As a member of the manufacturing team here at Altico Advisors, I spend 40-60 hours a week (which sometimes feels like 24 hours a day) working with new manufacturing clients to implement the Microsoft Dynamics GP manufacturing modules, train, trouble shoot, develop workflows, write reports. Or, I’m working with our existing manufacturing clients to enhance [...]
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How Microsoft Dynamics GP Can Simplify Landed Cost for International Imports
Calculating the total landed cost for international goods can be a time-consuming experience. Fortunately the Landed Cost capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics GP Inventory series can simplify this activity leading to a drastic reduction in the receiving and invoicing effort. This in turn can lead to more accurate costs, increased timeliness of information and better accounting [...]
continue reading...How Can the Operations Manager, Order Processor, and Shipping Manager All Benefit from Microsoft Dynamics ERP Software?
Many divisions within companies deal with theoretical aspects of business. They come up with ideas, devise plans, and process information. For the operations division, however, it is all about action. When an order reaches operations, it is time to start producing tangible results. Operations may include a number of departments, such as purchasing, plant management, [...]
continue reading...Inventory Management – What’s in Your Warehouse?
As a distributor, inventory is your lifeblood. To maximize your profits, you need to have full insight into the flow and balance of inventory across locations. Unfortunately, you probably have to depend on static reports with outdated information. You don’t really know what is in the warehouse at any given time. Common challenges of distributors [...]
continue reading...Prevent Data Corruption with One Source for Updates
It’s been a tough week – some of your best customers have increased demand for certain products, and your Warehouse Manager is working hard to keep an accurate picture of available inventory. Changes in product quantity are being updated regularly in your Warehouse Management System, and you’re keeping an eye on what’s being shipped and [...]
continue reading...It’s Great to be Back with Microsoft Dynamics AX
Making the decision to join McGladrey at the end of this summer was surprisingly easy for me. Not only was I presented with an opportunity to join an organization with a great reputation, client-base, workforce, and future, but I also was able to return to working with Microsoft Dynamics AX. Earlier in my career I [...]
continue reading...Inventory, Time, Cost and Microsoft Dynamics GP
Time is money. Inventory is time and money. And time and money are not to be wasted in the world of distribution and warehousing. What many organizations fail to realize is that there are many hidden costs associated with inventory that aren’t written on the General Ledger as the stock itself. Following are some of [...]
continue reading...Current Microsoft Dynamics GP Offers – Too good to be true?
There’s a saying out there that goes something like this: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The key word in this case is “probably.” Because Microsoft is in fact running a promotion, valid through June 22nd, that allows you to buy 5 users of Microsoft Dynamics GP for only $3000. That [...]
continue reading...How a Distributor Saved a Million with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
One of the biggest benefits to a new ERP solution is the opportunity it gives you to evaluate your business processes, enhance them to make them as effective as possible, and leverage the software in new ways to optimize those processes. Going through this evaluation at the time of a merger is even more effective [...]
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