“The QuickBooks software just wasn’t cutting it anymore. Our user count and transaction volume had increased dramatically over the years and really slowed the software down. Plus, we needed tight accounting controls, sophisticated management reporting, and efficient inventory tracking. ”

Rainelle McGraw
Controller, Turning Technologies, LLC

• We grow with you – Start with the basics and expand your system to suit your specialized business needs
• We work the way you do – User–level personalization allows you to take the complexity out of your software
• Be in the know – See up–to–the–minute, work–in–process information for assemble–to–order, engineer–to–order, or make–to–order processing
• Provide superior customer service – Maintain detailed sales histories for each customer, product, and product line
• Improve customer loyalty – Automate your shipping process for optimum delivery while cutting costs and building profits
• Track inventory even at multiple locations – Track by serial, lot, and bin, in addition to LIFO, FIFO, and Average costing
• Effective asset accounting – Manage your company’s tangible assets from purchase to disposal

“We selected Sage MAS 90 for our upgrade because of the easy conversion path from QuickBooks via the Data Migrator tool. We were ecstatic that data on our 2,000–plus customers converted seamlessly, as did all of our open invoices. We’d feared a horrendous upgrade process, and instead found it was relatively painless. We view this as a true success.”

Terry Hickey
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Litecubes, LLC

• Migrate your QuickBooks data into Sage MAS 90 ERP automatically
• Local experts configure your Sage MAS 90 system to meet your unique business needs
• The conversion process is fast and simple, and down time is minimized
• Operate smoothly during the transition and get up and running in virtually no time
• Your employees quickly become experts with 24/7 anytime, anywhere online learning

“I use Business Insights to get sales numbers and financial ratio information quickly. Business Insights links all our data and gives us a snapshot of how we’re doing–with analyses like sales breakdowns, costs, best sales for the period, and year–to–date figures, too. It’s a very helpful feature.”

Joann Linnell
Accounting Manager, Productivity Quality, Inc.

• Minimize your dependency on Excel by leveraging embedded inquiry, charting, and executive dashboards to gain instant visibility across your business
• Quickly generate a real–time custom report, view customer history, or provide executives with answers to “must–know” inquiries
• Quickly answer questions like: Who are my top selling salespeople? Who are my top customers? What are they buying? How many new customers did I get last month?
• Keep your company, customers, and vendors in the know — set immediate inventory e–mail notification, place automatic orders with approved vendors, or confirm orders with customers and provide tracking numbers

“We use ACT! by Sage to manage our customer relations. It tracks all customer contacts, including ordering and telemarketing. Keeping detailed notes allows us to give more personalized service. ACT! by Sage integrates with the Sales Order module, so we place orders while still on the phone.”

Rudi Hauser, Jr.
President, Hauser Chocolatier

• Get immediate access to critical customer data
• Increase productivity throughout your business with real–time data sharing
• Improve data integrity and eliminate the potential for costly order processing errors
• Gain remarkable efficiencies by allowing your salespeople to issue sales orders, perform customer inquiries, or view detailed orders and invoices without leaving the system
• Offer promotions to select customers with one click
• Need more than ACT! by Sage? Upgrade to SageCRM or Sage SalesLogix to automate additional sales, marketing, and support activities

“With QuickBooks, our order processing time was about 72 hours. Now with Sage MAS 90, we’ve cut that back to 24 hours or less. Keeping track of where our inventory was and where it was going was impossible with QuickBooks, but with Sage MAS 90 we’re able to track the inventory levels at each warehouse.”

Chad Ackley
Operations Manager, Litecubes, LLC

Upgrades from QuickBooks to Sage MAS 90:

“We selected Sage MAS 90 for our upgrade because of the easy conversion path from QuickBooks via the Data Migrator tool. We were ecstatic that data on our 2,000–plus customers converted seamlessly, as did all of our open invoices. We’d feared a horrendous upgrade process, and instead found it was relatively painless. We view this as a true success. Because Sage MAS 90 has cut sales order processing time by 75 percent and improved overall efficiencies by 300 percent, we won’t have to hire new people to accommodate anticipated volumes.”

