Enterprise Resource PlanningEconomic insights
- Small Businesses
- Published on 26 Jun 2012
- Kobus Van Zyl
Softline, part of the Sage Group PLC, released the results of The Sage Business Index – International and Local Business Insights earlier this year. Polling over 10,000 businesses across Europe, North America, South Africa and Asia, the Index shows that, while confidence in the global economic outlook continues to decline, the outlook for local market conditions and businesses is improving. In South Africa, over 1000 small and medium business decision makers were surveyed by Populus, a UK based opinion and research consultancy firm.
Choosing the right software
- Small Businesses
- Published on 26 Jun 2012
- Kobus Van Zyl
Ivan Epstein, CEO, Softline, says that irrespective of the nature or size of your business, selecting the right business software is important for streamlining financial management and business processes. Having a handle on your accounting, inventory control, customer data and the availability to generate powerful reporting are useful when meeting the challenges of today’s business demands.
Architecture for medium business
- Medium Corporates
- Published on 26 Jun 2012
- Chris Luyt
www.nextbusinessblog.com reports that until recently, enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications were almost exclusively the province of global Goliath corporations with multiple locations, thousands of employees and very complicated back-office accounting and inventory needs.
The nitty-gritty of payroll software solutions
- Small Businesses
- Published on 26 Jun 2012
- Kobus Van Zyl
Payroll software is a mission critical function to any business, says Sandra Swanepoel, a Director of Softline VIP, part of the Sage Group plc. “There is a definitive necessity for any business to ensure that all changes, upgrades or installations of a new or existing payroll system are done in conjunction with a service provider that can deliver,” says Swanepoel.
HR and HCM - the custodians of strategy execution
- Medium Corporates
- Published on 26 Jun 2012
- Chris Luyt
In today's global economy, there is decreasing product, service, price and technological differentiation between organisations. Now, more than ever, Human Capital (HC) and Performance Management (PM) are among the few opportunities left for producing marketplace differentiation, especially in a business such as ours where the talent and skills of our players and support staff is our major differentiator.
