Guide

Your complete 2025 guide to Sage 200

Implementing a core business system isn’t simple – there are thousands of features and factors to consider.

That’s why our experts created a complete step-by-step guide to help you explore everything Sage 200 has to offer.

The guide unpacks:

  • In-depth breakdown of key features & capabilities
  • ROI: how Sage 200 improves business efficiency, scalability & decision-making
  • Integrations: how Sage 200 connects with your current tools and processes

With up-to-date 2025 insights and Thinc’s 30+ years of expertise, this guide explains how to determine if Sage 200 is right for your business and how to implement one for long-term success.

Everything you need to know about Sage 200

Our guide goes beyond surface-level feature lists to give you a rich breakdown of Sage 200’s capabilities, benefits, and long-term value.

We’ve added an interactive six-step workbook to support your journey. Use our guide to build a plan for implementing and drive success with Sage 200.

Download your guide today and make an informed decision with confidence.

Why ambitious leaders choose Sage 200 and Thinc

There are several reasons why thousands of growing UK SMEs trust Sage 200.

  • Boost your efficiency by up to 40% with Sage 200’s collaborative and intuitive system. Automate time-consuming inventory and finance processes, so your teams can focus on growth.
  • Boost cash flow with real-time finance, sales and inventory reporting. Sage 200 connects data across your business to uncover cost-saving and growth opportunities. This data lets you unlock cash flow – speed up fulfilment, free up cash tied up in stock and improve budget control.
  • Make smart decisions faster with collaborative, real-time dashboards. Report on anything and miss nothing, from inventory to consolidated financials. Sage 200 can run in the cloud so you can make informed decisions on the spot.

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Sage 200’s key features and benefits
Finance management​

Make better financial decisions

Sage 200 gives you real-time visibility into your financials. Flexible accounting lets you control your accounting periods and nominal code structure, which keeps your accounts up to date.

  • Save your finance team from hours of manual work. Sage 200 automates consolidations, VAT returns, journal entries and more.
  • Simplify customer payments to strengthen your reputation. Connect your payment platforms with Sage 200 and automate accounts payable.
  • Make faster, better decisions with in-depth financial reporting. Sage 200 connects real-time data from across your business. Forecast and plan with confidence and agility – no more wrestling systems or spreadsheets.
Inventory management

Focus on customer growth

Sage 200 connects sales, inventory and purchasing in one real-time system. It gives you more time to focus on your customers, instead of spreadsheets and systems.

  • Manage orders without errors with Sage 200’s connected system. Your team can manage everything – inventory, sales orders and purchase orders – in one place. Automated workflows and controls let your team focus on the customer, not the process.
  • Make complex pricing simple to give your customers the best options. In Sage 200 your team can apply custom discounts or price bands to customers. You’ll have full control and visibility over pricing to make sure you’re making the best decisions.
  • Stay ahead of regulations and demand with Sage 200 and the Sicon Manufacturing add-on. Sage 200’s inventory and warehouse management gives you complete control over your stock. At any time, from any location, access detailed and up to date stock information. Sicon Manufacturing extends your visibility to production with advanced MRP and project management.
Collaboration

Scale up your ambitions

Sage 200 connects data from across your business in one user-friendly platform. With Thinc you can easily connect your other systems to Sage 200 and build a 360 degree picture of your business.

  • Report on anything with Sage 200 and advanced reporting tools like Roveel or Microsoft Power BI. With Sage 200’s real time data, you can build any report to understand any side of your business.
  • Work from anywhere – Sage 200 works in the cloud, so your people can collaborate in the system from anywhere with an internet connection. In a few clicks you can integrate Sage 200 with Office 365 to use it with Outlook, Excel and more. Beyond this, Thinc can help you connect it to any other system for any use case. Advanced user controls keep you in charge of your data.
  • Secure your growth and prevent cyber attacks with Sage 200’s robust built-in cyber security measures. Sage 200 is designed to scale up alongside your business. Instead of using a patchwork of systems that open you to cyber risk, Sage 200 and Thinc keep everything secure.
Why Thinc?
Case study

Forkway Group levels up on collaboration with Sage 200

“Thanks to the integration of Sage 200 we have improved visibility of how our business is performing. I feel more than comfortable using Thinc and would have no problem in recommending them to anyone.”
Terry Page – IT Manager Forkway Group
500+ organisations trust Thinc
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Amplify your growth with Thinc

Technology should empower your people, not hold them back.

