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As a day-to-day accounting package Xero is great for smaller businesses. The conversations we are having relate to whether Oracle NetSuite, for which we are a leading partner in the UK, would be a better fit. Not only for the present challenges but as a scalable solution for the future.

The latest NetSuite release is being rolled out to all users as we speak, so we asked Alan Miles, our NetSuite Sales Director, to review all the great new features and pick out his top ten, based on what will make the greatest difference to our customers.

The latest NetSuite release is being rolled out to all users as we speak, so we asked Alan Miles, our NetSuite Sales Director, to review all the great new features and pick out his top ten, based on what will make the greatest difference to our customers.

NetSuite is a leading ERP used by more than 28,000 businesses worldwide and has millions of unique users efor a very good reason – it makes working easier for everyone.

Leading UK NetSuite partner Eureka Solutions boasts a NetSuite team that is among the most experienced and technically proficient in the country. Their overview of this upcoming release – NetSuite 2022.1 - provides insight into some of the improvements and enhancements NetSuite users will shortly benefit from.

NetSuite’s financial management solution accelerates your financial consolidation and close process tangibly, turning a job which potentially takes 3-4 weeks into one taking only 5–7 days, achieved by using a streamlined and integrated system with reliable data at your fingertips.

Leading financial software or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as Oracle NetSuite can provide you with the tools to view any KPIs you may wish to track on your dashboard with real time data.

Eureka Solutions enhances Sage by integrating their Sage 50 or Sage 200 system with their third-party EPOS, eCommerce, CRM and other systems through bespoke development, “on-premise” Data Exchange or Cloud Data Exchange.

The latest NetSuite release is being rolled out, so Alan Miles, our NetSuite Sales Director, reviewed all the great new features and picks out his top ten, based on what will make the greatest difference to our customers.

At a recent virtual roundtable event it became very clear that the pandemic has increased the workload for finance teams in sport – managing the furlough situation as well as meeting the demands for constant reforecasting and scenario planning.

As a leading Sage partner, we’ve highlighted here some of the key ways in which the latest release of Sage 200 moves the product towards this and how the new features are accessed.

Efficiency, visibility and control are priorities for wholesale distributors, particularly in the current climate of disruption to supply chains, unpredictable staff levels and increased expectations from customers in terms of speed and reliability.

Whether your organisation’s mission is to support your local area in a very specific way or to empower a global cause, as this pace of change continues, if you are relying on outdated system infrastructure you may struggle to satisfy the many expectations from all directions.

In our recent webinar with RF-SMART, global provider of mobile data collection solutions, they examined the top 3 inventory management pain points that commonly hold NetSuite users back.

In a fast-changing world, the right business software is not ‘nice to have’, it is essential to keep up with the pace of change. Biotechnology companies keen to scale up and exploit new opportunities need a robust financial management platform.

In our recent webinar with RF-SMART, global provider of mobile data collection solutions, they examined the top 3 inventory management pain points that commonly hold NetSuite users back.

With the first NetSuite update of 2021 now being rolled out automatically to users around the world, we thought it would be useful to do a countdown of the features we think our varied customer base will find most useful, to help them get the most out of their NetSuite system.

If you’ve been considering upgrading an older version of Sage 200 to the most recent version of Sage 200cloud, we hope this look at some of the best reasons to do so is helpful.

Compare differences between SAP and NetSuite. Providers like SAP feature complex and fragmented offerings, delivering disruption rather than efficiency.

With Brexit looming, this inbuilt capability of NetSuite OneWorld – with updates and upgrades automatically delivered to all users with no extra cost or downtime – will give peace of mind and continuity of process moving forward.

With the second automatic NetSuite update of 2020 now with us, we thought it would be useful to do a countdown of the features we think users will find useful.

Essential Retail suggest that online retail sales have risen dramatically in March, with a 74% growth in average transaction volumes compared with the same period last year. With Cloud Data Exchange this can be made easier for businesses.

When moving to a new financial system, planning a seamless changeover or ‘cutover’ between your old and new system becomes a key component for success, and can have a significant effect on user adoption and speed of return on investment.

As we all continue to adapt to the challenges we face - one thing that we have in common is that 2020 has shone a light on the flexibility or otherwise of our businesses to adapt to any kind of remote working.

Sage 200 hints and for Sage 200 from July 2020, around attaching and scanning documents, and filtering lists from the Eureka Solutions Sage 200 experts.

Sage 200 hints and for Sage 200 from May 2020, around log off disconnected logins, sales order processing/invoicing user permissions and more from the Eureka Solutions Sage 200 experts.

One thing that is clear just now while the external global economic environment is so unpredictable, is that the businesses that are surviving (and, if they are in the right field, even thriving) are those that have been able to reduce the levels of internal uncertainty.

Eureka Solutions Finance Director, Gillian Livingstone, discusses how during these challenging times, financial scenario planning has never been so important.

One of the many beauties of Sage 200cloud is the range of modules that can be attached to the flexible core system, and one of these – the Commercials module – is particularly powerful for much of the Eureka Solutions retail, wholesale and distribution customer base.

