In-Depth Sage ERP X3 detail

In-depth information about Sage ERP X3

From finance and purchasing to sales and manufacturing, Sage ERP X3 can really help your business.

A true ERP solution

Manage even the most sophisticated multi-company and multi-location business processes with Sage ERP X3.

Share information and processes across different sites, at home or overseas
Support multiple languages, currencies, sites and companies.
Combine simplicity, flexibility, and scalability with the advantages of ERP performance
A full range of functions including finance, purchasing, sales, inventory, customer relationship management, and manufacturing
Choose the technologies that suit your business

Finance

Stay on top of your finanical position with detailed analysis of your company’s financial status. Make fast, accurate financial decisions. Sage ERP X3 gives you:

User-defined fiscal calendars, general ledger accounts, and analytic dimensions
Extensive budgeting capabilities
Financial extraction, reporting and intercompany consolidation
Employee expenses entry and management
A complete audit trail available across the entire ERP system
Detailed risk analysis

Purchasing

Keep tight control over spending and get the right price from the right supplier at the right time.

Manage requests for tender and responses, contract and blanket orders, comprehensive supplier rating and classification, and statistics
Create free pricing criteria and associated rules
Plan and order with or without MRP replenishment
Create delivery scheduling and receiving
Control commitments against budget
Open item management and tracking
Manage payment term scheduling and mass payment campaigns
Create user-defined payment processes

Manufacturing

Empower future growth from the same resources by mananaging every element of the production process. Manage multiple manufacturing modes, including:

assemble to order
manufacture to order and configure to order
make to stock or
you can operate in a mixed mode
Use a technical data configurator
Create replenishment and planning rules
Manage master production and materials resource planning schedules
Build workplans and carry out manufacturing analysis
Use a variety of material tracking methods
Carry out detailed cost accounting in your ERP system

Electronic Document Management

Sage ERP X3 EDM is a range of modules which together help you share, store and deliver documents electronically:

Productivity

Save time on filing and photocopying; printing and envelope-stuffing. Make documents instantly available to staff throughout the office, throughout the company, throughout the world

Cost Savings

Reduce postage, courier and fax costs, use less stationery, eliminate external document storage

Compliance

Archive electronic and paper documents securely and cost-effectively. Satisfy auditors and tax authorities

Manage risks

Eliminate the risk to vital documents from fire and flood. Keep important records in a secure repository rather than on a PC, external hard drives and in email inboxes

Green Agenda

Use less paper, fewer photocopies, and more efficient document delivery

Manage legacy documents

Integrate non-ERP documents and simplify data take-on from legacy systems. Helping you to save money on external storage and postage costs, whilst helping you to cut down the impact your business has on the environment.

Customer Relationship Management

The inclusive CRM functionality will give all users a truly 360° view of your customers including sales, marketing, shipping, customer service and support.

Build strong relationships with prospects and customers
Create effective marketing campaigns
Build contact management strategies
Manage your sales pipeline
Deliver outstanding customer service
Support call centre capabilities
Manage warranties and service orders
Create and share customer information form 'quote to cash'

What can CRM bring to your business? Read our PDF on CRM benefits

Sales

Generate sales order processes that really meet your business needs.

Manage quotes, contracts, blanket orders, orders, inventory allocation, delivery scheduling, shipping, returns, and invoicing
Use a customised product configurator
Carry out credit checking and customer ratings
Create your own matrix of pricing rules
Calculate sales commissions
Track and manage all open items
Create your own cash collection process
Manage customer reminders

Inventory

Simply and easily manage your inventory from movements and transactions to quality control and replenishment. With the inventory system you will have:

A multi-level warehousing and location management system, the inventory system
Flexible location management so that you can use dedicated, suggested, or random storage for single or multiple item location
Stock management by physical location, lot and sub-lot, quality status, serial numbers, expiration dates and potency
Inter-company, inter-site stock transfers and stock in transit management, enabling you to track lost damaged or stolen items
Consigned inventory and third-party inventory
Inventory replenishment with or without MRP
Intra-company movements
Forward and backward traceability
Our ERP system has a variety of inventory costing methods
Cost accounting