Growing a business is exhilarating but also uniquely challenging. As you add more customers, hire additional employees, and expand into new markets, the complexities increase exponentially. Things that were easy to manage when you just had a handful of customers or a couple dozen employees become unwieldy.
Suddenly, you find gaps appearing – orders falling through cracks, inventory inaccuracies piling up, financial reports unreliable. Your existing systems and processes just can’t keep up with the pace. Frustrated customers start defecting while costs spin out of control. Your stellar growth could come to a screeching halt.
This painful transition from a small startup to a larger company is often called “the scaling challenge.” Numerous entrepreneurs have seen promising businesses crash against the scaling wall. So how do you break through and continue growing without chaos?
That’s exactly why savvy business leaders turn to NetSuite. NetSuite is the world’s #1 cloud ERP software, supporting over 30,000 organizations with unified solutions for financial management, inventory and order management, HR, customer relationship management, ecommerce and much more.
Specifically designed for rapid growth, NetSuite gives you:
A Unified Platform Built for Scalability
Disjointed systems that don’t sync and can’t share data lead to the breakdowns that threaten growth. NetSuite is an integrated platform covering all key business processes – from accounting to supply chain, inventory, CRM, HR and beyond. As you scale, data flows freely across the organization in real-time, so you make decisions based on single version of the truth.
Agility with Anywhere, Anytime Access
Rapid growth means constant change. NetSuite’s cloud delivery model gives you the agility to quickly adapt. There’s no need for onsite servers and hardware. Users across all locations get access via any web browser. New workflows, custom fields and scripts can be added without waiting for IT. You configure NetSuite as your business evolves.
Visibility Across All Operations
Expanding into new product lines or geographies brings new blindspots – and fresh dangers. With NetSuite, you get full transparency with dashboards delivering metrics across departments. Drill from high-level summaries into granular details to spot problems and opportunities. Configure alerts and notifications so the right people are notified automatically.
In fact, many fast-growing companies find their needs outpace even NetSuite out-of-the-box. They utilize NetSuite OneWorld to manage global multi-subsidiary operations with local taxes/reporting – getting unified view across all entities.
Others integrate NetSuite with tax calculation engines, marketing systems, shipping solutions and more for complete automation. Some utilize SuiteCloud platform and over 55,000 SuiteApps to further boost customization.
Regardless of which route you take, NetSuite remains flexible and scalable at every stage of growth.
Why NetSuite Implementations Fail: 4 Common Pitfalls
Selecting a scalable platform like NetSuite lays the groundwork for sustainable growth. However, that is still only the first step. For NetSuite to deliver value at scale, the implementation and configurations need to be rock-solid.
Too often, leadership teams invest heavily into NetSuite, only to encounter unexpected pitfalls:
Lack of Executive Sponsorship
A “set it and forget it” approach almost never works, especially for enterprise platforms like NetSuite touching every business area. Without executive leaders driving standards and adoption, rollouts deteriorate into disjointed efforts by individual departments. The scale benefits never materialize.
Inadequate Requirements Gathering
NetSuite’s extensive customizability allows it to support expansive needs as you scale. But that also means nailing requirements early is crucial. When Etch Group surveyed organizations, 35% said their top NetSuite implementation regret after go-live was conducting inadequate upfront planning for long-term needs.
Careless Customizations
It’s tempting for new users to customize NetSuite transactions and workflows based on current comfort zones, rather than considering future process changes. This leaves you saddled with shortsighted customizations that limit scale and agility.
Lack of Adoption Guidance
C-suites often expect NetSuite capabilities to be instantly obvious and adopted by employees as soon as it’s rolled out. Yet falling short on training or change management support can undermine adoption. Users struggle with the tool built to empower them due to poor communication.
By avoiding these common pitfalls and leveraging the experience of a 5 Star NetSuite Solution provider like Anchor Group, organizations position themselves to achieve a rapid return on investment from NetSuite and continuously scale without chaos.
Why Choose Anchor Group as Your NetSuite Solution Partner?
Anchor Group is unique among NetSuite implementation providers. We live and breathe NetSuite with over 20 years as exclusive NetSuite partners. Our entire focus remains on unlocking maximum value from your NetSuite investment.
Too often, NetSuite customers grow frustrated by consultants throwing standardized templates rather than addressing unique needs. Or they receive scripted vendor pitches misaligned to actual requirements.
Anchor Group rejects the transactional “body shop” approach. We craft holistic roadmaps focused on tangible business outcomes across:
- Finance
- Supply Chain and Inventory Management
- Order and Billing Management
- CRM and Marketing
- Commerce and Point of Sale
- Business Intelligence and Reporting
Our sweet spot includes complex, multi-site and global organizations undergoing rapid change – the most difficult scaling challenges. With average customer tenure over 10 years and practice-wide NetSuite certifications in areas like global operations, Anchor Group helps you pivot and adapt at speed.
4 Key Differentiators for Anchor Group
- Proven Scalability Expertise: We’ve helped organizations grow from 5 million to over 500 million in revenue on NetSuite with zero platform bottlenecks.
- Commitment to Customer Success: Our experts avg over 5 years’ experience implementing NetSuite exclusively. We receive 95+% satisfaction ratings.
- Comprehensive Vision: Our scopes span business strategy, Executive Sponsorship, change management and technical configuration for complete results.
- Reliable On-Time Delivery: Our onshore and offshore delivery model focuses on schedule, budget and quality with 4.96/5.0 client rating.
