Task 1
An effective Accounting Information System (AIS) adds value to an organisation.
Required:
Using academic and professional sources, write an essay critically evaluating the role of SAGE software(s) in the effective AIS of a large organisation.
(525 words)

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Summary:
Sage ERP X3 is the most powerful and flexible business management solution offered by Sage. It empowers mid-sized and larger companies with the ability to grow a competitive business with limited IT resources. Sage ERP X3 provides industry-leading functionality that encompasses all business processes. Its compact software design supports industry specific processes and provides end-to-end visibility across finance, sales, customer service, purchasing, inventory and manufacturing operations.

Sage ERP X3 enables you to manage your business growth in a fundamentally more efficient manner while reducing costs, delighting your customers, and outmaneuvering the competition.
Visibility for better decisions - Sage ERP X3 provides a clear view of your business operations—emboldening business leaders to focus on exceptions, accurately evaluate risks, and make faster decisions. For most businesses, critical information, insight, and indicators are scattered about—in spreadsheets, systems, and databases. In some cases, employees themselves become gatekeepers of information others need, which can cause bottlenecks. Sound familiar? Sage ERP X3 solves these common challenges by compiling data in real time and providing tools such as user-defined dashboards, business analysis tools and reports, and automated workflows and alerts that drive effective and rapid decision making.

Velocity to keep pace with market demands - Sage ERP X3 provides a better, faster way to manage all your critical business functions—automating workflow and enabling you to improve productivity in ways only best-in-class solutions can. The powerful process automation and management