Over the past couple years, Microsoft has made a dramatic – and welcome – about face on cloud computing. Steve Ballmer says, “We’re all in!” Meanwhile, the Office 365 announcement demonstrates Microsoft’s commitment to the cloud. So how will Microsoft Dynamics fit into this equation? It’ll be complex to move four enterprise resource planning (ERP) [...]
continue reading...Archive for December, 2010
How Dynamics GP Simplifies Year End Processing (And Saves Your Sanity)
Did you know Microsoft Dynamics GP can shave countless hours off your year-end processing? Learn some of the functionality that can save your sanity this year end.
continue reading...Successful Upgrade of Microsoft Dynamics GP 9 Healthcare Customer to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
A health care association in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago recently upgraded from Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010. The organization has been using Microsoft Dynamics GP for over 10 years. Because of both the tremendous additional functionality and the fact that mainstream support for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 ends on January [...]
continue reading...Measuring Your Business in America’s “New Normal”
The Gallup Consulting organization has released their report: State of the American Workplace: 2008-2010. In it they discuss how American employees have fared during one of the most challenging periods in the country’s economic history. At the end of the report they conclude that our workforce “remains strong.” You would be tempted to say “Great!,” [...]
continue reading...Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010 and ERP System Considerations
The United States Senate recently passed a major overhaul to the FDA’s food-safety laws called the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. As of today, this legislation hasn’t been signed into law and there seems to be brisk debate in Congress on the details. If you are a manufacturer or distributor of food products in [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. Sage Timberline Ensures Robust Financials for Wealth Management Companies
Keeping track of your financial investments is extremely critical, even on a personal level. So when wealth management companies handle large investments for multiple clients, the tracking is even more crucial. You need to track real estate, cash flow, bank reconciliation, fixed assets, allocations, and much more. Although Timberline is appropriate for some functions, such [...]
continue reading...Are You Really Considering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) When Evaluating Software as a Service (SaaS)?
These days, everyone is throwing around buzz words like “Software as a Service” or “Hosted” or “Cloud”, but how do I really go about calculating the total cost of the solution and whether to choose “the Cloud” or on-premise (traditional) solutions? There are a number of cost figures to include : 1. License fee 2. [...]
continue reading...Dynamics GP Positioned to Tame the Upcoming 1099 Nightmare
Businesses already must file Form 1099s with the IRS when they purchase more than $600 in services from a vendor in a year. But a provision in the New Healthcare law would extend the requirement to the purchase of goods, starting in 2012. Close to 38 million businesses, charities, and tax-exempt organizations, many of them small [...]
continue reading...What is Coming in Microsoft GP 2010 R2?
Upcoming features of GP 2010 R2
continue reading...Take the Quiz – 7 Signs Your Company Needs To Upgrade Your ERP/Accounting Software
Does your company need to upgrade your ERP/accounting software systems? Take this quiz to find out. Quiz: Have you, or others in your company, said the following? Choose all that apply: _____“Our company is using multiple software systems that do not talk to each other, so we key in the same information many times.” _____“We [...]
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