Streamline the processes of ordering and invoicing with your customers and suppliers

Sage Transaction Email helps you to easily send orders and invoices via email, directly from your Sage software, instead of using traditional methods such as printing and posting or faxing.

Even if your trading partners are not using Sage (some 40% will have Sage software), the emails automatically present the same information, which they can print and key into their systems.

Speeds up the order and invoice cycle

Sending and receiving orders and invoices electronically speeds up the delivery and payment processes, as you no longer have to wait for traditional postal delivery of invoices or orders.
Reduces errors and costs
By receiving the orders and invoices directly into your Sage accounting software, you'll benefit from time and cost savings, along with a right first time approach. This minimises dispute occurrences, speeding up the payment process.

Improved customer service

Track the progress of orders and invoices, improving quality of service.
Sage Transaction Email permits you to take full advantage of the benefits and savings that may result from the drive by UK government to increase the use of electronic trading.

However, Sage Transaction Email is not a mandatory requirement to achieve e-Procurement with either public or private sector.

Sage Transaction Email: Customer case studies

Trevor Collier, Secretary, Association of Circulation Executives

Based in Ashford, Kent, 'The Association of Circulation Executives' (ACE) regularly brings together key people to develop a shared understanding of needs and issues in the press, magazine and journal industry.

With in excess of 400 associate members and several suppliers, Trevor Collier (Secretary) used a great deal of his time and effort processing paper invoices.

Keen to spend more of his time supporting and developing relationships with members, Trevor looked to his new accounting software, Sage 50 Accounts, for help.

Here, he discovered the Transaction Email functionality and decided to take advantage of the six-month free trial period to see if this would help him.

"Being new to the Sage 50 Accounts product, I was intrigued with the Transaction Email feature and how it looked like it could save me a lot of time and effort.

"Any initial concerns over using this new technology were quickly overcome as I found it very easy to set-up and use; Sage even gave me the first six months use completely free of charge!"

Trevor used Sage Transaction Email to send invoices straight out of Sage Line 50 with no re-keying or additional storage, direct to the members; all he needed was their email addresses and all they needed was email.

For those members who also had Sage 50 Accounts and Transaction Email, they could accept these straight into their ledgers without re-keying, so there were no errors, delays or disputes, leading to prompter payment to ACE.

"A member called to book an event which I then processed and sent the invoice to her via Transaction Email. She called me back five minutes later to say she had the invoice - she was as impressed as I was!"

Timothy Squires, Managing Director, Aquarius

"Sage Transaction Email is a godsend; it enables us to simply and quickly exchange orders and invoices with our customers and suppliers.

"This means we can save the time and cost of handling documents, envelopes, postage, etc., along with ensuring no keying errors and so we can do more important things like selling."

Debbie Wright, Director, Brunel Engravings

"We have always used Sage software to run our accounts and have introduced Sage Transaction Email for customer invoices, supplier remittance advices, etc.

"This has been successful and has saved lots of time and money, and has certainly made us more efficient. We welcome online trading and feel that it is more cost effective and efficient and we look forward to doing more business in this way."

Ioan Lewis, The Yellow Cartridge Company

The Yellow Cartridge Company, Bristol are the South West's specialist and premier supplier of computer consumables. Having adopted Sage& 50 Accounts Professional and Sage Transaction Email, Ioan Lewis said: "Sage's new Transactional Email system is a great time saver for any busy accounts office.

"It eliminates the need to print fold and put into envelopes most of our sales invoices with the obvious savings in postage and stationery. The same can be said for purchase order processing.

"We do not use it to its full potential as yet, but when more businesses see its great potential and utilise it fully the opportunities to save time and money are considerable."