Selecting the Best ERP System: What You Need to Know to Make the Right Decision

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How to Choose an ERP System for Your Organization? If your company is currently searching for a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, you’ve either outgrown basic accounting tools like QuickBooks or your current ERP is unable to keep up with your business and needs to be replaced. If you’ve never bought an ERP system or if it’s been some time… Continue reading Selecting the Best ERP System: What You Need to Know to Make the Right Decision

How To Import Account Schedules in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or NAV

This blog explains how to import account schedules into a database in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics NAV. Important steps include: Export Customer Data Export Default Cronus data Export Default Cronus Package Import Cronus package into Customer database Import Cronus data Let’s get started with a backup. Normally, you do a backup of… Continue reading How To Import Account Schedules in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or NAV

Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to Choose between Premium and Essential Licensing 

In 2018, Microsoft began offering Dynamics 365 Business Central in two versions: Business Central Essentials and Business Central Premium. If your company has manufacturing and/or assembly as part of your business, it is important to understand the difference between these two versions to ensure you get the solution that addresses your needs. This blog post discusses the differences between the… Continue reading Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to Choose between Premium and Essential Licensing 

Why Cysiv Chose Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Doesn’t Require Tricky Modifications to Fit the Bill Finding the right solution to solve business problems is a challenge nobody is immune from. Even sophisticated technology companies struggle with issues around business processes, customer service, security…the list goes on. Regardless of the challenge, a modern ERP solution should be the… Continue reading Why Cysiv Chose Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

The Right ERP Can Be Exciting! Just Ask Superior Fireworks

When you talk about business software–like ERP, “exciting” is not the first adjective that comes to mind. But when it comes to fireworks, things get interesting. Here’s a story about how a major fireworks company was able to deliver more excitement with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LS Retail’s unified commerce software. Who doesn’t get energized… Continue reading The Right ERP Can Be Exciting! Just Ask Superior Fireworks

Choosing a Partner for Migrating From Dynamics GP to Dynamics Business Central

Microsoft (MS) Dynamics GP, previously known as Great Plains, has an end date. MS will discontinue this platform’s support and updates on December 31, 2029. Although this might be a while away, now is the best time to migrate to Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) — a similar enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).… Continue reading Choosing a Partner for Migrating From Dynamics GP to Dynamics Business Central

Deciding Between Microsoft Business Central SaaS, On-Premises, Or Hybrid

If you’re ready to upgrade from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central—or you are looking at moving to Business Central from another ERP system—you already know you have the choice of the cloud (SaaS), on-premises, or hybrid. What is the right choice? We get that question from many of our customers and prospects—and it is… Continue reading Deciding Between Microsoft Business Central SaaS, On-Premises, Or Hybrid

How To Control The Cost Of Your ERP Implementation

If you’re thinking of purchasing a new ERP solution, cost is a major consideration. But when you think of cost, you think in terms of the cost of the software itself and the services involved in customizing and implementing it. You probably assume you don’t have much input on the cost; the manufacturer of the… Continue reading How To Control The Cost Of Your ERP Implementation

Effective Change Management is the Key to a Successful ERP Implementation

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Ask anyone who has experienced the failure of an ERP implementation the primary reason for the failure, and they’re very likely to point to poor change management. Only 54% of change initiatives succeed, which is pretty dismal, especially when you think about the impact, which not only includes not achieving results but also wasting resources… Continue reading Effective Change Management is the Key to a Successful ERP Implementation

ERP Software Cannot Run Your Company

Commercial ERP solutions purport to do a lot of things. Among other capabilities, ERP vendors claim their solutions can handle your accounting, manage your inventory, satisfy your customers, guide your business practices, and bring about world peace.  This is all fine and dandy. However, ERP cannot run your company. But isn’t that what these solutions… Continue reading ERP Software Cannot Run Your Company