Knowledge library
Systems, supply chains and sharper decisions.
113 articles and case studies from the GrowthPath archive.
Cin7 Core MCP Server
The GrowthPath Cin7 Core MCP Server gives approved AI assistants secure, read-only access to curated Cin7 Core knowledge, cached business data and support diagnostics.
Order Promise Date calculator for Cin7 Core and Omni
The GrowthPath promise date calculator supports Cin7 Core and Cin7 Omni, providing reliable shipment dates for complex supply chains.
Cin7 Core 3PL Integration
Cin7 Core 3PL integration with modular custom logic for fulfilment, stock synchronisation, order routing, BOMs, returns and high transaction volumes.
Cin7 Core for CFOs: Notes on Xero Accounting Integration
Cin7 Core for CFOs: practical notes on Xero accounting integration, perpetual inventory, reconciliation, costing, foreign currency and financial controls.
Cin7 Core Starshipit Advanced High Performance Integration
GrowthPath Cin7 Core-Starshipit integration for advanced orders, multiple fulfilments, custom routing and high-volume dispatch workflows.
GrowthPath Cin7 Core to Zoho CRM Integration
Cin7 Core to Zoho CRM integration using the GrowthPath Application Server, with advanced mapping, caching, monitoring and support for high transaction volumes.
GrowthPath Advanced Cin7 Core Integrations
Advanced Cin7 Core Integrations with the GrowthPath stack The GrowthPath Application Server is a dedicated server with software developed to allow GrowthPath's advanced integrations....
OpenSource Financial Support
GrowthPath donates regularly to these open-source projects Django LetsEncrypt Remmina ReadTheDocs Gnome
Comparison of Cloud ERP API Coverage
Cloud ERP API Comparison: Cin7 Core, Cin7 Omni, Unleashed. Why does the API matter? The API does two things it allows information to be extracted for better reporting It enables aut...
GrowthPath Cloud ERP Implementation
Cloud software is simple. Implementations should be too. Since 2013, a 100% success rate (client still using the system three years after going live). We reduce risks By being v...
Zoho Analytics and Power BI for Cin7 Core
GrowthPath Analytics Connector for Cin7 Core. Connect Cin7 Core systems to Zoho Analytics, Microsoft Power BI and other data warehouse tools for advanced reporti...
LittleLinen
The Little Linen Company: Australian manufacturer of infant products
Macspred
Macspred: Agri-chemical manufacturer, Australia.
Andrew Clark, advanced logistics and warehousing
Andrew Clark GrowthPath is a boutique consultancy; we work closely with technical resources at vendors and experts in our network. Andrew is a Sydney-based warehouse management...
GrowthPath Team, Way of Working and Geographical Scope
A small team with great leverage GrowthPath is a boutique consultancy; we work closely with technical resources at vendors and experts in our network. Our small numbers greatly...
Integrations and Customisations for Cin7 Core, Xero, Shopify
Customisations and Integrations for Cin7 Core and Cin7 Omni, Xero, Shopify, Starshipit, Zoho, Salesforce, 3PLs ... About Integrations and Cloud apps Large business...
MYOB AccountRight Premier / Classic and ATO Single Touch Payroll
On July 1, 2018, the ATO requires all Australian businesses with more than 20 employees to use Single Touch Payroll. The census date is actually in April 2018. Users of MYOB Acc...
Cin7 Core B2B Portal overview
Cin7 Core has a fundamental B2B portal which is in its second release. Bottom line: it's easy to set up (a couple of hours at most to get up and running), it's free and it has a...
Cin7 Core: Advanced Pricing Module
Easier access to Cin7 Core advanced pricing Cin7 Core has a powerful advanced pricing module in addition to the standard ten price lists and customer-level discounts....
Allocations in Cin7 Core
Allocation Logic in Cin7 Core, explained Cin7 Core has two order flows, Standard and Advanced. They both let you prioritise stock with soft and hard allocations if you...
Cloud inventory management review Cin7 Core, Unleashed, Cin7 Omni
Cloud-based Inventory Management: Review of Unleashed, Cin7 Core, Cin7 Omni Detailed review by a CPA & supply chain expert for small and medium sized businesses needing a cl...
