Historically, organizations measured performance through financial results, either the success of profits or failure through liquidation. Traditional performance measures, based on cost accounting information, provide little support to organizations trying to build the total quality processes that performance management requires. True performance management should map process outcomes to customer response with continuous, multi-level monitors. With [...]
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Optimize Production and Promotions in Your Niche Market with Microsoft Dynamics GP
A health food client of ours knows that offering low calorie, high fiber, and low fat breads should be a no-brainer for their consumers. But making an imprint on their niche market of health foods was harder than they expected. They were using MAS90 for their production and financial solution and struggling to meet the [...]
continue reading...If NetSuite is for “Dummies”, then Dynamics GP must be for……
Recently, NetSuite’s web site proudly proclaimed the release of a new guide to their product called “NetSuite for Dummies”. I don’t know about you, but if I were a business owner forking over $25,000 to $50,000 a year to NetSuite, I would not want that revenue being used to write a publication referring to me [...]
continue reading...Is Microsoft Dynamics GP Disappearing?
I would like to set the record straight for all those who may be concerned that Microsoft Dynamics GP is disappearing. This is a FALSE rumor by NetSuite’s CEO Zach Nelson during a recent earning’s webcast where he implied such things like “the continuing demise of Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains,” “less international and less sophisticated [...]
continue reading...Ease your Growing Pains with Information Management
Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Performance Management (BPM) are two controls that are critical as organizations progress through the “midsize” stage. These controls help measure, track, and influence the business and provide essential capabilities that every midsize organization should possess to address these fundamental questions: How are you doing? BI and BPM measures and monitors [...]
continue reading...Switching from Sage MAS 90 To Dynamics GP – Video Review & Testimonial
The video below describes the experience of Socius customer Neundorfer Inc. Neundorfer is a manufacturer of “Green” equipment. They have approximately 50-100 employees. They were running MAS 90 before deciding to make a change to Microsoft Dynamics GP. Benefits of Microsoft Dynamics include: Improved reporting, better inventory management, increased business flexibility and tight integration with [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP vs. a Custom Application
By Scott Driggs, Custom Information Services I once worked with a client who had a rather interesting story to tell. The company was a family owned business that had been running a custom application for years and years. The owner retired and passed the reins of the company to the next generation. The new owners did [...]
continue reading...NetSuite vs. Microsoft Dynamics GP: Truth, Consequences, and Industry Analysis – Oh My!
NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics GP have taken aim…at each other. As a result, there has been a lot of chatter in the ERP software marketplace. NetSuite says that Great Plains is “Yesterday”. Microsoft says that “NetSuite was right then…Dynamics is right now”. So how can you find the truth about which product would be best [...]
continue reading...Looking For A Rapid Migration to Dynamics GP 2010 From QuickBooks Or Peachtree?
Microsoft Dynamics GP has just announced an update to their Rapid Tools, a pair of products that are designed to significantly reduce the time and effort needed to implement Dynamics GP 2010 and replace either QuickBooks or Peachtree. This update is intended to shorten deployment time by reducing the effort required for basic and routine [...]
continue reading...Conversion from Lawson to Dynamics GP: End-User Explains Why They Made the Switch
RSM McGladrey recently completed a case study with a regional staffing company converting from Lawson to Microsoft Dynamics™ GP. Conversions from a Tier One solution to Microsoft Dynamics™ GP are becoming more popular. Tier One systems like Lawson, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP are being replaced with Dynamics GP by large companies who realize Microsoft Dynamics GP [...]
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