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Why should mid/small market companies be concerned about sales tax? Companies are required to collect taxes in most states where they do business. What’s so difficult—it’s just an invoice amount times the rate, right? Actually, it is much more complex, particularly when you throw in the need for sellers to determine nexus and make sure the correct rate is used. Businesses using ERP systems often fail to ensure that their tax calculation and returns processes are handled properly. And when these processes are handled improperly, it exposes the company to assessment and audits and causes unhappy customers.

Have you ever tracked the time it takes to make check payments to your vendors, customers, and employees? Generating the payment is just the beginning. The bulk of the work is done when you print, assemble, sort, and mail those payments. Have you wondered about the alternative to doing all of this work internally? One solution is available from Piracle, which has developed a SOC 2 certified, Built for NetSuite solution that will take over the manual part of fulfilling your check payments.

Telecommuting is on the rise and more work is being completed when we are away from the office and on the go. Using just a smartphone and an Internet connection, many of our day-to-day tasks can be accomplished anytime, anywhere.

B2B ecommerce is one of the hottest trends in manufacturing and distribution, and CMP Corp. is staking its claim with an innovative website (http://www.cmpcorp.com), which includes an online product configurator that’s driving new revenue and business reach.

Cleaning up the world’s waste is a highly regulated, data-driven business. Mopping up the collection of wastes, gray water, and used fuel from cruise ships, oil tankers, and cargo carriers is an especially data-critical challenge. Waste recycling and disposal are governed by multiple international and regional regulations. So waste recyclers need real-time data to stay on top of everything from types of wastes arriving in port to waste transport and ultimate disposal. NetSuite customer Tratamiento Ecologico de Residuos S.A.DEC.V (TRAER) is a fast-growing marine waste recycling company that services big ships docking at any of 13 ports in Mexico and South America. Each year, TRAER expects to service 800 ships.

NetSuite loves services firms. Services has been our largest vertical for years, representing both the growth of services in the global economy and NetSuite’s commitment to the industry. We have achieved success with solutions that enable services firms to focus on client needs and satisfaction, while optimizing their own project profitability and resource utilization.

If you close your eyes for a moment, can you remember what your services world looked like in late 2008 and early 2009? It was a pretty dark space. Clients abruptly halted projects or drastically cut back spending on consultants. Your firm, if typical, probably canceled training, scaled back recruiting, froze wages, and made other moves to survive.

Pre-Conference Training offers a unique opportunity to develop your NetSuite skills and knowledge. For two days in advance of the conference, you work with NetSuite experts and other users in comprehensive, hands-on classes designed to help you maximize your use of NetSuite. Choose from 11 different courses; five courses are new, especially for SuiteWorld 2014. Click on the link below to see the lineup:

Retail is in the midst of a transformation unlike any seen since the 1970s when chain retail first got serious about leveraging technology to electronically tabulate sales, automate sales analysis, and for reporting and planning. The former shift was driven both by consumer needs (suburban sprawl) and the new availability of technologies that addressed the challenges that hampered retail growth. Today’s retail shift is driven primarily by three overriding factors — changing consumer behavior, consumer technologies, and globalization. One could argue that these factors have forced retailers into a position where they simply must leverage the latest and greatest technologies just to stay in the game, much less keep and win new customers with attractive brands armed to satisfy the customer.

Companies trying to grow their top line and service their customers better are embracing the opportunities of ecommerce, marketplaces, and the “omnichannel.” According to Wikipedia, the definition of omnichannel retailing is: