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Payroll And Paid Time Off Manager Module for Microsoft Dynamics GP

It’s that time of year again, you may be looking at how to best administer your unique and complex PTO (paid time off) Plan without spending weeks sifting through data, and the costs and time involved for the payroll team to manage manual PTO recordkeeping.
There is a way to enable your staff to manage complex and [...]

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3 Ways To Import Data Into Microsoft Dynamics GP – Integration Manager, eConnect & Web Services

A powerful capability of Microsoft Dynamics GP is the ability to integrate data from other sources into GP.   Microsoft offers a couple technology solutions; some ISVs have leveraged those to provide tools with more sophisticated front-ends.   Microsoft tools for importing data into GP include: the Integration Manager, eConnect, and Web Services. 
The Integration Manager (IM) is [...]

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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 [...]

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Software vs. Services- What You DON’T Have To Give Up With Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics Software plus Services strategy is centered on offering customers a CHOICE.  One of Microsoft’s differentiators in the market is their ability to offer customers the choice of deploying on-premise (software world), hosting from the clouds (services world) or perhaps doing both. 
-          In the software world you have complete control: you get to customize [...]

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Are You Part Of The Microsoft Dynamics “Community”?

As a customer or potential customer of ERP software (that’s why you’re reading this blog, right?) one of the informational resources that you may not know about is the Microsoft Dynamics Community page. If you don’t already know about it, the Microsoft Dynamics Community is an educational resource for prospects, customers and partners.  You can [...]

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3 Reasons New Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Implementations Fail

Here are some down to earth “what you should watch for” implementation comments from one of our consultants with 15 year’s experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects. 

Evaluation: Be sure to use due diligence when evaluating the solution you choose. Your evaluation needs to include speaking with your end users of your current financial management [...]

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Microsoft Dynamics GP Can Help to Better Position Your Company as a Leader as the Economy Improves

“Service Sector Grows for First Time in a Year” – This article caught my eye as one of the recent headlines on MSNBC. The index, which tracks more than 80% of the country’s economic activity, including hospitals, retailers, financial services companies and truckers, hadn’t grown since August 2008. The report goes on to state businesses’ [...]

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Free Buyers Guide Proves that Selecting Business Software Doesn’t Have to be Painful

Selecting business software (also known as financial management software, business management sofware, accounting software, ERP..take your pick) can be a challenging task. Some of the issues that can make this a confusing project is that there are more and more options available for software every year and there are an overwhelming number of alternatives for implementation vendors. [...]

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Is It Time to “Wait it Out” or Invest in the Future?

I ran across an interesting study from IBM which described how, despite the economy,  SMBs (small and medium businesses) are dealing with their top IT priorities. Instead of “waiting it out” and making decisions AFTER the economy gets better, they are using this time to invest in their future. Based on the research, the areas [...]

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New Acronym, IFRS, and What Compliance Means to My Business

I’m not a trained financial type but I continue to hear about IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) accounting and how it will change your business. In a nutshell,  globalization forces commonality with accounting rules. It’s all about standardization. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) has been dethroned.
Ten Minutes on Transitioning to IFRS . All US businesses [...]

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