In this 13 minute video, Andy Talbot of Mid-South Wire in Nashville Tennessee  explains how Clients First Business Solutions and Microsoft Dynamics NAV was able to create a measurable improvement in customer service, profitability, and overall efficiency.  Andy describes how their old solution was extremely slow at producing meaningful information that allowed for efficient running of the business.

He talks about how they looked at various packages, including wire industry specific solutions.  He discusses how Dynamics NAV (Navision) was able to consolidate a multitude of different solutions, each living in its own 'island',  into a single unified solution.

Mid-South Wire was able to reduce accounting related staffing from 16 down to 4 people in a short period of time.  This is a remarkable Return on Investment (ROI) that is hard to argue with in terms of the benefits.  They were so confident in Client's First's implementation that they made a clean break and didn't go parallel.  There was a huge decrease in inventory errors and accuracy increased greatly in all areas of their business.

Shipping was completely integrated and automated allowing for much more rapid turnaround.  Mid-South often receives orders after 12pm and will still need to ship same day.

Clients First delivered the solution on-time & on-budget which is a testament to the efforts by Mid-South Wire, Clients First Business Solutions and Microsoft Dynamics NAV

MSW Testimonial from Cutting Edge Marketing LLC on Vimeo.

by Clients First Business Solutions

Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) – A Success Story is a post from: ERP Software Blog

Right out-of-the-box, Microsoft Dynamics GP can provide all that you may be looking for in a business application.  It is designed to be all-encompassing and integrated, with the ability to manage the important core business functions – financials, inventory, manufacturing, supply chain, human resources, and more.  However, some businesses have unique business operations which create the need for a customization in the solution, such as a query to find data or a specialty report that may be important to your industry or for regulatory compliance.  When making changes to your business software, it is important to choose an authorized expert to create a customization that will protect your data, as well as the rest of your software.

A skilled code-writer can create a script to find the data you need or create the function that may not be included in the core application.  Using .Net developer tools, or creative code-writing, the resulting script could be lengthy and complicated, which will cost you in both time and money.  A script could also change how the application runs, which can cause problems within the application and for the users.  Instead, an authorized Microsoft Dynamics developer can create your customization quicker, easier, and more efficiently using the source code.  Only authorized developers can access the source codes, instead of using the .Net developer tools, to make strategic customizations or enhancements to your Microsoft Dynamics GP solution.  Not only will you have a reliable customization, but you will save money and headaches from other more superficial add-ons.

The experts at Sherwood Systems know our software inside-out and upside-down.  We are able to make the efficient customizations without stepping on the source code, but by finding the right path and enhancing it to give our customers efficient, reliable results.  Contact the authorized experts at Sherwood Systems for more information on customizing your Microsoft Dynamics GP solution properly: http://www.sherwood.com/contact/.

By Sherwood Systems, Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner out of Arizona

Affordable, Reliable and Timely Microsoft Dynamics GP Customizations at Your Service! is a post from: ERP Software Blog

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Join BIO for a strictly educational webinar, Choosing a BI Solution That's Right for Your Organization.  We're repeating this live, highly attended webinar at attendee request.   And please contact me at 203.705.4648 or by email at sandi@bio4analytics.com if you have any questions about BIO or business intelligence in general.

By Sandi Forman of BIO Analytics, Corp., Microsoft Dynamics Business Intelligence (BI) Solution Provider

7 Benefits of Business Intelligence is a post from: ERP Software Blog

Many Dynamics GP users don’t realize you can customize the toolbar at the top of the screen to include shortcuts to the areas in Dynamics GP you use the most. For example, if you work in AP, you don’t need items on your tool bar related to other tasks. You can change the names of the shortcuts and customize to show not just icons but helpful text too. And this toolbar will show up no matter where you are in Dynamics GP. In this video, Amber Bell, Dynamics GP training expert for CAL Business Solutions will show you how to customize the Dynamics GP toolbar specifically for your everyday needs.

Trouble viewing? Watch video: http://youtu.be/UrcVqhOSPKA

When you spend your day in Dynamics GP, customizing it to make it easy to find exactly the information you need with make you a happier and more productive user

For more Dynamics GP Tips and Tricks visit our Youtube channel www.youtube.com/user/calszone, read our Dynamics GP Tips and Tricks blog www.calszone.com/tips or sign up for our e-newsletter www.calszone.com/user-news.

