Ecommerce the easy way

By Zuckerman Consulting, a WAC Consulting Group Partner - As the pace of business marches on, more customers than ever want to do business online.  As ecommerce continues to grow in popularity, many businesses are deciding (or being forced) to provide online shopping.  Remember how banks used to close their doors at 3:00 PM on weekdays? Today's customers want access to product and account information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Depending on your business model, you may be selling to other businesses, or to the general public.  The 'business to business' model is probably more common among Pro Series users, and that's what we're going to discuss today.  In some ways it is easier to implement, since the customers already know you and know what they want to order.  This is a tremendous advantage, since marketing your web site to the general public is a much bigger job. Read the full article.

Let's Talk Shop

A quick look at Sage Pro ERP Job Cost and Project Accounting modules. - by Karen Smart of Smart E-Solutions, a WAC Consulting Group Partner

The line between a manufacturer and a job cost or job shop company can run thin, and for some companies they overlap, especially if your organization is manufacturing goods that you will sell on a job.  Luckily, we have a definitive product, Sage Pro ERP Job Cost module that allows you to trace costs to individual units of output by means of defining a specific contract with job numbers, phases, categories, cost types, job cost items, and the full use of bill of materials, for batches of goods, jobs or services that you provide your customers.

Organizations like print shops, custom home builders, and custom machine manufactures use job cost systems.  Companies that work with cost-based contracts, such as defense, highway, and other types of contractors, also use job cost systems. Many non-profit organizations use job costing software to account for individual projects.  Service organizations also want to track labor and costs that determine the cost of each job performed.

Now that you know you want job costing capabilities, you might be asking...How do I know if I need the Job Cost or Project Accounting Module?  That's easy.  Read the full article.

Intelligent Reporting with DataSelf Business Intelligence

By Account Tec, a WAC Consulting Group Partner - Imagine a manager who wonders why certain initiatives are failing.  He asks IT for a report.  Half a day later, the report arrives, but it doesn't answer all his questions.  He asks for a new report.  Days of back and forth ensue while operation losses continue to accumulate.

Managers struggle to get custom reports because creating and modifying reports is a time consuming task for IT.

DataSelf Business Intelligence (BI) provides the obvious alternative: its user-friendliness allows decision makers fulfill from 70 to 100 percent of their reporting needs without help from IT. Read the full article.