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How Do Leisure Businesses Stay in Control as Product Ranges Grow?
By Jade C.
30/07/2026 – 14:07
Growth creates complexity before you notice it Growth is something every leisure business strives for, but it often brings new challenges that aren't immediately obvious. A wider product range means more choice for customers, but it also creates more information to manage, more stock to control and more opportunities f
ERP video case study for Leisure - Planet Eclipse
By Alan P.
11/08/2025 – 14:30
A De Facto Software video case study featuring Planet Eclipse, one of our customers in the leisure industry.
More Than a Website: A Digital Extension of Your Business
By Andy J.
28/04/2026 – 12:52
When we design and build websites, our starting point is always your business and not a template. Every business has its own vision, expertise, and way of delivering value to its customers. Too often we see businesses forced to reshape themselves to fit “out‑of‑the‑box” website and ERP platforms, losing the very detail
Documents - Part 3: Outbound Communication
By Dan S.
11/08/2026 – 15:36
In the previous post in the series, we delved into some more advanced features. This post brings these features together and explains how they’re utilised to send emails, print files or upload files to file servers. Ad-Hoc An Outbound Communication Document can be created, populated and sent manually. This could be as
Overcoming Distribution Chaos: How De Facto ERP Empowers Operations Directors
By Alan P.
27/07/2026 – 12:39
Operations directors in distribution face relentless pressure to cut costs, speed up fulfillment, and maintain perfect inventory accuracy all while navigating unpredictable supply chain disruptions. An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system acts as a central nervous system, turning daily logistical headaches into sm
What a Long-Term ERP Partnership Really Looks Like
By Jade C.
20/07/2026 – 09:30
There’s a common belief that ERP success is decided at go-live. If transactions process correctly and users are trained, the project is considered complete. But in practice, 'go-live' simply proves the system works. The real measure of ERP success is what happens 12, 24, or 60 months later. Built to Grow - Not Be Repla
Why Your Website Shouldn't Depend Solely on the Developer
By Jade C.
13/07/2026 – 10:00
For many businesses, updating a website is still more complicated than it needs to be. A new landing page becomes a ticket for IT. A news article waits for a developer. A simple content amendment joins the bottom of an agency's workload. Over time, those delays discourage regular updates altogether. A Content Managemen
The Business-Led Approach for Better ERP Project Outcomes
By Jade C.
23/06/2026 – 09:30
ERP is often described as a system implementation. In reality, it is a business alignment exercise. While technology underpins the platform, ERP defines how an organisation operates - how orders move, how margins are protected, how stock is controlled, and how performance is measured. When ownership sits solely within
Documents - Part 2: Advanced Features
By Dan S.
22/06/2026 – 14:30
In the previous post in the series we explored the concept of Documents in EDP. This post explores some of their more advanced features. Generation Document Items in EDP can be configured to generate their files using built-in File Generators. SQL scripts can be used to generate simple files, such as CSV, JSON or XML,
How ERP Implementation Can Be Practical
By Jade C.
26/05/2026 – 09:00
For many organisations, ERP implementation is associated with disruption. It is often viewed as a period of operational instability - long workshops redesigning processes, teams pulled away from their day jobs, and a sense that established workflows must be dismantled to make the system fit. This perception is understa
Documents - Part 1: The Basics
By Dan S.
05/05/2026 – 12:49
This is the first post in a series of Insights that will showcase the functionality around storing and transmitting files in our platform and how it can streamline workflows, reduce friction and improve day‑to‑day business processes. Concept In EDP a Document could represent many things: A single document containing a
Multi-Company Support
By Charlie S.
21/04/2026 – 11:22
EDP ERP delivers powerful multi‑organisation and multi‑company capabilities straight out of the box. It brings seamless centralised control across financial consolidation, shared data, and intercompany processes, while still giving each company the flexibility to tailor its own setup and operate with full autonomy. Use