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UPS and Sage Team Up to Help Small Businesses Deliver for CustomersATLANTA, Jan. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sage (FTSE:SGE), the market leader in cloud business management solutions, and UPS (NYSE:UPS), a global leader in logistics, are offering small businesses a single, real-time source of customer and order data to simplify financial management and shipment processing with Sage Business Cloud. Sage Business Cloud offers a cloud financial management solution, built on the Salesforce platform, to help businesses integrate accounting with shipping. With UPS as the only carrier integrated on the platform, small-to-medium sized businesses can leverage Sage Business Cloud to get ahead of competitors by gaining better insight into business profitability. The Sage Business Cloud integration with UPS is available for customers in the U.K., U.S., and Canada with plans to expand in other major markets in 2018. Helping small businesses provide their customers with more compelling services, UPS offers a free service that gives online shoppers more control over their residential deliveries. UPS will send an email or text message to consumers the day before their scheduled delivery with options to reschedule or reroute the package to their office, a neighbor or to a nearby UPS Access Point location. Opening further UPS access points in local small businesses, such as neighborhood grocery stores, dry cleaners and mobile phone stores, helps support small businesses by increasing footfall. There are more than 27,000 UPS Access Point locations around the world. Sage Business Cloud and UPS With UPS shipping solutions integrated directly within Sage Financials, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can send the right products to the right customer, at the right price, when and where they want them. SMEs will also receive competitive UPS domestic and international rates. Benefits of the Sage and UPS integration include:
Within the Sage Customer Business Center, dedicated Sage Customer Success Coaches are available to help support customers to quickly set up UPS alongside Sage Business Cloud. Click here for more information. “We have looked at the needs of our customers, and partnered with UPS to provide a shipping solution that integrates directly with Sage Financials to provide small and medium sized enterprises with the capability of sending the right products to the right customer, at the right price, all at competitive rates,” said Nick Goode, EVP of Product, Sage. “Delivering this value to customers will support them in keeping their competitive advantage.” “By embedding UPS, Sage customers will get the breadth and reliability of UPS’s services to every address in North America and Europe, while easily managing all financial and shipping functions in one platform,” said Jerome Roberts, VP, UPS Global Product Innovation. “UPS and Sage share a passion to empower small businesses to thrive in a global marketplace.” About Sage Business Cloud Financials Born in the cloud and available as part of Sage Business Cloud, customers using Financials continuously receive product updates that enhance the user experience and deliver customer-led development features on a seasonal cadence. Latest updates include:
Sage Business Cloud financial solutions are available across 9 countries including: the U.K., Ireland, U.S., Canada, France, Spain, Germany, South Africa and Australia. For more information please click here. About Sage Our mission is to free business builders from the burden of admin, so they can spend more time doing what they love – and we do that every day for three million customers across 23 countries, through our 13,000 colleagues and a network of accountants and partners. We are committed to doing business the right way, and giving back to our communities through the Sage Foundation. About UPS Media contact: |