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Why You Should Move Your IT Infrastructure to the Cloud?

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Cloud service defines how businesses are going to operate. It is a business model taking the world by storm. Cloud computing defines not only how a business is going to operate and access their data but also what perks they can avail themselves of by their cloud service providers. Microsoft Cloud Azure Services is one of the biggest cloud service providers, assuring multiple and unique benefits to businesses irrespective of their size and structure. Its flexibility and easy deployment get everyone. With faster data recovery and least maintenance save the bulk of your time. In Contrast, it gets more difficult to work on-premises due to its limited features. While working on-premise, your business might come across: Upgrading Issues: Upgrading your on-premise system might require certain investments. Data lock: data locked in the previous format cannot be shared easily. Complicated Deployment: the customer must purchase, deploy, operate, and upgrade their own IT infrastructure to get the software going. Cloud: The Ultimate Business Booster Get an automatic virtual office you can access anytime, anywhere via the growing web-enabled devices, such as tablets, smartphones, and so on. With the flexibility and additional perks of the cloud service provider, cloud computing becomes your ultimate business booster. Increased Security With essential data being saved to the cloud, you no longer must worry even if your laptop gets lost or breaks down. You can still access your company’s interface via another device. Since everything is stored online, you never have to worry about losing the company’s essential data to broken hardware. Additionally, it gets a lot harder for someone to steal yours with comprehensive encryption and a login security system. Cloud computing gets your data to a safe place. On-premise systems can hardly provide this feature. As soon as your hardware disrupts, you lose your data unless you replicate it. Reduced IT Costs Cloud computing reduces IT running and management costs. Since you no longer must purchase expensive hardware and equipment for your business, you can use the tools your service provider provides and reduce operating costs. Your system upgrade costs fall significantly, and you even have new software and hardware comprehended within your contract. You cut costs on IT expert wages; you may also end up reducing your energy consumption with fewer time delays. Scalability You may want to scale-up or scale-down your business operation howsoever your current situation demands, allowing enough flexibility for desirable customizations. With an On-premise system, this whole thing becomes tedious and expensive. However, you no longer must worry about it with cloud; your cloud computer service provider handles the process on your behalf. Cloud can save a good deal of time so that you can optimize for more profitable causes. Collaboration Efficiency Cloud collaborates with your staff, clients, and third-party easier. You can share files or data more easily outside of your traditional methods. Suppose you have your staff working across various locations, or there are certain files you must share with the contractor, you can easily share its cloud access with them. Additionally, you can also utilize cloud computing models to share data with your advisors. For instance, sharing accounting records with your financial advisers quickly and securely. Automatic Updates Automatic Update fees depend upon your cloud service provider and the package. Depending upon the cloud computing service provider your system will be updated to the latest version, which might include up-to-date versions of the software, also the servers and computer processing power. Cloud-Based Licensing One of the most popular cloud-based licensing is MS Azure Licensing exhibiting vast benefits. The most attractive feature has to do with ease of usage and management according to the customer’s needs and desires. Microsoft Azure Licensing allows vendors and software developers to deliver software easily and quickly and give complete control to the customers over their licenses, their analytics, and much more. How Microsoft Azure Outshines Other Cloud Service Moving your IT infrastructure to Azure is a massive shift in how traditionally your business thinks of IT resources. Given below are top reasons how Azure Cloud Services outshine others: Cost: Cloud computing eliminates the capital expenses of purchasing hardware and software, and on-site data center running costs, i.e., the server racks, round the cloud electricity costs for power and cooling, also the IT experts for running and maintaining the infrastructure. Global Scale: one of the major benefits of Azure is its elasticity. In terms of the cloud, this means delivering the right services at the location. For instance, diverse levels of computing powers, Bandwidth, and storage – right on time at the right geographic location. Speed: Microsoft Azure delivers automatic services as well as on-demand. Therefore, provisioning a major amount of computing resources in a few clicks. It is flexible enough to take over the capacity planning pressure within a few clicks. Productivity: Cloud computing eliminates the “rack and stack issues” such as software patching, hardware setup, and other tedious tasks. Therefore, your IT team can engage themselves in more productive tasks. Performance: Microsoft Azure runs on the most worldwide network of secured data centers. It is frequently upgraded to the latest generation of fast and efficient computing hardware. Thus, availing multiple benefits on a single data center incorporating minimum application network latency and vast economies of scale Reliability: Microsoft Azure allows easier MS Azure Backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity at minimum costs since the data can easily be replicated at multiple redundant sites within the provider’s network. Armed with 150+ technical resources and over two decades of experience, Trident Information Systems has received multiple awards and is now renowned as the Gold partner of Microsoft Azure and LS Retail. We have a strong track of providing various successful businesses with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services. For further queries, contact us.

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Redefine Engineering with IBM’S ELM

