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NEWSLETTER January 2017

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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVES TO ORDERWISE APP For businesses who sell out on the road, it can often be a struggle to arm staff with the information needed to maximise each sales opportunity. With this often acting as the major catalyst in winning or losing sales, not having intelligent analytics easily accessible can be highly detrimental when it comes to closing sales. Now with OrderWise For Android, you can combine existing Business Intelligence functionality with the intuitive OrderWise App for detailed data on any screen size when on-the-move, ensuring viewing results remain clear and optimised for the ideal user experience. Read the article †

Reflecting On A Year Of Success And Growth

A £1.3 million expansion nearing completion, more than 70 new faces and a turnover in excess of £7 million, 2016 has certainly been a year to remember for OrderWise. Lincolnshire Live spoke with our Managing Director David Hallam on how OrderWise has gone from a one-man band to one of the UK’s most active business software management companies and continues to grow. Read the Lincs Live Interview †

Further Enhancements To OrderWise Commerce Following a huge year for OrderWise Commerce, we continue into 2017 with further enhancements and functionality introduced to deliver an outstanding customer shopping experience. These ongoing

enhancements to our endto-end solution for this month’s release include benefits such as more accurate product popularity displays and improved flexibility for your valued account customers. Read the article †

Manage The Assembly Of Kits During Picking

Kitting is commonly used by a lot of different companies, and businesses who are assembling kits during despatch should ensure they have an organised method of managing this process. With the assistance of barcoding technology, OrderWise has introduced enhanced functionality for

the management of picking kits in a fast, precise and structured manner, ensuring they are always despatched accurately. Read the article †

Wise Software (UK) Ltd, Newton Court, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby, Lincoln, LN1 2LR Tel: 01522 704083 | [email protected] | www.orderwise.co.uk Registered in England: Company Reg. No. 04633298 VAT No. GB 809 0996 01

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What Else Is New?

The OrderWise 2017 Version 12.1 release includes a wide range of highly beneficial new features and enhancements, which you can read about in this month’s release notes. Read the release notes †

Automated Packing Cost Management

Keeping an accurate account of the costs of packaging materials or free/promotional items is key to maintaining a realistic record of business costs and to ensure that profitability is maintained. However, this isn’t always easy to manage. Manually keeping track of the costs of various packaging materials and/or promotional items entails valuable time being used and can lead to errors and inaccurate financial records. New functionality added in Version 12.1 allows businesses to stay on top of costings where multiple packaging materials are used. Read the article here †

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TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE 2017 A SUCCESS FOR YOUR BUSINESS For many businesses, the last twelve months have been quite a turbulent time. In the aftermath of a number of shocking and unexpected political moments throughout 2016 that probably don’t need to be named at this stage, the economic outlook across the UK is understandably looking very uncertain for the year ahead. With this being the case it is more important than ever that this January, companies take the time to construct a comprehensive business plan for what they would like to achieve in the forthcoming year. With many businesses no doubt spending this

month looking for the best way to invest their as of yet unspent budget, it is vital that companies choose to spend their money on the tools that will bring them success over the course of this year. The question is though, what factors are likely to affect performance and what strategies should businesses be turning to in order to find prosperity in 2017? Our latest feature article looks in detail at these strategies and tips. With the early days of 2017 bringing

a hangover of uncertainty that plagued businesses for a good portion of 2016, companies across the country will be wise to carefully plan for all scenarios when constructing their business plan for the upcoming year. However by highlighting areas where performance can be improved, minimising profitability leakage and also ensuring they are prepared for any currency fluctuations, businesses can help to see their business flourish in 2017. Continue reading here †

Customer Buying Lists Improve Control On App In certain industries, there is a need for restrictions on customer buying activity which is particularly prevalent in the pharmaceutical, chemical and certain food industries with strict regulations on the purchasing of products. For this reason, OrderWise has existing functionality with the presence of the customer buying list feature and now users on-the-road can benefit from enhanced management of product restrictions whilst selling via the app with the latest OrderWise App integration. Read the full article here †

Wise Software (UK) Ltd, Newton Court, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby, Lincoln, LN1 2LR Tel: 01522 704083 | [email protected] | www.orderwise.co.uk Registered in England: Company Reg. No. 04633298 VAT No. GB 809 0996 01

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Clearly Mark Your Disputed Invoices

Businesses should ensure they have the ability to manage any disputes amicably and our invaluable new feature provides full visibility of in dispute customer invoices. Read the article †

Effectively Transfer Batch Traced Stock

The process of transferring stock can be a drawn out process if the stock is serial or batch traced. OrderWise has introduced new functionality that enables the Stock In form to be auto-populated with relevant batch and serial numbers when transferring goods for improved efficiency when booking in branch transfers. Read the article †

OrderWise Employee Welcomes Baby Boy!

We would like to welcome our youngest (and cutest) member of the OrderWise family, Panos! Congratulations to Daniella in eCommerce on your beautiful Christmas arrival! Say hello to baby Panos †

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ORDERWISE CASE STUDY

CHOICE SHOPS LTD Choice Shops Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Telford, Shropshire. The company employs around 50 staff and is an online retailer selling a diverse range of products via multiple websites, Amazon, eBay and also from a warehouse outlet shop. The company’s product range includes a wide selection of healthcare items such as medical equipment, consumables and infection control supplies. Each average month sees around 20,000 items despatched from their warehouse facility.

The company has been using OrderWise since 2012 and here Network Manager Paul Evans tells us about the business and how OrderWise is helping them to manage their daily operations. In terms of choosing OrderWise, comprehensive functionality and a competitive price were important and Paul states that, “we did look at other systems but cost was a major factor.” Additionally, as a business with a wide range of products being sourced from different suppliers, sold from multiple websites and despatched from a large warehouse facility, Paul highlights that, “key

OrderWise Continues To Grow In Numbers... The start of 2017 sees no let-up in new staff members joining the OrderWise team as the company continues to grow, building on record growth in 2016. Our nine latest recruits join a variety of departments helping to strengthen OrderWise resources across the business. Find out all about the newest additions to the family. Meet the latest team members †

Wise Software (UK) Ltd, Newton Court, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby, Lincoln, LN1 2LR Tel: 01522 704083 | [email protected] | www.orderwise.co.uk Registered in England: Company Reg. No. 04633298 VAT No. GB 809 0996 01

requirements were effective stock control, purchase ordering functionality and website integration.” Furthermore, picking and despatching such a large number of items from the business’s ever growing warehouse operation required accurate and fast picking and a despatch process that could cope with high volumes. Read the full article to find out how OrderWise has helped Choice Shops to have ‘grown tremendously’ and what the future has to hold for them... Read the case study here †