Per site cost valuations in Cin7 Core
Some tips on getting per-location costing in Cin7 Core for more accurate margins. Cin7 Core is a cloud-based inventory system which is currently GrowthPath's default r...
Tim Richardson speaking to CPA SME group
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....
Advanced use of information for SMEs
Applying relevant information to make better decisions is a very important outcome of a medium-term IT plan. Cloud solutions are really good at enabling this, even if the first...
A hidden gem: Neto/Saasu Integration
A hidden gem: Neto/Saasu Integration Neto is an excellent hosted online store. It handles wholesale and retail very well (simultaneously), and has the best-on-the-market integra...
Cloud ERP FAQ
Common questions about cloud ERP Cloud ERP (Cin7 Core, Unleashed, Cin7 Omni, Trade Gecko, Stitch...) has huge advantages: fast to deploy, easy to learn and with much better rep...
IT used by GrowthPath
Here is the IT in use at GrowthPath. Accounting Since our foundation, GrowthPath has used cloud accounting. Initially we used MYOB Essentials, then Saasu, and as of 2016 we are...
Cloud Accounting and ERP Security Risks
Business risks of cloud software Cloud software has security risks, data-lock-out risks and connectivity risks. These risks can be avoided, and cloud software eliminates other m...
Glossary of terms
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...
Xero limitations: very large transaction volumes & test results
Xero Transaction Limits: Nov 2018 test results There are questions about how well Xero performs under "higher loads". Our first concern was for medium-sized wholesalers. Xero ta...
Transforming the SME Finance Department: Part 1
This series is about SME finance teams that are capable of engaging with the business. It is an adapted version of articles from tim-richardson.net Author: Tim Richardson. In th...
Making sense of the numbers
It's great to have a well used accounting system quietly gathering thousands of data points about your business. Your bank transactions. Your invoice detail lines. Your purchase...
Cash vs Profit, and the reason for depreciation
Cash vs Profit: is Cash still King? The best decision-making techniques emphasise cash flow, not profit, and the theory of company valuation is based on cash flows. What is the...
Contribution vs Gross Margin
Most businesses use the default settings from their accounting system which usually causes the gross margin to be reported too high. This causes profit leaks due to mistakenly u...
Perpetual Inventory System vs Periodic Inventory System
Perpetual vs Periodic inventory systems The Perpetual Inventory System is superior to the Periodic Inventory System: it provides gross margin of each invoice line and margins fo...
Business drivers
The best way to use information to boost growth is to implement business drivers, a business measurement approach which goes way beyond traditional accounting. Part of GrowthPat...
Extracting data from MYOB with ODBC SQL
A tutorial about accessing data from MYOB Premier using SQL. This technique opens up much better insights, interactive reporting and feeding data into dashboard tools, as well as...
MYOB: Renovate, Extend or Replace?
Businesses outgrow MYOB. But this doesn't require an immediate replacement. Businesses run into these MYOB limitations when they grow: * Performance: MYOB becomes slow and crash...
Skills Repository
GrowthPath Skill Repository Looking for specific skills to address a problem right now?To help, here is a list of specific skills GrowthPath can make available internally on sho...
GrowthPath Standard Terms
1. This document forms part of our commercial terms This is version 1.4, effective from Jan 31, 2025. GrowthPath is domiciled in the state of Victoria in Australia, which is the...
Clients
GrowthPath Clients GrowthPath works with mature businesses who are migrating to cloud ERP. Why? Legacy ERP is end of life Need to integrate e-commerce, CRM Want a simpler system...
Get Started
Break through your profit barriers. Get started today! Fill in the form below, and we'll be in touch to begin breaking through your profit barriers. Please indicate if you'd lik...
Business Start Up Financials
Business Start Up Financials Some notes on starting a business in Australia Introduction Who is this for? This book is for people looking to start a small business who want to u...
Business Planning Course
Download Holmesglen Business Planning Spreadsheet
Contact details
Our location is Victoria, Australia. Phone is 03 8678 1850. Please call to make an appointment.
Why Business Plans and Business Valuation are inseparable
Banks and investors translate business ideas into cash-flows. You should view a business plan as a life-support mechanism for a set of financial projections. Keep this in mind, a...
