Sage Line 100

• Large numbers of transactions
• Multiple concurrent users
• A requirement for customisation and integration with industry-specific software.

Sage Line 100 meets needs across your business:~

Accounts and Finance
Sage Line 100 fits your business model. It is flexible, allowing you to budget by cost centre and department. Powerful consolidation of multiple companies – even with different nominal structures and operating currencies - means your system can grow with your business. In-depth reporting and graphical analysis ensure you are always in control.

Customers
Deal effectively with customers by storing all details and maintaining effective credit control. If a significant number of your customers need to deal with you in a foreign currency, Sage Line 100 gives you the tools to meet this need – effectively.

Suppliers
Maintain consistent, controlled relationships with your suppliers. Store full details of your purchases and benefit from tools to help you make best use of your credit terms with your suppliers.

Stock Control
Manage your stock effectively, across multiple locations if required. Sage Line 100 meets sophisticated business requirements such as multiple units of measure, serial and batch numbering, and different costing methods. Bill of materials functionality allows you to manage the assembly of components to finished goods.

Job Costing
Process complex jobs involving stock items, contractors, staff and services - right through to the production of the final job invoice.

Business-specific requirements
Sage Line 100 can be integrated with a huge range of industry-specific software

New! Sage Line 100 MIS (Management Information System)
A new management information tool to help you get the most out of Sage Line 100

• Speed. Batch entry facilities in Sage Line 100 give you the ability to enter large volumes of transactions and choose when to commit them to the ledgers
• Multi-user capability. Sage Line 100 supports multiple concurrent users (typically up to 16)
• Foreign currency capability. You can trade with customers and suppliers outside of the UK and in any mixture of currencies. For example, you can produce foreign currency invoices, statements, receipts and payments whilst automatically dealing with currency fluctuations
• Management Information. Sage Informer (included with Sage Line 100) provides up-to-the-minute, concise reports on the current state of your business. It extracts information from your Sage Line 100 system, presenting it as dynamic, ready-made graphs and tables. In addition, a wide range of management reports are available.

• Group budgets make it easy for you to manage your subsidiary companies. Sage Line 100 includes multi-company consolidated financial reporting and group budgeting capabilities.
• Fixed Assets. Sage Line 100 can manage the acquisition, depreciation and disposal of all your assets, including vehicles, plant, buildings and offices.
  

• Comprehensive customer record stores all details of your customers for easy retrieval.
• Complex discount schemes and individual price lists are supported, allowing you to trade with your customers in a fully flexible way.
• Credit Management. A range of credit tools are supplied including debtors letters, statement production, provisions for doubtful and bad debts, and the ability to place customer accounts on hold.
• Prioritisation of orders. Rate each customer by importance to ensure their orders are fulfilled first.
• Repeat and Duplicate Orders cut down on processing time.
• Quotations and pro formas can be easily raised and converted to orders or invoices.
• Multiple delivery addresses allow you to fit in with your customers’ needs with a Head Office facility. You can send statements to your customers’ head offices, if required.
  

• Comprehensive supplier record stores all details of your suppliers for easy retrieval
• Flexible terms of business
• Automated payments. Sage Line 100 will suggest which payments to make in order to benefit from early settlement discounts
• Purchase Order authorisation allows you to set limits for supervisor approval
• Order matching Check that goods received match your purchase order and supplier invoice
• Preferred Suppliers. Flags attempted use of non-specified suppliers
• Order Consolidation. Save paperwork by consolidating multiple POs into a single invoice
• Returns and credits allow you to manage return of goods to your suppliers.
  

• Serial and batch number tracking allows you to track individual stock items by unique serial number or track several stock items that collectively form a batch
• Factored pricing (units of measure) allows you to buy stock in bulk and sell in smaller quantities
• Multi-location stock makes it easy to work with stock held in different depots. For example, Sage Line 100 includes provision for multiple depots for purchase, sale and stock transfers
• Alternative stock items. You can specify an alternative to each item to ensure that your customers are never disappointed.
• Stock takes. Sage Line 100 provides routines and documentation to help you manage your stock taking processes
• Multiple suppliers. Specify a default supplier and up to four additional suppliers, storing full details for each
• Bill of Materials. Track and control the assembly of components into your finished goods.
  

• Set up jobs to be associated with a contract
• Use multi-level cost classification (for example, for electricians' overtime which is
  associated with all electricians' costs, which are in turn associated with all skilled labour costs)
• Link labour, revenue, stock, and material cost transactions to other modules without re-keying data
• Evaluate work in progress
• Use the budget reporting facility (for example, comparing actual costs to budget)
• Use the provisions for costs incurred but not yet invoiced for more accurate reporting
• Use the valuations and retentions functions
• Store general text associated with job records

• Fully customisable. Sage has an extensive national network of developers who can tailor your Sage Line 100 program to specifically suit your business or industry needs
• Industry-specific requirements. Numerous third-party add-ons are currently available - for example, modules for manufacturing, retail or services.
  

