Upcoming Webcast for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics GP Light User: Extend Business Insight and Productivity to everyone in your organization

Many employees in organizations cannot access critical business data within business management solutions. Microsoft Dynamics GP Light User is a cost-effective solution that makes it possible for users to access business management solutions in a familiar Microsoft Office interface.

By using the Microsoft Dynamics GP Light User license, employees can interact with Microsoft Dynamics financial, human resources, and operational information within the Microsoft Office software they use daily. Using Microsoft Office desktop productivity tools, such as Microsoft Office Excel®, Microsoft Office Outlook®, and Microsoft Office Word, helps reduce the time required for training and gives your employees time to focus on what matters most. Microsoft Dynamics GP Light User provides users direct access to the business-critical information they need.

Date: Thursday, October 07, 2010
Time: 10:00 a.m. PST
Length: 60 minutes
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IFRS Net Impact on Taxable Income, Elimination of 72 year old LIFO Accounting practices?

As if corporate America doesn't have enough economic pressure upon its shoulders these days. Now, the 2011 federal budget proposed by the Obama Administration again includes a provision to repeal LIFO accounting. LIFO allows companies to calculate the cost of goods sold based on the price of the most recently purchased ("last-in") inventory, rather than inventory that was purchased more cheaply in the past and has been sitting on the shelf. That boosts the cost of goods sold, which lowers profits - and, thus, taxable income. Let's face the truth here, inventory isn't flying off the shelves for anyone and what in the world are the lawmakers in Congress thinking?

Full story here as published in CFO magazine.

Are you drinking the Cloud Kool-Aide?

Let's face it, there is a lot of debate going on within businesses between IT Leadership and Executive Management. I am the lucky recipient of both sides of the argument. Most of time, IT tends to be less supportive of Software as a Service, or Application Service Providers (outsourcing) and the revenue generation side of the organization tends to be largely in support of outsourcing.

However, there are some valid arguments for not embracing cloud based computing alternatives. Here are five reasons some CFOs have shared with us why they won't be embracing the Cloud anytime soon: Cloud not in the forecast for some CFOs

May Edition of IDT's Integration Insider

I will be brief this time around because our May edition of IDT's Integration Insider Newsletter sums up all I wanted to share this time around! Cloud computing, Software as a Service and Managed Services still continue to at the top of the interest list that my customers and prospects desire most talking to me about. It all can be rather confusing for any of us to understand and in this months edition, we break it down into a Q & A forum and sum up the questions we are hearing most often when speaking to our customers and prospects.

Also, new features have emerged with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online that may pique your interest. Did you know that we here at IDT use Dynamics CRM to manage our customer and vendor relationships? We also use c360's Incident Tracking module...when you log a call with our help desk, that case number that gets assigned is all automated and routed to our help desk for tracking purposes.

Lastly, we have an innovative offering for Dynamics GP users that allow our customers to document image enable Dynamics GP...its called, ERP Connect. The solution allows for Single Step Data Entry, workflow and image enabling Dynamics GP. We usually see a need for ERP Connect emerge in paper ridden Accounts Payable departments. Sound like you? Give me a call or drop an email to brian.anderson@idtconsulting.com for more information.

Ooops, I almost forgot, I May edition of the IDT Integration Insider can be read by clicking here!

Kind Regards,


Brian

62nd Annual Conference & Tank Truck Equipment Show

Visit Microsoft Dynamics GP ISV Selective Software & IDT Consulting @ NTTC Show in Chicago, IL on May 10-12, booth #339. Details at: http://www.idt-inc.com/events/events.asp or http://www.tanktruck.org/

Steve Ballmer on Cloud Computing/ Software as a Service

View the on-demand Webcast of Steve Ballmer's speech on the dimensions of cloud computing, including demos and a Q&A session with University of Washington students.

IDT's March Edition of Integration Insider

Steve Ballmer speaks up about Cloud Computing, special promotions for new Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 customers, get a demo of GP 2010, Microsoft CRM and Outlook Integration, should you hire or outsource? All this and more in the March edition of IDT's Integration Insider. View it online

JTC Education, Inc. chooses IDT Consulting for Dynamics GP financial series, installation and implementation.

IDT Consulting completes phase one Microsoft Dynamics GP implementation for JTC Education,Inc. located in Atlanta, GA. www.javelintraining.com

Top 10 Reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 offers a bunch of new features and functionality:

• 64 BIT OS support (english translation..means its faster);
• Report formats built on SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services (SRS);
• Integration with workflows based on SharePoint;
• Integration with Office Communicator (now that is really cool);
• Web Services Integration capabilities (allows you to extend the Dynamics services to other applications);
• Report Builder to quickly create an analysis of your financial data
  

Get the complete list and further description by clicking here!

Trade in your Netsuite for Microsoft Dynamics GP

March 8, 2010 – June 25, 2010

Microsoft is excited to announce a Microsoft Dynamics ERP promotion for businesses currently using NetSuite business applications that wish to take advantage of the rich functionality offered by Microsoft Dynamics® GP.

The promotion is comprised of an escalating trade-in discount based on Microsoft Dynamics product edition and number of users purchased and can earn up to a $850 trade in discount for every NetSuite user that switches to Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Contact me at brian.anderson@idconsulting.com to get the details or visit http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/rightstep/offer.aspx.

