SEO! The guaranteed way of generating genuine business enquiries!

Chances of an enquiry getting converted into business become 70% higher when your prospective client approaches you rather than you approaching them. It is obvious that the company that gets maximum enquiries gets the maximum business!

There’s a big difference when someone from your business development team calls someone (unknown entity) with the expectations of getting business, whereas if someone calls your business development team to enquire about your services/products. This can be achieved through the implementation of ‘Search Engine Optimization’ of the website.

 

Kalpak Solutions is proud to share that our client websites “Stonewood Ventures Pvt. Ltd.” and “Feet-up Holidays” achieved ranking on the first page of Google Search! It takes months of hard work and effort to rank higher on Google Search. The credit goes to our SEO experts, content writers, web developers and valuable inputs given by the client.

There’s a heavy competition out there on the internet for getting noticed by your prospect customers. There are many competitors out there doing Search Engine Optimization, and it’s certainly not an easy job to beat them and appear on Google Engine’s first page.

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ERP Software for Post Covid-19 Business Growth

 

When you need to save your employee hours, utilise your money in the right direction automation is your friend!

Even after COVID-19 are you still using older data entry methods for your business processes?

 

Today, most of the business world is feeling the impact of Covid-19. There are new ways of doing business and there are new markets to be tapped. The supply chain needs to be managed. Moreover, human relations have found new value in this era. Are your employees busy doing manual entries on spreadsheets? Are you still depending on the workforce to enter data in every department? There are challenges related to staff working from home / being away due to health reasons, which can hamper your business operations. Are you using different software for different departments?

Also, as explained in our earlier article, more than 68% spreadsheets have errors due to manual entry which resulted in billions of rupees lost in business. Also, imagine the time spent in error corrections and combining the data to give you historical analysis. Even if it is possible to do complicated calculations, is it the best use of your / your employee’s time?

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Custom or "Ready-to-use" software, where to invest, and why?

Today use of the software is essential, and everyone wants to use one. The question we are trying to answer is, "should I buy a ready-to-use software or go for custom software?"

You are probably already aware of the benefits a software system can bring to help business. The software enables you to reduce man-made errors and helps you minimize process times; it helps alert you about time delays, etc.

So, should you buy ready-to-use software or build custom software for your business? Let us consider each factor that will help you in making the important decision.

Modules / Features needed:

Ready-to-use software is aimed for a general audience and must carry a broad set of features/ modules. Whereas, with custom software, you can select the features you need now and don’t need to worry about extra features or too many confusing modules.

When you use off-the-shelf software (Ready-to-use software), you may get 60% features that you need, but you will also get 40% features that you don’t need. So, you will have to educate everyone on the team about not using those extra features.

When your requirements are mapped accurately, the gains from a software become multifold. If the requirements are not mapped, then it isn't easy to get the productivity you want from software.

Business process and software process:

Are you adopting the software to suit your processes, or are you adopting your business according to software? When you buy a Ready-to-use software, you must be very clear about the process and limitations (if any) that software has.

You may have a process different from your competitor, which is unique to your organization. Also, you may have some other business limitations (raw materials, locations, etc.) which impact your process. Also, you may have created a team that is used to working in a certain way.

Most of the software deployments fail because they do not account for changing the habit of uses. When you use custom software, the development team is going to speak to users first. Therefore, custom software has a better chance of being accepted by your organization. With Ready-to-use software, you have to check if your business process fits the way software is created. If there is a gap of even 10%, then you will have to find a way to fix the deficit or lose the 10% process.

Return On Investment (ROI):

Ready-to-use software may have a lower upfront cost. However, it is important to check the software's operational (running) cost and check how much it costs per user. Sometimes per users cost can actually be a lot more. Also, you will have to use features that are not needed, bringing your ROI down. With custom software, you can decide the budget, the number of features required, and create a solution that fits your organization. It may have initial costs higher than Ready-to-use software, but in the long run, you can get far better ROI.

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Do you want to save money on your inventory management?

You can save a significant amount of money and time with a professional inventory management software.

Spreadsheets for inventory? Not a good idea.

There are multiple issues in using spreadsheets for inventory calculations. When you use spreadsheets, there are a lot of manual steps involved, like creating a formula, creating dashboards using selected ranges. All the efforts you put in can go waste with a small mistake, hard to detect means hours of efforts on your part again to check the source of the error.

