Duplicating your Microsoft Dynamics® GP database facilitates consolidated reporting. Typically, we are concerned with 75% of companies using Microsoft SQL and the other 25% using Oracle SQL or Pervasive SQL. We don’t include “QuickBooks SQL” because QuickBooks is not a real Standard Query Language, and there are a mud-puddle-size pool of public companies using QuickBooks. [...]
continue reading...Archive for December, 2010
Seven Ways to Make the Accounting Department More Efficient
Efficiency is the name of the game these days. It’s no secret that “doing more with less” is the mantra of almost every business in the US today. In that quest for efficiency, a close examination of the accounting department might be one area that’s been overlooked in the past. In this excellent article from [...]
continue reading...Three Reasons to Switch from Deltek to Microsoft Dynamics SL
Making the decision to change your company’s financial management system is a process that requires research and foresight. Here are three top reasons why businesses using Deltek business management products have decided to make the switch to Microsoft Dynamics® SL. Microsoft Dynamics SL provides a low cost of ownership. Microsoft Dynamics SL is engineered to [...]
continue reading...How to Quantify the Benefits of Microsoft Dynamics GP
When you hear about Microsoft Dynamics GP, you often hear about the many business benefits it can provide like how it: Delivers role tailored insight across the organization Makes it easier for people to work faster and smarter Extends connections so that everyone in your organization—and the systems that help your business run—work well together [...]
continue reading...Seeing is Believing! Experience Microsoft Dynamics GP in Action
Now you can experience Microsoft Dynamics GP the easy way, whether it be an overview or more in depth examples of how Microsoft Dynamics GP empowers your people through the financial, supply chain, human resources/payroll, reporting, or IT functionality. Microsoft Dynamics GP includes robust financial and operational functionality, such as business intelligence, reporting, budgeting, and [...]
continue reading...Find the Right Software Through Microsoft Pinpoint
Finding the right software that works with your business can be difficult at times. There are several very good accounting software research sites out there right now. For software applications and services related to Microsoft, Microsoft Pinpoint is the one resource companies can utilize that offers a plethora of information to help provide answers to [...]
continue reading...Steps to Year-End Processing in Dynamics SL
Year-End processing can give even the most efficient accounting person a headache. For all of you Dynamics SL users out there – here is a synopsis to help you stay on top of the process: Applying Year End Updates Calculating W2’s Reviewing Data Correcting W2’s Running Magnet Media File Applying Year End Updates Obtain Dynamics [...]
continue reading...Solving the Problem of Software Systems That Don’t Talk to Each Other – It’s the #1 Complaint
By Jim Hickey, Vice President, Altico Advisors If you’re running more than one software application, which is true for most companies, and these disparate programs don’t talk to each other, you have a problem. It’s called duplicate data entry and it’s tedious, time consuming, and costly. Based on my experience chatting with hundreds of prospective [...]
continue reading...IFRS Accounting – Where Do You Start?
Your answer depends upon the number of layers you want to affect in your system. The first step in analyzing your software systems is to determine the source of transactions and at what point you want to be able to diverge reporting between GAAP and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). Consider a system diagram: Three [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP Makes Year-End Processing Simple
Are you worried about the steps, reports, and documents you need to process for “Year-End Closing”? Does your current system have handy checklists to step you through the process? Does your vendor provide straightforward “How-To Close the Year” documentation? Does your company have a relationship with a consulting firm who can quickly get you through these [...]
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