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21 Replies Last post: Apr 3, 2008 3:29 PM by JMJ315

managing a new business

Dec 29, 2007 10:50 AM

shelly 7 posts since
Dec 29, 2007

we are a brand new company- importing product and reselling it to the smaller retailer and also selling from our website- We need a low cost way to manage inventory,order entry, invoices,packing slips etc-- we know all about selling the product but we are not knowledgable about the inner office details-- any ideas? thanks

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LUCKIEST 7,935 posts since
Aug 6, 2007

1. Re: managing a new business Dec 29, 2007 11:11 AM

Hi Shelly. I like Quickbooks. Quickbooks is a low cost way to manage inventory,order entry, invoices,packing slips
and a lot more. Do you have an Accountant?? Do you have a Business and marketing Plan
I am a Quickbooks Consultant.
LUCKIEST

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shelly 7 posts since
Dec 29, 2007

2. Re: managing a new business Dec 29, 2007 11:27 AM

in response to: LUCKIEST

luckiest- thanks for you response- I will look at quickbooks- and no we dont have either!! dont yell at us but we have something we know will sell and have to do it quickly as it is seasonal so we havent had time to do anything but design the product so we can place our large import order in time for the season---not a good plan we know- but no time~

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CorpCons08 1,128 posts since
Nov 14, 2007

3. Re: managing a new business Dec 29, 2007 11:27 AM

shelly,
Another suggestion might be Microsoft Office Accounting 2007.
I love the layout of their software and it is easily manageable.
It will even print out designated reports on a weekly, daily, monthly basis for you to wake up and take a look at.
I usually have it print off our A/R Aging and GL Account Listing daily.
CC08

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CorpCons08 1,128 posts since
Nov 14, 2007

4. Re: managing a new business Dec 29, 2007 11:28 AM

in response to: shelly

Be careful though.
A lot of times that is a dangerous move to make.
Rushing into things without a plan can cause businesses to fail.
Read my story on the Stories page, it speaks of just this.

CC08

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v-guru 16 posts since
Dec 29, 2007

5. Re: managing a new business Dec 30, 2007 9:59 PM

You might want to look at an ecommerce package that can do all of the things you are asking about. We use and have used several different ones. Good ones can handle retail and wholesale purchases and inventory and PO's. You can get into them for under $50 a month, especially if you have only one product.

Then from an accounting perspective the sales/inv can be synched with whatever accounting package you decide to go with. We use QB (albeit we started with the retail edition and kept upgrading all the way to the enterprise edition) and it will do everything you will probably need.

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Lighthouse24 2,396 posts since
Oct 10, 2007

6. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 12:28 AM

If you want a specific recommendation for an integrated multi-feature office solution that's priced and scaled for small business, you might take a look at Intellisoft's ManageMore.

http://www.managemore.com

(Independent recommendation -- I have no affiliation or partnership with Intellisoft.)

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DomainDiva 1,732 posts since
Oct 10, 2007

7. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 11:27 AM

What you want is Quickbooks Point of Sale as well as QB Pro with payroll if you have not outsourced that. I believe that the two applications can be configured to work together.

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stick2basics 10 posts since
Dec 31, 2007

8. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 12:05 PM

I use www.keepmore.com. Afforable, reliable, and you don't need to worry about installing anything. I personally love it.

Check some of their testimonials:

http://keepmore.com/?page=testimonials&PHPSESSID=e353fa58cc1c1fef37269df2d89481b0

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moogrdotcom 82 posts since
Dec 16, 2007

9. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 12:10 PM

How many products are you importing & reselling? Will you be doing full warehouse management? If so QB enterprise could be one solution but there is also open source solutions much more robust such as Compiere, TinyERP and other systems out there. Not as easy as QB but more robust if your business demands it.

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shelly 7 posts since
Dec 29, 2007

10. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 6:42 PM

in response to: stick2basics

thank you for this info-- this looks very interesting and easy--- shelly

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shelly 7 posts since
Dec 29, 2007

11. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 6:43 PM

in response to: moogrdotcom

hi we are not even close to full warehouse management- maybe next year-- thanks anyway-- shelly

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LUCKIEST 7,935 posts since
Aug 6, 2007

12. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 6:44 PM

in response to: shelly

Stay in touch. We want to help.
Happy new year, LUCKIEST

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stick2basics 10 posts since
Dec 31, 2007

13. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 7:09 PM

in response to: shelly

What type of products do you sell? Do you have a website for us to check out your product?

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shelly 7 posts since
Dec 29, 2007

14. Re: managing a new business Dec 31, 2007 7:10 PM

in response to: LUCKIEST

thank you so much for your support- we will get into this fast and furious!! will have lots of questions very soon-- shelly

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