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It’s Time to Enjoy Secure Credit Card Payment Processing
A faster and more technology-driven society means consumers want faster ways to pay. A 2016 survey by TSYS revealed that 75% of consumers prefer to pay with credit or debit cards, and the trend of paying via credit or debit card is gaining traction in the B2B retail...
Operational Efficiency Can Be Your Competitive Advantage in eCommerce
As Seth Godin once said, “The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven’t given them anything else to care about.” Ecommerce companies are constantly fighting the “lowest price” battle, which does not increase the profitability of...
The Importance of Customer Satisfaction in eCommerce
Meeting Customers’ Expectations, Regardless of Business Size With 36 percent of consumers spending more than 30 minutes (and 65 percent spending more than 16 minutes) comparison shopping before making a decision on purchasing a commodity product, you can pretty much...
How Distributors Can Set Themselves Up for Future Growth
When you first started your distribution business, you rented out space in a warehouse that you shared with two other distributors. You fought for every customer and eventually began fulfilling orders for local businesses with your 10-year-old pick up truck. You met...
3 Major Prerequisites for Driving Manufacturing Business
For small and medium size manufacturers, the competition is intense. Growing your business with a smaller market share and fewer resources than giant manufacturers is tough work. You have to do everything better, faster, and with less. So, how is this accomplished?...
Embrace the Cloud: It’s the Future
We are in the midst of a radical change in technology preferences. IDC, a premier global provider of market intelligence, wrote that “Cloud Apps are key to supporting growth of small and medium businesses.” IDC calls the current environment the “IT Industry’s 3rd...
Debunking 4 Popular Myths of the Cloud
The cloud is a powerful, fairly new platform, particularly in the ERP computing space. With all the conversations folks are having about cloud computing, sometimes what the cloud really is – and can do – feels as foggy as its namesake. It turns out that the cloud is...
4 Benefits to Switching to a Cloud ERP
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software that connects your finance, accounting and operations data is a must have in this day and age, particularly for dynamic and fast-growing companies. Yet, ERP software can be too expensive and too hard to manage for...
The 5 Steps of ERP Selection and Implementation
Few things impact a company’s ability to meet customer needs, compete efficiently, and maintain a steady growth like enterprise resource planning (ERP) system selection and implementation. Your ERP system is one place where you cannot afford to cut corners. It’s been...
The ERP Implementation Life Cycle: What You Need to Know
ERP implementation life cycle is the process of deploying enterprise resource planning software—from planning through go-live and beyond. The typical implementation cycle is six to 12 months. But don’t think it’s all about software. Make sure you’re prepared for...