Businesses today face increasing competition and agile disruptors. Decision-makers must react to rapidly changing market conditions and need up-to-the-minute data to make informed decisions. Traditional, manual processes like generating reports via Excel spreadsheets are inefficient, error-prone, and often fail to provide the actionable insights needed for strategic decision-making. Relying on these types of outdated methods… Continue reading Empower Financial Teams with Modern BI Tools for Actionable Insights
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ArcherPoint’s Ten Most Popular Blogs of 2024
As a leading Microsoft partner specializing in implementing and upgrading Dynamics 365 Business Central, we try to support the community with blog content that informs and explains. This year, ArcherPoint team members have been super busy with content covering topics such as security, reporting, upgrades, and much more. We close out the year with our… Continue reading ArcherPoint’s Ten Most Popular Blogs of 2024
Streamline Logistics Operations with Data Analytics Using Business Central and Power Platform
Complex supply chains, tight delivery schedules, and fluctuating demand drive the logistics industry. Smart logistics companies harness the power of data analysis to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction. Data analysis tools provide greater operational efficiency Using data analysis tools and techniques, companies can gain insights into various logistics processes, including inventory… Continue reading Streamline Logistics Operations with Data Analytics Using Business Central and Power Platform
ArcherPoint’s Most Popular Content in 2023
Every year, the experts at ArcherPoint work hard to provide informative content that covers a wide range of topics of interest to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central users, from How-To blogs that show you how to accomplish specific tasks in Business Central to technical articles that explain how things work under the hood in Business… Continue reading ArcherPoint’s Most Popular Content in 2023
Combining Jet Reports/Analytics with Power BI to Supercharge Your Reporting and Business Intelligence
Many Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics NAV users might be confused when considering reporting and analytics options. Popular options include Jet Reports, Jet Analytics, and Power BI. Which is the best choice? Each tool was designed for a specific purpose; therefore, it depends on what you want to do that will help determine… Continue reading Combining Jet Reports/Analytics with Power BI to Supercharge Your Reporting and Business Intelligence
How to Expand Power BI Alerts with Microsoft’s Power Automate
Alex Wiley, a PreSales Consultant at ArcherPoint, offers a six-minute video on Power BI Alerts and how this invaluable tool can be extended by Power Automate to create General/Ledger (G/L) alerts. Wiley discusses the requirements needed for alerts and how the alerts rely on the Power BI Service, which isn’t available with the BI Report… Continue reading How to Expand Power BI Alerts with Microsoft’s Power Automate
Create a Power Automate App for Machine Event Reporting and Export to SharePoint List
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
When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening
We’ve seen it many times with many companies: The IT team decides to make updates to an application, operating system, or platform without first checking to see how that update will affect other systems—and something “breaks.” The fact is, one team doesn’t necessarily know what another team is doing, the tools they’re using, or how… Continue reading When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening
Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience: What It Means for Customers
What Is Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience (NCE)? Microsoft has announced and will start rolling out in January 2022 its New Commerce Experience. What is NCE? Simply put, it is a new pricing model. Microsoft’s goal is to simplify the buying experience for all of their business customers. Over the years, as Microsoft has developed and acquired… Continue reading Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience: What It Means for Customers
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?