Sage 500 ERP

B E N E F I T S

•Extractandcombineinformationinmultiplewaysthroughflexiblefinancialreportingsoftware.

•Exportallreportdatatoanexternalfile.DatatypessupportedincludeASCIItext,delimited,Excel,®XML,PDF,HTML,orMicrosoftWord.

•Createreportsfrompostedandunpostedtransactions.

•Drilldownfromafinancialreporttothesupportingdetailsintheledger.

S A G E 5 0 0 E R P S O L U T I O N S

Sage500ERPtakesinquiry,drill-down,monitoring,anddataanalysistoawholenewlevelwithout-of-the-boxbusinessintelligencetools,includingBusinessInsightsAnalyzer,BusinessInsightsExplorer,Alerts,SAP®CrystalReportsforSage500ERP,andintegrationwithdesktopproductivitytools.

General LedgerMake Informed Business Decisions

TheGeneralLedgermoduleforSage500ERP(formerlySageERPMAS500)putsyouinfirmcontrolofyourbusinessbygivingyouquickaccesstomission-criticalfinancialdata.

TheGeneralLedgermodulecombinespowerandflexibilitywitheaseofusetogiveyouthecriticalinformationyouneedtomaketimelyandinformedbusinessdecisionsandmanageyourbusinessmoreeffectively.Thesystem’sextensivedrill-downcapabilitiesenableyoutovieweverythingfromdetailedjournalentriestooriginalsourcedocuments.

Sage500ERPhastheflexibilitytoaccommodatecomplexcompanystructures.Youcansetupanunlimitednumberofcompaniesanddesignateaccountnumberswithupto15segmentsandasmanyas100characters.ThroughSage500ERPBusinessIntelligenceandSAP®CrystalReportsforSage500ERPsoftware,youcanenjoytheflexibilityofvirtuallyunlimitedreportingoptions.Thesystemalsoletsyoumaintainbudgetdatainaspreadsheet,thenupdatethegeneralledgerthroughadirectExcellink.

Sage500ERPuser-definedprocessingoptionscansavetime,increaseproductivity,andenhanceefficiencybyallowingyoutoautomaticallyaddnewaccounts;printperiod-endreports;enter,reviseandmaintainbudgets;purgedata;andclosetheperiod.

Sage 500 ERP I General Ledger

System Implementation OptionsPowerfulimplementationtoolsallowyoutoconfigureyourgeneralledgersystemtomeetyourorganization’suniqueandevolvingrequirements.• Defineanunlimitednumberofcompanies.• Createuser-definedjournalcodes.• Establishflexiblefiscalperioddefinitions(upto366peryear).•Maintainflexibleretentionperiodsforhistoricalreporting.• Createcustomfields.

Account Code StructureTheversatileaccountcodestructurestreamlinesyourworkflowtogiveyouquickeraccesstocriticalinformation.• Definea100-characteraccountcodecontainingupto15segments.• Assignadditionalfinancialornon-financialattributestoaccounts.• Controlpostingbyeffectivedates.• Establishvalidsegmentvalues.

Audit and System ControlSage500ERPdeliverstheconfidenceyouneedwithtightsecurityandeasyaccessforallofyourimportantfinancialdata.• Validateaccountingperiods.• PreventduplicatejournalandbatchIDs.• Controlpostingbyperiodandbytransactiondate.• Defineuserpermissionsforgeneralledgertasksandreports.• Trackauditdetailsforchanges,additions,anddeletionsmadetothechartofaccounts.

Transaction Entry, Recurring Journals, and PostingYoucancreateamoreefficientworkplacebycustomizingthewayyourecordanddisplayyourtransactions.• Posttransactionsinsummaryorindetail.• Recordstatistical,financial,andreferencecodeinformationforeachtransactionline.

• Defineanunlimitednumberofrecurringtransactions.• Createuser-definedcyclesandtemplatejournals.

Period-End OptionsTheseoptionssmoothlyaccommodatetheheightenedactivityoffinancialperiodends.• Establishuser-definedperiod-enddates.• Support“softcloses”ingeneralledgerand“hardcloses”insubledgers

• Usejournalentryworksheetstocalculateperiod-endadjustments.• Automaticallygenerateperiod-endreports.

BudgetingThisfeatureprovidesthepowerandflexibilityyouneedtomakeinformedbusinessdecisions.• Enterandreviseanunlimitednumberofbudgets.• Produce“whatif”scenarios.• Viewcomparisonsofcurrent-yearandprior-yearactivityaswellasbudgets.

• UseExceltoupdatebudgetinformation.

AllocationsIncreaseproductivityandworksmarterusingefficientallocationfunctions.• Choosefromoneofsixautomaticallocationmethods.• Automaticallycreateallocationjournalentriesforacompleteaudittrail.

• Generateallocationsonauser-definedprocessingcycle.

Intercompany TransactionsSimplifyyourtransactionsbetweenbusinessentitiesandmaximizetheefficiencyofyourintercompanybusiness.• Processtransactionsbetweensourceandtargetcompanies.•Generateautomaticinter-companyoffsettingentriesasgeneralledgerpostingentriesarecreated.

Multicurrency ProcessingYoucansavetimeandmoneywithmulticurrencyprocessingcapabilities,whicharerequiredbycompaniesdoingbusinessglobally.• Enterandreporttransactionsinanycurrency.•Overrideexchangeratesforindividualtransactions.• Revalueaccountbalances.• Automaticallycalculaterealizedandunrealizedgainsandlosses.

Online Analysis and Drill DownsQuicklyandeasilyretrievecriticalinformation,givingyouinstantaccesstoanyaccountbalanceanditssupportingdetails.• Drilldowntoanyaccountbalance,detailedjournal,ororiginalsourcedocumentbasedoncriteriayoudefine.

• Viewbalancesforoneormoreperiods.• Provideadhocqueryingcapabilitieswithoutprogramming.• ExportdataeasilytoExcel,attheclickofabutton.

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“Sage 500 ERP is more than just an incredibly good general ledger package. It’s the engine that serves as the foundation for our entire system.”

Scott SummerhaysPresidentSummerhays Music Center