Sage Winforecast Professional

There are numerous methods that businesses adopt to support planning for the future. But how can you be sure that these methods illustrate a realistic picture? If you're looking for a complementary way to improve your current financial forecasting methods Sage WinForecast Professional can provide the answer. Its comprehensive data entry system will give you tighter control on the accuracy of your budgets and cash flows; and the sophisticated package of features can make your forecasting simpler, faster and more effective.

Sage WinForecast Professional's adaptability allows it to be used as standalone software or linked to existing spreadsheets and accounting data so that you can take your financial forecasting one step further.

Sage WinForecast Professional allows you to forecast for up to 99 years, and obtain corresponding year-on-year variance reports. You are also able to investigate any number of "What If?" scenarios and makes sure that you explore all possibilities and answer those commonly asked questions.

 

With Sage WinForecast Professional you can create forecasts for your business that are either as detailed or as high level as you need. Creating forecasts is easy; Sage WinForecast Professional handles all double entry and performs complicated calculations such as those involved in factoring and provisions. Reports such as profit and loss, and cash flow are supplied, and can be viewed at any time.

Sage WinForecast Professional has been developed for both accountants in practice and businesses wishing to control their budgeting and planning processes. The considerable breadth and depth of functionality provided leaves you free to focus on the real business issues. Additionally, more and more Businesses are turning to Sage WinForecast Professional for their forecasting needs - it's the quick and accurate way to manage your budgets and cash flow forecasting.

 

Sage WinForecast Professional is an essential investment in your company's future growth.
 

Features & Benefits

Sage WinForecast Professional can be used either as a standalone product or in conjunction with existing financial data and spreadsheets and it contains a full range of reports available in a professional format.

We realise that business data is often stored in a variety of different locations and formats. To increase efficiency and accuracy Sage WinForecast Professional can be integrated with spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel and Lotus as well as Sage's popular accounting systems Sage Line 50, Sage Line 100 and Sage Line 200.

Our quick and easy data entry methods provide the guarantee the integrity of your data, removing the time consuming tasks of tracing errors that can cause imbalances on the balance sheet.

Complex calculations that affect your business, such as VAT and Corporation Tax are automatically calculated, enabling you to spend your time more profitably by planning for the success of your business.

The Integrated Multi-Year Report Set ensures that Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and other reports to be automatically updated. Employee, Fixed Asset, VAT and Loan Schedules give instant and easy access to key business information.

With Sage WinForecast Professional you have the option to consolidate forecasts for a number of companies departments or divisions. You can eliminate inter-company transactions as well as drill down on consolidations to individual forecast information and make any necessary changes.

Sage WinForecast Professional allows you to easily measure your actual performance against your projections. Variance reports are provided making it possible to revise budgets and make comparisons to revisions.

Foreign Currencies can be applied to forecasts and records. The consolidation function allows you to consolidate forecasts stored in different currencies by applying an exchange rate.

Specifications

Error-Free Forecasting - Were you aware that 85% of spreadsheets contain errors? Sage WinForecast Professional uses rigorous double-entry calculations to give you complete confidence in forecast accuracy.

Financial Planning - As re-forecasting is based upon actual results, you can analyse your budgets and financial plans at any time, ultimately giving you the flexibility to advise senior management and influence business decisions.

Professional Features - Built for the experienced user, you are provided with a wealth of features that help you produce forecasts in the format you need.

Customisable - As well as using different report timescales, you can prioritise your own factors such as gross profit, percentage, and rename headings to fit your business. Finally, all report formats that you create, can be archived.

Hot Links - You can 'hot link' your forecast to any number of spreadsheets, database files, Sage Line 50, Line 100 or Line 200 as well as other forecasts taken from Sage WinForecast Professional. Change the data in the link and your forecast is automatically updated.

Multiple Currencies - Enter sales and costs in their own currency and apply exchange rates.

Graphs - Create a wide variety of full colour or black and white graphs and pie charts with up to 14 records per graph, in 2-D or 3-D.

Active Drilldown - Double-click on any figure in any report and you can to analyse it in more detail, double-click again to update your data on its data entry screen.

Integrated Report Set - Raw data for each business activity is entered on easy-to-use screens and can be used to generate all reports.

Formulas - Develop any report with simple or complex formulas to highlight key information or financial ratios, additionally, formulas for many commonly used ratios are already included.

Flexing - Perform sensitivity analysis by record, sub-heading or forecast section according to the impact of foreseeable changes

SONAL COMPUTERS are well placed to offer a suitable Sage solution from the budget cost Instant  range to the fully integrated, feature rich Line100, which is capable of extensive amendments. All products are supported by Sonal Computers, equally well versed in discussing accounting matters or computer systems.

Sonal Computers are able to offer the following services : Supply Sage software, installation and configuration,  On-site training to suit your particular requirements, Additional support to that offered by Sagecover ( telephone hotline ), Assistance with Report formats and Report Generator, Help with upgrades, Review of use of the software, Day to day input of data and documents (book-keeping on Sage), Sage Payroll - either as a bureau service or at the clients' premises, Add-on packages to Sage.