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Sage Software Helps Drive Business for Ed Morse Automotive Group With Sage Accpac ERP
Longtime South Florida Automotive Dealership Utilizes Award-Winning Enterprise Resource Planning System to Manage Its More Than 1,400 Accounts, Enjoying Significant Cost Savings and Return on Investment
| Source: Sage Software, Inc.
PLEASANTON, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 23, 2007 -- Sage Software announced today another
example of how it responds to the needs, challenges, and dreams of more
than 2.7 million small and mid-sized business customers (SMBs) across North
America with the successful deployment of Sage Accpac ERP
(enterprise resource
planning) at the Ed Morse Automotive Group of Fort Lauderdale, FL, a
well-known automotive fixture in South Florida, with 20 dealerships and 23
franchises selling 14 different automotive brands to customers across South
Florida and southern Alabama. With the assistance of Sage Software business
partner NextLevel Information Solutions of Miami, FL, this deployment
exemplifies how Sage Software and its network of more than 4,800 business
partners across North America mutually deliver on its "customers for life"
strategy, providing the business
management solutions companies like Ed Morse Automotive Group need as
they grow and change over time.
Founded in 1946, this family owned and operated company, now with more than
1,400 employees, uses Sage Accpac ERP as its business management system to
help it run all eight operating companies that comprise their business,
Morse Operations. Founder Ed Morse started the business with a small rental
car fleet that merged with National Car Rental and then grew to be NCR's
largest licensee. The Ed Morse Chevrolet dealership in Lauderhill, FL has
sold more cars than any other Chevrolet dealership in the world.
Morse Operations, the corporate office for all 20 Ed Morse Automotive
dealerships, prides itself on providing superior quality service to its
clientele, but this became increasingly problematic as its existing
accounting software system could not manage the business effectively, nor
create adequate financial reports or track historical data.
"We were using some sort of PC-based software, but it was so inadequate
that acquiring a good business management system became a major concern,"
explains Mike Kelly, corporate controller, Ed Morse Automotive Group. "Our
criteria included ease of use, flexible reporting options, sophisticated
tracking of historic records, and the ability to handle the eight different
companies that make up our enterprise."
Morse Operations first selected Sage Accpac ERP as its business management
system in 1996, and has been using it to effectively run all eight of its
operating companies that comprise the business ever since.
Over the past two years, Morse Operations has been able to reduce their
administrative staff by nearly half, while maintaining high levels of
service to their operating companies because of the ever-increasing
efficiencies Sage Accpac ERP provides. According to Kelly, the company also
enjoys an estimated cost savings of at least $1,500 per month compared to
using other, more complicated business management systems that many other
large car dealerships use.
"The primary value of Sage Accpac for us lies in its ability to prepare
customized and comprehensive reports," says Kelly. "Sage Accpac beats any
system I've ever been on. It's fully customizable, and easy enough to use
that we don't have to call in programmers all the time." Over 1,400
accounts must be managed and incorporated at the end of each month in the
Morse Operations general ledger. "Sage Accpac makes it simple to summarize
everything," concludes Kelly.
Recently named a "Top 100 Product" for 2006 in the High-End & Mid-Market Accounting
category for the 11th straight year by the editors of Accounting Today
magazine
(http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=22780&pg=acctoday&page=4), and
awarded a 5 out of 5-star ranking by The CPA Technology Advisor in their
annual High-End Accounting System review
(http://www.cpatechnologyadvisor.com/article/article.jsp?id=1439), Sage
Accpac ERP is an advanced, Web-enabled accounting and business management
solution that is the foundation for integrated, end-to-end business
management applications, including customer relationship management (CRM),
point-of-sale (POS), human resources (HR), warehouse management (WMS), and
business intelligence (BI), among others.
Sage Accpac ERP -- Freedom of Choice
Unlike competitors, Sage Accpac ERP can be run on both Linux and Microsoft
Windows operating systems, including the ability to run Linux and Windows
clients in parallel against the same database. Sage Accpac ERP also
continues to provide small enterprises with the freedom to choose from a
variety of industry leading databases, including IBM® DB2® (a 3-user
DB2 license is included free of charge with a license of Sage Accpac ERP),
Pervasive.SQL®, Oracle®, and Microsoft SQL Server, in addition to
deploying on either the Microsoft, Linux® or IBM OS400 operating systems.
Sage Accpac ERP can be operated alone or integrated with other Sage Accpac
end-to-end business management applications that include customer
relationship management (CRM), point-of-sale (POS), human resources (HR),
warehouse management (WMS), and business intelligence (BI), among others.
It can also be deployed either on premises, or hosted online at
www.accpaconline.com.
Pricing and Availability
Available in three editions, 100, 200, and 500, Sage Accpac ERP is
available from Sage Accpac business partners starting at an SRP of $595 per
module (USD) for Sage Accpac 100 ERP. To locate a Sage Accpac business
partner, call 1-800-945-8007, or visit www.sageaccpac.com.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of more than 2.7
million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through
easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products
support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human
resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of
the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and
real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group
plc, a leading international supplier of accounting and business management
software solutions and related products and services for small and
mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock
Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.2 million customers and employs
over 13,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web
site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.