When the office products division of Stanley Black & Decker decided to spin off as a separate company and announced that they would have a new ERP system implemented in 12 weeks, with no interruption to their multi million dollar business, most people told them it could not be done. Their goal was to shut [...]
continue reading...Archive for May, 2011
New Purchases of Microsoft Dynamics GP with Microsoft’s Big Easy Offer 2011 Can Add Up to Great Rebate Savings
If you are considering buying a new accounting or ERP system, and need to update your network or PCs, your company can take advantage of a great promotion from Microsoft called the Big Easy Offer 2011. New purchases of one of Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions, like Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, or Dynamics NAV, usually involve [...]
continue reading...Lessons Learned at Microsoft Convergence 2011: To the Cloud!
After returning from Microsoft Convergence 2011 in Atlanta last month, the Metafile Information Systems team and I were thrilled with the immense opportunity to network with, and learn from, the Microsoft Dynamics partner community. While Metafile did exhibit at last years conference, this year marked our first as a Convergence Gold Sponsor. As we become [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP Cost Estimate
Nearly everyone uses the Internet to research new purchases from shoes to business software. I have found that half of our new customers in 2010 contacted CIS through one of our blog sites or our website. This is the primary reason we added the Dynamics GP Quick Quote option to our website. Prospective customers have [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP – It’s Easy à la Staples!
By Karen Jernstrom, Altico Advisors Everyone has seen the now iconic Staples “easy” button. Pretty ingenious marketing if you ask me. But think about it for a moment. It’s just a prop. It’s not a button that actually connects to anything. Still, people love it. We have one at our front desk. And I’m not [...]
continue reading...Continuing Development – Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 is Now Available
As part of Microsoft’s continued focus on product improvement, the Release 2 version of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 has been made available. This is just under one year since the newest version of Great Plains (G2010) was released. The GP product continues to receive focus and research and development from Microsoft and continues to be a [...]
continue reading...Considering Microsoft Dynamics GP? Now’s the Perfect Time! Microsoft Offers Buy One, Get Three Licenses
Perhaps you’ve outgrown your existing back office system. Maybe you’ve been waiting for the right time to migrate to a solution with greater functionality. Could be you’re really sick of paying exorbitant maintenance fees. – Regardless of your reason there has never been a better time to purchase Microsoft Dynamics GP. Microsoft just announced the [...]
continue reading...Cloud Computing 3 for 1 Campaign
What is the 3 for 1 promotion? For a limited time, NextCorp is excited to offer a “3 for 1” promo for their Cloud business solution SMB Suite. You get 3 user licenses for the price of 1. Choose from either: SMB Suite Essentials which includes Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft CRM, SMB WebFront for eCommerce, [...]
continue reading...How to Copy SOP Invoice Formats in Report Writer
Actually, you can do this for other reports in GP’s Report Writer, provided they have the same table structure. This means that I can’t (easily) copy an unposted/Work Tables invoice format to a posted/Historical Tables invoice format. Let’s say I wanted to have two very similar invoice formats and I’ve done some extensive modifications to [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 and the New Word Template Generator
With the release of Dynamics GP 2010, Microsoft introduced us to using word templates to replace many of the documents generated by the back office accounting system. This allows users that are familiar with Microsoft Word to make changes to these documents using Word. Logos can be added, fields can be removed or added, and [...]
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