The significant disruptions to the supply chain and rapid transition to remote work that we have all experienced over the last few years greatly underscore the need for businesses to be agile and proactive. However, this is difficult to achieve if you are currently operating with an outdated system that does not provide you with the automated workflows, ease of integration, and live data required to compete at the highest level.
InfoSourcing understands this new business climate and specializes in enabling those in the distribution, print, and jewelry industries with modern technology to cut IT operational costs, improve productivity, and gain efficiency. In this blog, we will highlight the four main reasons why you should consider ditching your legacy system(s) and move to the cloud with a modern business management system.
1. A fully integrated system removes the problems associated with your messy technology stack.
There are significant benefits to moving forward with a fully integrated system and relying on a variety of disconnected technologies.
- Eliminate duplicate data entry and the errors bound to come with it.
- Maximize visibility in all areas of your business with a single source of truth for your data.
- Boost user adoption with a single user-friendly interface for your employees.
- Reduce your reliance on additional technology providers and cut IT costs.
Infosourcing is a certified Gold partner of Acumatica, the Cloud ERP, which offers industry-leading functionality for all aspects of your business: GL, AP, AR, CRM, Sales Order Management, Purchasing and Inventory, Warehouse Management, Manufacturing, Business Intelligence, and more. Acumatica is built on a future-proof platform that offers an unlimited-user model so you can bring all members of your team into the system and grow your business without the penalty of added cost.
While Acumatica allows you to drastically reduce or even eliminate your need for any additional software packages, we understand that it can’t be everything for everyone. If you have an eCommerce site or require integration with an external procurement system or CRM, Acumatica can still act as your single source of truth by pulling in all relevant data through its robust APIs.
2. Real-time data in your preferred format, without any manual effort, speeds up decision-making.
Are you currently spending a lot of time (or a lot of your team’s time) compiling and organizing data, rather than analyzing and acting on the data? Are you exporting data from a variety of sources and then building reporting packages in Excel that quickly become out of date? Does your current ERP system make it nearly impossible to create new reports or modify existing ones without paying a consultant? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone.
Many of the clients we work with used to struggle with visibility throughout their organization due to lacking access to real-time data, which is crucial for making proactive decisions and staying ahead of the curve. With a fully integrated system like Acumatica, we can provide you with a variety of reporting tools, including interactive live dashboards, to keep your team up-to-date in all areas of the business, from quote to cash and procure to pay.
Take a look at our clickable demonstration linked below to view a quick tour of the reporting tools available in Acumatica ERP.
3. Automation reduces costs and errors.
One of the greatest benefits we repeatedly hear from our clients who implement a new ERP system is the ability to automate their workflows. By reducing the time and effort you and your team currently spend on manual tasks, your productivity can drastically increase without needing to hire more staff. This is especially important in today’s red-hot labor market. Below are some examples of tasks we can partially or fully automate.
- Send emails and/or text messages to customers when orders are shipped with shipment confirmation and tracking numbers.
- Assign leads that enter the system through a linked webform to sales reps by parameters such as location or industry type.
- Segment duties through approval mapping that routes documents (quotes, purchase orders, journal transactions, etc.) to the correct supervisor based on criteria such as % discount offered or total PO amount.
- Generate replenishment suggestions for finished goods and raw materials based on dynamic min/max settings that recalculate based on the intervals you define.
- Calculate sales tax, commission rates, pricing, and shipping charges based on customer and order settings.
- Automatically create shipments for the warehouse team to fulfill and leverage automatic pick list creation or paperless picking via mobile devices.
- Generate shipping labels through native shipping carrier integrations.
4. Industry-specific software allows you to achieve operational benefits.
Acumatica offers the core functionality needed for a variety of businesses through its industry editions (Distribution, Manufacturing, Retail-Commerce, Construction, General Business) and also allows you to pick and choose the additional functionality needed by your business or organization. The result is a fully-integrated system that is both cost-effective and flexible as your needs and goals change.
While our team at Infosourcing works with all kinds of businesses, we have specific expertise in the print distribution (screen printing, embroidery, promotional products) and jewelry industries. In fact, we’ve built our PrintShop and JewelShop plugins to offer additional functionality that is crucial for Acumatica customers in those industries
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Our team at Infosourcing has proven experience in the ERP industry with 25 years of development, implementation, support, and consulting in the North American market. We work with businesses of all sizes to understand and evaluate your unique needs and propose solutions that optimize workflows, reduce manual effort, and boost growth. If you are ready to digitally transform your business, please reach out to us using the link below.
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