Sage Business Solutions
Encyclopedia
Sage Business Solutions provides end-to-end financial accounting software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
software and Business Intelligence (BI)
software solutions to large, mid-size and small business in Australia
, New Zealand
and the Pacific Islands
.
Sage business software is delivered by business partners. Sage's partner community is the largest in Australia and New Zealand with over 120 partners.
Sage Business Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Sage Group plc
, an international company specialising in accounting, payroll and CRM software applications. With operations throughout the UK
, Europe
, North America
, Australia
, Asia
and South Africa
, the Sage Group has an installed customer base of over 6.1 million small and medium sized businesses around the globe.
Mike is a chartered accountant and became a director of Softline Holdings (now wholly owned by Sage) in 1999, after his IT services company Lorge Consulting was acquired by Softline. This company was a Sage Accpac Business Partner and grew to be the largest and most profitable in the world, winning numerous partner awards.
Mike moved to Australia in 2000 following the establishment by Softline
of its Australian operations. The following year he founded Pivotil which provides best practice business management tools and methodologies for Sage Business Partners.
Enterprise resource planning
Enterprise resource planning systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application...
software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management is a widely implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing,...
software and Business Intelligence (BI)
Business intelligence
Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes....
software solutions to large, mid-size and small business in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
.
Sage business software is delivered by business partners. Sage's partner community is the largest in Australia and New Zealand with over 120 partners.
Sage Business Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Sage Group plc
The Sage Group
The Sage Group plc , commonly known as Sage, is a global enterprise software company headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise resource planning software , the largest supplier to small businesses, and has 6.1 million customers...
, an international company specialising in accounting, payroll and CRM software applications. With operations throughout the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, the Sage Group has an installed customer base of over 6.1 million small and medium sized businesses around the globe.
History
Sage Business Solutions Pty Ltd was the result of a merge between the previously known Accpac Australia and Sage CRM Solutions. The resulting entity has been led by Managing Director, Mike Lorge, since its inception in 2006.Executive Team
Mike Lorge is the Managing Director of Sage Business Solutions for Australia and New Zealand.Mike is a chartered accountant and became a director of Softline Holdings (now wholly owned by Sage) in 1999, after his IT services company Lorge Consulting was acquired by Softline. This company was a Sage Accpac Business Partner and grew to be the largest and most profitable in the world, winning numerous partner awards.
Mike moved to Australia in 2000 following the establishment by Softline
Softline
Softline, which is part of The Sage Group, provides business software, services and support to small and medium sized businesses. Whilst Softline's heritage is in the SME market, the company also has the experience and expertise to deal with the requirements of specific industries and larger...
of its Australian operations. The following year he founded Pivotil which provides best practice business management tools and methodologies for Sage Business Partners.
Products
- Sage ERP ACCPACACCPACAccpac is the common name for the Sage ERP Accpac line of Accounting Applications, primarily serving small and medium sized businesses. Sage ERP Accpac is now produced by Sage following its acquisition in 2004....
- Sage ACCPACACCPACAccpac is the common name for the Sage ERP Accpac line of Accounting Applications, primarily serving small and medium sized businesses. Sage ERP Accpac is now produced by Sage following its acquisition in 2004....
Pro Series - Sage SalesLogix
- Sage CRM
- Sage Timberline Office
- Sage ACT!ACT!Sage ACT! is a customer relationship management software application which is used to keep track of client and prospect details in a single database that can be shared by multiple users...
- Sage ERP X3