At Convergence 2012, Microsoft announced that the upcoming releases of Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will be cloud enabled through the Azure platform. That’s right. You will soon have the option to deploy your enterprise resource planning (ERP) software via the cloud, on-premises, hosted by your Microsoft partner, or with a [...]
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How Quickly Can Your Systems Recover from a Disaster?
Growth happens. Suddenly your business management system needs more functionality. You have been diligently saving the company money by adding less expensive specialty solutions to your existing systems. While these may cost less than a comprehensive technology overhaul, they could end up costing you much more in the long run. Sound familiar? Then, your worst [...]
continue reading...Get Connected from Front to Back Office with Scribe
Data migration is a key component to consider when adopting any new ERP system. Some may think that it must be easy to map information from one solution to another, but this is rarely the case. If you’re looking to move to a new ERP like Microsoft Dynamics GP or wanting to integrate other solutions [...]
continue reading...Government Contractors ask: Can ERP Software be DCAA Compliant?
Search for ERP software for Government Contractors, and you will find many software publishers who claim their software is DCAA compliant. But beware of such claims. The truth is, no software right out of the box can be DCAA compliant. Furthermore, the DCAA does not support, endorse or approve accounting software, period. Rather, they perform [...]
continue reading...Simplify Your Project Accounting Setup and Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics GP
If you are like many businesses you are tracking your projects in either a disparate system or within your chart of accounts. Neither one of these options is ideal. If you are entering project transactions in another system then your data entry tasks are doubled due to the fact that each purchase order, payables invoice, [...]
continue reading...Your Job Shop May Be Profitable, But Are Your Jobs?
Growth and Profitability are always exciting; especially in the economic turmoil we have been facing for quite some time now. A lot of small businesses will take what they can get. When I speak with job shop owners, I find that their business is doing well, but when asked if they know what jobs are [...]
continue reading...Multi-Company Structures in Dynamics GP for Project-Based Companies
One of the challenges that we have seen with project-based companies is when they have a multi-company structure and want to bring together their various resources and information in order to simplify the interactions of the companies who have been assigned particular projects. The complications arise when they want to maintain the costs in the appropriate company [...]
continue reading...Improve Customer Service and Order Processing to Accelerate Customer Growth
You may feel pretty good about your current sales pipeline, but a time comes for all companies to proactively accelerate customer growth. There are a number of ways to do this. You can focus on cross-sell and up-sell opportunities, or you can target new prospects entirely. Whatever focus you decide on, you need to improve [...]
continue reading...Improve Controls with Purchase Order Approvals in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
As a matter of financial compliance, organizations should use Purchase Orders for all of their purchasing over a certain minimal limit. This builds a level of financial control in the organization as Purchase Orders do two things Ensure there is approval of a purchase before it is triggered. Ensure that the vendor does not invoice [...]
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