Sage 300
Developer(s) | Sage Group |
---|---|
Initial release | 1976 |
Stable release | Sage 300 2024.1
/ 30 November 2023[1] |
Written in | C and C++ |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Available in | 5 languages |
List of languages | |
Type | ERP |
Website | www |
Sage 300 is the name for the mid-market line of enterprise management and accounting applications (formerly Sage ACCPAC), primarily serving small and medium-sized businesses. Since 2004, Sage 300 is developed by Sage.[3] In 2012, Sage renamed ACCPAC to Sage 300.[4]
Features
[edit]Sage 300 is a Windows based range of ERP software, running on Microsoft SQL. This can run under a Windows environment[5] and has an option of being hosted by Sage. Sage 300 is a modular system with the following core suite of modules. The full list of modules developed in the Sage 300 API is also available.
Financials suite
[edit]- General ledger
- Bank services
- Tax services
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Multi-company
Operations suite
[edit]- Inventory control[6]
- Purchase orders
- (Sales) Order Entry
Payroll
[edit]- US and Canadian payroll[7]
Core options
[edit]- Multi-currency
- Project and job costing
- Transaction analysis and optional fields
It is multi-user, multi-currency, and multi-language. It is available in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).
History
[edit]The original product, EasyBusiness Systems, was developed for the CP/M operating system[8] in 1976 by Don Thomson, Ted Comfoltey, Keith Wales, and Norm Francis of Basic Software Group[9] and distributed by Information Unlimited Software. This was ported to MS-DOS and the IBM-PC in 1983.[9][10]
Computer Associates acquired Information Unlimited Software in 1983[11][12][13] and ran it as an independent business unit.[14][15] Easy Business Systems added payroll processing in 1984 and supported multiuser networking at this time.[16] In 1987, it implemented a multi-window interface to allow moving between different modules.[14] Easy Business Systems was renamed Accpac Plus in 1987 with the release of version 5.[17] Accpac became popular in Canada with support of Canadian public accounting firms that would sell and support the software.[15] The name Accpac is an acronym for 'A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control'.[18]
The first Windows version, CA-Accpac/2000, popularly known as ACCPAC for Windows, was developed in the early 1990s and released in October 1994.[19][20] The Windows version marked the move to client/server and was developed with all new code in COBOL with Computer Associates development tools (these components were redeveloped in 2001 in Accpac Advantage Series with a core business layer developed in C and a user interface layer developed in Visual Basic).[21][22]
In October 1996 ACCPAC for Windows 2.0 was released.[23] In August 2001, the company presented ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.0, its first web-based version.[24] The web interface was rebuilt in Sage 300 2016 for cross browser support, running on IIS with ASP.Net,[25] a web API was added in the 2017.[26][27]
Sage 300 initially ran on Btrieve Databases[28] and then supported a variety of database backends.[29] Since Sage 300 2016 only the MS SQL database is supported.[28]
Sage Software acquired Accpac from Computer Associates in 2004.[30] Sage renamed it Sage Accpac ERP in 2006,[31] then Sage ERP Accpac in 2009. Sage dropped the Accpac name in 2012 when it was renamed to Sage 300 ERP.[32]
Branding, editions and versions
[edit]Branding | Edition | Internal Version | Owner | Year | Databases |
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Sage 300 2024 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 7.1 | Sage Group | 2023 | MS SQL[33] |
Sage 300 2023 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 7.0 | Sage Group | 2022 | MS SQL[34] |
Sage 300 2022 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.9 | Sage Group | 2021 | MS SQL[35] |
Sage 300 2021 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.8 | Sage Group | 2020 | MS SQL[36] |
Sage 300 2020 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.7 | Sage Group | 2019 | MS SQL[37] |
Sage 300 2019 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.6 | Sage Group | 2018 | MS SQL[38] |
Sage 300 2018 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.5 | Sage Group | 2017 | MS SQL[39] |
Sage 300 2017 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.4 | Sage Group | 2016 | MS SQL[40] |
Sage 300 2016 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.3 | Sage Group | 2015 | MS SQL[41] |
Sage 300 2014 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.2[42] | Sage Group | 2013 | Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle [43] |
Sage 300 ERP 2012 | Standard/Advanced/Premium | 6.1[42] | Sage Group | 2012 | Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle [44] |
Sage ERP Accpac 6.0 | 100/200/500 | 6.0[42] | Sage Group | 2010 | Pervasive PSQL, MS SQL, Oracle [45] |
Sage Accpac ERP 5.6 | 100/200/500 | 5.6[42] | Sage Group | 2009 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, Oracle [46] |
Sage Accpac ERP 5.5 | 100/200/500 | 5.5[42] | Sage Group | 2008 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle [47] |
Sage Accpac ERP 5.4 | 100/200/500 | 5.4 | Sage Group | 2006 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle [48] |
Sage Accpac ERP 5.3 | 100/200/500 | 5.3[49] | Sage Group | 2004 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL, IBM DB2, Oracle [50] |
Accpac Advantage Series 5.3 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.3[49] | Accpac International | 2004[51] | |
Accpac Advantage Series 5.2 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.2[52] | Accpac International | 2003[53] | |
Accpac Advantage Series 5.1 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.1[54] | Accpac International | ||
Accpac Advantage Series 5.0 | Small Business/Corporate/Enterprise | 5.0[55] | Accpac International | 2001 | |
Accpac Corporate Series 4.2 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 4.2[56] | Accpac International | 2000 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL[57] |
Accpac Corporate Series 4.1 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 4.1[58] | Accpac International | 1999 | Pervasive.SQL, MS SQL [59] |
Accpac Corporate Series 4.0 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 4.0[60] | Accpac International | Btrieve 6.15 Workstation Engine / Pervasive.SQL 7.0 | |
Accpac for Windows 3.0 | Discovery/Small Business/Corporate/Director/Executive | 3.0[61] | Accpac International | ||
Accpac for Windows 2.0 | Plus | 2.0 | Accpac International | 1996[23] | Btrieve (16 and 32 Bit)[62] |
CA-Accpac/2000 | 1.0 | Computer associates | 1994[19] | Btrieve 6.15 [63] |
See also
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