ERP Blog
Expert articles on global ERP selection, multi-entity implementation, pricing trends, and cross-border best practices for China going-global companies.
How to Choose an ERP System in 2026 — A Complete Buyer's Guide
A step-by-step buyer's guide to ERP selection in 2026: requirements audit, capability mapping, scoring, scripted demos, and true cost of ownership.
ERP Implementation Checklist: How to Avoid the 70% Failure Rate
Most ERP projects fail on execution, not software. A phase-by-phase implementation checklist covering scope, data, change management, integration, and go-live.
ERP Requirements Gathering: How to Build an RFP That Vendors Actually Read
A practical template for writing ERP requirements and an RFP that produces comparable vendor quotes instead of polished sales decks.
Best ERP for Small Business in 2026: A Practical Selection Shortlist
Which ERP actually fits a 10–250 person company? A practical shortlist by team size, budget, and industry so you do not over-buy.
12 Questions to Ask Every ERP Vendor During a Demo
Stop watching canned demos. Use these 12 scripted questions to expose capability gaps, hidden costs, and implementation risk before you sign.
How to Shortlist ERP Vendors: A Simple Scoring Model
Turn a pile of sales decks into a defensible shortlist with a weighted scoring model your CFO will respect and your team can trust.
When to Upgrade from Spreadsheets to a Real ERP
Five warning signs that your spreadsheet 'system' is quietly costing you customers, cash, and sleep — and how to start the move.
Cloud ERP Selection Checklist for Non-Technical Founders
A plain-English checklist to choose a cloud ERP without an IT background — focus on outcomes and commercial terms, not architecture.
How to Build an ERP Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
A step-by-step model to forecast three-year ERP costs so you walk into negotiations with your own numbers, not the vendor's.
ERP Reference Check Questions You Must Ask Before Buying
Vendors pick their happiest customers as references. These questions get past the script to the real implementation story before you sign.
Why "Best ERP 2026" Lists Are Useless (and What to Use Instead)
Generic "best ERP" rankings score by popularity, not fit. Learn why they mislead buyers and the requirement-first method that actually picks the right system for your company.
ERP Pricing Explained: License Models, Hidden Costs & TCO Reality
Why two companies running the same ERP pay wildly different amounts. Breakdown of subscription vs perpetual, user-based vs resource-based, and the costs nobody mentions.
SAP Business One Pricing in 2026: What It Really Costs
A realistic breakdown of SAP B1 license, implementation, and hidden costs for small and mid-sized manufacturers and distributors.
NetSuite Pricing in 2026: License Fees, Modules & Hidden Costs
How Oracle's NetSuite actually prices — base fee, per-user cost, module add-ons, and the implementation budget most buyers miss.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Pricing (2026)
Transparent list pricing for Business Central Essentials vs Premium, plus the ISV and implementation costs that complete the picture.
Odoo Pricing 2026: Community vs Enterprise — Is Free Really Free?
Odoo's open-source Community edition vs the paid Enterprise cloud. A candid look at what 'free' costs you in practice.
Acumatica Pricing 2026: The Usage-Based Model Explained
Why Acumatica charges for 'consumption' instead of users, and what that means for companies with many occasional users.
ERP Pricing for Small Business: What to Expect at Every Tier
A tiered pricing map from free tools to mid-market suites, so you can budget realistically before talking to sales.
Free and Low-Cost ERP Options: Are They Worth It?
A candid review of free and cheap ERP tools — what they do well, where they break, and who should (and shouldn't) use them.
ERP Implementation Cost Breakdown: Where the Money Really Goes
Software is 20–40% of ERP cost. We break down implementation, data, training, and the contingencies that protect your budget.
Sage vs QuickBooks Enterprise Pricing (2026): Accounting Upgrade Paths
When growing companies outgrow entry-level accounting, Sage 300 and QuickBooks Enterprise are common stops. Here's the real cost comparison.
SAP vs Oracle vs NetSuite 2026: Which ERP Is Right for Your Business?
A head-to-head comparison of SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, and NetSuite across features, pricing, ease of use, industry fit, and implementation risk, with a decision framework by company size.
Cloud ERP vs On-Premise in 2026: Which Deployment Model Wins?
A practical comparison of cloud and on-premise ERP across security, cost, customization, control, and long-term viability, including a five-year TCO model and a decision checklist.