Terry Hickey
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Litecubes LLC

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“I’m actually glad now that QuickBooks didn’t work well. Its inefficiencies forced us to move up to a fully integrated system like Sage MAS 90 with Ensemble. I’m very happy with the results.”

Jonathan Saven
CFO, Sweater.com

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“We passed the DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) audit by the skin of our teeth. And that was only because I was able to produce paper records to supplement what we couldn’t get from QuickBooks. Sage MAS 90 has it all, right out of the box.”

Patricia Stephan
Controller, Digital Signal Corporation

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“We were struggling to make QuickBooks and Mail Order Manager work for us. The system couldn’t tell us whether items were already allocated for orders, or were really available in inventory. It didn’t report which sizes or colors were in stock–essential for a clothing manufacturer with seasonal requirements like ours. Also, it wasn’t designed to support our dealer network, where the majority of our business lies. I’d definitely choose Sage MAS 90 and EBS again. The system is stable, provides us with reliable and usable data, and is an integral part of our success growing our business.”

Christopher Boyd
Technology Manager, GoLite, LLC

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Upgrades from QuickBooks to Sage MAS 500:

“We’d pushed QuickBooks to the limit. The system was painfully slow. It didn’t have adequate reporting capabilities. We use Sage MAS 500 for all of our accounting tasks, including general ledger, payables, receivables, purchase orders, and cash management. In addition, we rely on it for sophisticated budgeting and reporting purposes.”

Lisa Lepping
Controller, Chase Staffing Services

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“We were a $3 million company, and still on QuickBooks. It clearly was time for an ERP system. We searched for software that was stable, could handle multicurrency transactions, and offered a lot of flexibility in the general ledger structure. My end users tell me that Sage MAS 500 is their favorite software package hands down. They like the fact that it is easy to learn and use on a daily basis. We added two people and retrained four last year on the system, and were pleased at how quickly they were able to get up to speed. Our company has increased five–fold since we adopted Sage MAS 500, and the software has helped make this growth possible. It allows us to provide information in real time, so our decision–makers can make changes almost immediately.”

Maureen Drew
Vice President of Finance, Exchange Solutions, Inc.

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“QuickBooks had no inventory control tools. We didn’t know what was in stock. Our vendor lead times can be up to 16 weeks, yet customers expect shipments in just two weeks. Two of us wasted half a work week each deciding what to order. What a mess! I was amazed at how reasonably priced Sage MAS 500 ERP is compared with all its competitors–and yet how resource–rich it is. The bang for the buck is unbelievable.”

Bob Schrader
Operations Manager, Hartland Controls, LLC.

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“QuickBooks was not a true accounting system. It just wasn’t working at all. It didn’t provide an adequate audit trail, the ability to perform analysis, or do deep inventory tracking. And it let people delete transactions when they shouldn’t, leaving us with little management control. Finally we have the real thing with Sage MAS 500 and we’re extremely happy with it.”

Sheryl Auld
Controller, Navtrak, Inc

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“QuickBooks did not produce adequate business reports for us. We were outsourcing payroll processing to another vendor. Our time clock system was entirely dependent on the hospitals’ utility lines. And the human resources department was working with a paper–based system. Sage Software’s products were rated best–of–breed as stand–alones, and components can be integrated. When I saw how much value we received for the dollars invested, I was sold.”

Harold Moore
Senior Vice President and CIO, Piedmont Healthcare Management Group

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“The QuickBooks software just wasn’t cutting it anymore. Our user count and transaction volume had increased dramatically over the years and really slowed the software down. Plus, we needed tight accounting controls, sophisticated management reporting, and efficient inventory tracking. If we had not made the move to Sage MAS 500, we would have had to hire additional personnel just to manage our data entry and reporting tasks. Now, we have the luxury of making strategic hires, and adding value–generating positions that contribute to our bottom line. Sage MAS 500 has delivered on every promise—we love it.”

Rayenell McGlawn
Controller, Turning Technologies, LLC

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