How fast can you Ship? Really Fast In distribution world shipping is last step of your sales cycle and everybody expects it to be fast, how fast? I guess faster than Jimmy John's fast talker, really really fast. It becomes crucial for certain companies with complex shipping scenario's, being able to use multiple carriers, rate shopping, shipping rules, capabilities of packing them in multiple boxes, contents of items packed per box all these features is a must have and be able to ship much faster. We reviewed couple of shipping solutions that were integrated with Acumatica and we really liked what Starship form V-Technologies had to offer in terms of integrated features, price and easy to work staff. Starship now supports Acumatica Cloud ERP  Ver 5.3 and 6.0, you can process all your shipments via Starship and automate the process of sending email notification with tracking numbers. Key challenges/constraints  we faced within Acumatica shipping module out of

InfoSourcing Inc, is Acumatica Certified Cloud ERP Partner , joined as Silver certified partner in 2012 we have been serving Washington DC and have done handful implementation in SaaS (Software As A Service), PCS (Private Cloud Subscription) and On Premise. Our value proposition is not just selling ERP solution but to show our customers true Return On Investment (ROI) with out offerings of ERP Consulting, Customization and Support our customers get the true benefit of working with partner who can handle it all. We extend our professional services to other partners and customers who are in need of our solution/plugins or services that can automate their business operations, our recently introduced " eSignature " for Acumatica is one such example of how we can deliver such integration with great platform. Our professional services include Cloud ERP Consulting ERP Implementation and Migration Acumatica Cloud ERP Customizations Plugin Customization Report Custom

eSignature for Acumatica, new updates coming soon (Jan 2017), we have enhanced this plugin with configuration screen allowing our users to control how signature is captured. Proof of delivery feature is most commonly used in the industry and we are constantly looking to enhance this plugin. UETA and ESIGN Act Both the United States Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act, and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), have four major requirements for an electronic signature to be recognized as valid under U.S. law. Those requirements are: Intent to sign – Electronic signatures, like traditional wet ink signatures, are valid only if each party intended to sign. Consent to do business electronically  Association of signature with the record  Record retention – U.S. laws on eSignatures and electronic transactions require that electronic signature records be capable of retention and accurate reproduction for reference by all parties or persons e

Securing your website with SSL 2048 encryption is your first defense against internet access, you can add another layer of security with password encryption rules, Single Sign on (SSO) and other security measure, Acumatica Cloud ERP makes it easier to configure those rules on SaaS platform. If your hosting Private cloud or On-Premise then you will run into configuring SSL redirection on IIS for specific domain or sub-domain. All web request made in non-secure mode needs to be redirected to secure (https) mode. Few quick steps for securing Acumatica hosted environment. Step 1 : Get a 2048 bit SSL certificate (You might think Verisign but I would go with InstantSSL they are just $99 and still does the same thing, it secures your website) Step 2 : Install the certs on IIS 6/7, make sure to enable URL Rewrite module in IIS. Step 3 : Configure the URL Rewrite by creating new rule to redirect all HTTP (non-secure) request to HTTPS (secure) request URL with regular expression

Predictive Intelligence In world of data mining & data analytics, Predictive Intelligence or what we all know as Artificial Intelligence is being consumed all across, we are experiencing AI as of today on Amazon.com for purchasing behavior & suggestions, smart phones using "Siri" or  "Ok Google", in automobile industry self driving cars and on Social media facebook image tagging and many more companies adapting every single day. So What's driving this new technology and why now?  Predictive Intelligence allows us to understand our customers and simplify personalization and marketing automation. Data scientist are at work figuring out the best algorithm in understanding data and behavior of consumers, Gartner published an article of Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies  Artificial Intelligence and machine learning are the hottest technology as of today and in next 2-4 yrs most companies will evolve and adapt this predictive intelligence in every

Proposal report/Quotation Custom Workflow  Acumatica CRM module automates your incoming emails and lets you create new leads or opportunities for your sales team and define their sales funnel, however it's bit cumbersome to have your sales people convert those lead to Business Account and then to Customer just to create a Sales Quote, way too many steps while the probability of prospect accepting quote is less than 50%, so how do we speed up things in Acumatica? We knocked few steps and built our custom workflow to treat Opportunity as Quotes by tweaking Opportunity screen and adding custom report, now all your leads can be converted to contacts and create new opportunity and track them till they are "Won" with new Quote report. Workflow  A - Create Leads and validate and cleanse them B - Create Opportunity for Contacts/Business Accounts, generate Quote reports, if won then proceed with sale documents C - Convert Opportunity to Sales Order, discard other le

How do I provide Proof of Delivery or Proof of Shipment with e-Signature? Think about running business operations capturing signature for delivery of goods, scanning those documents and attaching to your file system, manual process and time consumption resulting in lower efficiency and prone to mistakes. Proof of delivery with e-Signatures lets you o automate your shipment process, improves efficiency, no paper work and best of all you can stay in compliance for HIPAA and other governing rules. Many proof of delivery and chain of custody processes are largely paper-based, increasing the risk of mistakes, disputes, and lost or misplaced shipments. Acumatica eSign can replace costly and paper-based systems with electronic signature capture, and complements existing workflow processes within Acumatica to make them more efficient, accurate, and cost effective. We can apply this plugin to your sales process, purchasing and shipments, extend it your project accounting or any custom