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Evron Solutions Newsletter
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August 27th, 2009
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Message
From Evron's President
Looking Forward to the Autumn
Epicor 9: An
In-Depth Analysis
What Epicor 9 Can Do For You
Accountant's
Corner
What's All The Talk About Business Intelligence?
BusinessVision:
Tips & Tricks
How to Disassemble a Kitted Item
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Your
Afternoon Smile
"Like almost
everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much
of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would
be funny if it weren't so exciting."
-- Bill Gates
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Message From
Evron's President
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Looking Forward To The Autumn
Summer is
drawing to a close. People are returning from holidays, hopefully
re-charged and eager to get going. With September we traditionally
see a significant up surge in business activity.
It also seems that the economic indicators, despite fits and
starts, are starting to look positive. So we have convergence that
suggests positive business prospects.
So what are the motivators for investment?
For most of our clients, these seem to be how to reduce costs, how
to increase revenue, how to become more effective. Business leaders
want to invest now to gain market share and prepare the business
to go to the next level, as the economy improves.
We’ve seen much more server virtualization to save on computer
hardware costs. There is increasing interest in Unified Communication
to reduce telephone costs and to increase sales by opening doors
to greater responsiveness to clients and prospects.
There is also a greater willingness to use managed services to reduce
network support costs while raising the level of delivery.
There is also greater understanding that now businesses use software
as a major competitive weapon. Over time, being 5% more effective
than your competitor is a huge advantage. Accordingly, staying current
with your software to take advantage of the latest capabilities
is important.
Integrating your software with both internal and external systems
increases the velocity of transactions. This reduces costs, improves
cash flow and facilitates revenue increases.
Paying attention to security concerns, so that you can defend against
attacks, ensures that you can stay focused on your goals.
Evron has experts who can address in detail the areas listed as
well as other solutions that are critical to you.
- Larry Noble,
P.Eng, MBA
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President, Evron Computer Systems Corp.
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Epicor
9: An In-Depth Analysis
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What Epicor 9 Can Do For You
Epicor
9: Leading ERP Functionality Built On Break-Through Architecture
Some very compelling statements have been made about Epicor 9, Epicor
Software’s breakthrough ERP. Two highly respected analyst firms,
Gartner Group, and Butler Group have reported that 9 is a game changer.
Here is an excerpt from the Butler Group Report:
"The suite impresses with the strong focus on easy orchestration
of services into custom processes, and a service bus (Epicor Service
Connect) that provides the core messaging, security, and transformation
capabilities, and also a graphical UI for defining tasks and events."
The Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Mid-market Report advises:
"[Epicor 9] …through it’s use of modern technology,
places it as the most visionary and complete offering in the market."
Epicor’s
future is founded upon the motto: Protect, Extend, and Converge.
The strategy refers to an alignment of business process, technology,
and management. Simplified, the idea is that business unit owners
lever technology at a pace that meets the needs of their enterprise.
What Has Changed?
Epicor 9 users enjoy a new software experience.
For customers of other ERP products, the user adapts to the layout
and supported business functionality as shaped by the software.
The Epicor 9 framework: Epicor Internet Component Environment (ICE)
provides an adaptable foundation that can adjust to the changing
business and personal needs of the user. Additionally the new framework
ensures a more straightforward integration with other products resulting
in greater business productivity.
The applications are built upon Epicor’s TrueSOA ™ (Service
Oriented Architecture), which enables the secure exposure of components
and entities to configuration using XML and web services. Epicor
Business Process Modeling (BPM) tool is built into the Epicor 9
applications and allows a business user to configure events, conditions
and actions to make the applications support their business rules
and processes.
Results
Epicor 9 is a remarkable achievement in software design. It enables
organizations to achieve extraordinary business results through
alignment of business process and technology.
- Chris O'Neill
- Business Development Manager, Evron Computer Systems Corp.
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Accountant's
Corner
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What's All The Talk About Business Intelligence?
The ability to think through problems in business has always been,
and will always be a pre-requisite for entrepreneurial success.
That is a need that is etched in stone and will never be overcome
by people that lack this skill. But what if your competitor has
your abilities, plus an edge that technology can give him?
Small businesses tend to be dominated by the personalities
of the owners. Their views, philosophies, and business acumen set
the tone for the policies, directions and decisions that the company
will take. No matter how bright the owner, he cannot remember everything.
Traditionally, awareness of more detail was increased by the employment
of an executive assistant, but as the enterprise grows even two
heads cannot remember everything. But what if you had an assistant
that monitors preset situations, can process preset functions, and
will immediately inform designated staff as to the existence of
a situation, and what the assistant did about it. Sounds like an
outtake of the Twilight Zone? Not really, we can install it next
week for you.
Knowledgesync is a data monitoring tool that is installed in tandem
with BusinessVision. You set the criteria, and the program monitors
BusinessVision twenty four hours a day, three hundred and sixty
five days a year. When an event occurs, the program triggers an
action that happens automatically, and then informs your staff as
to the result.
Example: A client sends you a purchase order for a specific
item. You do not have enough of the item in stock to fulfill both
the order and your existing orders for the product. In addition
your client does not have enough credit left in his line to allow
this shipment to go out. There are two ways to deal with this situation.
The existing procedure – The order is entered and the
shipper tries to fulfill it, only to find that you do not have enough
in stock to satisfy everyone. The shipper puts the order in the
back order file. Eventually the purchasing agent finds out about
the shortage and orders the goods. The goods come in and the staff
tries to ship the goods only to find out that the order caused a
credit hold. The credit manager is brought in and eventually the
order is shipped or rejected. Unfortunately it cannot be rejected
because you have already purchased the goods to satisfy the order.
The final outcome: After many stops and starts, the order gets
through the system. You may be forced to take a risky sale because
your system could not warn you about your pending danger.
The procedure with BusinessVision and Knowledgesync: Immediately
upon the order’s entry into the system, an email is sent to
the purchasing agent informing him of the impending shortage and
the possible credit shortage. At the same time an email is sent
to the credit manager informing her of the possible problem, with
instructions to inform the purchasing agent about her decision.
The new outcome: Neither the shipper, purchasing agent, or credit
manager wastes any time. They work in unison. The company does not
purchase or ship anything without a plan in place.
That is the edge that business intelligence can give you. Give me
a call and let us give you the advantage.
- Irwin Pinsky, B.Comm., CGA, MCP
Irwin Pinsky is the manager of our small business division and focuses
on our BusinessVision practice. Irwin's experience includes that
of a public practitioner focused on emerging companies, as well
as financial controllership.
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BusinessVision:
Tips & Tricks
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How to Disassemble a Kitted Item
A kitted item is like a receipe of items assembled to create a finished
product. BusinessVision's methodology allows you to create a finished
product on the fly and log the information in a company's inventory.
Here's how you can do the process in reverse with your BusinessVision
software.
Click
Here to Launch Video!
Want
more information on how BusinessVision can work for your business?
Contact us at 905.477.0444 or visit us online.
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About
EVRON:
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solutions for small to mid-sized businesses. We have a history
of success with thousands of implementations since 1983.
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