Author name: Alan Alan

Using technology to support and retain your warehouse personnel

In an era of high employment & competition for warehouse staff, how can you compete and retain your valuable staff? If you happen to have a warehouse near any of the large Amazon fulfilment centres, you are probably haemorrhaging warehouse staff as we speak. But it’s not just the bigger players in the market that …

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Excel© – The “Marmite” of the Accounting World.

If you visit enough accounting software websites you would be left in endless confusion as to whether Microsoft Excel is verboten, an essential tool, a necessary evil, or surplus to requirements. It is indeed surprising that in what should be a prudent and best-practice driven industry, software providers and accountants in business can vary so …

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Top 10 tips for integrating to an eCommerce system

1. Don’t leap before consulting Talk to your accounting software provider. Get to understand their many experiences and your software technical requirements before signing up to a 3rd party that promises “integration is easy” without any knowledge of how you configure and user your complex accounting software, or the integration possibilities. 2. Check on their …

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SORP – Why the right accounting software is key

In its essence SORP is a set of accounting and procedural principles that many Not-For-Profit organisations need to adopt. It is designed to report on a far greater level of information and disclosure to provide transparency and accountability. There are more requirements for the directors’ report, more analysis of income and expenditure, and a focus …

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“We don’t need hand-helds, our warehouse team are champs!”

Of that I have no doubt. Considering implementing wireless hand-held devices for receiving, picking, moving and stock taking, is not a sign of disrespect to your teams’ ability. In fact, it is a sign of recognition, reward, and confidence in the warehouse teams. If they can already do such a good job without better tools …

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