Johannesburg, 29 Feb 2012
One of the major challenges facing ERP solution providers today is the implementation of an ERP solution in a predefined timeframe and within the initial budget expectations, says Keith Fenner, Vice-President of Sales for Africa, Softline Accpac and Sage MMD Africa.
“In order to meet this challenge, Sage has launched Sage ERP X3 Standard Edition that offers the same fully functional ERP suite, but includes a predefined implementation framework that is designed for the African business,” says Fenner.
With Standard Edition, Sage ERP X3 delivers a feature-packed solution that is easier to use and faster to implement, thus reducing the overall cost of ownership. The aim is to help accelerate the deployment of the ERP solution in smaller businesses with less than 50 concurrent users.
Sage ERP X3 Standard Edition provides a predefined, yet adaptable implementation framework to customers interested in deploying the solution in a reduced timeframe, with standard business requirements and processes. These processes are mapped to a set of questionnaires that enable projects to be implemented within 50 days. Governed by the Project Quality Plan (PQP), it ensures all the right steps are taken to monitor and manage the project from start to finish.
“Standard Edition benefits from pre-set parameters, as well as predefined user roles and process flows, designed to help accelerate the deployment of the solution in smaller businesses that have standard distribution or manufacturing processes,” explains Fenner.
Benoit Gruber, VP Product Marketing at Sage ERP X3, commented: “With this launch of Sage ERP X3 Standard Edition in South Africa, we see the further expansion of the product worldwide, helping growing businesses boost efficiency and productivity as they scale up. Standard Edition is easy to implement and can deliver significant customer benefits in a very short timeframe. It is also a highly cost-effective solution and flexible for today's market.”
Sage ERP X3 Standard Edition is aimed at the growing business that requires a cost-effective ERP solution at present. “Standard Edition has nothing removed from it. The full core functionality of Sage ERP X3 is available, but is implemented using only the predefined methodology. It does, however, offer clients the option to expand and enhance their ERP solution as the company grows, by simply tapping into the existing features of Sage ERP X3, using minimal IT resources,” says Fenner.
“The main goals of Standard Edition are to reduce implementation costs and timeframes, ease the learning curve, increase efficiency, provide project visibility and ensure commitments are met by our ERP solution providers,” concludes Fenner.
Standard edition at a glance:
* Choose from finance, distribution or manufacturing editions
* Preliminary configuration and parameters adaptable to customer specific requirements
*.Full Web and Windows client
* Role-based user portal (16 predefined roles)
* Visual process flow templates (library of more than 140 templates)
* Multi-language
* Multi-currency
* Optimised for single server environments using Windows and MS SQL Server database
* Guided implementation methodology
* Project quality plan
* Seamless upgrade to Sage ERP X3 premium configuration
* Ideally suited for businesses with fewer than 50 concurrent users and standard industry processes and best practice
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