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https://media.trustradius.com/product-logos/sB/1h/VFODJ2KG8RNE.JPEGBrightpearlExcellent.. Highly recommend to all small e-commerce businesses2016-12-19T17:07:27.422ZOur company is broadly divided into 4 departments and Brightpearl (BP) is used by all of these to perform their tasks as detailed below:
As a database of suppliers and products are on BP, purchase orders are prepared and emailed to suppliers by the purchasing department based in London, who also do inventory management on BP.Goods are GRN'd on receipt by the warehouse team based in Norfolk. They pick and pack orders from BP once processed.Customer service (CS) department is based abroad and processes orders from multiple sales channels like Ebay and Amazon (fully integrated), wholesale, web site and phone orders. CS also deals with post and pre-sales issues as BP has a full time line and customers database.
Accounts department reconciles payments, manages credit control, prepares accounts and VAT returns. Finally the management team has access to all the above activities via various report to keep control and evaluate performances of the entire team.,As it has all the functionality in one software like inventory, sales, accounting etc., it saves a lot of time as compared to managing different systems for all business functions.
Automatic order download from all marketplaces.,Need more comprehensive reporting. Could add more filters, i.e. it takes time to calculate which sales channel is making more profits, which geographical area is giving more orders etc.,9,It has definitely improved ROI as we are spending less time doing manual tasks like orders download, then uploading on [our] stock management system, doing payment reconciliation on different accounting software and then spending less time finding details of customers in case there is an issue.,NetSuite,7,8,9Ranjit LonganiSolid Inventory Accounting Software2016-10-10T17:33:45.192ZBrightpearl is primarily being used for its inventory capabilities. The sales invoicing and other accounting functions, along with the multiple currency facilities makes this software a comprehensive package - only limited by the lack of payroll processing.
Importing bank transactions via CSV files is very easy, making the reconciliation process relatively simple; the only issue we have experienced is that of making corrections or adjustments on sales invoices - being a double entry accounting system makes this more complicated than other accounting software that I have used.
Having said that though, Brightpearl have provided the best support service that I have experienced in a software provider, to help with any corrections.,Tracking Inventory, Sales Order and Invoice Creation
Importing bank transactions for accounting purposes is fairly easy
Tracking customer activity, and ability to store all communications with customers in the Time Line is very good
Sending monthly statements is very easy
The Timeline that tracks activity for the customer is a fantastic tool for allowing all users to see exactly what is happening with the Customer's account, and the notes facility with the event reminder for follow up is very useful for chasing up debtors or using as a reminder to action an outstanding issue for the customer; especially when the event list is used as your home page.,The double entry accounting for Sales Credits creates an entry on the Statement that Customers can find confusing.
Inability to order large volumes of stock on one purchase order is a big problem; the limitation on lines for an order is also very restrictive and causes the system to crash too often when close to being reached. The supplier invoice has to be split across multiple orders as a result.
Adjusting payment terms manually all the time is annoying, as the default is 30 days and required you to over write the full date when inputting purchases with different terms.,10,5,10,The user interface is quite simple and easily navigated.
The cost of the product is very competitive, especially with the inventory capabilities.
The ineffective initial training was a problem, causing delays in processing some work.
The double accounting system makes adjustments tricky; other systems automatically do both sides of a transaction and you don't necessarily see it; while this is quite evident in the Brightpearl ledger and can make it tricky for the non-accounting minded to follow.,MYOB and Xero,MYOB, Asana, TrelloTracy CookseyBrightpearl - We love it!2016-12-14T17:31:56.608ZBrightpearl has revolutionised how we generate quotes, place orders and invoice within MJ Visual. The quotation procedure is now straightforward with minimal effort. Invoicing is also very straightforward too. No guesswork is needed now as all the "special" pricing information is on the system and you don't have to rely on one experienced individual any more. You have accurate pricing, simple templates, easy to operate software, significant savings in time and customers surprised at the turnaround time of a quotation. It has had the added benefit of making our employees understand our business better and become more involved in it too.,Consistant look to all documentation.
You create your document templates to suit your business. The consistency across all documents is very much addressing the "corporate" look.
Ease of invoicing.
All staff are able to invoice directly - even on site at the completion of the job.
This makes your staff realise they are responsible for making the business work better together.
