Business Intelligence

Working in the distribution industry is a tough racket, and for small-to-medium operations, trying to survive and thrive can be a tall order. This isn’t because smaller businesses like [...]

Well, well, well, look at you! After all this time, it looks like you’re finally ready to make a commitment (to a new software solution, that is). It’s a big step, and it [...]

Achieving “total visibility.” It’s an attractive statement. It’s what all us distributors and product-centric businesses are after. It’s also much easier said than [...]

Complex sales tax obligations? The Wayfair decision in 2018 dramatically shifted the sales tax landscape in the United States with companies of all sizes now facing sales tax compliance [...]

Even if you don’t see an obvious problem with how your company is performing, access to quality data can reveal areas for improvement. And unless you’re running a perfectly efficient company (and [...]

If there’s a step in your order-to-cash workflow that involves clicking a button, checking a box, sending an email, or any other similar, electronic function, there’s room for automation. Today, [...]

An optimized order fulfillment process equates to an accelerated order-to-cash cycle. Conversely, bloated order fulfillment operations mean you’re wasting resources somewhere. So how can [...]

No one wants some generic, one-size-fits-all solution — “one-size-fits-all” means that it’s perfect for exactly nobody. However, by nature, running a business means you have to [...]

As an operations manager, you’re responsible for looking at the big picture. Sure, there are plenty of small-scale decisions that feed into that. However, you’re the one with the [...]

You’d be fairly hard-pressed to find someone in our business world who doesn’t have a smartphone these days. And that portable little pocket device you’re toting around is over [...]