Odoo vs ERPNext: Open-Source ERP Comparison (2026)
Two leading open-source ERPs compared head-to-head on architecture, functionality, ease of implementation, community, and which is the better free, self-hostable choice.
SAP Business One vs Sage 300: SME ERP Comparison
Two mid-market workhorses compared on manufacturing depth, distribution, multi-currency consolidation, and total cost for 20 to 200 user companies.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 vs NetSuite: Mid-Market ERP Showdown
The two cloud ERP leaders for $10M to $500M companies compared on pricing mechanics, ecosystem, customization, and Microsoft integration depth.
Infor CloudSuite vs Epicor Kinetic: Industry ERP Comparison
Two industry-focused ERPs compared for manufacturing, distribution, and vertical depth, with guidance on which wins by sector and deployment style.
Yonyou vs Kingdee vs Chanjet: Comparing China's Leading ERP Vendors
An objective comparison of China's top three ERP providers, Yonyou, Kingdee, and Chanjet, covering market position, product lines, SME focus, and real customer adoption patterns.
Oracle Fusion vs SAP S/4HANA: Enterprise Financial ERP Comparison
The two enterprise heavyweights compared on cloud financials, implementation approach, ecosystem, and which finance team comes out ahead.
Acumatica vs NetSuite: Cloud ERP for Manufacturers
Two cloud ERPs compared specifically for small and mid-size manufacturers, covering pricing model, manufacturing depth, and total cost of ownership.
SAP vs Oracle vs Microsoft: Enterprise ERP Comparison 2026
The three Western enterprise giants compared for large organizations, covering S/4HANA, Fusion, and the Dynamics 365 family, with a practical decision framework.
ERP for Manufacturing: Modules, Features & Selection Tips
What a manufacturing ERP must do — MRP, BOM, shop-floor, quality — across make-to-stock, make-to-order, and engineer-to-order, plus how to shortlist vendors.
ERP for Retail & Omnichannel Commerce: Unifying Store, Web, and Warehouse
How retail ERP handles POS, e-commerce, inventory, and merchandising across channels, the integrations that make or break it, and which platforms fit.
ERP for Wholesale Distribution: Inventory, Pricing & Supply Chain
Distribution ERP essentials — lot/serial tracking, tiered pricing, dropship, and demand planning — for distributors competing on service level and margin.
ERP for Construction & Contractors: Project-Based ERP That Actually Fits
Why construction needs job-costing, progress billing, and equipment tracking, the failures of bolting features onto accounting, and which ERPs fit contractors.
ERP for Food & Beverage Manufacturing: Batch, Traceability & Compliance
How food and beverage manufacturers use ERP for recipes, lot traceability, shelf-life and FEFO picking, recall readiness, and COA capture under food-safety frameworks.
ERP for Professional Services: PSA, Billing & Resource Planning
Why service firms need ERP with project accounting, time and expense, utilization, and flexible billing — not just a general ledger — and which tools fit.
ERP for E-commerce: Integrating Shopify, Amazon & Your Back Office
How e-commerce businesses use ERP to sync orders, inventory, and finance across Shopify, Amazon, and the back office without manual CSV exports.
ERP for Automotive Parts: Supply Chain, EDI & Traceability
Why automotive suppliers need ERP with EDI, PPAP, serial traceability, and sequenced replenishment to meet OEM requirements and pass audits.
ERP for Healthcare & Medical Devices: Inventory, Compliance & Costing
How healthcare providers and medical device firms use ERP for consumables, implant and lot tracking, department-level costing, and regulatory audit trails.
ERP for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: GMP, Batch Records & Serialization
How pharma manufacturers use ERP for GMP compliance, electronic batch records, deviation and CAPA workflows, and serialization across the supply chain.
Cross-Border E-commerce ERP: Multi-Platform FX, Profit & Reconciliation
How a cross-border e-commerce ERP unifies Amazon, TikTok and other marketplace sales, automates exchange-rate conversion, and reconciles fees, ads, and repatriated funds for true per-store profit.
Foreign Trade ERP: Multi-Currency Accounting & Global AP Automation
What a foreign-trade ERP must do — smart exchange rates, automated FX gain/loss, cross-currency clearing, dual-currency views, and foreign-currency payable ledgers for exporters.
FMCG Wholesale ERP: Import Costing & Multi-Currency Reconciliation
How FMCG wholesalers automate import exchange rates, accrue FX gain/loss, reconcile mixed-currency supplier payments, and gain a dual-currency procurement view for fast pricing decisions.
