Cloud ERP and Accounting Implementations
GrowthPath has strong expertise in Dear Inventory, Unleashed, Cin7, Xero, Zoho Reports, Zoho CRM, Capsule CRM, Zoho Reports and many different cloud APIs. Our principal, Tim Richardson, is a CPA and former CFO with roles in Asia Pacific, Europe and Australia. His background is global manufacturing, FMCG and complex supply chains; before his financial career, he was an experienced developer, familiar with large-scale ERP, MRP and analytics, as well as cloud API-based integration.
GrowthPath is a boutique firm specialising in selecting and implementing cloud business systems for businesses with international supply chains & facing complex data migration and custom integrations with CRMs, 3PLs, EDI, B2C and B2B front-ends, business intelligence tools and corporate backend systems.
GrowthPath has global clients in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, medical and professional services. We are particularly valued for our experience with advanced migration of valuable data from legacy systems and our focus on information for decision making rather than simply gathering data.
If you're a CPA in Melbourne (or a CA) and interested in SMEs, I'm talking at the CPA Australia SME group on Wed Sept 14, 2016.
Contact Andrew Cahill below. Seating is limited.
Topic: Cloud business systems: How good a solution is a system linking Xero or Quickbooks Online with a cloud-based inventory
Venue: CPA Australia
Time: 6.00 - 8.00 pm
RSVP is compulsory, seating is limited: to Andrew Cahill, Chair of the SME Interest Group (Melbourne) ajcahill
More Information:
This month we have Tim Richardson CPA speaking for us. He is a former ERP & BI developer who became a senior international finance manager working in Asia and Europe. He now runs GrowthPath. GrowthPath provides finance transformation services to corporates, and helps SMEs move to more effective finance and supply chain information systems.
About two years ago many SME owners and directors started seeking out GrowthPath for migrations to cloud-based supply chain, CRM, BI and finance solutions, probably due to the unusual perspective that my skills and experience bring.
Belying the reputation of Xero and its competitors being micro-business tools, about half of these clients are migrating "down" from traditional SQLServer-based ERPs, and often a "low-end" integrated solution such as Dear Inventory + Xero is a strong fit. Such clients are larger than you may think: they are often multi-site, multi-channel businesses with import and export supply chains, with turnover up to $25m. The capabilities of cloud systems are growing fast.
Importantly, they provide an extremely interesting IT platform exposing capabilities which only a few years ago were well beyond the budgets and internal competence of typical SMEs.
I will talk on why the owners and boards of these SMEs are taking command of IT decisions and very actively seeking out cloud solutions, and what the key wins and compromises are. Depending on time and audience interest, we may touch on what this means for CPAs serving the SME sector.
This is a no-sales talk purely designed to share my observations to fellow CPAs on a topic I find very interesting and which may contain some surprises to those unaware of how fast cloud business IT is moving.
GrowthPath is pleased to announce that GrowthPath has been contracted to provide training services for Small Business Management (Cert 4) in Planning and Finance.
The Small Business Management course is aimed at people in business or about to start a business, and covers business plans, strategy, differentiation and USPs, marketing, sales, cash flow management, legal requirements, leadership and team management.
You can learn more here:
Glossary of terms used by GrowthPath
Business Drivers: Something external to the business which is influenceable, measurable and can be connected to a cashflow event (income or expense) via a simple linear formula. By focusing on a small number of business drivers, the business will grow. Business drivers should be the basis of forecasting, incentive schemes and business reporting & analysis.
API: A set of rules allowing a programmer to extract data and update data from a system.
Cloud API: An API based on standard methods of exchanging data, allowing a wide range of programming languages. This eliminates lockin to a particular vendor.