This guest blog post about data comes to us via the ADP blog Spark and written by Jim McGeady. Collecting and analyzing the right data can be crucial to manufacturing firms when production and profitability have been impacted by changes and uncertainty. Today’s work environment is as unpredictable as ever,… Read more »
Supply chain management has always been an important part of the manufacturing and distribution industries. Five months ago, the entire world saw just how much we all depend upon it. In the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, anyone looking for toilet paper, bread, milk, cleaning supplies, batteries, or… Read more »
As a grower, how many times have you looked inside an empty truck and said, “Boy, I wish I could pack this thing from floor to ceiling.” In terms of logistics, it would be so much better for the bottom line. If you could put your plants in convenient cardboard… Read more »
It wasn’t long after I published my last blog post when I came across news that a major manufacturer announced it was hit by a major cyberattack. According to TechCrunch, Aebi Schmidt was hit by a ransomware attack. The large-scale European manufacturer of road-cleaning and airport maintenance vehicles had its… Read more »
Each month, Sage will spotlight complementary products to its manufacturing and distribution business management solutions. From their own products to third-party products, Sage will highlight ways of making your Sage solution even stronger. This month, Sage Alerts and Workflow is in the spotlight. Don Farber from Vineyardsoft Corporation writes this… Read more »
A few weeks ago, a math discussion in the office between a rocket scientist (Greg Laffety) and a person who is really, really good at math (me) went something like this: Greg: Something can be 300 percent better. Me: I know, but — I don’t know. It doesn’t … Greg: What?… Read more »
We have just arrived at October 21, 2015. Join me as I travel around on my hoverboard, drinking my Pepsi Perfect, while waiting for the Cubs to win the World Series. As you’ve probably figured out by now (especially if you’ve looked at Facebook anytime in the past week), today’s… Read more »
I’ve been keeping a closer eye on TweetDeck in the past few weeks, as we’ve got a few trade shows coming up on our calendar. Our Grower Vertical team is heading to MANTS (Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show) in Baltimore next week, and Susan Burris from our Sage Construction and Real Estate… Read more »
Most mid-sized businesses looking for software can’t go to the local computer or business supply store and buy a product off the shelf. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in — once you get to a certain size, your company’s IT world will be filled with servers, databases, and robust programs… Read more »
My name is Baroness Anastasia Genevieve Vanderbilt-Rockefeller, and I am the Supreme Ruler of the Known Universe. Ok, you got me. That’s not my real name. And despite my sometimes over-inflated ego, that’s not my title either — although when I tell people I’m the marketing director for a software… Read more »