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Learn Crystal Reports 101
Business Intelligence from Virtually Any Data Source with Crystal Reports One way to engage and influence decision-makers and stakeholders is to give them visuals and impress them with relevant information. You can up the value of your reports with fancy...
Sage ERP Intelligence: Did Sage Ever Consider Naming It Mr. Sage Smarty Pants?
How to Quickly Obtain Information from ERP with Sage ERP Intelligence Now that the fourth quarter is upon us and the days speeding by toward the new year, operations and strategic plans for 2017 may be all but implemented. Your forecast for a bigger and better...
5 Reasons You Need Accounting Software for Your Growing Business
It's Time to Smart Up Your Startup Few people—CPAs being an exception—go into business jazzed about accounting. But because most—CPAs included—go into business to make money, accounting discipline is necessary. For many startups (or mom-n-pop businesses)...
Customer-Centric ERP: Employees in the Know Mean Companies in the Dough
Integrated Systems for Customer Satisfaction Pay Off in Higher Revenues, Lower Overhead Many companies think of Enterprise Resource Planning systems as back-end solutions, embedded so deep in a company's operations as to make its owners introverted. To the...
Acumatica Accelerating Its Business
Its Force Awakened, Acumatica Doubles Customer Base Next-generation ERP has the potential to empower a business, amplifying human capabilities with added speed and improved reflexes, not unlike the best Jedi padawan. As Yoda knew, however, capability does not...
Cloud? Come Again?
What Is the Cloud? Raise your hand if you don't really get “the cloud.” The more engaged we become with technology, either as businesspeople or consumers, the more tech terminology creeps into our everyday language without, necessarily, explanation. For...
Using Software in Your Inventory Control Strategy
Inventory Management Gets Some TLC from ERP Manufacturers, distributors, retailers and other companies that carry inventory seek to expand just like businesses in the service economy. But in a seemingly counteractive focus, they consistently look to optimize...
ISM Named to VAR 100 by Accounting Today
ISM Ranks in VAR 100 (Again) PORTLAND, ORE., Sept. 5, 2016 – Information Systems Management (ISM) was once again named to the annual VAR 100, an annual ranking of technology resellers and consultants compiled by Accounting Today. In 2016 we ranked No. 88. This...
Your Manufacturing Environment, Make It Effective and Modern
How to Create a Modern and Effective Manufacturing Environment Every type of business has risk. Inventory-centric companies are often 30 days away from bankruptcy. If their stock doesn't sell, they don't pay their suppliers and they are out of business. Sales...
The Pros and Cons of SaaS ERP
Cloud computing has become such a headline grabber that some may wonder if Software as a Service—SaaS—is still a thing. ISM can attest to the fact that it is, and although all SaaS offerings count as cloud computing, the two terms are not synonyms....
What Has Changed in Wholesale Distribution
How Has Your Wholesale Distribution Operation Changed in Recent Years? Aberdeen Group, in research conducted for ISM, found that best-in-class wholesale distributors invest in process change and technology at twice the rate of their competitors. No pressure...
Cloud Applications for Agile and Fast Growing Businesses
Cloud Applications Are Changing the Way Businesses Operate Cloud applications are key to supporting growth of small and mid-size businesses, according to market intelligence firm IDC. In what IDC calls the “3rd platform,” the cloud, mobile connectivity, social...