{"id":11309,"date":"2023-04-10T10:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T10:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testv32.demowebsitelinks.com\/parallel\/?p=11309"},"modified":"2023-04-10T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T18:22:39","slug":"enterprise-resource-planning-erp-for-the-distribution-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testv32.demowebsitelinks.com\/parallel\/2023\/04\/10\/enterprise-resource-planning-erp-for-the-distribution-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for the Distribution Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
The distribution industry is rapidly changing.\u00a0 Many organizations are using modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions as a tool to run their businesses more efficiently and effectively.\u00a0 Outdated or legacy ERP systems have limited functionality, prevent growth, and hinder efficiency because they don\u2019t integrate with other tools to properly run a business.\u00a0 The newer ERP solutions, hosted in the cloud, have been developed specifically to give access to everyone, everywhere, at any time, to all the data they need to run a successful distribution business and prepare the organization for the future.<\/div>\n
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The distribution industry is becoming increasingly competitive.\u00a0 Customers and potential customers have high expectations due to large, enterprise-level businesses, such as Amazon, Target, etc.\u00a0 Understanding the customer behavior and meeting their needs is where profitability lies.\u00a0 So, how do small to mid-sized distributors meet those needs?\u00a0 A modern ERP solution is built to give you those tools at your price point.
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\nA modern business management solution, like Acumatica Cloud ERP, can also meet your specific distribution requirements of day-to-day operations, complicated product inventories, changes in the supply chain, and customer demands.<\/div>\n

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\u200bWhat is ERP \u2013 Software to Tie Your Business Together<\/span><\/h2>\n
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ERP is software that brings your business together.\u00a0 It eliminates silos between departments and gives everyone a \u201csingle source of truth.\u201d Meaning there are parts of the ERP system for each department that integrate \u2013 internally and externally.\u00a0 By having access to centralized data, you can automate core business processes, better enforce compliance, reduce data entry errors, have real-time reporting, and much more.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s accounting, HR, supply chains, or procurement, integration between all the facets of your business are critical.\u00a0 This is what an ERP solution can do for you.<\/p>\n

To put it simply, a modern ERP system integrates all your processes into a single system, thus giving you more visibility into your business with built-in reports, dashboards, KPIs, and other analytics.\u00a0 It facilitates the flow of real-time information across your departments so you can make decisions based on your business\u2019s data.<\/p>\n

Many distribution organizations have gained efficiency and an advantage over their competition by using an ERP solution to standardize their front and back-end office procedures, such as:<\/p>\n