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IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Tool (ELM) is the leading comprehensive integrated software development solution for complex product engineering and management. It is designed for massive, distributed development firms that manufacture mission-critical systems encompassing regulatory compliance. IBM ELM assists Automotive firms to establish a set of IBM ELM Tools for state-of-the-art engineering keeping ASPICE (Automotive Software Performance Improvement and Capability Determination) in mind. It might come across certain pain points. However, this Engineering Lifecycle Management Software guarantees their abolition such as: High product development cost due to a greater resource requirement Timeline failures due to lack of project management transparency. Consistency challenges due to increased complexities. Quality deterioration due to lack of tests and PM and development artifacts integration. Collaboration issues are due to working in silos. The engineering process needs to evolve as products become software-oriented, complex, and connected. Since a coding error can execute distorting consequences, system engineers must learn the art of management, better testing, and workflow acceleration, especially in large distributed teams. How does ELM Redefine your Engineering? With ELM you can upgrade your engineering operations and handle a lot more complex projects while enhancing delivery cycles. The advanced functionalities give enough leverage to development teams on ELM’s Advancements including test management, workflow, modeling, industry interfaces, cost of product development, and quality to dispatch competitive differentiation and market dynamics adaptability. With IBM’s ELM robust management tools, you can redefine your engineering such as: Requirement Management: This solution is scalable and captures, analyzes, traces, and manages changes to requirements while optimizing communication across your development team and stakeholders. Systems Modeling: You can improve productivity and quality via simulations, prototypes, and verifications of validated designs while analyzing and elaborating requirements. Also, utilize automatic consistency to enhance reuse with collaboration to reduce frequent or infrequent costs. Test Management: This solution allows prioritized item tracking, delivering quality goals, and managing responsibilities. You can also manage regulatory requirements and get ready for compliance audits. Have real-time and accurate status with no need to ask every team member. Workflow Management: Integrate tasks and plans to work on the right assignment. Find, test, fix and work faster by linking tasks instead of using isolated disjointed tools with fragile integration. Stay on top of activities and complete the process with simplified cross-project reporting ensuring a single view of the truth. Lifecycle Optimization: You can analyze, visualize, and empower actions from engineering lifecycle data transmitting through different tools. Generate high-quality customized reports seamlessly throughout the complete ELM product portfolio and third-party products. Artificial Intelligence: With the AI tool, you can reduce errors and the cost of correcting errors. Minimize product development price and latency by catching errors early and reducing network. With Watson you can easily identify errors since it highlights the corrections-to-be made, it suggests changes before any manual reviews. How does ELM Impact your Business Overall? IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Tool can easily enhance your requirement process by: Deducting costs of defects by 60% Minimizing the manual review costs by 25% Training junior engineers using INCOSE engineering expertise. Getting to market more swiftly by catching errors fast during the engineering process. It is a comprehensive solution that integrates tools such as the Watson AI-powered (QRA) to meet the complex requirements and automotive compliance to fast track ASPICE Compliance. Manages industry-specific design complexities and arising industry standards. Completely integrates Engineering Lifecycle, from requirement management to test management and systems designs. Manages and collaborates workflow seamlessly across distributed teams. Requirement Management: Manage requirements and scale your business with IBM’s industry-leading requirement solutions. Enforce insights and guidance via product conception to production. Better Decisions: Make better decisions through model-based systems designed to get insightful details on the impact of design across systems and product life. Delivery Acceleration: Make real-time plans and manage requirements, designs, application developments, and test efforts – and integrate all with integration. Better Quality: Lifecycle traceability and comprehensive testing offer transparency across the artifacts for a complete view, from the requirement, straight to the relied. Many determined systems have partnered with IBM for over 17 years to enhance, deploy and support various IBM products. Being one of the IBM ELM software development partners, Trident Information Systems has brought to you IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Tools to help clients accelerate their engineering journey and integrate testing, workflow, and requirements. For further queries or a demo, contact us.

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Streamline Transport and Logistics with Trident’s Warehouse Management System

