Help! What do The Beatles have to do with Microsoft Dynamics GP?
Great decision-making is often a blend of art and science. How confident are you in your own decision-making skills and track record? Can you think of any past “big” decisions you would rewind and do over if you could? Perhaps you realized after the fact that you failed to account for all available information, or […]
Supercharge Your Customer Service with the Right Software
Who holds the real power in your company? Who has the unmatched ability to either propel your customer-to-cash cycle forward into success or bury you in a mound of broken dreams? Is it the CEO? The owner? The receptionist? Mark Zuckerberg? Nope. (Good guesses, though.) It’s the customer. That enigmatic, capricious yet lovable, always-right son […]
Peak Season Preparation: New Tech or More Employees?
While a peak season is great for profitability, it adds other challenges to the books. Should you opt for newer, more efficient technology, or take the route of adding a seasonal workforce? Maybe the answer lies somewhere in between. Here are a few things to consider when ramping up for any busy season. New Technology […]
How to Retrieve Data for Better Business Decisions
A company’s strategic decisions rise and fall on the richness of its data — and on its ability to access that data. No matter how extensive the data your systems collect, it’s functionally useless unless you can organize it into metrics that drive corporate planning tools like KPIs. Deep dives into available data make solving […]
Go Head-to-Head with Distribution Giants — And Win
Working in the distribution industry is a tough racket, and for small-to-medium operations, trying to survive and thrive can be a tall order. This isn’t because smaller businesses like yours aren’t up for the task — far from it. In order to get to where you are, you’ve had to be scrappy with your operations […]
Tips for Increasing Your Pipeline Visibility (And Trusting What You See)
Achieving “total visibility.” It’s an attractive statement. It’s what all us distributors and product-centric businesses are after. But it’s also much easier said than done. When you’re dealing with intel that only tells half the story, operational visibility can seem like an impossible goal. In order to gain the data and insight you need to […]
Accounting Terms for Distribution Professionals
Accountants tend to use a lot of jargon, leaving some of us non-accountants feeling confused. In order to help, we’ve compiled a list of must-know accounting terms for a distribution professional.
Inventory and Supply Chain Terms You Should Have Down
What do all those inventory and supply chain terms mean? Learn the easy definitions you need to know when working in the supply chain and inventory world.
Purchasing and Order Processing: Terms You Should Know
Easy to Understand Definitions | SalesPad covers 18 Inventory Management, Order Processing and Purchasing terms. Drop Shipping | Blind Shipping | SOP to POP
What is Drop Shipping?
While the term might evoke imagery of packages carelessly falling out the back of mail trucks, drones dropping shipments from the sky, or even something involving the sea monster above, drop shipping is none of those things. With the rise of eCommerce and more and more consumers choosing to buy online, some businesses wish to […]