We have all heard many stories about the capabilities of ransomware and the damage it causes when you are attacked so in this blog, I just want to give you a bit of a refresher and maybe a few things to look out for and keep in mind because sometimes it looks friendly...
Everybody knows that warehouse systems can no longer be handled through a manual process. As such, warehouse management systems are widely used across all industries by companies that maintain and move inventory.
Microsoft has an international partner program to extend its reach into the community. They rely on Microsoft Certified Partners to deliver their business solutions to their customers. Every partner has specialities which impact their product and service offerings....
Creating a digital business transformation roadmap will show you where you are now and provide a look ahead to where you want to be down the road, with a plan and process to support your vision. Not only will it help define what you deliver to your customers but also how to deliver it.
With the adoption of technology, many have embraced a “less-paper” approach eliminating the need for some paperwork. What is the next step? A completely paperless warehouse.
Any-Warehouse-LP is a managing system that groups together any set of materials or products and assigns it with a unique license plate number. If you are still tracking each unit of your inventory with pen and paper or manually keying in your data to an outdated system, then you are consuming up large amounts of hard work and operating costs.
After the Community Summit in North America, Microsoft released a statement responding to feedback from the Great Plains Community. “Microsoft is fully committed to supporting our Dynamics GP customers. This will include new releases (e.g., 18.6, 18.7, 18.8, …) for...
While every disaster is different—as is the way any individual company will react to that disaster. This will result in business disruption starting with critical data loss, annoyed customers, and lost revenue.
Are you ever concerned about the importance of keeping your customer’s data accurate? When your business client and contact information is not consistent or up to date it can slow down the sales process and especially the performance of your marketing campaigns. If...
The pudding in the pie for success is originality and uniqueness that can instantly give you a competitive edge in the industry by having a tailored made add-on solution that accommodates to all the needs and expectations of your organization and your customers as...
As we previously know Microsoft upgrades are focused on the users’ ideas and needs, no difference this time around with the GP 18.4 Upgrade. Most of the feature focus on ease of use, client requirements, expanded functionality and enhance security and support.
This week we marked the 1 year anniversary of COVID-19 being recognized as a pandemic – a worldwide disruptive disease impacting human health, wellbeing resulting in much disruption to peoples lives. These disruptions have impacted all societies on earth; driving...
Juggling the multiple payment options as a retailer of any size, is no laughing matter! We all know that a long transaction time, makes for an unhappy customer experience. We also know, that managing all these options can be taxing for retail employees. The unhappy...
Studies have shown that 91% of ERP companies have sadly received in the range of 31 – 80% of the projected value they expected to receive when they implemented their ERP software. In this 2018 report from Panorama, 95% of ERP customers saw process and bottom line...
I was recently at a conference where the question was asked “What is your greatest resource?”. Service based organizations need to stay focused on the answer to this question in order to stay viable. The answer of course is “our people” and right now as we evaluate...
State and provincial governments are laying out plans for retailers to be able to reopen in the coming weeks. The owners of these retail operations are trying to figure out how to re-arrange their stores to accommodate the new “post covid” realities. As owners look...
In today’s blog, we will trace a mythical Pet Food Shop and offer practical and real-world advice to this business owner. In the middle of April, we are now far enough into the pandemic that the severity and the questions covered in today’s post are no longer...
The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented time in history and as we watch the waves hitting our “economic pond” we see some surprising things, like Amazon hiring 100,000 new workers, and giving all of their workers a raise. With governments encouraging people to stay...
As I write this article, the reality of the impact of the Corona Virus on the North American economy isn’t yet fully known. To business owners who are paying attention to what government officials of different levels are saying, it could mean that large gatherings of...
As I write this article and reflect on the past and look to the future, I wear a pair of bifocals. I use my bifocals without even cognitive awareness – I just naturally focus on what I am looking at and then move my head intuitively to make sure I can see that object...
Few decisions for business owners cause more angst than IT software decisions. Many owners and senior leadership teams are confounded by the overvalued presentations of ‘technology”, that focus on everything but what every business executive needs to know – the value...
This growing trend in consumers is to value experience over material possessions. If brick and mortar stores weren’t under enough pressure from the online retail industry, now this growing sentiment amongst our customers is another challenge. The one difference here...
Recently I learned about a start-up company, willing to give you a cell phone in exchange for access to your online data (personal data excluded). The start-up in its testing phase was giving out 1000 phones per week — apparently many considered this to be a great...
The “Amazon Effect” has spilled out of the retail segment and is changing the demands of our customers and, given a little more time, will become the standard expectation. Warehouse managers are in a tough spot, stuck in between their own organizational expectations...
Another article addressing the future and the retail industry, ughh! We all have seen articles about change, technology, new trends, the need for a great customer experience. Change in retailing is everywhere, but practically what can you do to help your stores meet...
