Best Mid-Market Business Award for Pronto Software

Australian business management software company, Pronto Software, has won the BRW GE Capital Mid-Market Momentum Award for Best Mid-Market Business in the $50 million to $100 million revenue category.

Pronto is an Australian software developer of next generation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that integrates with advanced Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. With in-built intelligence, flexibility and an easy-to-use interface, its flagship product, Pronto Xi enables users to discover rich business insights. Pronto Software prides itself on actively listening to customers and adapting its services to meet their needs to reveal the best solution.

The BRW award acknowledges innovation and leadership in an industry sector, high performance in revenue, profit and employee growth. The past year has been a time of innovation and growth for Pronto Software with a major update to its flagship ERP and BI solution, Pronto Xi 710, released in May. The company opened new offices in Perth and Adelaide, and a North American operation launched in Dallas, Texas. Pronto Software is currently demonstrating the latest updates to Pronto Xi 710 via a Pronto Connect Roadshow, meeting customers in 10 cities around the world between August and November.

For more information visit the Pronto website. 

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Infor Business Intelligence Certifies Amazon Redshift

Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, recently announced that Infor Business Intelligence (BI) has certified Amazon Redshift from Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a backend data repository.

This announcement builds upon the recent launch of Infor BI 10x and further enhances the value of the Infor Sky Vault initiative that leverages Amazon Redshift and Infor ION to manage big data. With Infor BI, customers gain an extensive set of data management tools complete with dashboards, reporting and in-memory analytics, enabling them to more easily and cost-effectively analyze vast amounts of data in Amazon Redshift.

Infor customers can also use Amazon Redshift as a data source for the in-memory Infor BI business layer to relational source data, and leverage Infor BI Application Studio to display information in easy-to-read dashboards via a web browser or tablet applications.

Sky Vault takes the offering a step further by integrating the application data with Amazon Redshift to provide pre-built dashboards and analytics by industry. Infor delivers advanced analytical capabilities through the Infor BI Analyzer, allowing users to derive additional benefits from data by utilizing its insights for forecasting and planning. The in-memory database can also calculate trends based on actual data that can be compared to targets or budgets.

Read more about the Infor and the capabilities of Infor Business Intelligence (BI).

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CRM Systems Increasingly Popular In Distribution Sales Management

CRM systems are becoming more popular in distribution sales management because they’re flexible, innovative and easy to use.

Industrial Supply magazine recently reported that 61% of distributors already have CRM systems incorporated in their business plan. One of the main strengths of a CRM system is that it allows salespeople to access key information about their customers, all while being out in the field. Additionally, management can monitor sales in real time, so salespeople don’t have to search for data when an issue arises. Additionally, CRM also helps with sales coaching, ensuring that salespeople are targeting the right goals with their customers.

However, the biggest impact CRM systems have made is in helping to develop strategies to increase sales. According to the article, 75% of distribution executives acknowledged that improving sales is a major priority. In an effort to improve sales, they plan to “hire new salespeople, redesign sales incentives, build value-selling skills and improve coaching by sales managers.”

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Demand Solutions Wins SCM Logistics & Manufacturing Excellence Award

Demand Management Inc., a global resource for supply chain management solutions, recently announced that the company received the Asia Pacific Supply Chain Excellence Award at the 2013 SCM Logistics & Manufacturing World trade show.

Attended by more than 180 senior industry executives, the presentation ceremony was held at the SCM Logistics & Manufacturing Excellence Awards Industry Gala Dinner; the industry’s most prestigious awards designed to celebrate excellence in supply chain and manufacturing. The awards honor outstanding achievements by companies that have demonstrated innovation and resilience in solving supply chain challenges, realized their corporate objectives as a result of effective supply chain management, and added business value by improving cost savings and increasing efficiency.

Demand Solutions was nominated for awards in two of the competition’s seven possible categories. All winners were chosen by a panel of five judges from across the industry. Demand Management offers affordable, easy-to-use tools for manufacturers and distributors who want to increase forecast accuracy, improve customer service levels and reduce overall inventory to maximize profits and lower costs. The company offers the Demand Solutions supply chain planning suite for forecast management, demand planning, collaborative forecasting and inventory planning as well as modules for advanced planning and scheduling (APS), sales and operations planning, and point of sale analysis.

For more information about the award and products, visit the Demand Solutions website.

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Acumatica Wins People's Choice Award for Favorite Financial Management Solution

Acumatica, a provider of cloud-based ERP solutions to small and medium-sized companies, recently announced that it won the People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Financial Management Solution in this year’s American Business Awards. This is the second Stevie win for Acumatica this year. The company also won the bronze Stevie Award for Financial Management Solution in the new products category.

More than 20,000 votes were cast in the nationwide poll to decide the winners in 34 product categories. The American Business Awards, now in its 11th year, is the country’s top business awards program and honors a spectrum of American business people and organizations — from non-profits, start-ups, public companies and government agencies, to C-level executives, product developers, marketers and development teams.

Founded in 2007, Acumatica is a provider of highly customizable, cloud-based ERP applications for small and midsized businesses, offering financial management, distribution, CRM, and project accounting suites.

Acumatica's recent version 4.1 release includes updates to the customer portal, improved functionalities, and better usability.

To learn more about Acumatica's products and solutions, visit their Customer Portal.

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