Sage 300

Sage 300 is a Windows based range of ERP software, running on Microsoft SQL. This can run under a Windows environment[http://www.accountingsoftware411.com/SoftwareDirectory/softwareview.aspx?sid=ACCP63E87Bs Accounting Software 411 – Sage Accpac ERP Software Profile] and has an option of being hosted by Sage.

Sage 300 is a modular system with the following core suite of modules. The full list of modules developed in the Sage 300 API is also available.

• General ledger
• Bank services
• Tax services
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Multi-company

• Inventory control{{Cite web|url=https://www.equationtech.us/sage_erp_accpac/whats-new-in-sage-300-erp-2014|title=Whats New in Sage 300 ERP 2014|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Equation Technologies, Inc.|access-date=November 11, 2016}}
• Purchase orders
• (Sales) Order Entry

• US and Canadian payroll{{cite web | url=http://findaccountingsoftware.com/directory/sage/accpac-erp/ | title=Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage ERP Accpac) | publisher=Inphinet Interactive Communications, Inc | accessdate=October 21, 2012}}

• Multi-currency
• Project and job costing
• Transaction analysis and optional fields

It is multi-user, multi-currency, and multi-language. It is available in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).

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The original product, EasyBusiness Systems, was developed for the CP/M operating system{{cite web | url=http://smist08.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/sage-300-erp-2012-rtm/ | title=Sage 300 ERP 2012 RTM | date=September 1, 2012 | accessdate=October 21, 2012 | author=Smith, Stephen}} in 1976 by Don Thomson, Ted Comfoltey, Keith Wales, and Norm Francis of Basic Software Group{{Cite web |last=Firra, Chris |date=October 2013 |title=A Brief Sage 300 ERP Retrospective |url=http://www.bterrell.com/Blog/bid/95538/A-Brief-Sage-300-ERP-Retrospective |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026034755/http://www.bterrell.com/Blog/bid/95538/A-Brief-Sage-300-ERP-Retrospective |archive-date=26 October 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 October 2014 |publisher=BTerrell Group}} and distributed by Information Unlimited Software. This was ported to MS-DOS and the IBM-PC in 1983.{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ti8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Easy+Business+Systems%22&pg=PA18 | title=Easy Business Systems to get enhancements | author=Spiegelman, Lisa | journal=InfoWorld |date=July 1986 | volume=8 | issue=28 | pages=18}}

Computer Associates acquired Information Unlimited Software in 1983{{Cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/computer-associates-international-inc-history/ |title=Computer Associates International, Inc. History |date=2003 |access-date=2018-03-14}}{{cite web | url=http://www.cogneo.com/clients/ocean_group/staging/our_team.php | title=William T. Baker - Curriculum Vitae | publisher=Ocean Group | date=November 2008 | accessdate=12 October 2014 | author=Baker, William}}{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9S8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=easyBusiness+systems+information+unlimited&pg=PA7 | title=Mainframe software firm buys Micro equivalent | author=Shea, Tom | journal=InfoWorld |date=July 1983 | volume=5 | issue=30 | pages=7}} and ran it as an independent business unit. Easy Business Systems added payroll processing in 1984 and supported multiuser networking at this time.{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9RnfyXzV6sC&dq=easyBusiness+systems+information+unlimited&pg=PA223 | title=Six Easy Pieces: Accounting Packages from IUS | author=Dauphinais, William | journal=PC Mag |date=May 1984 | volume=3 | issue=8 | pages=223–231}} In 1987, it implemented a multi-window interface to allow moving between different modules.{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sc4TnHAYBSUC&dq=easyBusiness+systems+information+unlimited&pg=PA198 | title=High Priced Bookkeepers | date=September 1987 | author=Stewart, William | journal=PC Mag | volume=6 | issue=15 | pages=198–200}} Easy Business Systems was renamed Accpac Plus in 1987 with the release of version 5.{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AD8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Easy+Business+Systems%22&pg=PA25 | title=The 100 top-rated products of 1987 | journal=InfoWorld |date=December 1987 | volume=9 | issue=52 | pages=25}} Accpac became popular in Canada with support of Canadian public accounting firms that would sell and support the software.{{cite web |last=Salmon |first=Alan |title=The New ACCPAC |url=http://www.da.ca/en_articles_extra_details.asp?categoryid=496&id=26248 |publisher=K2 Enterprise Canada |access-date=20 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410082947/http://www.da.ca/en_articles_extra_details.asp?categoryid=496&id=26248 |archive-date=10 April 2009 |url-status=dead}} The name Accpac is an acronym for 'A Complete and Comprehensive Program for Accounting Control'.{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1A0Ek7Lh4x8C&dq=accpac+a+complete+and+comprehensive+program+for+accounting+control&pg=PT13 | title=Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations: For Information and Communication Technologies and Related Areas| isbn=9781852333973| last1=Vlietstra| first1=J.| date=2001-02-23| publisher=Springer}}

