Cloud 9 ERP Solutions Blog

2020 was, in a word, unprecedented. Combine pandemic-driven lockdowns, recession, and an election thrown in for good measure all combined to make for an interesting time. And with all the uncertainty that the year brought, change was an imperative. From state governments limiting or restricting capacity in stores to increased safety measures, evolving customer expectations, and challenges in the supply chain, retailers needed to turn on a dime to keep up.

Every distributor is different. Different products, different suppliers, and different locations—all scientifically chosen to maintain margins, improve delivery speed, and ultimately ensure that the supply chain remains in a state of flow. But there’s another area in which they are different as well—technological maturity, risk tolerance and goals. In turn, this leads to distributors living in different realities, existing in different stages of their warehouse modernization journey.

Better usability, functionality, and flexibility are on the horizon for Acumatica users in the coming months. Acumatica’s 2021 R1 release is on the horizon and everyone in the system—users, prospects, partners, and analysts—are looking forward to the enhancements and improvements expected in the coming update.

Last month, we discussed the potential value that a FastTrack implementation can have for your business, combining a 90-day or less project with minimal configuration.

As always, the holiday season left retailers scrambling to keep up. Even in the midst of a pandemic, lockdowns, and recession, money flowed in, beating the -1.4 percent month to month sales projection and resulting in 2.9 percent more sales than December 2019 and a 4.0 percent over Q4 2019.

2020 is over, but the challenges that go alongside it remain. After the wild ride that was the last year, many are wondering whether the coming year is going to be better, worse, or more of the same.

One of the greatest selling points of ERP is its ability to evolve with your business. In fact, one of the greatest ways to reduce risk is to start small and add more as needed. The right partner is going to support you long after go-live. If you're looking to flatten the learning curve and ramp up the benefits, learn more about FastTrack and Cloud 9 ERP Solutions.

Lockdowns aren’t going away, and employees are getting more and more used to working from home. But as we discussed in the past couple months, many companies took a temporary approach to setting employees up for remote work. Processes were likely disjointed and people likely are looking for something bigger and better. To get there, however, you need to look for ways to empower them, rather than simply provide access.

After a huge 2019, 2020 was a shock to the system. No one expected this to be one of the toughest years in recent memory, but here we are. But what does 2021 hold? How are companies in retail, distribution, manufacturing, AV, and more planning to survive and thrive?

Wholesale distributors often stock and sell thousands of inventory items. These items may be similar, with only slight variations in size, style, or other attributes for each family of products. But your customers don’t care about the other items, they work with you to get the items they need.