Future Trends that are Available Now
2020 was a crazy year with the pandemic forcing organizations to adapt on the fly. With employees working from home and limited business travel, remote work is here to stay. As a result, organizations are looking for solutions to deal with system access, improved worker productivity, digital workflows, and easy access to information. Central Nervous Systems’ Cloud ERP for consulting engineers solution has the features organizations are looking for.
Future trends available now in Acumatica:
Access from any location, on any device
Artificial intelligence automation
Digital workflows
Easy access to information
Access from any location, on any device
Accessing Acumatica does not depend on your location. Access Acumatica from any device on any operating system. On your PC, MAC, or Chromebook open a web browser and get to your ERP. No VPNs or terminal servers required. On your tablet, again open a web browser, and get to your ERP. On your smartphone, you can open a web browser and get to your ERP or use the Acumatica App available for Android and IOS.
Artificial Intelligence Automation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest trends in the ERP space but what does that mean to the average user and an organization. With Acumatica’s 2020R2 release, AI goes from a concept to reality. Here are somethings that are available now:
Automatically create Accounts Payable documents from pdf vendor bills
Easily connect financial institutions to Acumatica so you can download transactions and reconcile your bank accounts using automated processes
automate expense receipt creation from the bank to streamline employee reimbursements and corporate credit card reconciliation
AI helps improve worker productivity by reducing the volume of data entry and helping to improve the accuracy of the entered data. Organizational gains in productivity result in lower resource costs and higher data accuracy.
Digital workflows
For managers of consulting engineers, project time & expense approval, proforma invoice approval, and employee vacation time approval are a part of their day-to-day duties. In Acumatica, the approval workflow is digital. No more hunting through emails to find and respond with your approval. Spend less time on the approval process.
Required approvals are found in either approval tasks or through dashboards. Both methods allow for the approver to drill down into details and review attached documents. With approval workflows, the approvals are traceable, allowing you to know who approved the document and when. Know where the approval bottlenecks are and refine the process to reduce or eliminate them. Approval workflows are setup with proper permissions and user security so that required personnel are approving documents they are supposed to see. There is no need to email sensitive documents that may be viewed by unauthorized users
Easy access to information
As Jon Roskill, CEO of Acumatica stated “with so many businesses operating from remote locations and home offices now, it is more important than ever to have a single source of business truth that is accessible to anyone, anytime, from anywhere.”
Access to information in Acumatica is controlled through user security so only those that should have access have it. Information is available on dashboards and reports which users access themselves. Users do not need to bother accounting, HR, or their supervisor for information on such things as hours worked, available vacation or sick time.
There are no long delays to compile data as information is available in real time, which means no surprises. The management team can run their own financials. No need to wait for accounting. No emailing of sensitive information. Project managers have real time information on their projects. They know where their project stands, with no surprises that lead to uncomfortable conversations with the customer or worse having the project over budget.
With Central Nervous Systems’ Cloud ERP for consulting engineers solution, these future trends are available now.
Please contact us should you have any questions or if you would like to know more.
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