Soon enough, Santa himself will be racing through the sky with his team of reindeers delivering all the presents that his hard-working team of elves have been making all year. But just how do they do it?
We know that Santa has unlimited resources and materials, but there’s no way he could do it year on year without being organised and streamlining his processes. We can only imagine how important it is to work collaboratively and keep his elves in the loop!
Here at etaC Solutions, we’ve been delving into how an ERP Solution could assist Santa…
Demand
As much as we’d like to believe it, making all those presents and delivering them on a sleigh, doesn’t happen overnight – well, delivering them does, but a lot of thought goes into what to make each festive season. How would Santa and his team of elves know what is going to be in demand 11 months in advance?
By utilising the insights and reports data on his ERP Software, Santa can see patterns of demand and track potential trending toys. Not only will Santa be able to use real-time data and insights, but Santa will also be able to delve further and look at trends from years gone by.
Working together with his Warehouse Management software, Santa can make sure he has the correct inventory when he needs it most and can track its progress from the moment it arrives at the workshop. Collaboratively, the ERP Solution can track stock levels, so when his workshop is getting low, Santa can automate a process to order more – reducing the need for an Elf.
Production
All ERP Solutions have different capabilities, and we foresee Santa having the most custom, state of the art software available. After all, he does have a lot to manage! Each year, toys get more and more advanced, and children become savvier, so the Elves need to keep up to ensure Santa stays being the favourite present-giver on the planet.
Insights can provide detailed information about each product, before, during and after initial development to ease decision making, and improve future products. Questions will be raised during the evaluation stages that can be answered with the insights provided by the ERP Software.
Order Management
For most businesses, orders come via a website or a phone call, but for Santa, his orders are all hand-written letters from children across the globe. If a team of elves had to read and process each of those letters, they’d be taken from what they love doing most – making toys!
This is where Santa is savvy with his automated processes… There’s no need for his elves to be responding to admin and filing these orders to the correct department, that’s exactly what an ERP Solution is there to do. Just don’t tell the kids that it’s not actually Santa reading their letter…
Transport
And finally, Santa needs to actually deliver the presents, all in one evening! A route including millions of homes, millions of miles away from each other is going to take some time to figure out.
Thankfully, Santa and his reindeer can utilise their ERP Solution to schedule deliveries based off resources and possible time constraints, and you can’t forget to factor in the time taken to eat the mince pies and milk at each home!
We may not all have an operation as big as Santa’s, but that doesn’t mean an ERP Solution can’t benefit your business.
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etac Solutions are long established suppliers of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and now provide Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as part of our ERP services. We pride ourselves in taking a different approach in order to craft the most appropriate solutions for our customers. We are a technology partner who can integrate, implement and then support your ERP solution at every step.