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Line 500 Product Strategy/Roadmap Andrew Credland Line 500 Product Development Manager

Line 500 Product Strategy/Roadmap Andrew Credland Line 500 Product Development Manager. Agenda. Feedback from Sage User Network Conference Sage Research What Next For Line 500 / Sage 1000 Next Steps. Sage User Network Feedback. 3. Sage User Network Conference. Good Reliability

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Line 500 Product Strategy/Roadmap Andrew Credland Line 500 Product Development Manager

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  1. Line 500 Product Strategy/Roadmap Andrew Credland Line 500 Product Development Manager

  2. Agenda • Feedback from Sage User Network Conference • Sage Research • What Next For Line 500 / Sage 1000 • Next Steps

  3. Sage User Network Feedback 3

  4. Sage User Network Conference Good • Reliability • Sage has a good reputation • Software is users friendly • We create good updates and enhancements • Tech support response times are good • We are flexible

  5. Sage User Network Conference 5 Bad • BPs need to have better product knowledge • We need to listen to end users more • Need better compatibility with 3rd party software • Communication needs to improve • Reporting capability needs to improve

  6. Sage User Network Conference 6

  7. Sage User Network Conference 7

  8. Sage User Network Conference 8

  9. Sage User Network Conference 9

  10. Sage Research 10

  11. Sage Research • 3 trends emerging • - User driven ERP • - Flexibility and Interoperability • - Liberation of data • 47.3k businesses that meet the typical definition of the upper mid market • - £10m to £500m turnover • - Typically 100 to 500 employees • - Most common international need is Europe • - Predominantly based in the following sectors; • - Manufacturing, Construct, Automotive, Wholesale & Retail and Financial Services sectors 11

  12. What Next For Line 500 / Sage 1000 12

  13. What Next What’s happened so far? A review of what the future holds for Line 500 / Sage 1000 Decision to combine Line 500 and Sage 1000 after the forthcoming Line 500 Payroll and Sage 1000 v2.3 releases What does it mean? Sage 1000 will become a package of ‘best of breed’ business software applications Line 500 and Sage 1000 will become a single ERP application Interoperability will provide the flexibility of running Sage CRM or Sage SalesLogix Suite will be further extended to offer integrated Payroll and HR applications We will be spending around 18 months developing the Sage 1000 suite before the next release Primary Focus will be on ‘Usability and Interface’, ‘Interoperability’ and ‘Reporting’ It also means that there is currently more investment and activity in the future of Line 500 / Sage 1000 than for some time.

  14. The Future Sage CRM Sage 1000 HR Sage SLX Sage 1000 Payroll

  15. Sage 1000 Future Architecture Web based workspace UI UI UI UI UI Single Sign-on HR Payroll ERP CRM Value-Add Evergreen k-PAYE Line 500 SageCRM Sage Services (e.g. Mobile) Sage 50 Payroll Sales Logix 3rd Party Integrations SData Line 500 Payroll DB DB DB DB DB Data Warehouse Sage Reporting

  16. What stage are we at? • We’ve already started ! • Planning and detailed scoping underway • Technology Proof of Concepts to kick-off in January • Roadmap / business analysis kick-off mid December • Department fully engaged from April • A commitment to come back to the User Network for consultation and when available show the progress

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