Is your Business Prepared for a Recall?
The most prominent reason for a food and beverage (F&B) manufacturer to be transparent is the risk of a recall. Not only can recalls cause bad PR but they can damage supplier relationships, cause...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your Supply Chain from Becoming Demand Driven
Demand-driven supply chains do not evolve out of traditional supply chains, simply because there must be radical changes in the underlying thinking about how supply chains and enterprises work and...
View ArticleTop 10 Things to Improve Your Supply Chain Today
Supply chain improvement is often at the forefront of executives and managers minds. In this blog we will review 10 ways to improve your supply chain immediately. Number 1: Decide on a goal One of the...
View ArticleERP Requirements Gathering
Over the years it has been cited that – the failure to assess customers’ real requirements is a leading cause for failure in the deployment of new technologies in business or across supply chains. Of...
View ArticleIntroducing Sage 100 2016
In November, Sage 100 2016 was released and is now available for download. Here’s a look at some of the most important changes and new features introduced with this latest version. Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleAre you FSMA compliant?
When it comes to compliance you defiantly want to be transparent when dealing with regulations. The key rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) went into effect on Sept 10, 2015. The main...
View ArticleWhat is Sage 100c?
A New Deluxe Version of Sage 100 In addition to enhancements added to the existing Sage 100 product in version 2016, Sage simultaneously launched a new “deluxe” version called Sage 100c. The launch of...
View ArticleWhy Is Ongoing Improvement So Hard to Achieve?
If your company and supply chain is like most companies and supply chains, you are doing everything you know to try to reach more of your goal—trying to make more money tomorrow than you are making...
View ArticleAre You Drowning in Data?
Try Sage X3 Intelligence Reporting These days, software manages everything from sales, customers, and inventory, to accounting, operations, and HR. It’s no wonder that some companies find themselves...
View ArticleWhy Companies Move to the Cloud
With the recent announcement that Sage X3 is now available in the cloud, it seems that technology is really changing the way that business gets done. Here’s a look at why companies are moving to the...
View ArticleFSMA finalizes rules for food safety
New food prevention and accreditation standards released Throughout the year, we’ve summarized the initiatives and progress of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Last month, a significant...
View ArticleReduce Costs with Sage Subscription Pricing
Interested in upgrading to a modern fully integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Accounting solution but concerned about the initial upfront costs? We understand the initial software costs and...
View Article8 Reasons Sage 500 Customers Migrate to Sage X3
RKL eSolutions supports hundreds of Sage 500 customers from coast-to-coast. Naturally, with a product that is now nearing 18 years old and coded in an aged programming language, we frequently field...
View ArticleSolve Running Total Problems with MS SQL
KEY LEARNING: If you are using SQL SERVER 2012 or higher, when calculating running total values or variations, use Windowing Aggregate Functions as they are much much more performant than other...
View ArticleWhen do I go to automated/integrated shipping?
Considering an automated shipping tool that is fully integrated with your CRM? Take a look at what a small distribution company did to drive growth. The problem This small business found itself...
View ArticleWhat Is Inventory Management’s Real Role?
I have long been convinced that the role of inventory management (and the inventory managers themselves) is undervalued in most organizations. Typically, those responsible for inventory management...
View ArticleAvoid Failure from Lack of Buy-In
All kinds of things have been written about ERP (enterprise resource planning) implementation failures over the past 20 or more years. Most of these articles have focused on failures to deliver a...
View ArticleProcessing Customer Returns in X3
X3 provides many options when processing customer returns. The tricky part of it is knowing which process applies to which situation. Situation 1: Customer Return for Replacement or Credit Creating a...
View ArticleComplexity, Uncertainty and Conflict
Whether in your supply chain or within your own enterprise, the challenges that executives and managers must meet and defeat day after day can be grouped into three broad and generic classes:...
View ArticleRansomware infecting Sage 100
We want to make you aware of a relatively new ransomware virus called LeChiffre. This ransomware virus appears to be more malicious than others reported in the past. We are seeing it infecting both...
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