Acumatica is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system for managing distribution businesses. An ERP’s value is often overshadowed by its implementation learning curve, which makes it easy for business owners to overlook their many positive attributes. For distribution businesses considering Acumatica or trying to improve the effectiveness of their current ERP systems, here's how an ERP can help increase efficiency, drive revenue, and cut costs.
Enterprise resource planning systems can:
Maintain Multiple Users
Business value comes from relationships. Transformational aspects of cloud-based ERP software are the relationship management features. With cloud-based global user access, you can build your relationships with customers as well as vendors. These relationships simplify and streamline your distribution chain.
Automate Inventory Management
If you have an ERP for financial or other controls and are not tracking and automating your inventory, you are missing substantial cost savings. Every distribution business has a system for inventory management; the right ERP solution will integrate with your current system and give you automation tools.
Reduce Paperwork
Requisition forms, inventory management paperwork, customer ordering, and invoicing: there is a lot of paperwork involved in distribution. With a universal ERP system, your business can cut much of the paperwork out of your operational processes.
Expand with the Cloud
Increasing your customer base often takes sales reps out into the field. This is one area your business can scale up and out without adding costly infrastructure or locations. Why? Because cloud-based ERPs connect your sales reps with your home office – and with each other – using smartphones and other mobile media tools.
Integrate
The right ERP solution is fully customizable and has multiple integration options for your business systems. You can manage your core distribution processes in the same program that manages your financial, accounting, and other solutions.
Want to manage users, simplify processes, integrate solutions, grow through the cloud, cut paperwork, and automate your business systems? Contact Oates & Company for more information about getting an ERP system and doing all these things – in addition to increasing revenue, cutting costs, and improving efficiency.
