The Top 3 Pain Points of Payment Processing and How to Solve Them
In today’s market, consumers expect electronic payment options from their vendors. After all, e-payments offer them real-time flexibility and require less effort than paper payments. In turn, most businesses want to offer their customers electronic payment options, but they often run into problems with disconnected systems, security, and cost. To help, we’ve broken down these […]
5 Advantages of a Cloud-Based ERP System
Are you considering moving your ERP functions to the cloud? With cloud-based ERP systems gaining popularity, many businesses are considering making the switch from desktop solutions. If you’re in the same boat, there are some factors you’ll need to consider to get the most out of your cloud-based system. Making the move helps your business […]
5 Signs You Need to Upgrade Your Accounting Software to an ERP
Is your accounting software package still the right option for your organization? If you have to ask, your business has likely outgrown this basic back-office software and requires next-level data handling. That means upgrading to an enterprise-wide system with financials, HR and operations modules—for example, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that meets your business […]
The Importance of Data
As each new year passes, many people spend time reflecting on what they’ve accomplished the previous year. Businesses, of course, do the same. They look at their financials, asking questions like “How are we performing?” The analysis can deliver incredible value, but all too often, organizations get stuck in analysis paralysis and fail to derive […]
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 of 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 […]