By CAL Business Solutions, Connecticut Dynamics GP Partner www.calszone.com

Dynamics GP Video Tip: How to Customize the Microsoft Dynamics GP Toolbar is a post from: ERP Software Blog

Have all of your questions answered with a FREE event June 4, 2013, Explore the Microsoft Cloud, hosted by Crestwood Associates, Peters and Associates and CoreLink at the Microsoft Offices in Downers Grove, IL. See live demonstrations and hear detailed discussion on Microsoft's leading business cloud software applications and a review of software hosting considerations.

Cloud allows for the move off of servers and onto the web. Conduct your business from virtually anywhere!

This event will feature:

Microsoft Office 365: Work from virtually anywhere using the Office applications you trust across your favorite devices

Microsoft Windows Intune: Windows Intune combines both cloud and on-premises capabilities to fit your PC and mobile device management needs.

Microsoft Windows Azure: Microsoft's application platform for the public cloud allows you to build, deploy and manage your applications at Microsoft datacenters

CoreLink Data Centers: Features colocation, interconnection services, and managed infrastructure

Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM): See a live demo of CRM Online!

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013: Let your team can work when and where it works best—at the office, at home, or on the road. See a live web client demo!

Don’t miss out on this exciting chance to learn how to take your business practices to the next level from three industry experts.

Details:

Explore Microsoft Business Cloud

**FREE**

June 4, 2013

8:30am - 11:30am

Microsoft Offices

3025 Highland Parkway #300

Downers Grove, IL 60515

Register today! Space is limited!

By Allegra Gallian, Marketing Coordinator, Crestwood Associates, LLC – an Illinois/Indiana/Iowa Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner

Interested in Cloud Computing?: Get Your Answers at Explore Microsoft Business Cloud! is a post from: ERP Software Blog

 For those still on GP2010, you have the benefit of both worlds:  You can continue to use FRx while you get MR up and running on this version of Dynamics GP.  There is a migration tool that will convert your FRx building blocks over to Management Reporter.  This will give you time to get accustomed to MR and to be sure that your reports have made the transition and are working properly before cutting the cord with FRx.

MR is more than just a replacement for FRx – it brings some additional advantages over FRx:

Archiving reports, Enhanced Security, Improved formatting features with support for tab for indenting descriptions and an undo button.  You can better organize your reports and building blocks by setting up folders within MR.  Additional reporting dimensions are available in MR – without changing your Chart of Accounts!  You can use the 4 User-Defined fields on the GL Account Maintenance window in GP as additional reporting dimensions.   MR also provides more integrated support for Analytical Accounting than FRx did.

 The learning curve for MR is a simple one.  MR was built with the same functional structure as FRx.  The trees, rows and columns that were in FRx are alive and well in MR.  We have been able to get people successfully acclimated and trained to use MR within an hour or two.  If you need MR training, visit us at http://www.softsolgrp.com/services/

by Software Solutions Group

Embrace the Change from FRx to Management Reporter is a post from: ERP Software Blog

In addition, take the course from the comfort and practicality of your own desk! The sessions will be broadcasted over the web, so no need to travel. Ask questions, post comments or just relax and update your knowledge on revenue recognition from wherever you desire.

Don’t miss out on your chance to learn all you need to know on how to conduct efficient software revenue recognition in the constantly changing regulatory environment.

Register now!

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Session One – Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time:
- Introduction and Agenda
- General Principles of Revenue Recognition
- Multiple Element Arrangements
- VSOE (Vendor Specific Objective Evidence)
- Software Revenue Recognition (Residual Method)
- Services and Contract Accounting

Session Two – Thursday, June 13, 2013, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time:
- Review of General Principles and Multiple Element Arrangements
- EITF 08-1 Multiple Element Arrangements (Relative Selling Price Method)
- EITF 09-3 Certain Revenue Arrangements that Include Software Elements
- Cloud Computing/SaaS (Software as a Service)
- FASB / IASB Revenue Project
- Other Revenue Recognition Issues
- Software License, Support and Services Issues

Learning Objectives:
• Review the general principles of revenue recognition
• Learn about the residual method and relative selling price method; when each method is appropriate and how to apply them
• Discover the most current regulatory issues for revenue recognition
• What to expect in the near future

Q&A: Attendees will be able to ask questions via the Q&A panel. Questions will be answered on a regular, frequent basis.

CPE Credits: CPE certificates of completion will be emailed to attendees who remain logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes for each 60 minutes of content, and who answer the online polling questions. Both classes are eligible for a total of 7 CPE credits.

