Selecting the right Dynamics 365 product begins with a choice between its two ERP solutions. There’s Business Central, or BC, Microsoft’s all-in-one, SMB-friendly ERP system. Then there’s the enterprise pick, Finance & Operations, or F&O, which adds advanced features and AI enhancements to the BC suite. It’s made to support large teams with complex financial…
Small and mid-sized development firms have a unique set of challenges for building, testing and releasing software internally. Specifically, these companies want to capture the time spent on various aspects of the software development cycle within their project-based accounting software. As a project-driven activity, software development requires tracking costs and employee time for each project.…
As wholesale distribution companies expand, it’s inevitable that with progress comes growing pains. Common tasks, procedures and workflows that were once easily manageable in a small environment become complex and challenging with the addition of staff and warehouses with siloed software solutions. Thankfully, advances in enterprise resource planning, or ERP solutions for distribution management, and…
The Microsoft Power Platform (comprised of Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate) is an innovative and powerful tool for the Microsoft Dynamics and Dynamics 365 communities. One of its hallmarks is how easy it is to use in comparison to other development tools. However, if you haven’t used the tools before, having some insight…
The technologies distributors should be considering now, and the ones to watch for in the future. From phones to drones, consumer technology has changed dramatically in the last decade. Business technology is picking up considerable pace as well. In the last few years, the development of systems and tools to drive business efficiency and optimization…
The Port of Anacortes in Anacortes, Washington needed to replace its aging, older version of Microsoft Dynamics SL on-premises solution, as it was frequently crashing, causing disruption to business operations. They decided to look at cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as a replacement. “I signed up for the free two-week trial of Business Central…
Soliant Health, a national healthcare staffing company, matches highly qualified professionals in positions that make a difference daily. Pairing talented caregivers with the best hospitals and healthcare providers is something they take tremendous pride in. They recently had to choose a new ERP system due to a corporate structure change. We asked Andy Heybruch, Controller…
You have reached the end of your fiscal or calendar year, and it’s time to close the accounting period in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. At least 12 months have passed since you last performed this process, and perhaps this is the first time you are completing these steps within Dynamics 365. You may have…