I was speaking to one of our senior consultants the other day and the subject came up on one particular issue companies face when transitioning from QuickBooks to Microsoft Dynamics GP. She said that the striking difference between Quickbooks and GP is GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) compliance. For example, in today’s financial environment where credit [...]
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Features: Recurring Cash Receipts
A new feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 allows you to easily enter cash receipts for recurring payments. This feature is especially useful for companies that receive the same payment amount from their customers on a regular basis, whether it is weekly, monthly or quarterly. Prior to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, a company would enter [...]
continue reading...Work Gets Easier With the New Email Features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
Have you had time to check out the new email features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010? There are third party vendors that have written applications in previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known as Great Plains) that include this function, which is now included. In prior versions of GP you needed to purchase Adobe [...]
continue reading...How Secure Are Your Financial Systems From Unauthorized Users?
There are new Security options in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 that are simple changes, but make a tremendous improvement to the process from earlier version of the software. There is now a checkbox you can mark that allows the Security Administrator to “view only” selected: Operations assigned to tasks Tasks assigned to roles Roles assigned [...]
continue reading...New Budgeting Features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
Have you had time to check out the great new budgeting features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010? I have been showing quite a few customers how the new budgeting feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 will be a time saver in the accounting department. Many customers have different departments within their organization that create their respective [...]
continue reading...Forrester: 2010 Software Spending Devoted To Existing Systems More Than Emerging Technologies
I came across this interesting report from industry analyst, Forrester, which talked about the backlog of upgrades for ERP, CRM and industry-specific software waiting to take place in 2010. Efficiency and cost-cutting are still high priorities as we all watch our pennies and look for ways to make technology work harder for us. 2010 will [...]
continue reading...Microsoft Dynamics GP Reports That Stand the Test of Time
We often are asked by customers to write reports from the data in Microsoft Dynamics GP. While there are a number of reporting tools that can be used (Crystal, SQL Reporting Services, and Excel), regardless of the tool, we always develop the report logic in a SQL server stored procedure and simply return a “flat” [...]
continue reading...Will Healthcare Reform Affect Your Business?
No getting around it. People are passionately divided on the issue. And if you’re a business owner, large or small, it will probably have some affect on you. I read a good article at Manta today about it and was somewhat relieved it wouldn’t go into effect until 2014. A couple of key things I [...]
continue reading...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 [...]
continue reading...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) [...]
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