Sage Software Solutions Pvt Ltd is an ERP, CRM and HCM provider in India. It has recently launched its product Sage X3, especially for Indian SMEs. In conversation with SupportBiz, Kumar Siddhartha, MD, Sage Software Solutions Pvt Ltd, shares how Sage X3 will benefit SMEs in being efficient, productive and profitable.
SB: What is the main purpose of your newly launched Sage X3?
Siddhartha: Enterprise resource planning anywhere, anytime and through any device forms the crux of Sage X3, designed to assist SMEs in any vertical, be it distribution, manufacturing, process manufacturing and services industries. It helps to simplify critical areas of business and stay efficient, lean and agile. Sage X3 plucks out complexities from the business processes. It is not your regular ERP software. Sage X3 is a flexible, simpler and browser-based enterprise management solution which entitles your business to a next-gen and agile enterprise management solution. The key purpose of Sage X3 is to get rid of tiring and cumbersome business processes and pave way for faster, simpler and flexible business operations.
SB: How helpful it is for Indian SMEs?
Siddhartha: We have been seeing that despite being successful in raising funds, several SMEs in India struggle fiercely to survive in today’s cutthroat business ecosystem. The prominent reason attributed for this failure is often disorganized business operations and mismanagement.
In addition, a number of SMEs are hot footing to attain a strong foothold with entry-level or legacy IT solutions that greatly rely on add-on integrations in order to be compatible with industry specific operations.
Sage X3 on the other hand, comes with ready-to-use functionalities that are apt to put into use in most of the services, manufacturing and distribution industries.
SB: Is there any awareness program taken by Sage Software Solutions to inform Indian SMEs regarding Sage X3?
Siddhartha: Yes, we have been proactively spreading the word in a bid to reach out to SMEs across the nation. Be it business seminars or marketing conferences, we ensure to be there to inform the delegates about Sage X3 and its core benefits to SMEs. This is accompanied by the awareness created through our Channel Partners who are placed in prominent cities and category B and C towns where there are manufacturing setups. Sage is also committed to bringing industry relevant seminars and information like GST, best manufacturing practices, HR amongst SME’s in the near future in a big way by spending its large marketing budget primarily for education and knowledge enhancements amongst the SME.
The SME is crying out for a flexible, easy to use business solution which can be deployed in weeks and not months and Sage X3 fits criteria. As one of the biggest advocates of SME worldwide, Sage is committed to not just helping SME to build its business productivity through comprehensive yet easy to use software like Sage X3, but it goes out of the way to be the evangelist to the SMB. We provide no-cost consulting services to SME for their business process evaluation and mapping and prototyping at the early stage and information of this kind of initiatives through word of mouth and events has been exceptional.
SB: What are the upcoming initiatives by Sage Software Solutions for five years from now?
Siddhartha: Industry experts and thought leaders at Sage Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. are strong advocates of SMAC and evangelists of agile enterprise management solutions. Sage X3 reflects this thought-process quite well. With sound knowledge about the growing demands for cutting-edge, we are actively investing in developing connected services and enterprise-grade business intelligence solutions aimed to provide SMEs with critical data and intelligent analytics at keystroke for making prompt and informed business decisions. We strive ceaselessly to bring smart budgeting and sales prediction to our customers.
Excerpts from www.supportbiz.com