It’s easy to take the conveniences provided by a well-operated business for granted. Most people simply walk into their favorite store or log onto the store’s website and make a purchase without thinking too much about the intricate process going on behind the scenes. Of course, as a good business owner, that’s exactly what you want your customers to be able to do.
Topics: inventory, john shepperson, oates co, inventory software, selling patterns
Intelligence Reporting in Sage 100 ERP 2015 includes a number of changes and new features that give you 
more control over financial reporting. In particular, functionality of the Report Designer Layout Generator was combined with the Report Designer Add-in, providing powerful new options for creating financial reports customized to your needs. Let’s take a look.
Sometimes the best way to answer that type of question is with a case study.
Topics: Sage 100, john shepperson, oates co, mobility
When a supplier puts together a quote, there are several things they take into account. Two of the most important are minimum order quantities (MOQs) and price quantity breaks. These concepts affect how much you pay for the goods but, more importantly, they impact how you should manage your inventory.
Topics: inventory management, inventory, john shepperson, oates co, supplier, inventory management software, price quantity break, profit margin, minimum order quantity, moq
Imagine a train 17 miles long, stacked two containers high, filled with thousands of pounds of cargo. (Keep in mind that the average train is typically a mile and a half long.)
Topics: john shepperson, oates co, globalization, world trade, transatlantic, transpacific, Orient Overseas Container Line
Successful production-based businesses often spend significant amounts of time trying to streamline production. Aligning your product output with consumer consumption will improve efficiency as well as reduce overhead operating costs. The secret to this is successful inventory management techniques.
Identifying the right processes and tools for successful inventory management is a difficult task. There are a few common inventory management mistakes that businesses make. They include:
Topics: automation, software, inventory management, inventory, john shepperson, oates co
When looking for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, manufacturing businesses must consider how their ERP will interact with their manufacturing processes, whether they use discrete, process, or mixed manufacturing.
Topics: ERP, enterprise resource planning, inventory, john shepperson, oates co, recipes, workflow, mixed mode manufacturing, discrete manufacturing
No matter how big or small your business is, you receive regular shipments of inventory, supplies, or other goods. Therefore, integrating container tracking and your enterprise resource planning (ERP) is essential for managing quality, timing, and business relationships.
Topics: tracking, integration, john shepperson, oates co, manufacturing, analytics, container tracking, hanjin
Are you thinking about a customer relationship management (CRM) system? As you consider, you probably have one huge question: How will it help my business?
The following tips will help you use a CRM system to build customer relationships and increase the quality and value of your business through improved information management.
Topics: Sage, customer relationship management, sage crm, crm, integration, john shepperson, oates co, social media, email marketing
Who wants to be like the bank that doesn’t offer online banking? Or the airline that doesn’t let you book a flight online? A few decades ago, it might have been a different story, but in today’s on-demand world, these shortcomings would be considered deal-breakers for both existing and potential customers.
Topics: ERP, john shepperson, oates co, ecommerce, distribution, b2b, b2c, website pipeline, internet retailer, self serve