Global Retail Chain ERP: Multi-Currency Consolidation & Royalty Revaluation
Unify revenues from stores in many countries, revalue franchise royalties in foreign currency, clear intercompany funds, and give executives a dual-currency view of the whole retail group.
Light Manufacturing ERP: Dual-Direction FX, Dynamic BOM & Trade Reconciliation
For exporters who both import materials and export goods: dynamic BOM costs driven by live rates, automated asset revaluation, processing-trade reconciliation, and dual-currency production views.
Solving Apparel Wholesale Pain Points with Online Selection and Smart Warehousing
An apparel wholesaler cut order-entry time, reduced churn, and tamed multi-warehouse picking with a cloud ERP. Online selection and attribute cataloging streamlined the flow.
Australia Frozen Meat Processor: Accurate Costing for Whole-Chicken Cutting
How a Melbourne frozen-meat processor used ERP barcode, BOM disassembly and batch control to cut receiving time and cost every chicken part precisely.
How a Beijing IC Company Achieved Finance–Operations Integration for Precision Management
A Beijing integrated-circuit maker unified purchasing, outsourcing, kit sales, and accounting in one ERP, automating cost allocation and cutting month-end close effort.
How a Changchun Distributor Unified Wholesale and Retail on One ERP
A Changchun food distributor merged wholesale, retail, and field sales on one cloud ERP with an online mall. Coverage grew to seven districts and sales rose 10 percent.
Construction Firm Replaces Paper Approvals with Online Workflows and Live Reports
A construction firm replaced paper approvals with online workflows and unified business-finance data, cutting reconciliation effort and giving owners live project reports.
Construction Accounting Team Organizes Project Archives and Staged Payments
A construction accounting team organized project archives, multi-contract tracking and staged payments while collecting labor and machine costs automatically per project.
Contractor Bidding 50 Plus Projects Yearly Gains Budget and Cost-Profit Control
A contractor bidding 50 plus projects a year gained project budgets, cost-profit accounting and supplier reconciliation in one system, replacing manual spreadsheets.
Cross Border Wig Trader Syncs Domestic and Overseas Data in One ERP
A US-based wig trader with a China buying office fought data drift and complex attributes. One ERP suite now syncs stock, enforces dual approval, and handles dual-currency costing.
Transparent Order Flow for a Custom Textile Manufacturer
A custom textile maker lost orders to messy tracking and opaque outsourcing. Order and outsourced visibility restored on-time delivery and trust.
Daily Chemical Wholesaler Speeds Picking With Bin and Barcode Control
A daily-chemical wholesaler fought picking errors across thousands of barcodes. Barcode scanning, bin locations, and credit limits turned chaotic dispatch into precise fulfillment.
Software R&D Firm Achieves Industry-Finance Integration on DingTalk with the Platform
A software R&D firm achieved industry-finance integration on DingTalk, with live project progress, automatic cost collection and OA approvals generating expense records.
How a Changzhou Electronics Firm Unified Dual-Warehouse and Cost Control
A Changzhou electronics maker exporting to Europe fought dual-warehouse chaos and opaque orders. Real-time warnings and allocated costing delivered clear control.
Dual-Warehouse Coordination and Accurate Costing for Electronics Makers
An electronics manufacturer struggled with chaotic dual-warehouse stock and opaque orders. Smart warnings and cost allocation restored control and costing accuracy.
Real-Time Cost Collection for Custom Equipment Profit with ERP
A new equipment maker could not track finished-goods costs in real time on Excel. A four-step ERP workflow now makes cost and profit instantly visible.
Equipment Financing-Lease Firm Automates Repayment Reminders and Receivable Tracking
An equipment financing-leasing firm automated repayment-date reminders, progress-based disbursements and per-customer receivable and invoice tracking with the platform.
Five Affiliated Food Companies Run One Integrated Supply Chain on a Single ERP
A catering group with five affiliated firms unified product data, procurement approval, and finance on one cloud ERP. Inter-company supply chain chaos became coordinated.
Fresh & Frozen Seafood Retail: Online Ordering and Reconciliation
How a fresh and frozen seafood wholesaler-retailer digitized store ordering and reconciliation with ERP, cutting manual entry and sharpening margin visibility.
Digital Supply Chain Management for a Guangzhou Trading Firm
A Guangzhou apparel-accessory exporter fought old software, customs chaos, and FX pain. Mobile approval, auto FX, and order tracing fixed it.
