Challenges with timely operational visibility Many mid-market distribution and warehousing companies lack timely insight into shop floor and warehouse activities. Production supervisors and warehouse managers often learn about delays or inventory inaccuracies too late, relying on manual updates like spreadsheets and verbal communication. This disconnect creates risks, including missed delivery deadlines, inefficient expediting, incorrect… Continue reading Improving Real-Time Visibility on the Shop Floor and in the Warehouse
Category: Business Process
Business Central and Regulatory Compliance: GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and Beyond
For growing manufacturers, distributors, and service organizations, compliance touches everything from financial reporting and internal controls to data governance, traceability, and industry-specific regulations. As businesses scale, operate across borders, or prepare for audits, the systems they rely on must ensure compliance with industry and regulatory standards. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is designed with compliance… Continue reading Business Central and Regulatory Compliance: GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and Beyond
The Role of Automation in Financial Management: Streamlining Processes with ERP
With 83% of workers in the U.S. experiencing workplace stress, the addition of automation systems to alleviate rising workloads is a welcome improvement. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) boosts efficiency by automating projects and workflows, freeing up your schedule for other tasks. ERP automation is especially beneficial for mundane administrative tasks and producing financial reports. Explore the role… Continue reading The Role of Automation in Financial Management: Streamlining Processes with ERP
Why Data Culture, Not Technology, Determines Power BI and Fabric Success
For organizations running Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, tools such as Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Fabric promise to unlock deeper insights, automate reporting, and facilitate data-driven decision-making. Yet many projects stall after launch. Dashboards go unused. Data refreshes happen inconsistently. Teams revert to spreadsheets. Why? Because technology adoption is typically not a software problem.… Continue reading Why Data Culture, Not Technology, Determines Power BI and Fabric Success
Access Everywhere: Notes on Cyber Security from DEF CON 33
The 2025 DEF CON hacker conference, officially DEF CON 33, took place last August in Las Vegas with the theme, “Access Everywhere”. The event drew more than 30,000 cybersecurity professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts for presentations, workshops, networking, and competitions. DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge The centerpiece of this year’s event was the conclusion of the AI… Continue reading Access Everywhere: Notes on Cyber Security from DEF CON 33
Why SaaS Is More Secure Than You Might Think: Debunking Myths and Understanding the Modern Cloud Advantage
When cloud software first entered the mainstream, many organizations were understandably cautious. Entrusting critical business data to someone else’s servers seemed risky — especially for companies that had long kept systems locked away in on-premises data centers under their own control. But today, that perception has changed. As technology and cyber threats have evolved, it… Continue reading Why SaaS Is More Secure Than You Might Think: Debunking Myths and Understanding the Modern Cloud Advantage
A Survey of the Changing Landscape of Cybersecurity in 2025
The cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve at a breakneck pace. Advanced AI techniques, geopolitical tensions, sprawling digital perimeters, and regulatory shifts are reshaping the threat and defense paradigm. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025, 72% of organizations report an increase in cyber risk, and nearly half (47%) cite advances in generative… Continue reading A Survey of the Changing Landscape of Cybersecurity in 2025
The Art of Prompting – Basic Communication with AI
AI Over 40 Series – Week 3 Many of us have treated AI like a fickle search engine—demanding perfect queries, agonizing over keywords, and double-checking every answer for “hallucinations.” That approach quickly becomes exhausting and unscalable. In this week’s installment of our “AI for the Over 40” series, we’ll flip the script: instead of engineering… Continue reading The Art of Prompting – Basic Communication with AI
How to Add Latency to Your Power Automate for Bulk Notifications
Recently, I was asked how to introduce latency into a Power Automate flow designed to handle bulk notifications. This problem can occur in a variety of scenarios: The problem with bulk actions The common problem here is that, particularly when interfacing with external devices, there can be a delay between the time your system sends… Continue reading How to Add Latency to Your Power Automate for Bulk Notifications
Why ArcherPoint’s Power Approvals App Outperforms Business Central’s Base Approval Engine
Approvals are the backbone of process control in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC). Whether you’re validating a purchase order, reviewing a sales quote, or ensuring that a production BOM is ready for use, the approval step safeguards quality, compliance, and budget. But if you’ve tried using or customizing BC’s out-of-the-box approval workflow—or even set… Continue reading Why ArcherPoint’s Power Approvals App Outperforms Business Central’s Base Approval Engine