Sellers Can Now Charge Extra For Credit Card Buys — But Will You?

Simple Screens Bring Complex Capability To a New Level.
Extensive capabilities and resulting complexities inherent in your enterprise software systems, like ERP, ease-of-use, through simplification increases value. If you could reduce what is seen as an enormous tree of possible menu choices, like a Chinese Order Menu, down to only those tasks a person needs to do their job, how would this help you get more out of your ERP software investment?

Working with clients, we are frequently asked to explain the system, reduce clutter and increase clarity. With a menu list numbering in the hundreds, how many menu items do your customer service operators actually need? What about your production planners? Do endless choices lead them into unsecured and risky places? Which access-permissions increase company liabilities and the possibility of data corruption costs?

Complimentary Recorded Webinar: Sales Tax Changes in 2013.

Sales tax in 2012 saw dramatic increases in audits, where states demanded enforcement and compliance. This year, sales tax will continue to intensify its challenges to businesses - and it's already begun.

This sales tax Thought Leadership webinar highlights real-time sales tax changes in 2013. We'll walk you through the new state of sales tax reporting so you can protect your business and be successful in the new year. 

 

Change is coming, is your business ready?

SYSPRO incorporates a number of facilities aimed at securing the organization's system from unauthorized access. Security measures range from login authentication to passwords and access levels configured per operator against programs, transactions, activities and fields.

APICS Guidelines for ERP- Preface and Purpose
Implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a major corporate project that must have a clear vision, well defined objectives and must have a predetermined reasonable rate of return on the investment. i.e.: The rate of return can be measured by the improvement in net income.

Studies are revealing. The majority of ERP implementations are failing to achieve the anticipated return on investment. According to Carol Ptak, past President of APICS, approximately 60 to 90 percent of companies implementing ERP systems fail to meet their ROI objectives.

IMTS buying rush pushes orders over $650 million for the month, putting 2012 on track to become one of the strongest years in USMTO program history.
Travis Hessman | IndustryWeek

http://www.industryweek.com/machine-tools/us-manufacturing-technology-orders-jump-40-september 

What: APICS San Fernando Valley Chapter Professional development Meeting (PDM)

Scientific systems exist today to help manage both sides of the equation; demand and supply, build versus buy, etc. Let’s start with basic inventory management and keeping stock levels accurate. 

Understanding the external forces which impact your business is much more difficult than staying in touch with  internal trends.  To stay in touch with the industry trends requires discipline and time and may or may not directly impact the bottom line.  To stick your head in the sand and ignore the trends will have your staff busy and diligent while using the expensive enterprise software even as your company is headed down a dead-end.

How do you know your "A" items using ABC Analysis?
You use the ABC Analysis reporting to print a list of stock items in descending order of usage (importance) value, based on the quantity of stock used over the last 12 months, for example.