Thinc is an independent and honest technology partner. Over 30+ years, we’ve helped hundreds of SMEs unify their systems, security and strategies.

We’ll never recommend a solution unless it’s perfect for your business. And if your current systems aren’t a fit, we’re the partner you can trust to make things work. Our 99.8% customer satisfaction score and 95% customer retention prove it.

We’re more than an IT provider. With our Amplify™ Framework, we’re dedicated to supporting your ambitions long-term.

Let’s connect, collaborate and amplify the power of your people.

The Amplify™ Framework

Our priority is to learn who you are, how you work and the unique challenges you face.

We’ll work together to create tailored solutions built to your business’ exact needs.

We’ll support you as you grow and help your business maximise its potential.

Our services

Your core systems should never hinder your ambitions.

Whether you’re implementing Sage 200 for the first time or need a partner to take over support, our Amplify Framework approach and 30+ years’ of Sage expertise ensure long-term success.

Future-proof
We’ll implement a Sage 200 system tailored to your business needs, and support it for you long-term.

Fast & simple migration
With our experience, move from legacy systems like Sage 50 with ease.

Expert-led support takeover
Transition to Thinc with no downtime with our robust onboarding approach.

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Hosting your solutions in the cloud with Thinc will save your business time and money.

Sage 200 should work wherever you do. Whether you prefer on-premises or cloud hosting, we provide the cloud management expertise to keep your Sage 200 system running smoothly.

Flexible hosting
Choose Microsoft Azure public cloud or Thinc’s private cloud for your Sage 200 system, and we’ll actively monitor and maintain the environment for you. Thinc Cloud provides enterprise-grade connectivity, security and performance in a multi-tenant environment, at a much lower cost than public cloud providers.

Fast, tailored and secure migration
Our certified experts have migrated hundreds of core business systems like Sage 200 to public and private environments.

Built-in resilience
Our secure cloud backup service keeps your data safe.

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SMEs need to focus on strategic growth, not firefighting technology.

To succeed with Sage 200 long-term, you need an IT partner dedicated to helping your business grow. Our award-winning support and strategic consultancy teams ensure your Sage 200 system always supports your evolving needs.

Proactive award-winning support
You can talk to our award-winning support team any time via phone, email or our self-service portal. Our robust support framework ensures issues are mitigated or resolved quickly.

99.8% customer satisfaction
Our 500+ customers consistently share positive feedback on our team’s proactive, friendly and expert support.

Strategic technology consultancy
Your dedicated Thinc account manager and Thinc’s leadership team will always support your ambitions. Whether you need a new field or an entirely new solution, we’ll help you deliver it.

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One cyber attack could cripple your SME’s future – we make sure you’re always protected.

Sage 200 is secure by design, but your entire business needs protection. Cyber attackers take advantage of your people to steal your most sensitive data, and they’re more sophisticated than ever. We provide SMEs with enterprise-grade cyber security to safeguard your entire business.

Achieve Cyber Essentials Plus
Backed by the UK government, Cyber Essentials Plus protects your business against 99% of cyber threats. With Thinc, you can confidently achieve Cyber Essentials Plus to prove your commitment to cyber security. Our experts will audit your cyber security, providing an action plan for the Cyber Essentials Plus assessment.

Enterprise-grade cyber security
SMEs need cutting-edge cyber security. We partner with leading cyber security platforms including CrowdStrike and SonicWall. We deploy these solutions business-wide to proactively manage your cyber security for long-term resilience.

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Countless processes keep your business running, from financial consolidations to sales alerts – we integrate and automate them to drive endless efficiency.

Systems like Sage 200 connect your processes to drive efficiency across your teams. Our systems integration experts help you take connectivity and automation to new heights.

Customise Sage 200
We’ve got over 30 years of experience building modular systems like Sage 200. We know all the add-ons, customisations and best practices to deliver your perfect system.

Automation without limits
With Codeless Platforms’ Business Process Automation platform, there’s no end to what we can help you achieve. We make integrations easy, connecting your systems without complicated code or messy processes.

Consolidate your systems
By connecting your systems, you can eliminate redundant tools from your business. We’ll streamline your technology landscape to save costs, improve your security and unify your processes.

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