“If You’re On Time, You’re Late!”: Start Preparing for the Holidays Now with IN-SYNCH
As heat waves roll across the country and air conditioners run nonstop, the winter holidays are probably the last thing on your mind. But for ecommerce businesses, this is exactly when the smartest planning happens for the holidays.
Your focus should already be on jingle bells, pumpkin spice, and stocking stuffers. By tracking trends and preparing now, you can put your business—and your profits—on the “nice list” long before December. In this blog, we’ll explore what you can do to set your business up for success this upcoming holiday season.
Holiday Shopping Happens Year-Round
With deals available online anytime, shoppers no longer wait for the holiday season to score a bargain. For ecommerce, that means you can’t wait either. You need to plan early by preparing ready-to-deploy deals for your site, stocking warehouses for higher inventory, and ensuring your operations can handle sales surges.
One of the most important ways to prepare for the holiday season is optimizing your ecommerce customer experience. Ecommerce makes up a huge percentage of holiday shopping nowadays, so if there are issues you’ve been putting off fixing—now’s the time.
Stay on the “Nice List” with IN-SYNCH®
In today’s crowded ecommerce space, a fast, mobile-friendly site is non-negotiable. Preparing improvements before the holiday rush ensures you’re ready for high-volume sales.
This is also the ideal time to integrate your ecommerce platform with Sage 100—and it doesn’t have to mean downtime or disruption. With IN-SYNCH®, integration becomes seamless, keeping data accurate, real-time, and flowing between your site, warehouse, and Sage 100 ERP.
Real-time data from Sage 100 integration gives you:
• Accurate inventory counts
• Live in-stock/out-of-stock updates
• Precise pricing and margins
• Improved forecasting and budgeting
• Faster, more reliable shipping and customer service
When systems update the instant a shopper clicks “buy now,” shipping labels print, inventory adjusts, and you know exactly when to restock. In other words, you just saved hours of manual adjustments and error-prone processes. Phew!
It’s Not Too Late for E-Commerce Integration!
You may be worried that it’s already too late to start an e-commerce integration project this year. While some larger projects may take longer, our experienced team can quickly accomplish simple integrations.
We’re able to accomplish projects quickly because of our years of experience with IN-SYNCH® and Sage 100 integration. Here are three primary benefits of working with us:
Minimal disruption:
Our consultants can predict the ramifications of each implementation decision on your overall business. We provide strategic guidance that keeps workflows smooth before, during, and after integration.
Efficient execution:
We know the shortcuts, tips, and techniques to use in order to keep everything on time and on budget.
Proactive problem-solving:
We’ve seen our fair share of integration challenges, and we’ve solved those challenges.
In other words…when you want something done quickly, you go to the experts.
Let’s Get Started!
For many businesses, the holidays are a make-or-break situation. Companies often rely upon the holiday shopping season to make up any previous shortfalls or to help them exceed projections. To do this, however, you need to focus time and effort onto the tasks that will make the biggest impact. With real-time Sage 100 e-commerce integration, you’ll have faster, more reliable data that will help you make better business decisions. So why wait until the holidays are over? Make this holiday season the best one ever with IN-SYNCH®.
To meet one of our clients who made their holiday season a success with IN-SYNCH®, click here.
We’d love to talk with you about your integration project. Contact us today to get started!
