Happenings March 15, 2024

    In this issue:

• National Day Spotlight
• Customer Spotlight
• Acumatica NPS
• ISV Spotlight
• Leadership 101
• Events, Blogs, Movies
• Webinars, Community
• Point to Ponder

The purpose of a newsletter is an opportunity for the ASWi team to provide you and the rest of our clients with information on all the new ASWi and Acumatica related things (or “happenings”) that you may not otherwise be aware of.

Please feel free to share this newsletter with any/all of your team. Pease let me know if anyone on your team who would like to be added to the mailing list for the next issue and removed.

Be like a caterpillar: eat a lot, sleep for a while, wake up beautiful.

World Sleep Day is a global awareness act that celebrates sleep and aims to help those with serious sleep problems.

Ways we can observe World Sleep Day:
• Take a nap.
• Practice “Sleep Hygiene”.
• Buy a new mattress.
• Talk to a Sleep Professional.

About the picture: Gibbs, our former Marketing Intern, taking one of his many naps. (EVERY day was Sleep Day for Gibbs, lol)

Q: Why are you running around your bed?
A: I’m trying to catch up on my sleep.

Q: What question can you never truthfully say “yes” to?
A: “Are you asleep?”.

Q: How do you put a baby alien to sleep?
A: You rocket.

Q: What do you call a sleeping male cow?
A: A bulldozer.

Q: Are you good at sleeping?
A: I’m so good, I can do it with my eyes closed.

Q: What do you call a sleepy woodcutter?
A: A slumberjack.

Q: Why did the Cub Scout take a ruler to bed with him?
A: To measure how long he slept.

Q: What kind of dreams do hotels have?
A: Suite dreams.

ASWi is very humbled, privileged, and proud to be able to serve some of the most innovative organizations in the country as their ERP and/or IT Services provider and trusted business advisor.

Today, I would like to spotlight and introduce R&D Specialties to the rest of the ASWi community. R&D Specialties was founded in 1983 by Roy Howell, providing excellent manufacturing andservice of controls to the oil & gas industry. Roy operated the business with the assistance of his wife until 2010.

The legacy continues under the direction of Brad Howell, President and Todd Mahan, Operations Manager. R&D Specialties began with Roy’s vision combined with the design and engineering capabilities of Tim Proctor, who has been with the company for over 30 years.

The growth and success of R&D Specialties is greatly attributed to its many loyal and dedicated employees, some who have been with the company for more than 20 years.

The Acumatica semi-annual satisfaction survey is scheduled to be sent by Acumatica on April 1st and it is open to be submitted through April 8th.

Thank you in advance for responding to it if you receive it.

If there is any reason that you feel we do not earn the top score on the survey, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Success Manager Keith Wood (keithw@aswius.com or 717-581-1226) so that we can do what we can to earn your satisfaction.

Acumatica thanks you for helping them earn a +34 NPS (Net Promoter Score), which is an industry leading score.

If you haven’t moved forward with Velixo Reports yet, now may be the time. As a “sweetener” to act now, Velixo is offer a 3-year 10% discount if you purchase Velixo Reports by March 29th.

If you would like to learn more about Velixo Reports, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Success Manager Keith Wood (keithw@aswius.com; 717-581-1226) for more information.

CAD & Nesting Integrations

CADTALK is the world’s first and only software leveraging artificial intelligence to transform engineering bills of material from virtually and CAD, PDM, or PLM application into manufacturing bills of material and routings inside Acumatica.

Each time a new part is designed in CAD or an existing part is revised, CADTALK transforms this data to create new items, new inventory records, new bills of
material, and new manufacturing routings in Acumatica including all labor operations, manufacturing cycle time calculations, scrap percentages, and more. It can even select the best vendor and warehouse location for items and create inventory records by stocking location.

It’s time to stop entering data manually to eliminate errors and ensure more accurate material planning and production scheduling and get products to the shop floor 80% faster.

