Gerrit Olivier, CEO of About IT A lot of small to medium business owners want the same benefits for their operations as large enterprises have been getting from ERP for decades now. They want the benefits of rising above the plain old accounting package that may have stood by them
Digital transformation is the talk of the town, often associated with innovative technologies such as IoT. AI & predictive analytics. ERP, however, seldom receives similar enthusiasm but can play a crucial role in the transformation of companies. But how does ERP enable transformation? ERP technology is, by no means, new
By Gerrit Olivier, founder and CEO of About IT We’ve been helping customers deploy cloud ERP and BI dashboard solutions for some years now and we have learned an important secret about how to make it really cost-effective. Cloud ERP and BI dashboards are very effective at helping SMEs overcome
By Gerrit Olivier, founder and CEO of About IT Companies implementing ERP systems are gearing for growth, responding to it, or both. They’re spending a lot of money in the process. These systems cost anywhere from R1 million to R10 million or more for small to medium businesses, or about
“I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were sitting on top of 2 million parts — all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract.” That’s reportedly what John Glenn said as he climbed the gantry to board an
ERP TECHNOLOGY VALUE MATRIX 2020 THE BOTTOM LINE Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is the centerpiece to many enterprise application setups and remains a battleground for vendors looking to improve operational efficiency and enable growth through modern technologies. Transitions to cloud deployments now command even higher prioritization as remote work
By Phillip Kamungoma, Digital Specialist The Recent outbreak of COVID-19 has got the world at a slight standstill. With many countries taking measures to reduce transmission, many businesses have been looking for alternative ways to remain productive, while minimizing risk to employees. This has brought a lot of scrutiny to
Installing Acumatica on MS SQL Express can cause the following error message when the instance deployed and launched Open SQL Express and check on logins 1. Find the “NT Authority\System “ user on the Server Logins List 2. Go to user’s properties and check the DB in question which
Challenge: In Acumatica you can setup a Parent-Child relationship but you can’t use this relationship to sync/update. We created a 3 Phase solution to overcome this limitation: Phase 1. Create the basic sync functionality to cover our client’s needs. This is the basic code where we hard code the fields
adapted from www.sage.com The world as we know it today is an everchanging spectrum of rapid technological advancement. Researchers and developers work tirelessly to discover ways to improve productivity, be it through automation, increased control, or just simplifying day-to-day tasks. The same phenomenon is apparent in the business world. We
