4 Tips for a New Sage ERP Project

Small and midsized businesses in manufacturing, packaging, distribution and other industries have counted on Sage ERP systems for many years. Software like Sage 300 has enabled businesses to grow and thrive through improved productivity and lower costs.

Sage 300 is business software that can help you with one goal that can be hard to quantify and accomplish: improving workplace productivity. Improving productivity is so much more than working faster; it’s about working smarter and better. Here’s how Sage 300 can help.

See How Sage 300 2017 Brings Better Visibility Across Your Business

Join us on Thursday, July 27th for our Sage 300 2017 webinar.

Sage 300 2017 offers new features for everyone in your company, from improved business visibility to productivity related enhancement that boost the user experience.

Sage 300 ERP offers you the ability to dramatically shorten the time it takes to manage your company’s accounting and finance. With accurate, timely data streaming into your ERP system, you can make better business decisions, prioritize budgets, and more. It’s end-to-end financial management that puts data into your hands for improved decision-making.

Recently, Sage 300 updated its software to infuse it with new features and benefits for its long-time customers and to please new customers. Most of these changes are based on direct customer feedback and reflect actual user needs and requests.

When you are thinking about growing your business in 2017, ask yourself, “Does your inventory management system have what it takes?” A great inventory management system is made up of more than just inventory accuracy. Sage Inventory Advisor added to your current ERP has all the right tools to maximize profits, minimize losses, and manage your inventory like a pro. Let’s take a peek at some of the characteristics of a great inventory management system.

Manufacturers have specific needs when it comes to ERP systems and when considering a new ERP they would be wise to consider these three questions and to pursue solutions that answer them. Some of these needs are “nonnegotiable” and essential to get the most out of your ERP implementation. But skipping these questions it can lead to a poor implementation experience.

If you are like most people, you start off the New Year with a bang. You set goals and think about them daily. You push, push, and push a little bit more to try to reach these new resolutions. January is easy, but come February you start to get complacent. Those resolutions tend to get pushed to the back burner. Everything else seems to creep in and the goals simply get pushed aside. By simply keeping your goals in the forefront of your mind, you can keep 2017 going strong and not have the February burnout.

Much of this logic can be applied, not just to life goals, but to your ERP system as well.

We all like to have extra cash in our wallets. But, when running a business, cash is king, and a business runs on its cash flow. A shortage in your business cash flow can put a halt on your growth. On the other hand, a strong cash flow enables business growth. The tools to improve your cash flow may be right at your fingertips. By using your ERP system resources more effectively, you can keep your business on the road to a positive cash flow.

The New Year is fast approaching. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a plan in place that would help grow your business without having to pour more money in? The question is, is this possible? The answer is yes, but only with careful planning. Make sure that you are using your ERP software, like Sage 300, to its fullest potential. Make sure that every aspect of your company is looking towards promoting expansion. We’ve listed some measures to help you achieve this.

Have you spent sleepless nights worrying about shipping costs? Have you seen a significant rise is carrier-shipping costs in 2016? Have FedEx and UPS’s new dimensional weight rules chipped into your profitability? You are not alone. Shipping costs can be a large portion of your product sales expenses. You can eliminate some of those sleepless nights worrying about shipping by optimizing your shipping mix using Sage 300 shipping software. Implementing this software can decrease your shipping costs.