Cloud 9 ERP Solutions Blog

Breakups are never easy. Both sides put immense effort into making it work, but there often comes a time when it just stops working. Knowing this, one of the most common reasons for a breakup is that one party continues to put more and more work into the relationship only to get less and less from the partner. Much like a real relationship, this happens quite often with business management software—you continue to put more and more effort into the equation each day, month, or year and see diminishing returns.

The cloud has changed the way that businesses access technology. Introducing a complete change to the way a user can interact with the software, cloud deployment has laid the groundwork for more agility, increasingly informed decision making, and better collaboration. Rather than creating an environment in which users are tied to a computer and server, decision makers can now access up to the minute company information securely, immediately, and from any device.

Field Services Organizations are unique. Whether their client base is residential or commercial, these companies have to control every single moving part of the organization. The right person has to be in the right place at the right time, and they have to have the right equipment and inventory when they get to the site. Keeping everything (and everyone) organized is a challenge, but it’s only half of the battle.

Whether your specialty is residential or commercial, if you install network and structured cabling, your company has very specialized requirements when it comes to business software. Few solutions today are built for your unique needs, and even fewer have proven successes. If you’re tired of using a patchwork set of applications to manage core accounting, field service, CRM, and more, we invite you to learn from your AV industry peers who have already fought the battle and won.

Today’s business needs to move faster than ever in order to keep up. Whether your industry is at risk of “disruption” or you simply need to compete with other players in your sector, it’s becoming more and more important to have the right information at the right place at the right time.

In our blog explaining the new features in Acumatica 2018 R2, we explored the improvements that Acumatica made in their latest release, breaking down the updates to each module and each industry edition. The R2 release was game changing as a whole and provided a swath of enhancements, but for those of you who may be in the consideration phase, you may be wondering more about the editions than about the updates. Today, we would like take the time to explore each and discuss why it matters.

Leading a manufacturing operation is a series of potentially business-changing decisions. From minute details to major changes, one hiccup could cut into profits, strain customer or supplier relationships, or damage your reputation. From equipment to suppliers to software, your manufacturing business differs from nearly every other manufacturing organization, and your path to business growth is unique.

Twenty-four years ago, Amazon was still doing business as Cadabra, two percent of households had access to the internet, and a CD order set in motion a wave of change that brought us to today’s retail environment. Lauded as the first ecommerce transaction in history, Phil Brandenberger sat down at his computer, visited a website, and ordered "Ten Summoners' Tales" by the rock musician Sting.

Acumatica is designed for its customers, built to make it easier for end users to do their jobs. However, there is no such thing as complacency for the firm, and they continually work to make improvements to the product. Whether they are compliance necessities, interface improvements, or better integrations, Acumatica continues to make twice-yearly improvements based on customer requests, with the most recent update, R2 2018 featuring big changes to make the product better.

For the product-based business, inventory is a significant investment, an important part of your operating strategy, and far too often, one of the riskiest cost centers of your business. Inventory control is one of the most challenging tasks for any manufacturer, distributor, ecommerce brand, or retailer; even field service firms like audio and visual companies have the visibility and control to maintain a healthy balance of inventory if they hope to serve customers without driving up costs.