As a loyal Microsoft partner, Boyer & Associates was excited to hear the company’s recent announcement regarding Project Madeira, a reinvented accounting or ERP solution for small and midsized businesses. Project Madeira connects with tools in Office 365 to manage finances and streamline operations. This Software as a Service will be running on Microsoft Azure and is scheduled to become generally available in the U.S. during the second half of 2016.We applaud Microsoft’s choice to build this new product on the NAV platform as we see this as the best choice technically and the most error-free platform. It will also be much easier for us to become very good at this new SaaS offering since we’ve already made a big investment in NAV.I … [Read more...] about ‘Madeira’ Unveiled to be SaaS Cloud Version of NAV
Comparing Nonprofit ERP Products: Benefits of Serenic Navigator
With over 60 of the Twin Cities’ best-known nonprofit organizations as our clients across three middle-market ERP products, we believe Boyer has earned the right to present ourselves as experts to those in the nonprofit community who are searching for accounting software. Come to our Nonprofit Accounting Software Comparison Event on March 24 to see […]The post Comparing Nonprofit ERP Products: Benefits of Serenic Navigator appeared first on Boyer & Associates.Source: Microsoft Dynamics NAV … [Read more...] about Comparing Nonprofit ERP Products: Benefits of Serenic Navigator
Is Data Warehouse the Best Tool for Nonprofits?
When you have decisions to make but an overabundance of data, how can you make the best decision? This is where data warehousing can be helpful particularly for nonprofit organizations that pull data from multiple data sources. This article explains how a data warehouse can improve management and analyses of your information from Microsoft Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL or Dynamics NAV. What Is a Data Warehouse? A data warehouse (DW) is a multi-dimensional database or a virtual storage unit that houses diverse transactional and operational data sets. Think of it this way: if you could add a third dimension to an Excel spreadsheet, you could organize all of your transactional and operational information. Management of DWs involves a technical … [Read more...] about Is Data Warehouse the Best Tool for Nonprofits?
Boyer & Associates wins VAR Stars 2015
We are eager to announce that Boyer & Associates has been selected as a member of the Bob Scott’s VAR Stars for 2015, a group of 100 organizations honored for their accomplishments in the field of midmarket financial software. “Each year, 100 VAR Stars are picked from the best organizations that market financial software. It is always an honor to recognize those who contribute to the development of our business.” --Bob Scott, executive editor of Bob Scott’s Insights. A focus on Non-Profit entities in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul has allowed Boyer to gain many of the area’s best known non-profits as clients. Specifically in the areas of The Arts, Large Medical Associations and Social Service. Boyer’s client base … [Read more...] about Boyer & Associates wins VAR Stars 2015
How to Back Up and Restore a Dynamics NAV 2015 Database Using SQL and PowerShell
Several weeks before our customer's go-live of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, users were vigorously testing NAV as we were ironing out the specifics of the customer's desired configurations. During this process, we wanted to start with a clean testing environment (where we wanted to use the exact configurations of the production environment and there weren’t any posted transactions obfuscating our testing scenarios).Now, after the customer has gone live and has started using NAV, we wanted them to still have a good testing environment where they can test and practice transactions, but want them to use real life data. So how do you handle this? You simply use a back up and restore process to provide the proper testing environment for the … [Read more...] about How to Back Up and Restore a Dynamics NAV 2015 Database Using SQL and PowerShell
Microsoft CustomerSource Access
If you cannot get access to Microsoft CustomerSource or you are struggling with the initial setup process, don't worry – you are not alone! Although the Microsoft CustomerSource invitation email is totally accurate, it can be tricky to decipher. For a customer eager to get started learning about their brand new ERP system, this can be a frustrating experience.The primary confusion found with the Microsoft invitation email is that the critical steps are not particularly clear, and the URL links provided are not listed in the order most users will need to use them. I have put together clearer instructions that you access in the link below. Please note that the instructions are intentionally simplified – that is, they are not intended to be … [Read more...] about Microsoft CustomerSource Access
New Service and Support Plan Names for Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft Dynamics is changing the names of their Service and Support plans starting April 1, 2015. They will be removing “Business Ready" from each of the plan names.The updated plan names are:Enhancement Plan Advantage Plan Advantage Plus PlanPrior to April 1, 2015, customer quotes will have the “Business Ready” in the plan name. This change is in the name only and there are no changes to the valued benefits from Microsoft.To learn more about the plan you are currently on, click on the name above. If you are unsure of your plan, you can reference the Microsoft Dynamics Service Plan Benefits Quick Start Guide.For additional news and tips and tricks regarding Microsoft Dynamics ERP products, subscribe to our blog. … [Read more...] about New Service and Support Plan Names for Microsoft Dynamics
Boyer & Associates Webinar Series – Which Microsoft Dynamics ERP Solution is Right for You?
Finding the right accounting and ERP solution to help improve operational efficiency for your organization is critical to your success, but narrowing the field to one that fits your needs and budget can be overwhelming and time-consuming. Boyer & Associates is holding a 3-part Dynamics ERP webinar series March 24, 26, and 31 at 10:00 […]The post Boyer & Associates Webinar Series – Which Microsoft Dynamics ERP Solution is Right for You? appeared first on Boyer & Associates.Source: Microsoft Dynamics NAV … [Read more...] about Boyer & Associates Webinar Series – Which Microsoft Dynamics ERP Solution is Right for You?
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Manufacturing Functionality – 1. Bill of Materials
Microsoft Dynamics NAV has a robust manufacturing capability with many features. In this series of blogs, we will address many of those features, starting with NAV’s Bill of Materials (BOM), which can handle a fifty level deep BOM.In future blogs, we will address NAV’s routing design, which allows multiple products to share the same routing; how NAV allows for multiple versions of both the BOM and routing, with the ability to run a comparison report to the various BOM versions of an item; methods of collecting labor for production orders; how to track separate labor and burden costs on production operations; and the requisition functionality within NAV as it relates to production orders. The blogs will also cover the detailed historical … [Read more...] about Microsoft Dynamics NAV Manufacturing Functionality – 1. Bill of Materials
“Verticalizing” Your Dynamics ERP Practice
Microsoft has been encouraging most of their Dynamics ERP partners to continue servicing their existing client bases and to also select a market or two where they can be uniquely knowledgeable and valuable. This blog post is about the accomplishment of that mission – the pros and cons, the benefits, and the drawbacks of making such a move.For me, it was at first unappealing to go down this road of “putting more eggs into one basket.” My reasons were threefold: (1) we had good success at attracting prospects to events comparing Dynamics GP to Dynamics NAV to Dynamics SL, (2) we had limited success in trying to focus on verticals as broad as “distribution,” “professional services organizations,” and “non-profits,” and (3) we had purchased … [Read more...] about “Verticalizing” Your Dynamics ERP Practice
