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
Category: Platform & Process
AI for the Over 40 – Week 33: Why AI Won’t Replace ERP (And What It Actually Threatens)
One of our salespeople asked me to join an upcoming prospect meeting. The prospect had a question they wanted answered before moving forward with an ERP evaluation: Why should we invest in an ERP system if AI is going to replace it? My first reaction was to laugh. Not at the prospect, at the question. After 32 weeks of working intensively… Continue reading AI for the Over 40 – Week 33: Why AI Won’t Replace ERP (And What It Actually Threatens)
Choosing the Right ERP Implementation Partner: 8 Questions Executives Should Ask
Choosing an ERP implementation partner has always been a high-stakes decision. The fundamentals haven’t changed when it comes to selecting an ERP implementation partner: You want a partner that listens, understands your business and industry, knows your technology environment, and has a proven track record. However, the role of the ERP implementation partner has expanded… Continue reading Choosing the Right ERP Implementation Partner: 8 Questions Executives Should Ask
The Hidden Costs of Stockouts and How Business Central Can Help
A stockout seems simple: a customer wants something, and you don’t have it. The obvious cost is the lost sale. But for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, the real cost rarely stops there. A single stockout can ripple into expedited freight charges, disrupted production schedules, inefficient purchasing, extra customer-service work, and excess inventory sitting in the… Continue reading The Hidden Costs of Stockouts and How Business Central Can Help
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 559
ArcherPoint by Cherry Bekaert’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes PTE management moving to the BC Admin Center, how Analysis Mode helps eliminate excessive Excel exports, practical MB-800 guidance, and a tutorial on AI-assisted development using GitHub Copilot in VS Code. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community, consisting of… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 559
What Makes the Best ERP Software for Complex Supply Chains?
Supply chain complexity does not always correlate with company size. A midsized manufacturer sourcing materials globally, operating multiple warehouses, managing hundreds of SKUs, and serving customers with demanding delivery requirements may face more supply chain complexity than a much larger organization with a relatively straightforward business model. That is why choosing ERP software based primarily… Continue reading What Makes the Best ERP Software for Complex Supply Chains?
AI for the Over 40 – Week 32: The Below-the-Line Work AI Finally Makes Possible
A few weeks ago, an employee asked me a reasonable question: how could they know how many times they had submitted late time over the past year? We had been publishing weekly late and missing time reports for years. The data existed, dozens of spreadsheets sitting in my inbox as email attachments. I did not… Continue reading AI for the Over 40 – Week 32: The Below-the-Line Work AI Finally Makes Possible
How Nonprofits Can Plan When Funding Is Anything but Predictable
Nonprofit leaders are expected to plan for the future. The challenge is that they often have to do it without knowing exactly what the future will bring. A grant that supports a major program might end next year. Government funding priorities can change. Donor contributions can fluctuate. A corporate sponsor might shift its giving strategy.… Continue reading How Nonprofits Can Plan When Funding Is Anything but Predictable
Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 558
ArcherPoint by Cherry Bekaert’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV development. This week’s volume includes isolation levels and their impact on database transactions; using Analysis Views to bypass report generation or expors to Excel; the new Base64 encoder/decoder in BC; and whether using file structure is still relevant. The Dynamics 365 Business Central community,… Continue reading Dynamics Business Central / NAV Developer Digest – Vol. 558
Your IT Team Shouldn’t Be Your Security Team: Why Small Businesses Need Managed IT & Cybersecurity Services
There’s a version of this story that plays out in businesses every week: A small company grows, hires an IT generalist to “handle the tech stuff,” and somewhere along the way, that person quietly becomes responsible for patching vulnerabilities, monitoring endpoints, and keeping email secure, on top of everything else they were already doing. It’s… Continue reading Your IT Team Shouldn’t Be Your Security Team: Why Small Businesses Need Managed IT & Cybersecurity Services