Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software can do a number of things for your business. One of its main perks is the financial management capabilities. Microsoft Dynamics® ERP software improves financial management in the following three ways: Compliancy: It’s not a great feeling having the IRS look over your shoulder, threatening the life of your business. [...]
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How to Choose the Right Microsoft Partner for Your Organization
I was recently at an End-User event where End-Users spoke about their dissatisfaction with their level of service and the services offered by their current Dynamics Partners. They discussed in detail about what they were not satisfied with and complained that much of the research had to be done by them concerning their Dynamics solution. I [...]
continue reading...Customizable Grant Reports Help Anchorage Non-Profit Run Smoothly
For Jon Watkins, Chief Financial Officer at Anchorage Community Mental Health Services, producing detailed reports showing spending against various grants is a daily activity. “Our organization operates on up to 16 different grants and medical billing for certain services from 36 divisions and teams, so the reporting process is complex.” Without Microsoft Dynamics GP and [...]
continue reading...What is ERP?
As a growing business you may often hear that you are outgrowing your accounting system and you should look at an ERP Solution that will fit your functionality needs. You nod knowingly. Once you are alone, you think, What is ERP? Quickly you turn to your laptop, pull up Bing and type in ERP. A Wikipedia [...]
continue reading...When a Two-Tier ERP Solution Makes Business Sense
If you are researching a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution like Microsoft Dynamics AX, you have likely already read about the best practice of choosing a single ERP system (from a single ERP software vendor) in order to simplify and standardize your data and processes throughout your organization. A single ERP system has [...]
continue reading...Why You Should Include Vendor Stability in your ERP Software Selection Criteria
Waiting and wondering if your ERP vendor will be swallowed up by a larger company is a stressful situation full of uncertainty. It has become so common for ERP systems to change hands or change forms in consolidations that analyst AlbertPang (Tips for riding out ERP vendor consolidation) has even come up with tips you [...]
continue reading...Investigate Your Potential Software Vendor’s Post-Sales Reputation!
We continue to follow a Microsoft blog series outlining the key questions potential customers should ask while reviewing ERP Software. The initial focus of these posts were around software selection, but now the attention is going to the Software Vendor. This week’s entry draws attention to another vendor-related topic with three featured elements. To follow [...]
continue reading...Paperless Automation and ERP Integration Create a Competitive and Cost Savings Advantage for the Franchise Industry
There’s no question that technology can be a competitive and cost savings advantage…if it’s the right technology for your business. This is especially true for the franchise industry. As the economy bounces back, franchises are looking for ways to stay competitive and streamline overall operations. We’re finding many franchises today still run on decentralized and [...]
continue reading...New Year’s Resolutions for Microsoft Dynamics GP
New Year’s resolutions sometimes have a bad rap. Either people stop making them because it adds too much pressure to their daily lives or they make and break them before the first month of the year is over. No matter what your previous experience may be, the New Year is still a great time to [...]
continue reading...Deployment Options: On-Premise, Cloud or Hosted
Determining the best deployment option for their business software has given companies even more decisions to make during the software evaluation process. What is the best option for your company? Work with a provider that understands your unique business challenges, including budgets and internal resources, to assist you in making the best decision for your particular [...]
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