In Be Amazing or Go Home, Shep Hyken explains what makes “Amazing people” amazing. In this blog series, I have covered several habits these people have in common, including: Showing up ready to amaze, What it means to be amazing, Always being on stage, Always showing up early (“Lombardi time”), and Always acting like you’re… Continue reading Habits Of Amazing People: Create An Anti-NO Zone
Category: Industry
How Old Technology Can Negatively Impact Your Retail Business
Your business technology applications and platforms keep your retail business running, connecting the entire business so you can have visibility into every aspect and make smart decisions while delivering excellent service and giving customers what they want. That is, however, if you’re not using old, outdated technology. If you’re hanging on to legacy systems, you… Continue reading How Old Technology Can Negatively Impact Your Retail Business
Why Standard Costing Is The Choice For Manufacturers
For manufacturers, selecting a costing method is one of the most important decisions you will need to make because it has an impact on your costs, budgets, and profits. If those aren’t reason enough to make a well-informed decision, keep in mind that changing costing methods mid-stream is going to cause complications because it impacts… Continue reading Why Standard Costing Is The Choice For Manufacturers
How To Use the LS Retail Weekly Menu Planner for Restaurants
Restaurants using LS Retail’s LS Central ERP solution can use the Weekly Menu Planner to plan weekly menus, including the ability to plan for, purchase, and produce recipes all within the LS Central. Producing recipes within LS Central helps with tracking costs as well as quantity of ingredients on hand. When recipes are created in… Continue reading How To Use the LS Retail Weekly Menu Planner for Restaurants
ERP for Food and Beverage Manufacturing
If the title of this blog post got your attention, you’re either a) hungry or b) in the market for a new ERP solution for your food and/or beverage manufacturing business. How, you ask, can an ERP be compared to a buffet? In this post, we’ll explain that and the other benefits of choosing a… Continue reading ERP for Food and Beverage Manufacturing
The Benefits of Online Marketplaces for Omnichannel Retailers
Successful retailers today—with very few exceptions—are successful because they embrace and support an omnichannel strategy. To reach today’s consumer, you might be able to get away without a brick-and-mortar presence, but you must have some sort of eCommerce presence. And beyond your eCommerce site, you need to have a presence in social media for loyalty… Continue reading The Benefits of Online Marketplaces for Omnichannel Retailers
How To Use LS Central Quick Service Restaurant Functionality
Restaurants that offer quick service or counter service can benefit from the functionality offered in LS Central’s hospitality module. From the cashier at the POS to the chef in the kitchen and the expediter delivering the meal, everyone is working together, in the same system, to communicate and deliver customers exactly what they order—quickly and… Continue reading How To Use LS Central Quick Service Restaurant Functionality
Simplifying Purchasing and Procurement in Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Business Central
On the surface, purchasing and procurement seem fairly simple: you find the vendor with the best price, terms, and delivery schedule, place an order, and receive it. However, there is the planning side to purchasing, and that’s where it gets complicated. In this blog post, we discuss ways you can simplify the process around purchasing… Continue reading Simplifying Purchasing and Procurement in Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Business Central
Ways to Reduce Retail Shrinkage and Start Protecting Your Profits
Shrinkage costs the global retail industry over $100 BILLION annually. In 2019, roughly 6 percent of retail shrink was literally unaccounted for, meaning nobody could classify a loss under any of the shrink categories. And another survey averaged the retail industry shrink rate in 2019 was nearly 2 percent. If you’re a retailer, these numbers… Continue reading Ways to Reduce Retail Shrinkage and Start Protecting Your Profits
Migrating from Dynamics GP to Dynamics Business Central: The Advantages of Business Central
Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) users are faced with conflicting information about staying on GP versus migrating to Dynamics 365 Business Central. We’re attempting to clear the clutter and give you some straight answers to help you make your decision. As we mentioned in The Case for the Cloud, there are distinct advantages for GP… Continue reading Migrating from Dynamics GP to Dynamics Business Central: The Advantages of Business Central