Sage Line 50 Accounts system is a relatively inexpensive “Off the Shelf” accounts product.
However, most companies require additional or different information to that provided by “Off the Shelf” products.
Compuland, as a Sage Business Partner, can amend or create reports to cater for your requirements. Listed below is a sample of some customised reports. Some of these reports depend on Sage / Nominal Ledger / Products been set up in a particular way. So might need a bit of planning. But that is what we are here for and enjoy this type of work.
Aggressive Aged Debtors Report. This report simply shows aging by: Current, 1 month and adds all other months together, which helps decide who you should be contacting to collect old debts. This report also includes a phone number and space for taking notes. You can enter details of the calls directly to Sage…..but lots of people still like using the pen and paper when talking on the phone and hence this report.
Sample of an Aggressive Debtors Report – Aggressive Debtor Report PDF
Prior Year Report. This is a standard report in Sage that most people do not use. It is a great report and we are on a mission to get more people to use this. It compares this month versus last year’s same month….and compare this year’s YTD against last year’s YTD.
The other interesting thing is the layout of the incomes and expenses. While some companies still have a single sales figure, which is a shame, we can arrange anything you want on the left hand column. We can split this to show any type of grouping you like which should help you manage your Gross Margin. Please note on the attached how we listed different car sales but we could have summarised further if required. It all depends what you require.
Sample of a Prior Year P&L Account – Prior Year P&L Report PDF
Profit by Month. This is an unusual report but can be helpful for certain business. Also you can export this to Excel and you can get some cool graphs showing the movement in each expense line.
Sample of Profit by month – P & L by Month PDF
Finally, at the end of a month usually you would try to reconcile your Gross Margin which can be difficult. Sometimes it helps to see where you sold your key products. There is a report in Invoicing – Product sales to Customers so you can select a single product and see who bought these. You can also get a list of your key customers as a group or individually and see what products did they buy. This can also be applied to services!
Sample of Product Sales to WHICH customers PDF Sample of What Did Customers buy PDF
Point being…..there are loads of reports in Sage Line 50……but there are also additional ways of extracting info that suits your business…..Just ask us!
So, if you have any queries about Sage contact us on (00353) 021 4544 144.
Best regards,
Mark Murphy
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