Saving time.
[Previously] Shouting across the office for the latest price for a widget [would] usually return 2-3 differing values. [Now] Hunting for the correct price is as simple as pressing a button.,The biggest issue with Brightpearl is the lack of ability to create options within a quotation.
Sometimes we need to quote alternative products and there is no easy way to do this and make the quotation look good.,10,6,8,Brightpearl has increased our abilities to accurately quote existing customers in seconds and have an email delivered in minutes.
Brightpearl has meant hidden pricing information is available to all. No one keeps special pricing to themselves anymore.
We use much less paper now than we ever have.
Options within quotations are harder to create usually with a lot of text needed in the customer letter,9Steve HardyBrightpearl: A Great Tool for Growing Companies2016-12-15T15:49:05.294ZAt Spikeball Inc., we use Brightpearl in our operations department, as a the go-between for our online sales systems and our shipping and fulfillment systems. It also serves as an inventory and accounting tool, and is used by roughly half of our employees. Brightpearl helps us to bridge the gap between several systems and keep track of numerous sales and SKUs in a simple and intuitive way.,Brightpearl allows you to create filters and set favorites, which enables us to view orders in different categories easily, and avoid having to scroll through numerous orders to find the ones we're looking for.
Brightpearl gives you the option of adding pertinent product details such as weight, dimensions, and cost to our company, which is helpful both for accounting and as an internal resource for customer support.
Brightpearl has great dashboards showing charts and graphs of sales sorted by channels, which is helpful for monitoring progress.,The processes for canceling and modifying orders can be a bit tedious, and it seems like the multi-click processes could be consolidated in a more user friendly way.
The order filtering feature is great, but I personally work with our international orders, and the fact that you can't create favorites for multiple countries is somewhat inconvenient.
Some of the connection features between Brightpearl and Amazon stores seem to have some glitches, as I've experienced while trying to link them up recently.,8,7,6,It has allowed us to consolidate our use of systems which results in better employee efficiency.
It has helped bridge the gap between our sales and fulfillment systems, which allows for smoother operational functionality.
It has helped our company experience less growing pains as we have seen our volume increasing but been able to continue using the same system successfully.Joel GrahamBrightpearl 3 years later!2016-12-14T17:49:23.834ZWe use BrightPearl as our main CRM/Accounting package.
Our sales team uses it to sell and our warehouse team uses it to manage stock and pick/pack.
We use Brightpearl to 110% of its abilities.,Amazing Warehouse and Dispatch process.
Easy to use and quick to master.
Simple Staff Management.
Accurate reporting and at-a-glance PnL.,Reporting! It is so much better than previous updates, but could still use a bit of extra help to manage teams.
Accuracy of accounting, especially VAT. It's usually accurate, but occasionally it gets things wrong.
Lack of Sales pipeline, although strictly speaking Brightpearl isn't designed to do this in the first place! It would just be a nice add on.,10,9,10,We would not be able to trade on our 12 channels without BrightPearl. It's as simple as that.
We use Amazon and eBay in both EU and USA and manage several virtual warehouses within BP and this works fantastically.
Our Amazon and eBay sales increase alone is 3x the cost of Brightpearl.,Salesforce.comJames EwensBrightpearl offering a Brighter tomorrow2016-09-07T15:11:49.397ZWe currently use Brightpearl for marketing, sales, manufacturing, purchasing, inventory management and shipping. It is widely used across our whole organization as a daily tool to complete all necessary tasks to generate new customers and sales. From start to finish of an order process Birghtpearl does a very efficient job of delivering a quote made by sales team member into an order produced by a client services representative. Those orders are then given to the production or warehouse team to be produced or shipped out if the product is already on hand. The strengths I see in Brightpearl is the seamless transition from stage to stage in the order process. Being able to pick and allocate material from on hand stock, and then have the remaining material either set on back order or purchased for creation from Vendor as a drop shipment is something that is very helpful. We do see sometimes that on the inventory side of things not being able to edit quantities into fractional amounts is something that is a negative, as we have a lot bulk material that is measured in weights.,Organizing Client Information.
Key component to a successful marketing campaign
Simplify the order process,Inventory management.
Purchasing.
