Sydney, Australia… Software Alliance Group has announced availability of a Business Intelligence add-on module for Sage Line 50 customers. The Business Intelligence Centre (BIC) for Sage is an affordable and flexible tool that delivers critical business information in the familiar environment of Excel.

Together with Sage Pastel International, Alchemex developed the BIC for Sage solution now available which offers the Sage Line 50 installed user base quick implementation and easy integration of Business Intelligence functionality into their existing accounting environment. The solution addresses SME customers’ need for simplicity, functionality and affordability, offering a suite of pre-formatted as well as customisable reports that ensure access to relevant business information at the click of a button.

“Sophisticated BI reporting tools have traditionally been costly, requiring extensive in-house skills and lengthy turnaround times on third-party report customisations. The BIC for Sage closes the loop between applications that focus on transactions, such as your accounting system, and reporting on this information. With the BIC, SMEs can deliver formatted business information directly in Excel, while leveraging their existing Sage and Sage Pastel accounts database,” says John North, managing director of Software Alliance Group.

The application will allow organisations to produce reports beyond just their monthly management packs. While ensuring man hours are saved each month by automating these repetitive and time-consuming tasks, it will also allow dynamic analysis of sales or stock information, consolidate data from multiple companies and deliver true Business Intelligence to users’ desktops, graphing KPIs, for example, in a dashboard view.

“Software vendors are having to provide businesses of all sizes with flexible BI solutions that allow them to slice and dice their information in the way they choose. The Alchemex-powered solution goes one step further by taking advantage of the experience most SMEs already have working with Excel, and eliminates the cost and maintenance overhead of third party reporting tools,” says Charles Teversham, sales director of Alchemex.

“Companies can literally be up and running with the BIC in a matter of minutes. It’s a simple process of choosing your data source and selecting the reports you’d like to view,” North adds.

Two modules are available for different user requirements. The BIC Standard Edition is aimed predominantly at business users who wish to view operational and financial information in a number of preformatted reports. More advanced users will be able to explore some of the added functionality in the BIC Advanced Edition to customise reports around more specialised reporting needs.

A trial version of the BIC for Sage will be made available with the Sage Line 50 product set.

Media Contact:
Patrick McAuliffe
Marketing Manager
Software Alliance Group
Ph: 02 8436 6000
Email: patrick.mcauliffe@sagepastel.com.au
Web: www.sagepastel.com.au/au

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