Sage’s latest version of its 500 ERP software is full of new features and has been designed to improve your productivity and simplify your business processes even more.
Sage’s latest version of its 500 ERP software is full of new features and has been designed to improve your productivity and simplify your business processes even more.
Topics: oates, Sage, Sage 500, inventory management, cloud services, john shepperson, sage inventory advisor, reverse applications, expanded fields, payment solutions, sage 500 erp, 2014 version, electronic funds transfer, ach network
Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 have been renamed Sage 100 ERP and have undergone a facelift to offer a wider range of modules to fulfill all of your needs.
Topics: ERP, oates, Sage, Sage MAS 90, enterprise resource planning, Oates & Company, Sage 100, Sage 100 ERP, john shepperson, Sage MAS 200
Sage ERP X3 makes your business smarter, better, and faster.
Topics: oates, Sage, sage erp x3, Oates & Company, john shepperson, manufacturing
As a startup or small business, it might seem like a good idea to use free inventory control spreadsheets to manage your inventory. It's certainly cheaper than using software that comes with an inventory management program and its own spreadsheets.
Topics: oates, oates and company, inventory management, inventory, inventory control, john shepperson, spreadsheets, free software, free spreadsheets
Businesses know that they must always be growing and improving to stay in – and preferably at the top of – the game. With the current state of the economy, however, businesses are also aware that they need to get the most bang for their buck; any investments, technology or otherwise, must deliver value.
The current business trend in terms of technology is enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. As we’ve discussed many, many times on this blog, ERP systems are, while well worth the effort for most businesses, costly and time-consuming. When considering your business, therefore, there are a few steps that you should take to determine whether or not an ERP system is right for you.
Topics: ERP, oates, software integration, business management, john shepperson, standardized processes, do i need an erp
We’ve been talking a lot about ERP systems and ERP implementations, and we’ve been doing so because more and more companies have been “taking the plunge,” so to speak, and choosing to go with ERP systems. ERP systems, if implemented properly, would truly benefit your company in multiple ways. If you’ve been following along on our blog, we’ve posted several articles about the mistakes made by many companies who are attempting to implement ERP systems. We also posted a blog about the six stages of the implementation itself. As with the mistakes, we’re now going to break down those 6 stages and look at them a little more in depth.
Topics: ERP, ERP implementation, oates, stages, implementation stages, implementation steps, oates and co
In many companies, inventory is the largest asset. Mismanagement of inventory will lead to financial problems because it will contribute to losses. If inventory is mismanaged badly enough, a business will close.
Topics: oates, oates and company, inventory management, inventory, inventory control, just in time, economies of scale, john shepperson
Choosing an ERP, as we’ve discussed before, is not an easy undertaking. Previously, a blog entitled “6 Mistakes to Avoid When Implementing an ERP” was published. Today we’re going to look at the fifth mistake, which is failing to use real data to test your new system.
Topics: ERP, ERP implementation, oates, oates and company, enterprise resource planning, implementation, erp mistakes, john shepperson
