Convergence 2011 is only 4 weeks away, April 10-12, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. If you are still on the fence trying to decide if you should attend let me help you visualize the top 5 reasons you should be there: Keynote Speakers: Get inspired by Microsoft executives Steve Ballmer and Kirill Tatarinov on Monday morning [...]
continue reading...Archive for March, 2011
Is Food, Cosmetic, and Drug Manufacturing Software FDA Approved?
I have been asked many times over the years if manufacturing or ERP software was FDA approved. Based on my experience in the manufacturing industry, ERP software is not FDA approved, but rather can be utilized to follow and maintain your company’s processes to be compliant with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP). If you [...]
continue reading...Who are the 2011 Top 100 Most Influential Microsoft Dynamics People?
The Top 100 list by Dynamics World recognizes the individuals who contribute the most to the Microsoft Dynamics channel. If you are a regular ERP Software Blog reader you will be familiar with some of the 2011 nominees including Linda Rose (RoseASP), Sandeep Walia (Ignify), and yours truly, Anya Ciecierski (CAL Business Solutions). See the [...]
continue reading...To Be, or Not to Be in the Cloud…That is the Question: Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing
The question of whether your company’s solution should be in the cloud or not is an important one to ponder. Maybe not as insightful as Shakespeare’s famous words, but important nonetheless. Over the years, technology experts have come to the conclusion that it really depends on a handful of key factors, so we here at [...]
continue reading...In-transit Transfers in Dynamics GP: A Powerful Functionality for Importers
In-transit inventory transfers allow your company to establish a two-step process to move a product from one location to another, identifying the products being moved as “in transit” between two locations. This helps avoid committing product quantities that are not physically in the location, as well as performing more accurate costing of items as they [...]
continue reading...The Case of the Failed ERP Implementation – Part 3
Part 1 in this series “The Case of the Failed ERP Implementation” introduced us to Mountain States Entertainment Corporation (MSEC), who, by process of committee, selected and deployed a new ERP system during the summer of 2010. By the end of that same year the implementation had failed. (refer to Part 1- Jan 18th blog [...]
continue reading...Transferencias en Tránsito en Dynamics GP: Una Poderosa Funcionalidad para Empresas Importadoras
Las transferencias en tránsito permiten a la empresa establecer un control de dos pasos para mover un producto de una localidad o almacén a otro. Esta funcionalidad permite identificar los productos que están en movimiento como “en tránsito” entre dos almacenes, lo cual ayuda a no comprometer productos que físicamente no están en el almacén, [...]
continue reading...Using SmartLists to Manage by Exception
Management by exception (MBE) is a powerful management practice whereby management set expectations (budgets, plans, and strategies), create situations and environments to meet those expectations, and then focus their time and energy on areas where variances occur. This allows strategic decision-makers to spend more time on important duties and tasks. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics Business Portal vs. SharePoint
At JourneyTEAM I get to work with many clients who use both Microsoft Dynamics ERP and SharePoint. Quite often a client will ask me if they should use SharePoint or Business Portal to solve a particular business need. I have come to realize that many people find the relationship between these two product lines to [...]
continue reading...Project Accounting: The 5 Features You Need to Successfully Manage Your Projects
90% of Project Managers use some type ERP software in 2011. 75% of the major IT projects are managed with these types of innovative support tools to help meet their expected success criteria and 64% acknowledge achieving their success due to these technologies, states the International Journal of Project Management. No one should be surprised [...]
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