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Being one of the major aspects of a transportation and Logistics business, warehouses can never be left unattended. Proper warehouse management is essential for streamlining business operations. With suitable Warehouse Management Software, you can attain proper organization, management, and maintenance. However, be cautious about the ERP for Warehouse Management you pick. Warehouses are complex in structure and might even stumble upon operational issues, just like any other business aspect. It can impact the speed, productivity, and overall efficiency of either a particular warehouse operation or the entire chain. Certain issues tag along, For Instance: Most warehouses are likely to perform multiple operations on a single item, which can lead to redundancy issues. In other words, you may end up performing the same operation multiple times on a single item. These are very common amongst unorganized warehouses. It eats double the cost to revert the mistakes, and do not forget the time you have lost so far. Over the years, storage costs have risen to a considerable value, due to which many warehouse managers decided to optimize their storage. However, they fail to do so and use up to 68% of the total capacity. This happens due to unstructured warehouse layouts. Proper Warehouse Management Software can be useful in this case. According to some studies, 43% of small business owners do not follow proper inventory management. They either do not pay attention to accurate item tracking or do not have access to a robust inventory management system. Hence, leading to visibility issues. There are specific product streaming demands for a fixed period of the year. Whereas, other items might cover the rest of the duration. Sometimes a sudden influx of demand might also occur surprisingly and, for which your warehouse might be unprepared. This usually happens due to a lack of current market demand analysis. And the list goes on. However, you need to find a foolproof solution for this cause. Try Trident’s warehouse management services, designed specifically to overcome warehouse management issues so you can operate your business seamlessly. The Ultimate Warehouse Management System by Trident Get ready to embrace everything your industry demands! Trident Information systems have brought to you the Best Warehouse Management ERP. Claim wireless receiving, replenishment, direct put away, order planning and fulfillment, task interleaving, and much more. With our solution, you can cover all the warehouse-oriented operations starting from the cargo arrival to dispatch, everything within the same technical environment. Get a comprehensive set of tools for modern warehouse management, complying with general cargo, temperature control, agro products, etc. Avail Inward and outward Truck dock and queue management features. Access Tools to handle multiple customers and warehouses for 3PL enabling location transfer within/ intra-warehouse. Create Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) via inbound systems to Claim Location management tools for space optimization. Generate barcodes and assign them for cargo. Optimize a Built-in Business intelligence. How does Trident Add Value to Your Warehouse Operations? Trident’s warehouse management system can be easily deployed over the web. You can either get it On-Demand (SaaS) or On-Premise, whatever suits you. We are renowned for our flexible and customized solutions. With our WMS, you can get the following features: Real-time visibility Embedded Radio Frequency Real-time Mobile Transactions Order Completion Labor Optimization Advanced Operating Support Real-Time Visibility Visibility issues can land your logistics and transportation business some serious issues. Improper inventory tracking can cause overstocking or understocking and replenishment issues. With Trident, you can get real-time inventory visibility, replenishment, cycle counting RF adjustments, and Movements. Also, license plates control configurable inventory status and so on. Embedded Radio Frequency It is okay if you cannot access your computer all the time. Our Warehouse Management Software supports mobile devices along with Windows CE/ Windows, allowing all the PC-supported features. Process transactions in real-time, manage inventory and production, capture labor statistics, etc. everything within the same technical environment. Real-Time Mobile Transactions Optimize the configurable process workflow while processing transactions. Operate as per configuration as well as customizations. Our flexible software solution gives you enough elasticity to work more conveniently using your mobile device. Customize your workflow steps and ensure rules-driven allocation and storage. Order Completion Complete orders more efficiently with our product. Wave load planning and try deferred reservation strategies. Experience Radio Frequency directed systems, pick, pack stag and you are ready to go. Get value-added services such as Advanced Pick Flows: batch pick, cluster pick and pick and pass. Plan the best possible route for the fastest delivery with carrier routing and of course quality control. Labor optimization Human resource is the most complex yet the most valuable resource of any business no matter how technically advanced an organization becomes. Your output depends on how much you optimize your labor. With Trident’s Warehouse Management System, you can spot when your labor interleaves, set priority assignments, access real-time RF work completion, eliminate manual errors with complete automation, benchmark work rates, estimate time for work completion, catch tasks real duration and report labor. Advanced Operations Support Tap into our advanced operation support where you can electronically interchange Inbound / Outbound data, generate documents, compliant labeling, cross-dock, and flow-through, distribute retail, and integrate MHE. Trident’s Customer Support Service Our responsibility is not over once you go live with our software, but initiates from there. Despite all the testing you might face technical issues just like with any other software. Instant support becomes crucial in an environment where everything is interdependent and a minute disruption can hamper the entire workflow process. You can access our 24/7 online helpdesk support portal. Schedule a booking and get responses in a predictable time. Scheduled requests are prioritized before the unscheduled customers. What Benefits does Trident’s WMS Provide to your Business? Trident Warehouse Management Services can provide tremendous benefits to your business. Our system provides efficiency to both your physical space and labor via work process monitoring and enhancing asset utilization. Our WHS manages your inventory in a way that enhances accuracy, throughput, and speed. Optimize Space and Cut Costs Our WHM system optimizes your warehouse flow and identifies the best use of floor spaces as per your tasks and material characteristics. Our software determines how the space can be optimally used while minimizing waste – waste of premium floor space and waste of time. Inventory Visibility We provide visibility and real-time inventory levels. This way you can securely estimate supply and

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Curb Food Manufacturing Wastage and Meet Quality Standards with Microsoft D365

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In an industry where the margin is limited and the final product is perishable, the manufacturer needs to take certain steps to avoid wastage. Food manufacturers waste food every day in a concerning amount. Lack of proper inventory distribution, storage, and management are key drivers of food wastage. An ERP for Food Manufacturing can help manufacturers tackle wastage and comply with quality standards. Statistically, Food wastage is one of the leading causes adding to food costs and depleting revenue. Proper planning and inventory management can save your business from shutting down. Minimizing waste can save you a fortune, adding considerable value to your profit. However, have you ever wondered about the food waste driving factors? One of the most common factors are overbuying, spoilage, Improper Storage, and improper methods: Overbuying is the case due to a lack of efficient demand forecast. With the inability to identify customer demands, manufacturers tend to purchase certain ingredients which are left unused for a long time. Raw material and final products need proper storage otherwise, they can perish a lot faster than their estimated time. Unused items left for a long time can end up getting spoiled or become unfit to consume, hence they get wasted. Another major factor that counts is being unable to practice proper preparation techniques such as failing to get the most fruit off the grind. Manufacturers can prevent these factors with a suitable Food Manufacturing ERP such as Microsoft Dynamics 365. They can forecast demand and allocate inventory better. Proper warehouse management is necessary to boost the shelf life of your raw material and finished products. Also, training your staff to adopt certain preparation methods that ensure optimum ingredient utilization can help this process significantly. How Dynamics 365 Helps Curb Food Wastage and Comply with Quality Standards? Microsoft Dynamics 365 is one of the leading Food Production ERP Software throughout the globe. It tracks raw material, spillage, and food waste, forecasts demand, manages warehouses, and identifies how you can meet the quality standards with minimum waste. Demand Forecasting You can use D365 to predict independent demand orders from sales reports and dependent demand from a decoupling point for customer orders. This upgraded demand forecast is an ideal solution for master planning. Historical transactions are transmitted to Microsoft Azure Machine Learning hosted on Azure. Since this service is not shared amongst users, it can be customized to fulfill industry-specific requirements. You can optimize the supply chain management to view and adjust forecasts and spot the Key Performance indicators (KPIs) on forecast certainty. Inventory Management With real-time visibility, you can manage inventory better, order, and optimize the accurate ingredient ratio. Microsoft Dynamics 365 keeps upgrading its inventory management capacities for more sophisticated supply chain tactics optimization, such as assigning series numbers and locations to different food products, inventory organization for transfer routes, added item carts, and cards creation to classify each product. Measuring available inventory, categorizing added items, and importing zip files for item images. Complete Automation Dynamics 365 for Food Manufacturing ensures Complete manufacturing automation minimizing human efforts as much as possible. Leading to a manufacturing process boost and waste reduction at the same time. For instance, adopting Automatic Visual detect detection minimizes human efforts and the scope of errors. Or automatic data analysis extracting market demands and production requirements offer quicker reports than your data analysts. sparing you enough time to use it on other productive activities. Avoids Overproduction Under Microsoft Dynamics Food Production ERP, you can purchase apt equipment and tools your business needs to avoid overproduction. Waste reduction gets easier with proper inventory control, accurate timelines, and efficient management. With manufacturing workflow process integrations and adjusting production schedules can help reduce food wastage to a significant level. Also, its robust features such as capacity loading, production-driven automation can help you determine the cost of each activity occurring at the factory. Warehouse Management The warehouse management module for Microsoft Dynamics 365 finance and operations manages warehouse operations regarding manufacturing, distribution, and retail companies. You can claim a wide range of features baking up warehouse operations optimally at any given time. The warehouse is completely integrated with other business operations in finance and operations such as manufacturing, quality control, transportation, purchase, sales, transfer, and returns, etc. Lean Manufacturing Optimize lean manufacturing method to minimize waste. Applying this concept can allow manufacturers to cut costs on every business aspect. From accounting to payroll, there are numerous ways to cut activities that do not add value to the business. Similarly, Microsoft Dynamics 365 helps you streamline every aspect of manufacturing. The integrated software generates a factory consisting of an unmatched level of efficiency and eliminates non-value-adding activities. What is Vision Quality Inspection (VQI) and How Does It Help in FMCG Manufacturing? Vision Quality Inspection is a technology accompanied by hardware created by our experts to detect defects while manufacturing FMCG products. It is particularly useful for reign particle detection such as stones, metals, insects, small animals, unwanted vegetables, wood, thorns, and so on. Confirm the structural dimension and quality with relative dimension monitoring, check if the necessary components are present and unwanted particles are evaded. Automate color identification and identify if the product is in the right tone of color. Measure and control the product intensity and spectrum of the object’s illustration. Why would you Choose Trident? Trident Information Systems offers one of the best ERP for Food Manufacturing. After winning multiple awards, we are recognized as the Gold Partner of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LS Retail, we are armed with 150+ technical resources and have come up with unique services such as Vision Quality Inspections. Optimizing food manufacturing and ensuring quality, this innovation of ours has gained significant recognition among manufacturers. Not every implementation partner provides this add-on. Additionally, we are one of the oldest B2B service providers in India, extending our services to South Africa, America, the UK, and GCC countries.

