Choose the best jewelry software for your business
Today's technology market is flooded with products that promise to reduce manual labour, consolidate processes, and establish cross-functional, effective operations within a single system.
However, every industry operates and functions differently. So is the jewelry industry, which includes wholesalers who work primarily with retailers and a range of large vendors, as well as retailers whose operations are primarily centered on the end customer, those who buy jewelry from jewelry stores.
All of the issues that automation brings to the jewellery industry are undoubtedly well known. Today, it is clear that specialist jewelry software is the answer to a plethora of challenges involving integrations, cross-functionality, data security, industry-specific capabilities, and much more.
What are the most important features of jewellery software?
Jewelry wholesalers and retailers share a multifunctional organizational framework. It's difficult to streamline operations in a way that includes all functions/departments and their unique processes.
When it comes to the jewelry industry, off-the-shelf ERP software is scarcely a viable option. Every day, more businesses begin to use software designed specifically for the jewelry industry, with an awareness of the industry's unique operations, methods, and issues.
Jewelry design, bids, catalogs, orders, purchasing requests, sales, accounting, inventory and marketing, website integration and management, and many other aspects of all stages of business can be effectively managed using specialized software.
With that said, let's go right in and look at the key features jewelry software will need in 2022 to keep businesses running smoothly and efficiently.
· Multi-level access privileges and robust security
· Management of stock (including synchronizations with the website)
· Logistics of raw materials (metals, stones, diamonds)
· Management of customer interactions (including email integrations)
· Management of vendor relations
· Tax reporting, accounting, and compliance
· Management of evaluations and certificates
· Management and sales analytics
· Ticket management and service requests (such as repairs or custom orders)
· System management made simple alerts and notifications that are automatically generated
Because every organization is unique, it's critical to create a system that can adapt to your demands without requiring additional adaptations or incurring additional costs. Finding a system that integrates all of the above is a wonderful way to streamline your business processes, save time and money on manual activities, and eliminate headaches when scaling, launching a new branch or shop, or simply altering how you operate.
Choosing software for your company
Before starting the process of implementing a new jewelry software tool, it's a good idea to write down all of the present processes that aren't running well or are still done manually. The next stage is to consider how these procedures could be improved by a software tool, and then look for one that meets your needs, or even better, exceeds your expectations, making your day-to-day operations more structured and efficient.
Having a list of the components and features you need accessible is a wonderful approach to see if the program you're looking at matches your needs.
When choosing software, there are a few things to consider:
Modules or components
POS, accounting, analytics, CRM, and so on. This is the first item to think about since if a system is missing a key component, you'll either have to use additional systems or do the work manually outside of the system. Both are inefficient in terms of money and time in the long run.
Features For instance,
Changing prices in bulk, taking physical inventory, adjusting mark-ups or hikes, sending mass emails from the system, and so on. You can be more flexible here but bear in mind that your main demand characteristics should be included, and not all of the nice-to-haves can be included.
The onboarding procedure
This is the phase in which you are introduced to the processes of switching your system, and your system provider should do an excellent job of guiding you through the change initiation phase, explaining each step and what you must do on your end. Only in this manner will your installation go well, and personnel changes will be less traumatic.
Implementation
Because you must come up with all of the specifications that should be set up for you, as well as integrations to your website, email, and hardware - scanners, printers, and so on - the software implementation step normally takes the most time.
A business that delivers excellent service is required; otherwise, the installation phase may create several gaps that may become future pain areas. It's also critical that the jewellery software business you're buying from offers good training so that you and your staff are comfortable with the system before going live.
Support for software and technology
Whatever the system, implementation, and training phases are like, every system gets changes from time to time, which is excellent, and every organization gets new personnel. When you and your team have a problem or a query, the tech support personnel must be available. You certainly require rapid responses, and in the jewelry industry, a 24-hour response time is usually acceptable.
