Sage Software Welding System MAS 500 User Manual

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Features Overview 
Sage SalesLogix for Sage MAS ERP allows you to maintain your company customer 
information while also maintaining your customer’s financial accounts. Simply knowing the 
customers name and address is not enough to beat the competition. You need access to all of 
the communications that you have had with that potential or existing customer is vitally 
important in maintaining a strong customer relationship for continued sales. 
 
Sage SalesLogix for Sage MAS ERP allows you to: 
•  Provide Consistent Customer Records 
•  Create Invoices from CRM Service Contracts 
•  Maintain Accurate Product Information 
•  Generate Orders from CRM Opportunities 
Consistent Customer Record 
By joining Sage SalesLogix CRM with Sage MAS ERP, you finally have a single view of you 
customers. Back-office customer information such as invoice history, open invoices, credit 
rating, and more can now be viewed along with notes, activities, history, and more from your 
CRM system. 
This consistent customer record provides additional benefits to your entire organization: 
•  Seamless data entry – end-users do not have to worry about entering data in separate 
CRM and ERP systems 
•  Customer information available anytime – using powerful synchronization capabilities 
built into Sage SalesLogix, many customer details are available to the mobile sales force 
•  Complete customization – using the tools provided in Sage SalesLogix, developers can 
customize the solution to better meet the needs of their companies 
 
To achieve this customer record, Sage SalesLogix Accounts are seamlessly linked to Sage 
MAS Customers.  Likewise, Contacts and Addresses are linked so that they remain consistent 
across systems.  This linking is simple to setup, automatic to use, and requires no maintenance. 
Adding ERP Customers from CRM 
From Sage SalesLogix Accounts, you may lookup the matching ERP Customer record to 
create a link.  You may also add ERP Customers directly from Sage SalesLogix if they 
do not exist as an ERP Customer. 
The Customer will be created using the Company Code, and Customer ID provided. The 
Company Code is required, and Customer ID is optional. If the Customer ID is not 
provided the next customer number will be selected. 
The customer will be created in the selected MAS 500 Company, along with all 
associated addresses and contacts if selected in the setup options. 
 
 
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