“As a new Sage 1000 customer we quickly realised the need to investigate the market to find a reporting solution which would best fit our requirements.

We were introduced to sl-ect and briefed them of our requirements to have a full set of reports available from within Sage 1000. As a solution they promoted SQL Reporting Services as an effective flexible tool which would be capable of offering the functionality that we required. We liked the web page publication for reports and the ability to easily administer report security. We were impressed with the functionality to drill down into report data and even hyperlink to different reports. We also liked the variety of output formats available offering greater flexibility as to how we could distribute data; automatically send reports by email and export to Excel, Pdf and other file formats.

What sl-ect has created is a highly effective, user friendly reporting solution accessible from within Sage 1000 which has exceeded our initial expectations. Individual Customer reports are available in the ‘CRM Front End’ embedded in a tab created at Company level; Account Managers have access to a range of consolidated reports of their customer’s data embedded in a tab created in their ‘My CRM’; Management, Stock and Supplier reports are available from within the Fin&Ops program menu. 

Throughout this project we were very impressed with the ability of slect to deliver consistently to our initial requirements and also to suggest useful improvements which we had not considered.”

Andrew Whittle - Sales Director

T. Saville Whittle Ltd

www.savillewhittle.co.uk

Saville Whittle is a well-established ISO 9001:2000 accredited company supplying high quality chemical products and services to a broad spectrum of manufacturing industries in the UK and around the world.

"sl-ect has proven to be reliable and informative with regard to our Line 500 system.

With their help we have gained a much better understanding of the costing data. This and a few changes to our processes have ensured that we now trust the results of the BOM Revaluation program and can use the figures to measure our profitability. We will sometimes get problems if the base data is incorrect, but even this is manageable because we use the Auditing module to track all changes to the costing fields.

Around this we have developed a reporting strategy using a small set of SQL Views that have masked many of the complexities of the Sage field names and table relationships. The effort put into this has paid off because we can re-use the Views time and again in any reporting tools such as Excel or SQL Reporting Services."

David Inglis - Director of Operations 

William Hackett Chains Ltd

www.williamhackett.co.uk

Suppliers of a range of industrial chain products that covers Lifting, Lashing, Marine, Mining, Offshore and Security applications.

“sl-ect are very positive about what we CAN DO with our Sage Line 500 system and have become our trusted advisors.

Over the years they have repeatedly told us that "it's only data”. It’s a simple philosophy that has helped us to make good decisions about how we develop our systems. It doesn't need to be as hard as an episode of The Krypton Factor!

And when we need them they are able to use their knowledge of our business to quickly deliver genuine benefits.

We have over 200 employees but no permanent IT department thanks to partners like sl-ect. Of course we still do work with our Sage reseller,  and sl-ect help us with this because they understand what we need and can express this in both the business terms and the technical language that the reseller needs, ensuring what is delivered matches what we expected.”

Tim Buck - Financial and IT Controller

Universal Products Limited

www.universal-laboratories.co.uk

UPL is one of the UK's leading contract manufacturers, specialising in the pharmaceutical and personal care markets.

"We get value for money, channelled into specialized work that couldn't be done by an IT department. We don't need to employ a business systems manager because sl-ect fills that gap on an ad-hoc basis that works perfectly for us.

The REP reports help our staff to efficiently search the Sage database for information about past and future orders, and enable the management team to see an overview of the daily activity on the system."

Steve Whiteside - General / Finance Manager

Integrated Aluminium Components Ltd

www.iacltd.uk.com

IAC are a world-class manufacturer of pressed and anodised aluminium components for the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and personal care industries.

Paul Blake - Managing Director     

Blake UK

www.blake-uk.com

Designers, Manufacturers and Suppliers of TV aerials, TV signal improvement and distribution equipment and accessories.

"We use the REP report pack and have received 2 things - some great reports that are simple and easy to use AND excellent service and support.

The MRP Summary allows us to see the wood for the trees. The PFS screen is more user friendly than the Sage version. And these 2 screens are linked by a drill-down from one the other, which speeds up the working process and saves us having to navigate around the back office menu system."

Sheila Lord - Materials Manager

Rebound Electronics (UK) Ltd

www.reboundeu.com

James Clarke - Supply Chain Manager

Rosemont Pharmaceuticals Ltd

www.rosemontpharma.com