Filtering for orders.,7,8,9,We have a more efficient way of handling the product. Which helps cut down time so we can get more things accomplished.
I see a larger quantity of generated sales flow through the system.
The returns process is a lot more efficient than our old system.,FishbowlDaniel EwersERP Software that does everything we ask of it2016-09-02T19:58:19.126ZBrightpearl is used by our whole organization, and manages inventory, purchase orders, sales, profit analysis, costs of goods, FIFO price accuracy, and landed costs. It assigns a price to each product, which follows it through its life cycle, from purchase, to transfer, to draft, to sale price. It helps us know the exact value of all of our products in all of our physical warehouses.,Assigning a cost to each product. We purchase at different costs, and each sale gets allocated a cost from the purchase order.
Audit trail - Each product has a full audit trail with references. Each addition comes with a linked purchase order, each subtraction comes with a linked sales order, and each transfer has the costs of goods associated.
Sales channel aggregation - we sell on multiple sales channels, and the products are in multiple physical warehouses. The sales come through from a variety of reporting methods. Brightpearl assigns each channel its own data, and displays all sales in a central dashboard.
Filtering - All products and sales can be filtered by sales channel, location, type, category, warehouse and many others. It provides an invaluable real- time snapshot of inventory allocations.
Customer support - In my role as power user and troubleshooter, I am in contact with a support agent on average 3 times a week, and each time they are knowledgeable, responsive, and competent. All questions are answered, and issues are fixed immediately.
Warehouse workflow - Sales are consolidated into goods notes, allowing the warehouse to print a consolidated pick list organized by bay, and then print all the packing lists, on which the order items are clearly displayed.
Purchasing - POs are made within the system and emailed from the system. They can then be received and allocated from within.
Product Organization - Each product can be made with all of its important information, and similar items can be sorted by option value. It's clean and elegant.,Transfers - Brightpearl is aware of this limitation and is working on it for its next release. The process is extra long, requiring unnecessary steps.
Bundles - We sell products in multiple package sizes, and anything requiring bundling needs too much physical work. Allocation, transfers, and reporting needs to be automated.
Search - The search function requires exact spelling and there is no universal search. You need to decide what you are searching for (e.g. products, customers, sales, vendors etc.) before searching. Additionally, it isn't easy to search for an option value within a product when making bundles or transfers. You must search for the parent item and then look around until your item is found.
Sale Creation - to make a sale from scratch takes a lot of time and effort. It is better for recording sales than making them.,9,9,10,We pay a nice amount for the software, but unlike many companies, it doesn't charge as a percentage of sales. You pay for users and service level. Without it, we would have no idea of our costs of goods, warehouse allocations, or sales tracking.Izzy RaskinBrightpearl makes your day brighter2016-12-20T16:12:35.075ZThe entire organization uses it - accounting department, sales department, lab, and shipping department. Orders are entered and then they are sent to the lab for production, once completed they go to the shipping department and the products are shipped to customers. Then the accounting department reconciles when payment is made by the customers.,It enables having the complete process available at a click of a button
It gives unlimited possibilities
It is very user-friendly
Very simple search options
Allows for sales, shipping, customer service and accounting info all in one system,System does not notify you if an order was already entered, it doesn't recognize duplication which can cause serious mistakes to be made.
System does not have enough searching options for my use.
System is limited in no. of records it holds for viewing.
System does not allow making changes in one place and having it reflect in another place, need to make the change in two places.,6,2,,As an admin person in my company, I have no access to [ROI] but can say that work is much more efficient with the use of brightpearl.
The use of system saves us a lot of time, all the info we previously had to manually access is now available at a click of a button.Anat ReshefBrightpearl is exactly what we've been loking for!2016-08-24T14:25:38.976ZLeader Stores is a true multichannel retailer, selling on three Visualsoft web stores, a showroom in Hartlepool and via eBay and Amazon marketplaces. With an enormous range of stock covering 92 brands, all ranging from traditional to contemporary designs. Leader Stores is known for helping their customers turn a house into a home, at unbeatable prices. Leader Stores have created three different web stores to reflect the array of products it offers online. To manage multiple websites that attract thousands of visitors daily and thousands of orders monthly, Leader needed to partner with a retail management software company and decided to go with Brightpearl.,With Brightpearl we can accurately see profit margins down to order level so we can discount where possible to offer the best prices. Brightpearl’s analytics gives us the ability to create customisable reports that deliver the insights we need to make performance-driven business decisions right down to the product level.
