Powerful Manufacturing Solutions for Modern Businesses with Sage 200

EBS and Sicon will show you how your business can benefit from the implementation of Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing WMS for Sage 200 Professional.

Key benefits include:

– Increased stock accuracy
– Improved warehouse efficiency
– Better space utilisation
– Reduced operational costs
– Enhanced order accuracy and customer satisfaction
– Real-Time visibility and reporting
– Stronger traceability and compliance
– Better labour management
– Scalability for growth

And if you use couriers to deliver your products you have the option to automate that too, alongside the Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing solution.

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Sicon Document Automation enables businesses to receive supplier invoices electronically that have been scanned and had the relevant fields extracted automatically to enable quicker posting and reduce input errors leading to:

– Time savings and improved efficiencies
– Improved accuracy and consistency
– Cost reduction
– Enhanced collaboration and accessibility

*** Sicon Document Automation Features ***
Process documents directly from your email folder or via a centralised and monitored mailbox in MS Exchange 365.

Match invoices to Purchase Orders and Purchase Order Lines, Goods Received Confirmations and Sicon Projects.

Handle variances with settings or integrate with Sicon Approvals (available at an additional cost) providing an option to send invoices with variances for approval in our web-based Approvals solution.

Additional features include:

Process customer purchase order documents to create sales orders into the Sage 200 Sales Order Processing module.

Customer Remittances can be processed to carry out automatic allocation of invoices and related receipts on their ledger, removing the need for a manual process and allowing your finance team to focus on other things.

For more information visit https://ebs.tech/business-management-solutions/paperless/ or https://ebs.tech/extra-byte/

To speak to EBS about any of the solutions we offer, please contact us here: https://ebs.tech/contact-us/

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Listen to our Software Director, Simon Pritchard, talk through the features and benefits of Sage 200 Standard including:

Which businesses can benefit from Sage 200 Standard
How to deploy Sage 200 Standard effectively and cost-efficiently
Why to choose EBS as your experienced technology partner

And what to do if you need help with installation and configuration.

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Keep your finger on the pulse by keeping track of customer interactions across all your departments with Sicon CRM

Watch this webinar and we will show you that CRM is not just for Sales and Marketing teams…

Fully immersed within the framework of Sage 200 Professional, Sicon CRM provides company, contact, task, case, opportunity and reminder functionality. Plus, access is available via a web portal creating a single data source, ensuring both Sage and non-Sage users are always connected to key information about your customers in real-time.

Sicon CRM is easy to use and see what tasks and actions are outstanding for all departmental users including Customer Service, Credit Control, Sales and Marketing with automated notifications. Tasks and reminders for yourself or other users against quotations, sales orders, purchase orders and stock items. Built in dashboards and reporting provides a comprehensive view across the business, ensuring that customer service is at the forefront for all.

Key Benefits

• Link existing Sage 200 customers, suppliers and contacts into Sicon CRM.
• Easily convert prospect customers and suppliers to Sales or Purchase Ledger Accounts.
• Data security maintained between allocated sales staff and customer sales data via territory controls.
• Sales orders and/or quotes can be generated from within a sales opportunity presenting the user with stock levels and sales prices.
• Activity reports available for any user on all activities completed or scheduled to be complete.
• Sicon CRM integrates with the Sicon Hire and Sicon Service to enable you to easily access end user contact details.
• Create CRM Tasks against Sicon Projects to enable you to track progress of those tasks.
• View year-by-year Sales Ledger account information, including turnover and associated Sales Orders/Sales Order Line Items.

For more information please contact us: https://ebs.tech/contact-us/

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Are you spending your time chasing late payments and worrying about your business’ cash flow?

EBS and Draycir will show you how Credit Hound Professional reduces credit control administrative tasks and helps you get paid faster. Credit Hound automates many of your manual day-to-day credit control tasks, and slots in where accounting systems stop.

How does Credit Hound help with Credit Control?
Credit Hound Professional enables you to be more proactive in chasing payments owed to you. It reduces your admin, saves you time and allows you to chase more customers, resulting in an improved cash flow to your business.

Key features:

Disputes
Track payment disputes in the log and manage any outstanding payments and queries easily

To-do Items:
Provides task management for credit control & collections management so nothing goes awry

Where is my money?
See the total amount owed, as well as those not yet due and disputed

Promised cash:
Showcases when customers have confirmed payment will be made

Who has my money?
Displays all overdue payments, broken down further by not yet due, overdue and disputed payments

Keep all departments in the loop with Dashboards and Reports available across Financial Management, Sales and Board level.

For more information, please visit www.ebs.tech and we would be happy to discuss your requirements.

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Migrating from Sage 200 Manufacturing to Cim200 Manufacturing

Sage 200 Manufacturing is being retired by Sage this year, and Cim200 Manufacturing from CIM Software is a Sage-recommended replacement.

Cim200 is a suite of Manufacturing Modules developed with existing Sage 200 users in mind. It suits a broad range of manufacturing sub-verticals, is fully supported and has a continuous release schedule (two per year).

Cim200 contains most of Sage 200 Manufacturing's functionality as well as lots of new features including an Audit Log, Quarantine and Inspections, a Graphical Scheduler, Barcoding and an enhanced MRP.

Migrating to Cim200 from Sage 200 Manufacturing is simple with CIM’s migration tool.

About CIM Software
Cim200 is a cutting-edge, fully integrated software solution for Sage 200 Professional, providing you with all the tools you need to control each stage of your manufacturing processes.

