Blue Link Food Distribution Software Makes Food Logistics’ FL100 List

Blue Link Makes Food Logistics' Top 100 List for Food Distribution Software

We’re excited to announce that Blue Link Food Distribution Software has been included in Food Logistics’ Top 100 Software and Technology Providers list! We’re honored to be included in the annual list (which is in its 13th year) for the fourth time as one of the top software and technology providers that play a critical role in the … Read more

7 Ways to Save Costs When Replacing QuickBooks

Save Costs Buying ERP

The acquisition of new software is a huge undertaking, especially when you replace QuickBooks or other introductory software for a Tier 2 or ERP solution. However, as a business grows there will come a time when this transition is necessary as existing systems struggle to keep up and new business complexities arise.  ERP software is … Read more

How Secure is Your Wholesale Inventory Software?

Software and Data Security

If you’re in the wholesale business, it’s not ghosts and ghouls that are spooking you this Halloween but something much more frightening — unsecure wholesale inventory software. From confidential customer and employee information to real-time inventory data, orders, accounting and banking information— your entire warehouse and business operations data lives in your software. So, it’s … Read more

Hosted and On-Premises Software: Total Cost of Ownership

Hosted and On-Premises Total Costs of Ownership

When your business decides to purchase inventory and accounting ERP software, the great debate remains: should you implement a hosted solution or on-premises?  For smaller organizations, the answer is obvious – when you compare the total cost of ownership per year, hosted software will almost always end up being the most economical choice (as shown in … Read more

5 Things to Know Before You Speak with Distribution Software Vendors

Distribution Software Discussion

Evaluating software is a time consuming and resource-laden task.  With so many options in the market, it can be difficult to narrow down your search and distinguish between all the systems available. When you do finally create a list of potential distribution software systems to evaluate, you must then dedicate hours of time to actually … Read more

5 Questions Small Business Owners Should Ask When Searching for New Inventory Management Accounting Software

Questions to Ask When Searching for Software

As a new business, one important consideration to make is what (if any) business management software is required.  For most small wholesale and distribution businesses, this usually means acquiring software for managing accounting procedures and then using manual processes or Excel for tracking inventory and other business processes.  However, as your company grows and evolves … Read more

Preparing Your Wholesale Distribution Business for Global Expansion

Expanding Your Wholesale Distribution Business Globally

Expanding your business to serve the global market can refer to many different things, such as: opening new physical locations, working with 3PLs in different locations, importing product from new suppliers and exporting product to new customers.  Many businesses are already operating in a global capacity through eCommerce sales – both on the Business-to-Business and … Read more

Stop Comparing ERP Software to Introductory Software

software comparison

It can be easy to get caught up in a game of comparisons when searching for new software.  And in some situations, it is very important to compare different solutions side by side, especially when it comes to things like data migration, implementation costs and reading the fine print on proposals. However, trying to compare … Read more

Transitioning from Legacy Business Management Software to Modern ERP

moving to modern erp

There are many reasons why your business may decide to upgrade your existing technology and business management software systems. For example, when a software systems decides to end support for a legacy operating system (think Windows XP), when new technology and opportunities become available, when a business changes processes or when servers and hardware needs … Read more

Blue Link Food Wholesale Software Makes Top 100 List

Blue Link Makes FL100 List!

For the third year in a row, Blue Link’s ERP Software has been included in Food Logistics’ Top 100 Software and Technology Providers list! The annual list, which is in its 12th year, is designed to recognize systems that help food and beverage manufacturers, foodservice distributors, and grocery retailers achieve their strategic business goals. These … Read more