We now only stock products which make business sense. We’ve cut down the amount of products we stock saving us warehouse space, and we can easily raise POs within Brightpearl when stock is getting low. We’ve also been able to optimize our shipping costs - we’re now offering appealing prices with the ability to ship further away to destinations like Scotland at a much better price for the customer.
Repricing products is easy with Brightpearl and we no longer have to physically check what’s in stock as we can see everything at a click of a button. We’re saving a huge amount of time, about 35 hours per month, as Brightpearl has streamlined our processes allowing us to focus on optimizing and growing the business.,Brightpearl doesn't allow you to archive OLD products which are no longer in use, so they show up in reporting.
Brightpearl would benefit from more reports, more robust reports as well which allow you to analyse even more data.
Brightpearl doesn't allow you to trigger emails when stock on certain products is running low. We have low inventory reports but would like emails when selected products are low on stock.,10,8,10,Brightpearl has drastically improved our customer service levels - Because of improved stock levels, improved CRM etc.
Brightpearl has improved our profits because we can accurately see snapshots of profit on all quotes and orders.
Brightpearl has improved the way in which we bring in products as we can now easily measure top selling products and ensure we have the stock available.,Gary MurrayBrightpearl Review2016-11-30T21:10:39.746ZIt allows us to combine various business functions in order to reduce time in the administration of our customers' orders, stock management, accounting and relationship management. With it being cloud based, it allows us to use it wherever/whenever. The system provides an easy user interface and an accurate audit trail of historic events.,Easy to use
Web based, can be used wherever you are
Links to web store and other third party applications,It should not show stock as "ordered" until the order has been sent, not just when it has been built
It should allow stock that has been ordered, but not received, to be allocated to the customer order to help manage stock better
It should stop forcing you to see reports that include tax incomes,8,5,8,Customer database improvement
More accurate reporting which is live
Less time spent on administration,QuickBooks Pro, Sage 50 Accounting and KashflowRobert CookePerfect for growing businesses2016-11-29T21:56:40.257ZBrightpearl is the hub of our business sitting at the centre of our store, website and warehousing.,Inventory tracking
Customer management
Integrating with 3rd party platforms,Better EPOS system
Optimised better for IPad use
Gmail integration,9,7,9,It's enabled us to grow strongly
Standardised much of day to day operations
Enabled us to leverage our customer baseWill StarrittIT Distributor using Brightpearl to grown their business2016-07-13T15:22:28.203ZCloud Distribution is a networking and security distribution business selling solutions to partners, resellers and service providers. We use Brightpearl to manage stock, multi-currency, invoicing and other accounting functions. Our sales force also uses Brightpearl to provide quotations to our clients. The real benefit we find from using the system is the simplicity of sending and tracking quotations and pipeline.,Quotations are very easy to stage, track and re-configure. We regularly re-use issued quotes and edit them, on the fly, which Brightpearl does really well.
The accounting function is bullet proof 'if' you spend time and effort ensuring your processes are logical. We spent many hours working on this element of the platform but now it's in place, it tends to provide near perfect P&L data.
The fact that BP is cloud based makes it simple to get your hands on important information any time, any place, any where.,Reporting is a well known area of Brightpearl which needs a lot of work. When creating or editing reports, the one thing you need to report on is, more often than not, missing which is very frustrating.
URL changes on each release make bookmarking a pain in the back side. I know there's a start URL but Brightpearl is the only platform I've ever worked with, and we work with many being a cloud distributor, which changes its underlying URL each time it releases new code. This needs to be fixed.
There seems to be an ongoing issue with PDF creating in the quotation engine whereby, for unknown reasons, PDFs end up being 0kb in size and are useless. We've raised this many times as I am sure others have also, but it keeps coming back.
Exporting and Importing products in particular is a time consuming and complex process made all the more difficult with restrictions on SKU counts and column naming issues. This needs more work for sure.,8,5,8,It has served its purpose and we are very happy with the outcome in general although we'd really like an easier API toolset so we could build relational connections to our CRM and marketing platforms.,Freshbooks and XeroScott DobsonGreat software, but can be slow.2016-10-28T22:05:44.539ZWe use BP for ordering and accounting in our business.
