6 Signs and which prove that your store needs an ERP solution

Introduction of new information technologies in the store is a decision of great weight, especially as it affects core business processes. There are many dangers: expensive investment, disrupting work processes and creating confusion among staff. However, resistance to new technologies and their rejection is no less dangerous.
A turn back the tools and options available to retail salesman in 2016 is actually giving up the opportunity to obtain an advantage over your competition, and giving up a whole new world of productivity, efficiency and speed. The safest way to develop information technology in business is to look for signs that it is time to introduce new capabilities, such as ERP.

But wait, before investigating what is essentially an ERP system.

Managing a store and involves various different aspects: from logistics and sales to human resources and accounting. Instead of working with multiple programs for each of these areas, one central system across all enterprise resource planning to meet those needs – Enterprise Resource Planning, or ERP. The system centralizes all the information in one place and creates a uniform interface and a unified language in the enterprise, facilitating cooperation between employees and exchange of information between various departments. Another important quality of ERP system is to obtain a broad perspective on business and elite, drawing conclusions from the data, and ultimately – to reduce costs and increase profits.

So how do you know if your store is the system that needs to work smarter, fairer and more effective? These are signs that you should search:

You can not manage the data?

Each of the departments dvs.- business sales, accounting, marketing, purchasing, and so produce an infinite number of data and information. It’s often difficult to exchange information and updates between departamente- making routine and simple tasks like introducing a new provider to be dull and heavy. ERP system with all information available to all departments and update any changes in any department is automatically centrally. This saves time and reduces administrative error margins.

Your intuitions are not effective

When your business is driven by different software programs it is difficult if not impossible to extract significant ideas based on deep understanding of information that is at your disposal. In this case the strategic decision-making is problematic because it will be based only on a part of the “image” rather than the whole. Since your ERP system integrates all the information under one roof, you can identify more clearly the pros and cons for each decision.

Various departments do not cooperate

It is clear to everyone that it is necessary that the sales department and marketing department to cooperate with each other. However, when the mass of information that each department uses remains available to him and him alone, it will be much more difficult for any team to use all available resources for the benefit of business. In contrast, a store that has implemented an ERP good to enjoy the benefit that all information is always available to any authorized member of staff at the time. This is an excellent way to remove obstacles and create the necessary conditions for innovation and growth

Several softwares costs you very much and delivering little

The use of various softwares to manage each business department incur unnecessary and creates unexpected problems. You can spend large sums every month for various maintenance procedures – and then to striking each time, the consequences of a technological failure. Since ERP system integrates all business departments under it, it does not require separate maintenance procedures and thus reducing costs.

Inventory is not synchronized

Maintaining accurate inventory balance is crucial to the bottom line. When different departments are isolated from each other, it is difficult to calculate the number of orders received in the short, medium and long term. The overall picture that you can get from a good ERP solution, is also an important value to calibrate your inventory

Your team is down

No modern business is conducted not only in the areas of office or shop. Shop owner in 2016 needs to have access to data and applications in systems available from anywhere and at any time. If ERP technology “cloud” is what you need to store does not mean you’re in the clouds. Whether you are in a taxi, at a meeting with a vendor, or on the couch at home, thanks to technology “cloud” you can access all the data you need to make any desired action as you would in the office.

Just before we leave, we see that we must not identify with any of the paragraphs above, to decide that the time has come to make an upgrade to the ERP system. Even if technology adoption only 2 or 3 points resolve painful – can significantly change the way you drive business. Test performance last year with goals and then your answer honestly – if the next quarter, half year or next year viitoate will look better with an ERP system?

This post is based on an article published in the original HERE.

6 Signs and which prove that your store needs an ERP solution

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