by Laura Schomaker | Jun 23, 2026 | Acumatica
A plant manager watches the manufacturing ERP demo of her dreams. The scheduling board drags like a video game. Inventory updates in real time. Capacity is color-coded and gorgeous. Six weeks after go-live, the first real MRP run blows up at 4 a.m. Phantom BOMs. UoM...
by Laura Schomaker | Jun 9, 2026 | Acumatica, Construction Industry
Acumatica project accounting: Beyond basic job costing The project looked profitable—at least on paper. The spreadsheet said labor was tracking to budget. Materials looked stable. Subcontractor costs seemed under control. But when the accounting team completes the WIP...
by Laura Schomaker | May 26, 2026 | Acumatica, ERP Research
On paper, the job still looks profitable. Costs are within budget. Billings are on track. The spreadsheet says everything is fine. Then month-end hits. Finance updates cost-to-complete, reconciles change orders—and the margin disappears. Nothing changed overnight. The...
by Laura Schomaker | May 19, 2026 | Acumatica, Budgeting, Expert advice
In most construction firms, change orders don’t fail because they’re complicated. They fail because no one owns the full process. A scope change gets approved in the field on Tuesday. Work starts Wednesday. Finance doesn’t see it until Friday—and by then, the paper...
by Laura Schomaker | May 12, 2026 | Acumatica, ERP Research, Expert advice
You sit through a great demo… and still end up with the wrong system You sit through a construction ERP demo. The dashboards are clean. The workflows look seamless. Everything appears to just… work. But six months later, your team is still reconciling job costs in...
by Laura Schomaker | Apr 21, 2026 | Acumatica, ERP Research, Uncategorized
If you’re evaluating NetSuite’s multi-entity capabilities because your organization is adding subsidiaries, properties, or project entities, you’re already beyond a basic feature checklist. Multi‑entity complexity isn’t just an accounting issue. NetSuite...
