Sage 200 Manufacturing to be retired – Big News!

Some may have noticed this post pop up last year! But this week Sage have now formally announced the retirement of the Sage 200 Manufacturing module. Sage announced last year a new partnership with Sicon and will now be providing the Sicon Manufacturing suite as their solution of choice for the UK Manufacturing market. This

Sage 200 2013 – Choosing between Online and On Premise

One of the key elements of Sage 200 2013 is the choice of deployment that it offers. Companies can now choose between an On-Premise and an Online (Cloud) deployment. Cloud ERP solutions are becoming a serious option for companies. This is increasingly due to the savings they can make on infrastructure requirements such as the

Sage 200 SP3 HOTFIX – Manufacturing/Estimating

An issue has been found within the Estimating module for Sage 200 2011 SP3. The issue occurs when a user amends an estimate by adding a new stage or amending an existing stage on the estimate. If this is done, some stages will then have duplications of Stock items that were already added. A hotfix has now

Sage 200 2011 SP3 Hotfix – POP Invoice for One-Off Works Orders

A known issue has been fixed for Sage 200 2011 SP3. Some Manufacturing sites found that when recording a POP Invoice for One-Off Works Orders it causes an exception: 1. Create a One-Off Works Order with components that have unconfirmed costs. 2. Raise a POP order for the components and receive in full. 2. Allocate, issue

Sage 200 2011 SP3 Hotfix – Manufacturing WIP

Be aware of a known issue in Sage 200 2011 SP3 that affects Manufacturing WIP postings. It has be found that incorrect cost is posted to the WIP nominal account, when responding to “Cost of Sale” posting from POP if multiple POP Invoices are recorded: 1. Create a Works Order with components that have unconfirmed costs. 2. Raise a

Sage 200 2011 SP3 Hotfix – Manufacturing

If a user tries to expand MRP tags, where the parent tag is for multiple recommendations, the system can become unresponsive and run out of memory. From testing Sage have found that this is more apparent when there are large quantities of tagged demand, which have generated thousands of recommendations. Sage 200 does not attempt

Service Pack 3 for Sage 200 2011 RELEASED!!!

Service Pack 3 has now been released for Sage 200 2011. The main focus is on CRM fixes but there are also a few Manufacturing and Core module fixes/updates. This service pack rolls up service packs 1 and 2 as well as any hot fixes that proceeded them. SP3 also includes documentation updates for Deployment and Integration Guide, System Requirements, CRM Implementation Guide

Sage 200 Service Pack 2 Manufacturing Hotfix

Sage have found and fixed an issue with Sage 200 Manufacturing, when substituting a traceable component within Works Order Processing (WOP). The issue is described by Sage as follows: If you use the “Substitute Traceable Component” feature to amend an already complete Works Order, either to add extra components or to remove components, the issue

Sage 200 2011 SP2 – Manufacturing Hotfix

A hotfix has been released for Sage 200 2011 SP2 Manufacturing. This fixes an issue where the Create Sales Order Tick Box on the Create WO Dialogue doesn’t work.  

Sage 200 2011 SP2 Hotfix for Works Order Processing (WOP)

For Manufacturing sites, please be aware of a hotfix release for Sage 200 2011 SP2. This hotfix brings Works Orders into line with Bill of Materials, for converting Stock unit quantities. Works Orders previously converted all quantities to stock units and then multiplied by the quantity required. Bill of Materials (Trial Kitting) multiplies the component