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The first Windows version, CA-Accpac/2000, popularly known as ACCPAC for Windows, was developed in the early 1990s and released in October 1994.{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 | title=CA counts on client/server with Windows accounting line | first=Ilan| last= Greenaerg | journal=InfoWorld |date=October 1984 | volume=16 | issue=42 | page=24|via=Google Books}} The Windows version marked the move to client/server and was developed with all new code in COBOL with Computer Associates development tools (these components were redeveloped in 2001 in Accpac Advantage Series with a core business layer developed in C and a user interface layer developed in Visual Basic).{{cite web|url=https://smist08.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/accpacs-business-logic/|title=Accpac's Business Logic|last=Smith|first=Stephen|website=Stephen Smith's Blog|date=September 11, 2010|accessdate=March 29, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bterrell.com/blog/topic/sage-300-erp/page/6|title=A Brief Sage 300 ERP Retrospective|last=Firra|first=Chris|website=bterrell.com|date=October 2, 2013|accessdate=March 29, 2019}}

In October 1996 ACCPAC for Windows 2.0 was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ACCPAC+International%2c+a+Division+of+Computer+Associates...-a018800601|title=ACCPAC International, a Division of Computer Associates International, Announces Bundling Agreement With Pervasive Software; 10-User Version of Btrieve Client/Server Engine Now Available With ACCPAC for Windows System Manager 2.0.|publisher=Business Wire|date=October 28, 1996|accessdate=March 29, 2019|via=TheFreeDictionary.com}} In August 2001, the company presented ACCPAC Advantage Series 5.0, its first web-based version.{{cite web|url=https://www.itweb.co.za/content/O2rQGqApGLeMd1ea|title=ACCPAC premieres pure Web solution for mid-market business management|website=itweb.co.za|date=August 28, 2001|accessdate=March 29, 2019}} The web interface was rebuilt in Sage 300 2016 for cross browser support, running on IIS with ASP.Net,{{Cite book |last=Sage Software |url=https://support.na.sage.com/selfservice/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId=26777&sliceId=1&cmd=&ViewedDocsListHelper=com.kanisa.apps.common.BaseViewedDocsListHelperImpl |title=Sage 300 2016 Compatibility guide |year=2016 |pages=11}} a web API was added in the 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-29 |title=Sage 300 2017 What's New |url=https://cdn.na.sage.com/docs/en/customer/300erp/2017/open/Sage300_WhatsNew.pdf |access-date=2021-12-06}}{{Cite web |title=Sage 300 ERP Integration with the Sage 300 Web API |url=https://www.clarity-ventures.com/articles/sage-300-erp-integration-with-the-sage-300-web-api |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=Clarity Ventures}}

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Sage 300 initially ran on Btrieve Databases{{Cite web |url=https://smist08.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/sage-300-erp-2016-sql-server-only/ |title=Sage 300 ERP 2016 SQL Server Only |last=Smith |first=Stephen |date=2014-09-02 |website=Stephen Smith's Blog |access-date=2019-03-31}} and then supported a variety of database backends.{{cite web|title=Sage Accpac ERP Review|url=http://www.ctsguides.com/sage-accpac-erp.asp|publisher=CTSGuides.com|accessdate=20 October 2012}} Since Sage 300 2016 only the MS SQL database is supported.

Sage Software acquired Accpac from Computer Associates in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/review/343054/sage-300c|title=Sage 300|last=Needleman|first=Ted|website=PC Magazine|date=August 31, 2018|accessdate=March 29, 2019}} Sage renamed it Sage Accpac ERP in 2006,{{cite news | url=http://www.pcginc.com/news/Newsletter17.pdf | title=Sage Accpac 5.4 Just Released! | work=PARAGON NEWS | date=Winter 2006 | accessdate=October 21, 2012 | location=Chicago | pages=2}} then Sage ERP Accpac in 2009. Sage dropped the Accpac name in 2012 when it was renamed to Sage 300 ERP.{{Cite web |url=https://www.afon.com.sg/blog/history-of-accpac-sage-300-erp |title=43 Years and Counting: A Look Back at the History of Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) |last=Hong |first=Paul |date=2019-04-03 |website=AFON |access-date=2019-10-24}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.afon.com.sg/blog/history-of-accpac-sage-300-erp |title=43 Years and Counting: A Look Back at the History of Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) |last=Hong |first=Paul |date=2019-04-03 |website=AFON}}

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