{"id":1445,"date":"2021-03-02T11:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T03:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobman.com.au\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T08:37:04","slug":"how-ready-business-erp-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/articles\/how-ready-business-erp-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ready Is Your Business For An ERP System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine this: it&#8217;s Saturday afternoon, and while your family and friends are enjoying an outdoor barbecue and enjoying time together, you&#8217;re at the office trying to wrap your head around all the paperwork lumped on your desk.<\/p>\n<p>Unorganized folders are spread out everywhere and contain everything from customer satisfaction reports and accounting discrepancies to product surplus numbers and order volume. It&#8217;s all right there in front of you, and it&#8217;s overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>This situation is all too common in growing businesses and companies around the world. Your business is doing so well that it&#8217;s hard to keep up. If this sounds familiar, it&#8217;s time to invest in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. <a href=\"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/\">An ERP system allows you to stay on top of your business by centralizing everyday business processes in an easy-to-navigate system.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An ERP system manages, interprets, collects, and stores data from all aspects of your business in an easy-to-access integrated management system that focuses on your business\u2019s essential everyday tasks. <a href=\"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/\">ERP improves performance by automating certain business functions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no specific way to know for sure when it&#8217;s time to invest in an ERP system, but here are some telling signs your business might be ready:<\/p>\n<h2>Currently have many different software managing different processes<\/h2>\n<p>Do you have many separate front- and back-end processes working simultaneously? Communication can be stunted when many decision-makers are working independent of one another. Different hubs of departmental information may not be shared as fluently as is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>ERP systems mitigate this problem. All business systems &#8211; from accounting and inventory to sales and HR, operate functionally within the same database, and, when used correctly, they can show up-to-the-minute data throughout your business.<\/p>\n<p>This eliminates information overload and confusion, which allows employees to make decisions more quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t have easy access to the data and information related to your business<\/h2>\n<p>How long would it take you to find out specific sales and inventory numbers if an investor approached you tomorrow? What about sales per day? If you inhale a questioning breath and cringe at the thought of the process, it&#8217;s time to invest in an ERP. If you are currently relying on paper spreadsheets and filing cabinets, this process can be tedious and laborious.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing an ERP system allows your employees to get the information they need quickly, do their jobs more efficiently, and free up time for higher-level projects. Decision-makers can get an overall picture of operations quicker than ever, and customer service reps can call up customer queries without the need to rustle through years of files.<\/p>\n<p>This allows for a fast data exchange with real-time data which optimizes workflow across departments.<\/p>\n<h2>Difficulty with &amp; too much time spent on accounting<\/h2>\n<p>Most businesses focus on paper-based sales orders and paper-based invoices. This fills up filing cabinets quickly and often; pieces get lost in the shuffle. One of the most blatant signs your business is ready for an ERP system will come from your accounting department.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself: How much time is spent every week manually entering accounting information, something an ERP system can do instantaneously?<\/p>\n<p>An ERP system allows all of your finances to live in a singular database, eliminating the need for tedious tasks like manual data reconciliation, re-keying numbers, or cross-posting information to departments across the business.<\/p>\n<h2>Sales &amp; customer experience are suffering<\/h2>\n<p>How do you manage your customer data, sales data, and inventory data? If separately, it might be time to invest in an ERP system.<\/p>\n<p>What happens if you run out of product? Sales tank until the next shipment. What happens if a customer inquires about availability, but you can&#8217;t track inventory in the warehouse? You look less than professional.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing an ERP system into your business allows your employees to access the same information in real-time, eliminating these problems.<\/p>\n<h2>IT is too complicated, time-consuming &amp; costly<\/h2>\n<p>IT management can be a<br \/>\nload to bear and can be expensive as well. It can be hard to customize IT<br \/>\nsystems, and upgrades can be confusing, complicated, time-consuming, and<br \/>\nexpensive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A cloud-based ERP system<br \/>\nincreases flexibility and efficiency within your business, allowing you to<br \/>\nchange more efficiently, slashing IT costs. Whether your business is looking to<br \/>\noptimize operation or employ cutting-edge tech, an ERP system can help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/contact\/\">Would you like more information about how Jobman can help<br \/>\nyour business?<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine this: it&#8217;s Saturday afternoon, and while your family and friends are enjoying an outdoor barbecue and enjoying time together, you&#8217;re at the office trying to wrap your head around&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobman.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}