Our software program communicates with BP to input our skus and the buyers create POs. The warehouse then checks the items we receive into the POs and our accounting team reconciles the POs in BP.,Brightpearl does a good job of tracking when items were received.
It allows for customized notes in almost all functions so you can adapt the functions to perfectly meet your needs.,Our largest issue with Brightpearl is the loading time. It can take up to 2-3 mins to save or load a page at times, even with high-speed internet.
The other thing we wish Brightpearl would implement is tracking users. Rather than just telling what time an item was checked in, I would like to see the time and the Brightpearl user that checked it in.,8,9,9,Brightpearl's accounting functions are really helpful and have made our bookkeeping much faster.,We have not used any other inventory systems.Palma TiberiMy SAAS ERP review. What a battle it was to find a perfect software to run a business.2016-10-28T19:22:49.454ZOur company has four full-time users of Brightpearl on a daily basis. It is used for sales, CRM, inventory management and accounting. Brightpearl allows us to run our business smoothly and have all of our records in one place.,I particularly enjoy the sales flow that Brightpearl has. From adding a new prospect lead and converting a quote to a sale - it's as easy as few clicks.
Intuitive user experience, SAAS (ability to work from any PC+internet).
Inventory management, and ability to work with Shipstation which makes shipping process very easy.
Multiple sales channel integrations. Whether you are selling on Amazon or your own ecommerce website, Brightpearl allows you to funnel the sales and easily import them into the the system without a need of manual data entry.,iOS App. A few times on my business trip I tried to check inventory or shoot a sales quote to my customer from my phone, and it was practically impossible. A simple phone app that will allow us to check stock, create a customer and sale would be great!,10,10,10,Brightpearl allowed us to cut costs and run more efficiently. We no longer needed a data entry person. Automation of processes allowed most of us in the office to focus on sales and growth instead of being tied up with paperwork.,SAGE and Windward softwareSam AtakhanovBrightPearl Review2016-10-18T21:25:57.505ZIt is used for all of our sales channels to manage inventory, sales, and customer service. We have it integrated with Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and ShipStation.,Allows our team to place orders directly into the system.,Managing bundle inventory and building them easily. I would like to see how many bundles are available based on the products within it. Also, if I were to look at a specific product, see if it is part of a bundle so if we are going out of stock or discontinue I can replace it.
Bulk updating details for products - specifically pricing and dimensions/weight
Integrating better with Shopify, some of the functionality gets lost with updates and it takes a while for an update
It takes a while to get support tickets taken care of. I usually get no response or a response that isn't helpful or informative.
Updating variants easily for products.,7,,4,I would say more positive? I only say that because we can integrate with different channels and have more opportunity to sell in different places.,Susie SebastianThe world is your oyster with Brightpearl!2016-10-14T15:22:22.346ZWe are a product design company that designs and manufactures kitchen and tabletop products. Brightpearl is central to our business. Our inventory/pricelists/customer information are all wonderfully connected in a system that is easy to use and gives a clarity to all aspects required to run an efficient business. Its connectivity to other software around the business (Shopify/Amazon etc.) increases its reach and the ability to do more with less!,Cloud based. A given now but not all programs like this are.
CRM is good and the ability to add notes and information so everyone can see what is going on with a customer.
The accountancy side has some excellent features (which I do not use) but which our accountant constantly loves.
Seems to have just enough features/ability without being overloaded/over complicated (many other systems seem to do too much and have functions you may never need which obscure the features you do.,The email pane where you email an invoice out of - it would be good to be able to add additional documents or PDFs here like a catalogue & price list - it does not seem that you can.
Some of the templates are a bit hard to understand - how they will look when you have populated them - is sometimes not what you think it will be.
Have customer card file info connect better if you update info in that part to the other parts - they do not seem to link.,10,7,10,Positive - we are all able to do more with fewer staff, keeping our costs down - essential for an SME.
System is easy to use so we can all feel confident about joining in on tasks/accounts as the information is clear.
