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Questionnaires are the lifeblood of inspection companies: organising the questionnaires in a smart way, making them easy to update and to access are critical factors for success. In which other areas can inspection areas take action for improvements? Our team has had the pleasure to work on several field service projects and we sat down with our Solution Architect Seppe for a chat about what matters most for inspection companies, when they want to work on their digital transformation.

Law firms typically have a fairly manual and paper-driven way of working. In this blog you will learn how the introduction of legal management software and digital ways of working can drive efficiency and profitability of your law firm.

In a challenging climate of rising costs and budget restrictions, law firms are – like other industries – looking for ways to drive operational efficiency. The legal billing process is a key area to optimize.

Thrilled to announce that we are RESCO Partner of the Year 2023. The experience of our consultants in field service, combined with the highly customizable Resco software has helped companies to mobilize their business. Dive into the Resco world with our NORRIQ-expert Veerle!

UPDATE AUGUST 2023 - Software as a Service (SaaS) has dramatically changed the way businesses use and implement software. In this blog post, we will discuss everything you need to know about SaaS, with a focus on how it can help your business in achieving your strategy.

Allow us to introduce our NORRIQ Star, Louise. Louise is 23 years old and has been working as a Business Consultant Finance at NORRIQ since September 2022. After completing her studies in Applied Economic Sciences and Tax Law, this is her first work experience.

Business Intelligence (BI) solutions have become increasingly popular as a tool for making better decisions and improving overall performance. These solutions allow businesses to gather and analyse data from various sources to gain insights into their operations and market trends.

In this interview, we speak to Ilse Habex, Service Delivery Manager at NORRIQ. Ilse gives us a glimpse into her daily job and how her career at NORRIQ has developed.

ERP systems have many advantages for your organisation, from streamlining production processes and efficiently managing your data with the needed transparency to adapting them to your specific requirements. However, these benefits come with a price.

A business with the urge to grow fast can only benefit from the implementation of an ERP solution. However, selecting the right ERP for your business, with so many different solutions on the market isn’t easy. In this blog we discuss 9 important selection criteria on deciding which ERP solution is best for your business.

We live in a competitive and ever-changing world and one part of operations that we shouldn't forget to optimise is field service. Field service offers many opportunities for your organisation, but these operations aren’t the easiest to streamline without the help of ERP. Before looking at how we can optimise, let’s dive into the definition of field service.

The Field Service industry can only benefit from using Field Service Management (FSM) technologies to optimise its processes. It offers many immediate and long-term benefits, such as an improved customer experience, quicker reaction time, and time and resource savings.

Many ERP solutions are available on the market, but every business differs. This blog discusses why NORRIQ is the right choice for your company's cloud ERP.

We are excited to announce that our newest app, "NORRIQ Banking Connector Suite", is live on AppSource.

NORRIQ will increase focus on the core business and invest in accelerating development and growth. The Drink-IT business, will become a part of a global company that focuses on delivering mission-critical software solutions to the Food & Beverage industry.

Nowadays, life without an ERP solution is choosing to do things the difficult way. However, starting with ERP is quite a process and an investment, one only well-spend if you manage to successfully implement. Knowledge is power. ERP assessment helps you through this process and pinpoint your specific needs, goals and possible obstacles.

There are many ERP-solutions on the market and selecting the one that fits your needs is difficult. There are so many technical terms, details, produces, models, and ad-on technologies, that it may be hard to specify and customise, without losing track of the bigger picture. This is where your ERP consultants come in to save the day.

A new year, a new change to upgrade your business! How? With automation – why? Because it makes things easier and faster.

A start-up can either swim or sink. Several factors can cause some organisations to be more successful than others. Let’s have a look at the all-defining factors that make or break your success as a start-up.

Decision-makers frequently justify workflow automation as a time-saving measure. Yes, it saves time, but also so much more. Let's look at why automation can help you save time and some of the other advantages.

Have eyes in the field. Field service automation tools make your inspections manageable, mobile efficient, analyse proof and so much more.

The administrative and financial management of your members isn’t always fast and straightforward, especially not when it comes to billing and membership payments. Automating this process has many advantages for both the association and its members.

Lead generation means getting people’s data so you can engage with them through various channels. This is almost an impossible task when you have to rely on manual methods. Let’s leave those in the past and discover the future of lead generation and how NORRIQ Memberships takes your lead generation to the next level.

New practices, innovative thinking and customer expectations have reshaped the field service landscape. As a result, we are discovering new trends in the industry!

Organising events as a Membership-based organisation is often a manual hassle or an organisational nightmare. Unless you use an automation tool, such as the NORRIQ Membership solution. Make organising events effortless in a few steps.

Be on top of your data and memberships by supercharging your business model with membership automation. Here are some quick wins our end-to-end membership automation solution has to offer.

Those who think marketing automation is just about saving time, need to have another look at its definition. More personalised communications with customers and better lead nurturing. We could go on and on about the benefits of integrating marketing automation into your daily operations.

There are several reasons why Business Central is an absolute must to get the most of your business processes. One of these is the easy integration with other products and software from the entire Microsoft portfolio.

Using an ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning system will only benefit your business. Thanks to a shared database, you get an accurate and detailed view of all your core processes. Together, we will take a closer look at the three largest Enterprise Resource Planning systems.

The end of the financial year is always all hands on deck for the finance department of your company. They try to balance numerous accounting procedures with day-to-day tasks, such as wage payments and the approval and entry of purchase invoices… You name it.

Since 2020, digital transformation has accelerated at an unprecedented pace. In the wake of the pandemic, companies across industries are opting for cloud computing for the first time or replacing their existing ERP and CRM systems. The public cloud services market is expected to grow by 45% by 2024.

