An article written by accounting industry expert, J. Carlton Collins, CPA, lists some great tips and questions to ask yourself if you’re wondering whether QuickBooks is still the best solution for you. In this turbulent economy where any change is scarier than usual, who’s better to listen to than an expert?
Collins writes, “QuickBooks provides a [...]
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Expert Advice on How You Can Tell if You’re Outgrowing QuickBooks
Be My Valentine – Why CPAs Love Microsoft Dynamics GP
We’ve been working closely with our CPA partners to understand what they care most about when asked to help their clients find a new accounting or ERP system. Here are the top reasons they gave us for recommending Microsoft Dynamics GP to their clients:
Strong Audit Trail – Dynamics GP tracks all transaction activity making use [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP & SQL Server Together Equals – Security, Reliability , Scalability
Microsoft Dynamics GP is built around Microsoft’s SQL Server database platform. What does that really mean and why is it significant?
Microsoft Dynamics GP implements multiple levels of security. First, the application itself requires a SQL Server login. This is a user account created with the GP application with an encrypted password that can only be [...]
Microsoft Office Accounting is Dead But as Companies Grow They Will Come Back to Microsoft for Dynamics ERP
Microsoft just announced they will discontinue the Microsoft Office Accounting product as of Nov 16, 2009. Honestly, this product never really took off the way Microsoft hoped it would and this is not a surprise announcement. At a session at the Connecticut CPA Society last year I saw an industry expert compare the strengths and [...]
continue reading...Looking Beyond Features to Functionality: Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. SAP Business One
Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly known as Great Plains, and SAP Business One, sometimes called SB1, have very similar module/feature lists. When feature lists are similar, you have to look beyond what the features are to how they function to determine which product is the right choice for your business.
continue reading...The Top 10 Reasons CFOs and CPAs Use Microsoft Dynamics GP Accounting Software
I asked our CFO, who comes from a public accounting background and is a CPA, what the top 10 features are that a CFO would want in an accounting/ERP system. He’s a Letterman fan, so he gave them to me in the popular countdown format. Here is his unedited list:
10. Ability to track customer credit [...]
How Staffing Companies Can Connect Microsoft Dynamics GP Back Office to Bullhorn Front Office to Eliminate Double Entry, Expedite Invoicing and Enhance Payroll
Every industry has its own unique needs and industry specific software. Over the past few years CAL Business Solutions has developed expertise around the needs of staffing and recruiting companies. Thousands of staffing industry users rely on Bullhorn for their front office/applicant tracking software. And every front office package needs to connect to the back [...]
continue reading...Attention QuickBooks Users – Now You Can Trade Up to Microsoft Dynamics GP
We get one of these questions time and time again: “Help, my Board wants me to move off of QuickBooks, What does Dynamics GP give me that my QuickBooks doesn’t?” , or “I have outgrown QuickBooks and don’t know what to do! ” Over the years Microsoft has had a tremendous success in helping customers migrate [...]
continue reading...Why is “Business Intelligence” still so difficult?
Every week, I receive calls from mid-sized companies who are having significant difficulties analyzing their business results. In a slower economy, being able to react quickly is literally “mission-critical”. What are the top 3 reasons why they tell me this is so difficult?
1) They are using Quickbooks, so can’t get financial reporting by business unit, [...]
Why Mid-Market Companies Continue to Make the Smart Move to Microsoft Dynamics GP…
Every year, Altico Advisors sees a large number of customers moving to Microsoft Dynamics GP from their Intuit QuickBooks solution. Since most small businesses want a simple package designed for a small business, they end up buying QuickBooks. It’s quick, easy, and affordable to most businesses that are just starting out and have limited financial [...]
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