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The Importance of Omni Channel Management in Restaurant and Foodservice.

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Ensure a seamless journey to your customers and let them place orders from the channel of their choice. Integrate every channel and manage them centrally with an ERP for Hospitality, such as LS Retail: one of the best Hospitality ERP Software. Omnichannel was once believed to be used by only retailers focusing on consistent customer experience throughout various channels: Brick and mortar, direct and wholesale. However, many people overlook its importance in the restaurant industry since it operates quite differently than retail. Nevertheless, restaurants and other foodservice providers operate on different channels and can tremendously benefit from it. Why an Omni Channel Restaurant Strategy? The Restaurant industry is transforming, and so are their needs, a good Restaurant Management Software can help keeping-up with the transformation. Today’s consumers want to order their fast food from anywhere and at any time. It is imperative, and not optional that the customer experience is seamless and connected. Those consumer needs are driving the omnichannel trend. For restaurants, that means providing their customers with multiple ways to order, pay, and receive their meals. Restaurant operators are now recognizing its importance in their industry. They are acknowledging the importance of being visible to new customers while embracing multiple channels and hence adopt a wise multi-channel management system i.e., Omni Channel. This is the same reason an eCommerce retailer decides to have a concrete shop to reach more customers. Be it via enhanced delivery options, a non-traditional and pop-up unit, food trucks, or any other medium, restaurants are reaching more customers through different channels. How does Omni Channel Management Help the Restaurant and Foodservice Business? Customers demand more convenience as soon as they get in touch with your restaurant. It is up to you to offer a continuous brand image and customer experience both online and offline for pick-ups, dine-in, takeout throughout devices. With such efforts, the customer feels looked after and gets a consistent experience. Given below are the few benefits of proper Omni-channel management for your restaurant business: Central Control for Multiple Locations With LS Retail Hospitality’s Omni Channel Management, control all your food channels centrally from the head office. Set up menu items, recipes, meal deals, and modifiers. The system replicates data and transmits it throughout the Restaurants, automatically allowing you to manage POS (point of sale) terminals and staff from headquarters. Being one of the Best Software for Restaurant, it offers multiple tools within the same platform which many of the other Restaurant Management Software fail to offer. A Greater Reach The more channels your restaurant has, the bigger the audience you can reach. Consider how many additional consumers you could reach if you started offering delivery, takeout, or a drive through. In the delivery space, you can choose to collaborate with a third-party service provider, already having a large customer base such as Uber Eats, Takeaway.com, Deliveroo, etc. Restaurant Management Software such as LS Retail itself can manage your delivery and online ordering operation more efficiently. Free Flow of Information Integrate omnichannel the correct way among all the tech platforms you have: POS or food delivery apps. As soon as you are onboard new customers on your POS, you can simply collect their data and optimize it to generate loyalty programs. As you integrate more channels you start collecting new data from new sources. If used correctly, you can understand your customers’ behavior and identify new methods to serve them better. Improving data flow also enhances your efficiency from the front office to the back office. When you have efficient technology and clean data, you might as well take care of your staff better. Hence, encouraging them to become more efficient. Improved Customer Experience Providing a consistent Brand Image and streamlining customer experience is what Omnichannel experience is all about. The main objective of this approach is to create a seamless customer experience throughout all the channels and touchpoints, treating them the same irrespective of the location they placed an order. This fosters brand loyalty and repeated business. Aligning all your channels not only streamlines the user experience but is also an asset to customer service and support. Your support team can extract your customer’s records on interactions, issues, and orders in real-time. Hence, turning the buyer’s journey a lot easier and satisfactory. CRM Data Optimization You can use CRM to gather direct feedback from your customers. Similarly, you may respond swiftly to all reviews and build a personal connection with them. The best way to get repeat business is to nurture your customers. You can optimize omnichannel strategies such as email and SMS campaigns to maintain and strengthen customer relationships. Through the right targeting and segmentation, you can access the right set of customers. Adding personalized messages such as greeting cards on their birthday, offering exclusive rewards for being a valued customer, or offering their preferred dish as an incentive. Use automated workflows to ensure you deliver these campaigns at a precise time. Greater Flexibility Omnichannel management helps maintain and keep track of everything throughout multiple platforms. A customer should be able to order food from any chain available near him as well as return it if not satisfied. These flexible options boost customer satisfaction and sales. Studies show a customer is most likely to purchase from a business if their omnichannel works seamlessly and empowers them to make flexible choices. With LS Retail – the Best ERP for Restaurant, you can simplify your omnichannel management and provide better flexibility to your customers. Why Trident? After winning multiple awards, Trident Information Systems has been recognized as a Gold Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LS retail partner since 2004 and services many restaurants and foodservice businesses so far. With our ERP for Hospitality services, 150+ resources, and technical tools, many successful restaurants have been our clients. For further queries contact us.

