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As of this week, Sage has launched the rebranding of many of their ERP products.  Because Sage acquired several different ERP solutions over time, they lacked consistency in the naming of their products.  Now, Sage has aligned their core ERP products along a numeric system and launched a new website to support this name change [...]

Last year, Gartner-Supply Chain Digest released the results of their annual study showing the top barriers that companies face when trying to achieve their supply chain improvement goals.  From this study, it became clear that organizations struggle most with: Demand viability and Forecast accuracy Inability to synchronize end-to-end Supply Chain Management process Lack of visibility across the supply [...]

The Professional Services Tools Library (PSTL) for Microsoft Dynamics GP are a set of resources that can be used together or independently to improve the flexibility with your solution while ensuring data integrity and increasing the productivity and efficiency of your solution. These tools provide a means of consolidating and changing data in your Microsoft [...]

Businesses that provide a service to their customers often require a team of collaborators.  When your team is busy in the field, meeting with other clients, or are stationed in offices across town or the world, how can you prevent the inevitable delay in project progression?  The answer lies within the right technology, like Microsoft [...]

As a customer relationship management (CRM) Software solution provider, I often struggle with how saturated our market is. There are hundreds of solutions out there and people are still coming out of the woodwork with new products and ideas.  Many companies are left wondering, is this another fad for companies to follow or is CRM [...]

Far and away, the most popular feature of SharePoint 2010 is its Search functionality.  It’s easy to see why organizations of all sizes and in all industries can benefit from search capabilities that empower people to find content faster, connect people quickly and easily, and are easily customized to the unique needs of both the [...]

Cloud Computing can seem like a big, intimidating unknown, especially when it comes to trusting “the cloud” with the critical business data in your ERP solution.  So why would anyone do it? Well, there are a number of reasons that a Cloud ERP solution could be a very beneficial choice for an organization.  In honor of [...]

Every organization has different needs and manages their business in different ways.  For not-for-profit organizations, it is critically important to keep administrative costs low and back-office processes efficient so that they can keep as many resources as possible focused on their mission.  For these four organizations, Microsoft Dynamics GP empowers them to do just that [...]

Whether you are using a Sage ERP solution, a Microsoft Dynamics ERP system, or another ERP solution to operate your business and manage your back-office processes, odds are good that Microsoft Office Excel plays some role in your reporting processes. What better way to shorten up the time it takes to produce and run your reports [...]

Last week, Senior Director of SharePoint Product Management, Jared Spataro, hosted a live chat on Facebook to share the vision of a social enterprise that SharePoint 2010 facilitates. As he put it: “Social really has gained momentum on the backs of consumer services like Facebook and Twitter. People have learned to like, follow, tweet, and share [...]