Meet with EVS Executives at Sage Summit 2013

In just under a month, the annual Sage Summit Conference and Trade Show will be underway at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Washington, D.C.  While EVS won't have a booth this year, we will be at the conference for the entire week and encourage all of our clients and prospects to meet with us anytime during the week.  

We'd love to hear if you or someone from your organization will be attending Sage Summit 2013 and have created a short 4-question survey to see who will be joining us.  You will also have the opportunity to request a time to meet with any or all of the EVS Executives.  

We look forward to see everyone in July!  Stay tuned for information regarding the Sage 500 ERP session that our very own president, Evan Garber, is presenting.

Hot Summer Nights and Tornado & Hurricane Threats - Is Your Data Protected?

We've finally reached the time of year that people of all ages look forward to, summer.  But, with those beautiful summer days and nights comes the threat of severe weather such as tornados and hurricanes.  It's the time of year when natural disasters come into play and often has individuals and businesses alike asking, "are we prepared?"

While these events can't be prevented, there are things that can be done to help you prepare.  Anyone who has lived through any type of disaster will tell you that material items are all replaceable, and they are correct.  As a manufacturer, you also have to consider how the loss of your data will impact your business.

Many will say they use tape backups.  Good, at least you are doing something.  However, where are those backups located?  Are they on the premises where the disaster occurred?  How far back is the data being saved?  At EVS, we strive to offer solutions that will be there for you no matter the situation by providing Sage 500 Cloud Disaster Recovery.

This ERP disaster recovery solution gives you real-time mirroring of your Sage 500 ERP production environment and data.  That means you don't have to search back through tapes hoping all of your data is there.  The Sage Cloud Disaster Recovery solution mirrors your own system within 2 minutes at any time of the day.  Another important feature is that the data is stored in a dedicated and disaster resistant offsite facility, including a diesel generated power backup with a 90 day fuel supply.

While no one knows the exact statistics, it's been said by the American Red Cross that as many as 40% of small businesses do not reopen after a major disaster.  You have the business insurance to cover the physical equipment needs, but you also need the best plan to cover your data needs as your business continuity will depend on it.

For more information on the Sage 500 Disaster Recovery solution, visit www.evs-sw.com.

O2 Bakery ERP Software Addresses Unique Commercial Baking Industry Needs

As a commercial bakery, there is no question that you have a lot of operational needs that are different from other manufacturers. From mixing large batches of material, formula security and allergen management to ever changing production planning and scheduling your business has unique needs.

Every business also tries to keep material costs under control, but bakeries often find that materials can fluctuate greatly making predicting and hitting target profits a challenge.  EVS has worked with a number of bakeries in varying sizes utilizing O2 Bakery ERP software.

This commercial bakery ERP software system has tools to meet the unique needs of the commercial baking industry, such as:

• Formula security and management
• Complete lot tracking tools
• Bakers percentage calculations
• Nutritional calculations, reporting and labeling
• One click lot recall
• Inventory Forecasting
• Certificate of Analysis Tracking 
• Batch sizing and multiple unit of measure calculations
• Capacity resource scheduling
• Flexible customer pricing
• Sales forecasting and inventory requirements planning
• "What-if" cost analysis

Bakeries need to have a commercial bakery management software to provide these tools along with real-time information regarding all of the business operations.  By implementing a bakery ERP software system, organizations can have a single location for all of their information and make the best decisions based on this real-time data.

For more information on this process manufacturing software for commercial bakeries, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Is Your Small-to-Medium Sized Manufacturing Business Ready for Future Growth?

Small-to-medium sized manufacturing business are continuously working to serve a market niche or gain their share of a current target market.  As those companies who have "been there and done" that can attest, growth is an exciting time, however, it can also create stress and uncover processes that may need updating to meet the new demand.

Some of the processes that may need updating include all of the manual tasks that are often found in this sized manufacturing business.  For example, many use Excel spreadsheets to analyze and track their data or manually enter shipping and receiving information.  While this may work as smaller businesses, the new growth can create production bottlenecks and times of inventory miscalculations.

