No matter if you are a cannabis cultivator, retailer or distributor you are interested in finding the best seed to sale cannabis ERP software. There are many cannabis ERP solutions on the market, hence questions how to decide what is the most efficient solution that fits your business operations and customer needs the best.
Change stakeholders must be aligned on the purchasing decision.
With introduction of new ERP system there are a lot of organizational changes in terms of employee’s job roles, but also in terms of processes. All key stakeholders must be aligned on the purchasing decision.
Most commonly, stakeholders – change sponsors will question if technology is proven, if there is a lack of accurate data in timely manner, how the purchase will affect ROI or if the software fits the local legislations.
Other change champions will be wondering if they can track cultivation in real time, if they can achieve just-in-time inventory management and much more.
How to build seed to sale software?
Cannabis ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) management systems are software designed out of different modules, from seed and inventory management to sales and invoice and consequently reporting. Cannabis seed-to-sale software, alternatively known as either cannabis or marijuana software, manages your entire cannabis cultivation operation.
When replacing legacy or in case of start-ups, starting with zero-based approach, there is a possibility to decide which modules exactly fits your business size, go-to-market strategy and strategic profit goals. Some software’s are better for largest producers, some are designed for small and medium size operations.
Market leaders in cannabis industry will be interested to make comparison between solutions built on either SAP Business One or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: in cloud and/or in-premise. Reporting in SAP BI or Power BI environment is also very interesting for C-suite decision makers.
The most common features.
Some of the most common features are numbered as follows:
- Automate Cultivation Tracking – from the seed to the labor and other KPI’s in real time.
- Automate Compliance Management reports – to stay in line with local law plant and product procedure regulations.
- Processing and Manufacturing – better control of variable costs such as water, lighting, and pesticides.
- There are a lot of Inventory Management software solutions for comparison. Working capital as one of the most important financial KPI’s is closely connected with inventory management, including the inventory of marketing material.
- Supply Chain Management – from raw material to the delivery.
- Dispensary POS – control point of sales, no matter the sales channel.
How can ERP software benefit your business?
ERP can be beneficial to your business in several ways:
- Banded business processes through system/module.
- Top decision makers needs constant overview of overall business procedures in order to make the best decisions.
- Decision making is not possible without reporting, and this is the area of ERP advancement.
- Every organization have organizational chart and job descriptions and in connection with that aligned ERP processes, that is, Enterprise Profiles that are keeping system controlled and secured.
- Overall communication within one system positively affects employee productivity.
Disclaimer: this blog has been made for the market of US; it does not represent authors values and is not made in order to promote cannabis business in Serbia.