Sage Financial Forecasting Product
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Sage WinForecast Professional Consolidation |
Sage 50 Forecasting (old name -
Sage Financial Forecasting) |
| Integrates with recent versions of
Sage 50 (Sage Line 50), Instant Accounts, Line 100, MMS & Excel
spreadsheets |
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(+ Sage 50 Payroll) |
| Quick and easy data entry to minimise
errors often associated with spreadsheet forecasting |
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| Enter data at weekly, monthly or annual levels |
- Monthly / annual |
- Weekly / monthly/ annual |
| Choose from 12 or 13 period forecasts |
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| Explore data easily by double clicking on any figure
in your report to analyse it in greater detail |
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| Create a range of "what if" scenarios
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- Advanced |
| Create unlimited departments |
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| Compare actual performance against budget |
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| Re-forecast based on actual results |
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| Integrated professional reports |
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Advanced Reporting - VAT Schedule, Employee Schedule, Variance
Reports |
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| Report formatting - view reports in different timescales,
prioritise your own factors such as gross profit and percentage |
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| Automatic calculations - VAT, PAYE, NI, Corporation
tax and bank interest is calculated automatically |
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| Forecast wage costs on a summary or
per -employee basis automatically calculating PAYE, NI and Pension
deductions |
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| Forecast the effect of taking out loans and HP
agreements |
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| Multi-currency forecasting |
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| Input data for cash receipts and payments and the
software will work out the Vat calculations for net sales |
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| Easily create provisions for bad debts and obsolete
stock |
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| Model the impact of factoring and stock financing |
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| Project your stock purchases, usage and levels,
including Bills of Materials |
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| New look and feel user interface |
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| Immediately assess the impact on your key values,
such as gross profit, as you enter your data |
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| Formula additions - Develop any report
with simple or complex formulas to highlight key info or financial
ratios |
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| Create multi-year forecasts (max 50
years) |
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Unlimited Forecasts - Produce multiple forecasts |
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| Consolidate forecasts for all of your
companies or departments |
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| Multi-user (Extra purchase applies) |
Optional |
Optional |
| Sage Cover (Extra purchase applies) |
Optional |
Optional |
| Warranty and technical support |
45 days |
45 days |
