Blog | 23 | Captivea

273 Articles

ERP & Odoo ×

ERP and the marketing department:featuring Han Solo and his intern, Chewbacca

25 Sept 2018 Guides & methods

A good ERP system for an SME comes packed with tools to help your marketing department succeed. Imagine being able to easily create a website, a blog or even a forum linked to your business, or being able to quickly roll out automated, responsive email campaigns and marketing events. The features offered by an ERP solution also translate into time savings and higher productivity. In this blog post, Han Solo steps in as a marketing director to explain what he and his intern, Chewbacca, could have improved in their journeys if they had a good ERP solution.

ERP & Odoo Marketing & Communications Team

ERP accounting and sales department: featuring Princess Leia

24 Sept 2018 Guides & methods

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

Even though ERP systems typically include sales, administration and accounting modules, they are often underused in an SME context. There are several good reasons to manage your sales and accounting with an ERP. It will make staff more productive and efficient, as their more time-consuming and routine tasks will be automated and operations will be more streamlined. If Leia were a sales manager, she would agree. You can’t get it all done alone. You need the right tools to help you reach your goals sooner. We cover the benefits of ERP for your accounting and sales departments in this blog post.

Accounting & Finance Team ERP & Odoo Sales & CRM Team

ERP and Inventory: Featuring Luke Skywalker

20 Sept 2018 Guides & methods

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

There’s no debate: Luke Skywalker was essential to the Rebel Alliance. He was a leader who brought his team to victory. The inventory manager in your business is no different. The inventory manager plays a very important role in your business. No business is viable if inventory is not a well‑oiled operation. The inventory manager needs tools to lead the department, manage stock and ensure that orders can be fulfilled. So why not equip them with the best tool? Featuring Luke Skywalker, this blog post covers the benefits of using an ERP system for your inventory management.

Distribution & logistics Industry ERP & Odoo Supply chain & distribution Team

ERP and the Sales Department featuring Darth Vader

19 Sept 2018 Guides & methods

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

Optimise your interactions with customers and prospects and gain a 360° view of all your customer information. An all-in-one solution for your sales department could have a significant impact on their performance. But not everyone is convinced. Some sales representatives may not yet see the benefits of a complete ERP solution. The idea of an ERP with a built-in CRM system may still be a mystery to them. In this blog post we feature Darth Vader. With stubborn determination and the willingness to do whatever it takes to hit his targets, he embodies the (sales) Force of the Empire and, of course, uses an ERP with a high-performance CRM solution!

ERP & Odoo Sales & CRM Team

How are a CRM solution and Odoo ERP connected?

17 Sept 2018 Insights

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

Your CRM solution allows you to manage relationships with your customers and prospective customers, and to track all your interactions with them. Odoo is a complete, highly modular product and therefore naturally comes with a CRM solution. Nevertheless, some businesses have their own customer relationship management software running in parallel with their ERP software. While there is no longer any doubt that ERP and CRM complement each other, actually making this work in practice remains a strategic question for businesses and requires a well-structured organisation. We explore this in more detail in this blog post.

ERP & Odoo Sales & CRM Team

Expanding your ERP system with Odoo connectors

11 Sept 2018 Product & solutions

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

For businesses that want to go beyond the limits of standard “off-the-shelf” ERP solutions, Odoo can seem like a dream. Odoo offers almost limitless customisation options, while still providing most of the benefits you’d expect from a typical ERP system. It can be connected to external applications related to finance, e‑commerce, logistics and more. Things get even better when you work with a good integrator who can help you set up the right connectors to the external applications your company uses. In this blog post, we will walk through the main connectors implemented for Odoo ERP.

ERP & Odoo

Odoo hosting: SaaS or On-premise?

6 Sept 2018 Guides & methods

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

If you didn’t already know, SaaS stands for software as a service, and it’s everywhere. Software as a service is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and centrally hosted. You’ve probably heard all about the benefits that come with it, but when compared to traditional on-premises hosting, which solution works best for your company’s Odoo ERP? In this blog post, we’ll look at which hosting option is most suitable for your Odoo ERP system.

ERP & Odoo IT & Technology Team

Standardising your IT with Odoo

6 Sept 2018 Insights

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

In an era where data governance policies are everywhere, IT departments are on the front line. How can you effectively manage a data management policy when your schedule is already packed? We recommend the Odoo ERP. It fundamentally transforms your existing company processes and employees’ work habits. Odoo also makes it simple and practical to tackle shadow IT while streamlining your organisation. To find out more about how Odoo makes IT a breeze, read the full blog. With Odoo, those messy, sprawling IT systems will be a thing of the past!

ERP & Odoo Marketing & Communications Team

5 misconceptions about Odoo ERP

5 Sept 2018 Insights

Captivea USA, Sébastien RISS

There are a lot of ideas floating around. Is the Odoo ERP strictly for SMEs? Can you get Odoo for free? Does Odoo hold up well against other ERP software like SAP, Dynamics 365 and Salesforce? Does Odoo offer high-quality support? Is Odoo a flexible system, or is it a generic out-of-the-box solution? Odoo is an open-source ERP that is designed to provide a complete, professional and easy-to-use solution for businesses of all sizes and industries. In this blog post, we will address some of the misconceptions surrounding the Odoo open-source ERP software and how it is used.

ERP & Odoo

Extend your ecosystem

About us

Follow Us

Social Media

Archives

Tags