Taming TGWs to Eliminate Workflow Waste
When it comes to optimizing workflows, the automotive industry was early to the starting gate. Henry Ford’s pioneering practices in mass production not only made cars affordable and accessible to millions of people; they also set standards for efficiency and profit throughout the modern enterprise. In that spirit, last week’s column about quantifying operational variables […]
What a Plinko Game Can Teach Us About Operational Variables
In my last column, I recounted how Cavallo co-founder Pete Eardley pulled his own distribution business free from an information “black hole”: Before Pete created Cavallo’s flagship software, the progress (and ultimate profitability) of orders was trapped in an information vortex from which no data could escape. Getting out of a black hole is just […]
How a Wholesale Distributor Escaped a ‘Black Hole’
– Cavallo® co-founder Pete Eardly, describing his distribution operation before he created Cavallo SalesPad® This tale of a black hole isn’t science fiction; it’s the story of a real distributor who blasted off from an antiquated system of 12 physical clipboards on a wall to create a command-and-control center on a smartphone. The results? Out […]
Faster, Higher ROI for Business Central Deployments
Functionality Level-up: Cavallo’s Answers to BC Constraints Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online is a robust, cloud-based ERP well-suited for mid-market companies across many industry verticals. Due to its versatile nature, demand for BC is skyrocketing. In fact, in April of 2022, Microsoft reported a 60% year-over-year increase in BC customers and a nearly 400% […]
7 Ways to Focus the Power of Dynamics GP
Getting the Most out of Your ERP Microsoft Dynamics GP is a powerful enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for organizing business processes, whether those processes are part of finance, HR, manufacturing, IT, or myriad other departments in an organization. But that broad applicability comes with limits. The reality is Dynamics GP is too monolithic to […]
3 Reasons Why You Need Cavallo Workflow
Repetitive tasks. Manual order entry. Hours of wasted time. It’s exhausting and holding you back from reaching your true potential. Cavallo’s Workflow capabilities put more time and money into your pocket. What is Cavallo workflow? Cavallo workflow features give you control over order-level pricing so you can focus on growing gross margins. Set a path for […]
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 […]