EMTA Google Places
East Malvern Traders Association GrowthPath has a special offer on Google Places for members of the East Malvern Traders Association. To take advantage, please fill in this form...
Decision making for small businesses (slides)
Decision-making: the engine-room of growth You can only spend a dollar once. Choosing where to invest valuable cash is one of the most important tasks of a business owner. This...
Decision-making: engine-room of business growth
You can only spend a dollar once. Learn how decision-making techniques let small and medium-sized businesses make the right business investment choices. This includes investment...
What manufacturers should do about the high AUD
What manufacturers should do about the high AUD You're in a high-wage country, your currency appreciates quickly and factories in China use fast learning, high volumes and an in...
The PPSR strikes: Retention of Title is not what it used to be and not enough Australian businesses have noticed
The PPSR strikes: Retention of Title is not what it used to be and not enough Australian businesses have noticed Many suppliers to defunct WOW Sight and Sound have got a $25m sh...
Strategic planning is over-rated; growth comes from seeing opportunity
US consultant Kaihan Krippendorff says "small businesses should scrap strategic planning" and we agree. "Strategic planning is inappropriate for small companies because: No tim...
GrowthPath Business XRay
GrowthPath Business XRay: A business health check for opportunity-based growth It combines a traditional business health-check of profit, cashflow and key short-term concerns an...
Essential Online Tools: Google Places
Google Places: a big part of the Small Business Online Toolkit Adding growth through online business is harder than it seems for existing small businesses. Most approaches assum...
Professional Indemnity Insurance
GrowthPath's Professional Indemnity Insurance Attached is the certificate of currency for our Professional Indemnity Insurance. PDF Certificate of Currency
Reasons to choose GrowthPath for business advice
Why use GrowthPath?Our Approach Our fee is fixed-price and linked to the value generated. The value generated is several times the fee. We offer compelling value due to our skil...
Real-World Examples of Business Opportunities and Growth
Three places to find growth opportunities 1: within your current customer base. 2: optimise pricing and target new customers. 3: acquisitions. Read more: Triple Play: Real-Worl...
Starting a new business? GrowthPath Business Start Package
Start a new business and get set for success The GrowthPath Business Start package: A GrowthPath Business Plan/Business Model Alignment of personal cashflow needs with the busin...
What is Opportunity-based Growth?
Why does GrowthPath recommend the Opportunity-based approach to growth? Most traditional approaches to business planning and strategy assume that you can predict the future and...
A DIY website audit for SMEs
Business-Ready DIY Online Checklist for SMEs GrowthPath's DIY SME Online Checklist will help you make sure you are not falling behind as online business enters a new phase in Au...
Calculating the effect of price and mix changes on sales and margin
When a business sells products of different margin, price and cost, the mix of what you sell can affect results. It's worth understanding this. At least it can explain changes i...
Why private labels are increasing: it's not retail concentration
In a report released yesterday by the Australian Food and Grocery Council, the share of Australian supermarket private-label sales is expected to rise to 40-50%. The report, 20...
David Jones goes online ... again
David Jones tries online ... again Dec. 2011. SMEs take note: the inability of large businesses to do what they need to do can seem incredible. It's very hard for some leopards...
Private Labels and supermarket competition
Private Labels and supermarket competition Many Australian branded goods FMCG manufacturers are nervous about the proposed increase of private labels on the shelves of the two l...
Lion cries over spilt milk: An early warning for manufacturers regarding the coming Australian house brand supermarket war
Lion cries over spilt milk A warning for manufacturers regarding growth in Australian house brands The Age reports that a large milk processor, Lion (owns Pura and Dairy Farmers...
The sky is falling: House brands become more important in Australia, an opportunity for good brands to stand out
The sky is falling: House brands become more important in Australia Experience shows it's an opportunity for good brands to stand out House brands, or private labels as I better...
The high cost of slow month-end closing
The high cost of slow month-end closing The time taken to close the books each month is more expensive than you may realise. Each of the 20 working days in a month is 5% of avai...
Co-operation agreements
GrowthPath co-operates with Corporate Outcomes to offer clients access to equity raising, ASIC and corporate advisory services. GrowthPath works with the Kongo Group for online...
