Sage Blog

Sage Business Solutions today announced the Australian availability of Sage ERP Accpac Version 6.0, the latest upgrade to the Sage ERP family, offering businesses web-enabled ERP, greater productivity, enhanced real time visibility to metrics, and the right tools needed to accelerate business growth.

As the first step in a new web-deployable ERP framework, Sage ERP Accpac Version 6.0 enables true browser-based access, providing businesses with the interactive collaboration tools required in today’s fast-paced business environment. The Sage ERP Accpac Version 6.0 portal can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud.

“Productivity, business visibility, and tools for growth are the key components to building a successful business in the current economic climate,” said Mike Lorge, Managing Director, Sage Business Solutions. “Our extensive research with SMBs and the feedback from customers tells us that SMBs’ major concerns revolve around finding new customers and maximising their existing assets to improve efficiency. With Sage ERP Accpac 6.0, businesses are better equipped with the insight needed to meet these strategic goals.”

“Adoption of web applications by businesses is accelerating,” stated Robert Anderson, Research Vice President at Gartner. “Mid market companies are changing the way they do business and are increasingly expecting their enterprise applications to support mobile access and web integrations through connected services.”

Steve Fouche, Director of Enabling, a long-term Sage Solution Provider, said, “The new version builds on Sage ERP Accpac’s innovative architecture to bring a new standard in ease of use and productivity and provides the framework to give users the ability to access their ERP data over the web using most desktop and mobile platforms. As a Sage Solution Provider and Development Partner this gives us the ability to offer both customers and prospects true freedom of choice.”

Another partner, Harach Lucas, Managing Director, MicroChannel Services, said, “We have been involved with Accpac for over 20 years. Our team is really excited about this groundbreaking release and its rich feature architecture which is ideally suited for today’s business requirements. We look forward to deploying it for our clients’ benefit.”

Steve Rider, Managing Director of Provida, said, “Provida is excited by the release of Sage ERP Accpac version 6.0. This new version heralds a new software world order with Sage firmly at the top. Provida has been gearing up its cloud capabilities to cope with the expected rush of clients wanting a true web-based ERP and CRM platform. Bring it on!”

Version 6.0 elevates Sage ERP Accpac into a new level of ERP with more benefits to keep business processes operating faster and easier, so users can spend less time focusing on daily mundane tasks and more time on planning for future success. By deploying Version 6.0, businesses can:

Improve productivity with:

• Sage ERP Accpac Portal — Recognising SMBs’ increasing need for mobility, the new Sage ERP Accpac 6.0 Web Portal is built on the Google Web Toolkit platform, providing the first step towards releasing a full Web based Sage ERP Accpac solution as well as mobile access from iPhone, iPad and Android devices. This technology approach will offer the most secure, flexible data management possible. Sage ERP Accpac Portal users can find information faster through new role-based, workflow navigation, enabling expert and novice users to manage daily tasks in record time.
• Sage ERP Accpac Fiscal Period Management — a top requested feature, users can save time and reduce costs by locking fiscal periods by module for more accurate transaction processing.

Enhance business visibility with:

• Sage ERP Accpac Snapshots — the embedded BI Snapshots allow easy access to at-a-glance operational metrics for faster, better business decisions. The graphical presentation of information helps with quick identification of trends or issues for more proactive business decisions. Users can view key performance indicators (KPIs) with drilldown capabilities to underlying financial reports. User-configurable snapshots include balance sheet, income statement, and aged receivables.
• Sage ERP Accpac Inquiry — The highly intuitive interface of Sage ERP Accpac Inquiry allows users to easily create personalised on-the-fly query lists in just a few minutes, even without the knowledge of databases or programming. Custom information is within easy reach for non-technical users, which means minimal training and IT support are needed. Quick and easy to sort, filter and export information, it is an alternative to creating expensive customised reports for individual users.

Accelerate growth with:

• Built-in CRM — A Sage CRM server and first user is included as part of the Sage ERP Accpac solution at no additional charge. With a seamless user experience across CRM and ERP, the new workflow further blurs the line between the front and back office to simplify the quote-to-order workflow and processing.
• Built-in Business Intelligence — Along with the new embedded BI Tools, Sage ERP Accpac Intelligence — a new product within Sage ERP Accpac — empowers users to quickly and easily obtain the information they need for operations and strategic planning from Sage ERP Accpac. Sage Accpac Intelligence lets users effortlessly create reports and analyse data within Microsoft® Excel®.

Sage ERP Accpac together with Sage ERP X3 enables Sage to provide a complete and scalable ERP solution for the lower and upper midmarket. This provides the necessary tools to help businesses select, plan, and implement their ideal mix of solutions.

iPad and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.