Hangzhou Skincare Maker Controls Assembly Cost With BOM and Alerts
A Hangzhou skincare maker importing Korean materials and assembling locally fought cost distortion. Expense allocation, alerts, and BOM costing restored accurate margins.
How a Mechanical Equipment Firm Cut Finance Workload by 39% with a Project Dashboard
Heze Shangkun replaced Excel tracking and paper contracts with an ERP project dashboard, cutting finance workload 39% while tightening receivables and change control.
Hotel and F&B Operator Unifies Homestay, Dining and Salon on One Platform
A hotel and F&B operator unified homestay, dining and salon businesses on one platform, auto-syncing cashier data and calculating dish-level material cost.
Hot Pot Ingredients Distributor Unifies Supply Chain and Online Mall on One ERP
A Sichuan foodservice supplier merged its online mall, supply chain, and finance on one cloud ERP with batch control. The result is faster fulfillment and automated reconciliation.
Cross-Border Chemical Sourcing: Accurate Multi-Currency Costing for an Indonesian Manufacturer
An Indonesian paint maker tamed scattered stock, allocated China freight and tariffs per batch, and ran AR/AP in rupiah with an ERP built for cross-border costing.
How a Jiangxi Luggage Manufacturer Unified Production and Finance With One ERP
A Jiangxi luggage maker fought coding chaos, blind inventory, and split finance. Standard codes, BOM, and auto vouchers unified production and accounting.
How a Kitchenware Wholesaler Unified Field Sales and Multi-Warehouse Shipping
A kitchenware and packaging wholesaler unified field sales, mobile ordering, and five-warehouse shipping on one cloud ERP. The platform ended double entry and sped up fulfillment.
How a Mid-Size Equipment Maker Manages Custom Projects End to End
A mid-size equipment maker replaced manual project costing with cloud ERP project management. BOM, budget control, and cost collection now run automatically.
How a Liquor Distributor Fixed Sales with Mobile Order Entry
A baijiu distributor replaced desktop software with mobile order entry so reps sell from the field. Orders flow to fulfillment with no second data entry.
Overseas Game Publishing Agent Tracks Profit Across 20+ Projects With ERP
Running 20 to 30 overseas game-publishing projects left this agency unable to track profit. An integrated ERP suite now tracks income, cost, and margin per project.
Testing Lab Unifies Business and Finance With Integrated ERP Workflow
A testing-services firm saw distorted finance reports when receipts missed the ledger. The ERP suite now auto-generates vouchers, tracks reagents by batch, and reconciles payables.
Research Institute Controls Dedicated Project Funding With Virtual Accounts
A research firm struggled to keep grant money separate across 20 projects worth 7 million yuan. Virtual accounts now enforce dedicated funding with audit-ready exports.
Real-Time Project Receivables Cut Accounting Time by 45% for a Construction Firm
Shandong Tianyao used an ERP project dashboard to track staged billings and collections in real time, shortening receivables accounting time by 45%.
Chemical Manufacturing: Controlling Material Consumption and Batch Costing in Assembly Production
A fertilizer maker replaced manual BOM math with assembly orders, stock alerts and automated bookkeeping, cutting errors and unifying operations with finance.
Shanghai Coating Maker Plans Multi Level BOM With MRP and Costing
A Shanghai coating maker with multi-level BOMs could not plan materials or cost batches. MRP planning, production tracking, and granular costing brought accuracy.
Aquatic Processing Costing: From Raw Material to Finished Product
How a Shantou aquatic processor replaced manual cost allocation with ERP assembly orders, purchase cost spreading and shelf-life control to lift margin accuracy.
Simplifying ERP to Cut Cost for a Shenzhen Electronics Maker
A Shenzhen electronics maker found its complex ERP costly and slow to run day to day. A lighter cloud system trimmed maintenance spend and kept cost control precise and auditable.
Outsourced Processing Goes Digital for a Shenzhen Electronics Firm
A Shenzhen electronics firm making air drums via OEM faced outsourced-process blind spots. Digital workbenches and allocated costs made every order traceable.
Sichuan Building-Materials Dealer Automates Cost-Profit, Commission and Order Tracking
A Sichuan building-materials dealer used the ERP suite to automate cost-profit tracking, sales-commission calculation and order statistics, ending manual spreadsheet work.
Sichuan City-Investment SOE Unifies Construction, Procurement and Finance on One Platform
A Sichuan city-investment SOE unified construction, procurement and finance on one platform, gaining project visibility, automatic cost collection and tight budget control.
