It’s a high tech world. Are you still managing your business with Rolodex style?
If you weren’t around when Muzak was the soundtrack to everybody's corporate life and green was just a color on the bathroom wall, you might not know what a Rolodex is.
If your company is still managing your business with messy document-stuffed file drawers, interoffice memos that nobody reads, or meetings that never resolve anything, your management style could be a throwback to the 60s... like a Rolodex. You need the right technology to move your business forward.
Rolodex?
Rolodex was the hot information management system of the 60s. It was a simple “rolling index” of notched cards that were connected like the spokes of a wheel. Successful managers kept track of important contact details and information by writing it on a card, then slipping it alphabetically into place. Information was a roll and a flip away, and there was usually a big file cabinet nearby stuffed with personnel info, sales reports and interoffice memos.
Rolodex was the solution for coordinating business contacts, sales prospects, and important internal and external information. It was the tip of a paper heavy iceberg, but it was great in its time.
Businesses moved on
Fortunately technology upgraded the way businesses performed day-to-day tasks. Successful managers embraced desktop computers, laptops, cloud computing, and hand-held digital devices that made information easier to access. They abandoned their Rolodexes and overstuffed file cabinets, and gave up manually coordinating endless streams of information, paper and people. In the 80s, successful businesses began using Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP) to streamline information handling, manage operations, and reduce costs.
Sage ERP X3
Oates and Company began developing business systems in 1988. They called on all of their years of technological experience and dedication to customer satisfaction to create the Sage ERP X3 system. Like an old fashioned Rolodex, Sage ERP X3 puts the business information you need at your fingertips... except it’s modern, digital and way more savvy.
The system catalogs and organizes all of your internal and external business data, and makes it available when and where you need it. It integrates management processes and organizes internal and external flows. It saves time and operating costs by merging and coordinating multiple tasks, but it still manages to keeps things uncomplicated, accessible and easy to use.
Sage ERP X3 is a user friendly system, beginning with a dashboard that is drag-and-drop customizable with the live data that’s most important to you. One click pulls up relevant, real time information with no wait time for updates. Sage X3 can convert sales data to a full color pie chart, or produce a report with details of a major customer's buying habits. It offers a more meaningful ERP experience with intuitive information analysis to help you make important business decisions.
With Sage ERP X3, your business can monitor the flow of information, sales, or resources for key departments such as Accounts Receivable, Marketing or Distribution. Each department is organized in a separate module that shares information with the others. Each module provides the functional support a department needs.
It’s time to change your Rolodex style
Businesses pitched their Rolodexes years ago, but if you still rely on printed reports, emails, endless meetings, or even an ERP system that’s cumbersome and too complicated, it’s time to upgrade to a newer more efficient management style. Sage ERP X3 is the change you need.