More than 68% of spreadsheets have errors, which are carried forward, and there are numerous studies showing thousands of dollars going waste due to these mistakes. You also need to maintain many such files, leading to issues of data not reflected correctly or incorrect data getting in the system. A simple inventory system for small business can save you all the troubles mentioned above. You can spend your valuable time on creating profits rather than solving spreadsheet issues.

That is why Kalpak solutions provide intelligent inventory management systems which are widely successful in preventing human errors and calculation mistakes.

“More than 30 installations and in-depth knowledge of inventory systems”

One of the reasons we are considered top inventory management software company is because of the accurate and smart inventory management system, your customer orders can be delivered on time, earning you a good name in the market.

Your cost-cutting is even simpler to manage, with few settings, you can avoid unnecessary pile up of stock. Order just-in-time to save your costs! Also if you are looking for ecommerce inventory management software, you are at the right place! We have more than 500+ clients who are successfully using our software, and they are delighted with our service.

How we calculate inventory workflow and calculations

We have worked with many clients and we have detailed process knowledge. Here is a detailed process of our inventory calculations:

Inventory Formula Calculations

Op. Balance + purchases +/- material conversion (production) +/- material sent and received from vendor (for processing) - sale - scrap.

The application will be able to calculate livestock for – Warehouse/Stores stock, WIP stock (Production) and at the vendor.

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Focus on timely delivery and cost-cutting by using Project Management Software

It’s time to find the best project management software development company.

In the coming era, the service industry is going to see a shift to an online environment. For so many factors, now your teams are going to be operating from various locations - home, site office, client locations etc. Conventional ways of managing projects are clearly not going to provide solutions to this new challenging time.

We, at Kalpak Solutions have done handholding for more than 100 esteemed clients who are market leaders in their own domains. Our software team works with regional, national and international teams to provide world-class project management software in all domains.

Deep domain expertise infused in the software

Our years and years of partnership with various clients have given us valuable insights in project management. You can run the software very easily and get the best ROI in less time. At the same time, we value your organizational culture. We work closely with our clients to create a tailor-made system suitable for just you. After all, every company is unique in some way or the other!

Advantages experienced by our clients:

• Location independent - data can be added from different locations based on the requirement of the client.
• Risk management and alerts - set alerts about important project parameters and delivery dates, get a real time update so you can act quickly.
• Mobile Marketing: Mobile marketing consists of advertising on mobile applications and websites which are more of consumer centric.
• Resource allocation and tracking - with a simple to use dashboard, track your allocated resources. See if the project is on track or you need more resources. Allocate part time or full time resources.
• Employee performance management - As tasks are assigned / approved you can visualize the performance management dashboard.
• Document collaboration and safety - allow only authorized users to upload documents / designs. Allow the approved files to be visible to clients/employees.
• Invoice and payment tracking - get system alerts and generate stage wise invoices.

There are many such benefits that Kalpak Solution offers to its clients. That is why we are considered one the best project management software company in Pune India.

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Develop Ecommerce Website for business growth

It’s good to see Ecommerce web sites success in recent years, however shop keepers sitting quietly in their shops instead of being busy in selling products is certainly not a good scene to watch.

Shop keepers don’t need to panic at this stage, the fact is that online selling share in the organized retail is less than 1%. Indian e-commerce market is still in nascent stage but it has got the huge potential to grow in years to come.

E-Commerce Overview

E-Commerce or Electronics Commerce is a methodology that addresses the need of business organizations, vendors and customers to reduce cost and improve the quality of goods and services while increasing the speed of delivery. E-commerce refers to paperless exchange of business information.

India and Ecommerce

The eCommerce sector has seen unbelievable growth in 2014. The growth was driven by rapid technology powered by devices like smartphones and tablets, and of course access to the internet through broadband, 3G, 4G etc.

Good to see the growth shown by Indian companies like Flipkart, Snapdeal etc and huge interest by investors around these companies indicates the immense potential of the market. Still after so many years of operations, all the major e-retailers are yet to start making profits.

E-commerce is creating an entire new economy having huge potential and is fundamentally changing the way businesses are done. It has advantages for both buyers as well as sellers.

