In a marketplace where manufacturers are battling competition, embracing state-of-the-art technological solutions like Internet of Things (IoT) will help catapult them to achieve unparalleled success.

IoT is an invisible system that employs embedded technology and helps objects communicate with each other over the Internet. Considered as an intelligent network that can be programmed, sensed, and controlled, IoT has extraordinary capability in helping create enterprise value and transform business thereby significantly impacting the way the world lives, works, and plays. According to a report by Gartner, approximately 26 billion objects will be connected to the Internet by 2020, generating incremental revenue exceeding $300.

For every organization, it is essential to develop strategic awareness about the factors which drive success for its business. These factors provide reliable information that allow them to set targets for implementing growth strategies.

In today’s highly competitive market, accounting firms need a way to compare themselves to their past performance, and that of similar companies, as a barometer of achievement.

Microsoft Dynamics AX is a powerful ERP solution that helps organizations to reach new heights of success, if implemented successfully. Planning, tracking, and coordinating resources improves efficiency and adds value to nearly all aspects of a business. Despite the critical role Microsoft Dynamics AX plays, most companies fail when it comes to implementing or upgrading the ERP software.

There can be various reasons for Dynamics AX ERP implementation failure: limited awareness of available software functionality, insufficient testing, not enough user training, budget overruns and, uncertainty about the specific needs of various business units. 

Are you thinking this is your year to leverage CRM? With CRM in place, you can develop a sales and marketing framework that will better target marketing to prospects, leads and customers.

A defined CRM strategy will allow you to concentrate on better, more qualified leads and nurturing prospects. With CRM for sales, your team will be more effective at attracting prospects, closing sales, generating referrals, managing the sales funnel and optimizing customer relationships.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the most resilient software, with simple amalgamation tools and high levels of flexibility. It provides cross functional resource planning solutions for large and medium sized organizations that permits customers and the users of the software to work effectively, compete at a global level and manage change efficiently.

In a world of increased personalization, customization, and service, customers today have higher expectations from businesses. To meet and exceed these expectations, departments need to team up and invest in solutions that streamline efforts to gain maximum customer satisfaction.

With powerful and easy‑to‑use functionality in marketing, sales and customer service, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 allows businesses to generate prospects, close sales and maintain customer relationships. See how these three teams are working better together by utilizing the latest features in Dynamics CRM 2015:

For quite some time now, businesses have been using order management systems (OMS) to automate and streamline their ordering process. A well-functioning OMS provided constant updates to inventory and a well maintained database of suppliers, customers, payments, returns and refunds.

But with advancement in technology, businesses like yours are constantly facing a dilemma whether to replace their current OMS or Warehouse Management System (WMS), with a wide variety of choices. Should you go for a specialized OMS, or would an enterprise-wide system such as an ERP be the best choice?