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Cost Cutting Tips for a Greater Profit Margin with LS Retail

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When it comes to cost-cutting, many retailers might find it hard to process it without Retail ERP Software. Look for unified Retail Management Software that encompasses each area impacting immensely on costing like inventory management, warehousing, supply chain management, and so on. As a retailer, costing is supposed to be on the radar. It depicts how well your business is doing and what changes you need to implement to avoid costing challenges. It is a matrix that needs to evolve consistently. LS central is an extension to Microsoft Dynamics for Retail Industry offering a complete suite for retail business management. Hence busting common challenges retailers encounter such as Lack of Visibility: Visibility is the most important part when it comes to cost-cutting, lack of real-time data can lead to some confusion and drive over or under inventory purchase. It makes it harder to identify areas where you can potentially cut costs and lead to waste. Competition: Neck-to-neck competition in retail is obvious. Due to many contenders and constantly changing customer demands. Everyone is striving to be better than one another. Adopting technologies to upgrade their services and get ahead of the crowd. Brand Positioning: having an appropriate pricing strategy goes hand in hand with how you want to position your brand in the market. Sometimes it gets a little tricky since the customer can take it otherwise. For instance, lowering prices can leave an impression of having inferior quality, and the buyer does not take it seriously. Improper Discount Planning: discounts must be planned very carefully. Indeed, they can drive customers in. However, sometimes it can turn the tables around. Stock clearance sales are ideal for discount implementation, but improper discount planning can lead to product quality suspicions. You might also end up drawing a discount-driven crowd or customers that do not provide repeated business. How To Cut Costs and Boost Profit with Ls Retail? LS Retail is a unified software solution and an extension to Dynamics 365 for retail which provides a dynamic environment required to run a retail business. Manage your business centrally and get real-time visibility, keep tabs on your inventory and avoid overstocking. Embrace its features to reap maximum benefits Centrally Manage Your Retail Business Whether you run a single shop or own a multi-complex, it is of no concern. Have real-time visibility and control over your retail business with a Unified Software Solution. With automation, plan costing, and product pricing with accurate data analysis. Manage your business even if you have different chains in distinct locations. Ensure a free flow of information, save time, efforts, and costs which you would have otherwise on manually doing everything. Cut Operational Costs with Mobile POS Adopting a unified mobile POS that integrates sales, marketing, and inventory within a unified platform can save you much more than a sole purpose POS. Apart from that, cut down on overtime and excess staff as much as you can. Avoid using tissues, extra bags, and excess packing as much as possible. A mobile POS helps you automate tasks as much as possible. You no longer must fill in data repeatedly. Most of the recurring transactions are automated, sparing your staff enough time to spend their efforts on other productive activities. Get Real-Time Visibility LS Retail provides The Best ERP for Retail, you get real-time visibility essential to identify cost-cutting areas and strategize profit-boosting ways. Identify if you are overstocking your inventory. check if your technology has become obsolete and needs an upgrade. Spot operational areas are working insufficiently and need attention. Get real-time market analysis and figure out what is in demand, see if you are not excessively stocking the inventory that is not in demand. Be Fast and Flexible with Omni-Channel The Omnichannel provides enough flexibility for the customers to order a product online if available. They can review various products at the same time and decide whether they want it delivered to their home or would like to pick it up. Empowering your staff with a mobile POS leads to more flexible payment processing and better assistance to the customer regarding purchasing a product. Even if the staff is busy enough to process payments, the customers can still help themselves with self-checkout. Utilize Predictive Analysis Optimize accurate demand forecast analysis and generate better replenishment strategies. Cut time and efforts on order processing with rapid facilities, scan-based receiving and automatic put away, and inventory counts. This helps enhance store floor accuracy and improve overall store performance. You minimize waste and add up to the profit. Generate Smart Loyalty Programs Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail extension helps generate offers, deals, loyalty programs, and so on. Strategize discounts more smartly with accurate data analysis targeting customer behavior. Identify the right opportunity to launch a specific deal. Ensure customers provide repeated business. Identify Waste Patterns Identify the waste patterns and make necessary adjustments. Spot items that are not much in demand or not in demand at all. Reduce manual work and encourage your staff to optimize automation as much as possible. With customer sales reports, manage inventory and identify the right product mix to meet the sales goals. Cut costs and save time with replenishment and standard stocks. Select the right Implementation Partner Being stuck with the wrong implementation partner can cause you some serious financial damage. Not being careful enough can lead you to the hidden cost trap. Since this partnership lasts for up to five years, be careful with who you tie up. An ideal implementation partner keeps things crystal clear about their services right from the start. It is recommended to choose someone with years of experience and happy clientage. Cost-cutting and boosting profit margin get easier with automation. Having a suitable Retail ERP Software such as LS Retail does the job perfectly. A complete suite offering every necessary tool within the same environment can not only optimize business operations but also cut unnecessary costs, giving your business a profit boost. Choose a suitable implementation partner such as Trident Information Systems, gold partner of Microsoft Dynamics 365, and LS Retail. Backed up with 150+ technical resources and a powerful clientage, we guarantee successful project accomplishment. For further queries contact us.

