Comparison between Sage Line 50 and Sage 200
Most companies want software that works hardest for their
business. However, company growth and development can put pressure
on your existing software, leading to a system that no longer
matches your requirements. A brief comparison between Sage 200 and Sage
Line 50 below shows the main differences between the 2 systems.
The following items below detail the Sage 50 Upgrade
Guide and the
differences between 200 and 50.
Nominal Ledger Comparison
The Sage 200 Nominal Ledger allows you greater
flexibility, analysis, and visibility over Sage 50 whilst reducing
time wastage. See difference between the two systems.
Sales Ledger Comparison between Sage 50 and Sage
200
The Sage 200 Sales Ledger offers users a full suite of
tools including bad debt provision, credit management, batch
transactions, with flexibility in foreign exchange and trading
periods.
Cash Book Comparison
The Sage 200 Cash Book allows a far greater choice of
trading facilities through automated transactions, entry of
payments in over 100 currencies and graphical representations of
bank accounts.

Purchase Ledger
The Sage 200 Purchase Ledger allows you greater
flexibility to fit in with your suppliers, for configuration of
your accounting processes, and speeding up your payment processes
when
compared to using Sage 50. See table of differences.
Stock Control - Sage 200 vs Sage
50
Sage 200 Stock Control allows you to organise and closely manage
your product lines. You can manage different stock locations
independently, in terms of replenishment, sales, reporting and
stock takes. Custom search categories and wildcard searches will
assist you in managing large numbers of product lines. Serial and
batch controlled items can be managed, and you can buy and sell in
different units of measure.
Price Book comparison sage 50 and sage
200
Sage 200 Price Book allows you to easily manage prices
and discounts across your customer base and has many enhancements
over Sage 50. Supporting two types of pricing schemes -
discount-based and price-band based, it allows you to create
'communities' of customers to attach to either kind of scheme - or
combinations of the two.
Sales Order Processing - Sage 50 vs Sage
200
Sage 200 Sales Order Processing module gives you control
of the entire procedure, from raising quotations to capturing the
order and ensuring stock availability, to despatching goods and
creating the invoices. Documentation is produced efficiently as
part of this workflow as and when required, including picking
lists, order acknowledgments, delivery notes and invoices. Sage 200
Commercials has been designed to ensure that orders are
entered quickly and accurately, and that customer queries can be
dealt with promptly and with confidence.
Purchase Order Processing
Sage 200 Commercials manages the entire Purchase Order Processing
procedure, from creating a purchase order to checking goods
received against purchase order and supplier invoice. Automated
processes help you to manage your supply chain with confidence and
efficiency - ensuring that the correct goods are always received
and paid for.
Introducing Sage Report Designer
The Report Designer used in Sage 200 Financials and
Commercials will be familiar to anyone who has use Sage Line 50. We
have added an inbuilt WYSIWYG Report Designer tool to help you to
edit and automate your current reports.
For more information about upgrading from Sage Line 50 to Sage
200, please contact us at 0845 850 1550, or email
us at info@pythagoras.co.uk.