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Essential Insights Into Remote Desktop Terminal Services and Sage 100 By: Tekoa Software Cloud Enable Your Enterprise Sage 100 MAS 90 and MAS 200 from Sage Software are two of the most widely used mid size business management and accounting applications in service today. Both MAS 90 (standard) and MAS 200 (advanced) share the same end-user capability and functionality. The primary difference between MAS 90 and MAS 200 is the back-end technology. MAS 200 is a client-server application which works more efficiently than MAS 90 on wide area networks and large user counts. One method gaining popularity among business that own Sage ERP 100 MAS 90 and MAS 200 is the use of Sage 100 Remote Desktop . There are a number of benefits to using Remote Desktop Services for Sage ERP 100 MAS 90/200. Here is a list of some of the benefits: 1. Improved Security Something your MAS consultant may not tell you is that Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 require Full Access network security ri...

 Improve Inventory Management Business Processes www.TekoaERP.com By: Amy Sterk What is a “business process?” The different kinds of business processes are the different tasks and actions that are performed in order for a business to operate and provide their product or service.   Even though each organization will have its own version and alterations on their business processes, the three that are considered to be the fundamental processes are, procurement process, production process, and fulfillment process. What is the fulfillment process? Considered to be the third of the core processes, in the fulfillment process the products or services are delivered to the consumer or buyer.   The fulfillment process is broken down into the steps of; Receive Customer Order, Prepare Shipment, Send Shipment, Send Invoice to Customer, and Receive Payment. Of course, each of these steps has many different aspects and variables depending on the nature of the business an...

The Essentials of Business Process Management and Your ERP By:  Jesse Salzwedel While running a business, there are several objectives an owner needs to do while attempting to gain a profit. One of the most important things is being able to multitask and supervise at all ends of the spectrum. Whether that be sales, marketing, or communications, it is crucial that an owner is aware of his company at all times. However, one section tends to get looked over, and because of this, problems often occur. Business process management (BPM) is a section that each company should be improving on a day-to day basis. This section is responsible for defining a company's problems, and creating ways to get rid of these complications. There are a number of business process problems that occur in today's world, and it seems that although companies grow more aware of them, they don't do much to stop them. The following paragraphs will list some of the problems that modern businesses face:...

Business Growth with Wise ERP Management By:  Ian Wanamaker  The best problem you can have in business is that your company is getting big, bigger than you ever imagined, too big maybe. This is the "problem" that Goldbelt Incorporated is currently facing. For the last two summers I have worked as an intern with Goldbelt, most recently in the accounting department, Goldbelt is a regional Alaska Native Corporation formed under ANCSA (the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act). Goldbelt made it's start as a corporation in 1971when the federal government issued them a chunk of land, a lump sum of cash, and many shareholders. From those humble beginnings Goldbelt has grown into an international Corporation based in Alaska but with headquarters in Virgina, and subsidiaries around the U.S and some in South America. The reason it is an "issue" that Goldbelt has gotten so large is that a serious overhaul is needed to get all of their subsidiaries to localize an...

Tips and Tricks for Resolving ERP Business Process Problems By: SoonKyoo Kwon  Numerous enterprises today suffer from many different business process problems. These problems can be very damaging since they may result in inefficiency, and possibly in loss of some data. Business Process Problems - "The Frustrating Five" David Roe, Covers Document Management, Enterprise CMS, GRC, listed 5 main business process problems (issues) and named them "The Frustrating Five." In this blog, I am going to discuss 4 of the 5 major problems that Roe mentions. Bottlenecks "Information bottlenecks are still common and result from a lack of consideration of the value of particular information, or content, and its relevancy in the business process." (Roe, 20 II) When enterprises have too many variables in a process, the process tends to have poor quality.  As a result, error rates will increase, and customers will experience confusion. The Paper Trail "Man...

Technology Growth Means Change in Business Processes By: Drew Broesamle www.TekoaERP.com A current process problem businesses have experienced is working to adapt their strategies towards the current culture of demanding everything right now through the internet. This includes the recent shift toward mobile browsing on phones and tablets. There are a lot of businesses created in an era where everything was brick and mortar. Now they have been forced to shift their process or fail. More and more people don’t want to leave their house to get what they need. They want everything at their fingertips. There has been a dramatic shift to online and mobile shopping. Companies like Blockbuster have had their entire business model made obsolete by Netflix and online streaming of TV shows and movies. This has resulted in Blockbuster announcing the closing of their stores earlier this month. While companies like Amazon have thrived off the shift and exists entirely online. Currently ther...

ERP Business Processes Need Periodic Review. It is time to evaluate the way your Enterprise functions. By: Kevin Son www.TekoaERP.com Today's Enterprise needs good business processes to succeed. One business process problem today’s enterprise has to cope with is that whether or not business processes need to be designed by anyone or by those who have special skills. Creating an effective business process can help to generate more profits and to increase efficiency. What should be taken into consideration are the structure of your organization, the available budget for a business process design, and how people in your company would respond to changes. A process design describes: The process flow – a series of tasks necessitated to attain a business goal The resources employed to implement the process The business environment in which the process runs During business process design, also called business process redesign, organizations have to make an...