• Set up individual customer accounts
• Process orders in up to 100 currencies
• Graphically analyse and present customer data
• Use the batch data entry function
• Vary terms of business by customer account
• Invoice one address (for example, branch office) and send statements to another (for example, head office)
• Use the drill-down facility to analyse sales ledger data by individual entry, allowing a detailed review of each transaction
• Analyse how and when invoices have been paid.
• Use the discount matrix facility, which allows you to create individual price lists for your customers
• Analyse customer accounts using three user definable categories (for example, regional, volume, credit rating)
• Use the unlimited transaction history storage facility
• Use the full credit management capabilities, which include sending out debtors letters and statements, making provisions for doubtful and bad debts, and placing accounts on 'hold'

• Make the choice of the different pricing options, e.g. VAT exclusive or inclusive.
• Produce a copy order without re-keying data.
• Use the controlled call off programme
• Manage repeat orders for the same customers
• Use the Goods Return/Credit Note facility
• Process orders in up to 100 foreign currencies
• Hold multiple delivery addresses for each customer
• Order acknowledgements
• Use the picking lists and delivery notes.
• Prioritise customers when fulfilling outstanding orders.
• Attach important notes to the order.
• Trace serial numbers attached to individual items of stock.
• Support batch items within stock.
• Add sales and marketing messages to orders.
• Consolidate several orders on to a single invoice.

• Customise your invoice layouts.
  Produce copy invoices without re-keying data.
• Hold multiple delivery addresses for each customer.
• Produce repeat invoices, monthly, quarterly or annually.
• Create quotations and, if an order is confirmed, convert quotations to an invoice.
• Use the pro-forma invoices, which allow payment in advance of delivery.
• Process invoices in up to 100 foreign currencies.

• Set up individual supplier accounts
• Process transactions in up to 100 currencies
• Graphically analyse and present your suppliers' data
• Vary terms of business by supplier account
• Use the batch data entry
• Analyse supplier accounts using three user definable categories (for example, region, account type and terms)
• Use the drill-down facility to analyse purchase ledger data by individual entry.
• Analyse how and when an order has been paid
• Use the unlimited transaction history storage facility
• Create payment lists by due date, and edit the lists to exclude or include a particular payment, and once the list is complete, process payment automatically
  

• Produce copy orders without re-keying data
• Match purchase invoice to delivery notes
• Manage goods returned to suppliers for credit or replacement
• Match a single supplier invoice to multiple orders
• Process orders in up to 100 foreign currencies
• Trace serial numbers attached to individual items of stock
• Support batch items within stock
• Use the order authorisation level facility
• Attach important notes to the order
  

• Store individual nominal account records
• Graphically analyse and present actual, last years values and budget figures
• Use the nominal account number, cost centre and departmental analysis  facilities
• Attach a file to a nominal account (for example, word processing documents, images and `      spreadsheets)
• Use the batch journal entry facility
• Post items to individual nominal accounts and analyse (for budgetary purposes) by groups of nominal accounts
• Use the drill-down facility to analyse nominal ledger data by individual entry
• Create memorandum accounts in the nominal ledger
• Set up pre-payments and accruals
• Use the unlimited transaction history storage facility
• Tailor the Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet layouts to suit your needs
  

• Set up individual bank account records.
• Process cash in up to 100 foreign currencies
• Graphically analyse and present information, for example, compare this year's bank account balances to last year
• E-mail directly from the bank account record and launch your bank's website
• Use the batch data entry function
• Attach files against bank accounts (for example, word processing documents, images and spreadsheets)
• Use the drill-down facility to analyse cash components
• Create automatic direct debits and standing orders
• Easily reconcile your bank accounts
  

• Set up individual asset records
• Store general text associated with an asset record.
• Use the eight most widely used methods to calculate depreciation.
• Use the assets disposal function, including trade-ins for new acquisitions
• Store grant and finance information
• Hold additional information such as vehicle MOT and service dates
  

• Set up individual stock records
• Create stock items with similar descriptions (for example, shoes - black - by size).
• Manage stock levels using specified minimum and maximum stock level controls
• Attach files to stock records (for example, word processing documents, images and spreadsheets)
• Manage stock levels in multiple locations
• Hold five standard selling prices per stock item
• Use a variety of costing methods, including FIFO, Standard and Average costing
• Use factored pricing allowing you to buy and sell stock in different units, such as metres, centimetres, cases and pallets
• Trace serial numbers attached to individual items of stock
• Support batch items within stock
• Use the in-built stock taking procedures, improving efficiency and accuracy
• Hold information on multiple suppliers for each stock item
• Use the alternative stock function which automatically suggests other options if first choice is out of stock
• Transfer stock items from one location to another
• Use the global price update facility
• Store service type stock items such as carriage, labour rates and service charges