Books, apparel and accessories and electronics are the largest selling products on the online retailing platforms, constituting around 80 per cent of the volume.

India has an internet user base of over 50 million users. The penetration of ecommerce is low compared to markets like the USA, China, Europe, UK but is growing at a much faster rate with a large number of new entrants.

 

Advantages of Ecommerce

• Using E-Commerce, companies can expand their market globally with minimum investment.
• E-commerce improves the brand image of the company.
• E-commerce helps in providing better customer services. E-Commerce helps in simplifying the business processes and make them efficient. E-Commerce reduces paper work.
• 24x7! Customer can do transactions any time, anywhere from any location.
• E-Commerce application provides user more options and quicker delivery of products.
• E-Commerce application provides user more options to compare and select the cheaper and better option.
• A customer can put review comments about a product and can see what others are buying or see the review comments of other customers before making a final buy.
• E-Commerce increases competition among the organizations and as result organizations provides substantial discounts to customers.
• Customers need not to travel to shop a product thus less traffic on road and low air pollution.
• E-Commerce has enabled access to services and products to rural areas as well which are otherwise not available to them.
• E-Commerce helps in serving public for services like health care, education, social services at reduced cost and in improved way. 

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Kalpak Solutions has successfully completed 15+ E-commerce Websites so far, most of the recent websites have been developed using WordPress and WooCart. For more details please visit - http://kalpaksolutions.com/ecommerce.php

Implement a neatly designed system of workflows through ERP software

Written by : Sandeep Gohad, Founder – Kalpak Solution

Do you have an easy access to information about your sales, purchases, inventory, production, accounts? Are you using different software for different processes? Is it taking a lot of time to reconcile financials at the end of the year? it's time to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system! 

What is ERP

ERP refers to the software and tools that businesses can use to process and manage information from all departments of the company. It plays an important role in business process management.

To integrate all aspects of business operations into one easy-to-use system, many companies turn to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions.

ERP software stores the information in one database, giving businesses a simplified look.ERP software runs on a variety of computer hardware and network configurations, including within premises (client/server) or hosted (cloud-based).

ERP software makes it easier to track the workflow of various departments. It can reduce the operational costs & time. One time entered data can be shared across all the departments. For eg. Data entered in an enquiry register can be used in all the stages like Quotation, Purchase order, Invoicing etc.

In the above mentioned diagram, Company is accepting an enquiry from it’s customer, in an ERP software data stored as enquiry will be used in all the stages like Quotation, PO, GRN, Invoice.

Most of the ERP software covers the following modules - product planning, material purchasing, inventory control, distribution, accounting, marketing, finance and HR.

There are different flavors of ERP that serve various business domains. It’s no more restricted to only manufacturing sector. ERP solutions are specially designed for specific industries, like finance, communications, education, healthcare etc.

Benefits

Key benefits of ERP software

• Scalability : It is possible to add new functionality to the system as per the business needs. This adds a lot of flexibility in the implementation of new changes.
• Data quality and access : - Compared with traditional approaches (manual record entry), an ERP software improves data quality by improving the underlying processes. Data can be accessed from any location (if you are connected with internet), so no geographical restrictions.
• Reporting system : single reporting system to check status of any operation in real-time, across all the departments.
• Enhanced sales, purchases, inventory functionality.
• Production Management tool and reminder systems will make sure that you are always up to date while being with your dealers.
• Alerts for Minimum & Maximum stock will help you to manage inventory properly.
• Creates sales territory to track and segment your sales completely.
• Manage post sales activities.
• Manage user roles to control information flow.
• Easy collection of metrics : number of leads, invoices, payment cycles etc.
• Multi user : Software will be accessible from multiple locations. Multiple users can do the data entry.
• Data Storage : Control the entire factory operations at a single server/place.
• User rights, login, security : – Functionality wise Login and Passwords will be created for the access rights. User logs will be maintained. OTP password, IP based login can be implemented for security.

Implementation

• You need to be patient!
• Set reasonable goals and objectives.
• Test software in all departments.

ERP software solutions can definitely make a business more profitable. It plays an important role of automation of most of the functional business processes.

Kalpak Solutions has successfully developed 20+ ERP software so far.

Please visit Kalpak Solutions ERP page to know more details.