General

The foreign trade software system generally includes two parts: "Customer Resource Management System" and "Foreign Trade Business Management System". It is an information management tool developed specifically for domestic import and export enterprises.

Correct selection of foreign trade software

There are various types of foreign trade software available on the market, with a mix of good and bad. For enterprises, how to choose a suitable foreign trade software for themselves mainly focuses on the following four aspects.

1. Considering the continuous service and upgrade capabilities of developers

Management software is different from tool software such as antivirus software. Management software has become an increasingly important enterprise work platform. Whether software developers can continue to provide good maintenance and upgrades is the first consideration when purchasing management software. If software companies cannot operate normally for a long time, it will cause great harm to users.

2. Understand the actual usage of the software

Software companies usually publish a list of some customers. If a software has been used by many industry-leading enterprises for more than 5 years, it is generally not too bad; If only a small number of customers are using it and the usage time is relatively short, caution should be exercised. A mature management software needs to go through at least 3 years of practical testing and continuous optimization and upgrading by many users in order to have good usage effects. Using software developed through imitation in a short period of time does not guarantee functionality and usage cycle.

3. Choose industry-specific foreign trade software

The requirements for data management vary greatly among different industries, such as those in chemical and mechanical industries, and those in decoration and gift industries. The requirements for product data management are completely different. Decoration and gift companies require detailed requirements for product images, packaging, cost management, etc; The segmentation of foreign trade management software is becoming increasingly mature, and can be segmented by industry when purchasing.

4. Correctly Viewing C/S and B/S

C/S is the client/server, and B/S is the browser/server. Communication between C/S through any protocol generally requires specific clients, such as QQ, MSN, Skype, Foxmail and OutLook for receiving emails, Excel, Word, PPT for office use, and ERP in 2010, which is the C/S mode; The most common B/S mode is various websites, such as Sina, Kaixin, Taobao, etc.

C/S and B/S each have their own advantages, and the mode used mainly depends on the application situation of the software. C/S is more commonly used within the enterprise to manage various data, documents, and business process control. B/S is mainly used to publish and browse information for non fixed user groups, and to submit some simple data (such as filling out a user profile on a website).

The above are some explanations on foreign trade software, hoping to help everyone.