In the last series blog, I wrote about the humbling experience of auditing my own AI skills, discovering that the most important techniques I had developed over 33 weeks had never been named, and that the simplest practical habits were the ones I still skipped. I walked away with a four-skill framework: Set the Stage,… Continue reading AI for the Over 40: Week 35 – Where AI Literacy Meets AI Fluency
Loss Prevention in the Digital Age: How to Use Your ERP to Reduce Retail Shrinkage and Prevent Fraud
In today’s complex retail environment, protecting your margins requires more than just security cameras and physical tags. Modern loss prevention is about proactive data visibility. By leveraging your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, you can transform how you manage inventory, monitor transactions, and safeguard your profits across every sales channel. Overcoming disconnected retail operations Shrinkage… Continue reading Loss Prevention in the Digital Age: How to Use Your ERP to Reduce Retail Shrinkage and Prevent Fraud
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 561
ArcherPoint by Cherry Bekaert’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes controlling a race condition when using IsolatedStorage, caching issues using SetLoadFields for partial records, what really happens when moving from NAV to BC, and using multiple AI development tools for AL. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community, consisting of… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 561
Cloud ERP Five Years Later: What Companies Wish They Had Known
Five years after a cloud ERP implementation, most companies aren’t thinking about whether moving to the cloud was the right decision. They’re thinking about what they would do differently if they were implementing it today. That’s because an ERP implementation rarely happens under ideal conditions. There are deadlines to meet, business operations to protect, employees… Continue reading Cloud ERP Five Years Later: What Companies Wish They Had Known
Inventory Is Cash: Why Distributors Need Better Visibility
For most distributors, inventory is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet. But it is also one of the most misunderstood assets. A warehouse full of product can seem reassuring: Orders can be filled, customers can be served, and purchasing has a buffer against supplier disruptions. But from a financial perspective, every pallet,… Continue reading Inventory Is Cash: Why Distributors Need Better Visibility
AI for the Over 40 – Week 34: The Four Skills Behind Every AI Conversation
I am designing a hands-on AI workshop for business leaders. Ninety minutes. Most of the audience had never opened an AI tool. The goal: get them from zero to literate in the time it takes to watch a movie. My first instinct was that 33 weeks of documented AI learning gave me more than enough… Continue reading AI for the Over 40 – Week 34: The Four Skills Behind Every AI Conversation
Event Recorder to AL Code: A VS Code Workflow in Business Central
New to the Event Recorder? Start with our guide on How to Use the Event Recorder in Dynamics NAV/BC for the basics, then come back here for the VS Code workflow. In Business Central you extend the standard application by subscribing to events, not by editing base code. The hard part is knowing which event… Continue reading Event Recorder to AL Code: A VS Code Workflow in Business Central
Operational Visibility: A Competitive Advantage for Business
Most organizations don’t suffer from a lack of data. They suffer from a lack of connected data. Sales knows what customers are ordering. Purchasing knows what is on order from suppliers. Operations knows what is happening on the plant floor, in the warehouse, or on customer projects. The problem is that those views often exist… Continue reading Operational Visibility: A Competitive Advantage for Business
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 560
ArcherPoint by Cherry Bekaert’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes mutants in AL code, idempotency for BC job queue transactions with the external system, managing BC database indexes, and accessing error information in BC. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community, consisting of developers, project managers, and consultants, collaborates… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 560
5 Reports Every CFO Should Review Weekly—and What to Look For
A monthly close might tell a CFO what happened, but a weekly reporting cadence helps the CFO see what is changing soon enough to act on it. Today’s CFO role extends well beyond producing financial statements. Finance leaders are expected to protect liquidity, manage risk, challenge assumptions, support growth, and help the business respond more… Continue reading 5 Reports Every CFO Should Review Weekly—and What to Look For