6 Signs You’ve Outgrown Financial Spreadsheets

Business financial leaders, such as chief financial officers and the teams who report to them, are growing increasingly responsible for providing valuable financial insights that support the overall decision-making process. We’ve compiled a few indicators that should let finance professionals know when their companies have outgrown financial spreadsheets. 1. Increasingly…

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EDI Document Mapping: What and Why Is It Important?

Automating commerce requires cross-connecting electronic versions of ordinary business documents such as POs, Invoices, and Shipping Notices between the buyers’ and supplier’s ERP systems. “Mapping” refers to the setup of each required field in each document so that they correspond correctly on both sides of the transactions. Uniqueness is the…

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Saving Time with Business Intelligence Software

A business software system can be a big investment, so it’s no wonder that a lot of firms still look at these systems as a luxury. But these days the availability and reliability of data can make or break a business, so robust business intelligence software isn’t just for enterprise-scale…

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How to Perform an ROI Analysis for an ERP System

When you’re trying to sell your senior leadership on an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project, keeping your return on investment calculations as simple as possible can be an asset. But when it comes to actually choosing an ERP system (e.g., Acumatica ERP) balancing the bottom line benefits against the initial…

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How to Plan for the Ongoing Costs of an ERP System

It’s no secret that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems represent a major investment in both time and money. What is less well known is that systems like Sage ERP and other robust online accounting software suites come with continuing costs that can be highly variable. A number of factors will…

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Session Highlights – Sage 100: Customizer

One of the most instructional and informative sessions at the recently concluded Sage Summit 2016 was Sage 100: Customizer.  This session was led by Steve Malgren, Sr. Director of Engineering at Sage, and Elliott Pritchard, Principal Architect at Sage Software.  This session was a great beginner course for users and…

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Session Highlights – Sage 100: The Road Ahead

One of the most interesting sessions I attended at Sage Summit 2016 was “Sage 100: The Road Ahead”.  Each year at this event, Sage discusses each of the Sage product lines and covers what new features have been released, what they are currently working on, and what they are planning…

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