Want to Know More?
If you would like to learn more about CADTALK, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Success Manager Keith Wood (keithw@aswius.com; 717-581-1226) for more information.

By Brian Tracy

Do you know what a thought leader is? Chances are, you follow several thought leaders in your industry or in other spaces you’re interested in. But have you ever considered becoming a thought leader yourself?

There are a lot of benefits to being a thought leader. You can set your own schedule, and people will value your time. However, thiscareer path isn’t for everyone – there are drawbacks to being a thought leader, too.

What Thought Leadership Is
A thought leader is a person (or a company) who is recognized as an expert in a certain field. Thought leaders are the go-to people in their space. If you are a thought leader, people are looking to you in every situation, wanting to hear your opinion and input.

Benefits of Being a Thought Leader
There are a few key reasons why being a thought leader can help you (and your personal brand). Here are some of the benefits you’ll be able to enjoy once you are established as a thought leader in your industry.

Your Time is Valued
When you’re seen as a thought leader, people will pay more for your time. People respect the opinion of thought leaders. They’ll want to know what you have to say because you are seen as an expert.

You’re the Expert
People pay attention to thought leaders. They want to know what you have to say because they value your words. You’ve proved that you know what you’re talking about.

Drawbacks of Being a Thought Leader
You’re Constantly in the Spotlight

As a thought leader, everything you say and do is being watched. If you slip up and say or do something that’s not in your best interest, this could reflect badly on you, potentially causing major  ramifications.

You Have to Stay Relevant

Thought leaders have to put in the effort to keep up with everything that’s going on. Thought leadership is a constant occupation. You’ll need to keep up with your audiences wherever they are, staying tuned into whatever subject you’re the expert on.

4 Ways to Become a Thought Leader

1. Improve Your Speaking Skills
The biggest thought leaders are also good presenters. They can communicate well, and they regularly give speeches to share what they know with other people.
Improve your public speaking by improving your confidence. If you don’t feel like you are a very confident speaker, try using visual aids to help get your point across. Present to a trusted audience first. And cut out filler words such as “so,” “like,” “um,” and “yeah.” Ultimately, the best way to become a better speaker is to practice. to a variety of audiences in a variety of settings. The more you speak, the better of a speaker you will become.

2. Publish Quality Content
If you have a lot to say on a certain subject and you know what you’re talking about, write it down and share it with the world. Publishing content on platforms like a blog, a YouTube channel, or a podcast is a great way to promote yourself. When you put out content in a certain industry, this flags you as an expert in that space, helping you niche down and speak to a specific group of people.

As you put out content, it’s important to make sure you’re intentional with the type of content you share. All of the content you put out should have a purpose behind it. What’s more, it should be high-quality, signaling that you’re a professional that people can trust.

Your content should go everywhere online — your website, your social media platforms, and any other channels you can think of. Create a long-form piece of content such as a blog post and then work off of that content, repurposing it as snippets for platforms that need short-form content instead.

3. Network
Attending networking opportunities can advance your thought leadership career. Whether in person or online, networking events are an excellent way to connect with people who might be able to make use of your thought leadership skills in the future. Mastermind groups are another good tip when it comes to how to become a thought leader. Masterminds are composed of people in the same space who meet to learn from each other and help each other grow. These groups are great ways to gain accountability, peer brainstorming, and continued learning opportunities — all of which will be helpful for thought leadership.

4. Reach Out to Journalists
Get your name out there by reaching out to journalists, offering to add your expert opinion to stories.

Nearly every weekday, a motivational quote is posted on X/Twitter by @ASWiDelivered and on LinkedIn by @ASWi.

• “Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.” Leighton

• “Words and ideas can change the world.” John Keating, Dead Poets Society

• “Luck ain’t enough. You’ve got to make your own breaks.” Jon Bon Jovi

• “Every battle is won before it is ever fought” Sun Tzu

• “To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.” Seneca