Jessie Wang, a Dynamics 365 Consultant at ArcherPoint, provides a video demonstration on how to use a Power Automate App for machine event reporting on the shop floor, record events from multiple work centers, and exporting plant floor data to SharePoint Lists. The video details the benefits of Power Automate, and how it allows you… Continue reading Create a Power Automate App for Machine Event Reporting and Export to SharePoint List
Category: Business Intelligence
Mature Manufacturing Plant Data Demands Cloud ERP
Discrete manufacturers and batch processing plants have moved quickly over the last ten years to transition plant floor machines and systems away from analog processes to digital input/outputs (I/O), so ERP software could optimize production planning, forecasting, and invoicing, to name a few. However, achieving mature manufacturing plant data takes time as companies experience ebbs… Continue reading Mature Manufacturing Plant Data Demands Cloud ERP
Why It’s Important to Become an Innovative Retailer…and How to Start
What do you think when you hear the word, “innovative”? Typically, our thoughts go to making strides in technology—something really big like artificial intelligence, IoT, virtual reality, robots, and the like. While this is true, the real purpose of innovation is to improve what we already have, and it doesn’t have to be earth-shaking. In… Continue reading Why It’s Important to Become an Innovative Retailer…and How to Start
The Modern Guide to Implementing an Omnichannel Retail Strategy
What is Omnichannel Retail? Modern Behaviors, Modern Playbook In 1931, Sears encouraged its customers to shop the “modern way” with its 1,100-page catalog, free from the hustle and bustle of stores. And while Sears had brick-and-mortar locations, the company was an innovative retail phenomenon that stole hearts by shipping goods by mail order across a… Continue reading The Modern Guide to Implementing an Omnichannel Retail Strategy
BI Tools for Dynamics Business Central and NAV: Which One Is Right for You?
Today, the business world is user-centered, with self-service reporting available to allow decision makers to get their reports the way they want them. The question is, which business intelligence tools (BI) are the best? In this article, we take a closer look at BI tools for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) and Dynamics NAV.… Continue reading BI Tools for Dynamics Business Central and NAV: Which One Is Right for You?
The Top 13 Most Important KPIs for Retailers
The retail industry is more competitive than ever, and businesses that want to stay in the game must stay on top of the numbers…analyzing data to determine important decisions. Without the ability to get to and work with that data, they are at a serious disadvantage. The common problem today is not the data itself.… Continue reading The Top 13 Most Important KPIs for Retailers
Business Insights for Today’s Financial Professionals
As more businesses move to advanced technologies, the pace of doing business has increased. Competitors are becoming more agile. Smaller, more nimble organizations can penetrate markets as disruptors, leaving established firms scratching their heads bewildered. Is your business able to evaluate changing market trends and adapt quickly? Old School is Just Plain Old There was a… Continue reading Business Insights for Today’s Financial Professionals
How to Dynamically Filter in Jet Reports Using a Drop Down-List
This blog provides step-by step instructions on how to create a dropdown list for end users to use to filter a Jet Report without the end user needing Jet Reports license. As a report designer, when working with Jet Global’s Jet Reports, it can be time consuming to create multiple versions of the same report… Continue reading How to Dynamically Filter in Jet Reports Using a Drop Down-List
Reporting, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Corporate Performance Management
We often hear, “BI? Yeah, we have that.” But when we ask what it’s being used for, we hear about all the cool reports they can run. If this is all they are doing with the data, are they truly benefitting as much as they could with these powerful tools? You should ask yourself the… Continue reading Reporting, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Corporate Performance Management
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reporting Options: Jet Reports vs Power BI
Businesses and organizations of every size are capable of collecting a mountain of information on a regular basis. Putting this information to work for improving process and practice is another issue. Without the right tools, accurate data analysis is difficult at best. And lack of insight at this level ensures poor decision making and missed… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Reporting Options: Jet Reports vs Power BI