If you are a growing manufacturing organization, now may be the time to start looking at enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.  There are also systems such as process manufacturing ERP software, designed to serve the unique needs of process manufacturing.  These ERP software systems will provide you with tools to manage your entire operation all within a single system, giving you the ultimate amount of visibility and intelligence into your organization.  

Sage 500 ERP has tools these tools and is designed to be scalable with your growth.  An additional suite of modules called O2 Process Manufacturing ERP software can be added to address the unique needs of a process manufacturing business.  The process manufacturing software will eliminate the "islands of data" many find exist in their formulation and planning/production departments.

Growth is something every business can be proud of.  Set your business up for success and enjoy the new opportunities that growth brings by using the right tools for your business.  For more information on this small-to-medium sized manufacturing ERP software system, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Minimize Your Downtime After a Disaster with a Sage Cloud Disaster Recovery Solution

Do you have a real ERP disaster recovery plan in place for your business should a larger scale disaster occur?  Surprisingly, many business do not.  Sure, there may be a contingency plan if there is a breakdown in production somewhere or another localized problem, but what would happen if the unexpected happened?

In order to truly prepare your business, it's best to expect the unexpected and have a plan in place that can restore your system data, such as the Sage 500 Disaster Recovery solution.  Machines, inventory and other physical systems are replaceable.  But what about your business data?

Disasters pertaining to data actually happen more often than you might guess.  What's worse, is that many business owners and management may think the chances of a hurricane or devastating tornado taking down their business are the only "disasters" that can occur.  Unfortunately, human error, a system failure or damaged data can easily shut down production and the occurrence is not all that rare.

There are disaster recovery plans available for a wide range of business sizes.  Options like Sage 500 Cloud Disaster Recovery give users the security of the disaster recovery plan in the convenience and added security of an off-site cloud-based solution.

For more information on the Sage ERP disaster recovery solution, visit www.evs-sw.com.

Looking for a Cloud Solution for Your Sage 500 ERP Software? Look No More

Businesses come in all different sizes and they each have unique ways of operating.  That is why one ERP software solution does not always fit everyone's needs.  While some prefer to have all of their IT and ERP hosted in-house, others need to have their software hosted and just use the ERP software as a service.

There are a number of benefits of selecting a cloud-based ERP software solution or even a cloud-based inventory management software system, especially for the small-to-medium sized businesses.  Just a few of the cost saving benefits include:

• No large hardware purchases to host the data
• No extensive IT staff required to manage and maintain the software or hardware
• No large upfront investment

Using the Sage 500 ERP cloud hosting solution, you will still get all of the functionality and benefits of the ERP software system without the cost and maintenance involved in hosting your own system.  Having the opportunity to access information from anywhere, not only while on the organizations premises can be a great advantage.

For more information on the Sage 500 Cloud Solution or other services, visit www.evs-sw.com.

F.S.M.A. To Move Ahead After Federal Ruling

It appears that the F.S.M.A. is finally going to move forward with new regulations after a federal judge orders the F.D.A. to implement the act that was established back in 2011.  As deadlines have come and gone, the F.D.A. appears to still be in discussions on how to proceed, asking for more time to develop the appropriate regulations.

The food manufacturing industry as a whole has been waiting for the new regulation for a while as their processes may be affected by any new rulings.  Documentation and lot tracking are areas of food safety that each company can successfully address through a central food manufacturing ERP software system, such as O2 Food ERP software.

Food manufacturing software provides the tools to not only document all of the internal processes, but also the supply chain.  O2 Process Manufacturing software offers complete lot tracking and a simple, one-click recall process if the need arises.  With the latest string of outbreaks from food-borne illnesses, having everything documented in a central ERP software system will ease the burden during a recall situation.  Using a food and beverage ERP software will not only fill this need, but it also offers multiple tools that were designed specifically for your industry and will give you a business advantage.

While the F.S.M.A. regulations will be announced in only a matter of time, you can start getting your internal processes in order with food processing ERP software.  For more information on this food processing software and related services, visit www.evs-sw.com.