Sector

ERP for Manufacturing and Distribution.

Manufacturing and distribution businesses carry complexity that generalist finance systems cannot handle — multi-site production, inventory valuation, landed cost, and supply chain finance all in a single integrated view. Sage X3, delivered by Mysoft, is built for exactly this.

Sage Platinum Club Winner

20+ Years Experience

UK&I + North America

First UK Sage X3 Partner

Sector Challenges

What makes manufacturing and distribution finance complex?

Inventory valuation accuracy.

FIFO, AVCO, and standard cost methods must remain consistent across sites, currencies, and the supply chain. Organisations running these calculations in spreadsheets or disconnected systems accumulate valuation errors that compound into material misstatements.

Landed cost and import complexity.

Freight, duties, insurance, and handling costs need to be allocated to inventory at the line level, not estimated at period end. Without proper landed cost integration, margin reporting is structurally inaccurate.

Production costing.

Bill of materials, work-in-progress valuation, overhead absorption, and variance analysis require a financial system that understands manufacturing processes, not just ledger entries. Cost of goods sold accuracy is a board-level concern.

Multi-site coordination.

Intersite transfers, shared services allocation, and multi-entity financial consolidation across manufacturing sites create a reconciliation burden that grows with each new location. Organisations managing this manually reach a complexity ceiling well before their growth ceiling.
Sage X3 Capabilities

Purpose built for manufacturing and distribution.

Manufacturing

  • Multi-level bill of materials
  • Production order management and scheduling
  • Work-in-progress and completion journals
  • Multiple costing methods with analysis
  • Quality management and inspection workflows
  • Subcontracting and job costing

Distribution

  • Sales order management and pricing
  • Warehouse management and pick/pack/despatch
  • Batch, lot and serial number traceability
  • Replenishment and procurement planning
  • Landed cost allocation
  • Shipping carrier integration

Financial

  • Real-time inventory valuation to the general ledger
  • Automated margin reporting
  • Multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation
  • Budget and forecast integration
  • Fixed assets and depreciation
  • VAT and tax compliance — UK and international

X3CloudDocs automation

  • AI purchase invoice capture and coding
  • Purchase Order to Sales Order automation
  • Electronic document management in ERP
  • Electronic notification and acknowledgement
  • Three-way matching with exception flagging
  • High-volume processing with governance controls
Bespoke demonstration

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AI Transformation for Manufacturing

Where AI delivers in manufacturing, distribution and finance in Sage X3.

Demand and inventory forecasting

AI-assisted demand forecasting integrated with purchasing and production planning, reducing overstock, improving service levels, and eliminating the manual spreadsheet models most finance teams use today.

AI Agents

Sage X3’s Sales Intelligence Agent proactively alerts teams to risks such as overdue orders, delayed shipments or declining customer demand, so you can identify issues earlier and respond faster, before they escalate.

Automated AP processing

X3CloudDocs Purchase Invoice Automation (PIA) processes supplier invoices from capture to posting with minimal human intervention, achieving 85%+ straight-through processing rates in high-volume manufacturing AP functions.

Learn more about what AI means and how your organisation can move from Stage 1 to subsequent stages here.

Sage X3 Pricing

How much does Sage X3 cost?​

Every Sage X3 project is shaped around your business. Licensing, users, modules, entities, hosting, implementation, integrations and support can all influence the final cost. Use our Sage X3 cost calculator to get a clearer estimate based on your requirements.

Sage X3 Implementation
Investment Estimator
Indicative range · UK mid-market
Est. total
£0
 
Finance & Accounting
£18k
Manufacturing & MRP
£16k
Inventory & Warehousing
£14k
Reporting & BI
£12k
Why Mysoft

Partnering for Success on Sage X3.

With 20+ years of Sage expertise, proprietary automation IP, and a structured AI governance framework, we go further than any other UK Sage partner.

Proprietary ip

The only UK Sage partner with in-house AP automation IP.

