The manufacturing and distribution industries are constantly being disrupted by digital innovation, forcing businesses to find advanced software solutions or risk falling behind their competition. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology, like Infor CloudSuite SCM, delivers intelligent, real-time supply chain optimization that transforms manufacturing and distribution businesses.
Enterprise-level growth for manufacturers and distributors is directly correlated to digital transformation. Some of these trends have been gaining traction for years, while others are newly relevant; that being said, if you’re looking to implement an ERP solution, we recommend keeping the following in mind.
Due to constantly growing customer expectations and global competition, the pressure is on for manufacturers and distributors to enhance customer relationships. That’s why many enterprises are turning to CRM software. While there is no set formula to create the perfect CRM timeline, we have compiled six steps that will give you a helpful place to start in creating your project plan!
eCommerce giants like Amazon have become formidable forces in our marketplace, disrupting business strategies all over the world and burdening traditional distributors attempting to keep up. Several vendors, like Magento eCommerce, have made it possible for companies of all sizes to launch an online business. That being said, distributors remain painfully behind in adopting this software to conduct online B2B transactions.
Many manufacturing and distribution businesses turn to enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to standardize their processes, while others avoid ERP software for that reason. To give you a more accurate picture of ERP standardization we’re correcting some common misconceptions.
Ongoing trends continue to shape the distribution industry. Here are three top trends in the distribution industry that you should be prepared for.
Every organization utilizes machines and systems to achieve its business objectives. Machine learning makes improving processes possible.
So, you’re looking to implement a new enterprise system on your shop floor. You go to Google, you go to colleagues and wander around vendor websites for what seems like an eternity. 500 different options and phone calls with salespeople later, you’re no closer to figuring out which ERP system will give you the most …
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Common CRM Strategy Pitfalls There are no one-size fits all CRM software systems on the market today—and that’s a good thing. Modern enterprises operate in such varying and unique ways that it would be unreasonable to expect a silver bullet CRM that could be mapped onto any business and instantly improve their sales processes. As …
Enterprise software projects are known for sapping funds and taking way longer than expected to complete. When it’s all said and done, jobs hinge on the ERP implementation plan or CRM implementation strategy employed, the end-system is responsible for the company’s future revenue growth, and the businesses that fail in this process often face difficult futures. …
You may be one of those seated in the budget meeting trying to determine why the business systems financial plan has cut into three, four, or event five percent of profit year after year. You observe the same solution brought forth to you is reminiscent of the one just last year – specifically solutions that …
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3 Reasons To Invest In Epicor ERP 10 As a leading and experienced certified Epicor partner, our clients look to our experts to help them fit powerful software — Epicor ERP 10 — to their desired business practices. Some of the desired capabilities are straight forward and out of the box, but others that are in high …
Three Epicor ERP System Trends In 2015 There are several major topics on the minds of Epicor ERP system users that seem to keep popping up this year. Recently, Epicor conducted a global research project, surveying companies around the world on the effectiveness of their current ERP – regardless of if they were a current customer …
B2B CRM and ERP Trends Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is evolving faster than ever. Systems providers are creating new ways to meet the demands of new, prospective industries by leveraging additional services and capabilities further enhance popular out-of-the-box software. All of this is in the name of collecting and purposefully …
Epicor System Upgrade vs. Reimplementation There are a lot of benefits to upgrading your current Epicor system to the new Epicor version 10. We’ve actually covered those previously, and are quite confident that Epicor does as good of a job as anyone selling the benefits of doing so. However, what we often find many struggle with is the …
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