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7 Inventory Metrics Warehouse Managers Should Be Tracking

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Warehouse managers constantly are told to do more with less. Lean practices are forcing warehouse managers’ hands. The goal, of course, is to keep costs low while getting the right inventory to the right people at the right time to ensure high customer satisfaction. If only it were that easy! Inventory control, shrinkage, excess inventory, lagging worker productivity, and stockouts plague your days.
The solution is tracking the right inventory metrics. While you won’t be able to eliminate every inventory challenge and put your warehouse on autopilot, you will be able to make better decisions by spotting trends and gaining insight from your data. But, which metrics should you prioritize? The most important metrics warehouse managers should track include Read more

Madelein WolfaardtNovember 10, 2020April 14, 2021 Articles

Black Friday – Setting up specials

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Getting ready for Black Friday can be a daunting task. We are here to help.

Setting up Individual Items as Specials

In Smart-IT, click on the Stock Items tab, and then on the Item Lookup.
Search and open the item that you want to put on special.
Click on the Cost and Selling Prices tab.
On the bottom of the page under the Special heading, select your Begin date and your End date.
Type in either the Excl. amount or the Incl. amount and click on the Save [F4] button, on the top left of the page.
Your special is now ready. You may do this for multiple individual items.

Vincent BlaauwNovember 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Features

Reversal of Customer Payments

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Did you accidentally do a payment on the wrong customer?

No problem. All you need to do is a reverse payment.

To do a reverse payment is straight forward. See the Steps below… Read more

Vincent BlaauwSeptember 17, 2020April 14, 2021 Features

TIPS FOR MANAGING YOUR STAFF WORKING FROM HOME

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One of our new realities in this topsy-turvy world of global crisis is the many businesses that have had to close their offices and work remotely.

The resultant explosion in the number of people working from their home environments brings with it many serious challenges for businesses. Fortunately however, there is a lot of guidance available on how to maintain high levels of morale, loyalty, and productivity amongst your work-from-home employees.

For example, researchers at Harvard University have identified five main areas as key to achieving the best possible results from a remote working situation. Read on for some thoughts on them.

Madelein WolfaardtJuly 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Articles

Is Your Business For Good as Well as For Profit?

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Isobel Weston | January 2, 2020

Do you feel like you are powerless to change the world — when you can see the world needs changing? As a freelancer, entrepreneur or small business owner, are you giving back? Whether it’s fundraising for a worthy cause, donating your product to those in need, or campaigning for marginalized voices in your community, any business can make a positive impact.

Madelein WolfaardtFebruary 28, 2020July 15, 2020 Articles

Receiving Payments

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Receiving payments has never been easier.

Smart iT has more than one way to receive money from a client paying his account.
Bank Manager, Customer Journal or Customer Receive Payment. In this tutorial, we will look at the Customer Receive Payment module.

Reinhard MinnaarFebruary 27, 2020July 15, 2020 Features

Cash Up

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Don’t forget to do your cash ups, especially when working with a lot of cash.

The cash up module is a tool to help you see if any money went missing.

Reinhard MinnaarFebruary 27, 2020July 15, 2020 Features

5 Unmissable Resolutions For Your Business in 2020

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Colleen Branch | December 30, 2019

It’s not just the start of a new year, it’s the start of a new decade. That’s the perfect chance to make meaningful resolutions — and stick to them.

Typically this is the time to brave a packed and sweaty gym, or fill a shopping cart with kale. But for this year, why not consider creating a list of New Year’s resolutions to help your business thrive, such as partaking in charitable work or improving work-life balance?

If you want to make some positive changes (and keep them up throughout the year), grab a coffee, sit back — and read about the New Years’ resolutions that your business should be making in 2020.

Madelein WolfaardtJanuary 27, 2020July 25, 2024 Articles

Stock Groups

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Make life easier by using Stock Groups

Here are a few reasons why you should use stock groups:

Looking for stock items is easier.
Stock takes can be done quicker.
You can get sales reports per stock group, which can be very useful.
Instead of making changes to individual items, you can change the stock groups and it will make the changes to all the items linked to that group (I.E changing the markup %).
You can set up security features per stock group (I.E. discount that can be given).
Get financial sales and cost of sales reports per group.

Reinhard MinnaarJanuary 27, 2020July 15, 2020 Features

12 Essential Pieces of Small Business Advice

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Jun 5, 2019 by Salesforce Essentials

At Dreamforce 2018, the Salesforce small business team asked attendees to share their most essential advice for small business owners. Over the course of four days, we collected more than 1,000 pearls of wisdom.

To celebrate National Small Business Week, we’ve distilled those 1,000+ suggestions down to 12 bits of small biz advice. And for fun, we’ve included some runner-ups that expressed similar ideas in different words.

Madelein WolfaardtNovember 20, 2019July 15, 2020 Articles