New Sage MAS 90 and 200 Extended Enterprise Suites Simplify Business Management for SMBs
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Extended Enterprise Suites combine financial, operational, customer relations, and BI applications to simplify and integrate business management processes and workflow across entire company. Employees in sales, service, finance, operations, and management are provided with integrated, 360° view of business operations through embedded front and back office functionality to improve customer relationships, collaboration between departments, and decision making.
At the heart of the suite, Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP and Sage MAS Fixed Assets provide back office financial and operations functionality. Embedded SageCRM supports front office sales, service and marketing automation, while Business Insights Explorer and the Business Insights Dashboard provide business analysis functions.
By enabling business information to flow between different functional areas of a company, Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suites empower every employee to improve the bottom line. Salespeople using CRM have instant visibility into inventory levels, credit holds, purchasing cycles and more, which improves each salesperson’s effectiveness. When a purchasing agent buys capital equipment, assets input into the system are automatically tracked and depreciation write-offs maximized. Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suites give marketing personnel visibility into warehouse overstocks, so promotions can be designed to improve inventory turn over.
With their extensive analytics capabilities, Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suites provide business managers and other employees with easy access to information that is often hidden inside traditional business management systems. Business Insights Explorer (BIE) is the comprehensive business intelligence, workflow and reporting tool that enables users to quickly drill down and get specific data on customers, purchasing trends, operational issues and more. BIE provides standard reporting templates plus supports virtually endless customization options to help users analyze business operations. The Business Insights Dashboard enables users to capture, consolidate and present key performance indicators (KPIs) in simplified snapshots for easy analysis. In addition, the Dashboard supports up to 12 standard graphical reports to be created and displayed on the user’s desktop at startup each work day. Users select reports, graphs, the level of detail and the order in which to view information. Beyond business intelligence, BIE streamlines the workflow process by enabling users to navigate directly to and perform tasks directly from BIE.
Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suites also include personalization features and product integration capabilities that business owners need to tailor their systems to meet their unique requirements. The user interface can be easily modified without source code, so each employee can personalize screens and views to improve workflow. Third-party vendors also can be added to gain greater visibility into a company’s supply chain.
In addition to providing the operational simplicity of the product suites themselves, Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suites take the complexity out of the purchase, maintenance and service processes with simple pricing, maintenance and service plans. The suites are priced per user and give each user total access to all Sage MAS Extended Enterprise Suite functionality. Annual software maintenance is offered in a single contract covering all functions, plus technical support is offered through a single point of contact.