Can write orders incredibly quickly and get them sent off, speed is good!,Jackie PiperEasy to use cloud system with extensive support2016-10-14T15:06:31.066ZI use Brightpearl in conjunction with our clients to bridge the gap between [their] eCommerce site and Brightpearl through the Brightpearl API. The client uses it to manage all stock and products between the different routes to market, eBay, Amazon, the web and in store. The Brightpearl system addresses the issue of ease of use and interconnectivity providing a more seamless experience for all employees.,Ease of Use
Simple Reporting
Extendability,Improvements to API,9,10,I would guess positive increases in managing stock and cash flowJames MurphyBrightpearl for creative manufacturing business2016-10-14T14:54:16.386ZCutlasercut uses Brightpearl across the entire organisation for generating quotes, invoices and job notes. Along with storing all client details / CRM and generating reporting metrics including P+L, sales and tax reports, including VAT. Our entire business relies upon it. We are a laser cutting and engraving business that does a lot of custom work, so deal with a large number of clients and transactions for the size of our business.,Seamless integration from quote to invoice
Reasonably good reporting
CRM functionality,No longer works with Gmail / Rapportive to automatically add clients from their email enquires at the touch of a button. This was the reason it was originally selected and stopped working after just a few months! Neither Brightpearl or Rapportive have been interested in fixing it and may lead us to switch to SalesForce.
We were told we were not a core business so were less likely to be supported in our aims and goals.,8,5,We couldn't run our business without it (or something similar)!,SalesForceRuss MellorBrightpearl not there yet2016-10-11T18:40:27.297ZBrightpearl is used for SOP and accounting with hooks into a SPREE web shop. We sell bundles of products to customers in the building control space. We have complex orders that require us to produce quotes and pro forma invoices for customers. Materials are mostly imported in other currencies and sold in the base currency.
We have 3 instances of Brightpearl (UK, New Zealand and Australia). We began using Brightpearl in the UK approximately 3 years ago and in New Zealand 4/2016 and Australia 7/2016. It has been a very painful experience implementing Brightpearl across the group and it has become clear that Brightpearl is not an internationalized product despite what was promised at the point we were choosing which system to use as an alternative to Sage.,SOP process is pretty easy
Adding and updating products is pretty easy
Producing quotations and converting those to POs is easy,Accounting - Foreign currency transaction handling for suppliers is ridiculous. I end up back in Excel and then make changes to journals. For an automated system this is frankly very very poor.
Accounting - no ability for live bank feeds or payroll make Brightpearl a very manual accounting system. Recommend that you reference Xero for best in class and aim for that as the benchmark rather than QuickBooks which is also poor generation if purchasing requirements does not consider the SoH and allocated and on order correctly. It also does not consider the low stock report when generating purchase quantity requests.
We are bombarded with requests to review Brightpearl support. I regularly respond but have no feedback, so, can't see the point.
Overall do not feel like a valued customer by the 'success team'.,2,1,3,Negative - so much time wasted and additional cost of installation experts and additional external accounting overhead. I compare this to Xero.
We want Brightpearl to drive our business and be the heart of it. So far we have been unable to achieve this.,Unleashed and XeroColin PriceFrom chaos to order2016-10-10T15:13:26.434ZWe use Brightpearl across our organization and it is primarily used to manage all of our inventory and to push it out to our various e-commerce selling channels. By using Brightpearl, we ensure that we are not overselling any products and that all employees know exactly what we have in stock at any given time.,Brightpearl's platform is extremely intuitive and user friendly.
The support team is both competent and responsive, especially while we migrated all of our inventory into the system.
Provides real-time updating of inventory to all sales channels.,We sell a lot on eBay and Brightpearl does not allow you list a new item through its system, instead you have to list it on eBay and then add it to Brightpearl in order for it to manage the quantities properly.
You are not able to limit quantities on various channels and therefore have to show all of your inventory if you are managing it in Brightpearl.,9,10,9,We are better able to track our inventory and have decreased the loss of merchandise.,QuickBooks Enterprise SolutionsKate CarannanteComfortably Numb2016-10-04T17:48:48.825ZBrightpearl is being used by the whole organization as our main ERP and CRM. We integrated Brightpearl with Magento. We use Brightpearl for the complete business process, from selling goods online, to when clients receive their goods in their homes. Brightpearl is our main accountability system.,Accountability
Differentiate orders in the different stages of an order
CRM,New versions need to be tested more toughly as they several times include bugs.
