product update & road map jo fuller product specialist

Product Update &Road MapJo Fuller

Product Specialist

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Sage ERP 1000 Version 3.0

Demonstration

Road Map and Product UpdateJo Fuller

Product Specialist

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Forthcoming releases

• Sage ERP version 3.1

– Sage CRM & SalesLogix releases

– Quarter 2 2011

• Sage ERP version 3.2

– ERP release

– First half 2012

• Written confirmation to follow

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Roadmap Themes

Streamlining Operations

Fostering CollaborationIncreasing Business

Insight

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Roadmap Theme 1- Cost Effective Solutions

• Cost-effective solutions

– Give certainty about the total cost of ownership of the ERP solution

• Features

– Optimisation for hosting

– New / flexible licence management

– Framework for easy integration with connected services

– Integration with selected Sage products and services

– Upgrade advisor and auditing program

– Implementation and migration tools

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Roadmap Theme 2 – Streamlining Operations

• Streamlining operations

– Harness the ERP solution to improve operational efficiency and increase profitability

• Features

– Complementary ISV solutions bundled with Sage 1000 suite

– Improvements to the integration between Sage CRM products and ERP

– Completion of native document distribution

– Streamlining the ordering process

– Improving actionable list views

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Roadmap Theme 3 – Fostering Collaboration

• Fostering collaboration

– Give users access to ERP data anytime, anywhere

– Connect the ERP solution to the whole supply chain

• Features

– Make ERP data available on hand held devices

– Introduce e-trading options

Roadmap Theme 4 – Increasing Business Insight

• Increasing Business Insight

– Provide easy access to meaningful data for faster business decisions

• Features

– Enhancements to reporting tool

– Improved Microsoft Office integration

– Further adoption of BI across the Sage 1000 Suite

– User defined home page

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Sage ERP 1000 compliance

• Platforms and Databases

– Windows Server

– Windows SQL Server

• Latest technologies

– Microsoft Operating Systems

– Clients

– Java

– Virtual Environments

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Sage ERP 1000 Product Roadmap

• Deeper CRM integration to improve customer service and sales and marketing effectiveness

• Extended BI to speed up business analysis

• Enhanced task lists to improve user productivity

• Utilities to increase cost effectiveness

• Ongoing CRM updates

• Enhanced BI• Flexible

deployment• Options for

licensing• Integration to other

Sage Payroll products

• Enhanced Office integration

• Reporting improvements

• Integration tools for third party apps and data services

• Ongoing improvements to BI and reporting

• Additional usability enhancements facilitating user productivity and cost effectiveness

2012 2013 2015 on2014

Innovative market led development:•More integration to third party apps and data services•Wider availability for remote and mobile users•Ongoing usability improvements•Continuing improvements to tasks and process execution

V. 3.2 BeyondV. 3.3 V. 3.4 Beyond

This document is accurate at the date of publishing, but due to the fast moving nature of the technology and business environments, delivery items, timescales and scope are subject to change without notice. Therefore this document does not form part of any contractual or other obligation on Sage.

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