e-Commerce is Growing If your company isn’t using e-commerce, you’re already behind. In the new digital age, e-commerce is a key factor in driving business sales and growth. According to marketing research firm Coleman Parkes, 21-40% of business contributions are a direct result of e-commerce. This is just the beginning; the contribution from e-commerce will… Continue reading The Internet is Infinite and e-Commerce is Growing
Category: Industry
Resolving the Top Three Inventory Management Challenges
Running a warehouse, and effectively managing inventory, is a lot like juggling. There are so many factors to consider and needs to balance to ensure the entire process runs smoothly: one wrong move and the entire thing can come crashing down. Being such a juggling act, the balance of warehouse inventory management is fraught with… Continue reading Resolving the Top Three Inventory Management Challenges
Automate to Avoid Common Warehouse Management Problems
Excessive inventory, unexpected shortages, lack of space, wasted space…the challenges of managing a warehouse are aplenty. There are so many moving parts involved in managing a warehouse, the only way to ensure efficiency, accuracy, and productivity, is through automation. A warehouse management system (WMS) allows you to automate and avoid the more common warehouse management… Continue reading Automate to Avoid Common Warehouse Management Problems
Using Business Intelligence to Manage Your Equipment Rental Company
Running an equipment rental company is an exercise in balance; managing inventory, assets, and billing needs, are challenges that need your attention. To ensure success, equipment rental companies should be able to make smart, strategic decisions quickly. Enter business intelligence. Business intelligence capabilities allow you to turn your data into action. The advantages of using… Continue reading Using Business Intelligence to Manage Your Equipment Rental Company
Effectively Managing Rental Units with Dynamics NAV and RPM
Effectively managing all aspects of rental units (costs, depreciation, location, etc.) is one of the main pain points we hear about when talking with those in the rental industry. Companies struggle knowing exactly how well their rental units are performing. They find it challenging to find exactly where any given piece of equipment is at… Continue reading Effectively Managing Rental Units with Dynamics NAV and RPM
Rental Process Management Software Can Help Manage Equipment Maintenance
Not to put too fine a point on it, but ensuring your equipment is in top shape and able to be used at capacity is the very essence of success in the equipment rental industry. The key to ensuring success is equipment maintenance management effectiveness; being able to manage preventative, scheduled, reactive, and predictive maintenance… Continue reading Rental Process Management Software Can Help Manage Equipment Maintenance
Manage Rental Billing with SuiteEngine RPM Software
One of the most interesting aspects of the equipment rental industry is the plethora of ways in which equipment rental companies calculate and bill their clients for the rental of their equipment. Options include everything from daily utilization billing, to monthly rentals with excess usage charges, to giving a customer the best price possible based… Continue reading Manage Rental Billing with SuiteEngine RPM Software
Why Manufacturing Companies Need ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, despite its name, is not just for enterprise-sized companies. Almost all businesses, regardless of size, can benefit from an ERP solution. This is true for manufacturing companies in particular as an ERP can be the competitive edge in an increasingly competitive industry. Many ERP systems enable manufacturing companies to share… Continue reading Why Manufacturing Companies Need ERP
Online Marketplaces and Dynamics NAV ERP
Online Marketplaces and ERPs Congratulations, you’ve just signed a Deal with Amazon…now what? Over that past few years, Amazon and other online marketplaces have exploded in revenue, product offerings, and market presence. Amazon alone saw the number of items it offers grow from 232 Million in 2013 to over 488 million in 2015. Amazon Prime… Continue reading Online Marketplaces and Dynamics NAV ERP
New and Changed Item Setups for MRP Planning in Dynamics NAV 2013
The MRP planning functionality beginning with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 has some changes from the previous versions of NAV to be aware of when setting up items for MRP planning. If we look at the Planning Tab of an Item Card, we can see the following new fields: Dampener Period Dampener Quantity Lot Accumulation Period… Continue reading New and Changed Item Setups for MRP Planning in Dynamics NAV 2013