The Acumatica vs NetSuite decision is usually made on a feature grid, and the feature grid is the wrong instrument. The two products diverge most on how the licence is metered and on who ends up holding your customizations. Those two differences move a five-year number more than any feature
Register For AcuCONNECT 2026 Now! Add this session to your schedule: Protecting the Numbers That Run Your BusinessHow Acumatica teams are closing the gaps in order accuracy and record controlThis session covers two places where financial exposure quietly builds inside Acumatica: purchase orders coming in from customers via PDF with no validation, and master record changes happening without approval or
Register For AcuCONNECT 2026 Now! Add this session to your schedule: AI When It Matters, Where It Matters: Real-World Guidance for Acumatica UsersHow to Evaluate, Adopt, and Apply AI Without the Guesswork Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026Time: 3:20–3:50 PM ETLocation: acuCONNECT 2026Presented by: Robert Sternberg, Director of Acumatica Services, Crestwood AssociatesHosted by: Stephanie McColly, Business
Register Now: How AI Stops Inventory Revenue Leakage Before It Compounds | Deep Dive with Crestwood & Savant WMS Live 30min Deep Dive · Free · Replay AvailableWednesday, August 26, 2026 · 12:00 – 12:30 PM CT Inventory data drifting from physical reality doesn't just create counting problems. It creates
The ProblemMany Acumatica users who have adopted the Modern UI have reported issues when attempting to export data to Excel while using Microsoft Edge. Instead of downloading the spreadsheet, users may see an error message, nothing may happen at all, or the export window may appear to be blocked. The
Widgets are the tiles within Acumatica ERP dashboards that display specific data and offer drill-down capabilities to view this data. Widgets can be incredibly useful for employees to become more effective, organized, and efficient in managing their responsibilities. We will walk through creating a widget using a practical example for
In April 2026, PPG announced a global price increase of up to 20% across its coatings portfolio. The reason cited: a rapidly deteriorating global cost environment, particularly in petrochemical raw materials, energy, and transport.PPG was not alone. Titanium dioxide, which makes up 20-30% of most paint formulations, saw three rounds
How to Evaluate an ERP Platform Before You CommitMost ERP evaluations start with demos. The ones that go wrong usually start that way too.The problem is that most organizations begin evaluating software before defining the ERP evaluation criteria they should be using to make the decision.A demo shows you what
Most painting contractors who struggle with margin don't have a bidding problem. The estimate was right. The crew did the work. The invoice went out on time. The money left somewhere in between."Most painting contractors don't lose money because they bid poorly. They lose money because they can't see what
Register Now: The Field Visibility Problem: Why Painting Contractors Are the Last to Know When a Job Is Losing Money Stop finding out your jobs lost money after they’re done. This free 60‑minute session is built for painting contractors and field applicators who want real‑time visibility into job costs before
Every year, BDO Alliance Evolve brings together firms navigating the same reality: clients are changing faster than the systems supporting them. This year, one theme surfaced repeatedly across conversations, sessions, and hallway discussions: The role of the advisor is expanding. CPA firms are no longer being asked to simply close
https://youtu.be/FGPTCfq7PL0?si=0dSfSZOjBKavPvBZThe conversations at the American Coatings Show 2026 made one thing clear: coatings manufacturers and applicators are under growing pressure to operate with more precision, visibility, and speed than ever before.Not just in the lab. Not just on the production floor. Across the entire business.From raw material volatility and regulatory
Your ERP is only as valuable as the data you can get out of it. Here’s how Acumatica’s open integration layer puts business intelligence, automation, and connectivity firmly in your hands.Every business leader has experienced the frustration of data trapped in silos. You invested in an ERP to become the system
Register Now: Formula to Floor: Why Coatings Manufacturers Can't See What Their Operations Actually Cost Most coatings companies believe they know their numbers.Most don’t at least not until it’s too late. In this session, we’ll unpack a pattern we see repeatedly across the coatings industry: companies running complex, regulated operations
Register Now For many organizations, modernization conversations begin long after operational strain has already started building. Reporting takes longer. Manual workarounds increase. Visibility across departments becomes harder to trust. Leadership teams begin questioning whether their current systems can support the next stage of growth, but often without a clear framework
Finance Automation Starts with Better Workflow, Not More Technology Finance leaders are hearing nonstop noise about automation and AI right now. https://youtu.be/9QbPYCZl11w?si=NrlJBzzTJCnXtGspSome of it is helpful. A lot of it is not. What gets lost in the conversation is this: the strongest finance teams are not starting with, “How do we use AI?” They are
A reality check for mid-market manufacturing and distribution finance teams. Business Central AP automation has been a focus for finance teams for more than a decade. For many manufacturing and distribution organizations, traditional automation tools never fully delivered. Invoice processing remained manual, exceptions piled up, and AP teams continued to carry
The American Coatings Show (ACS) and its companion American Coatings Conference return May 5–7, 2026, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. This premier North American event for the paints, coatings, sealants, construction chemicals, and adhesives industries draws thousands of professionals for hands-on exhibits, new product launches, technical sessions, and
You just got off a call with your carrier. Rates held. Nothing changed. Costs are still up. If that scenario sounds familiar, stop looking at your freight invoices. The answer isn't there. In most mid-market distribution operations, margin erosion doesn't start at the dock. It starts days earlier, in inventory decisions, order execution, and fulfillment workflows that
https://youtu.be/m50vH4AmtKM?si=C07X3G3eOJzIWJk9 WATCH ON DEMANDAfter MODEX: Where Distribution Margin Is Really Slipping and What to Fix FirstA practical session for finance and operations leaders who need to identify where hidden cost, exception-heavy workflows, and weak visibility are putting margin under pressure. Understand where margin leakage starts across inventory, fulfillment, and shipping
Warehouse Management, Shipping, Transportation Systems – Oh My! Where does Acumatica fit? Let’s start by level-setting on the three components to a robust logistics network, Warehousing, Shipping, and Transportation. Warehouse management focuses on execution inside the four walls: receiving, put-away, storage, picking, packing, transfers, and counting. In Acumatica, these operations are automated through barcode-driven workflows and mobile-enabled processes that support real-time interaction
Automate shipping, compliance, and eligibility decisions before order issues arise.What is Advanced Order Rules?Advanced Order Rules by Crestwood Associates enhances Acumatica’s ERP capabilities by automatically managing compliance, ensuring each order follows industry-specific shipping and distribution regulations without manual effort. It provides instant feedback on potential rule violations to prevent future
Batch consistency is getting harder to maintain in manufacturing.Formulas are changing more often.Raw materials are being substituted.Production teams are expected to deliver the same results with inputs that are not always identical.At first, it does not look like a system issue.Production is still running.Orders are still shipping.Customers are still being
Growth in agriculture businesses rarely creates just one problem.It introduces pressure across inventory, orders, and operations at the same time. What initially feels like progress quickly becomes more complex to manage as demand increases and the business expands into new channels.For Premier 1 Supplies, that shift became clear as their