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How to Optimize Transportation and Logistics with Microsoft Dynamics 365?

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Need an ideal solution to manage your transportation and logistics? Microsoft Dynamics is just for you. This software showers tremendous benefits like routing, vehicle tracking, temperature tracking, and warehousing within a unified platform. You can identify vendors and routings to cover inbound and outbound orders or get the cheapest shipping rates. Cutting Transportation costs holds the top position as far as the logistics industry is concerned, other pain points do not add any less to the challenges. Microsoft Dynamics 365 offers solutions to bust pain points such as: Fuel Costs: When it comes to cost-cutting, fuel cost is the major concern of all time. Increased fuel rates add up to higher transportation costs and escalate surcharges, resulting in hiked freight rates and other included charges. Economic Crisis: Hyped fuel prices bring greater credit issues and raise inflationary demands that take a greater toll on an economy. The industry is mounted by complying with regulations, additional capacity, and declining demands with the increase in key cost centers. Technological Issues: Even though this industry recognizes the need for advanced technology, business owners fail to find the right solution to manage their transportation and logistics. Most of them either work in silos or adopt multiple software, which might even complicate their operations. Why Microsoft Dynamics 365 is the perfect solution for Your Transportation or logistics business? Work smarter and embrace greater flexibility in your daily operations. With a suitable service provider, having over a decade of experience such as Trident Information Systems, you can easily plan routes and identify vendors for inbound and outbound orders. Apart from this, you can claim other benefits like: Efficient Inbound and Outbound Planning As soon as you are in the game, you cannot avoid extreme pricing. Therefore, it becomes even more essential to drive down your operational costs by enhancing inbound and outbound operations. Microsoft Dynamics 365 helps in optimizing the shipping process when you order items from the vendors and transfer them to the end customers. Get end-to-end visibility from order to payment, claim substantial lead time reduction and enhance the overall manufacturing process. On-Time Delivery When you have an item to accept or dispatch from/to the vendor or customer, you get multiple shipping options on your plate which show up with delivery restrictions such as delivery time, costs, or distance. With Microsoft Dynamics 365, you can ensure timely delivery no matter what route you choose. It identifies all the factors that have a direct or indirect impact on the final delivery and ensures the fastest route possible. Real-Time Visibility Transportation management exceeds transportation concerns and includes real-time visibility into the entire order and delivery process to every individual who needs it, from procurement, production scheduling, warehousing to supply chain and staff. Real-time visibility classified under individual departments within a unified platform helps you cut costs and make more logical decisions. Apart from this, you can use this data to fill the process gaps causing variability in the supply chain. Warehouse Management Integrate supply chain with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and stay agile while receiving, picking, staging, and loading. Cut down on excess inventory and get visibility when the item was shipped, how much was shipped, and when it will arrive in real-time. End-to-end data on orders and shipments help you plan and maintain optimum inventory levels. Accurate Replenishment Inventory replenishment is one of the most crucial operations in transportation management. Microsoft Dynamics 365 optimizes this task and allows you to set up replenishment strategies based on the minimum/maximum criteria. Identify when you need to add up more inventory as soon as it hits the minimum level. Additionally, you can also set up demand-driven replenishments. Yard and Terminal Management With Microsoft Dynamics 365, you can eliminate manual processing that slows your progress down. Get real-time visibility in your yard and terminal to minimize waiting times, increase outputs and reinforce regulations. Claim a secured, safe, and optimally productive yard. Spot the Most Appropriate Carrier With cutting-edge business intelligence, access the large network of suppliers and carriers existing right now. Browse through thousands of vendors and suppliers and pick up the one that suits you the best. Get a unified view of all carriers and identify where they stand against one another, also analyze their performance over time. Why Would You Choose Trident Amongst All the Partners? Trident Information Systems, being the gold partner of Microsoft Dynamics 365, boasts decades of experience with various transportation and logistics firms. We research your business and assemble tools to customize the perfect solution. We assist in managing schedules, analysis, errors, integrations, capacity plans, and workflow. Trident’s Logistics suite includes Rail Operations, Yard Management, transportation management, warehouse management, billing solutions, and fleet management. Additionally, this suite collaborates with our globally recognized HCM and Finance Modules. It integrates with your organization’s operational aspects and provides a smooth workflow.

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How to Choose a Technology for Effective Hi-tech and Electronics Manufacturing?

