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.
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Topics:
sage erp x3,
john shepperson,
oates co,
process manufacturing,
real time,
conversions,
legacy software,
recalls,
recipes
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.
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Topics:
ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
enterprise resource planning,
inventory,
integration,
john shepperson,
modules,
oates co,
data collection,
cycle counting,
barcoding
It’s happened to everyone – duplicate order entries. It wouldn’t happen if only one person worked in the office and handled everything from order execution to accounting, but that isn’t how businesses are run in the real world. In the real world, of course, more than one person is needed to get the job done, and so duplicate entries can be a problem.
Duplicate entries are most likely to happen when a company is doing business the old way: with legacy systems like Excel, Word, and Outlook. Duplicate orders are difficult to avoid when using this older technology because files, orders, invoices, etc. are often spread out amongst various staff members in various offices on various computers – making it very difficult to keep things organized.
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Topics:
Sage,
sage erp x3,
Sage X3,
john shepperson,
excel,
duplicate orders,
outlook,
word,
duplicate entries
If your fixed assets aren’t recorded, monitored, and disposed of properly, fixed asset accounting can be an inefficient process. Not keeping track of serial numbers and warranty information on those fixed assets can cause many problems when it’s time to do the books.
Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word are no longer the go-to software programs for fixed asset management. Many operational supervisors are locked into these antiquated methods, from paper files to notations in notebooks to Excel spreadsheets to Word documents. Those things are apt to be disorganized and crowded with data, making it difficult for decision makers to find what they need when they need it.
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Topics:
sage erp x3,
fixed assets,
fixed asset accounting,
Sage X3,
database
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
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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Topics:
ERP,
Sage,
sage erp x3,
enterprise resource planning,
X3,
john shepperson,
oates co,
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