Do most small businesses use different pieces of software for CRM, Accounting and Inventory?
Question: I am searching for a better solution for our company. I am trying to determine if it is 'the norm' (for small business) to utilize different applications to do each of these things (since the all-in-one applications that can handle everything appear to be much more expensive), resulting in a considerable amount on double entry. I'm just trying to confirm if this is actually what other small businesses are doing or not.
The software depends on the type of business; retailers have special software they use, as do mfg.'s.
Example: Where I am currently working, a mfg., use Quickbooks. They also use their own developed spreadsheets plus, in the future, they will be using a software package called 'Fish Bowl'. Fish Bowl is for Bill of Materials. Fish Bowl will have a link to Quickbooks.
I do not know how they locate their 'special' software programs but, somehow, they do.
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