It’s that time of the year again where we all get to feel like kids at Christmas as Microsoft has just published the release notes for 2022 Wave 1! In this article we will discuss some of the features that are mentioned in the release notes for Power Apps and what they mean for end-users and administrators of Dynamics 365.

The digital world is always evolving and improving. As your trusted digital transformation partner, we want to keep you up-to-date on any changes you may experience due to updates in your IT system. In December 2021, there will be an exciting update of Dynamics 365 that will be implemented automatically. Discover the changes here!

Did you know that Business Central works with AL code as opposed to C/AL, and that this has an influence on the customisation of your ERP software? We briefly explain the differences between both.

The Cloud saves you time, money and offers you unprecedented flexibility to consult applications from anywhere. How to upgrade to a Cloud application? We will guide you through some essential steps.

Strategically picking the right ERP solution for your company and collaboration with an equally adequate ERP partner go hand in hand. But not every ERP player on the market is good for business. How do you recognize a bad ERP partner, and what does a good partner do differently?

NORRIQ Online Warehouse Management has all the tools and standardized processes to get ahead of your warehouse problems.

The digital world is always evolving and improving. As your trusted digital transformation partner, we want to keep you up-to-date on any changes you may experience due to updates in your IT system. In October 2021, there will be an exciting update of Dynamics 365 that will be implemented automatically. Discover the changes here!

Manufacturing 4.0, which is also known as the fourth industrial revolution is rapidly switching to automation, using smart technologies.

​Discover Power BI - It makes it possible to enable everyone at every level of your organization to make confident decisions using up-to-the-minute analytics.

Discover a better way to get things done across your organization with Microsoft Power Automate. We gathered useful information to start your Power Automate journey.

​Microsoft rapidly innovates, updates and releases new products and solutions, which makes staying on top of changes difficult. However, this frequent pace of innovation makes Microsoft technologies exciting. One of the biggest new areas from Microsoft that you will read a lot about is the Power Platform.

Manufacturing companies with a clear view on the future and an intelligent long-term approach opt for ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Why? Why not…

Microsoft continues to innovate, and today it does so with Dynamics 365 Business Central. This successor to the known Microsoft Dynamics NAV, is completely ready for a future in the Cloud.

We can go back to the office. But when corona is 100% out of the world, will we all go back to the office 5 days a week again? We didn't think so!

It has been some time since the actual Brexit has fallen into place. The British exit of the European Union has been in the works for several years now, starting in 2016 with the UK-wide referendum - where the people chose to end the 47 years membership of the state. Of course, the impact is quite big to every business involved with the UK. What has have been the first findings after the start of the Brexit? And what do you have to keep in mind for your business?

The NORRIQ Group opens a new office in Belgium. For this new location we choose for Waregem, the ideal base for serving the East and West parts of the Flemish market. In addition to the offices in Tremelo and Lummen, Waregem is the third office that we set up in Belgium. Since 22/01/2021 the new office is officially open to employees, but unfortunately without a spectacular party!

UPDATE JULY 2023 - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the IT solution to run your entire business. Business Central will streamline your processes and make business decisions easier! And there are even more benefits to implementing BC into your company – find out the 5 main benefits in this blog.

How many people have really got to know Microsoft Teams in the last few months? Because of working from home during the lockdowns, it was harder to keep in touch with co-workers and work on projects. Microsoft Teams is the solution to stay connected with your team thanks to its many functions like file storage, workspace chat and videoconferencing. And now it’s taking the next step: full integration with Business Central.

Business Intelligence can help you share data and knowledge intelligently throughout your organization. If you’re using NAV or Dynamics 365 Business Central today, it’s a good idea to take a closer look at the Power BI Solution. Here are 10 things to consider before you get started.

A Request For Proposal is one of the first steps in the process of the digitization of your business, this is where you give an insight for the scope of your project.  It can be tricky but it’s a very important step to find a good partner in your new IT solution. To help you in this process, we had an interesting interview through Teams with Dirk Bruynseraede, Project Manager of Drink-IT, to give you more insight into the world of RFP’s.

Thomas has been working as a sales account manager at NORRIQ for quite some time. A varied job, which he enjoys a lot. We talked with Thomas about his position and his tasks within the company.

The importance of e-commerce became clear during the corona crisis. Is your business ready for this online tool? Where e-commerce used to be a trend, is now turning into a must-have. The need for an online shop grew as rapidly as the pandemic of covid-19.

With Product Information Management you manage all your product data professionally. In this way, you improve your internal processes and are one step ahead in managing all e-commerce data. If you separate your product data from your ERP project, the implementation of the project will be easier and cheaper. Read more about it here.

We asked Robin, our Care Consultant, a few short questions – the conclusion? If you are a fan of the motto "Work hard, play hard," NORRIQ is the right place for you.

Are you looking for a more segmented way of processing customers and prospects – perhaps coupled with advanced account management, pipeline management and stronger collaboration between your sales and marketing teams? Then you’ve come to the right place to find inspiration!

If you have many different products or market them on many channels, Product Information Management is indispensable. The solution brings all product information together in one system. The benefits for the commercial departments are clear, but how do you create success with PIM throughout the company?

NORRIQ CARE has been created to comfort our customers. We are committed to turning our customer relationship into a true partnership. This way, NORRIQ can optimally support its customers in the growth of their organization.

Speed on your webshop is a crucial competitive parameter. If you think your webshop could be faster, don't hesitate to do something about it. Customers have no time to wait for your webshop to show photos, videos, variations, prices, etc. The same applies to Google. You will be punished on the ranking if your webshop is not running optimally!

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform becomes even more intelligent - and other exciting news from eXtreme365!

Microsoft Dynamics NAV in evolution: from Dynamics NAV to Dynamics 365 Business Central

October 2023