35 people are signed up for our Dynamics SL year-end closing event on December 20th. The purpose of the event is to help our clients understand better the nuances to making sure that year end is reconciled and that the accounting information has good data integrity.We started doing this event in 2002 for our Dynamics GP clients. It was so popular with that group that five years ago we added the event for our Dynamics SL clients as well. A continental breakfast and lunch are included in order to make it easy for clients to meet other clients and work through questions for other clients-rather than just Boyer staff.The primary presenters will be Jon Augdahl, Dynamics SL Practice Manager, Colleen McCoshen, Support Manager; and Paul … [Read more...] about Dynamics SL Year End Event Almost Full for 2012
Four Characteristics of a Stellar Microsoft ERP Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
At Boyer, we have a number of Independent Software Vendors, especially on the Dynamics GP side of our practice, that we consider tremendous. Most of the ISV’s we sell are quite honestly reactive. We have a client that needs the software to do punch out for requisitions and work with a certain vendor’s medical materials management software…so we research, demo, have the ISV demo to the client and like magic…problem solved. Microsoft has to take some credit here due to their screening process of ISV's but generally the quality is great.We have both a strong Dynamics SL practice and a strong Dynamics GP practice. For both products we have found more of a long term opportunity for improvement than a reactive “solve this problem for this … [Read more...] about Four Characteristics of a Stellar Microsoft ERP Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
Dynamics SL and Project Management
One of the beautiful things about Dynamics SL is its ability to do so many things well. Many of our clients love the customization capabilities of Dynamics SL and the grids for the data entry screens. Quick Query has become very popular among those that have upgraded to Dynamics SL 2011 here among our Minneapolis or mostly Minnesota-based clients.An additional thing that sets Dynamics SL apart from many mid-market accounting products is its ability to provide strong and well-integrated modules.An example of strong and well integrated modules is as follows: We have a Chicago-based Dynamics SL client that can have 1,000 ship to addresses (and related sales tax-thank you Avalara) for that one line. Dynamics SL can handle this with its … [Read more...] about Dynamics SL and Project Management
Dynamics SL Consultant Added-Paul James
At the beginning of the summer, Paul James became a part of our Dynamics SL consulting team. Paul joined us after gaining considerable expertise with Dynamics SL by taking on a few very difficult projects at a large and successful marketing agency here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. A lot of the work related to foreign currencies within the financial modules.One of the things about Paul’s background that was extremely attractive to us was his warm and helpful personality. Jon Augdahl had worked with Paul prior to asking Paul to join us so having that longer term relationship was helpful in ensuring a reliable and trustworthy hire. Paul has so far taught Management Reporter financial statement creation classes, … [Read more...] about Dynamics SL Consultant Added-Paul James
Quick Query Video and Quick Query Editor Thoughts
In the Community section of the Dynamics SL site, there is a nice Quick Query video. It is under 8 minutes long but provides much of the training you may not have had time for when you worked through your upgrade from Dynamics SL version 7 to Dynamics SL version 2011.Some of my favorites that are demonstrated here are the ability to attach and view Word documents, as well as images from a simple query. The video also shows how you can link to a Sharepoint site so you don’t have 2 copies of the same document uploaded to two different sites. You can also use Windows Explorer to link your documents to a shared drive by dragging your documents to the attachment screen. You can change the names of the queries to make the views or data … [Read more...] about Quick Query Video and Quick Query Editor Thoughts
Boyer & Associates Named Top VAR to Watch by Accounting Today
After thoroughly examining several cloud-based vendors by attending their training classes, Boyer & Associates decided that focusing on Microsoft Dynamics was clearly the way to go. We thought about “the focus factor” and discussed it internally. The reason I bring this up now is because I believe it is the focus on Microsoft technologies that has helped us reach this point where Microsoft and the media is noticing how much we have improved in a short amount of time.Partners focused mainly on making money on the initial sale have also “diversified” which to Jack Boyer means “diluted” the strength of their consulting teams. There are too many modules for most individual consultants to assist clients competently with more than one … [Read more...] about Boyer & Associates Named Top VAR to Watch by Accounting Today
Boyer & Associates Named Top VAR to Watch by Accounting Today
Boyer & Associates Named Top VAR to Watch by Accounting Today’s 2012 Top 100 VARs Report August 1, 2012, Minneapolis, MN --- Boyer & Associates, (Boyer) a Minneapolis-based provider of business management solutions for mid-sized businesses, was named to Accounting Today’s VAR 100 list for 2012 as a Top VAR to Watch. The top VARs are chosen from organizations specializing in the sale and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting software and the selection is based on annual revenue generated by each reseller. "We are excited to be recognized as a Top VAR. Focusing on Microsoft Dynamics has its benefits as Microsoft is a great partner in terms of creating and maintaining quality products. We are delighted … [Read more...] about Boyer & Associates Named Top VAR to Watch by Accounting Today
Dynamics GP Collections Management
When attempting to discuss the value behind upgrading from the Business Essentials (BE) series of modules to the Advanced Management (AM) series of modules, it is often difficult to persuade clients to move up from one to the other. The Business Essentials option after all, offers an incredible array of useful modules such as General Ledger, Payables Management, Receivables Management, Management Reporter for financial statements, bank reconciliation and even the main parts of the distribution series such as sales order processing, inventory and purchase order processing.The project accounting in Dynamics GP is useable but certainly not the best module in Dynamics GP. A client would need to upgrade from BE to AM to get this module. This … [Read more...] about Dynamics GP Collections Management
Dynamics GP Debugging Tool
Customers with more than one company like the ability to create color schemes for each of their companies. With color schemes, they are able to tell with just a glance, which company they are logged into. This can help avoid keying the data into the wrong company. No development work is required. You can see the options and their impact below.For more and better information about this Debugging Tool, please take a look at this additional blog topic for more and better details. The author of this post we are linking to even has knowledge of GPA-the DOS version of Dynamics GP from 20+ years ago. The linked to post has an even more detailed link for those of you that love getting into supporting your GP sites either as a consultant … [Read more...] about Dynamics GP Debugging Tool
Dynamics GP-Displaying Negative Values with SmartList Builder
Have you ever wanted to or needed to display a Sales Order Processing (SOP) report, or any other report created in Smartlist Builder, with a negative amount? In the below example used with the Sales Order Processing module, the user wants return documents to show as negatives and sales to display as positive amounts.It is easy to create a calculated field or set the field options to do that.First, open Smartlist Builder. Second, select the table the column is in Third, and finally highlight that column and click the expansion arrow next to the Display Name. You should see the window below:Select the Negative Values tab. Check the ‘Display as negative based on field’ checkbox. In the Tables drop down list, select a table that … [Read more...] about Dynamics GP-Displaying Negative Values with SmartList Builder