CIM’s design philosophy has focused on improving manufacturing process efficiencies. This includes streamlining data entry, and providing powerful enquiry screens to allow you to maximise your manufacturing output potential, whilst controlling your stock levels and cash flow, enabling you to focus on your business growth.

Are you still using Sage Manufacturing?
Sage has announced the final step in the retirement process of the Sage 200 Manufacturing Module. Support for the module will be ending from 31st December 2025, with functionality also being removed from Sage 200 within the release of 2025 R2, towards the end of this year.

The module will not be uninstalled from older versions, however it will not be included in subsequent updates, nor will it receive bug fixes, legislative updates etc.

Talk to EBS about the two certified solutions that fully integrate with Sage 200 or read more over on our blog here https://ebs.tech/are-you-still-using-sage-200-manufacturing/

To contact us please see: https://ebs.tech/contact-us/

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Time is running out!

If you are still using Sage 200 Manufacturing you need to watch this webinar.

Sage has announced the final step in the retirement process of the Sage 200 Manufacturing Module. Functionality will be removed from Sage 200 with the release of 2025 R2, towards the end of this year. Support for the module will also be ending from 31st December 2025.

Join EBS and Sicon show you how easy it is to migrate your manufacturing system to Sicon’s solution, which is fully integrated within Sage 200. We will also discuss the process of moving away from the “old” modules without the need to lose site of your existing Works Orders.

About Sicon Manufacturing:

Sicon Manufacturing is aimed at businesses wanting to monitor, control and simplify their systems, by providing a single view of their data. Appealing to a wide range of organisations, this solution caters for discrete, continuous, bespoke and hybrid production processes.

Working seamlessly with other Sicon solutions, including Shop Floor Data Capture and Barcoding & Warehousing, this provides a complete solution for the needs of fast moving, agile manufacturing organisations. For example, enabling production staff to remotely clock on/off works order operations, record inspection results and issue allocated components.

Available as a suite, Sicon Manufacturing includes Projects, Kitting, Material & Resource Planning (MRP) and Works Order Processing (WOP). Alternatively, these modules can be purchased individually, making this a truly flexible solution for your business.

For more information please see: https://ebs.tech/business-management-solutions/manufacturing/

To speak to EBS about upgrading you to Sicon Manufacturing please contact us here: https://ebs.tech/contact-us/

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Manage the full cycle of containers with Sicon and Sage 200

How can you manage the full cycle of containers?

Join EBS and Sicon for an overview of the Sicon Container Management and Pre-Allocations modules. Chris Donlan will demonstrate how these work hand in hand with your Sage 200 Stock Control, Purchase Order Processing and Sales Order Processing making it easier for you to manage the full cycle of your containers through the stages of loading, travel and customs clearance to automatic allocation of products on sales orders at booking in.

About Sicon Container Management
Create tracking profiles that can be used on Purchase Orders or containers, with up to eight tracking stages available. Each tracking stage has an assigned number of days to complete, providing an estimate of the total number of days for that profile.

Allows containers to be created and maintained; manage the full cycle of container creation, link lines from multiple Purchase Orders and manage the stages of loading, travel and customs clearance.

Compare the provisional with actual dates, whilst updating all linked Purchase Order lines with the new estimated arrival date. When used in conjunction with the Sicon MRP Module, Stock Item weights and dimensions are used to calculate whether selected

Suggested Purchase Orders (requires MRP) exceed a containers Max Volume and Payload.

About Sicon Pre-allocation management
Link purchase orders with sales orders to ensure immediate allocation at goods in.

Allows users to edit and manage all current pre-allocations.

Change fulfilment functionality allows you to easily change the standard three Sage fulfilment methods (from stock, supplier via stock and direct to customer).

Other Sicon modules include:

– Warehouse Replenishment
– Reserves & Call Offs
– Pre-Allocation Management
– Container Management
– POP Management
– SOP Management
– Stock Matrix

For more information please see: https://ebs.tech/business-management-solutions/

To speak to us about your contain requirements in Sage 200, please contact us here: https://ebs.tech/contact-us/

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Get everyone on the same page and effectively steer your business

Join us for an overview of Phocas Budgeting & Forecasting, where we'll show you how to stay in control and navigate confidently with the ultimate tool for flexible, connected budgeting and forecasting.

Utilise real-time financial, operational, and sales data from your Sage 200 Business Management Solution, and make manual, static budgeting a thing of the past. Whether your budgeting approach is simple or complex, Phocas is as easy to use as a spreadsheet—only faster and purpose-built. With out-of-the-box workflows, teams can collaborate seamlessly, and the driver-based functionality allows sales, purchasing, and HR to manage sales forecasting, demand planning, and headcount management in one central platform. Live actuals let you compare planned performance across products, regions, and teams, while enabling more accurate reforecasts and a clearer understanding of your financial health and cash position.

It’s a living financial compass and it’s what you need to steer your business towards success.

Before Phocas Budgets & Forecasts:

✘ Multiple, manual versions

✘ Complex, slow spreadsheets

✘ Hard to consult on

✘ Planning is risky

✘ Clear, timely insight is difficult

✘ Disconnected area experts


After Phocas Budgets & Forecasts:

✔ Teams work together centrally

✔ Flexible and purpose-built

✔ In-built workflows

✔ Regular reforecasting

✔ Confidence in financial position

✔ Not just for finance

For more information please visit: https://ebs.tech/business-management-solutions/reporting-analytics/

To speak to us about Phocas solutions please contact us here: https://ebs.tech/contact-us/

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