How a Snack Food Leader Drives Sales, Motivation, and Smarter Stocking
A snack-food leader automated sales commissions, surfaced product margins, and adopted smart replenishment. The cloud ERP turned manual work into self-service insight.
How a Software System Integrator Manages Cash Flow Across 40+ Projects
A software integrator running 40-plus projects replaced Excel chaos with project-based ERP, automating collections, payments, and invoicing for live cash-flow visibility.
Solar PV Installer Controls Construction and Operating Cost per Project
A solar-PV installer managed construction-phase and operating-phase costs and profits per project through income contracts, purchase and subcontract agreements in one system.
Steel Trader Tames Weight Variance and Multi Spec Stock in ERP
A steel trader juggling supplier scale weight against actual weight struggled with cost chaos. Split weighing, attribute batches, and auto reconciliation restored clarity.
How a System Integrator Made Project Profit Visible and Automated Contract Management
A Beijing system integrator used project-based ERP to track profit per project in real time, automate contract renewals, trace serial numbers, and approve expenses on mobile.
Upgrading from Legacy T3 to Cloud ERP for Mobile Ordering and Reconciliation
A trading firm replaced its unstable legacy T3 system with a cloud ERP for mobile ordering and reconciliation. Finance and sales now work online without re-keying documents.
Uzbekistan Window Maker Runs Cross Border Finance on One ERP
A new Uzbekistan window and door maker lacked accountants and faced split finance. An ERP suite with multi-currency, auto vouchers, and a multilingual UI built a lean function.
Chemical Trading: Tightening Loss Control and Accurate Cost Accounting with ERP
How a Wuhan chemical distributor cut leakage and sharpened batch costing using virtual transit warehouses, credit limits, and per-load freight allocation in an ERP.
Building a Unified Digital Operations System for a Beverage Retailer
A beverage and wholesale trader struggled with slow checkout and disconnected finance. A unified retail ERP restored speed and efficiency across every channel.
Yunnan Construction Firm Lifts Project Accounting Efficiency by 32% with Integrated ERP
Yunnan Xinyuan Construction adopted a project-finance ERP to centralize its projects. The system ended manual reconciliation and lifted project accounting efficiency by 32%.
Export Tax Rebate ERP Software for China: What Actually Works
China's export VAT rebate is the second-largest profit line for many exporters — and the reason generic ERP fails them. What to check before you buy, from 3-document matching to the April 30 filing deadline.
ERP for Chinese Export Companies: The 2026 Buying Guide
Chinese exporters don't need a generic ERP with a few extra modules — they need a system built around the seven flows of an export transaction. A practical buying guide covering multi-currency, trade terms, customs, rebate, settlement and profit visibility.
Multi-Currency ERP for Trading Companies: What Actually Matters
For a trading company, buying in one currency and selling in another is the whole business. Generic multi-currency support fails the four tests that actually protect margin — quotation vs settlement rate, automatic revaluation, per-transaction costing, and cross-currency settlement matching.
Cross-Border E-commerce ERP: Multi-Platform Inventory Done Right
Selling on Amazon, Shopee, TikTok Shop and your own storefront out of one stock pool is where inventory truth breaks first. These are the five points where platform stock diverges, and the ERP logic that keeps one number honest across all of them.
FOB vs CIF Pricing: Where Export Margin Actually Leaks
Under CIF the seller pays for the voyage but stops carrying its risk at the origin port. Cost and risk travel on different timetables, and most ERP systems cannot express that. Here is the data model that fixes it, including the FOB base behind China export tax rebate.
ERP with Customs Declaration Integration: What the Word Supported Really Hides
Most vendors answer yes to customs integration and mean a file a clerk exports from a portal. Here is the real data path from China Single Window into rebate filing, settlement matching and landed cost, plus the one maintenance question that decides whether the connector still works next year.
Manufacturing and Trading Hybrid ERP: Two Cost Logics on One Order
A company that both makes and sells does not need more modules, it needs one order that can be costed two ways. Here is where trade logic and manufacturing logic collide, why one product legitimately needs several BOM versions, and how to tell a native hybrid data model from two systems bolted together.
ERP for Import Export SMEs: Why Small Is Not Just Scaled Down
A small importer or exporter does not need a smaller version of a large company's ERP. It needs a system chosen around a different binding constraint: nobody on staff has spare time. Here are the constraints that decide the outcome for an SME, the order in which to make the decisions, and what to test before signing.
