In its recent survey of more than 160 companies worldwide, The Aberdeen Group found that businesses adopting electronic payments and process automation to streamline and accelerate finance processes have been able to achieve a 16% decrease in accounts receivable (AR) processing cost, and a 14% decrease in accounts payable (AP) costs. These businesses cited two primary [...]

If your business is looking for the right tool to keep you in the competition or to take your organization to the next level, this week is a great time to score a Microsoft Dynamics business solution. On Friday, some of the most aggressive promotional offers that Microsoft has ever released on their ERP and CRM solutions expire.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM was ranked as the strongest customer relationship management software solution for both midsized and large businesses by Forrester Research. Their annual Forrester Wave charts 19 CRM solutions based on the strength of their current product, their future development strategy, and their market-share. Each solution is ranked based on 516 different criteria.

Earlier this year, Sage announced that it would no longer be releasing the monthly updates to the MAS 500 ERP product. Instead, they are now releasing a product update once every 3-4 months. Less frequent updates mean less time upgrading and more time using the system to better manage your business data and processes.

SYSPRO has been raking in accolades lately and is being noticed by both analysts and users alike.  SYSPRO users ranked them as the top ERP vendor in a Panorama Consulting survey, awarding an industry leading 9.7 rating out of 10.  The rankings were based on the following criteria: Pre-Sales Support Implementation Support Ease of Configuration Functional Fit to Business Requirements Frequency [...]

During one of the sessions here at the BI Conference I learned about a new feature to SQL Server 2008 R2 called Master Data Services(MDS). It is a way for business users to do several things with the data that are not always captured in the ERP or CRM systems.

The new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) deployment of Sage SalesLogix is now available across the US! Sage understood that they would need to bring new and current CRM customers alike up to speed on the difference between their on-premise and on-demand deployments, so they created a world-class educator named Professor Crumblehorn to provide some brief video tutorials.

Panorama Consulting recently conducted a poll of small and midsized businesses (SMBs) to see which was the top ERP vendor for the market-space. Microsoft Dynamics ran away with the top prize with 33% of respondents naming Microsoft ERP solutions #1.

Microsoft has taken their first step down the road to deliver broader performance management capabilities to Microsoft Dynamics ERP users by releasing Management Reporter. Management Reporter is replacing Microsoft FRx by extending its proven functionality and enabling people to quickly and easily create, generate, help secure and publish professional-looking financial statements, such as profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports.

Learn how ECM with Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 delivers both a high-quality solution that stimulates and delivers user participation and the tools for highly secure, well-managed content in this white paper by Microsoft.