ERP systems are essential for managing orders, payments, inventory, returns, and more. Without smooth coordination and proper connectivity to the company website, the business is likely to encounter many hurdles. Choosing the most efficient E-Commerce software solution requires a lot of research and meeting key criteria. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate all available options thoroughly, mainly on five main categories.

Acumatica’s E-Commerce Back-Office System Evaluation Checklist meets all the required criteria and makes a strong case to be considered as the best ERP solution.

Evaluating E-Commerce back-office system options:

A successful business, be it in retailing, manufacturing or distribution in today’s market relies a lot on an Omni channel shopping experience.

This directly leads to the five categories that can be use to evaluate the B2C or B2B E-Commerce software options. as noted in the free evaluation checklist.

The categories include Productivity, Functionality, Technology, Value, and Risk.

In the following section, a brief summary is drawn for all 5 categories.

·       Productivity

The back-office system chosen must enhance the productivity of operations. The ability to integrate the system with the chosen E-commerce software is crucial in this case.it ensures the real-time sync of customer, inventory, sales, and shipping data.

·       Functionality

Performing daily accounting and business management tasks is a major requirement for any back-office system. The functionalities include multi-entity, financial management, third-party software integrations, CRM combined with cloud ERP, and integrated business intelligence. An efficient ERP system delivers on all the fronts to ensure maximum efficiency.

·       Technology

Utilizing modern technology and adapting accordingly is a must. The system assessment must include its synchronization capability. Syncing between the systems allows automatic exchange in product pricing, categories, inventory, images, customers, orders, and more.

In case of a true cloud option, one can access the system over the internet through a standard browser without the need to install client software. Customizability and flexibility are also important for meeting customized business requirements and acquiring features that focus on unique business requirements.

·       Value

The value of the system depends on the ability of the system to scale itself with the growth of the business, availability of multiple deployment options, flexible licensing options and the revenue collection method. These are some of the major factors that increase the value of the ERP system.

·       Risk

Risk management is a crucial aspect that must be handled by the back-office system evaluation. It should also ensure total security of cyber operations. The ERP software solutions should essentially be able to predict the monthly costs and provide verifiable security. Simple integrations to other applications and backup and disaster recovery are all included in the Risk category.

E-Commerce powerhouse

Any business has the potential to be an E-Commerce powerhouse—provided they meet the criteria stated in Acumatica’s E-Commerce Back-Office System Evaluation Checklist.

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