Manufacturing insight: Competitive advantage from your cost-price model
Manufacturing insight: Competitive advantage from your cost-price model Effective cost price models are a genuine competitive advantage. GrowthPath has seen revised cost price m...
Trigger points to tell when SMEs move from Financial Controllers to CFOs
Trigger points to tell when SMEs move from Financial Controllers to CFOs
GrowthPath Business Plan Inquiry
To ask us to contact you about growing or starting your business, please complete this form. {chronoforms}busplanInquiry{/chronoforms}
Measuring procurement: The Purchasing Efficiency KPI
Measuring procurement: The Purchasing Efficiency KPI Purchasing Efficiency is a KPI to measure the performance of procurement. The Purchasing Efficiency KPI This KPI was develop...
Choosing and implementing a new accounting or ERP system
Advice & recommendations on selecting and implementing a new accounting or ERP system, cloud or otherwise. Including strategies for going live, and when to go live. What are...
Balanced Scorecards: a tool for growth
Mission and vision statements are ridiculous. If you agree, time to learn about the balanced score card for SMEs. An idea from the 1990s which is a genuine classic. The balanced...
MYOB crashing and too slow? Don't immediately replace it.
Is MYOB crashing? Too slow? It may be time to upgrade. First there are some fixes worth trying which can reduce crashes & lock-outs, and improve MYOB speed and performance....
Faster market response with market-minus pricing
Market Minus Pricing for transfer pricing and better market insights Market-minus pricing helps businesses get a much greater sense of urgency and market awareness. It is also a...
A simple, cash based pricing tool led to dominance of a new channel
Result: a 90% market share in a massive new channel led to total increased volumes of 500% at an FMCG manufacturer. However, this was an unexpected side effect of an effort to...
Explore cashflow with GrowthPath's free cashflow simulator
Explore cashflow with GrowthPath's free cashflow simulator A simple cashflow simulator is a powerful way to teach people about the importance of cash flow. GrowthPath offers a f...
GrowthPath Manufacturing consulting Navigating economic change through speed, flexibility and innovation
Manufacturing rescue and rebound Three pillars for manufacturing turnaround GrowthPath's Tim Richardson and Alan Rogers have world-class experience managing and upgrading manufa...
GrowthPath SME Survey Results
In Q1 & Q2 2011, GrowthPath conducted a survey of Melbourne SMEs investigating responses to change in the business environment. We conducted the survey using Google Docs, an...
Free shipping for online retailers: there's a right way, and a wrong way
Can free shipping generate a sustainable advantage for an online retailer? There are right ways and wrong ways to do free shipping ... backed by research. Around three years ago...
When to welcome risk
Hedging is not always the right way to manage currency risk. When deciding to hedge or not to hedge exchange rate risks, SMEs need to understand what their real foreign currency exposure is, and whether it's part of the added value of the business. Curren
Do simple algebra online with Mathomatic
From time to time you want to do some basic algebra. Forget about pen and paper ... Mathomatic's an open-source website with a simple online tool. Here's what I just used i...
Cloud-Based Accounting Review and Recommendations: Xero, Saasu, MYOB, QuickBooks
A CPA's review, comparison and recommendation of Xero, Saasu, MYOB AccountRight and QuickBooks Online. Pros and cons of moving to cloud-based accounting. How it fits with cloud-...
SME Radar
SME Radar Latest content from GrowthPath {loadposition latestcontent}
Business Plans to raise money for growth
business plans for businesses in Melbourne
Offers
GrowthPath celebrates Cashflow Search and Rescue launch with free offers for SMEs Melbourne, June 15, 2011 Tim Richardson and Alan Rogers of GrowthPath Pty Ltd today launched Ca...
Traditional budgets: moving at the speed of yesterday
The problem with traditional budgets Traditional business budgeting is anti-growth. It lowers performance, wastes time and causes lost opportunities. The solution is to simplify....
Goodbye Budgets
Goodbye budgets "Budgets aren't what they used to be," one CFO told us for this month's cover story. At a growing number of companies, in fact, budgets have ceased to be at all....
