Venue scouting, presentations being prepared, printing delivered, shoes dusted off… On November 3rd, after months of planning and preparation, the KCS South Africa team hosted our annual Konnect customer conference in Johannesburg. As the countdown to the big day began, our team’s excitement built.
Tags: ERP, eCommerce, cloud, Mobile Apps, K8
The run-up to Black Friday and the Pre-Festive Season has kicked off in full swing, making it the busiest time of year for retailers and distributors.
Complex business processes, changing customer needs, excellent service delivery, and increased competition are only some of the factors that business decision-makers are faced with.
Consumers are increasingly moving to eCommerce and looking for a seamless buying experience. This means businesses need to streamline distribution operations from first customer contact, through to delivery to ensure they remain competitive. You’d need to deliver a service that’s fast and traceable while reducing costs and optimising your resources.
Tags: ERP, Stock Control, ePOD, delivery, Mobile Apps, Black Friday
The rate at which digitalisation is taking place clearly highlights why it is crucial for businesses to get current and stay current with the latest software developments. The market has changed for good: tighter production timelines, increasing customer demands, and resource limitations are only some of the restrictions businesses must overcome. When you have a clear idea of where industry trends are headed, you can more accurately plan your business strategy and overcome these restrictions.
To help you prepare, our team have rounded up some of the biggest trends that we anticipate for the ERP industry in 2023.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, Industry 4.0 / IoT, Mobile Apps, RPA
During the start of the pandemic, the globe experienced what was referred to as ‘panic buying’, whether that be personal panic buying, experiencing a shortage of key items, or in many cases, your business may have been affected by it. This meant that supply chains operated under huge stress. A combination of factors such as panic buying, looting, customer expectations, and an even bigger drive towards digital transformation than ever before, once again highlighted that the right business management systems are required and that business owners need to ensure they can scale effectively, quickly and efficiently as and when needed in order to adapt to an ever-changing environment.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, ePOD, ePick, Mobile Apps, digitise
Customer service can often be seen as a term that is loosely thrown around but it has truly become something that is critical to the success of any business. The options of providers and variety of products and services are vast, which means it’s a very competitive market and if you don’t deliver your products and services in a way that is deemed ‘exceptional’, your customers will simply go elsewhere.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, Customer Service, ePOD, ePick, Mobile Apps, digitise
The importance of partnerships
Whether or not ERP systems are an absolute necessity for Distributors, Wholesalers, or Merchants, is no longer in question. With digital transformation, tough competition, consumer demands, and supplier integration, it’s more important than ever for businesses to modernise, digitise, and future proof their operations. The Building Company, a leading-edge Distributor, Wholesaler, and Retailer / Merchant is testament to exactly that.
The Building Company was established over 30 years ago and today have over 180 stores across South Africa, with operations in Namibia, Swaziland and Botswana. They have seen many changes over the years and have grown significantly which means they have also learnt some important lessons, including what’s important in business today.
Having the right systems in place is key, but it’s about more than just software.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, ePOD, ePick, Mobile Apps, digitise, partnership
The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight – Robin Sharma
Keeping up with industry trends is critical for the businesses of today as it helps customers stay relevant and helps them keep up with the changing times. New delivery models, new technologies and process automations are some of the key trends to keep an eye on and to keep up with.
Given that the role of distributors and wholesalers revolve around making the flow of goods from production place to consumption place, it’s exceptionally important for the full supply chain cycle to run as efficiently as possible.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, Stock Control, ePOD, Supply Chain Management, Warehousing and stock management, ePick, Mobile Apps, digitise
There has been a big drive towards digital transformation over the last two years. This is nothing new, as it’s been years in the making, but there has most certainly been an escalation in the drive to digitally transform.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, Mobile Apps, upgrade, digitise, modernise, bug fixes
If this year has taught us anything, it’s that we need to be prepared for the unexpected or at least be able to adapt quickly and efficiently to whatever unusual events we may experience. Times have changed and we need to change too.
Tags: Cloud / SaaS, ERP, ePOD, Phocas, inspHire, Mobile Apps, Hosted
Digital transformation has been a big topic for a long time now, but since the start of COVID 19, businesses have realised the urgency to adapt and to make those changes at a quicker pace.
ERP systems have become an integral part of digital transformation in the business environment of today. It pulls everything together and allows for greater automation, digitisation, modernisation and streamlined operational processes.
Tags: ERP, ePOD, Digital, Sales Portal, Phocas, BI, ePick, Mobile Apps, eReceipt, Digital Solution
