CASE STUDY
Passcomm Ltd
Migration from Sage 50 Manufacturing to Cim50 Manufacturing
Who are Passcomm Ltd
Passcomm provides telecoms solutions across a broad range of industries. Whether it’s transportation, utilities, oil and gas, tunnel signage or fibre connectivity, the Passcomm way of working is very simple; partner with industry-leading manufacturers to deliver best in-class integrated solutions.
Passcomm operates with complete flexibility and commitment to offering bespoke, in-house design, tailored to customer and project requirements.
Based in Warrington, Cheshire, the business thrives on a challenge. With over 75 years combined experience in the telecoms industry, the Passcomm team has a passionate and committed approach to delivering for its customers.
The challenge
Passcomm has long acknowledged the benefits of using an MRP to work with Sage 50 Accounts. Passcomm had deployed Promis MRP for Sage 50 even before Sage UK made ‘Promis’ MRP part of its portfolio. Promis was developed and rebranded as Sage 50 Manufacturing in 2001 and Passcomm upgraded their Promis MRP to Sage 50 Manufacturing.
In 2020 Sage UK announced the official withdrawal of Sage 50 Manufacturing. Passcomm’s support contract was not renewed by Sage UK and the business found itself in a position where they needed to find an alternative solution and a business partner to deploy it. Passcomm understood that remaining on legacy software always has its element of risk.
The solutionMigration from Sage 50 Manufacturing to Cim50 Manufacturing
Passcomm contacted Qi and encouraged by the fact that Qi had also been a Promis and Sage 50 Manufacturing Business Partner and was now a Cim50 business partner, opted to engage in demonstrations and discussions to review Cim50 and the available improvements over Sage 50 Manufacturing. Qi was happily selected as the Cim50 Manufacturing business partner of choice and Passcomm have now successfully migrated to Cim50 from Sage 50 Manufacturing.
The outcome
Passcomm now completes more tasks within MRP, reducing the need for multiple data entry
All relevant Sage 50 Manufacturing data was migrated to Cim50 Manufacturing. Full training was provided by Qi and Passcomm found the transition experience with Qi, positive.
The Passcomm team now completes more tasks directly in Cim50 (e.g.: creation of product codes) which makes for efficiencies and a better user experience.
Passcomm has the assurance and peace of mind that its MRP is going to be kept compliant with new versions of Sage 50c Accounts as they are released. As a Cim50 manufacturing user, Passcomm is already benefitting from updates and upgrades that return new features. The business has now increased their number MRP users. Cim50 actively promotes a three-way relationship between users, business partners and their development team, ensuring that system improvements reflect common requests from its users.
‘The Qi team is always friendly and responsive, and we would be very happy to recommend them as a Cim50 Manufacturing business partner. The change-over from Sage 50 Manufacturing to Cim50 Manufacturing wasn’t painful or complex and the project went to plan as Qi has promised’