Sage X3 ERP For Distribution

Answering this question is not as simple as it seems. The implementation cost of Sage X3 is similar to asking how much buying a house costs, it depends on many factors. Sage X3 license often forms a part of the overall cost of your ERP implementation journey.

The cost of implementation varies greatly from company to company depending on their requirement and situation. The cost is based on:

1. Sage X3 modules you are looking to implement
2. Added features and automation you are looking to add to core Sage X3
3. Integrations you require with other systems
4. Number of legislations that your business needs to implement.
5. Deployment option your business requires and/or desires

and much more.

We have integrated two calculators on our website based on our implementation methodology to give you an estimate of cost. View our calculators to understand a rough idea of how much Sage X3 implementation can cost your company.

Sage X3 offers robust inventory management and tracking capabilities designed to streamline and optimise your distribution processes. It provides real-time visibility into inventory levels across multiple locations, ensuring accurate stock information at all times. With Sage X3, you can efficiently manage stock movements, track inventory by various attributes (such as serial numbers, lots, and expiration dates), and set up automated replenishment processes to prevent stockouts and overstocking.

The system supports advanced features like multi-bin and multi-location management, allowing you to track inventory across different warehouses and storage areas. Sage X3 also integrates with mobile devices, enabling warehouse staff to perform tasks like inventory counts, receiving, and picking using handheld devices. Additionally, the software’s powerful analytics and reporting tools help you monitor inventory performance, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize your supply chain operations. Overall, Sage X3’s comprehensive inventory management and tracking capabilities ensure that you have the right products in the right place at the right time, enhancing efficiency and customer satisfaction.

As a wholesaler or distributor, your business can be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets. Sage X3 offers robust security features to ensure the safe storage of sensitive data.

Role-Based Security: Sage X3 employs role-based access control, allowing administrators to define roles and permissions for each user. This ensures that only authorised personnel can access sensitive data.

1. Data Encryption: All data stored in Sage X3 can be encrypted, protecting it from unauthorised access even if someone gains access to the underlying database.

2. Audit Trails: Sage X3 maintains detailed audit trails, recording all user actions within the system. This provides visibility into who accessed what data and when, helping to detect and prevent unauthorised activities.

3. User Authentication: The system supports strong user authentication methods, including password policies, multi-factor authentication, and integration with LDAP or Active Directory for centralised user management.

4. Data Masking: Sage X3 can mask sensitive data fields to prevent unauthorised users from viewing or accessing certain information, especially in non-production environments.

5. Secure Data Transmission: When data is transmitted between Sage X3 and external systems, it is encrypted using industry-standard protocols like SSL/TLS, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.

6. Compliance: Sage X3 is designed to help businesses comply with various data protection regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX. The system provides features to assist with data privacy and compliance reporting.

7. Regular Security Updates: Sage regularly releases security updates and patches to address any vulnerabilities and enhance the overall security of the system. It’s essential to keep the system up-to-date to mitigate security risks.

8. Data Backups and Disaster Recovery: Sage X3 supports regular backups of data, which can be stored securely off-site. Additionally, the system can be configured for disaster recovery to ensure data availability in case of system failures or disasters.

9. Security Audits and Assessments: Sage X3 undergoes regular security audits and assessments to identify and address potential security weaknesses. This ensures that the system meets industry best practices for security.

By implementing these security measures, Sage X3 provides a robust framework for safeguarding sensitive manufacturing data against unauthorised access, breaches, and other security threats.

Yes, Sage X3 can and will integrate with other software or systems used by wholesalers and distributors in particular warehouse management systems (WMS). What sets Sage X3 and Mysoft apart from the rest is the fact that we don’t use middleware integrating between Sage X3 and other software and integrate directly. This ensures the integrity of the data, improves uptime and offers real-time and accurate data, which can hugely benefit distributors who want to send personalised feeds to their clients.

Sage X3 is a highly fluid, flexible and adaptable solution. This means that we can integrate with other systems and software as required.

Mysoft has been working with Sage X3 for over 20 years and is the first Sage X3 partner, during this time we have worked with many manufacturers with their Sage X3 implementation. This gives us an edge over other Sage X3 partners when it comes to integrating with third-party solutions, as we have already likely integrated with similar software – from MES to SCADA, PLM to CAD, WHM to SFDC, we’ve done it.

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Sage X3 is a highly customisable ERP solution. From an implementation side, Mysoft can customise Sage X3 to your requirements to enable you to benefit from this highly regarded ERP system.

But the customiseability of Sage X3 doesn’t stop there. Sage X3 is also highly customisable on the user end.

1. User-Defined Fields and Screens: Sage X3 enables users to create custom fields and screens to capture additional information relevant to their manufacturing processes. These fields can be added to various modules such as sales orders, purchase orders, inventory items, and production orders.

2. Workflow Customisation: The system allows businesses to define custom workflows to automate and streamline manufacturing processes. This includes defining approval workflows for purchase requisitions, sales orders, production orders, and quality control processes.

3. Custom Reports and Dashboards: Sage X3 provides tools for creating custom reports and dashboards tailored to specific manufacturing metrics and KPIs. Users can design reports using built-in report designers or integrate with third-party reporting tools for advanced analytics.

4. Customisation of Business Rules: Sage X3 allows businesses to define custom business rules and validation checks to enforce specific requirements in manufacturing processes. This includes rules for pricing, discounts, lead times, and product configurations.

5. Product Configurator: Sage X3 includes a product configurator module that enables businesses to define complex product configurations and bill of materials (BOM) structures based on customer requirements. This allows for the creation of custom products with unique features and options. Although this feature is a manufacturing feature, wholesale and distributors have been able to utilise this feature to offer post-manufacturing customisation. 

6. Integration with Third-Party Solutions: Sage X3 can be integrated with third-party software and systems to extend its functionality.

7. Multi-Language and Multi-Currency Support: Sage X3 supports multiple languages and currencies, allowing businesses to customise the system for their global operations. This ensures consistency in data entry and reporting across different regions.

8. Role-Based Security: Sage X3 offers role-based access control, allowing businesses to define granular permissions for different user roles. This ensures that users only have access to the functionalities and data relevant to their roles, enhancing security and data integrity.

9. Custom Workflows and Alerts: Sage X3 enables businesses to create custom workflows and alerts based on specific events or conditions in manufacturing processes. This helps in automating notifications, escalations, and task assignments to improve efficiency and responsiveness.

10. Customisable Workbenches: Sage X3 provides customisable workbenches that allow users to configure personalised views of data and tasks based on their roles and preferences. This enhances user productivity by providing easy access to relevant information.

Sage X3 offers both cloud-based and on-premise deployment options.

With cloud-based deployments, users can choose to host it in a private cloud environment or a private area in a public cloud environment.

Mysoft have the expertise and capability to guide you through the selection process to deploy X3 in the way that is right for your business.   We also work with a number of hosting providers to ensure our customers have options to support domestic and global operations. 

Yes, Sage X3 offers a user-friendly interface which is mobile-friendly, allowing your personnel to work across a number of devices and access up-to-date information as long as they are connected to the internet.