In order to stay competitive, distributors need to increase customer loyalty while still keeping their operational costs to a minimum. Any company that wants to grow needs a solution to help them solve this problem – better customer service with good inventory and product control.
To accomplish this with data available at your fingertips, Sage ERP X3 distribution software uses modules to help with finance, sales, customer service, purchasing, inventory, shipping, and receiving.
Topics: ERP, Sage, sage erp x3, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, inventory, john shepperson, oates co, customer service, inventory tracking, marketing campaign
Without the proper tools, distribution companies cannot ensure maximum profitability, and one of those proper tools is container tracking. Every shipped container plays a key role in the operational capacity and profitability of your organization, and proper tracking software provides several key benefits that are relevant to every distribution company.
Topics: software, john shepperson, oates co, container tracking, real time, container tracking software, visibility, security
The idea of business intelligence originally referenced banks that relied on information to make business decisions. Business intelligence has evolved, however, hand-in-hand with technology and is now a must have decision-making tool for all business owners, not just bankers.
The following three trends reflect the latest innovations in the field of business intelligence:
Topics: cloud computing, business intelligence, john shepperson, oates co, mobile business, decision making tools, trends, mobile computing, visual data
When doing business analysis, we are expected to dive into a project and start contributing and making a positive impact right away. We face a lot of ambiguity in business analysis, however, and while business analysis is important, we should take care not to spend too much time on it or on doing the wrong things.
Topics: 100 ERP, john shepperson, oates co, business analysis, tricks, how to, business analyst, tips
Whether you want to optimize processes, improve customer service, increase the accuracy of marketing initiatives, break into new markets, or find ways to get ahead of the competition, the key factor is getting the right data to the right person at the right time. This is a type of business intelligence, and it should be neither overwhelming nor difficult.
Topics: Sage, data, Sage 100 ERP, john shepperson, oates co, survey, dashboards, governance, economist
In the past, keeping track of the manufacturing cycle would have relied on legacy methods such as notations in an Excel spreadsheet or emails sent to managers and supervisors.
Topics: ERP, sage erp x3, john shepperson, oates co, manufacturing, distribution, database, legacy software
Today’s process manufacturers face challenges in managing the product cycle, including formulas, recipes, batch production, and lot control.
These challenges are especially difficult to face when a company is still using legacy software like Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. This is a problem because the data stored in those programs exists solely in an isolated file on a lone individual’s desktop or, if an office is a little more advanced, on an office-wide network. The lack of transparency here means that not everyone is knowledgeable about important information and that the information that people do have may be incomplete or inaccurate.
Topics: sage erp x3, john shepperson, oates co, process manufacturing, real time, conversions, legacy software, recalls, recipes
When your distribution company starts to grow, gaining local and global customers alike, your accounting department will find it more and more time consuming to prepare invoices.
Topics: ERP, Sage, tracking, enterprise resource planning, integration, john shepperson, modules, oates co, sage erp, sales orders, credit card processing
We love our enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and we espouse that love frequently, so it might be surprising that we admit they aren’t perfect. While searching for an ERP system to buy, you may find that some of the things you want to do – like tracking warehouse inventory and specific lots via barcoding – isn’t automatically done by the ERP. Sometimes a third-party system is necessary to collect data and bring it back into the ERP platform.
Topics: ERP, Sage, sage erp x3, enterprise resource planning, inventory, integration, john shepperson, modules, oates co, data collection, cycle counting, barcoding
When your distribution company starts to grow, gaining local and global customers alike, your accounting department will find it more and more time consuming to prepare invoices.
It’s going to be especially difficult and time consuming if you aren’t using the latest software. If you’re using software that houses information in individual silos – Office, Excel, and/or Outlook, for example – creating invoices that need support documentation will take too long. This is because the information is only available in its silo and not “out” where it’s easily accessible for everyone.
Topics: ERP, oates and co, automation, enterprise resource planning, integration, john shepperson, distribution, foreign currency, globalization, distributors
