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Sage 50 Forecasting

To enable businesses to produce accurate financial forecasts Sage has developed an advanced forecasting solution called Sage 50 Forecasting (previously known as Sage Financial Forecasting). This software is quick and easy to use, whether producing detailed plans for department heads, or high level forecasts for board meetings or presentations to banks and other funders.

Sage Forecasting is easy to use and comes complete with a variety of time-saving features enabling more sophisticated and accurate forecasts to be produced at even greater speed than ever before. It is developed with small and medium-sized business in mind. The key to business growth and success in today’s complex business environment is accurate business planning and budgeting. Getting the right forecasting software will help you achieve greater financial stability and plan for future growth.

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With Sage 50 Forecasting you can plan effectively to gain a wider view of your business, monitor your business’ financial health on a weekly or monthly basis and demonstrate professionalism in the information you provide to your business partner,

Key Features Sage 50 Forecassting:

Values Pane allows you to view management information on screen to see the impact of forecast adjustments on the bottom line figures.
New User Interface Makes Navigation between records quick and easy to use.
13-Period Accounting Produces forecasts for 12 or 13 four weekly periods per annum.
Links to Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Payroll
Data Entry lets you enter forecast data in any time perios- weekly, monthly or annually.
Input Figures let you to input figures based on cash receipts and payments
Sales Price Scenario Gives greater flexibility and detailed management information.

From £399.99

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System requirements
Sage 50 Forecasting Technical information

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 × 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 × 768 resolution
Compatible operating systems:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008
- 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 and 2007. 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 software on a single workstation.
Apple Mac compatibility

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

Comparison Table

	Sage Financial Forecasting	Sage WinForecast Professional Consolidated
Integration Line50, Line100, MMS & Excel spreadsheets.	+ Sage Payroll
Data entry Quick and easy data entry
Multi-currency forecasting Data can be entered in foreign currencies.
Formula additions Develop any report with simple or complex formulas to highlight key information
Explore data click on any figure in any report and you can analyse it in more detail.
Re-forecast Re-forecast based on actual results
Report formatting View reports in different timescales, prioritise your own factors such as gross profit and percentage.
Create unlimited departments A department can contain sub-departments and as many sales and cost sections as you need.
Enter data at weekly, monthly or annual levels Enter data for any period and view at all levels.	weekly/monthly/annual	monthly/annual
Create an explore ‘what if?’ scenarios Create scenarios to help analyse your business sensitivity.	Advanced
Forecast the effect of taking out loans and HP agreements understand the impact of the repaymentson your business.
Complex calculations Complex calculations can be made such as VAT, PAYE, NI, Corporation Taxand Bank Interest.
Automatic calculations VAT, PAYE NI, Corporation Tax and Bank interest is calculated automatically.
Forecast your wage costs on a summary or per-employee basis,automatically calculating PAYE, NI and Pension deductions Accurately forecast yourwage costs including Employer’s National Insurance and Pension contributions.
Easily create provisions for Bad Debts and Obsolete Stock Ensure that your forecasts take account of customers failing to pay you and stock becoming unusable.
Model the impact of factoring and stock financing Easily work out the impact that factoring andfinancing schemes could have on your business.
Create multi-year forecasts Covers as many years as you require for your business forecasts (50 years max).
Integrated professional reports Prepare comprehensive Profit & Loss, Funds Flow, Balance Sheet, Year-on-Yearand Cash Flow reports
Project your stock purchases, usage and levels, including Bills of Materials Make sure that you manage your stock levels to maximise your available cash.
Compare actual performance against budget Using variance reports, compare your actual performance with your budgetsand re-forecast accordingly.
New look & feel user interface The intuitive new look and feel makes creating and navigating forecasts muchquicker and easier, which helps to minimise the complications and errorsoften associated with spreadsheet forecasting.
13 Period forecasts: Choose from 12 or 13 periods forecasts.
Immediately assess the impact on your key values, such as gross profit,as you enter your data View changes instantly to the bottom line using the key forecast values withina value pane rather then generating separate reports for comparison purposes.
Data entry for cash receipts and payments Input figures based on cash receipts and payments and then the softwarewill work out all the VAT calculations for net sales.
Graphical output – New in v2007 Present your financial forecasts with high-quality graphs. Choose the graph style, and then either print it or save it in Excel or PDF format.
Drillable graphs – New in v2007 Each element of a graph is fully drillable right back down to record level. Updates to record values are instantly reflected in the graph.
Easy to use – New in v2007 Improvements to usability and navigation. The ‘Key Forecast Values’ pane shows all key forecast information at a glance.
Seamless integration with Sage 50 Accounts – New in v2007 Improvements have been made in linking to Sage 50 Accounts data, speeding up the preparation of your base forecast.
Central hotlinks management – New in v2007 Links to live data in other products (Sage Instant Accounts, Line 100 and MMS, or Microsoft Excel) have been consolidated onto one page for ease of management.
Consolidate forecasts Create individual and combined forecasts for all of your companies or departments.
Multi-user	Optional *	Optional *
SageCover	Optional *	Optional *
Warranty/technical support	60 days	60 days
	Additional charges apply *