ERP Data Is Growing At Phenomenal Rates - How Do We Use It? By: Aleksandr Solodyankin www.TekoaERP.com Such a question seems impossible to answer, given 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are added daily. But who cares? It’s not like there is a way to standardize that information in a way that’s usable. But wait, there is, such software is available and is beginning to be utilized by companies to better their business. Big data gives rise to potential questions such as: · What is big data? · Why use big data? · Who uses big data? What is Big Data? Short answer: super-specific information about individuals. Big data is exactly the opposite of what the name infers. It is not that the data is itself large, but that data is increasingly more specific. A company is no longer limited to general information such as what sites an individual visits. The data being recorded now includes what pages within the site are visited, for how long, what they look at, what they even thi...

How To Improve Manufacturing Efficiencies Using ERP www.TekoaERP.com By: Nathan Hickman As I’m sure most people know there are many companies out there that do not have the most efficient ways of producing a product. This inefficiency is normally transferred to the customer in the way of higher prices of goods. The normal consumer wants to see these prices go down and in order to do this, managers need to review their company’s production processes and figure out how to solve the problem. Here are some tips that managers can use to improve their efficiency. Engage With Production The manager should get out of their office upstairs and actually visit the floor so that they can be involved in the manufacturing process and learn the steps that actually go into producing the product they are in charge of. This step would give managers valuable knowledge that they can use to locate problems and solve the problems. It also helps them in other ways too. It could improve employe...

Things Today's Enterprise Should Consider About ERP Cloud Solutions www.TekoaERP.com  By: Nathan Hickman Most of today’s data is being shared through cloud computing, which is basically the most effective way to run ERP software . There are four key pros to using a cloud, but along with those pros are also cons. Pros: 1. All data stored in the cloud can be accessed at any time and from any place (with internet connection) from any authorized computer or smartphone. 2. If you lose your computer or smartphone or it gets destroyed, your data will be safely saved within the cloud and you won’t have any problems accessing from another source. 3. The cloud frees up space on your hard drive because you no longer need to have apps physically installed on your computer. Just have them in your cloud and you can access them that way. 4. Cloud computing is more price effective and much cheaper than other forms of data saving Cons: 1. If you are dealing with highly sens...

Make a Better Product Through Better Business Practices www.TekoaERP.com By Anders Nostdahl As a manager in today’s business world, the constant wrestling with business processes is an event that will never end. The best way for a manager to deal with it is by making the opponent in this wrestling match smaller. What I am trying to say is that by making your business processes more efficient and manageable; a manager will be able to deal with unexpected events more easily and swiftly. For those who do not know, a business process is a collection of related tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer or customers. For an accounting class last year, we took a field trip to a company called HOTSTART , which specialize in the development and implementation of engine heating systems. A manager there walked us through their manufacturing center and showed us what problems they faced, and how they became more efficient. Below are three ways a mana...

Helpful Hints for Using Business Data at Your Company By: Macie Rockstrom  www.TekoaERP.com With companies and organizations all over the world trying to globalize, information is the key to making their own personal globalization a successful process. As technology progresses, information becomes more dispensable. There are several ways this information can assist a company. Helpful Hint #1: Provides simplicity and manageability. Information about the consumers a business is marketing to is just a couple of clicks away thanks to the Internet. They can better target their products by going to sites such as Pinterest to understand what the consumers are looking for exactly. Previous to big data and this increase in technology, information like this had to be assumed by the company which is a risky route for them to go. Also, this sharing of information makes it easier for a business to have multiple offices. They can share and manage the information of their busine...

 Where is ERP Cloud Computing Going? www.TekoaERP.com By Drew Broesamle When I look at cloud computing I see a great technology that still can be improved and has not reached its full potential yet. Cloud computing is the future and in the coming years more and more companies will move in that direction. Currently cloud computing has some limitations and drawbacks but those are still outweighed by the positives. When looking at the current situation the best storage method for this enterprise is cloud computing with the cost savings from the cloud as the selling point. Combined with the price is the seemingly endless storage. By moving storage to the cloud it allows physical space to be put to better use. Also there are many safeguards in the technology to make sure that if anything is lost there is a backup for it. When large companies are looking to make a change to the cloud there is the advantage of extremely quick transfer and deployment with the entire system abl...

3 Gains and 3 Challenges from Using the Cloud in Organizations Reflections on Implementing Cloud Technology for your ERP System. By: Kevin Son www.TekoaERP.com The number of organizations trying to streamline their business operations through cloud computing is on the rise. Employing Cloud Technology for ERP systems is one way of supporting business processes by employing Internet-based services. Basically, what they want to do is move their business functions from on-site servers to the Internet. 3 Broad Categories of Cloud Computing It is beneficial to understand three basic categories of cloud computing, prior to learning about what can be good and bad about putting your ERP system in the cloud. Infrastructure-as-a-service Instead of businesses buying all the servers, software, data space, and network supplies, all these services are provided by the vendor. In addition, the vendor just charges users based on how much resource they use.  Platform-as-a-service...