Order Management System - help finding one

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gerbear

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Does anyone have any experience of good/bad order management systems? I'm looking to convert my very controlled, but very labour intensive Excel process to something a bit more automated.

We sell a reasonable amount of hardware and services and if I had something that could raise quotes, create an order and then something to raise an invoice, with basic reporting, I'd be happy. If there was some stock management facility in there too, it'd be bonus. If it integrated into Sage, I'd be deliriously happy.

I'd rather hear the warts and all stories of a few apps before I get cornered by eager sales people and have to fend them off whilst I make an objective decision.

I've no idea of cost either. We have turnover of 1.2m so I want to spend frugally, if possible.

Any and all help gratefully appreciated.

'Bear.
 
We couldn't find one to suit our needs so we developed our own Access based one.
 
ACT! by Sage is a great CRM product for producing quotes and tracking contacts. It also integrates with Sage line 50.

PM me if you need any more info or if I can help
 
Thanks for your help. Are these off the shelf applications expensive?

Purple
Were you happy with your tailored Access solution? If so what kind of budget were you looking at and is the end product what you needed (I'd be a bit rubbish at the systems analysis for a project like this)

Tks
'Bear
 
Hi GerBear,

My company specialises in designing/coding custom applications for small business utilising Ms Access, SQL Express and MySQL. We can provide desktop or intranet based applications.
PM me if you want more information.

What ever you deceide to do you should have a clear idea in your head of what you want to be able to do and if possible you should enter some real data into a demo application and ensure the correct reports, stock levels etc are recorded before buying
 
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