Eliminate QuickBooks’ Limitations with ERP Software
Posted by David Silva on Wed, Sep 28, 2011 @ 03:14 PM
QuickBooks is a great piece of accounting software for small businesses – particularly “mom & pop” and sole proprietor operations. Many start-ups rely on QuickBooks as a cheap way to get the business up and running. However, many businesses soon discover its limitations and before long find themselves in desperate need of a new system to accommodate their growth.
Although some variations and add-ons exist for QuickBooks to bring the software to the enterprise-level, it is still primarily an accounting package that lacks functionality like robust inventory management. Business owners often search for integration software to bridge some of the gaps in QuickBooks but their search eventually leads them to ERP software.
For distributors and wholesalers, it is particularly important to be running an appropriately integrated inventory and accounting system ERP system. Even some of the smallest distributors and wholesalers cannot run the business efficiently without a proper ERP system. When you are shipping many orders a day, drawing upon thousands of items in your inventory, it is of paramount importance that your software system is up to the job.
Over time users will hit stumbling blocks with QuickBooks as their company grows in size. Whether it is exceeding the number of products SKUs supported, exceeding the overall file-size cap or having their software grind to a halt with heavy use, at some point many businesses will hit that stage. With QuickBooks you have few options in these circumstances – either start from scratch with a new data-file, try to make do with its limitations or move onto a larger system. Any best-of-breed ERP system will allow for a substantially larger collection of items, transactions and users.
In summary, QuickBooks is a great system to start your business with but when you are ready to take your business to the next level, it is ERP software that you are looking for.
