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Possibilites of Sage 50
Hi all,
I am thinking of purchasing Sage 50 and was wondering how it would fit in to our industry. Is it worth the investment?? Also is it possible to use sage for quotation templates so you can set for example 1 square foot of printed correx and then if someone wants 10 square foot it just works it out?? it looks pretty good as you can organise all your customers, suppliers e.t.c but would like to know if anyone else has used and seen the benefits.
Thanks
Stu
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8 Replies
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I don’t believe that Sage is particularly easy to learn.
It would probably be the last one I would choose.
I use Quickbooks Pro and the linked in program Quotewerks for all databasing, pricing/quoting/invoicing etc. -
I use Sage Instant Accounts.
I find it quite easy to use, its not so much learning how to use it, its more getting the knack (Im not sure if that makes sense, but it does to me LOL).You can set up templates etc and it is pretty good for keeping track of pretty much everything.
Im pretty sure you can get hold of a trial of it if you have a look around online.
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Can i ask you guys if its possible in both sage and quickbooks programs to create quotation forms to automatically work out pre set costs of whatever you want to work out?? i.e i want to sell foamex for £15 a square foot, hoarding at £16, correx at £5 but include variables so more then 5 square feet should be discounted at a reduced cost of say £4 for the correx. is it possible to add this all in a drop down menu??
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Sage Instant Accounts can definately do the first bit of what you ask, not sure about discounts on qty though. (My laptop is in work so cant check at the minute)
A way around this in Sage would be to set up the items in qty ranges, say 1-5sq.m at a certain rate and then 5-10 and 10-15 etc at discounted rates. You could definately do it this way, which isnt realy much trouble to set up either!!
The Correx/Foamex etc would still come up in a drop down menu, but you would just select the correct qty range.
Hope this helps..
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Sorry Stuart but I’ve never delved that deep in to QB as I always use specialist software for the quoting side etc.
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Try Clarity professional We use it and it can do all you ask. It also integrates with sage for Statements etc.I think theirs a free download trial on here somewhere.
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Good to hear more views on this type of software folks… im still pondering.
we currently run QuickBooks but considering Clarity Pro alongside.the free download mark mentions can be found HERE
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Thanks guys!!
Will definately give it a shot!!
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