Namibia’s small and medium businesses, long deprived of the benefits of integrated business management systems because of their high cost and complex implementations, have responded enthusiastically over the last three years to the entry of leading business management software vendor HansaWorld. Read More...

Last week we discussed the functionality of the financial / accounting modules of the business management system and also touched on solid business practices within these modules. This week we will look at the stock control / warehousing modules of the business management system. This is a very important business area, because you need to manage stock optimally to satisfy customer demand without carrying too much stock (which soaks up cash flow), and also because this area is especially exposed to theft, fraud and other risks.

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Last week we discussed the meaning of having a fully integrated business management system and also touched on the benefits that such a system can add to your business. This week we will start to go into the details of the different modules, starting with the financial / accounting modules. We will cover the basics of the modules and also look at specific functions that the system must be able to perform in this very important business area.

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For the second year in a row, Berkshire-based HansaWorld UK has won the Accountancy Age Award for Mid-range Software Package of the Year, beating competitors Coda 2Control, Coda Dream and Rugged Logic.
The company has recorded between 5% and 15% growth each year since 1995, and is known for its exceptional functionality and breadth.
The company has a track record of completing 95% of implementations on time and under budget, and releases upgrades every nine months. The company has one support person for every 200 clients and never has more than 300 bugs at a time emerging from its 1.3 million lines of code.
'Everything works in a truly integrated manner. Stock that we buy can be automatically created as assets if we choose to add them to the rental fleet and then automatically depreciated,' says Roger Cherowbrier from Topcon. 'We are very impressed with the different levels of analysis offered by HansaWorld. We can assess the turnover and profitability of everything we do.'
Matti Zadok from Experian Integrated Marketing says: 'We are not aware of any other systems on which we could have achieved so much for anything like the money we have paid for HansaWorld.'
The judges were as impressed as HansaWorld's clients. 'HansaWorld shows excellent overall functionality with very positive customer feedback. It is so easy to implement and offers multiple platforms. Really innovative and incredibly wide-ranging,' the judges said.

Last week we discussed functionality of a business management system in general and we did an overview of the most widely used modules. This week we investigate the concept of having an integrated system and the advantages it brings for your business. We will first look at the definition of an integrated system and then look at the benefits.

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We have up till now discussed how to search for - and decide on - the proper business management system, and also have looked at the implementation of a new business management system, with the focus on the “Big Three” of implementations: Project Management, Risk Management and Change Management. From here on we will go into the detail of the required functionality of the system, and we will start by looking at functionality in general and how to determine which is needed for your business.

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This week we discuss change management - an often overlooked but very important part of an ERP implementation. Read More...