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The worst reason to continue a business practice is “because we’ve always done it this way.” Complicated processes, out-of-date or difficult to use systems, siloed information—it all adds up to inefficiency in business. If your business has multiple-companies set up in Sage 100, consider that...

With all the acronyms that float around these days, EDI and API seem to come up regularly when discussing supply chain. Both EDI and API play a role in effective supply chain management, enabling you to securely transfer data from one system to another—a pretty...

When a business software purchase doesn’t live up to your expectations there is not only the cash investment lost, but there is the time that will never be recovered and the goodwill impact to those who were taken on the ride. When we see this...

If you reached into your wallet right now, how much cash would you find? According to research from Capital One, one in four Americans won’t find any cash. Card spending now outweighs the use of cash for groceries, gas, and restaurants. Card spending is also...

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, eyeglasses must be the window panes. From corrective lenses to “readers,” the Vision Council of America estimates that nearly three quarters of American adults use some form of vision correction, 64 percent of which wear glasses...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so the song says; but, if you’re a retailer, it’s also the busiest. The 2018 holiday shopping season kicks off on Black Friday, continues with Cyber Monday, and powers on strong right up until Christmas Eve, when...

For over 30 years, experts and authorities have been predicting the coming arrival of the paperless office. To be certain, computers have certainly reduced the amount of paper we believe we consume, and yet there are over four trillion paper documents just in the U.S.,...

This past spring, a movie adaptation of the best-selling novel Ready Player One hit the big screens. Audiences were treated to epic battle scenes and fantastic dance clubs that the characters accessed through the VR-powered OASIS. Behind every avatar in OASIS was a human somewhere...

There’s no question that the internet has changed the way we shop. Online retail grew more in 2017 than any other year since 2011 and ecommerce accounted for 13 percent of total retail sales. We find more advertisements in our email and social media feeds...

Busy folks and introverts will tell you that online shopping is one of the best things that ever happened to them. The convenience of not having to visit multiple stores for the best deal, not having to leave the house on a rainy day, or...