Overview Al Shabib Jewellery is an established gold jewellery retailer operating in Bahrain’s traditional Manama Souq. The business specializes in retail gold jewellery and custom design orders, functioning in a highly dynamic market where gold rates fluctuate daily and pricing often involves real-time negotiation. Operating with a small retail team and a walk-in customer-driven model, […]

QuickBooks Desktop isn’t “gone” but the ground has shifted If you’re a QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) user, you’ve probably heard some version of: “Desktop is ending” or “you have to move to Online.” The truth is more nuanced and that nuance matters because it determines what you should do next. In the US, Intuit stopped selling […]

Overview Milton Education is an English language education provider delivering structured programs across pre-primary, primary, and secondary institutions in Spain. With ongoing engagement across multiple schools and institutions, maintaining accurate and well-structured CRM data is essential to their daily operations. The organization was already operating on Odoo 18 Enterprise with an active HubSpot integration. The […]

Order Capture Isn’t the Hard Part Anymore For most wholesale brands using MarketTime today, writing and submitting orders is no longer the time – consuming process it once was. Sales teams can walk into a buyer meeting with an iPad, pull up updated product catalogs, create a purchase order instantly and transmit it from mtPro […]

The reality behind coffee production costs Most coffee manufacturers believe they understand their cost structure. They know the price per kilogram of green beans. They know their packaging cost. They know roughly what electricity and labor cost per month. But very few can confidently answer this question : What does one finished pack truly cost […]

Why Last Mile Delivery Costs Are Rising in 2026 If you operate in retail, grocery, pharmacy, hospitality or eCommerce, you’ve probably noticed a consistent trend : delivery costs are climbing. Fuel prices fluctuate unpredictably.Driver wages are rising.Urban congestion slows routes.Customer expectations are higher than ever. At the same time, customers expect : Delivery is no […]

Why Selling on Faire Feels So Smooth in the Beginning For many brands, Faire is the easiest way to enter wholesale. You don’t need trade shows.You don’t need a sales rep network.You don’t need to build retailer trust from scratch. Faire provides – This reduces the friction of getting retailers to place that first order. […]

The Resistance Tax (and why it shows up in every ERP project) Most founders buy ERP for one reason : control. Control over inventory. Margins. Cash flow. Fulfillment. Team accountability. But there’s a hidden cost that quietly destroys ERP ROI after go-live. We call it the Resistance Tax. It’s the time lost when the team […]

Why blood bank operations can’t rely on memory or spreadsheets A blood bank isn’t “just another store room.” It is a life-critical department managing a perishable inventory where the cost of errors can be severe. Even global health guidance describes the blood cold chain as a complete system from donor collection to transfusion. As WHO […]