Take a look at the three ways in which adopting a fully cloud based system that incorporates your industry’s leading practices can alleviate a finance manager’s frustrations and benefit a business.

Whether it’s a new calendar year or a new financial year, thoughts always turn to planning and budgeting. It’s a process that finance managers and directors need to be committed to, but the most successful ones are always in planning and budgeting ‘mode’, not just at the beginning of a year or quarter.

We’ve learnt a few things at Eureka Solutions over the past fifteen years of us implementing new systems that you might find useful if you’re approaching or in the midst of this process, and we would like to share them with you.

Marketing Automation and CRM often exist independently of one another which leads to duplication of data input, missing information, inefficiency and a lacking holistic view of customers. Take a look at some of the reasons CRM and Marketing Automation should all live in one place.

As part of a collaborative project for one of our customers we’ve teamed up with QGate Software Limited to provide a Computer Telephony Integration using their excellent Intelli-CTi product. The project focuses on integrating the existing Intelli-CTi with NetSuite to allow customers to browse their NetSuite records and instantly call the required contact.

By effectively ‘outsourcing’ manual data entry to Cloud Data Exchange you can be confident that your ecommerce platforms and order fulfilment systems will be in full synchronicity, allowing you to maximise sales conversions and reap the benefits of the additional man hours at your disposal now the manual process has been retired.

One of the biggest features of Sage 200cloud is that it is continually updated with enhancement packs. These updates are designed to help businesses simplify their processes, while enhancing the user experience.

SuiteWorld 2018 is just around the corner and the Eureka Solutions team are gearing up for their 6th visit to the annual NetSuite Conference which is being held in Las Vegas.

Storing, utilising and assessing customer data is vital for hospitality businesses of all sizes and in order to do this, businesses should consider migrating their systems to the cloud.

QuickBooks is a popular cost-effective accounting solution among startups and small businesses, but when scaling for growth, the number of transactions rise and QuickBooks can rapidly become unmanageable what can you do to ensure your business still operates efficiently?

More and more businesses are turning to The Cloud to help improve their efficiency and help save time and money. Find out how you can do the same with this post from our Technical Director, David Lindores, as he explores the importance of managing managing Cloud applications and it's impact on efficiency.

In this article I will explore how, retailers can often make a number of mistakes on their ecommerce platforms, and ultimately lose out on sales. I will also detail how retailers can act now to improve their platforms and increase customer satisfaction and sales.

Due to a large amount of snowfall, the decision was made to send members of our staff home from our East Kilbride office, just outside Glasgow. For many businesses, this would mean major disruptions, upset customers, a loss of trade and wasted time and money. However, for Eureka Solutions, this was not the case.

Inventory management is a big part of most distributors business models and it’s often critical that this is handled properly to ensure you know how much stock you have and where it is located. For most businesses, this means adopting an inventory management system to help with the process however this isn’t always enough.

Producing comprehensive and timely reports on all information held in Sage 200 can prove challenging. Panintelligence’s BI software can bring together data held in Sage 200 from different companies and present it visually as a set of interactive charts on a dashboard.

Our Sage into the Future event recently took place and was designed to be an educational experience, demonstrating how Sage software can be leveraged to support the growth and success of businesses in years to come.

On Tuesday 22nd August, we'll be at Café Racer in the Ducati Showroom in Hillington, where you can drop in at any time for a complimentary coffee and a quick chat to discuss how we could help transform your business.

In order to be successful in this ever changing, chaotic business environment, we've compiled a list of what is essential that a CFO.

In order to be successful in this ever changing, chaotic business environment, we've compiled a list of what is essential that a CFO.

Some members of our team visited Las Vegas to attend NetSuite's annual conference, SuiteWorld. This is the team's fifth visit to SuiteWorld and each year we've had the chance to learn about exciting new features and information about NetSuite and this year has been no exception.

NetSuite OneWorld was awarded ‘Cloud ERP Product of the Year’ at the UK cloud awards, the latest in a long series of awards. NetSuite were also asked for quotes and references from their customers which was tough as they have so many great customers who are innovating in their businesses and markets.

Last week we were thrilled to be sponsors of Sage Summit UK held at the ExCel London. As established Sage partners and developers, we were excited to attend the event and discover the new innovations Sage has in store for the future, whilst networking with other members of the Sage community.

Security issues surrounding cyber commerce and communication must surely be among the most unsettling in an age in which the world has never been more dependent on instant interconnectivity.

In the age of big data, the amount of information flowing round and through our systems at any one time is truly remarkable, and the intelligent machines being created to deal with it are becoming even more so.

The coming year once again promises challenges and change across the retail sector. Yet, where those previous challenges were often met with technological advances or new approaches to consumer interactions, the best way for retailers to confront the trends of 2017 is with a close evaluation of their foundation.

Today, nearly every financial activity is being reimagined in some way, from banking, to lending, to wealth management. Tasks and transactions that once involved human interaction and paper money have overwhelmingly moved into the digital world, and new players are emerging to disrupt the traditionally staid industry.

Distribution may appear to the untrained eye to be a straightforward industry, but in reality, it is evolving more rapidly than ever before.