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The pace that the electronics industry is at is unmatched. The top ten brands of electronics in the industries debuted hardly ten years ago. Hence, this industry is growing at a crazy speed that you need to match! Electronics manufacturing is ideal for tech-savvy people who can be as flexible and fast as it demands. Backing up with the right technology is the most important thing. Having a unified solution like Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Electronics Manufacturing can help you beat electronics manufacturing challenges and competitions. Electronics are subjected to faults the most, therefore, their manufacturing can become even challenging. With shrinking operating margins, global competition and innovations are lowering the prices. Hence, it becomes a necessity to become more cost-effective to balance profit. It gets even tougher to comply with the ever-changing customer preferences. Therefore, EMS companies and contract manufacturers have to establish a New Product Introduction (NPI) process. Closed-loop communication among sales, engineering, and manufacturing are essential to meet the dynamic demands of the target audience. Economic dynamics and customer cyclical demands cause production fluctuations. Customers’ preferences influence the production of a device or a certain brand on a granular level. Hence, effective lean capabilities should be established to keep up with the demands. When it comes to electronics manufacturing, sustainability is the first thing that comes to mind. Having new regulations popping up concerning social responsibilities, companies are getting accountable for sustainable production. Since E-waste is a hot topic nowadays, the federation is more concerned about the impact it leads on the environment. How To Spot the Perfect Technology for Hi-tech and Electronics Manufacturing? While choosing the right technology for your electronics manufacturing you need to make sure it is a centralized solution, which provides all the necessities within the same platform. Check out groundbreaking factors the ideal software solution must-have, which never ditch the manufacturers. Hit demands to the and operates business more effectively with a suitable technology such as Microsoft Dynamics: Component Purchasing and Sourcing Component sourcing includes locating, managing, and acquisition components of each important input necessary to operate your business. It may include raw material, parts labor, and production in all its forms, services, and location. Purchasing is one of the most crucial parts of any manufacturing industry. Make sure the software allows organizations to automate their source to pay cycle comprehensively. The software must manage everything related to the supplier. From sparrow messages to quotations, it must cover everything. It must manage, supplier, and keep a keen eye on the stock level. Bill of Material Management It is a must-have feature in the software solution you are about to acquire. Bill of Material is a full-fledged list of components acquired addressing the name and details of the manufacturer. BOM (Bill of Materials) is a comprehensive list of raw materials, components, parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies placed in a hierarchical order to produce a single unit of products. The better and more detailed the Bills of Management are, the better manufacture-oriented decisions you can make with the real-time accurate data at hand. It allows production, R&D, procurement, logistics, pricing, and sales analysis within a centralized platform. Integrated Inventory Management The inventory management system must integrate with the ERP system to minimize mistakes and make faster and more logical decisions. It suggests the most efficient stocking methods for your inventory and enhances internal business operations overall. You can claim a well-structured reporting mechanism with ERP systems within your store and warehouse. This helps manufacturers to plan their production accordingly. You can tackle common inventory management issues and minimize overhead costs. Production Planning and Sourcing Resource planning is considered one of the most effective planning methods of all. It includes operational planning, financial planning and has a simulation capability to answer. The planning includes machine hours, man hours, storage, standard cost dollars, inventory levels, shipping levels, and so on. Visual Quality Inspection An automatic visual quality inspection boosts the manufacturing process and minimizes the manual efforts of your employees. Having this software complementing with the right hardware, defect detection gets easier. Only a few software service providers such as Trident Information System provide this service. Inspect dimensions, color, the texture of the component and remove the defective pieces right away. Why Trident Information Systems? Being the Gold Partner of Microsoft Dynamics 365, we have been serving numerous successful business ventures. Backed up with an experience of over 22 years and 150+ technical resources, we conduct thorough research, assemble different tools, and customize a suitable software solution as per your business requirements. You can save on your time and build an adaptive business network, generate more revenue, and adapt quickly to market dynamics with Microsoft Dynamics for Electronics Manufacturing. For further queries or a demo contact us.

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6 Ways How LS Central for Hospitality is Revolutionizing the Restaurant Experience

