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Sage 300 ERP
Customer success

Sage 300 ERP yields bottom-line
results for People Corporation
Purpose-built tool speeds and
improves budget process

Customer
People Corporation
Industry
Corporate benefits provider
Headquarters
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Number of employees
100
System
Sage 300 ERP
Sage Budgeting and Planning

People Corporation is in the people
business. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
the company is a provider of group
benefits, group retirement, and human
resource services. A publicly traded
company, People Corporation has
enjoyed significant growth through
acquisitions, moving it from a regional
firm to one with a national presence. In
2013, the company made the PROFIT
500 listing of Canada’s Fastest-Growing
Companies.
With multiple entities and departments to
track, budgeting and planning become of
crucial importance. People Corporation
relies on Sage 300 ERP* and Sage
Budgeting and Planning to drive
efficiency, encourage collaboration, and
better tie its budgeting activities to actual
results.
Spreadsheets prove inadequate
The company has relied on the financial
and accounting modules of
Sage 300 ERP for many years, adding

the Sage Budgeting and Planning
component recently as it sought to
improve its overall budgeting and
planning process.
“We were juggling more than 25 separate
budgets using spreadsheets,” recalls
Clint Kehler, senior financial analyst for
People Corporation. “Spreadsheets
worked well enough when we were
smaller, but as we grew, it became clear
we needed more a more powerful tool.
We had to bring our GL data over
manually, and much of our work had to
be duplicated each year and for each
entity.”
With many people involved over an
expanded period of time, the company
was experiencing problems with version
control. It was sometimes difficult to
identify which version of the budget was
the current version, and tracking who
was working on what iteration was
always difficult.

*Sage 300 ERP was named Sage ERP Accpac when People Corporation initially implemented this solution.
The product names have been updated in this case study to reflect current naming.

“We can instantly see
what impact a 10
percent increase or
decrease in revenues
will have.”
Clint Kehler, senior financial analyst
People Corporation

Challenge
As People Corporation grew into a
national entity, its system of budgeting
and planning using spreadsheets proved
inadequate.
Solution
Sage 300 ERP with Sage Budgeting and
Planning provide a comprehensive,
purpose-built solution to budgeting and
planning.

Results
Real-time visibility into the budget
process aids management in better
decision making. Version control and
user security ensure the right individuals
are working on the current version of the
correct budget. More accurate
forecasting helps the company identify
and then react to trends and patterns.
What-if analyses provide the ability to
see the impact of potential changes and
adjustments to a budget.
Sage 300 ERP
Customer success

“Forecasting helps us to
identify trends and
patterns in the
business, which makes
our planning and
decision making more
fact-based and
accurate.”
Clint Kehler, senior financial analyst
People Corporation

“In addition, our management team
wanted real-time visibility in the budget
cycle and spreadsheets just couldn’t
provide that,” Kehler adds.
Ready for a purpose-built solution
Kehler spoke with the company’s Sage
business partner who recommended the
Sage Budgeting and Planning solution.
“They showed us how it could improve
and shorten our budget cycle,” he says.
“It integrates automatically with our
general ledger data and is highly flexible
and configurable to fit our processes.”
Improved budget process
The support for what-if analysis is of
particular benefit to People Corporation.
“We can instantly see what impact a 10
percent increase or decrease in revenues
will have,” says Kehler. Other uses for the
what-if scenarios are reorganization and
consolidation considerations.
More accurate forecasting is also proving
to be enormously beneficial to the
organization. “Forecasting helps us to
identify trends and patterns in the
business, which makes our planning and
decision making more fact-based and
useful,” add Kehler.
Built in security and version control
In an organization where budgeting and
planning functions are distributed across
departments and locations, security and
version control of the budgets become
vital.
Sage Budgeting and Planning provides a
single database for the collection,
organization, manipulation, and
management of the company’s budget
data.
Management now has real-time access
to the data needed to better guide the
company. Plan Sheets, with a familiar
spreadsheet look and feel, are sent to
the division and department managers to
facilitate their input into the budget
process.

Robust security settings enable People
Corporation to limit the ability to view or
edit information to authorized users, and
email notifications ensure the timesensitive process keeps moving.
Smart and cost effective
Sage 300 ERP with Sage Budgeting and
Planning is proving to be a smart and
cost effective way for People
Corporation to manage its complex
budget process. “It helps turn a tedious
process into an efficient and painless
one,” concludes Kehler.
About The Sage Group plc
We provide small and medium-sized
organizations with a range of easy-touse, secure, and efficient business
management software and services—
from accounting and payroll to enterprise
resource planning, customer relationship
management, and payments. Our
customers receive continuous advice
and support through our global network
of local experts to help them solve their
business problems, giving them the
confidence to achieve their business
ambitions. Formed in 1981, Sage was
floated on the London Stock Exchange in
1989 and entered the FTSE 100 in 1999.
Sage has over 6 million customers and
more than 12,700 employees in 24
countries covering the UK & Ireland,
mainland Europe, North America, South
Africa, Australia, Asia, and Brazil. For
further information please visit: www.
sage.com.
For more information about Sage in
North America, please visit the company
website at NA.Sage.com. Follow Sage
North America on Facebook, Facebook.
com/Sage, and Twitter, Twitter.com/
SageNAmerica.
Twitter.com/SageNAmerica.

