This is a recurring blog series that shines a spotlight on key personnel from our strategic partners. It is meant to be a lighthearted look behind the curtain and enables partners to share interests and insights about their work and personal lives. Each edition will have five questions. Our inaugural edition features George [...]
The Suez Canal Blockage in March 2021 had rippling effects across the globe as approximately 10 percent of global trade passes through this waterway. Although the Ever Given was only stuck for six days, the situation forced many companies to re-evaluate their supply chain resilience and entertain the concept of “onshoring” or exploring [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of life. Learning and education, shopping and socializing, traveling and working are all different. This has also changed sales tax and tax policy. Our strategic partner Avalara created a 2021 sales tax changes report that examines emerging trends in business and tax. It is meant [...]
With 2020 behind us, we are better equipped to reflect and process on a year that was anything but unforgettable. To navigate the uncertainty of 2020, we doubled-down on our company philosophy, which is best represented by the word TransCAREncy™. It means that we strive to provide complete transparency in all communications, and [...]
As the leading ERP for food and beverage companies, NetSuite’s Food ERP software provides a new level of automation. For the supply chain, NetSuite’s Food ERP goes a long way in providing more control and visibility. But most food companies want the extended visibility of what happens to their orders beyond their walls. [...]
In the last decade or so, the thought that “every company is (or should become) a technology company” has been discussed among business leaders from Microsoft, Gartner, and others. It’s a little misguided, but the spirit of that statement is true because of ongoing digital transformation efforts in nearly every industry, and the [...]
Companies vying for a bigger piece of that ecommerce pie need robust, unified technology systems that effectively streamline their operations and scale up as needed. Without a central ecommerce strategy, for example, companies can quickly fall behind the curve in a world where speed-to-market, fast delivery times, and good customer service are table [...]
The primary function of business is to provide goods and/or services to your customers in exchange for payment, whether that be in the form of cash, check, debit or credit card. However, as 2020 has taught us, actually being able to accept payments from your customers is not always [...]
SuiteCentric, a NetSuite Solution Provider and member of the Oracle NetSuite Commerce Agency Program, was awarded the Commerce Partner of the Year 2020 from Oracle NetSuite. The Commerce Partner of the Year award recognizes one company that best demonstrates scalable solutions architecture and project management methodologies that meet NetSuite's strict performance, usability, and [...]
You have invested, or are planning to, in Oracle NetSuite to better manage your growing business. Your staff can finally focus on what they do best as Oracle NetSuite streamlines your operations. There is nothing stopping your order-to-cash process from flowing hands-free. Once the sales order is created, everything is [...]
SAP Business One version 9.3 lost its mainstream maintenance support on June 30, 2020, and the newest version 10.0 will lose that same support two years later. Even after you upgrade to version 10.0, you’ll likely have to upgrade again almost as soon as your customizations and workflows are properly configured. This seems [...]
The current circumstances surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic may seem bleak, but this can also provide tremendous opportunities for companies to make positive changes to their business. One area most companies should consider exploring is ecommerce. If ecommerce is already part of your business, then you should consider doubling down on your investment. This blog [...]
Acumatica vs NetSuite. When comparing the two, Acumatica may seem less expensive in the beginning, but it has hidden costs and tradeoffs that could lead companies to quickly second guess their purchase decision. We will highlight a few of these factors in this blog post, so companies are equipped to accurately weigh the [...]
Are you a NetSuite developer who's interested in working for a dynamic company? Visit our Careers page to learn about our openings. These are excerpts from a blog post on Anderson Frank's NetSuite Blog examining the best practices for interviewing a NetSuite developer. Originally a panel interview format, we've only included expert insights [...]
QuickBooks is a great solution for small businesses, but it doesn’t exactly scale with your business. QuickBooks can be compared to getting your first bicycle. You’re young and excited because you can be more independent and it can help you get to nearby places like a friend’s house or [...]
In this blog, we examine the circumstances that can lead to an ERP failure, and several real-life case studies are referenced as background. Every ERP implementation comes with different challenges, but avoiding these 5 pitfalls can help any company improve its situation. Each section also includes best practice recommendations on [...]
Growth-minded companies and entrepreneurs may view the prospects of international expansion with boundless optimism, but the reality, like most business ventures, is much more challenging. There are language and cultural barriers, complications with currency exchanges, compliance issues, and many other circumstances that cause most of these international expansions to fail. NetSuite OneWorld was [...]
(This blog is authored by Thomas Grigely and John Siegel from FloQast, a SuiteCentric partner.) Accountants have differing opinions on a wide variety of issues, but the month-end close isn’t one of them. 82 percent of accountants describe the close as a negative experience. This number is staggering — [...]
In the previous installment of this two-part blog series, we covered three benefits manufacturers experience when utilizing NetSuite’s fully integrated cloud-based ERP and its other modules. Enterprise-wide integration, streamlined upgrade processes, and scalability were the focal points for the first blog. NetSuite is poised to unveil NetSuite 2019 Release [...]
We are more than a year removed from the Wayfair vs South Dakota ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States and over 35 states have laws on the books for remote sales and use taxes. This offers a host of complex challenges for companies, especially ones with online transactions. Commonly regarded [...]
It was a landmark year in 2019 for tech and software IPOs with multiple unicorns (WeWork, UBER, Zoom, Slack, Lyft, CrowdStrike) filing and plenty of other potential unicorns poised to in the near future (Airbnb, Palantir, etc.). Tech and software companies have dominated the news cycle for their valuations, and rightfully so, as [...]
NetSuite Site Builder was an excellent tool for you in the beginning, but your needs are starting to outgrow its capabilities. Maybe you have more customers accessing your web store from mobile devices, or your sales and marketing abilities feel limited, or you are having trouble implementing new features and functionalities that could [...]
Guest contributor Mark Stansbury from Annex Cloud, a SuiteCentric partner, shares his thoughts on the importance of micro-experiences for ecommerce in this blog post. What are ecommerce and retail brands doing today to differentiate themselves in this competitive landscape? In our ever-expanding, digital world businesses have the unique opportunity [...]
We have entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and many manufacturers have outgrown their ERP system or are searching for a more scalable solution. While some manufacturers have chosen to upgrade because of growth, others with ERP systems from big industry players like Microsoft are being encouraged to upgrade or [...]
If you have Magento and NetSuite ERP, this blog post is for you. It is also written for anyone with Magento who is considering a new ecommerce solution or ERP system. These projects have serious financial implications and require considerable time and energy commitments from your team. Magento is an ecommerce solution used by [...]
Differentiators in business are harder and harder to come by nowadays as we are constantly inundated with information from all angles and across all devices. In the world of NetSuite consultants, we believe TransCAREncy is the differentiator for our company. What is TransCAREncy? This is a word we had trademarked [...]
[UPDATED: 4/5/19] That’s all folks! SuiteWorld19 is complete, and the dust is beginning to settle. In this update to our previous blog, we wanted to provide a high-level recap and review our earlier predictions. We have also embedded videos of the two keynote presentations at the end. This year featured a heavy focus [...]
A renowned camera manufacturer was embarking on a large-scale multi-phase project that included switching to NetSuite ERP and SuiteCommerce Advanced (SCA) from competitive ERP and ecommerce systems. Due to the size of this project, the manufacturer split it into separate phases with staggered go-live dates. The first phase included switching from the legacy [...]