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Posera Cashes in on the Benefits of Sage 300
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Functions
- Sales & Marketing
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Posera, Inc., a leading provider of point-of-sale software and hardware to the hospitality and restaurant industries, was struggling to manage several different software packages across various office locations and departments as it grew rapidly. The company needed an integrated business technology solution that would serve the entire organization, providing a 360-degree view of its customers for sales, service, support, and accounting-related interactions. The front office was the primary concern, yet a powerful back-office business management system was also needed. Posera considered three integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions before deciding on Sage 300 and Sage CRM.
About The Customer
Posera, Inc. is a leading provider of point-of-sale software and hardware to the hospitality and restaurant industries. The company is headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Europe, the UK, the United States, and Canada. Posera has systems installed in tens of thousands of businesses across 25 countries. The company has grown rapidly over its nine-year history, both organically and through acquisition. Posera’s unswerving commitment to customer service and continual investment in research and development earn the company an exceptionally high customer retention rate.
The Solution
Posera decided on Sage 300 and Sage CRM as the integrated ERP and CRM solutions for their business. Sage met with the Posera management team, both in person and through web conferences, to work through the company’s requirements and the details of how the software could be structured to meet them. Sage 300 and Sage CRM proved to be the ideal solution for Posera—flexible enough to handle the company’s unique business processes, with broad functionality to address all of its requirements. As an opportunity is converted to an order in the CRM module, the order is automatically created in Sales Order module. To help customer support staff deliver better overall service, the CRM module provides easy access to accounting-related data such as credit terms and recent payments.
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