X3CloudDocs, the top-rated Sage X3 Marketplace product, is Mysoft-built and Mysoft-exclusive. It is the automation foundation that bridges every AI transformation journey we deliver on Sage X3. We also leverage native automation functionality built into Sage X3 and Sage Intacct at every stage of the journey.

#1  Rated Sage X3 Marketplace product

Governance Framework

A structured path to AI that your board can defend.

Our Agentic Finance AI Governance Framework gives finance leaders a four-layer governance model — process, control, intelligence, and agentic workflow. It makes AI adoption auditable, incremental, and board-defensible. No competitor currently articulates this depth.

4  Layer governance model

Curated ISV Ecosystem

The integrated technology stack that extends beyond ERP.

A curated partner ecosystem that extends the value of Sage X3 and Sage Intacct across warehousing, manufacturing, logistics, BI, and people. Designed to work together and governed from the outset. Netstock · Lynq · SEI · Phocas ·  Velixo · WebExpenses · Payhawk

10+ Certified ISV partners

Institutional Knowledge

Unmatched knowledge of Sage systems

With 500+ years of collective Sage experience and 125+ customers using Sage systems, Mysoft brings a depth of knowledge few partners can match. Across Sage X3 and Sage Intacct, our specialists understand the finance, operational and technical detail needed to make Sage work harder for every business.

125+ Customers using Sage systems

AI Readiness Assessment

Is your finance infrastructure ready for the next stage of growth?

Find out where your back office is holding the business back, and what a realistic path to resolution looks like. Our assessment benchmarks your current position against mid-market peers and identifies the highest-priority gaps.

AI Readiness Assessment
Maturity Score
5 domains · 13 questions
Score
0 / 39
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ERP & Data Foundation
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Process Maturity
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AI & Tech Readiness
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Governance & Controls
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Organisational Readiness
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Customer Transformation Stories

Real businesses.
Measurable outcomes.

Electronics Manufacturer
Stage 2 · Intelligent Automation

We see Sage X3 as the long-term solution for our business. If we are going to be investing in software, then it makes sense for us to invest in a modern solution that is being continuously developed, rather than one that is reaching the end of its life. We wanted a solution that has the potential to expand, and that is what we saw in Sage X3. It can accommodate multiple countries and, potentially, in the future, advanced business intelligence tools and CRM as well.

IT Manager
Pickering Interfaces
Sage X3

7

Territories Supported Globally using
Sage X3
Distribution
Stage 2 · Intelligent Automation

Sage X3 is the core of our operation. Mysoft has been instrumental in the success of this project. Sage X3 has enabled us to automate and implement new business processes, and we now have greater visibility of data than ever before. Before Sage X3, reporting was difficult; we still had people printing reports, and the technology was outdated. Sage X3 offered us a scalable, capable solution that we can build our business on. 

IT Director
Madison
Sage X3

94%

of transactions are handled automatically without intervention

Manufacturing
Stage 2 · Intelligent Automation

Sage X3 was identified as the best ERP for GCT as it provided a rock-solid foundation upon which we can build the precise functionality that we need to address the specifics of our business and address new challenges. In Sage X3, we identified an ERP that would give us a foundational reconfiguration of our business, providing us with the capability to grow and adapt in what is becoming a more complex world.

Head of Operations
GCT
Sage X3

92%

Satisfaction rating from users one year after implementation

FOOD & BEVERAGE
Stage 2 · Intelligent Automation

As our business has grown so have the expectations of our customers and suppliers. Sage X3 has allowed us to meet the demands of our trading partners by providing us with a powerful, yet easy-to-use set of tools.

IT & Systems Manager
R.H. Amar
Sage X3

4.5 Hours

Time saved by the Accounts Payable Manager after automating the AP function

Manufacturing & Distribution

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Scenario-based demonstrations built around your specific manufacturing or distribution challenges, not generic product tours.