Sage
6561 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618-2301
866-530-7243
www.na.sage.com/sage-300-erp
©2014 Sage Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Sage, the Sage logos, and the Sage product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sage Software, Inc., or its affiliated entities.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Sage Budgeting and Planning Success Story

  • 1. Sage 300 ERP Customer success Sage 300 ERP yields bottom-line results for People Corporation Purpose-built tool speeds and improves budget process Customer People Corporation Industry Corporate benefits provider Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba Number of employees 100 System Sage 300 ERP Sage Budgeting and Planning People Corporation is in the people business. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the company is a provider of group benefits, group retirement, and human resource services. A publicly traded company, People Corporation has enjoyed significant growth through acquisitions, moving it from a regional firm to one with a national presence. In 2013, the company made the PROFIT 500 listing of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. With multiple entities and departments to track, budgeting and planning become of crucial importance. People Corporation relies on Sage 300 ERP* and Sage Budgeting and Planning to drive efficiency, encourage collaboration, and better tie its budgeting activities to actual results. Spreadsheets prove inadequate The company has relied on the financial and accounting modules of Sage 300 ERP for many years, adding the Sage Budgeting and Planning component recently as it sought to improve its overall budgeting and planning process. “We were juggling more than 25 separate budgets using spreadsheets,” recalls Clint Kehler, senior financial analyst for People Corporation. “Spreadsheets worked well enough when we were smaller, but as we grew, it became clear we needed more a more powerful tool. We had to bring our GL data over manually, and much of our work had to be duplicated each year and for each entity.” With many people involved over an expanded period of time, the company was experiencing problems with version control. It was sometimes difficult to identify which version of the budget was the current version, and tracking who was working on what iteration was always difficult. *Sage 300 ERP was named Sage ERP Accpac when People Corporation initially implemented this solution. The product names have been updated in this case study to reflect current naming. “We can instantly see what impact a 10 percent increase or decrease in revenues will have.” Clint Kehler, senior financial analyst People Corporation Challenge As People Corporation grew into a national entity, its system of budgeting and planning using spreadsheets proved inadequate. Solution Sage 300 ERP with Sage Budgeting and Planning provide a comprehensive, purpose-built solution to budgeting and planning. Results Real-time visibility into the budget process aids management in better decision making. Version control and user security ensure the right individuals are working on the current version of the correct budget. More accurate forecasting helps the company identify and then react to trends and patterns. What-if analyses provide the ability to see the impact of potential changes and adjustments to a budget.
  • 2. Sage 300 ERP Customer success “Forecasting helps us to identify trends and patterns in the business, which makes our planning and decision making more fact-based and accurate.” Clint Kehler, senior financial analyst People Corporation “In addition, our management team wanted real-time visibility in the budget cycle and spreadsheets just couldn’t provide that,” Kehler adds. Ready for a purpose-built solution Kehler spoke with the company’s Sage business partner who recommended the Sage Budgeting and Planning solution. “They showed us how it could improve and shorten our budget cycle,” he says. “It integrates automatically with our general ledger data and is highly flexible and configurable to fit our processes.” Improved budget process The support for what-if analysis is of particular benefit to People Corporation. “We can instantly see what impact a 10 percent increase or decrease in revenues will have,” says Kehler. Other uses for the what-if scenarios are reorganization and consolidation considerations. More accurate forecasting is also proving to be enormously beneficial to the organization. “Forecasting helps us to identify trends and patterns in the business, which makes our planning and decision making more fact-based and useful,” add Kehler. Built in security and version control In an organization where budgeting and planning functions are distributed across departments and locations, security and version control of the budgets become vital. Sage Budgeting and Planning provides a single database for the collection, organization, manipulation, and management of the company’s budget data. Management now has real-time access to the data needed to better guide the company. Plan Sheets, with a familiar spreadsheet look and feel, are sent to the division and department managers to facilitate their input into the budget process. Robust security settings enable People Corporation to limit the ability to view or edit information to authorized users, and email notifications ensure the timesensitive process keeps moving. Smart and cost effective Sage 300 ERP with Sage Budgeting and Planning is proving to be a smart and cost effective way for People Corporation to manage its complex budget process. “It helps turn a tedious process into an efficient and painless one,” concludes Kehler. About The Sage Group plc We provide small and medium-sized organizations with a range of easy-touse, secure, and efficient business management software and services— from accounting and payroll to enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and payments. Our customers receive continuous advice and support through our global network of local experts to help them solve their business problems, giving them the confidence to achieve their business ambitions. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and entered the FTSE 100 in 1999. Sage has over 6 million customers and more than 12,700 employees in 24 countries covering the UK & Ireland, mainland Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, Asia, and Brazil. For further information please visit: www. sage.com. For more information about Sage in North America, please visit the company website at NA.Sage.com. Follow Sage North America on Facebook, Facebook. com/Sage, and Twitter, Twitter.com/ SageNAmerica. Twitter.com/SageNAmerica. Sage 6561 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618-2301 866-530-7243 www.na.sage.com/sage-300-erp ©2014 Sage Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Sage, the Sage logos, and the Sage product and service names mentioned herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sage Software, Inc., or its affiliated entities. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.