Pastel Partner

Sage Pastel Partner provides the ideal combination of power, innovation, flexibility, rapid processing and ease-of-use for small to medium sized businesses. It is feature rich and robust in a multi-user environment, with multi-currency capability and a highly intuitive interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sage Pastel Partner allows you to add modules to your core accounting application as your business grows. This means that you can tailor Sage Pastel Partner according to your specific business needs.


There are two new exciting add-on modules in Pastel Partner 2009.
Sage Pastel Bank Manager eliminates the process of manually capturing transactions from your bank statement. Simply download your bank statement into Sage Pastel and let the system automatically update your books.
Sage Pastel Cash Manager is a debtor’s management system that‘s suitable for any business in any industry that seeks to optimise their debtor’s collection process. This module is only available while you have a valid Pastel Cover contract.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relevant Modules

To view information on the Sage Pastel Partner add-on modules,  please click on the relevant module below.

 

Bank Manager
The Sage Pastel Bank Manager add-on module eliminates the process of manually capturing transactions from your bank statement. Download an electronic bank statement from any major bank, map the bank transactions to the correct ledger accounts in your books, and the system will automatically assign the transactions for you after each import. Reconciling your bank account has never been quicker and easier. This module is only available while you have a valid Sage Pastel Cover contract.

 

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Bank Manager (PDF)

 

 

Cash Manager
Sage Pastel Cash Manager is a debtor’s management system that’s suitable for any business in any industry that seeks to optimise their debtor’s collection process. Unlike other products which tend to focus on the macro level, this is a hands-on practical system that automates the daily control of the debtor’s book. This module is only available while you have a valid Sage Pastel Cover contract.

 

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Cash Manager (PDF)

 

 

Point of Sale
Sage Pastel Point of Sale (POS) is an affordable, simple and secure retail solution. Powerful, yet easy to set-up and operate, Sage Pastel POS is keyboard friendly for fast processing. Simple screens and large display areas make this cashier-based system ideal for any till point. Sage Pastel POS does not work as a stand-alone module. In order to run Sage Pastel POS you will require Pastel Xpress or Pastel Partner.

 

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel POS (PDF)

 

 

Multi-Currency
The Sage Pastel Multi-Currency module allows you to define a currency for each customer, supplier and bank account. It is fully Euro compliant and supports European Union processing.

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Multi-Currency (PDF)

 

 

Receipting
Sage Pastel Receipting is a specialised add-on module that allows you to enter data once in order to process and print receipts. You can do this without having to use your cash book. Once you are ready, Sage Pastel Receipting will automatically move the receipts into your cash book for you.

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Receipting (PDF)

 

 

Multi-Warehousing
Together with the Sage Pastel Partner Inventory module, the Sage Pastel Partner Multi-Warehousing module allows you to set-up and use multiple stores or warehouses. Working with multiple stores is almost identical to working with normal inventory. The only difference is that each time you want to access an inventory item, you specify the store in which the item exists.

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Multi-Warehousing (PDF)

 

 

 

Business Intelligence Centre

Sage Pastel’s Business Intelligence Centre allows you to analyse your financial information in any way you wish. It dynamically links to Microsoft Excel where your information can be viewed and manipulated to give you greater insight into your business. You can either utilise many of the Business Intelligence Centre’s standard reports or create your own - either way you’re set to go beyond accounting.

Some of the standard reports include:

  • Management Pack (in a variety of layouts)
    • Income Statement
    • Balance Sheet
  • Sales Master
    • Sales Report - manipulate your sales data to see different views.
  • Inventory
  • Purchasing

The Sage Pastel Business Intelligence Centre has two modules available.

The Standard Module provides you with a pre-formatted, intelligent Excel reporting tool for your Pastel data. You can use the base of reports to create new reports or even write your own reports in Excel.

The Advanced Module provides a skilled IT user with a powerful and cost effective report writing solution, capable of delivering

Excel reports from any ODBC compliant data source.

 

Sage Pastel’s Business Intelligence Centre allows you to look at your financial information any way you wish, and through the world’s most popular data manipulation tool – Microsoft® Excel.

At the click of a button, you can run reports that look like these:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simply select the Business Intelligence Centre option from Sage Pastel’s ‘View’ menu to experience the Power of Information.
The Business Intelligence Centre dynamically links to Microsoft Excel (your favorite data manipulation tool) where your information can be viewed, manipulated, sliced and diced to give you greater insight into your business.

View many of the Business Intelligence Centre’s standard reports or create your own – either way you’re set to go way BEYOND ACCOUNTING.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill of Materials
With the Sage Pastel Partner Bill of Materials module you can create bills of materials or kit item codes with an unlimited number of components. For example you can use three additional user defined costs such as labour, overheads and buy-outs. When you manufacture you can remove component items and create manufactured items. This module will operate if you have purchased the Sage Pastel Partner Inventory module.

 

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Bill of Materials(PDF)

 

 

 

Time & Billing
The Sage Pastel Partner Time and Billing module allows you to bill your employees’ time to your customers. Simply fill out timesheets for your employees and charge your customers via activities. The activities that you create are the services you sell to your customers.

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Time & Billing(PDF)

 

 

Serial Number Tracking
Sage Pastel Partner Serial Number Tracking allows you to track items from the moment you purchase or manufacture them to the time you sell them. You can even track the item for warranty purposes should it be returned to you for repairs.

 

 

Brochure on Sage Pastel Serial Number Tracking(PDF)

 

 

 

Fixed Assets

Company Law requires that you keep a register of your business' fixed assets as part of it’s accounting records. However, managing your company’s fixed assets can be tedious and time-consuming. Fixed assets are physical items such as desks, computers, cars, machinery, etc which you acquire to run your business. As you use assets, they depreciate or become obsolete. You can legally expense depreciation in your accounts for tax purposes.

Managing your fixed assets includes the following tasks:

  1. Tracking each asset’s value, both from a tax and an accounting point of view
  2. Depreciating assets correctly using an appropriate depreciation rate and method
  3. Updating the replacement values of your fixed assets for insurance purposes
  4. Accurately recording any sale, disposal or loss of assets
  5. Maintaining an accurate fixed assets register which records information such as: date of purchase; date of disposal; purchase price; accumulated depreciation; net book value etc.

The Sage Pastel Evolution Fixed Assets module automates all these processes for you. Once you provide the initial information, the system takes over and manages your assets for you. One of the realities of fixed assets processing is that companies frequently change depreciation rules as legislation allows and as company policy changes. Some changes are retroactive to when you purchased the asset. Sage Pastel Evolution Fixed Assets calculates its values dynamically from the start of each asset’s life, which makes retroactive changes simple. Imagine the time required to accurately programme all this yourself into a spreadsheet! Sage Pastel Evolution Fixed Assets can be used in conjunction with the core Sage Pastel Evolution Accounting system or can be purchased as a stand-alone product.