Ideas & Stories
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Stretching Your Dollar: Making Grants Work for Your Digital Shift
Budget season always comes with tough choices. Do you set aside funds for operations, hire new staff, or finally invest in digital tools? For many SMEs, the cost of upgrading to InvoiceNow-ready systems or a full ERP feels like a heavy lift. But digitalisation doesn’t have to drain your cashflow. With the right grants, you…
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From Bottlenecks to Breakthrough: PASCorp’s Digital Evolution
Introduction In our last post, we explored how ERP projects can easily backfire when implementation is mishandled. The lesson was clear: technology alone doesn’t guarantee success. For many SMEs, it’s not the ERP itself that fails — it’s the way the rollout is executed. PASCorp, a growing SME, faced this very challenge. Their operations were…
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When ERP Backfires: Lessons from Failed Implementations
If you’ve read our Coffin Analogy post, you’ll know the danger of choosing the wrong ERP — forcing your business to “fit into the coffin” of a system that doesn’t align with your needs. But here’s the twist: even if you choose the right ERP, a poor implementation can still bury your business in inefficiency and frustration. ERP…
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Free or Future-Ready? Choosing the Right InvoiceNow Path for Your SME
Introduction: The InvoiceNow Fork in the Road InvoiceNow is no longer just an option — it’s becoming a national requirement for businesses in Singapore. Very soon, all SMEs will need to send and receive e-invoices through the InvoiceNow network. That leaves business owners with a key decision: should you use a free InvoiceNow solution, or invest…
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The SME Playbook: Your InvoiceNow Readiness Checklist
Paper trails, late payments, and manual data entry — these are headaches every SME knows too well. But here’s the good news: getting started with InvoiceNow is simpler than it looks. With the right steps, you can send your first digital invoice in days, not weeks. The InvoiceNow Readiness Checklist Step 1: Confirm your systemCheck if…
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The Hidden Cost of Traditional Invoicing
Why clinging to old methods could become your most expensive mistake At first glance, sending invoices by PDF or even post feels “good enough.”It’s familiar, it’s simple, and it’s the way business has been done for years. But what looks harmless on the surface is quietly draining your business every day.Time wasted. Payments delayed. Errors…
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Success Story: Trillion’s Journey from Manual Grind to Smooth Digital Flow
Welcome to our Success Stories series, where we spotlight SMEs who have transformed their operations with Highnix. These stories show how the right digital tools don’t just make work easier — they help businesses thrive. From Paperwork to Productivity In the early days at Trillion, running the business often felt heavier than it needed to be.…
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ERP Coffin Analogy: Why Your System Should Fit the Business (Not the Other Way Around)
Back in uni, a lecturer once joked about ERP: “It’s like cutting the legs of a 7-foot man to fit him into a 6-foot coffin.”Funny at first, but the more I’ve seen businesses wrestle with ERP system fit, the more that analogy rings true. Too often, companies choose an ERP that looks powerful on paper —…
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InvoiceNow Explained: A Small Business Guide to Faster, Simpler E-Invoicing
InvoiceNow? What is it—and does it have anything to do with me? If you’re running a business in Singapore, the answer is yes. And no, it’s not as complicated as it sounds. What It Is Remember the good old days, when someone on the finance team had to print invoices, attach them to emails, and…