Four reasons to choose Microsoft Dynamics GP for your next Financial System!

Four Fantastic Benefits of managing your finances with Microsoft Dynamics GP:

• Provides comprehensive, flexible financial management functionality to meet your unique business needs

• Reduces costs and streamlines operations with automated functionality

• Helps improve control and security over your financial management

• Connects people and processes, to increase efficiency and extend insight

In a nutshell, Dynamics GP is flexible, scalable, affordable, and allows you to integrate with many different kinds of operational systems.

Find out more about the benefits of Dynamics GP by clicking here !

Microsoft Dynamics GP for Manufacturing

Three top reasons manufacturers choose Microsoft Dynamics GP:

• Meets unique manufacturing requirements without added complexity. It easily adapts to your unique business needs, with quick deployment and minimal training time.
• Reduces costs and streamlines operations. It enables you to communicate, share, and find information across your organization, between departments and multiple facilities.
• Delivers better customer service. It helps you provide more accurate quotes to your customers and streamline across your manufacturing process.

Check out the Microsoft Dynamic GP for Manufacturing fact sheet by clicking here.

Top New Features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

Click here to get the top new features in Dynamics GP 2010!

Statement of Direction from Microsoft about Dynamics GP

One of the most common questions we receive from partners involves the direction of Microsoft Dynamics GP and how they can best communicate the strategy and roadmap to prospects and existing customers. The Microsoft Dynamics GP Statement of Direction has been revamped and updated with the most current plans for the product. The statement includes information about both Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Feature Pack and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010.


As part of the Business Ready Customer Care initiative announced October 2007, Microsoft is providing ongoing roadmap visibility through comprehensive statements of direction (SODs) that provide our customers with insight into the planned product innovations at least 12-18 months in advance of the next version release. Learning about future technology innovations in advance, will help you more efficiently manage your infrastructure and undertake product and IT planning with greater foresight.

This document outlines the future direction of Microsoft Dynamics™ GP through the year 2016. By leveraging the planned innovations in Microsoft Dynamics GP, organizations can connect your business vision with your software, connect your people with your processes, and connect your company with your community. This is the value we are committed to delivering to our customers, and this is the vision that guides our investments in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Click here to get the complete statement of direction from Microsoft.

GP Version 2010, the reiteration of GP 11 coming soon

Please note that GP 2010, formerly named GP version 11, is expected to be released by Microsoft 2nd quarter this year. There are some really exciting enhancements to GP in this new version, including rewritten report writing tools and KPIs. Please contact me for further details, Brian Anderson 630.875.1100 x323.

Three Dynamics Users for a Buck promotion!

Microsoft is excited to announce “Three Users for a Buck” - a Microsoft Dynamics (U.S.) promotion targeting growing and medium-sized businesses that wish to take advantage of the rich functionality, low cost of ownership, and rapid deploy-ability offered by Microsoft Dynamics GP.

The promotion allows customers to purchase up to 3 Advanced Management (AM) or Business Essential (BE) user licenses for $1 (US). This offer applies to new customers making their first purchase of Microsoft Dynamics GP and is effective Monday, March 8, 2010 through the end of business Friday, July 1, 2010.

Complete details at http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/gp2010-uslaunch/

Contact me, Brian Anderson for more details at: brian.anderson@idtconsulting.com or 630/875-1100 x323!

Microsoft Dynamics GP 50 Tips in 50 Minutes

Here is a handy primer to keep at your fingertips when working with Dynamics GP, especially for newbies! Visit IDT for: 50 tips in 50 minutes.

NEW! Microsoft Financing Options expanded to support the channel's end user customers!

Microsoft Financing is currently operating under an interim program with DLL (De Lage Landen). Deployment of the new Microsoft Financing program with a permanent bank will be coming soon, so expect further announcements. However, recent improvements have made it easier to leverage Microsoft Financing:

• 10% minimum MS content requirement on all transactions – no longer a minimum 35% MS content requirement!
• Competitive rates – currently 8.8% on $100k @ 3 years, 10.3% on $50k @ 3 years and 11.3% on $25k @ 3 years (valid until March 31, 2010)
• MS Dynamics Enhancement can be financed alone on a 1-year or 3-year loan term
• Total Solution Financing – Microsoft software, hardware, partner services, 3^rd party software and sales tax bundled into one convenient monthly payment

Given any further thought to your continuity planning in light of all the natural disasters?

White Paper: Business Continuity Planning 101 - Is your data safe? In the wake left behind by Gustav, Hanna, Ike and other recent natural disasters, Business Continuity Planning for Small & Medium Size Businesses is essential! It is crucial to understand the risks associated with not having a BCP in place and, find out how to remove the cost and complexity burdens from your staff.

AP Metrics You Can't Afford to Miss! Imaging and Workflow vs. Paper

You will learn how to improve your AP operations, realize a rapid ROI on your investment, while streamlining processes.

If you are looking internally to identify ways in which you can squeeze cash from operations - or at least get a better handle on its flow, potentially save thousands per year by implementing imaging and workflow in your AP department, then please review this four part educational video:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Happy Viewing and post your feedback!