Letter of Credit Management in ERP: Banks Deal With Documents, Not Goods
Under UCP 600 a documentary credit is an undertaking settled on documents alone and independent of the sales contract. That makes letter of credit management in ERP a compliance exercise against three deadlines, not a payment-method field on an order. Here is what a system has to do before the shipping date rather than after.
ERP for Chinese Manufacturers Exporting to Southeast Asia: Three Models, One Decision
Southeast Asia is not one market. It is several tax regimes, several languages and as many customs tariff tables, and Chinese manufacturers arrive there in three structurally different ways. The first ERP question is not which countries are supported, it is which of the three models you are actually running.
Kingdee vs Yonyou: How China's Two Largest ERP Vendors Compare
The two vendors dominate Chinese mid-market and enterprise ERP, but they took opposite routes to get there — product-segmented versus platform-centred. What that means for your selection, from PaaS architecture to cloud maturity to the export-specific gaps neither covers natively.
Chanjet vs Kingdee: Small-Business ERP Compared
A practical comparison for Chinese SMEs deciding between Chanjet's cloud lineup and Kingdee's entry-tier products — covering pricing bands, what each includes by default, invoice and tax strength, inventory depth, and when neither is the right answer.
Yonyou vs Chanjet: Picking the Right Tier Before You Buy
They are related companies, not rivals — and that is exactly why buyers get confused. Where Yonyou's platforms end and Chanjet's lineup begins, what 'upgrade path' really costs, and how to tell whether you are buying too much system or too little.
Yonyou vs Zhibang International: ERP for Chinese SMEs Compared
Both target Chinese small and mid-sized businesses, but from opposite directions — one from platform breadth and financial depth, the other from integrated sales-through-production simplicity. A candid comparison of architecture, manufacturing fit, CRM and cost.
Can SAP Handle Chinese VAT Invoices (Fapiao)? A Practical Guide
Foreign finance teams ask this constantly: does SAP issue and reconcile Chinese fapiao? The honest answer is 'partially, through a localization layer' — and that gap is exactly where most implementations go wrong. Here is what works, what doesn't, and how to close it.
Golden Tax Integration: Which ERPs Actually Support It?
Golden Tax (金税) compliance is not a checkbox — it is a data pipeline between your ERP and the tax authority. Vendors claim 'Golden Tax integration' freely, but only three approaches actually exist. Here is how to tell them apart before you buy.
Fully Digitalized E-Fapiao: Is Your ERP Ready?
China is moving invoice issuance onto a fully digitalized e-fapiao platform — no tax-control disk, no paper. That shift quietly invalidates a lot of 'Golden Tax integration'. Here is what your ERP must do to be ready.
China Data Residency Rules and What They Mean for Your ERP
Cross-border data transfer is now a first-class ERP design question in China. If your finance data lives on a global cloud and flows to a foreign HQ, you need to know what the rules require — and what your ERP must be able to do about it.
Why Your Global ERP Template Breaks in China (and How to Fix It)
The global rollout worked in eight countries, then China happened. The template did not fail because China is unusual — it failed because four specific assumptions do not hold. Here they are, with the fixes.
HQ Consolidation From a China Subsidiary: What ERP Can Actually Do
Your China subsidiary's numbers have to travel to headquarters — through Chinese statutory books, a currency translation, and a data-transfer regime that frowns on bulk replication. Here is how a realistic consolidation flow works.
China Payroll & Social Insurance: ERP Support Compared
China payroll is not just salary minus tax. Social insurance, the housing fund, cumulative-withholding income tax, and city-by-city rules make it a compliance process. Here is what an ERP must handle, and where global systems stop.
China Statutory Reporting: ERP Requirements Explained
China's statutory reporting calendar is not just a tax return and an annual report. It is a set of filings that all draw on the same ERP data — and if the ERP cannot produce them, finance rebuilds them by hand. Here is what to require.
Intercompany Transfer Pricing in China: What ERP Must Handle
Related-party transactions inside China are reported, tested against an arm's-length standard, and reconciled with the annual tax filing. If your ERP cannot track them cleanly, the documentation burden lands on finance — every year.
ERP Checklist for Foreign Companies Operating in China
Everything a foreign-invested enterprise should verify before choosing or renewing an ERP for China: invoicing, tax, data residency, payroll, statutory reporting, consolidation, and the connector questions most vendors hope you skip.