CUSTOMER SERVICE. It's extremely difficult to contact them through a phone call.,5,3,It has made our company more scalable.
It has allowed us to grow from scratch, to manage more than 50,000 clients, and 50,000 orders per year.,NetSuite and ZendeskJuan Pablo Pereira GiordanoBrightpearl used for B2B2016-09-30T21:49:15.376ZWe use brightpearl across our organisation, for stock management, creating purchase orders, order management, account management, and accounts. Pre brightpearl we were running accounts and stock management on two separate systems which is far from ideal.
Being a B2B importer/distributor who offers a drop shipping service, we actually use brightpearl completely differently to 99% of users I would imagine.
It links to our order management/route planning software called STREAM, the two go together like hand in glove.,Keeping track of stock at our 3 warehouses - the low invertory report makes ordering to each warehouse a breeze.
The function that permits you to import/edit products/customers/suppliers via CSV is particularily well developed and very flexible, works very well.
The reporting functions are very useful to our business.,We find the lack of ability to only assign a particular order to the single delivery depot quite limiting in our line of business. You should be able to assign each product line on an order to a different depot or it is not possible to deliver different parts of the order from different locations simultaneously.
We think Brightpearl should develop a B2B version, a chopped down version with some areas beefed up to accommodate.
There is a bug that has been around since we started using brightpearl which has never been fixed but reported a couple of times. When updating an order by reseting the price list, if there is a bundle product all the prices revert to zero - not very helpful!,8,6,9,Brightpearl has certainly had a positive effect on our business as it has grown.
It integrates with our order management software Stream, and has saved us from recruiting extra staff, saving around £50k a year.,Martin GreenwayBrightpearl Is the Pearl of Our Company.2016-09-30T20:45:47.131ZBrightpearl has been great for our small start up company since it is so flexible which is important to a start up. When we are trying to figure out our customers and as we onboard new ones it helps to be able to customize to each customer's requirements. Brightpearl is also very user friendly and the reporting functions are very important as well.,Flexible in documentation format
Ability for a new user to learn quickly
brightpearl's support system is valuable,It is so easy to revise so users can make mistakes easily but they can be fixed
No outbound shipping docs
A lot of changes,6,8,9,Ease of use
Training is easy
Reporting functions are valuable,Mark SteeleBrightpearl assessment2016-09-20T19:22:41.299ZWe use Brightpearl to manage inventory. It helps us to complete [orders] and ensure that all products ordered arrive in the warehouse and allows us to take notes on any issues we have. Our whole organization uses it.,Tech support is great on Brightpearl. When you submit a ticket you get a response back quickly and a solution quickly as well.
Being able to add notes to purchase orders is an incredibly important feature that we use daily.
Changing the status of POs is another great feature!,It is way too easy to mistakenly receive an entire PO at once. You need to clear the values first or the whole PO will be received. They should start the receiving page off at zero and have a selection to add units to the whole PO instead.
At times in the day, Brightpearl slows down a lot and it slows the work down as well.
I would love to see more advanced reporting. Like being able to see how many units a user went through in a day.,8,10,This is above my pay grade, I would say the return on investment is an efficient PO system.
A secondary ROI would be, it's a good way to track notes.
It fits the purpose of getting our job done well.Anthony SaturnoMore of a Grower than a Shower2016-09-20T17:28:27.296ZBrightpearl is used as a customer management system as well as for stock management. It is used for processing sales, and storing customer and account information. Brightpearl does a good job and covers the basics of everything you require. Versatile use - across a sales team accounts team and warehouse team.,Stock control and management
Integration with website
Ability to amend and adjust different features.,Better product filter options by different attributes and by quantities available/in stock.
Ability to export a sales order to an Excel spreadsheet like when a product report is run
To drag and drop files rather than uploading
Sales price/pricelist option to work as a % of the cost price instead of sale price,6,6,7,Compared with previous CRM system it's a great improvement.
Better stock control and has made seeing what stock is available a lot easier - but could be even better with filters that show more clearly what we have.
Easy to search for previous orders so it's saved a lot of time in a lot of ways.,IRIS CRMJosh Sharp
Windows, Mac
Brightpearl
281 Ratings
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