Business Automation and Software Blog

Mobile technology, integrated with your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, can fit into your budget. ERP mobility has become an essential capability for businesses who want the productivity enhancements that it brings. Mobility isn’t just for large companies; small and medium-size businesses are adopting the technology as well. This is because mobile technology may actually lower your overall IT budget. 

Day after day, businesses are looking to increase revenue and control costs. Meeting operational goals and budget requirements can be a challenge, especially when market dynamics and customer needs change unexpectedly. That’s why manufacturers and distributors look toward lean automation to reduce operational costs.

Mobile technology is one of the most valuable tools that you can implement to optimize your warehouse automation. Using mobile technology will result in improved performance and greater customer satisfaction. When you update and change information as it happens, you can create value-added services and a seamless customer experience. You will have greater visibility and control over inventory and stock levels, and more productive employees.

Mobile technology has become engrained in our everyday lives. More and more businesses are incorporating mobile technology into their business processes as well. (See our recent blog, Workforce Mobility is an Important Requirement in ERP Selection.) In order to facilitate mobility, business applications including enterprise resource planning (ERP), CRM, and warehousing software need to adapt to offer full web capability. We are pleased to share that the latest installment of Sage 300 places the entire power of Sage 300 onto the web and enables businesses to easily add mobile access to existing processes.

Manufacturers and distributors need to make sure that they are in compliance with the increasingly complex sales and use tax regulations. Automating sales and use tax collection, filing, and the exemption certificate process will help you maintain compliance and avoid an audit.

As manufacturers and distributors look to continuously improve operations, reduce inventory and increase profitability, they are beginning to adopt cloud ERP in large numbers. More than half of new US software installations are now cloud based. In the past weeks, we have looked at how cloud ERP can make you more effective and we have addressed the concerns that manufacturers have with cloud applications. This week, we will discuss the key things you must consider when moving to a cloud ERP.

Best-in-class manufacturers are moving to the cloud as a standard for enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation. The accessibility and scalability of cloud applications drives lower costs and faster ERP implementations.

Best-in-class manufacturers are moving to the cloud as a standard for enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation. The accessibility and scalability of cloud applications drives lower costs and faster ERP implementations.

With the rapid improvement in Internet capabilities, new enterprise resource planning (ERP} deployment models have become viable. Today, you have your choice of keeping your ERP on-premises, moving to a cloud-based system, or implementing a hybrid model. In fact, cloud ERP is not only viable, it has become the preferred deployment option for many best-in-class organizations.

When you select a new warehouse management system (WMS), you want to optimize your distribution automation processes. The key is to find a system that will maximize the work it does for you and minimize the work you have to do. You need a solution that will ensure your operations run as smoothly as possible while reducing costs, increasing customer satisfaction and improving revenue.