MANAGING MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES WITH BUSINESS CENTRAL Some of our customers, especially distributors and retailers, often buy and sell one-off items. These are items they have not bought or sold before and may never again. One-off items are often sold through special orders. This is often a head-scratcher for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central users. BC…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 7 Managing Risk – Part 2 Bonjour, Implementing an ERP system is a risky endeavor for various reasons. In this second part on managing risks, we’ll explore another important challenge that you will face in most implementations: underestimating the effort needed to successfully complete your project. Quoting Tony Robbins: most…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 6 Managing Risk – Part 1 Bonjour, Implementing an ERP system is a risky endeavor for various reasons. Management and project managers often have to walk the tight rope. Continuing this series of blogs, we’ll explore some of those risks and discuss ways you can reduce or manage them. One…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 5 One Step at a Time Bonjour, When asked “How do you write?”, Stephen King invariably responds “One word at a time”. One step at a time is a leitmotiv often heard when dealing with difficult processes that we hope to see come to positive fruition. Quitting smoking, creating a…
Cloud vs. On-Premise Which one is THE best deployment option? You are planning an ERP deployment for your organization? If you haven’t yet asked yourself this question yet, you soon will: “Should we deploy on premise or in the cloud?” You need to make sense of all the options offered. No worry! The following article…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 4 Better planning equals better delineation Good day, A floor make-over is a nice way to improve the look and value of your home. Step one, you replace your parquet with hardwood flooring. Step two, change the ceramic tiles of the kitchen to give it a more modern look. Once…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 3 The concession player Good day, Sydney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid… Carey Price! What hockey organization would not be willing to sign a player with the ability to transform the team, make his teammates better? To win, a project team must be able to rely on a concession player.…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 2 Awesome! A new project! Good day, Did you ever throw yourself into a significant household renovation? It is surely with barely contained enthusiasm that you began this new project: give life back to this noble home in need of love. Yessiree! Perhaps, facing more or less subtle doubt from…
Successfully Integrating ERP | Blog 1 You are not alone anymore Good day, 1994 marks the inauguration of the North American Free Trade Agreement. A liter of gas was selling for fifty-five cents and the Big Mac™ a little over a dollar. It is also the time when I made my entry into the ERP…
OVERLAPPING CAPACITIES: HOW TO DECIDE BETWEEN CRM AND ERP? Since Y2K, the consensus that CRMs and ERPs perform different jobs has been undeniable: CRM for sales and customer relations, ERP for accounting, manufacturing, and operations. But, as we move into a new age of cloud computing solutions, new features are regularly added to both types…