Why Integrated Business Management Solutions are Critical
May 5th, 2011
There are two big reasons why your accounting and ERP software should integrate with your other business systems: integrated systems increase operational efficiencies and decrease operational costs.
Your accounting software must be able to import and retrieve information from other areas of your business. If you run disparate systems that don’t talk to each other, your organization isn’t being as expedient and efficient as it can and should be.
In this day and age, rekeying information into spreadsheets and entering the same information in multiple locations is like hand writing the same message to different people. What business still does that?
Duplicate data entry and rekeying information is time consuming, slow, wasteful, and costly. It’s also not fun to do.
You’ll save money in the long-term if you switch to a mid-level accounting and ERP solution rather than spending money on multiple employees entering the same data in different locations, month after month, year after year.
One of our clients, Carillon Assisted Living, used to manually enter data in Excel workbooks that didn’t integrate with their QuickBooks general ledger. When Carillon had to change data or correct an error in Excel, it also had to go back and change the QuickBooks general ledger. It took Carillon a day and a half to print all the reports it needed every month.
After switching to Microsoft Dynamics GP, Carillon estimates its accounting department saved a blended salary rate of $60,000 per year and five days a month in time.
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Integrated collaboration capabilities are not just luxuries for big, booming businesses that can afford to brand their pens and coffee mugs. Small and medium companies must also eliminate redundancies and time and cost wasters.
If your organization runs disparate systems, you really compromise your ability to collaborate, easily access information, and simplify your IT infrastructure and management. You need an integrated business management solution that will adapt to your business and streamline and automate processes throughout your organization.
Your technology platform should include an integrated ERP solution so all systems, including your accounting software, work together and enable automated business processes that streamline the way information is created, collected, accessed and shared.
Microsoft Dynamics GP integrates with almost any other platform. Its powerful capabilities enable you to integrate and incorporate data with a high degree of flexibility and speed. With Microsoft Dynamics GP, you can give your employees, customers, and business partners an easier and better way to work and communicate with one another online, across geographies, time zones, and organizations.
Business Ready Solutions’ responsive team has both deep finance and technology expertise. With over 40 years combined experience in accounting and finance, we’ve successfully implemented and supported hundreds of accounting systems for small and medium-size businesses. Contact us or call toll-free 877-433-0650.