About the Sponsor: Tensoft provides software applications to manage industry-specific business processes for the semiconductor, technology and software industries. Tensoft's business-ready solutions extend broad, horizontal ERP functionality to complete the most vertically demanding, high tech needs through critically relevant content, domain expertise, embedded best-practices and performance analytics. For over 15 years, technology companies worldwide have relied on Tensoft software and cloud-based services to power and improve their operations. Tensoft is an award-winning, applications company headquartered in Silicon Valley with sales and support offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia

Program information:
Dates: 6/11/13 & 6/13/13
Start: 9:00 AM PDT
End: 12:30 PM PDT
Length: 3.5 hrs./day
Cost: $259.00
Prerequisites: General Accounting Background

Program Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Delivery Method: Group-Internet

Preparation Needed: None

Refunds: Refunds requested 15 days or more in advance of the class date will be refunded in full, minus a $25 processing fee. Refunds requested 7-14 days in advance will be made for 50% of the full amount paid. No refund will be made if the request is less than 7 days in advance of the class.

Contact Information: For more information regarding the event, including complaint and program cancellation policies, please contact our offices at: 888.450.4030 x 406 or www.info@tensoft.com.

by Tensoft, Inc.

Learn Software Revenue Recognition from an Expert . . . Online is a post from: ERP Software Blog

We recently had a need to have a very complex calculated field added to all of our SOP invoice documents.  Instead of having to go through and manually add these fields to each report, we discovered a way to create them once, and then copy these to the other reports.  Click here to watch this 3-minute Collins Computing Microsoft Dynamics GP Report Writer Video, or follow these steps below:

1. All you need to do is export the report with the new calculated fields and the report needing the calculated reports to separate package files.
2. From there it is just a copy and paste within Notepad from one package file to the other package file.  Highlight the calculated field(s) you want replicated and then paste into the other package.
3. Then simply import the new package file for the report, and you are finished!

For more quick tips on streamlining your company’s experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP, contact Collins Computing.  Glance through a list of our recent customer wins to see how we already assist “like” companies to your organization run their daily processes and surpass their customer’s expectations!

By Abra Lynne Gilman, Collins Computing, Inc.  Count on Collins | Count on Success

Microsoft Dynamics GP Video – Copying calculating fields from one report to another in the Report Writer is a post from: ERP Software Blog

Business Portal 6.0 is only supported on SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Foundation 2010. Business Portal 6.1, to be released later, will support SharePoint Server 2013. Business Portal 6.0 is x64 only, and is only supported on Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2 or later and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later.

Business Portal is a web-based application where access is defined by user roles, a customizable web site that provides pertinent tools and information to users dependent on their role in or with the company. Professional users can have full remote access data entry capability. An extranet deployment can provide specified customers and suppliers with access to selected data with their own customizable pages.

Business Portal has dashboards with key performance indicators, role-based to deliver personalized views of business information. Users can make better business decisions faster with quick and easy access to the critical business information they need.

Electronic Document Delivery for Business Portal enables scheduled e-mail delivery of documents such as invoices, credit and debit notes, finance charges, and returns. Order Management for Business Portal enables salespeople and customers to view, place, and edit orders online around the clock, saving time and increasing order accuracy. Business Portal also enables online requisition management.

Business Portal provides Microsoft Dynamics GP (www.mig.com/DynamicsGP) users with the information and tools they need in a central location with a common interface, so users spend less time switching between different business applications. And that means time saved. And that means money saved.

MIG & Co. is a professional consulting firm that specializes in the implementation of business management software solutions, including Microsoft Dynamics GP, SL, and CRM. We automate business processes to ensure that our customers work efficiently.

Business Portal 6.0 Released for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 is a post from: ERP Software Blog

One thing users love about Microsoft Dynamics GP is the strong financial reporting. You can use the “My Reports” feature on the Microsoft Dynamics GP home page to make sure your favorite reports are always at your fingertips.

The reports that show on your home page are based on your user role. But you can automatically or manually chose different reports to display. You can run those reports right from the home page. This video also shows you a favorite tip on how to see of all the reports you have marked as favorites. Take advantage of the strong financial reporting of Microsoft Dynamics GP and always have your favorite reports at your fingertips

In this video, Amber Bell, Dynamics GP training expert for CAL Business Solutions will also show you an easy way to see of all the reports you have marked as favorites.

Trouble viewing? Watch video: http://youtu.be/qrN8ZcwebkE

For more Dynamics GP Tips and Tricks visit our Youtube channel www.youtube.com/user/calszone, read our Dynamics GP Tips and Tricks blog www.calszone.com/tips or sign up for our e-newsletter www.calszone.com/user-news.

By CAL Business Solutions, Connecticut Dynamics GP Partner www.calszone.com

Dynamics GP Video Tip: Using My Reports Feature – How to Customize the Home Page Part 4 is a post from: ERP Software Blog