GrowthPath provides Small Business training for Holmesglen TAFE
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 Busi...
Market Research Survey (NEIS)
Market research survey The survey is mainly about the impact of change on Australian businesses. Take the survey online Please follow this link (the survey is hosted by Google d...
GrowthPath in BRW re franchises: downplayed the opportunities for SMEs
Tim Richardson, GrowthPath founder, was interviewed by BRW. The interview was published on Feb 17, 2011 "Why Online Retail Threatens the end of franchising". You can read the fi...
Making good decisions quickly
Making good decisions quickly Fast, well informed decisions make money. Bad decisions cost money. What's the difference? A good decision is made fast enough to take advantage of...
Agility: Why is it so important for growth?
SMEs should make agility a way to increase profit Being small doesn't make you agile. It just means you're small. Agility is the ability to quickly respond to opportunity. Incre...
Agility is not the same as being small
Agility is the ability to quickly respond to opportunity. Increasing business agility is a key part of achieving opportunity-based growth. SMEs are small and don't have large bu...
Good responses to surprises are better if they are fast
Fast, well-informed decisions make money. But good decisions made too slowly can mean a lost opportunity. A good decision is made fast enough to take advantage of the opportunit...
The Agile CFO (slides)
the Agile CFO: Leadership in uncertain times {source}<!-- You can place html anywhere within the source tags --><iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_c...
The high AUD, online and Australian retail
The uneven effects of the high AUD The Australian dollar has stabilised at near parity with the USD. This gives some benefit to traditional retailers, whose goods become cheaper...
Make your Finance team a partner for growth
Make your Finance team a partner for growth Finance is traditionally a back-office role. Many small business owners see finance as the people who pay the GST, do payroll, keep t...
Achieving agility: developing people
Achieving agility: developing people Do you want your business to respond faster to outside risks and opportunities? The finance team plays a decisive role in the shift to an ag...
Accounting, Finance and IT services for small business
Accounting, Finance and IT services for small business GrowthPath SAS: Short Assignment Services Designed for smaller businesses, these are short and effective projects with qui...
Cashflow Search and Rescue
Cashflow Search and Rescue GrowthPath can quickly improve cashflow. We do this using our operational expertise at cashflow management, supplier and bank negotiations, faster for...
Tim Richardson quoted in online GST debate
I was quoted in http://www.startupsmart.com.au/growth/2011-01-05/franchisees-urged-to-get-online-to-compete.html along with my former colleague Adrian Bortingnon (of http://www....
Core consulting services GrowthPath Business plans, turnaround, recovery and growth
Business Consulting Services GrowthPath offers four core business consulting services for SMEs and small businesses. Focused Agile Business (FAB) Program Cashflow Search and...
growth through focus and agility: the role of SME finance teams
Turning bean counters into gold Business Growth and modern finance teams SME finance teams should be driving the three elements of growth: awareness of profitable opportunities...
Tim Richardson, Founder, GrowthPath
Tim Richardson, CPA: A "five-legged sheep" I have a long and varied career working around the world. I'm strong at automation, being an experienced developer in modern technolog...
Simplifying the forecasting process brings rewards
Simplifying the forecasting and business planning process brings rewards Summary A dramatic reduction in forecast complexity led to a much stronger focus on the short-term future...
Internal controls provide competitive advantage during and after major downturn
Internal controls provide competitive advantage during and after major downturn SummaryBusiness controls led to a large competitive advantage when an unexpected economic shock...
Improving agility and insight transforms the business
Improving agility and insight transforms the business SummaryPhilips Lighting had around 30% market share in the European Compact Fluorescent Lamps business. When a new channel...
cloud supply chain ERP and accounting consultants Melbourne
.
Focus, the first element of growth
Getting Focus: The Focused Agile Business (FAB) Program Focus is the first of the three elements of growth. It is the most strategic element. Focus means having awareness of how...
Taking advantage of change
Taking advantage of change means two things: Noticing opportunities (or threats) caused by changes. responding quickly and accurately to opportunities (or threats). Success requ...
Business Growth
Business Growth Did you know that change and uncertainty are the greatest source of growth potential available to SME businesses? But how to take advantage of this resource? It...