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Thinking of switching to LS Central? Do not delay! Let us explain how it can revolutionize the restaurant experience. LS Central is a unified software solution for cafes, restaurants, and other foodservice businesses with a bigger perspective in real-time. LS Central is an extension to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, letting you process POS (point of sale), financials, supply chain management, operations, online channels, inventory, and customer loyalty within the same platform. However, many businesses tend to rely on using multiple software but, they can end up causing complexities instead, such as: Issues with integration and implementation. Large restaurants have many vendors making management tough. Establishing coordination with the software service providers. Getting support and services of the software. As the restaurant business expands or acquires new buildings the service provider might not upgrade its services for scaling. Difficulty with providing on-premise and cloud solutions together. You can replace all the multiple software solutions you are using now with a centralized solution. Get ready for more effective business operations and minimum waste. You can get a spot-on view of your business and make more sensible decisions with LS Central. LS Central as a Revolutionary Measure LS Central can do tremendous benefits to your business. With this centralized solution, you can manage the kitchen centrally, handle tables and optimize mobile POS. LS Central integrates your headquarters and restaurant operations with ERP. Better Table Management Use LS Central’s intuitive visuals and graphics display on every dining table depicted with different colors table availability, making guest management and tables a straightforward and error-free process. It further addresses the number of guests for registered tables and the staff they are currently serving. It ends up saving time and enhancing the overall dining experience. Transfer orders or parts of orders throughout different tables or different sections of the restaurant quickly and easily. For instance, you can easily book tables from both reception or bars. Hence, allow easy order transfer across the restaurant. Loyalty Programs You can uniquely connect with your customers, identify them, and understand their likings and preferences. This way, it will be easier for you to create personalized services and products based on your earlier preferences. Your business sales swear by it. Additionally, the product’s upselling and cross-selling. Let your customers earn points on purchases throughout your channels. This will allow them to use these points as a part of their transactions or access exclusive deals designed for them. You can launch special meal deals or hold happy hours accordingly. Data Visibility With LS Central you can manage prices, ingredients, menus, the campaign offers, and manage all the data up-to-date on touchpoints such as websites and apps. Get real-time data on your operations, stock, guests at hand and optimize it on your analytics and insight. Create data-driven strategies to minimize waste and cut costs wherever possible, increase profit as well as customer loyalty. Centralized Control You can oversee and manage your chains from the headquarters, control prices, recipes, menus, and campaigns. also, trace staff performance and communicate with your employees. Analyze current costs and revenues and identify trends and potent opportunities. Access detailed reports and data in real-time and make more logical decisions. Configure your system to each region’s fiscal and region requirements. Minimum Waste Use real-time data to minimize waste and inefficiencies, with LS Central you can price your dishes accurately and extract maximum profit. Smartly order the accurate quantities and distribute them. You can ensure your customers receive exactly what they ordered. Speedup table turns and upsells growth. Optimize floor space with table bookings. You can also plan your meals and rationalize your ingredient ordering. Minimize manual work and scope of errors with automation. One of the best benefits of LS Central is using single software throughout the business. Repeated Business LS Central offers exceptional customer service while ensuring repeated business. You can make contactless payments and orders with a mobile POS or self-ordering device on the table. Your guest can customize their orders like adding or removing something according to their preferences. There will be an accurate display of allergens and ingredient data at the POS and self-ordering devices. Also, you can align menus and pricing to real-time demand. Your customers can order food either online or on their preferred services. Lastly, you can generate loyalty programs for you and your customers. LS Central is a tool for revolutionary measures for a business. Trident Information Systems, Gold partners of LS Retail have been serving many successful businesses so far. Being armed with 150+ technical resources, they have won multiple awards. For further queries or a demo contact us.

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Why Do You Need a Unified Commerce Solution to Boost Sales and Customer Services?

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Boost sales and customer services with the help of Unified Retail Management Software. With LS retail you can understand your customer psychology and make sales strategies accordingly. Get greater visibility and make more effective marketing campaigns to attract more customers. A modern Retail ERP Software is a unified software solution, that helps avoiding patchwork hardships. This solution integrate multiple departments within the same environment and help businesses build on solid foundations. Optimizing multiple software solutions can be a pain, while building IT complexities. It can hamper your management and drain resources. Therefore, your finances are engaged in doing the technical patchwork and keeping your staff tied up. As for data management, it gets quite hard to take care of data across multiple storage systems. It is pretty complicated to manage your data as the system allows it, different software follows different patterns. Hence, you are all entangled with multiple software management formats. While using multiple software systems, financial reporting becomes a real pain. Data extraction followed by data standardization of calculation and formulae into a single accounting template from different applications, sub-ledgers, and transactions is not ideally recommended. It is complicated to extract data from a soiled database and when these databases do not coordinate, it hampers your efficiency to improve and enhance. Failing to share the required document throughout the departments can become a potential threat to the overall productivity of your organization. Boost Sales and Customer Services with a Unified Commerce Solution: LS Central. You need the right Retail ERP Software, effective customer service, and excellent quality products. LS Central being a unified commerce solution built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP. It is easier for the retailers to meet exceeding customer demands for exceptional services. This is how LS Central helps to boost profit and customer services: Centralized Control As a Unified Software, LS Central incorporates your overall business from back to front, POS, ERP, inventory, sales, promotions, and offers. The data drawn from the key areas are combined on the same platform while ensuring centralized control of the retailer. You no longer have to move your data from ERP to eCommerce/ in-store or you need to import files: the system automatically takes care of it. Effective Customer Service With LS central, draw customers back and get repeated business, allowing secure and contrasting payments. Compare replenishments with the real market demands, allowing customers to check real-time stock availability. Integrate customer shopping data and use their preferences to personalize interactions. Allows self-service shopping and checkouts. Give the first hand to customers to return your products online or in-store as per their preferences. Allowing one on one appointments, consultations, and personalized services. Loyalty Programs Loyalty programs can boost your sales like magic. Having an insight into your customer preferences and their spending pattern, you can utilize that data to generate exclusive offers, discounts, and other schemes to lure customers in. As the name suggests, these programs ensure customer loyalty and contentment with your services. Omni-Channel Deliver an out-of-the-world shopping experience, also encourage your customers to invest their loyalty and engagement both in-store and online. Allow them to create and maintain shopping lists, address personalized offers straight on their phones. Boost brand awareness and customer retention hand in hand via the omnichannel. Compute customer data, profiles, and spending patterns to create business strategies. M-POS With M-POS, retailers and merchants can accept various payment methods on their phones. Additionally, you get value-added services that help with your business productivity. You can make card payments, online payments, and cash withdrawals and wallets, etc. It is another method to track customer data and use it for your benefit. Only a few companies offer a comprehensive solution to accept payment with the M-POS. Unified Data To get a holistic view of the customer experience, you need to adopt a centralized data platform in Retail CRM Software, containing everything from the contact center, website data, sales information, and marketing information and analysis on everything touched by your customers. With LS Central get an overview of your business via a centralized platform bringing all the necessary data within the same environment. Make better decisions with the bigger picture now available. Final Words A unified software solution like LS Retail can help you boost sales and get delighted customers. We recommend researching through retail ERP Companies and finding a suitable LS Retail Implementation Partner. Trident Information Systems is a Gold LS Retail partner and earned experience of over 22+ years. Armed with 150+ technical resources, we have successfully served multiple businesses.

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