Cloud ERP Solution
ERP for Small and Midsize Businesses
Connect financial management, purchasing, sales, inventory, projects, reporting, and day-to-day operations in one cloud ERP system.
Acumatica gives established small and midsize businesses a flexible ERP when financial and operational requirements extend beyond basic accounting.
Milestone helps determine which capabilities fit your business and brings them together around your processes, reporting needs, and the way your team works.
Acumatica is the platform.
Milestone Information Solutions makes it work for your business.
When Your Current Systems Stop Working Together
Your Business Should Not Have to Work Around Its Software
As your business adds people, departments, and processes, information can end up spread across accounting software, spreadsheets, and separate applications. That makes it harder for teams to stay connected and for leadership to see what is happening across the business.
Information Lives in Different Places
Teams are working from different systems and versions of the same information.
Manual Work Fills the Gaps
Spreadsheets, duplicate entry, and workarounds keep everyday processes moving.
Reporting Takes Too Much Assembly
Information has to be collected and reconciled before leadership can use it.
Milestone starts by identifying where information and processes are disconnected, then determines what needs to work together in Acumatica.
One Connected Business
Bring Finance and Operations Together
Acumatica ERP software for small business connects financial and operational activity, while giving midsize companies the flexibility to manage broader requirements in one system.
One connected ERP system for your financials and operations.
Built Around Your Business
What Small and Midsize Businesses Can Manage in Acumatica
Start with the capabilities your business needs today and connect additional areas as requirements change.
Financial Management
Accounting, cash management, reporting, fixed assets, and financial controls.
Explore Financial Management →Sales, Purchasing & Inventory
Manage purchasing, sales orders, inventory, billing, and the processes that connect them.
Projects, Expenses & Reporting
Manage project costs, employee expenses, dashboards, and the information leadership needs to run the business.
Explore Specific Capabilities
Flexible Cloud ERP
ERP Built Around How Your Business Works
Some companies need ERP built around specialized distribution, manufacturing, construction, or professional services workflows. Others need a broader system that connects finance and operations around the way their business works.
Acumatica gives you the flexibility to use the capabilities that fit your requirements without forcing the business into an industry-specific model.
Looking for an Industry-Specific ERP?
Distribution ERP→Manufacturing ERP→Construction ERP→Professional Services ERP→Do not fit neatly into one of these categories? Acumatica General Business provides a flexible ERP foundation for financial and operational management.
Why Milestone
What Working With Milestone Looks Like
Discovery
We look at how your departments work today, where information needs to flow, and what is creating extra work.
Design & Implement
We determine which Acumatica capabilities fit, configure the system, help migrate data, test, and train your team.
Support
We stay involved through go-live and ongoing support as Acumatica becomes part of day-to-day operations.
Small & Midsize Business ERP FAQs
ERP for Small Business FAQs
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What is ERP for small business?
ERP for small business connects accounting with other business processes such as purchasing, sales, inventory, projects, reporting, approvals, and customer management. Instead of managing these areas in separate systems, ERP brings financial and operational information together in one platform.
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When should a small or midsize business consider ERP?
Businesses often begin evaluating ERP when reporting takes too much manual work, information is spread across several systems, departments are entering the same information more than once, or their current accounting software no longer supports the way the business operates.
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What is the difference between accounting software and ERP?
Accounting software focuses primarily on financial transactions and reporting. ERP connects financial management with other areas of the business, including purchasing, sales, inventory, projects, customer management, expenses, and operational workflows.
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Can Acumatica manage inventory for businesses that are not distributors?
Yes. Businesses can use Acumatica to manage purchasing, inventory, sales, and the related financial activity even when distribution is not their primary business. More specialized warehouse and distribution capabilities can be added when needed.
See What Acumatica Could Look Like for Your Business
Tell us how your business works today, where systems or spreadsheets are creating extra work, and what you need from a new ERP. Milestone can help determine whether Acumatica fits and which capabilities make sense for your business.
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