As your business has grown, it’s getting more difficult to generate timely reports on budgets and expenses and/or to align these categories with ongoing projects.
In the past, you’ve spent way too much time searching for and gathering much needed data and relevant information. Multiple open windows led you to more windows and separate programs like Excel and Word. Sometimes you have to open Outlook too, as you need to search your emails to find the latest information about the warranty, serial number, or other parts information for a broken piece of equipment.
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Topics:
ERP,
Sage,
accounting,
enterprise resource planning,
Sage 100,
Sage 100 ERP,
john shepperson,
oates co,
distribution,
real time,
parts inventory,
reduce costs
In today’s world of multi-site operations, be it global or across town, the data transparency feature should be of utmost importance when searching for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite like the Sage ERP X3.
Why?
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ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
enterprise resource planning,
john shepperson,
oates co,
real time,
data transparency,
silos,
big data
Distribution and supply chains rely heavily on information to keep the conveyors moving, products flowing, and customer orders filled in a timely manner.
Sometimes, though, such information isn’t available when you need it – it can only be found after the fact: a line shuts down because a part must be searched for to see if it is in inventory or a custom order must be filled immediately.
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ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
enterprise resource planning,
inventory,
Sage X3,
john shepperson,
oates co,
distribution,
supply chains
Collaboration is a hot topic in this current economic environment. Companies realize that in order to maintain the competitive market advantage they've worked so hard to nurture, they need to become more efficient and reduce costs. One of the quickest and best ways to do so is by maximizing their collaboration with their ERP software.
Sage ERP X3 is a best-of-breed platform that will make it easy to improve utilization and integration across your entire organization.
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ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
automating processes,
enterprise resource planning,
integration,
john shepperson,
oates co,
collaboration,
utilization
Choosing the right business management software can be tricky. You want to balance efficiency and ease-of-use while still having comprehensive data and a full set of features. Sage ERP X3 is a time-tested enterprise resource planning (ERP) option designed to keep pace with a dynamic and increasingly global economy, where employees require up-to-the-minute information anywhere they are.
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ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
cloud storage,
enterprise resource planning,
cloud,
X3,
john shepperson,
oates co
Small and medium sized businesses often find themselves in the unfortunate position of needing a small, simple enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution but only finding large, complicated options. For a long time the only real choices in this situation were to go without an ERP solution and continue to deal with frustrating inefficiencies or buy into a way bigger solution than was needed.
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ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
efficiency,
integration,
X3,
john shepperson,
oates co,
quickbooks versus sage erp x3,
customizable
Have you heard great things about Sage’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system known as Sage ERP X3? Are you in the market for a new ERP system? At Oates & Company, we strongly suggest using Sage ERP X3 for its superior capabilities and its potential to make your processes more efficient, make your employees’ jobs easier, and improve your bottom line.
How? By serving repetitive make-to-stock, make-to-order, and process modes of manufacturing. It offers tools like dashboards, alerts, and workflows – all of which can be personalized, customized, and automated. And because Sage ERP X3 stores all of your data in one central database, it offers a clear view of business transactions for every department as well as real-time data updating.
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ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
enterprise resource planning,
X3,
john shepperson,
oates co,
reviews
A well designed enterprise resource planning (ERP) system should work for you and not against you. Experienced ERP consultants understand this and will work with you to develop and implement systems that tie directly to your unique business and its business strategies.
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Topics:
ERP,
ERP implementation,
mapping business processes,
business processes,
john shepperson,
oates co,
business strategies,
gaps
Running a business requires managing a bewildering array of variables, regulations, problems, solutions, and customer requirements. Attempting to do so without the proper tools and expertise is, at best, a waste of the time and money that you should be using to improve and expand your business; at worst, working without the proper tools and expertise will cause your challenges to quickly spiral out of control and damage your company.
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ERP,
Sage,
enterprise resource planning,
software,
john shepperson,
the sage group,
oates co,
Vacuum Engineering & Materials,
major tech
The founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, said, “Put the vast majority of your energy, attention, and dollars into building a great product or service and put a smaller amount into shouting about it ...”
So what’s he saying? Take your talent and your passion and channel your energy into doing it – whether it’s editing books, implementing software, or organizing inventory – and doing it to the best of your ability.
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Topics:
ERP,
business,
software,
crm,
john shepperson,
oates co,
raw data,
jeff bezos,
amazon.com,
business analysis,
innovation
