Why Select A Purpose-Built ERP System For Your Chemicals Company
Chemical manufacturers and distributors now understand that choosing any general-purpose ERP software for their businesses does not work. Chemical-centric ERP solutions bring value to the industry because they are designed to integrate and manage the processes, activities, and systems that…
Welcome to the Age of Smart Manufacturing
The industrial internet of things promises to be pivotal to the next industrial revolution in manufacturing. How? By harnessing all the power that digital technology offers through artificial intelligence and advanced machine learning. Still very much in its infancy, IoT…
Section 179 & Advantages of Making Business Technology Purchases Before Year-End
If you’re considering a software or hardware purchase, but just haven’t been able to pull the trigger – ask your tax advisor about Section 179 and the benefits of making purchases before December 31, 2018. Or, contact Net@Work about any…
Project Spotlight: Net@Work and NetSuite – A Shining Solution for the NES Group
Designed to scale with businesses as they grow, NetSuite, the number one cloud ERP and business management platform continues to help organizations of all sizes across all industries streamline mission-critical processes and achieve their business goals. Our recent project and…
Gaining Strategic Advantage In Chemicals With Digital Transformation
“In the chemicals industry, based on our project experience and research, the impact of technology-enabled improvements can be significant and lead to step-change improvements in performance— especially if the initiatives are integrated and tailored to the specific requirements and chokepoints…
Cloud ERP vs On-Premise: The Rising Shift
With the rapid pace at which technology has been moving, experts expect that over the next decade the norm will be for organizations to move from on-premise to cloud ERP. Research firm Gartner predicts that heavily-customized, on-premise ERP deployments will…
Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3) Tips: How to Configure Sage Enterprise Management Screens
Before getting started working with the below Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3) product functionality – please use caution. Always make changes in the PILOT folder test and if working properly copy to LIVE, never make change directly to LIVE before…
2018-2019 Trends in The Chemical Industry
In the past, the chemical industry has been slow to invest in technology as a business differentiator. But times are changing. According to the experts at PWC, “the chemical industry may finally be approaching a tipping point, prodded by accelerating…
It’s Year end, How can I efficiently begin to inventory our Fixed Assets?
Every year someone in your organization is wondering that very question. Whether it’s I.T., Finance or Facilities, the task remains the same, but the results vary considerably. For example, I.T. usually needs to inventory assets for tracking laptops, or servers…
Mentors: The Unsung Heroes on the Pathway to Success
On our road to success, we will encounter two kinds of people; those who encourage us and cheer us on and those who by virtue of having succeeded demonstrate to us that success is attainable. The former is called a…
Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3) Version 12 – 6 Key Highlights in the Upcoming New Release!
Sage has announced the upcoming release of Sage Enterprise Management (EM) – all new Version 12, which is expected to be out by year end. This article will highlight the key improvements we will see brought from version 11 to…
Are you acting on your Data, in Real Time? The Chemical Industry and Business Intelligence
For the Chemical Industry or any enterprise, utilizing Business Intelligence (BI) offers a way to translate the millions of data points from operations into insights that can help leaders manage and grow the business. The whole BI domain encompasses a…
HR Strategic Planning: How to Chart the Course of HR’s Role in Your Organization
There was a study done in 2015 at the University of Michigan looking at what impact HR competency has on business performance. They did the study repeatedly over the course of about 16 years, and this is what they found:…
Telltale Signs Your Chemical Enterprise Needs a Modern Business Management System
We understand that businesses in the chemical industry are under great pressure to stay competitive while complying with a wide range of challenges, from government regulations, global competition to pricing. Particularly, access to the information required for government compliance (including…
