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Your Sage 300 ERP and SYSPRO accounting software make it easy for you to see at a glance how well your company is performing. But did you know you can also use it for better budgeting?

As you embark on a new budgeting cycle, you need data to begin the process. Actual spending versus budgeted amount, actual sales versus forecasted amounts, and other information is needed to begin your new budget. Even if you use zero-based budgeting, having accurate, timely information on this year’s activities is important so you can estimate next year’s as close to actual as possible.

Manufacturing business software has helped companies keep pace with the many changes resonating throughout the business world. The push for lean manufacturing processes, just-in-time delivery, mass customization, and more trickle down through nearly all types of manufacturing. The repercussions of new technologies are felt everywhere, including the procurement department.

As your company heads into the budgeting cycle, you may already have the tools in place to make the entire budgeting process easier: Sage 300 or SYSPRO. Both ERP systems provide you with data on previous performance, current sales forecasts, expenses, and much more. This is the information you need to build a sound budget.

Sage 300 remains a popular ERP system with manufacturing customers. Many people were happy to see that Sage is once again updating Sage 300 and offering new, expanded functionality. What’s in store for you with Sage 300 2018? Many positive improvements with more good things to come!

Practice makes perfect, or so they say. You can perfect the picking and packing activities in your manufacturing warehouse by incorporating some best practices into warehouse management.

Little mistakes can really add up when it comes to warehouse management. If even a half percent (0.05%) of mistakes in picking leads to returns, this can quickly add up in costs of customers lost, replacing stock in the warehouse, processing new orders and more.

CRM is often the forgotten element in the road to manufacturing profits. CRM stands for customer relationship management. It’s a method of building relationships with customers that leads to sales. It involves communications, sales, marketing, customer service, and all other interactions with customers.

Manufacturing today is all about customers. It’s about producing goods based on customer demands. “Make it and they will come” is no longer an option. Understanding your customers, using CRM in manufacturing, is a critical part of the sales and marketing process that is often overlooked.

How to Plan for Lean Manufacturing Success

Welcome back to our series on demand-driven manufacturing. In our first article, we looked at how lean manufacturing principles, applied to demand-driven manufacturing, along with the right software help companies identify winning strategies to trim losses and improve productivity. In this article, we’ll take a look at “demand-driven planning”, an important part of demand-driven manufacturing.

Fundamentals for Successful Demand-Driven Fulfillment

The concept of lean manufacturing principles, which systematically eliminate waste without sacrificing productivity, are especially important in a demand-driven manufacturing environment.

In this article, the first of a multi-part series, we will look at how demand-driven manufacturing and lean manufacturing principles go hand-in-hand. In our next article, we’ll look at demand-driven manufacturing planning, another important concept in the new environment of demand-driven production and processes.

In an increasingly interconnected world, where the supply chain stretches around the globe, the packaging industry is feeling the pressure. Goods must now be packaged for shipment to destinations 50 miles away—or 5,000 miles away. Add to that the need for specific packaging to keep foods warm or cold, tamper-proof packaging, plus many more examples and you have a complex, dynamic, and ever-changing industry.

How do you manage a supply chain stretching around the world? How do you keep track of packaging regulations for multiple industries, countries, and clients? SYSPRO ERP can help. With the right business software by your side, you can manage complex scenarios with ease.

SYSPRO ERP offers manufacturing, distribution, and other types of businesses excellent business management support and flexibility. It’s an important software used by many leading businesses to manage their finances, accounting, sales, distribution, and supply chain. Using such software can help your business flourish and remain competitive.

As your business grows, however, it may be open to problems. Such problems include fraud. Fraud can happen internally, such as with employee theft. It can also happen from an external source. Technology is one area where companies are often open to fraud or problems from the outside.