Sage 50 Forecasting

Plan for the future of your business with Sage 50 Forecasting.

This course explains everything you need to know about using Sage 50 Forecasting, from how to create forecasts, entering data, generating reports to integration with Sage 50 Accounts and Microsoft® Excel.

By the end of this course you will:

Know how to create weekly or monthly forecasts using sections and sub-sections
Be able to enter forecast information for sales and cost records using various calculation methods
Understand ‘hot-linking’ from other Sage software and Microsoft® Excel
Know how to forecast using standard and composite stock records, including stock channels
Know how to forecast for fixed and financed fixed assets and how to handle revaluation of assets
Understand external elements that affect forecasts, such as VAT rates, taxation and bank interest
Know how to customise the software to configure the bank account, business tax and dividends
Know how to incorporate multi-currencies and memo records
Be able to analyse forecasted sales and costs by department
Understand Sales Ledger and Stock financing and how to setup bad debts and other provisions
Know how to flex data in a forecast and extend the forecast to cover a longer time period
Be able to enter or import actual figures into forecasts and create variance reports
Customerswho completed this course also attended:

Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2
Linking Sage 50 Accounts to Microsoft® Office
Microsoft® Excel Stage 2

Course Content

By the end of this course you will:

Know how to create weekly or monthly forecasts using sections and sub-sections
Be able to enter forecast information for sales and cost records using various calculation methods
Understand ‘hot-linking’ from other Sage software and Microsoft® Excel
Know how to forecast using standard and composite stock records, including stock channels
Know how to forecast for fixed and financed fixed assets and how to handle revaluation of assets
Understand external elements that affect forecasts, such as VAT rates, taxation and bank interest
Know how to customise the software to configure the bank account, business tax and dividends
Know how to incorporate multi-currencies and memo records
Be able to analyse forecasted sales and costs by department
Understand Sales Ledger and Stock financing and how to setup bad debts and other provisions
Know how to flex data in a forecast and extend the forecast to cover a longer time period
Be able to enter or import actual figures into forecasts and create variance reports

Customerswho completed this course also attended:

Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2
Linking Sage 50 Accounts to Microsoft® Office
Microsoft® Excel Stage 2