Sage 50 Forecasting

Is this right for me?

Regular forecasting is essential for profitability and solvency in any business. Sage 50 Forecasting makes this easy, by allowing you to predict the impact of changes in your business, assess their impact and make decisions with complete confidence. Sage 50 Forecasting's integration with Sage 50 Accounts, simple data-entry and pre-installed formulae combine to produce figures you can trust. It lets you:

Create accurate reports with figures you can trust
No more setting up your own complex and inaccurate spreadsheets, simply use our pre-installed formulae. You can also re-forecast based on actual results while still leaving your original budgets intact, allowing you to track progress and identify opportunities.

Predict and monitor your cash flow
By forecasting your cash flow, you can quickly and easily predict your future financial status. This then allows you to capitalise on the situation or take preventative action well in advance.

See the impact of potential business decisions
You can experiment with different ‘What if?’ scenarios, without affecting your base data. So you can see how things like price rises, new ventures and expansion will impact on your business.

Make the most of exciting new business opportunities
By experimenting with business scenarios you’ll be given a risk-free view of the potential impact on your business, which will allow you to make the most of any new business opportunities that come along. For example, test out the impact of any business idea such as expansion, diversification, taking on new staff or adding new product lines.

Save hours creating professional reports
Because data can be taken directly from your Sage 50 Accounts or Microsoft® Excel, you’ll save yourself hours of data re-entry. You’ll also enjoy the flexibility of entering your own data if you choose.

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Is this right for me?

• Create forecasts direct from data held in your Sage software
  You can link to data within Sage 50 Accounts, Sage Instant Accounts, Sage MMS, Sage Line 100, Sage Payroll or any Microsoft® Excel spread sheet
  
• Track progress and identify gaps and opportunities
  It's easy to update your forecasts with current data direct from your Sage 50 Accounts. This means you can easily re-forecast based on actual results while still. leaving your original budgets intact.
  
• Explore 'What If?' scenarios
  See the impact of potential business decisions by changing your base data.
  
• Create comprehensive and accurate forecasts
  The extremely flexible forecasts allow you to create and report on unlimited cost and sales sections.
  
• Fit your forecasts to your business
  You can tailor your forecasts around as many departments and sub-departments as you need.
  
• Persuade managers and investors of your future potential
  The software enables you to make confident business decisions and provides you with professionally presented reports and graphs to convince bank managers and investors that yours is a business they can have confidence in.
  
• Choice of reports and graphs
  You can access everything from Cash Flow, Funds Flow, Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports and graphs.
  
• Monitor your cash flow
  You’ll be able to see potential dips in cash flow before they happen and avoid unpleasant surprises.
  
• Forecasting software that’s easy to learn
  The structure for forecasts is similar to your accounts P&L and Balance Sheet, so navigation is easy.
  
• Make automatic calculations
  Thanks to the built-in formulae for VAT, PAYE, NI, Corporation Tax and bank interest, you can save yourself a lot of time and hassle when it comes to making calculations.
  
• Enjoy flexible accounting periods
  You can create forecasts to suit your business' accounting periods, and even forecast for up to 50 years.
  
• Get all the support you need
  Our technical team are on hand to support you and answer any queries. With your free 45 days of SageCover to make sure everything is up and running smoothly. 

Recommended hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 1GB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Minimum hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Compatible operating systems:

• Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2003

Technical notes:

• Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.
• Works with Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010. Please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.
• This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.
• The latest service packs should be installed for your operating system before installing or upgrading Sage products. 32-bit Operating Systems recommended.
• Whilst there are no browser requirements for Sage 50 Forecasting, we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage Support and important Sage updates for your products.
• A Sage 50 Forecasting licence allows you to install the software on a single workstation.

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.