October is here, and with it comes Halloween. The truth is, many legacy applications at your business may go "bump" in the night. A reliance on outdated business management software can slow down your company's ability to meet goals, grow its volume and handle internal tasks like payroll with ease. 

Trick: Duplicates. 

One drawback of legacy applications is their propensity to create duplicated data and content. For example, a simple document may live as a paper form, a digital spreadsheet and a print-out of that spreadsheet in a binder. This makes it hard to tell where the most reliable information about inventory and other important items are housed. You may have a ghoulishly hard time tracking down the data or confirmation you need at any given time. 

Trick: Decentralization. 

With legacy systems, your company may operate its various wings totally independent of one another. This makes collaboration and communication between departments and point persons challenging to oversee. Businesses in this spooky situation need a way to unify structures within their company so that everyone is always on the same page. Fault lines in your organization can be bridged with a central nervous system that manages, stores and updates professionals about what's happening. This keeps the entire operation on track. 

Treat: ERP systems. 

An enterprise resource planning platform can eliminate miscommunications and hard-to-navigate separations between areas of your company. With a solution like the Microsoft Dynamics NAV, your company can improve its management of inventory, human resources and a number of other critical business procedures. Contact Accent Software today to learn more about how our specialists can get an ERP platform up and running at your company to improve operations.