The Day Excel Stopped Working. Not because it crashed. Not because someone deleted a file. But because the business had grown beyond what Excel was designed to handle. Recently, I spoke with a business owner who showed me how his sales team managed their daily work. One spreadsheet tracked customers. Another tracked quotations. A third tracked sales forecasts. Follow-ups were managed through WhatsApp. Important documents were buried inside email threads. When I asked how many

One of the biggest mistakes SMEs make when budgeting for ERP is focusing only on the software price. The license is usually not the expensive part. What really affects the budget is: how complex your workflow is, how much customization you need, and how prepared the business is internally. For many Malaysian SMEs, Odoo can actually be a very cost-effective ERP system — especially compared to running multiple disconnected software, s

The NexTech team recently headed to the Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Centre for the Odoo Business Show 2026 (14 April 2026), and wow—what a day! You get a peek into the future of how we do business in Malaysia. From AI magic to major local compliance updates, here’s what we learned in the summit. 1. The "Magic" of Odoo 19: AI at Your Fingertips One of the biggest highlights was seeing Odoo 19 in action. They’ve integrated AI in a way that actually makes sense for a busy business

When people talk about e-invoicing, the first reaction is usually stress. More rules. More submissions. More things to learn. More work for the finance team. But if we are honest about it, e-invoicing is not really the problem. The real problem is that many businesses are still running on disconnected systems and manual processes. So when something new like e-invoicing is introduced by Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN), it feels like extra work because the current way of work