3rd party vertical solutions
offered by authorized Sage Pro ERP Development Partners.
"Sage Pro ERP 7.5 is better and more user-friendly than ever," said Brady
Preheim of Preheim Computers, a Sage Pro ERP business partner located in
Scappoose, OR. "The new integration with Sage Payment Solutions is great.
Sage Payment Solutions is easier to set up and simpler to use than other
payment processing systems we've previously implemented. We're also
impressed with the custom drilldowns available in almost every field. Sage
Pro ERP 7.5 is a substantial upgrade that both existing and new clients
should seriously consider."
Simpler Access to Key Business Information
Sage Pro ERP 7.5 offers a much simpler and more user-friendly drilldown
process to help users operate more efficiently. Drilldown options are now
available from more reports, with new access to Invoices, Purchase Orders,
and Sales Orders. For maximum customization, users can also tie custom
drilldowns to reports, giving them access to key information.
Users can now remotely manage their customers and vendors using an improved
dashboard tool that offers anytime access to customer and vendor files via
users' Internet connections. The enhanced dashboard can perform any of the
newly available customer- or vendor-related inquiries, such as Payments,
Receivables, Invoices, and Orders.
New Business Productivity Tools
Sage Pro ERP 7.5 also offers a host of new business productivity tools to
help users further maximize efficiency and improve their customer service,
including a Landed Cost feature for more accurate inventory valuation of
imported goods; Job Cost Integration with the Manufacturing modules;
seamless integration between Sage Pro Credit Card Processing and Sage
Payment Solutions Gateway for easier, more efficient handling of customers'
credit card payments that eliminates duplicate data entry and the need to
reconcile separate systems, and; improved program File Security with the
ability to restrict access by user to specific program files, providing
greater security of business application files for customers that are
governed by Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Improved Manufacturing Modules
New enhancements in the Manufacturing modules for Sage Pro ERP 7.5 have
been added to more easily manage the manufacturing process, including a
Work-In-Process Release to General Ledger feature that helps maintain
accurate inventory counts within the Sage Pro system; Easy-to-use Wizard
functionality added to several Work Order processing functions that
simplifies overall processing by reducing required keystrokes and the
learning curve for new employees, and; Master Production Scheduling that
features easy to update, drag-and-drop interactive scheduling, and Work
Order priority ranking to better and more quickly schedule orders for
priority customers, and help simplify 'what-if' analysis.
Pricing and Availability
Available in two editions, 100 and 200, Sage Pro ERP 7.5 is now available
from authorized Sage Pro business partners starting at SRPs of $995 per
module/$1,195 per user for Sage Pro 100 ERP, and $1,995 per module/$1,295
per user for Sage Pro 200 ERP (all figures USD). To locate a Sage Pro
business partner, call 866-859-2378, or visit www.sageproerp.com.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.9
million small and medium-sized business customers in North America through
easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products
support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human
resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of
the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and
real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group
plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services
to small and medium-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on
the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage Group now has 5.7 million customers
and employs over 14,800 people worldwide. For more information, please
visit the web site at www.sagesoftware.com or call (866) 308-2378.
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