Cegid has just launched a new comprehensive cloud solution for SMEs with up to 30 employees. In line with its strategy to reduce the operational burden of small businesses, Cegid has brought to the market Cegid Diez ERP SMEa tool designed to automate processes, connect billing and accounting, improve planning, control stock and carry out any financial procedure.
Spain has about 3 million SMEs, according to data from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, of which some 400,000 companies have less than 30 employees. Recent years have been marked by the digitization of smaller Spanish organizations thanks, in large part, to the encouragement of the Government with aid such as the Digital Kit or the Create and Grow Law, by which electronic invoicing will be mandatory in the coming months.
This context has led to a growing concern about comply with new regulatory obligations. Aware of this, Cegid has positioned itself as a driving force behind the digitization of SMEs: from the processing –totally free– of the Digital Kit request to launches such as this new ERP. The ultimate goal is for small businesses to have the same opportunities as large corporations to accelerate their growth and improve their efficiency. And this undoubtedly happens when daily tasks that can be automated are digitized.
«Cegid Diez ERP SME was born from active listening to our clients, who already enjoyed different solutions with which to manage their administrative department in an integrated way, but separately. With Cegid Diez ERP PYME we attend to your request, unifying these solutions and adding specific functionalities for SMEs. In addition, we have provided this tool with great usability, so that almost any user, no matter how unaccustomed they are to the use of software, is able to easily manage their company»it states Pablo Serna, Director of product management within Cegid’s small and medium-sized business line in Spain.
Optimization of resources through comprehensive management
The smaller an organization is, the greater the need to optimize resources. In operational terms, administrative functions are key in the SME ecosystem. For this reason, until now, there was an area with workers dedicated to its successful management. However, the technology has created a new paradigm that does not try to replace employees with business software, but allows them to dedicate their efforts to business strategy or to improving the customer experience and, with it, to tasks that provide added value and, therefore, more economic benefits.
Automation offers companies to save time, reduce costs and improve efficiency. It is under this premise that Cegid Diez ERP SME was born, through which all tasks that can be automated are integrated within the administrative area: billing, accounting and taxation. Thus, the tool is designed to perform, among other things, the automatic calculation of the various tax models, generate collection and payment remittances, advanced automatic billing and accounting, bank reconciliation or scanning – thanks to its OCR – and mass mailing of bills.
360º vision adjusted by verticals of each area
Each business sector generates specific needs as the business progresses. For this reason, the new Cegid Diez tool has, in addition to the aforementioned, modules adaptable to different verticals; with a special focus on the services, distribution, construction, retail and discrete manufacturing sectors.
For example, for the distribution sector, Cegid Diez ERP PYME aims to facilitate the monitoring and traceability of articles, with the aim of promoting control from the origin and that all stock movements are recorded. In the event that the stock requires a more precise and meticulous organization, a functionality is presented by which you can make batch purchases, unit sales, different automatic allocation methods (FIFO, LIFO and expiration date). and detailed inventories by lot.
Within the construction sector there are also ad hoc functionalities, such as a control of works with which to organize them into chapters and subchapters, as well as the possibility of creating parts of work and materials. In addition, it offers a tool for forecasts and deviations to keep expenses under control at all times – being able to make expense forecasts by chapter and sub-chapter – and consult expenses and deviations at any time.