From Spreadsheets to Sage Evolution: A Migration Story from a Lagos Trading Firm

Spreadsheets carry real risk: silent formula errors, version chaos and no audit trail. For one Lagos-based trading company we worked with, those risks showed up as stock that did not match the warehouse and debtors nobody could reconcile.

Why they moved

Their inventory had grown beyond 8,000 SKUs, and every month-end close took eleven days. Sage Evolution gave them a single ledger with stock control, and their month-end went from eleven days to four.

What made the migration work

• Data clean-up before migration. We de-duplicated customers and standardised item codes first.
• A parallel run. Two months of running Sage alongside the old process built confidence.
• Training in their language. Modules were taught to the actual users — warehouse, sales and accounts — not just management.

If you are holding a business together with spreadsheets, a free Sage Evolution demonstration will show you what your month-end should look like.