Over the years, a wholesale restaurant equipment distributor expanded order taking from onsite stores to the phone and ultimately the internet. To keep customer satisfaction high whether they are dealing person-to-person in the store or for customers buying directly over the web, inventory availability and alternate suggestions are always available to employees and customers — [...]
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4 Ways SalesPad Transforms Your Microsoft Dynamics GP User Experience for Maximum Sales Results
“The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start.” – Charles M. Schwab Microsoft Dynamics GP is a great tool to improve your company’s efficiency, but are you getting the most out of your system? Perhaps your sales team is spending too much time entering documents when they [...]
continue reading...Stonewall Kitchen Goes From Farm Stand to International Distributor with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
This is an exclusive case study for the ERP Software Blog based on an interview with Andrea Hall, Information Systems Director, Stonewall Kitchen, at Convergence 2013. The Company Just over 21 years ago, two friends were selling homemade food items at local farmers’ markets. Fast forward to 2013 and their business, Stonewall Kitchen, is a [...]
continue reading...A Distribution Client’s Video Testimonial About Microsoft Dynamics GP Is Worth How Many Thousands of Words?
Clarke Distribution Corp is a distributor of high end kitchen appliances, the most amazing appliances I’ve ever seen in the most gorgeous kitchens I’ve ever seen! You can take a tour of their showroom on the Clarke Web site. Anyway, they agreed to be part of our initiative to collect a variety of client videos [...]
continue reading...Dynamics GP Reporting – Smartlist and Smartlist Builder
Dare I say that for years I worked in the Manufacturing Industry utilizing and eventually implementing ERP systems that weren’t part of the Microsoft ERP system offerings. About 5 years ago, when I joined a consulting firm that only implemented Dynamics GP, my first reaction to Smartlist and eventually Smartlist Builder was WOW! I couldn’t [...]
continue reading...Brilliant Idea #15 Truck Part Manufacturer Uses Digital White Board in Microsoft Dynamics GP
Historically, manufacturers have used a dry erase board posted at each press or work station to note daily, last minute changes to the parts/jobs that station will run. Manually capturing demands every day, manufacturers net out the production required and painstakingly assign the production run to each work center. A truck part manufacturer using Microsoft [...]
continue reading...Brilliant Idea #14 Oil & Gas Company Uses Collections Management to Improve Cash Flow with Microsoft Dynamics GP
An oil and gas company was having trouble keeping up with the increase in the volume of their business — measuring the profitability of each of their 100+ delivery trucks and managing receivables for over 2,000 accounts. Their financial reporting and analysis was manual and extremely time consuming, dependent on multiple Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Incomplete [...]
continue reading...17 Most Commonly Overlooked Set-Up and On-Going Use Issues in Microsoft Dynamics GP
“Everything should be made as simple as possible…but not simpler.” - Albert Einstein We recently held a Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group Meeting in St. Louis, MO. Our feature speakers were the owners from Reporting-Central. One of their products that caught my attention was “The Validator”. This product helps Dynamics GP users eliminate manual [...]
continue reading...The Advantages of Using Inventory Management Software in Distribution
Last November we suggested "Strategies for Improving Inventory Management in Distribution/Wholesaling", and this past March we identified the "5 Steps for Improving Demand Planning and Forecasting". This post will discuss why it's necessary, and how to achieve this using inventory management software. Distribution companies understand how inventory software simplifies the process of managing and tracking stock [...]
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