Plug-in Software
Plug-in software is specialist task related software that will communicate with other business software.
As Cloud Integrators, we set-up or convert existing systems. By helping you identify key activities in your business that drive success, we can help you find ways to automate or record these activities to help you grow your business.
Pay-roll systems
Pay-roll systems can be more complex than the rest of the accounting system. Finding one that is easy to use, meet your needs, is award compliant and will be updated automatically to meet changing compliance demands from the ATO, such as STP, is challenging for most software providers.
These can be stand alone or part of your accounting system. Choosing a standalone option would be necessary if you aren’t ready to change your existing accounting system (paper or electronic) or if the built in payroll offer doesn’t meet your needs for compliance or control.
All employers will require some kind of electronic reporting with the introduction of Single Touch Payroll.
Point Of Sale
POS system were one of the first to be integrated and now the technology that used to be the domain of large listed companies can be had in a small business. A point of sale system is made up of the software and hardware components.
Many POS providers will provide a basic software package that may or may not meet your needs as it is generic and support may be questionable.
We focus on the POS software. We consider your industry as there are many specialist offerings designed to meet the needs of users such as real-estate, retail, hotels, motels, equipment hire, trade and more.
Other focuses will be on marketing or integration with CRM, inventory tracking requirements and cost. Make your POS work for you.
Inventory
Control of inventory is critical to manage losses from theft and waste. Some accounting systems are integrated into accounting software but these have limitations.
Reasons you should consider an independent inventory system are:
You have a lot of different items (some accounting systems have limits on numbers of items)
You want to track the location of the item.
You have multiple warehouses.
You want to improve control of incoming and outgoing stock from the warehouse.
You need to integrate a system with a 3rd party warehouse provider.
The POS or shopping cart inventory control is inadequate.
E-commerce and shopping carts
These are systems integrated into your websites generally and are used to sell or communicate up and down your supply chain. Picking the right platform can automate a lot work when linked to other systems such as the accounting system, inventory and CRM.
CRM
Customer Relationship Management software has been a key part of ERP systems used by public companies for years.
It can track and display all client communications in one place so anyone in the business can be proactive in customer relationships.
It can automate communications and parts of the selling processes. This standardises a minimum level of customer service in a timelier manner and reduces the human input required to generate income.
The customer data base can be segmented to work out who your most profitable vs. least profitable clients are and link traits to these so you can make decisions on where to spend limited resources and target profits from existing and new clients.
CRMs can add value to most other systems.
Project Management
Managing resources and time is the focus of project management. This is ideal for large low volume sales, tracking Research and Development or production batches. Part of this is allocating resources and costs to manage a profitable project. Knowing where the recourses go and comparing to budgeted resources will allow you to generate profitable and competitive estimates. Deeper analysis can help you improve systems, tools or processes to generate competitive advantages.