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Inventory numbers don’t always match. Orders may need to be entered in more than one place. Purchasing decisions depend on spreadsheets or what someone remembers. And answering a seemingly simple question about margins, cash flow, or what you actually have on the shelf can mean pulling information from several different programs. These are common growing pains for inventory-driven businesses that ...

With all the factors in play, setting fair pricing can be a real challenge. You need to make sure you stay competitive, while still keeping enough margin to make your business profitable. A lot of business owners choose flat pricing – where every customer pays the same fixed price – because it’s easy to understand and doesn’t require a lot of administrative work to oversee. But what happens when ...

You buy products by the case, but you sell in both cases and individual units. Whether hydraulic hoses, pipe couplers, metal coils, or something else, when you order in one unit of measure and sell in another it makes it hard to do conversions correctly. And if you get it wrong, you can find yourself dealing with costly errors, stock miscounts, and margin losses.

You’ve decided to use an ERP system to manage your inventory. You’ve been told that this can help you keep track of everything that is in stock so you don’t need to do big counts, and you like not having to shut your business down so your team can do inventory and you can get everything sorted out for tax season. Unfortunately, one day your system is telling you that you have 10 tires in stock, ...

Do you know what’s on your shelves? If your accountant asked you for an overall inventory count, could you give him totals that you’re sure of—without having to send your team out to count? Could you take on a big order with confidence, knowing that you can fulfill it, rather than hoping you have enough inventory on your shelves to deliver the job? If not, it’s time to take a look at your ...

If you built your business using entry-level business solutions (like Quickbooks) then you know they can be great for starting out. But as you grow, the daily operations of your business become more complex than generic business software can handle.  Maybe you’re struggling to meet increased demand and keep up with order entry. Maybe your inventory management is monopolizing your time. Or you're ...

If you are a small business owner you know what it's like to juggle a thousand moving parts. Hiring, filing, analyzing, reporting, tracking, and ordering are enough to make your head spin, and there just aren't enough hours in the day for all the work that needs to be done. An ERP system is designed to help you manage the mayhem.

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If you are in the initial stages of evaluating enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, you are probably wondering, “How much will it cost my business to get started with ERP?” Cost is an important factor for any business investing in ERP software. All good business owners will evaluate costs and assess return on investment (ROI) before deciding on a solution. The startup cost of ERP can vary ...

ERP Planning Guide Does Your Business Have the Right Tools to Grow? The Tools You Need For Business Growth Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a process whereby a company, often in manufacturing and distribution, manages and integrates the important parts of its business. An ERP business management information system integrates areas such as planning, purchasing, inventory, sales, labor ...